Home Button not Responsive JB Update - AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III

Hey guys,
Just wondering if anyone else on the Rogers Galaxy S3 is experiencing this same issue after updating to Rogers Jelly Bean 4.1 update, or loaded the rooted JB 4.1 software. I've factory reseted my phone 3 times now. Same issue. I'm on rooted JB 4.1
I've called both Rogers and Samsung, they say theyve never heard of this. Told me to Factory Reset. I've done this 3 times now
Phone has NEVER been dropped.
Weird thing that happened last night with the official update. And has never happened before. When the screen is completely off, we usually wake it up by pressing the home button. Well its happened a few times where I pressed the home button (not super hard) but screen doesnt turn on. Press it again a few secs later same amount of force, and screen turns on. This never happened on ICS stock Rogers.
I'm not sure if its my phone or something with JB.. I'll try to take battery out and place it back in and see if it does this same thing again
Another member on a different forum has replied that this was an issue on the Cyanogenmod10 ROM as it was ported from the Jelly Bean 4.1 ROM:
FWIW the home button not consistently waking up the phone is a prevalent issue on CyanogenMod 10 (which is based on Android 4.1). I had the issue on CM10 but I haven't experienced it since switching to AOKP.I've called both Rogers and Samsung, they say theyve never heard of this. Told me to Factory Reset. I've done this 3 times now
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Any CM10 issues are not related to TouchWiz. They are two different worlds. CM10/AOKP are based on AOSP which is vanilla Android, there is no Samsung code in there at all.
Have you loaded ICS back on to see if the issue still exists? Are you able to warranty your device in case it might be a hardware issue?

There is something called "Power" button... it was made for unlocking the screen beside powering function....
Download Rogers stock ROM and flash, it should fix.

Tony_YYZ said:
Any CM10 issues are not related to TouchWiz. They are two different worlds. CM10/AOKP are based on AOSP which is vanilla Android, there is no Samsung code in there at all.
Have you loaded ICS back on to see if the issue still exists? Are you able to warranty your device in case it might be a hardware issue?
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The thing is I've never dropped this phone since getting it in Nov. So I dont think its hardware issue. Then again I'm not a phone tech. Is it possible to load back on Stock Rogers ICS through Odin again? Same process as rooting? I have stock recovery and not clockwordmod
Thanks for the input
yulet said:
There is something called "Power" button... it was made for unlocking the screen beside powering function....
Download Rogers stock ROM and flash, it should fix.
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Yes I realize I can wake the phone up from pressing power button. May'be I'll just do this from now on. I'm guessing most ppl wake their phones up by pressing power button as well?
I'll load back on the Rogers stock ROM ICS and see if the issue is still there.
Thanks for the input

If you bump up the min cpu speed from 386 to 486, either through the ROM settings or an app like SetCPU, this seems to resolve the problem.

BenW23 said:
The thing is I've never dropped this phone since getting it in Nov. So I dont think its hardware issue. Then again I'm not a phone tech. Is it possible to load back on Stock Rogers ICS through Odin again? Same process as rooting? I have stock recovery and not clockwordmod
Thanks for the input
Yes I realize I can wake the phone up from pressing power button. May'be I'll just do this from now on. I'm guessing most ppl wake their phones up by pressing power button as well?
I'll load back on the Rogers stock ROM ICS and see if the issue is still there.
Thanks for the input
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Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Follow those instructions on how to flash a stock ROM. You can find the ICS factory software at www.sammobile.com Or use the rooted versions provided by MrRobinson
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goodtimes50 said:
If you bump up the min cpu speed from 386 to 486, either through the ROM settings or an app like SetCPU, this seems to resolve the problem.
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OP is running TouchWiz and therefore cannot alter these settings. Those apply to the CM10/AOKP home button issue. Although what OP is describing is similar it is not the same....unless OP has CM10 or AOKP installed prior to installing the official JB update and didn't mention it in his first post.

Tony_YYZ said:
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Follow those instructions on how to flash a stock ROM. You can find the ICS factory software at www.sammobile.com Or use the rooted versions provided by MrRobinson
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OP is running TouchWiz and therefore cannot alter these settings. Those apply to the CM10/AOKP home button issue. Although what OP is describing is similar it is not the same....unless OP has CM10 or AOKP installed prior to installing the official JB update and didn't mention it in his first post.
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I was running stock Rogers ICS 4.0.4 then updated to JB 4.1 via Kies. Then rooted with a stock Rogers JB 4.1 ROM
Never had any custom ROM's. I will load up the stock Rogers ICS and see if the problem still persist. Will report back
Thanks again for the help guys :good:

This happens on my AT&T GS3 since the Jelly bean update, but I think it is due to the root. It's no big issue, I never use the home button anyways to unlock the screen.

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I took the time yesterday to load back on the stock Rogers ICS 4.0.4 ROM and played with the home button for several hrs (4hrs) at random times pressing the home button to wakeup the phone. Everytime I pressed the home button it would wake the phone up without issues. I can conclude that ICS had no issues with waking the phone up via home button.
I then reloaded back my JB 4.1 w/root and the home button glitch reappeared again.. Its a minor inconvenience. But I now use my power button to wake the phone up anyways.

goodtimes50 said:
If you bump up the min cpu speed from 386 to 486, either through the ROM settings or an app like SetCPU, this seems to resolve the problem.
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REALLLLLLY? thats interesting will be testing this now...
JWC59382 said:
This happens on my AT&T GS3 since the Jelly bean update, but I think it is due to the root. It's no big issue, I never use the home button anyways to unlock the screen.
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This has definitely been happening to me on my AT&T SG3 too. Will be testing the above suggestion with my MIUI.US ROM.

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Galaxy Nexus keeps rebooting

Today when i got home i turned on Wifi and suddenly my phone went into a boot loop.. It doesnt get past the "Google" logo at the beginning and just keeps rebooting every 5 seconds.. I have tried doing a hardreset restoring to factory settings but that didnt work.. It is rooted.
Can anyone help me fix this?:/
What Rom/Kernel are you on? Can you get it into download mode? Have you tried restoring a Nandroid? Have you tried a fresh install?
I had the CM9 3/29 nightly running. Had the phone in desktop mode all night. This morning it started rebooting after coming to the home screen, and then situation is getting worse, it reboots after every boot. I had a good CM9 nandroid back up, restored and still doing the same thing.
CM9 nightly, no separate kernel, just some tweaks and was @1350 under performance.
Can there be some hardware damage?
Help please!!
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Phyxius said:
Today when i got home i turned on Wifi and suddenly my phone went into a boot loop.. It doesnt get past the "Google" logo at the beginning and just keeps rebooting every 5 seconds.. I have tried doing a hardreset restoring to factory settings but that didnt work.. It is rooted.
Can anyone help me fix this?:/
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Was your phone continuously on, and got hot by any chance?
Don't run performance governor. Also just do a full wipe system and data and flash a known stable CM9 build. That should get you up and running.
Sdobron said:
Don't run performance governor. Also just do a full wipe system and data and flash a known stable CM9 build. That should get you up and running.
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Done, no go there. One thing I am noticing is a "pop" sound just before it reboots
This happened to me 2 months ago. The way I fixed it was by putting it into download mode and flashing 4.0.1 YAKJU via the ODIN file found on the Samsung German website. Phone has been good ever since. *knock on wood*
EDIT: BTW, after that, I updated to 4.0.2 OTA normally, and since then, I've been manually updating because I rooted my phone.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
wiki_warren said:
This happened to me 2 months ago. The way I fixed it was by putting it into download mode and flashing 4.0.1 YAKJU via the ODIN file found on the Samsung German website. Phone has been good ever since. *knock on wood*
EDIT: BTW, after that, I updated to 4.0.2 OTA normally, and since then, I've been manually updating because I rooted my phone.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
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Yes thats the only way to do it.
Installed the rootkit 5.6 and downloaded the 4.0.4 into the corresponding folder.
Sure wiped my phone completely, but I don't have a $600 paper weight.
Thanks all!

wifi issues with cm10 based roms

whenever I load a cm10 based rom my wifi drops after 2 minutes. stock based wifi is consistent but as soon as I load cm10, jelly ro, or even the new experimental m1 build with always drops. to reconnect I have to turn off and on wifi. is there any solution? I was reading about cm10 modems and I didn't install anything besides cm10, aosp jelly camera and jelly gapps. any help will be greatly appreciated!
ps just realized I install the camera on every build could that mess it up lol
I've been running several nightlies over the last few weeks and now I'm solid with the M1 build and at this point I have never experienced an issue with wifi dropping.
What steps did you take to flash CM10? (cache clearing? Full wipe? Permissions?)
Ian
Ian1331 said:
I've been running several nightlies over the last few weeks and now I'm solid with the M1 build and at this point I have never experienced an issue with wifi dropping.
What steps did you take to flash CM10? (cache clearing? Full wipe? Permissions?)
Ian
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I did everything except permissions. Are there permissions for wifi?
No I was just mentioning the common steps so you would tell us everything. Sounds like you've installed the rom correctly but obviously their's an issue. I'm assuming that this issue is right after a clean install and not after you've installed juice defender or something like that? Assuming you're installing the correct version of CM10 for your phone (d2att?) their shouldn't be anything else needed to make wifi work (ie modem file).
If I were you I'd be tempted to redownload CM10 m1 and jellybean Google apps. Ensure you have the recommended version of cwm installed. Clear caches, full wipe, flash CM10 and apps followed by clearing of the caches again. Forget the camera initially and test the wifi. If it still doesn't work we'd need to start looking at logs.
Ian
Ian1331 said:
No I was just mentioning the common steps so you would tell us everything. Sounds like you've installed the rom correctly but obviously their's an issue. I'm assuming that this issue is right after a clean install and not after you've installed juice defender or something like that? Assuming you're installing the correct version of CM10 for your phone (d2att?) their shouldn't be anything else needed to make wifi work (ie modem file).
If I were you I'd be tempted to redownload CM10 m1 and jellybean Google apps. Ensure you have the recommended version of cwm installed. Clear caches, full wipe, flash CM10 and apps followed by clearing of the caches again. Forget the camera initially and test the wifi. If it still doesn't work we'd need to start looking at logs.
Ian
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ya shes still being stubborn. how do i show logs for you?
Hey, I was hoping someone else would chime in about the logs. I have used "alogcat" for logs before but I'm not familiar with wifi filters so I'm probably not the best person to help at this point.
Anyone?
Ian
Running the new cm10 15th build wifi is more stable but still drops after about 10 minutes. Any help would be very kind.
With all your flashing and even using latest versions I'd start to wonder if something to do with the rom is not compatible with you're rougher. Have a you tested it on an alternate wifi source? Maybe a neighbors open signal or something. It's a noob thought but it couldn't hurt.
Sent from my SGS3 I747m on CyanogenMod 10 using xda premium
Yes I have. Currently on a different network right now and it was still dropping. Less frequently but still happening.
I've been trying to get alogcat working on my phone but the log is blank no matter what I do. Either way, the main developer thread just got a post about wifi and how it's note staying connected. No responses yet but it would become a good place to follow as that's where the CM brains are. If I can make some sense offer this log business ill get back to you without some more ideas.
That post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31612608
Sent from my SGS3 i747m (Bell) on CM10 (Yesterday's Nightly) using xda premium
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There we go, if you go into settings > wifi > menu button > advanced their is several options about wifi timeout, power saving and sleep mode. Their is a frequency setting as well you might want to toy with. I think I stumbled upon these options a while back but never had any use for them.
Sent from my SGS3 i747m (Bell) on CM10 (Yesterday's Nightly) using xda premium
Ian1331 said:
I've been trying to get alogcat working on my phone but the log is blank no matter what I do. Either way, the main developer thread just got a post about wifi and how it's note staying connected. No responses yet but it would become a good place to follow as that's where the CM brains are. If I can make some sense offer this log business ill get back to you without some more ideas.
That post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31612608
Sent from my SGS3 i747m (Bell) on CM10 (Yesterday's Nightly) using xda premium
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There we go, if you go into settings > wifi > menu button > advanced their is several options about wifi timeout, power saving and sleep mode. Their is a frequency setting as well you might want to toy with. I think I stumbled upon these options a while back but never had any use for them.
Sent from my SGS3 i747m (Bell) on CM10 (Yesterday's Nightly) using xda premium
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None of those settings ever help me. Can anyone report if CM10 is working perfect on there rogers galaxie s3? Tomorrow is my last day to return my phone so if it's every odd phone I'll just get a replacement.
T-HO6969 said:
None of those settings ever help me. Can anyone report if CM10 is working perfect on there rogers galaxie s3? Tomorrow is my last day to return my phone so if it's every odd phone I'll just get a replacement.
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Same problem here with wifi on Galaxy Note n7000. It started since I moved from CM9 to CM10.. Now trying every new Nightly, but with no success. Still losing wifi spot every 1min - 10minutes.
Thought if I download something, then wifi is stable, but soon after download is finished, wifi connection is dropped.
Working for me ...
T-HO6969 said:
None of those settings ever help me. Can anyone report if CM10 is working perfect on there rogers galaxie s3? Tomorrow is my last day to return my phone so if it's every odd phone I'll just get a replacement.
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I have a Rogers S3, and am currently running CM10 NIGHTLY 20120924. Everything appears to be working well, including Wifi; however, there is the occasional (and I mean quite rare) glitch where Wifi does seem to have a bit of difficulty connecting. Again, this is extremely rare on my device, and it may simply be something unrelated to the ROM.
Peter
YES!! This has occurred for me on the stock ATT TW rom and then same thing happened on EVERY OTHER ROM I tried after that including AOKP, LiquidRom, Aristodemos....
It's annoying and I don't know what to do.
The wifi will connect and stay blue for 5 seconds then turn grey for 10 more sec and then wifi will completely disconnect and wont reconnect unless i turn wifi off and then on again. im at a complete LOSS.
anyone have any ideas?
Exchange it. Don't put it off just use titanium backup and switch your phone.
I am having issues with WiFi on CM10 also. I can use the internet like always but the signal bars will go gray sometimes then back to blue. While they are gray I can browse, usually with chrome, but youtube will not work. It is odd that some apps won't work but some will. It may be dropping and coming back but is not strong enough to stream video.
I am using CM10 10/9/12 nightly and an N600 Netgear router. I am starting to think the Netgear router might be my culprit. I have always had dropout issues with them in the past, although, my computers, 360, and PS3 have no issues. Maybe I could just make it a signal repeater and get a Linksys again.
Has anyone else had this issue, think it is the Netgear? Should I try a new router firmware like dd wrt?
Android 4.0.4 error installing cyanogen 10
hi there, I am having trouble installing Cyanogen 10 on my galaxy s3 I747m android 4.0.4
rooted and running cwm 5.5.0.5.
i get an error that says status 7. installation aborted.
Does anyone know why I'm having this error?
thank you
androidehca said:
hi there, I am having trouble installing Cyanogen 10 on my galaxy s3 I747m android 4.0.4
rooted and running cwm 5.5.0.5.
i get an error that says status 7. installation aborted.
Does anyone know why I'm having this error?
thank you
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Because you are in the wrong thread.
And you need to redownload and wipe everything.
thacounty said:
Because you are in the wrong thread.
And you need to redownload and wipe everything.
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my bad. I'll try to do that as soon as the website come back up to redownload the file and try it again.
thank you
androidehca said:
my bad. I'll try to do that as soon as the website come back up to redownload the file and try it again.
thank you
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Meant that kind of silly, but yea you should just redownload, that is usually the problem. Try out Euroskanks version for now if you don't want to wait. Jellybro.

Galaxy S3 Shutdown

Hey guys,
starting last night my Galaxy S3 began to freeze and then randomly shut off. I then had to press the power/home button for a while for it to turn on (around 20-40secs). At first I thought it might be a battery issue, but I used another S3 battery and the issue persisted. I bought the phone in June, and it is currently unrooted but running a leaked Bell Jelly Bean rom which I installed a while ago....
Not sure what the issue could be, and I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing the same issues or if anyone had a fix?
vnsnk said:
Hey guys,
starting last night my Galaxy S3 began to freeze and then randomly shut off. I then had to press the power/home button for a while for it to turn on (around 20-40secs). At first I thought it might be a battery issue, but I used another S3 battery and the issue persisted. I bought the phone in June, and it is currently unrooted but running a leaked Bell Jelly Bean rom which I installed a while ago....
Not sure what the issue could be, and I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing the same issues or if anyone had a fix?
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I have the same issue, I'm running 4.1.2 XXELL5 firmware, have you found something?
vnsnk said:
Hey guys,
starting last night my Galaxy S3 began to freeze and then randomly shut off. I then had to press the power/home button for a while for it to turn on (around 20-40secs). At first I thought it might be a battery issue, but I used another S3 battery and the issue persisted. I bought the phone in June, and it is currently unrooted but running a leaked Bell Jelly Bean rom which I installed a while ago....
Not sure what the issue could be, and I was wondering if anyone else was experiencing the same issues or if anyone had a fix?
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What ROM are you running ?
Same here, started last night. I'm not running a ROM just rooted and a few apps removed. In the process of reverting to unrooted stock to see if that helps.
le0nphelps said:
Same here, started last night. I'm not running a ROM just rooted and a few apps removed. In the process of reverting to unrooted stock to see if that helps.
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It might need a factory reset
EDIT: Ahhh I just noticed you must be on the international version. June didn't ring a bell until I remembered we didn't get carrier models until July
Might want to head over there
hednik said:
It might need a factory reset
EDIT: Ahhh I just noticed you must be on the international version. June didn't ring a bell until I remembered we didn't get carrier models until July
Might want to head over there
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i agree on the reset. as a matter of fact, i'd suggest a full wipe, flash the appropriate stock firmware in odin and full wipe again. this tends to solve the biggest issues when users update/change android operating systems.
stock firmware thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
xBeerdroiDx said:
i agree on the reset. as a matter of fact, i'd suggest a full wipe, flash the appropriate stock firmware in odin and full wipe again. this tends to solve the biggest issues when users update/change android operating systems.
stock firmware thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625
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Do y'all have the i747 or the i9300 international version ? 4.1.2 was never released for north America phones and you quoted a UK version of the OS
Don't flash anything on this site unless you have a i747 or i747m

[Q] AT&T GS3 Freezing and Rebooting after Stock JB Update / Rooting (LONG)

Help! My phone is freezing / locking up and rebooting several times a day now!
I successfully did the stock AT&T Jellybean update this week when it became available via Kies.
I had no issues with the initial upgrade…it seemed to go smooth.
After a day…or a few hours….I can’t remember…I did start noticing a few issues with Touch Wiz closing or freezing and some other apps misbehaving. I can’t even remember what exactly the issues were.
I was also having some other quirky issues with the phone on stock ICS before the JB update…so I have been meaning to do a factory reset and reinstall everything.
So with the phone being even more flakey with JB I went ahead and did a factory reset with my new JB setup.
After a few hours setting up the phone with all my apps, settings, etc I noticed two issues. Swiftkey would not remain selected as my default keyboard and AT&T Voicemail viewer would not retain any of my account settings after a reboot.
After some Googling I learned that this is a know issue with JB 4.1.1 for many apps…they don’t quite install properly and something happens during shutdown that causes the settings to be lost. The only work around seemed to be:
Root Phone
Install apps
Backup with Titanium or other backup program
Uninstall apps
Restore apps – then they somehow install properly and work
I did this…first time rooting the phone….and the root and work around worked perfectly first time.
But after continuing to install apps and tweak my phone the real problems have now begun.
The phone is completely freezing at random times…in any app or in the TW launcher. It seems to just sit there frozen until I hold down the power key long enough to force a reboot or take out the battery.
There are no force closes or other error messages and I have found no other pattern to the freezes.
So now the phone is almost totally useless. It may work for a few hours…or just a few minutes before locking up. Worse…I have no way to know this has happened if the phone is in my pocket.
I did another full factory reset using the Recovery Mode and reinstalled everything again and am having the same issues.
I fear the root somehow corrupted my phone or one of my apps is totally incompatible with JB but I have to many (~70) it will be very hard to tell which one.
The other issue I am having is the battery is draining in just 4-5 hours even with light use.
Coincidentally….4G LTE was just turned on in my area this week so that would be a factor in both the battery drain and maybe even the lockups. I have a Microcell at home…wondering if 4G LTE and my Microcell are not behaving.
There are just too many variables with a new ROM (JB), fresh rooting of the phone plus recovery app installed, plus 70+ apps, plus new 4G LTE, plus my Microcell.
I don’t know what to try next to get the phone stable or to get the battery use reasonable.
Please post any and all suggestions….
One thing I’d like to clear up or eliminate is the root issue…is there any way that is the cause of my phone’s current problems?
What a mess of a week! Instead of the total awesomeness of JB, 4G LTE, and the fresh experience of using a rooted phone...all happening for me in the same week...I get a total headache and useless phone. Sure hope I can dig my way out of this.
Thanks for reading my long post!
I'd say to flash stock rooted official jellybean from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 i'd then do a Hard Factory reset *2767*3855# then you can install apps that are compatible with jb but not the app data and see how the phone is. also, for signal issues, try using a different modem located herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898
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I'd say to flash stock rooted official jellybean from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 i'd then do a Hard Factory reset *2767*3855# then you can install apps that are compatible with jb but not the app data and see how the phone is. also, for signal issues, try using a different modem located herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898
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Thanks for the ideas....had not heard of the "Hard Factory reset *2767*3855#"....how is that different from a factory restet initiated from winthing Android or from the recovery program?
Also - is there any quick / easy way to know which of my apps are supposed to be compatible with JB?
Sure will be a pain to reconfigure everything again.
Should I be safe installing my apps via Titanium backup restores? (as long as I don't restore data)
Also - what about restoring my IMs and call logs from Kies? Is that safe?
Boomer6345 said:
Thanks for the ideas....had not heard of the "Hard Factory reset *2767*3855#"....how is that different from a factory restet initiated from winthing Android or from the recovery program?
Also - is there any quick / easy way to know which of my apps are supposed to be compatible with JB?
Sure will be a pain to reconfigure everything again.
Should I be safe installing my apps via Titanium backup restores? (as long as I don't restore data)
Also - what about restoring my IMs and call logs from Kies? Is that safe?
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Do you happen to have juice defender? I had the same problem, and noticed it only happened when I was on battery. I uninstalled that and it stopped rebooting.
stbtigerr said:
Do you happen to have juice defender? I had the same problem, and noticed it only happened when I was on battery. I uninstalled that and it stopped rebooting.
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Nope....juice defender...
And my phone doesn't really seem to be rebooting....just freezing up. I have to force it to reboot by holding down the power button for 10 seconds.
About to try a fresh factory ROM install (pre-rooted) and a hard factory reset.
Then I'll add my apps back very slowly to see....
What a pain in the you know what!
wujiku said:
I'd say to flash stock rooted official jellybean from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625 i'd then do a Hard Factory reset *2767*3855# then you can install apps that are compatible with jb but not the app data and see how the phone is. also, for signal issues, try using a different modem located herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898
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Well...I did all that...and no luck. Still freezing up.
I could not actually do the exact *2767*3855# reset...the phone would not respond to that command. So I used CWM to format the SDCard and also did a factory reset there.
Reinstalled my apps carefully and without data restore...boom....phone is locking up all the time again after maybe 12 hours of good operation.
Either this build of JB is not working on my phone or it somehow got fubar'ed during that first upgrade.
My plan now is to restore to factory ICS un-rooted....reset the flash counter if possible....and return the phone under warranty if possible.
Any recommendations for this?
Got replacement phone - still freezing up!
Boomer6345 said:
Well...I did all that...and no luck. Still freezing up.
I could not actually do the exact *2767*3855# reset...the phone would not respond to that command. So I used CWM to format the SDCard and also did a factory reset there.
Reinstalled my apps carefully and without data restore...boom....phone is locking up all the time again after maybe 12 hours of good operation.
Either this build of JB is not working on my phone or it somehow got fubar'ed during that first upgrade.
My plan now is to restore to factory ICS un-rooted....reset the flash counter if possible....and return the phone under warranty if possible.
Any recommendations for this?
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HELP!!!! Please!!!!!
I did a warranty RMA and got a new (refurbed) phone from AT&T. I set it up with stock ICS and it seemed to work fine. I installed CWM without rooting via ODIN and did a Nandroid backup. I then used CWM to load TWRP recovery and did a backup with that.
Then I loaded the stock JB room with root. Tweaked the phone and app settings a little and things seemed to be fine for 1/2 a day. I reinstalled TWRP since the ROM flash replaced it with stock recovery. Things still seemed fine.
So...with JB rooted and seeming to work fine....I booted into Recovery (TWRP) and did a fresh Nandroid backup since the phone was finally all configured and working (apparently).
Well after rebooting from the backup...the phone is acting all crazy again. It seemed to crash my home WiFi network....had to reboot my router. Now the phone freezes or locks up any time I disable WiFi or change WiFi settings.
I am just cursed with the GS3!
Two separate phones with stock AT&T JB with root...one running CWM Touch and the new one running TWRP and both lock up or freeze all the time.
Should I give up and try custom ROMs? Give up on rooting?
I want TouchWiz for SBeam and some of the Samsung apps that I like better than stock...would rather just stay stock with Root.
What can I do to get this phone stabilized with root and JB???
Just did another test...
If I leave my house and walk a couple hundred yards away...as soon as the phone finally loses the WiFi signal and disconnects it locks up.
Seems like all my issues (with first phone maybe too) are tied to WiFi.
Is no one else having WiFi issues with JB? Could it be tied to rooting somehow? For instance...maybe the stock rooted ROM has different modem or WiFi drivers...or different kernel than the actual stock JB ROM I first used via Kies update?
Boomer6345 said:
Just did another test...
If I leave my house and walk a couple hundred yards away...as soon as the phone finally loses the WiFi signal and disconnects it locks up.
Seems like all my issues (with first phone maybe too) are tied to WiFi.
Is no one else having WiFi issues with JB? Could it be tied to rooting somehow? For instance...maybe the stock rooted ROM has different modem or WiFi drivers...or different kernel than the actual stock JB ROM I first used via Kies update?
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I've got the KIES JB Update, & rooted. I am not experiencing any of the issues your having. It might be helpful if you could post a list of apps & widgets that you have installed, If you have frozen or removed stock files.
It sounds like you may be experiencing some app conflict issues.
MasterDecker said:
I've got the KIES JB Update, & rooted. I am not experiencing any of the issues your having. It might be helpful if you could post a list of apps & widgets that you have installed, If you have frozen or removed stock files.
It sounds like you may be experiencing some app conflict issues.
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I have not frozen any apps or done anything I would consider advanced or risky....
I tried running with what I thought would be just "safe" apps....no luck. I've got most all of my apps installed and did a Titanium Backup so here is a dump of all the user apps backed up:
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Having the exact same problems as you. Please help. I'm also considering giving the phone back at Best Buy and having them give me a new one with ICS and leaving ICS on there. My steps are very simple. I had the stock ICS ROM from AT&T and I used Kies to upgrade to stock JB. That's it, nothing else, no rooting, nothing.
I am seeing exactly the same behavior, when wifi switches to 4G or even sometimes when bluetooth comes on, etc I will see the lockup and hang. Have to hold down power button to restart. But I don't think this is completely the issue, because even if I turn off wifi, bluetooth and only leave on 4G, then I still will see random reboots, but a lot lot less frequent. Also, I have always had 4G and I see the battery only lasting 4-6 hrs, so I think this is normal with 4G. I saw this even with ICS.
I have not done any factory reset or anything - I would assume if you use the Kies s/w to update and it leaves your files and apps on there, then it should just work. But I will try the factory reset once I backup my contacts, etc.
I'm a little shocked that people are having this problem with a newly released ROM.
abhansali said:
Having the exact same problems as you. Please help. I'm also considering giving the phone back at Best Buy and having them give me a new one with ICS and leaving ICS on there. My steps are very simple. I had the stock ICS ROM from AT&T and I used Kies to upgrade to stock JB. That's it, nothing else, no rooting, nothing.
I am seeing exactly the same behavior, when wifi switches to 4G or even sometimes when bluetooth comes on, etc I will see the lockup and hang. Have to hold down power button to restart. But I don't think this is completely the issue, because even if I turn off wifi, bluetooth and only leave on 4G, then I still will see random reboots, but a lot lot less frequent. Also, I have always had 4G and I see the battery only lasting 4-6 hrs, so I think this is normal with 4G. I saw this even with ICS.
I have not done any factory reset or anything - I would assume if you use the Kies s/w to update and it leaves your files and apps on there, then it should just work. But I will try the factory reset once I backup my contacts, etc.
I'm a little shocked that people are having this problem with a newly released ROM.
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After several re-flashes to stock JB with root and still more freezing with WiFi, etc....I gave up and loaded a custom ROM this morning.
I'm running BlackJelly...and after about 8 hours it seems be be running great so far. It is TW JB-based...and having very few issues with it. Battery is poor but it takes a few days of charging and use I guess to get the battery / phone / ROM calibrated. AT&T Visual Voicemail is not working and the phone shows H instead of 4G LTE...but I'm sure I can fix those issues by searching through the hundreds of thread pages on that ROM is this forum.
Give it a try before you switch to ICS or trade in the phone. You can always flash back to stock un-rooted and use Triangle Away to reset flash counter.
Good luck!
Still stuck with crashing phone!
Boomer6345 said:
After several re-flashes to stock JB with root and still more freezing with WiFi, etc....I gave up and loaded a custom ROM this morning.
I'm running BlackJelly...and after about 8 hours it seems be be running great so far. It is TW JB-based...and having very few issues with it. Battery is poor but it takes a few days of charging and use I guess to get the battery / phone / ROM calibrated. AT&T Visual Voicemail is not working and the phone shows H instead of 4G LTE...but I'm sure I can fix those issues by searching through the hundreds of thread pages on that ROM is this forum.
Give it a try before you switch to ICS or trade in the phone. You can always flash back to stock un-rooted and use Triangle Away to reset flash counter.
Good luck!
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Well...after over a week of trying it out....BlackJelly did not help me. Still had freezes / lock-ups.
I can't tell if the phone is re-booting itself or just re-launching the Launcher (I us Nova but tried stock and Apex too). The phone appears to re-boot on it's own but the up-time under status would not reset...making it seem like not a re-boot but a launcher reload or something. Pretty much same issues as with stock JB.
So I gave up and tried CM10.1 nightlies....and wow....crashing all the time now. Whereas stock JB and BlackJelly seemed to crash when I left my home or left any WiFi network or even just when I disabled WiFi while connected....CM10.1 crashes all the time while at home seemingly at random. I can get 5 hours of great use...then have it crash 5 times in an hour. Seems to crash a lot in the settings menus.
This is with my second (replacement) phone. I am just cursed!
How do I effectively use a LogCat app or something to find out what apps or services or whatever are crashing my phone? Help!
Read through this whole thread and no where did you ever mention clearing your cache. Clear your system cache/davlik cache and reboot.
cjranucci said:
Read through this whole thread and no where did you ever mention clearing your cache. Clear your system cache/davlik cache and reboot.
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Sorry...should have mentioned that. I've cleared the system and davlik cache many times...before and after flashing. I've done full system wipes / resets, formatted my SD card...everything I can think of.
I either have a rouge app that I seem to install right away after clean flashes....or a rouge Wifi router in my house that messes up my phone even when I leave and use other networks...or a rouge ATT&T microcell that does the same....or a rogue LTE area in West Michigan....
Or a second bad phone sent from AT&T. But no form of JB seems to work for me no matter what. Guess I could run a clean install with no apps for several days...and then add in an app a day for the next 2+ months until I find the bad app...if that is even the case.
So bummed with this mess!
My phone freeze after rotation on landscape only with JB. all kind roms of JB stock, cyanogen,, aokp.
makamobile said:
My phone freeze after rotation on landscape only with JB. all kind roms of JB stock, cyanogen,, aokp.
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Interesting....that might be what I was experiencing....but I never thought that was it....did not notice that cause/effect.
I gave up and went back to stock / rooted ICS / TW...version LH9. Loaded it yesterday and have had 24 hours of great use...no issues.
I miss JB and Google Now...but at least my phone works!
I'm not sure for stock JB but on other ROMs, you could try changing your governor and scheduler.
BWolf56 said:
I'm not sure for stock JB but on other ROMs, you could try changing your governor and scheduler.
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When on CM10.1 I tried bumping the minimum CPU speed to 484 and 5xx (can't remember the actual numbers)....and the maximum CPU speed to to 14xx and 13xx (again, can't remember)....and this did not help.
Not sure if that is what you meant tho.
Anyway...I gave up and went back to rooted stock ICS (LH9) and the phone is working great. I've given up on JB for now. I will wait for a new major JB release from Samsung before I try again.
copy paste from gs3 verizon forum
Q: The phone keeps freezing when I go into landscape mode.
A: This has been covered many times in the thread, but to reiterate: If you are using the AOSP lockscreen you must disable "Ripple Effect" in Settings -> Lock Screen -> Lock Screen Options

[Q] Constantly losing my 3G Connection with AOKP

Hello, I have a problem with my phone that is driving me insane. This problem started happening a few months back when I rooted my phone and installed AOKP milestone 6 maguro. Every day, at least three times, I have to turn on my airplane mode and turn it off (which is glitchy and takes way too long) to get my data back. Not a big problem, but its INSANELY annoying after this has been happening for months.
Why do I keep losing my 3G connection? I'm with Wind Mobile, and my APN's are correct. Should I just go back to stock?
Try setting your minimum CPU frequency a little higher, say 500-700...
danger-rat said:
Try setting your minimum CPU frequency a little higher, say 500-700...
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Done and tested for the day, no change in problem.
I think I'm just going to go back to stock. I'll miss my toggles. :'(
Please write here after you flash stock and tell us if it works. I have this problem to.
Any progress?
I have returned to 100% stock 4.1.2. I still have the same problem. Starting to think its something wrong with the device it self
xclusiv8 said:
I have returned to 100% stock 4.1.2. I still have the same problem. Starting to think its something wrong with the device it self
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Apologies for not responding. I forgot about this post. I didn't return to stock yet. I'm disappointed to hear that it may be hardware. Probably will just relock it and unroot it and stuff, return for fixing if its still messed.
make a back up first before you return to stock
flash the latest 4.2.1 from google or just flash the latest radio if you wish, i'd just go with stock image first just in case its your rom ****ing up.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
if you are still losing connection with stock rom AND stock baseband everything stock with latest update, then yeah, it is probably hardware issue.

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