I have a perplexing problem with two phones that I have. The issues is, when the phones go to sleep (either by timing out while on battery or when I hit the power button on the phone to turn off the screen), the CDMA radio will shut off after a while and won't turn back on until I perform one of the following:
1. Reboot
2. Make a phone call
3. Send a text message
4. Switch in and out of airplane mode.
I know when it's off because I will suddenly get a flood of text messages when I perform any of the above tasks.
I thought originally this was something wrong with my phone (maybe too much flashing), so I got another Galaxy Nexus (Sprint). Unfortunately, it does the same thing. If I keep it on a charger and do not turn the screen off, everything works fine.
The phones are a Galaxy Nexus that works with Sprint. Since I don't know when it happens, I captured a logcat of the phone overnight after I turned the screen off. The next morning, I had to dial out to "wake" the phone.
I have factory reset the phone, flashed another rom (it seems to happen to anything that was based on CM), All these have happened multiple times trying to fix the issue. I have wiped dalvik and cache with no avail. Is there something I'm not trying?
I tried looking around to see if anyone else had this problem, but came up empty.
Perhaps someone had had this problem as well and can direct me to a fix.
Logcat: http://www.darktremor.info/logs/logcat.txt
Thanks.
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I haven't seen any one discussing this with the T-Mobile Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) yet, so I'm guessing its just an issue with my phone but I thought I'd ask first..
My phone is a brand new T-Mobile Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) 16gig Blue, fresh out of box. Not rooted. Running stock rom.
Searching, I've a seen similar issue mentioned for other (older) phones, the fix seemed to be disable auto-rotation and auto-brightness. I've turned both off, and still have the problem.
If I let my T-Mo S3 sit, and the screen has been off for a few minutes (usually two or so will do it), I can't get the screen to turn back on.
The LED will blink, and if I hold the power button long enough, the phone will restart (and the screen will turn on).
I've tried a factory reset via the settings menu, going into stock recovery and doing a wipe cache, as well as a factory reset and wipe cache in the stock recovery. I still have the issue.
Have others experienced this? Is there a fix, or is it time for me to get with T-Mobile about a replacement?
Note: My VZW S3 (SGH-i535) doesn't have this problem).
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KidJoe said:
I haven't seen any one discussing this with the T-Mobile Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) yet, so I'm guessing its just an issue with my phone but I thought I'd ask first..
My phone is a brand new T-Mobile Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999) 16gig Blue, fresh out of box. Not rooted. Running stock rom.
Searching, I've a seen similar issue mentioned for other (older) phones, the fix seemed to be disable auto-rotation and auto-brightness. I've turned both off, and still have the problem.
If I let my T-Mo S3 sit, and the screen has been off for a few minutes (usually two or so will do it), I can't get the screen to turn back on.
The LED will blink, and if I hold the power button long enough, the phone will restart (and the screen will turn on).
I've tried a factory reset via the settings menu, going into stock recovery and doing a wipe cache, as well as a factory reset and wipe cache in the stock recovery. I still have the issue.
Have others experienced this? Is there a fix, or is it time for me to get with T-Mobile about a replacement?
Note: My VZW S3 (SGH-i535) doesn't have this problem).
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Exact same issue here ... Do you have power saving enabled? The only other option I play with is NFC ... although not sure why this would affect it. I have now disabled power saving and NFC to see if problem persists.
I did get a replacement phone. The replacement works fine.
Did a factory reset and haven't had an issue since. Definitely an app causing it ... just not sure which one!
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Did a factory reset and haven't had an issue since. Definitely an app causing it ... just not sure which one!
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I had tried several factory resets. Didn't fix. I even tried re-flashing via Odin.
Mine even "stayed alseep" at the "welcome" screen pre-setup (after factory reset).
newbie with the same problem..
My GTI9300 is doing the same thing. If I leave it idle for a while, then press the power button, the phone is unresponsive. Pressing the home or vol buttons does nothing. if I call it, the phone recieves the call, but no ringtone is played and the screen stays off.
It started doing it since I updated to the official 4.3 rom. Its been happy and dandy on 4.1.2
I have a sneaky suspicion it's a samsung service app causing problems. Once (still on 4.3) the screen wouldn't turn back on after a Skype call. I had to call it to unlock the phone, when it did come back it said "samsung push service stopped working." Today while browsing, the hyperlinks became disabled for a short while until an app update notification showed up. Then it was normal again. It may be unrelated, but could it be the push service interfering with wake from deep sleep?
Could be, kinda hard to say. But if you haven't already you should factory reset. If some data from your previous build is not being read correctly it could cause any number of issues. (You could try clearing data on and disabling the service app first if you like)
Beyond this though, you should probably post in the international forum. Our devices are very different and I for one know very little about yours.
Good luck!
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factory reset and if thta doesnt work replace it.
So I had my Galaxy S3 since it came out. A few months ago I noticed it shut off and wouldn't turn back on. (it would vibrate when the battery was inserted, goto samsung boot screen and never go anywhere from there) I noticed this site and a lot of others having the same problem so I began to trouble shoot.
I cleared my cache by getting into the boot screen and that seemed to fix my problem.
Now about 2-3 months later it started doing the same thing! This time clearing the cache did nothing, heck sometimes I can't even get a chance to clear the cache without it restarting on me again. Sometimes (if I'm lucky) i'll get it to boot up and it will go to home screen without a problem. Little to know it shuts off without warning and I'm stuck at the beginning.
This phone has never been rooted. Please help! I'm using a mytouch 4g now and this thing is slow as molasses! Do I have any chance to recover my s3 or is it sudden death syndrome?
Also I had alot of pictures/videos on the internal hard drive of this phone, is there anyway to retrieve those since my phone can't even boot up?
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So I had my Galaxy S3 since it came out. A few months ago I noticed it shut off and wouldn't turn back on. (it would vibrate when the battery was inserted, goto samsung boot screen and never go anywhere from there) I noticed this site and a lot of others having the same problem so I began to trouble shoot.
I cleared my cache by getting into the boot screen and that seemed to fix my problem.
Now about 2-3 months later it started doing the same thing! This time clearing the cache did nothing, heck sometimes I can't even get a chance to clear the cache without it restarting on me again. Sometimes (if I'm lucky) i'll get it to boot up and it will go to home screen without a problem. Little to know it shuts off without warning and I'm stuck at the beginning.
This phone has never been rooted. Please help! I'm using a mytouch 4g now and this thing is slow as molasses! Do I have any chance to recover my s3 or is it sudden death syndrome?
Also I had alot of pictures/videos on the internal hard drive of this phone, is there anyway to retrieve those since my phone can't even boot up?
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I am currently having the same exact issue. I suspect it is a faulty power switch. I will be replacing it, if it works i will update and let you know
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mentisimperium said:
I am currently having the same exact issue. I suspect it is a faulty power switch. I will be replacing it, if it works i will update and let you know
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I've heard of that too, I took apart my s3 and removed the power button as well as blew some compressed air through it. Still didnt work but yes keep me updated!
I ripped my power switch from the motherboard. To turn it on you plug it in and hold home and volume down to go to the odin screen. click volume down to reboot the phone. I am waiting for a new switch to come in the mail which I will attempt to solder onto the board.
I have read the other posts regarding the rebooting issues of the Sprint Galaxy S3 variant, but I seem to have a touch more difficult problem. My phone constantly resets and seems to be getting worse. It now will reset in the middle of recovery. I was able to wipe the cache and dalvik and then it started resetting even more frequently in recovery and made reloading the rom impossible. It even resets in the download screen. So it makes it impossible to use Odin and other applications. If anyone has any ideas let me know. I have a few possible options that I am pondering. The following is what led up to this if you need some background:
A week ago, I noticed that my battery suddenly was not charging when wifi was on. I turned it off thinking it was some glitch and reset the phone and plugged it in to charge. It said it was at 100 % some hours later. then I turned it back on again and within a couple minutes, it said it was at 22%. So I hard reset and then plugged it into the wall, but it was still not charging. I had go somewhere,so I plugged it into the car charger and enabled fast charge. I turned on my data and all the sudden it rebooted, lost my wifi password, but when it came back on, it was charging properly. So I thought it was just some odd glitch. Charged properly for days.
Then I noticed the phone starting to randomly reset maybe once very other day when texting. I was actually going to put on a new rom tomorrow thinking maybe my old one had become corrupt. Then it suddenly increased drastically tonight to where it was starting to reset constantly. I thought maybe the button was stuck, and pulled off my otter case to make sure it wasnt being pressed down oddly, but it continued. Then I went into recovery and was able to wipe the cache and dalvik before it got really bad and now it won't even let me stay in recovery for any length of time. I almost got a rom loaded when it reset and its been resetting faster than ever. Becoming unresponsive to button presses as well. Even when I could get into the recovery, it would keep showing "swipe screen to open," as the power button was apparently continuing to activate or the phone was trying to reset itself. And yes, I have tried a battery pull several times and then tried to get into recovery, only to be booted out right as I see the recovery screen if I get there.
So that is my problem. I can't flash odin or anything else as the phone just keeps resetting. Part of me thinks to get a new battery and try to see if that doesn't solve my issue, as maybe the battery is causing the phone to reset? But part me is also thinking maybe the power button has gone sticky suddenly? It won't charge it seems as the red light will not come on and it keeps resetting before the battery charging icon can even come up. Any help or advice would be appreciated. I am leaning towards the battery going bad suddenly and shorting out the phone. I now have the battery, which last I saw was at 48% (It was charging when this happened), out of the phone and am waiting till morning to hopefully pick up a new battery. But I would appreciate any insights into this issue.
Thank you very much
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I'm having the same issue described above with the S3 constantly rebooting. I can get into download mode but it restarts a few seconds into the flash. I have tried a different battery but that did not solve the problem - I am also thinking it's a power button issue... any suggestions?
mawamd said:
I'm having the same issue described above with the S3 constantly rebooting. I can get into download mode but it restarts a few seconds into the flash. I have tried a different battery but that did not solve the problem - I am also thinking it's a power button issue... any suggestions?
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I just had my phone replaced for same reason ( Thank god for insurance) Download mode would last about 5 seconds, Recovery would do the same. I managed to get a stock restore with flash counter reset to boot as i was walking into the Sprint store for the techs to look at this lol.. Same exact thing happened on my S2. Power button is done. If you have INS call and get it replaced (Took me about a week for new phone)
I read some post on possibly using Samsung Kies to flash a new ROM, but that was for the international version. I would be curious if anyone has ever tried this or if its possible to replace the power button with a part replacement? I have ordered an S4 but this time I will make sure to use the home and left touch pad more often to unlock the phone and save wear on the power button. I wold still be interested f anyone has found a fix for this.
mawamd said:
I'm having the same issue described above with the S3 constantly rebooting. I can get into download mode but it restarts a few seconds into the flash. I have tried a different battery but that did not solve the problem - I am also thinking it's a power button issue... any suggestions?
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So after looking around, I am pretty convinced this the power button,as people describe on this question. If you don't have insurance, I see there are selling replacements or you can pay someone to replace and fix the power button fairly affordably on ebay. I might go the second route, as I want it fine right and the man had a 100 percent rating positive, and I dont really know what I am doing lol. Thanks everyone for your answers.
Started acting up last week when I noticed it restarted on it's own, but didn't fire back up right away. Instead it went into a reboot cycle for almost an hour (doesn't make it passed the Samsung splash screen). Then it just fixed itself and I was able to access everything as normal.
Once it was going again, I backed up all my info and did a factory reset and proceeded to re-load Jellybean (4.0.2?). Although Kies said I was already up-to-date and didn't do anything.
Anyway, worked fine for a week until yesterday when it went into the continuous reboot cycle, and never fully turned on again.
I have pictures and vids I would like to somehow recover (on phone and not on SD card), but I have no idea how to get the phone to start up. I have removed my SIM and memory card to see if that did anything. Also have done numerous hard resets (pull the battery and lock + vol down combo). It basically just kills the battery as it cycle reboots. Every few minutes, it will fire up again but still doesn't make it past the Samsung splash page. And when the phone is charging, it just doesn't turn on in general and just intermittently vibrates to try to start-up.
Dunno how I would even be able to flash the ROM (newb at this) since the phone doesn't stay on long enough to access the BIOS of the phone. Does this seem like a software or hardware issue? I bought this phone 2nd hand off Craigs about 2 years ago, so no idea if it was a refurb.
Has anyone experienced this and can direct me to somewhere so I can fix it? Or is it a goner and I should just move on to another phone? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Its likely a stuck power button. Search here or Google for treatments.
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it sounds like a problem I had once
Galaxy S2 Wont boot anymore
one option was to disassemble teh phone and check the power button , someone recommended I use an eraser to tap the power button and see if that would unlodge it and to my relief that worked. You might want to try that first
Ok, just want to know if anyone has any experience with any of these tabs exhibiting this behavior. I bought my wife a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0 (SM-T310) WiFi only. Soon as I got it I updated it to the latest factory version (4.4.2 I believe). Then when rebooting I noticed it would just keep going through the initial boot logo, black, and then the boot logo again. So I presed the power button 10 seconds then it booted fine. When using the unit sometimes it would randomly reboot. SEEMS like when turning the unit back on from sleep mode often. I did a factory reset on it via the settings the first time, but same problem. I did a second factory reset this time via the recovery menu, first wiping the cache partition then factory reset. I THOUGHT I figured it out that it was just the power button getting stuck because I was able to reproduce that behavior if I held in the power button when I though I just pressed it briefly normally. So I thought OK, this is ok I don't have to send it in for repair because it's just that the power button gets stuck sometimes. But then another issue appears. The display will get all lines in it without being able to read ANYTHING at all. Like there's a problem with the LVDS connection to it. I bought this from Newegg refurbished, but kept it away for over 30 days and gave it to my wife on her birthday. Now I'm going to try to send it in for repair/exchange via the 90 day refurbished product company support to some other company (http://www.consumerservicerefurbish.com/) but I was just wondering if anyone could chime in. I search here and google but couldn't find any mention of a corrupt display issue like the one that popped up last night. Really weird.
Mine from NewEgg works great. Definitely send it back. It has a hardware issue.