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.
Hi,
I've had this watch over a year now. Everything was working fine until probably last update or two. Now the watch just turns off randomly even when battery level is high. And sometimes it won't turn on unless its connected to the charging dock. I've tried deleted android wear, clearing cache, unpairing, factory resets, restarts. Nothing has worked, i've tried it close to 10 times now and just another factory reset this morning. Haven't been able to use the watch for like 2 months now. Its just a desk clock now. Please help.
Android Wear version - 1.3.0.2166028
Play Services = 7.8.99
Android OS = 5.1.1
is the watch actually shutting down like when you go into the screen and tell it to shut off or does it just go blank right away?
If the later then I hate to say it but it sounds like something inside the watch is broken. Perhaps a contact or solder point near or on the battery. Hard to say without sending it for service.
SirDigitalKnight said:
is the watch actually shutting down like when you go into the screen and tell it to shut off or does it just go blank right away?
If the later then I hate to say it but it sounds like something inside the watch is broken. Perhaps a contact or solder point near or on the battery. Hard to say without sending it for service.
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It just goes blank. No notification at all. It's been on for 20 percent now. But I am sure it will turn off again. Maybe it's because it gets hot. I dunno.
bustanut666 said:
Hi,
I've had this watch over a year now. Everything was working fine until probably last update or two. Now the watch just turns off randomly even when battery level is high. And sometimes it won't turn on unless its connected to the charging dock. I've tried deleted android wear, clearing cache, unpairing, factory resets, restarts. Nothing has worked, i've tried it close to 10 times now and just another factory reset this morning. Haven't been able to use the watch for like 2 months now. Its just a desk clock now. Please help.
Android Wear version - 1.3.0.2166028
Play Services = 7.8.99
Android OS = 5.1.1
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Did the watch suffer any kind of mechanical shock ?
Cst79 said:
Did the watch suffer any kind of mechanical shock ?
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Not that I know of or anything very severe. I have pumped it on a wall before but that's it. Never dropped or anything. Just seemed like after the updates it when crazy. And I've tried almost every solution I've read on these forums.
So only turned off once yesterday which was good. This morning took it off dock and it didn't pair. Tried turning on/off bluetooth on phone no luck so I restarted watch. Then it says "android is starting". "App 1 of 12". Why does it do this sometimes? Does it alot. And it will not finish the process and boot up the watch unless it is docked. If wearing watch. It just shuts off.
bustanut666 said:
So only turned off once yesterday which was good. This morning took it off dock and it didn't pair. Tried turning on/off bluetooth on phone no luck so I restarted watch. Then it says "android is starting". "App 1 of 12". Why does it do this sometimes? Does it alot. And it will not finish the process and boot up the watch unless it is docked. If wearing watch. It just shuts off.
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That sounds like it is trying to update or download the apps to the watch... which it sounds like you have 12 installed on your phone.
Have you tried deleting ALL the apps from you phone (only the 12 apps for the moto 360) and then uninstall Android wear and factory reset the moto 360 and then download Android wear to your phone and pair the 360 as a new watch and test it for a while and see how it works?
I have the same issue, watch shuts down while I am jogging and listening to Android Wear music from the watch throught Bluetooth. Watch shuts down around 75-80%. When I start it says: Loading Apps 1 out of 12... then shuts down (I assume its a safeguard mechanism for watch not to start without full battery to ensure all apps load completely).
When I wear the watch normally, it never goes off during the day, issue presents itself only when using Bluetooth headphones (perhaps the heating of BT transmitter forces the watch to malfunction and shut down)
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I have the same issue, watch shuts down while I am jogging and listening to Android Wear music from the watch throught Bluetooth. Watch shuts down around 75-80%. When I start it says: Loading Apps 1 out of 12... then shuts down (I assume its a safeguard mechanism for watch not to start without full battery to ensure all apps load completely).
When I wear the watch normally, it never goes off during the day, issue presents itself only when using Bluetooth headphones (perhaps the heating of BT transmitter forces the watch to malfunction and shut down)
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I never connect the bluetooth to listen to music. It just shuts down.
Maybe you are doing something that causes it to overheat. Do you leave it on for prolonged periods of time?
Been having this same issue. The Moto 360 powers off and when I press the power button to turn it back on I see the splash "M" image then it turns off. The only way to get it to stay on is to put it back on the dock and when it turns on it says shows the updating apps screen. Any fixes?
I haven't figured out fix. Because of this I barely use my watch anymore. Sucks.
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yep, haven't used my 360 in 6 months because of this problem. it's a shame really. my warranty went out like a week ago too :/
Same thing has been happening to me as well. Not doing anything on the watch, it just goes into sleep of death and I have to put it back on the charger. Battery level is usually above 60 or 70 %.
Same issue!!!
Guys even I had same issue, my watch will heat up suddenly and turns off. I've to put it in dock to turn it on again. This issue never occurred after stopped using some of the new watch faces which allows dim option. I'm currently using some of the old watch faces which are working fine. May be these new watch faces are not working fine with latest update. Now I don't face any problem and battery life is also great.
Try this solution and let me know.
Watch faces has nothing to do with it. My watch will not fully boot into android wear unless it's on the dock no matter which watch face I am using. Even the minimal face.
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Anybody able to find a fix? This is so annoying
I'm having the same problem. I purchased a used Moto 360 off eBay for $120 and it turns off randomly even when the battery is pretty high for example it just turned off randomly at 80%. Then when I try to turn it on it boots up till the M logo or sometimes to the colorful part but then turns off again. It also only turns back on by putting it on the charging dock. Also it shows the Installing App 1 of 1 at startup and then suddenly shuts down again. I am extremely annoyed and frustrated because of this as I spend $120 on this watch and now I get this which makes it unusable and a waste of money. Please tell me guys if any of you find a solution!
Unfortuanately, mine is doing the exact same thing. I thought I had it working again, but as soon as I tried to give GPS permission to Google Fit (wouldn't run without it), it spun there and just went black. I literally just took the watch off the charger, so it isn't that. Now, if I hold the power button or press it multiple times, it tries to boot up, and will stop before it even gets past the normal Android boot animation. Sometimes, it won't even get past the Motorola boot animation. Now, when I put it on the charger, it seems to load perfectly fine, and even gets past the 'Starting apps' phase. Again, once it loads back up, my watch shows +90% battery. I've tried a factory reset, unpair/repair, and still no go.
Found a pattern
My app does the same but i have at least a pattern when it happens. It seems like it is as soon as there has been an update either in Android ware app or in soem app that has an wear application.
Guys, my watch when i do unpair its not reseting no idea why, it turs off, do you have to have any percentage minimum to do a reset?
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Guys, my watch when i do unpair its not reseting no idea why, it turs off, do you have to have any percentage minimum to do a reset?
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yes, was facing the exact issue today, I charged it more than 90%, It will power off after showing restarting within 2 sec you will get the vibration and the watch will start again. But Now I am stuck at pairing it with my phone(OPO) as when I try to pair it android wear on the phone hangs and restarts the phone. I am resetting the watch again while I write this post. Lets see what happens.
I've had my 360 left of the charger for months without use, however I've come to use it today to find something bizzare.
If I take it off charge and leave it, then it'll be fine. However as soon as I try and do anything on it, it turns off after a few seconds and won't turn back on without the charger.
I've wiped it a few times but the problem still persists. As an example:
Take watch off charge, go to reset it, watch turns off before I can press reset.
I then reset the watch whilst on charge, took it off charge and left it on the setup screen. Watch stayed on the entire day. As soon as I tried to set it up, it turns off.
Any ideas?
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Strange, I had to get a replacement Pixel therefore I had to reset my watch. When I tried to reconnect the watch would not generate the patient code. So I factory reset again and same issue. So I flashed the stock image and same issue. So then I flashed the preview image and finally got connected.
Now it won't charge when the OS is booked all the way. As soon as it goes up one percentage it just stops charging. Now here is the most strange part... It will charge while it's being factory reset and booting for the first time.
Has anyone seen any of these issues?
Never heard of anything like that Does it charge when Powered Off? Maybe try Neg's custom ROM...
Charging it causes it to turn on.
Strange, I flashed back to the factory stock image and its working fine again.