[Q] Freezes / Goes to Lock Screen / Status Bar is Wiped Clean / No Service - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III

So as the title states my phone has been doing this lately and i am unsure why. This will happen when my phone is just setting there and i am not playing with it. It will also happen when i am in the middle of something which is frustrating. I want to say this happens 3-5 times a day that i know of.
Phone Info...
Verizon
Rooted with stock ROM
I deleted some bloatware apps that was said to be safe
I also deleted some files so i do not get OTA updates anymore hmmm...
I cant remember when this started happening but i am assuming i brought it upon myself lol
Freezes / Goes to Lock Screen / Status Bar is Wiped Clean / Has No Service / Then back to normal in about 20 seconds???
If anyone is experiencing the same thing i would love to hear a fix or even an explanation of what it is?
Let me know if there is any other information i can give to make this easier to answer.
Thanks!

Yeah, it's a spontaneous hot reboot. Happens to me once in a rare while too but I've yet to figure out a pattern behind it.

x-y-no said:
Yeah, it's a spontaneous hot reboot. Happens to me once in a rare while too but I've yet to figure out a pattern behind it.
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Awesome!... well not awesome but i am glad you share my pain. May I ask... Are you rooted?

Yes. Running CleanRom 2.5. But I haven't noticed a correlation of the hot reboot issue to any ROM. Had it happen to me in Beans and also even rooted stock. Didn't have unrooted stock long enough to know if it happens there.

I was only stock for like a week or so and i don't remember it happening then but according to this forum i found people say it has happened while completely stock unrooted...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1788211
I have deleted some apps i guess ill just wait and see, no one seems to know what causes this...

Related

Let's recap the new update

After about one day of this GB update, what can we tell? Still any issues? Some people bricked their phones, so is there any idea why? Can we recap on what has been achieved this far? Are there any flashable ROMs with all good stuff?
The phone is still buggy. I have been having issue with BT and the phone locked up on a call once.
Basically, sometimes when I turn my BT headset off, it will still say it is connected on the phone. I will need to turn the BT off and then back on to get it to work correctly again.
As for the phone locking up. I was on BT and switched over to the speaker phone and the phone just died. I had to do a battery pull to get it to turn back on.
So it really just sounds like they need to work on BT more because I never had these issues on Froyo.
aowendoff said:
The phone is still buggy. I have been having issue with BT and the phone locked up on a call once.
Basically, sometimes when I turn my BT headset off, it will still say it is connected on the phone. I will need to turn the BT off and then back on to get it to work correctly again.
As for the phone locking up. I was on BT and switched over to the speaker phone and the phone just died. I had to do a battery pull to get it to turn back on.
So it really just sounds like they need to work on BT more because I never had these issues on Froyo.
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Did you update the baseband?
I'm curious about this too! I was about to start a tread, but this one shall do.
Questions -
1. (People having reboots before update)
*Did it fix the reboot issue?
2. (People with signal problems before update)
*Did the new baseband fix this/ do you get better signal now??
3. Another problem I have is that wifi and 4G constantly battle each other to see which one gets the signal. So I have to turn wifi on and off until 2G/4G go away.
(For people that have this)
*Did this get solved?
4. * Does GPS lock faster/work better?
I've had three different phones and I've had same issues with all three and even trying different roms. A different rom might fix one issue, but not the others for me.
My main concern is the reboot and signal issues!
These are questions for people that have same or similar issues.
NOT for people with no issues before update.
So please NO "There is nothing wrong with my phone!" People.
Thanks!!
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For those who are still having problems after the update it might be wise just to do a factory reset because froyo and gbread is very different...
* GPS locks much faster now, often instantly, and indoors.
* Switching between 2G/4G seems to be smoother; doesn't lose the connection for a few seconds like it used to
htc2364 said:
I'm curious about this too! I was about to start a tread, but this one shall do.
Questions -
1. (People having reboots before update)
*Did it fix the reboot issue?
2. (People with signal problems before update)
*Did the new baseband fix this/ do you get better signal now??
3. Another problem I have is that wifi and 4G constantly battle each other to see which one gets the signal. So I have to turn wifi on and off until 2G/4G go away.
(For people that have this)
*Did this get solved?
4. * Does GPS lock faster/work better?
I've had three different phones and I've had same issues with all three and even trying different roms. A different rom might fix one issue, but not the others for me.
My main concern is the reboot and signal issues!
These are questions for people that have same or similar issues.
NOT for people with no issues before update.
So please NO "There is nothing wrong with my phone!" People.
Thanks!!
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I had reboot issues before and so far haven't had any, but to make a proper conclusion I'll have to wait, as even before the update sometimes I would make it days between reboots/shut offs and sometimes only hours.
GPS appears to be very good now, as for wifi/4g/2g I always turn off 2g and use only wcdma setting, and haven't had any issues with it, I leave my wifi and BT on at all times too even when not connected and don't have too bad battery strain.
some things I noticed, in the gallery now when I hit share I don't see the gmail option, the camera reverted back to stock, which is a shame because I loved the things the LG cam app had, but there are a lot of camera apps (I love vignette) so that's not a huge issue, if anyone has the lg app I would love it back though.
I did have some sluggishness especially this morning, I downloaded some widgets though so it might be more of what I added than the update itself.
one surprise was that I thought it was supposed to wipe all data etc. from the phone, but everything was set up the same as I had it before with launcher pro, so I was happy I didn't have to start from scratch. Also I have been getting occasional force closes with launcher pro that I didn't have before.
as far as quadrant scores go I'm getting consistant 2600+ so that is good, I had Faux's kernal and OC to 1300 w/ pimpmycpu and was getting 2800-3000 so without OC I'm more than happy with 2600. Now if only netflix will make it's way to this phone as is, and hopefully we can root soon as i really want ROM Manager, pimpmycpu and a few other root only apps to work again! Love this community, everyone is so helpful and creative, keep up the good work.
GPS locks Faster
Google Music Beta offline feature does NOT work, won't download.
Android Market did not restore my previous apps.
Touch screen is still dodgy, sometimes requiring multiple touches.
Email, specifically @Live.com mail will not display junk mail. Other folders, yes, but not junk.
More frequent messages about Cannot connect to Server
Has anyone figured out why some people have bricks trying to update? To be honest I still hesitate to do the update because I still don't know why this happens
MOST of the situations seem to be because they didn't want to follow directions, and insisted on doing it their way...then, "OMG! LG BRICKZORD MY PHONE!!!"
I'm sure there were a minority few that had some other difficulty, but from what I read, almost every "brick" post I read had failed to list "nvflashed stock recovery" as one of the prerequisite steps.
mmapcpro said:
MOST of the situations seem to be because they didn't want to follow directions, and insisted on doing it their way...then, "OMG! LG BRICKZORD MY PHONE!!!"
I'm sure there were a minority few that had some other difficulty, but from what I read, almost every "brick" post I read had failed to list "nvflashed stock recovery" as one of the prerequisite steps.
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I think it's worth waiting for a rooted flashable version a day or two and to avoid any risks.
mmapcpro said:
MOST of the situations seem to be because they didn't want to follow directions, and insisted on doing it their way...then, "OMG! LG BRICKZORD MY PHONE!!!"
I'm sure there were a minority few that had some other difficulty, but from what I read, almost every "brick" post I read had failed to list "nvflashed stock recovery" as one of the prerequisite steps.
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<nods head and ducks>
mmapcpro said:
MOST of the situations seem to be because they didn't want to follow directions, and insisted on doing it their way...then, "OMG! LG BRICKZORD MY PHONE!!!"
I'm sure there were a minority few that had some other difficulty, but from what I read, almost every "brick" post I read had failed to list "nvflashed stock recovery" as one of the prerequisite steps.
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this ^^
even so, i had latest cwm running and i didnt brick **** lol people get so damn worried when the updating bar doesnt move consistently so they start fiddling with **** and boom! brick!
dmartin1976 said:
GPS appears to be very good now...
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I wish that were true for me. As I've mentioned in other threads, I'm still getting 90-180 second TTFFs, which is about where I was with stock Froyo. I hope someone will reply to my question in the other thread about the system settings they have that give them such good results. I've fiddled with all of the ones in the hidden menu GPS Test section and haven't found a good combination (and I don't know what the factory settings are supposed to be any more); it's hard because of having to wait a few hours between tests to let the ephemeris data expire in the receiver so I won't just be getting a carryover hot fix.
dmartin1976 said:
some things I noticed, in the gallery now when I hit share I don't see the gmail option, the camera reverted back to stock, which is a shame because I loved the things the LG cam app had...
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Hmm, that's strange; I still have Gmail in the list of options for "Share" in the gallery.
As for the camera, I think I actually like this one better. At least, it seems to do a better job of taking close-ups with the flash. With the original LG camera, close-up flash photos were always blown-out and overexposed. I took a couple of test shots in a dark room with the flash, and they look great, about as good as you can get with an LED flash, I think.
JHaste said:
this ^^
even so, i had latest cwm running and i didnt brick **** lol people get so damn worried when the updating bar doesnt move consistently so they start fiddling with **** and boom! brick!
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If I recall, once you reach the % range....the install range, it tells you, do NOT disconnect. Some of the pictures people were showing were in the Analyze area, before the actual download and install. I think if you get past the analyze phase you can install. I don't believe you can get past it with CWR installed.
Even still, the anticipated failure rate of an update like this (Bricked), is like 8 digits to the right of the decimal point. Even with the problems MS had with the NODO update on the Samsungs, the total # of failures was like 8 World wide. (or just over half their sales. )
So the process is pretty well tested and known.
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If I recall, once you reach the % range....the install range, it tells you, do NOT disconnect. Some of the pictures people were showing were in the Analyze area, before the actual download and install. I think if you get past the analyze phase you can install. I don't believe you can get past it with CWR installed.
Even still, the anticipated failure rate of an update like this (Bricked), is like 8 digits to the right of the decimal point. Even with the problems MS had with the NODO update on the Samsungs, the total # of failures was like 8 World wide. (or just over half their sales. )
So the process is pretty well tested and known.
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I promise you that I did it with CWM installed... I literally restored my stock nandroid, booted into that and then ran the update tool... I only had one hiccup where after i got to the S/W screen (after I had already downloaded but before the update) it said that I did not have the phone connected so i unplugged and plugged back in and that didnt work... so I unplugged, pulled the battery, put it back in, plugged in and everything went smoothly
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I promise you that I did it with CWM installed... I literally restored my stock nandroid, booted into that and then ran the update tool... I only had one hiccup where after i got to the S/W screen (after I had already downloaded but before the update) it said that I did not have the phone connected so i unplugged and plugged back in and that didnt work... so I unplugged, pulled the battery, put it back in, plugged in and everything went smoothly
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So it seems some folks just had bad luck
krekabl said:
So it seems some folks just had bad luck
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or the file they downloaded was corrupt? its not like we had an md5 to match...
JHaste said:
or the file they downloaded was corrupt? its not like we had an md5 to match...
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well everybody updated the same source didn't they?
GPS locks on a lot faster...but still loses accuracy in middle of route.

Trouble making and ending calls

Hey everyone,
I have had the infuse roughly since it was released. Never really had any call isuues or anything. Lately however, about 90% of my calls end up dropping. Also, when i try to end a call, the phone kind of freezes and shows that the call has not ended, but it should have. The phone symbol shows up at the top or the status bar stays green... I have no idea what this could be attributed to. I have used different roms and never had an issue. My most recent rom is the Max Q Rom and everyhing was working fine then after a few weeks this calling and ending calls situation started. Tried reflashing the Rom, but problem is still present, dont really think it is Rom related.
Anyone have any input? I cannot seem to figure it out and my phone as a phone has become virtually unusable...
Thanks for any and all help!
Heuser1 said:
Hey everyone,
I have had the infuse roughly since it was released. Never really had any call isuues or anything. Lately however, about 90% of my calls end up dropping. Also, when i try to end a call, the phone kind of freezes and shows that the call has not ended, but it should have. The phone symbol shows up at the top or the status bar stays green... I have no idea what this could be attributed to. I have used different roms and never had an issue. My most recent rom is the Max Q Rom and everyhing was working fine then after a few weeks this calling and ending calls situation started. Tried reflashing the Rom, but problem is still present, dont really think it is Rom related.
Anyone have any input? I cannot seem to figure it out and my phone as a phone has become virtually unusable...
Thanks for any and all help!
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Have never heard of that.... still have you tried a data and cache wipe in cmw? then install a rom on a fresh device? I know you will have to back up all your stuff but may be the answer.
Also try another modem may help. Im not sure since ive never experienced that but give it a try.
Heuser1 said:
Hey everyone,
I have had the infuse roughly since it was released. Never really had any call isuues or anything. Lately however, about 90% of my calls end up dropping. Also, when i try to end a call, the phone kind of freezes and shows that the call has not ended, but it should have. The phone symbol shows up at the top or the status bar stays green... I have no idea what this could be attributed to. I have used different roms and never had an issue. My most recent rom is the Max Q Rom and everyhing was working fine then after a few weeks this calling and ending calls situation started. Tried reflashing the Rom, but problem is still present, dont really think it is Rom related.
Anyone have any input? I cannot seem to figure it out and my phone as a phone has become virtually unusable...
Thanks for any and all help!
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I can relate. I had the same exact issue a few days ago. I just flashed and didn't look back.. though I probably will eventually. Try Mitra, very good. I loved it. Experimenting with Caty's rom now. Good luck. Wipe/factory reset, wipe dalvik and fix permissions. Then flash. Let it sit for 10-15 before you start using it. Make sure it settles and gets used to, "it's native infuse guts," as EXPERIMENT put it.

Allergic to root? HOS keeps pressing buttons on its own

Hi there, I hope you guys can help me out on this.
I just got my HOS a few days ago and it was all good.
Rooted it after 1 day, everything was fine.. at first.
Played a few games, installed themes and so on. After a few hours, my HOS began to vibrate out of nowhere and apps started here and there, menu opens on its own and all that stuff. It was out of control xD
I then saw that theres an update available. Flashed stock recovery and unrooted it. Afterwards, I installed 1.78. Still unrooted, downloading most of my Apps again, works flawless. Gaming(specially Temple Run xD) is smooth.
Yesterday, I decided to root it again. At first no problems at all.
Just now on the train, playing Temple Run again, my HOS started going crazy, vibrating all the time as if it is pressing buttons on its own and I see the phone doing all kinda stuff(opening new apps, browsing thru home screen etc xD).
Has anyone else expierenced something similar? I have no idea where its coming from and it really annoys the hell out of me.
Right now I'm on TrickDroid v3.1 (wiped system/data/dalvik/cache before flashing)
Kernel: 3.0.8-01136-g9d2ad32
Baseband: 0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.31501S.10L
Build: 1.70.666.1 CL52668
That really is strange !!! Its as if root contains some sort of poltergeist
I would have imagined a factory reset would have cleared it up, But in your case it didnt....
Have you tried an alternative rooting method ?
Nope, I did not. Always used the All-In-One Toolkit, except for when I flashed Trickdroid, since it comes rooted.
Is it ok if I unroot the HOS with Rootkeeper(is this just temp. unroot?) and then root it again with Superboot?
Unbranded HOS bought in Germany, if that matters. Also, no other recovery works for me except Intermin, CWM just won't boot for me.
that is weird...
Unlocking the bootloader was successful right ?
I dont understand why your phone is rejecting software lol.. Oh and I didnt know root keeper can unroot ive never used it..
how i got root was by flashing paul obriens recovery and then the root package zip file.. I did this on day one and have never had any issues at all.. Ive tested every single ROM and every single recovery lol..
Make a nandroid in recovery and just test out different methods and try get this issue fixed. If you have any issues just restore the nandroid..
Check your phone for remote access apps, maybe you got hacked. Most of those require root to function. Also check your google account for which IPs logged in and check the password recovery options for weird emailadresses and phonenumbers...
Ars has a writeup on hardening your android device, not very technical but some good stuff there. http://arstechnica.com/security/201...-smartphone-against-stalkers-android-edition/
Forget whatever i wrote.
My HOS registers my thumb, even tho I'm not touching it at all. If I'm like 5mm away from the screen, it registers it as if I'd touched it. My gf also has a HOS and it acts only if I touch the screen.
I also noticed that the hotter my HOS gets, the distance increases at which it recognized my "touch".
The distant screen touch has happened on my uprooted tmo us HOS. I've also experienced some craziness out of the device. I've kept it stock, no unrooting/rooting going on.
I was thinking an exchange with HTC cause I also have excessive battery drain and wavy lines in the screen but now I also have an awesome cracked screen too :-\
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i also dont need to touch my screen to select something
I just hover my finger over the app, real close to the screen and it selects it...
I guess we have special powers
i also dont need to touch my screen to select something
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Same here.
lets keep this quiet, We dont want people to know we are superhuman...
I cant be arsed with the fan mail from the CIA,,, Nor do i have the time to fight crime and save the world....
Id rather just continue to flash a ROM.

CM9 Alpha 6 - Random Issues

Since I flashed over to CM9 A6, I've noticed a few random issues and would like to know if anyone else has seen this happen on their phones.
First, when updating my apps, I've had my phone quick reboot (or possibly a crash?) in the middle of the update process. This has only happened twice so far and once it "rebooted", the update continued and I did not experience any adverse effects after.
Second, this morning when I checked my phone, I received a notification that I had 24 new emails. When I checked it, I found that these were all old emails that I had already read but were still in my inbox. Basically, it was as if I had just configured email on my phone for the first time.
I'm not exactly sure how to post log files and I'll be sure to do my research to find out but am just curious to see if anyone else has seen this happen with theirs since flashing. I did a clean wipe and install, S-ON, flashed the boot.img, etc. The phone is working as it should minus these few glitches that I've seen since flashing.
eparico said:
Since I flashed over to CM9 A6, I've noticed a few random issues and would like to know if anyone else has seen this happen on their phones.
First, when updating my apps, I've had my phone quick reboot (or possibly a crash?) in the middle of the update process. This has only happened twice so far and once it "rebooted", the update continued and I did not experience any adverse effects after.
Second, this morning when I checked my phone, I received a notification that I had 24 new emails. When I checked it, I found that these were all old emails that I had already read but were still in my inbox. Basically, it was as if I had just configured email on my phone for the first time.
I'm not exactly sure how to post log files and I'll be sure to do my research to find out but am just curious to see if anyone else has seen this happen with theirs since flashing. I did a clean wipe and install, S-ON, flashed the boot.img, etc. The phone is working as it should minus these few glitches that I've seen since flashing.
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im s-on unlocked running alpha 6. im having none of the problems youve stated, maybe try wiping and re-flashing. the olny thing im experiencing is some battery drain
I only get a reboot when I turn on wifi or a wifi tether app, and that's so rare I can't get a logcat on it.
Sent from Spaceball One.
blackknightavalon said:
I only get a reboot when I turn on wifi or a wifi tether app, and that's so rare I can't get a logcat on it.
Sent from Spaceball One.
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I had this happen the other day. The phone seemed to lockup for a moment, came back, then I flipped the WiFi toggle and black screen then splash screen. I don't know if I could reproduce it if I had to.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
Coug76 said:
I had this happen the other day. The phone seemed to lockup for a moment, came back, then I flipped the WiFi toggle and black screen then splash screen. I don't know if I could reproduce it if I had to.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
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It only happens once in a few days for me. As I said, this makes it tricky to get a logcat.
Sent from Spaceball One.
wiswis said:
im s-on unlocked running alpha 6. im having none of the problems youve stated, maybe try wiping and re-flashing. the olny thing im experiencing is some battery drain
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I've been keeping an eye on the developer thread about the battery drain and have noticed it myself. The issues I'm having aren't that big of a deal, I just thought I'd throw the question out there to see if anyone else has seen it happen with their phone. If they have, it could be worth reporting but if no one else has seen it, I'm not going to worry about it. Like I mentioned, everything is working as it should and I can deal with the random crash/reboot until the next alpha release.
Thanks to those who replied.

Oreo bugs

Hi , I have a h830 with latest firmware 30c (Oreo) it's completely stock no root no custom recovery , at the first time I notice some bugs to the Oreo build ...
Always on display some times it's stucked at 12 o clock..
Bluetooth connection is unstable....
Some time lags too much....
just wondering if anyone had the same issues with his phone...
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not sure about bluetooth as i haven't tried it since the update but my always on display will change to 2:00 for no reason and then back to the correct time and the phone runs so sluggish with any app unless its already in ram from a previous attempt. Sad an update this nice basically ruined the phone while others not on tmobile seem to be fine. Sure hope someone looks into this so we can get a fix.
Hard reset the device. It will fix most weird issues from the upgrade.
cradelikz said:
Hard reset the device. It will fix most weird issues from the upgrade.
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Sometimes when it's locked pop's up the lock screensaver like someone calls or send message and then go to sleep again..
Sometimes when it's unlocked open google assistance for no reason maybe as you said i have to make a hard reset
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Not sure about anybody else but I'm experiencing a lot of random app crashes. Most specifically messenger, instagram, and YouTube. Its almost making me wanna downgrade back to nougat until this is fixed. Almost every time I go into messenger, if I begin to scroll through a message it crashes. Also crashes if I begin to type a message to someone. I noticed that for some reason if I do these actions slower it seems to crash less... It's very annoying.
Whats up everyone!? Im not new to XDA- I usally sit back and read what everyone has to st because ....well honestly ....I dont know **** compared to you guys!! Lmaoooo ! But ive been wondering Now that you guys have oreo....would you recommend upgrading from 7.0? I havent upgraded because im comfortable with 7- and all I keep seeing are complaints about oreo- ive even seen a few who downgraded back from oreo.
Is it worth it?
Also im on t-mobile have a LG-H830. Not rooted.
It took t-mobile forever to catch up.
My worry is -ok I upgrade to oreo, I experience all the bugs and issues everyone talks about....how long til they put out a fix for the bugs!?!?
I don't know.if I should or shouldn't
I appreciate any feedback.
And if im on the wrong thread /forum for this question.......I apologize.
Thanks

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