I have a samsung facinate i lent my sis in law to use after her strat blew it's mind. Verizon pushed an update, and she has had a lot of problems since then. The phone has started freezing when it's charging, the lock screen won't unlock. Sometimes the phone acts like the processor is dragging, it won't shut down apps like it should. Now it has gotten into a bootloop, it will boot up to the verizon splash screen and won't go any farther. We can get it into manual mode. It is an unmodified, out of the box phone, this is the second samsung that has lost it's mind with her. i had it 2 years and it never acted like this for me, I am wondering if the latest software push was too much for it? How can I get the phone out of the bootloop?
we ended up factory resetting it, it is working again, she has to reload all her apps. We still don't know why it was messing up in the first place
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Hello, here is my problem. I posted it here as well, but maybe it's not the only place because it might be more than a CyanogenMod problem? (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=57411392#post57411392)
The other day, my phone shut off. I thought maybe my battery (zerolemon standard size) was dead, so I tried charging it, but I realized that nothing was happening. In fact, my phone didn't even start up. I would see the Samsung Screen, then Cyd (sp?) the Android showed up, but it wouldn't boot. I could still get into my Recovery, so I tried reflashing CM11, but it still was broken. I had put in my OEM stock battery at this point. I even factory reset, but nohting.
I found that by flashing Bonestock, that my phone worked, however. So I grabbed whatever photos and files that I deemed important, and tried formatting data, then reflashing the newest cm11 nightly (12/6 i believe. ) STILL nothing. Wouldn't boot.
Finally, I used ODIN to go back to stock (4.1 or something), then rerooted my phone, and put the 12/6 nightly on.
It worked, for the time being. A few random restarts, but nothing weird.
However, Today, i noticed that the random restart happened again. I press the home button, cuz i think it's on, but it isn't. It vibrates, then starts to reset. I see the Samsung screen, then nothing! This is with my zero lemon. I can't get it to go to recovery or anything w/o shutting off.
I put in my stock battery, and it starts right up! However, after a few hours, it starts turning off and doesn't boot up.
I managed to get it into recovery long enough to reflash hyperdrive, because it seems like touchwiz roms work?
questions:
1. is this a CyanogenMod problem?
2. Is this a hardware problem?
3. Is this a battery problem?
4. What should I do? If I stay on this touchwiz rom, I can't use my Moto 360. You need 4.3 or 4.4 to use Android Wear.
5. I am thinking of unrooting and sending my phone back through warranty. (cuz it might be hardware problem). However, if they send me a refurb, would it be unlockable? Cuz it's like 4.2 or something? and then I'm stuck w/o my Moto 360. (what's the latest verizon update?) (also, is there a chance i'd get the phone like 4.1 and then i could still root and unlock bootloader?)
6. the other day, before this happened, it was raining and i used my phone. i don't think water got in... but could this be the result of that? I don't see how water would hate CM but like TW though.
Thanks, any ideas would be super helpful.
chances of getting a phone that is rootable and bootloader unlockable is very low, if there's any chance at all. if you wann try and replace the phone why not try swappa and look for one that is either bootloader unlocked or look for one that is capable of being unlocked. other then that, i dont see any way of getting another one that you can root and rom.
Thanks. I would get a replacement through my Verizon insurance. I guess it might be the end of an era for cm my galaxy s3. Sigh. Just looking forward to nexus 6 hopefully for Christmas.
Hi,
I have a problem with my Galaxy SIII. It is from Virgin Mobile..
I uploaded a new software update- I tried avoiding this bc the last time I did, my phones battery was horrible and GPS did not work for a better part of a week. However, the upload message would not stop after two weeks, and it would drop my calls when it was giving me the notice/and or trying, it would also knock me off internet. So I did. However, my battery started to go to crap, at 20% it would shut the phone off, later for me to come home, plug it into a charger to be at 30% not 20%. I found that odd. However, it requested again without remorse, almost 30% calls were interrpted and I thought maybe this "Update again" might fix the problems. Nope, my suspicions became true. I seen my phone with the little droid guy and it uploading. However, when I got back to the phone, it was stuck on a Samsung screen. I can power the device on and off, it will go through the motions if you will, but soon as it hits the Samsung title cannot boot past it. To note when doing the " Software Update"- I had my phone on a charger. So cannot boot past Samsung screen and it freezes there.
I can go into Safe Mode if I use the buttons manually. However, I cannot restart the phone in safe mode. A Samsung guy mentioned that there might be a way to manually type commands in safe mode- the ownly thing my phone might be still good for- using a software that would recognize the device and save info onto an SD card before flashing. He found this out by typing a google search, I tried and cannot find it. He stated the data is probably still ok without a flash. However, how did I get data out of this before a flash lol? Any ideas?
Hello, Nexus 5 forums. This is my first post on here, because I never even tried to root or install a custom ROM on my Nexus 5, having bought it for the official updates from Google and all that stuff (I had a Galaxy SII before this phone, and I frequently visited the XdaDev GSII forums because I installed CyanoGenMod on it).
I'll go straight to the point. My phone suddenly started rebooting randomly today, and by the end of the day it was stuck in a weird kind of bootloop. The Google logo would pop up, and right as the MM boot animation started the phone would reboot and the Google logo would show up. Right now, the phone's battery is probably dry, so that's why the phone isn't bootlooping, but it has done so for 3-4 hours before shutting down. I tried opening the phone, removing the battery and putting it back in, but the phone just kept bootlooping. I tried both getting into the stock recovery and into download mode, but the phone keeps on rebooting as soon as I get into download mode.
Can I do anything to fix this or is my phone doomed to the eternal bootloop?
Thanks in advance for any and all replies.
Sounds like there may be a problem with the power button.
Same thing happened to me like 5 times now. It is the power button. What I do is knock it on the side of a table below the power button. I just need it to last until the new nexus is released, so I never investigated the proper fix.
I understand, so my problem is more a hardware than a software issue. I tried knocking the phone on the side of a table like @NicksSpleen said, but maybe my problem is more serious. What can I do to fix this? I need it to last until Christmas, as I'm going to get a new phone then (maybe the Nexus Sailfish, if the price is acceptable).
EDIT: Double post.
I disassembled my phone and fixed the problem by cleaning the power button. Works like a charm. Thanks for all your suggestions!
Anything other than the power button?
I recently bought a used galaxy note 4 for my wife, the phone was bought from a tech guy that worked in a Samsung store.
the phone had been loaded with the note 7 firmware, this was a little glitchy and began crashing the phone.
I assured my wife that I was able to flash the stock software back to the phone, I have done this before on other phones and tablets etc.
the software flashed across with no issues and the phone worked fine..... until my wife restarted the phone, it wouldn't boot up until I removed and replaced the battery, assuming that there was a glitch with the firmware I factory reset and wiped the partition again then re flashed the stock firmware, again the phone worked fine and sailed through the initial set up, once it was up and running I tried to reset the phone to test it.........
now the phone wont turn on, it wont charge, it wont boot in recovery or safe mode.... I have had the battery in and out many times and have held the power button with the battery out to discharge power......
the phone is dead! is there any way back from this or do I accept I need to start looking for a new phone for the wife!!!
I have only had it for about 16 months now. It is a MetroPCS GS7 so it's a T-Mobile variant if that matters. Never been rooted or modified in a similar way. The same thing happened with my previous phone, a GS4 which never got fixed. I was just using a video downloader app when it suddenly restarted. It only shows the first screen for about 5 seconds then restarts. I have some experience using ODIN and flashing ROMs but I don't know what I should try with a GS7.
After a few tries to get it into recovery, this is what happened. The blue recovery message in the top left showed up but I didn't let go of the buttons this time. Then this rotating white circle showed up and said something like "applying system update". After about 20 seconds then I got a screen with the dead android and it said "no command" below it. Then I don't know what happened but then suddenly the recovery menu showed up. So I picked to just power off so it is just turned off now and no longer in a boot loop. I don't know what to do from here. I won't turn it back on until I get advice on what to do next.
If you just want to fix it without worrying about losing data, see if you can get it onto download mode and full a full stock flash with all 4 firmware files in Odin.
If anything is corrupt, Odin should give you an error message which might be enough of a clue as to where to look next.
OK so I flashed it once and it didn't work, it was still stuck. After that I just gave up on keeping anything and wiped all data. I flashed it a second time and it still got stuck, but after about 10 restarts it finally worked. However it is now on the T-Mobile firmware instead of the Metro PCS one and also I am having weird problems now. I would like to go back to the Metro PCS however I cannot find any firmware for a G930T other than T-Mobile. The problems I have experienced so far is the auto brightness does not work anymore, I have to manually set brightness even when it is switched on, the screen turns on for a few seconds when it's done charging now, and also I restarted my phone to fix an app and then it got stuck in a loop again. It took 10 restarts then worked again, but that is still a problem. I don't even know if I should still be wasting my time trying to fix this. I really don't want to buy a new phone right now but I also feel hopeless in fixing this one.