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Random Shut Down Issue - Theory: Let's compare apps

Some of us are having problems with our Captivate randomly shutting down. AT&T technical support thinks it could be apps that we've installed. Could they be right? My replacement device didn't start shutting down again after 3-4 days of owning it. By that time, I have already installed some favorite apps. Here's my list. Let's compare and figure this out. It's just a theory. Can't hurt.
<<<< OMG! While typing this new thread to turn on my phone so I can see the list of apps I have installed, MY PHONE TURNED OFF ON ME! WHAT THE...!!! >>> Anyway...
Apps installed:
-SMS Back Up and Restore
-Yahoo! Mail for Android
-Adobe Reader
-XDA-Developers
-Market History Manager
-Speedtest.net
-Google Maps

Mine never did it until I set advanced tag killer to harsh every half hour. I watered down the harshness a little bit and it hasn't shut off since
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Theres a thread in the vibrant section that's about the same problem and it happens after 3 days could try there
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Thanks. I just posted on an existing thread over there. I will do a hardware master reset later and observe again the next 3-4 days. Samsung gave me the directions. (Hold the volume up and down plus the power button, all 3 buttons for 15 seconds, etc.)

most are saying that its bad RAM/memory and exchanging the handset fixed all the problems

andy2na said:
most are saying that its bad RAM/memory and exchanging the handset fixed all the problems
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Is there a memtest type application for android? Bad memory would make sense, but so would a number of other theories.

Ur welcome hope it helps and u get it figured out
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RexEscape said:
Thanks. I just posted on an existing thread over there. I will do a hardware master reset later and observe again the next 3-4 days. Samsung gave me the directions. (Hold the volume up and down plus the power button, all 3 buttons for 15 seconds, etc.)
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Yeah, that's their answer for all problems, big and small. I'm sure in some cases it's valid, but the reset is used more as a "what the hell' reply rather than a knowledge-based solution.

Jack45 said:
Yeah, that's their answer for all problems, big and small. I'm sure in some cases it's valid, but the reset is used more as a "what the hell' reply rather than a knowledge-based solution.
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...which I agree to some point. Some users just end up loading crap on devices which screws things up (some of the apps mentioned above might be crap, or not, not sure, it's only a theory. Of course, a perfect device is a unit that can withstand ANY apps you feed to it. But we don't have THE perfect device (yet, or ever).
I will do the hardware master reset in a few minutes and not load anything for 3-4 days (but I will enter my Gmail account and let it sync with my Contacts, Calendar, and Email, but that's it...for now).

RexEscape said:
...which I agree to some point. Some users just end up loading crap on devices which screws things up (some of the apps mentioned above might be crap, or not, not sure, it's only a theory. Of course, a perfect device is a unit that can withstand ANY apps you feed to it. But we don't have THE perfect device (yet, or ever).
I will do the hardware master reset in a few minutes and not load anything for 3-4 days (but I will enter my Gmail account and let it sync with my Contacts, Calendar, and Email, but that's it...for now).
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What steers me away from the app theory is that there have been several posts indicating that the random shutdowns have occurred with a stock device. No apps downloaded / installed.
I don't have an answer except to say that the master reset can't hurt. Realistically, though, if you go a few days without a shutdown don't sit back and smile like the Cheshire Cat. Sometimes the shutdowns occur weeks into ownership. I'm not being negative, just realistic.
I wish you well.

Jack45 said:
What steers me away from the app theory is that there have been several posts indicating that the random shutdowns have occurred with a stock device. No apps downloaded / installed.
I don't have an answer except to say that the master reset can't hurt. Realistically, though, if you go a few days without a shutdown don't sit back and smile like the Cheshire Cat. Sometimes the shutdowns occur weeks into ownership. I'm not being negative, just realistic.
I wish you well.
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Agreed. Like I said, this is my second device and the shutdowns didn't start until 3-4 days after ownership on both devices. The reality (for me) is that the Captivate isn't so great after all after two devices already (sorry to say) but I'm not going to give up just yet. I have until the 31st to decide whether I will continue this 30-day early upgrade trial or take it back and continue to use my HTC Fuze and just let my contract expire (in October). If I take it back, come October, I will decide whether I will stay with AT&T and take on another (hopefully bug-free) Captivate, or move to Verizon and check out their Android phones -- HTC and Motorola devices!

I just did a hardware master reset. It isn't exactly a hardware master reset like the tech guy described it. He gave me the directions to "delete user data". It deleted the apps that I have downloaded from the Market, and other things. I don't know what else. However, when it booted up again, I noticed my settings and widgets are still there. My homescreen was still customized the way I had it. So, it's not a total master reset. The software Factory Reset isn't also a total (software) reset. I did that and found some folders left in my internal memory (not my external MicroSD) from the previous working session. Hmm..

my captivate started to shutdown about five days ago. it's been doing it once a day, always in the morning. i wonder if it has something to do with the power management. the phone is always charged overnight and the shutdowns always seem to happen about an hour or so after i unplug it from the charger.
the one day it didn't shut down, i noticed that the lock screen was unresponsive (ie i couldn't unlock the phone) and i ended up having to power down the phone anyway.

vksf01 said:
my captivate started to shutdown about five days ago. it's been doing it once a day, always in the morning. i wonder if it has something to do with the power management. the phone is always charged overnight and the shutdowns always seem to happen about an hour or so after i unplug it from the charger.
the one day it didn't shut down, i noticed that the lock screen was unresponsive (ie i couldn't unlock the phone) and i ended up having to power down the phone anyway.
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exactly how it happens on mine.

i'll see what happens over the rest of the week and then try the master reset. if it still happens, i'm going to return this for another one. unfortunately, i've had it for over 30 days.

vksf01 said:
i'll see what happens over the rest of the week and then try the master reset. if it still happens, i'm going to return this for another one. unfortunately, i've had it for over 30 days.
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Even after 30 days, you will still be able to return it (maybe to Samsung) for repair or a replacement. Good luck.

vksf01 said:
my captivate started to shutdown about five days ago. it's been doing it once a day, always in the morning. i wonder if it has something to do with the power management. the phone is always charged overnight and the shutdowns always seem to happen about an hour or so after i unplug it from the charger.
the one day it didn't shut down, i noticed that the lock screen was unresponsive (ie i couldn't unlock the phone) and i ended up having to power down the phone anyway.
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Mine has shut down twice, and I've only had it for 12 days. As you described, it happened both times in the morning, following a recharge.
I had to remove and replace the battery to get it to turn back on, is that the same thing that happened to you? I mean to say, did you have to remove and replace the battery to get it to work again?

The two Captivates I've owned (and returned due to a combination of GPS and Random Shut Downs) have shut down on me even in the middle of the day (not only in the morning after recharging for the night). It shut down on me while getting my afternoon coffee. I was showing the phone to the Barista, set the phone down on the counter to pay, picked it up, walked back to my office and just when I'm about to wake it up, it does the bootup. It also shut down on me at night while walking in the dark. I noticed my pocket lit up. I pulled out my phone and I saw the Shut Down screen as if you had pressed and held the power button (but nothing else was in my pocket that could have pressed the button!).
Random, I tell ya. Random.

pmpntl said:
exactly how it happens on mine.
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Larry202br said:
Mine has shut down twice, and I've only had it for 12 days. As you described, it happened both times in the morning, following a recharge.
I had to remove and replace the battery to get it to turn back on, is that the same thing that happened to you? I mean to say, did you have to remove and replace the battery to get it to work again?
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no, i just turned it back on using the power button.

I just wanted to chime in to say that I am having the same problem. Random shutdowns, not necessarily related to charging. Often they are in the morning however. For me it has been happening a few times a day. Likewise, it seems to have not happened at first, but began a few days ago (I have owned the phone about 2 weeks.)
Are you guys rooted? I have tried unrooting to see if that matters. I don't know why it would, but perhaps...

Which note edge's are affected by the soft reboot?

I was excited to remember this phone during looking at phones since I'm in the market for a new phone since my G4 died. But looking at a thread here it seemed a lot of people were having problems with soft reboots. Does this only affect rooted? or? is it for every verizon note edge? As nice as this phone is that might be a deal breaker for me. How long does a soft reboot take on the note edge? under 5 seconds? 10 seconds? longer? Just wondering in case I ever had an emergency how long I'd have to wait before I could call while it's doing it's soft reboot. And I hope it's not for every verizon note edge. But if it is how many times does it do it in a day for most? Meaning from about 8am-12midnight. Thanks guys.

Just do not use fingerprint lockscreen and no soft reboot at all.
How often occur? Good question, it depends on your habits. For me about 2 times per day. It last 5 sec, with laggy things 10-15 sec...
I am on 915FY btw not V.

On my 915FY it occured several times a day, and took sometimes more than a minute to get it working again. But fortunately I solved the problem with disabeling the stock-lockscreen and use hi locker instead. That app works with fingerprint and no reboots since then. All the other bugs (eg. loosing BT- or wifi-connection every now and then) seem to be related to exact the same lockscreen-bug and never appeared since that change.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68226447&postcount=35

Thanks guys, That helps me rest at ease.

charly-whiskey said:
On my 915FY it occured several times a day, and took sometimes more than a minute to get it working again. But fortunately I solved the problem with disabeling the stock-lockscreen and use hi locker instead. That app works with fingerprint and no reboots since then. All the other bugs (eg. loosing BT- or wifi-connection every now and then) seem to be related to exact the same lockscreen-bug and never appeared since that change.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=68226447&postcount=35
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Are there any other lock screen apps that work with the fingerprint scanner, i find hi locker temperamental.

petethepete2000 said:
Are there any other lock screen apps that work with the fingerprint scanner, i find hi locker temperamental.
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I'm sure there are some, just browse through play store. What means "temperamental" in relation with an lockscreen-app?

charly-whiskey said:
I'm sure there are some, just browse through play store. What means "temperamental" in relation with an lockscreen-app?
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I can't use Svoice while the screen is off, which is probably true of all lockscreen apps thinking about it.

I am using hi locker but still get the soft reboot in background....
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Seems like it's every 20 mins... literally all the time.

Is this issue unique to the Note Edge, or does it happen with other Samsung phones?

What does soft reboot mean?
I'm wondering if this subject heading is the same as the problem I'm having on my notes edge... The phone goes off and tries to reboot even with 56% and at times with 70% battery left...
I'm desperately looking for a solution.

Sandmann2020 said:
I'm wondering if this subject heading is the same as the problem I'm having on my notes edge... The phone goes off and tries to reboot even with 56% and at times with 70% battery left...
I'm desperately looking for a solution.
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I had this problem. Every time the battery got down to about 60% the phone would cut off, try to reboot unsuccessfully a few times then die. Would not fully boot up until I put the phone on the charger. New battery solved it for me. Had this problem with another phone. Same thing. The battery was bad.
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Thanks. I'm on this thread today because of an N915F crashing around the 40% battery full range. Unfortunately after it does that a few times it goes into boot loop that won't fix with cache wipes, and after a while it wouldn't fix with a reset either. It was still on KitKat, so I flashed 6.0.1 from September 2017 (Sammobile), but it crashed as well. Stepped back to July 2017 from Updato which updated to August 2017 through system update, and switched to a charger that will actually increase the charge on the phone while it's being used. Has been running fine while on the charger, but I also suspected a hardware issue since it would soft reboot on the recovery screen. Even though I have the battery at 100% now, I don't dare run it without the charger because I'm tired of going through setup and configuration over and over again. I ordered a battery last night. I hope that solves it for me too.

Use wakelock
select partial wake lock
and setting to start up on boot
its work on me never deepsleep in lock mode

I had same problem... Time for a new phone
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Finger print not working at night

Ok bit of a weird one, the phone is set to finger print unlock but when I go to bed and wake up in the middle of the night it's as if the phone restarted (it's not set to) and it's then asking me to enter my password which is long and Annoying to type when you half asleep.
Never happened with my S10 and so I'm wondering if I can find out if the phone is restarting or what's going on

themarques said:
Ok bit of a weird one, the phone is set to finger print unlock but when I go to bed and wake up in the middle of the night it's as if the phone restarted (it's not set to) and it's then asking me to enter my password which is long and Annoying to type when you half asleep.
Never happened with my S10 and so I'm wondering if I can find out if the phone is restarting or what's going on
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Its been discussed already.
It's because your also using face unlock, it was introduced on the S20 I think.
Search for the thread for more detail..the information is there

also, this can and will happen during the day -- i noticed this on my note 10+ prior to the 20 ultra.

It's a safety feature since face unlock isn't really secure you must type in your password if you haven't touched your phone for a few hours.
If you only use fingerscanner then you usually don't have to type in your password again. I think it's good with extra protection.

themarques said:
Ok bit of a weird one, the phone is set to finger print unlock but when I go to bed and wake up in the middle of the night it's as if the phone restarted (it's not set to) and it's then asking me to enter my password which is long and Annoying to type when you half asleep.
Never happened with my S10 and so I'm wondering if I can find out if the phone is restarting or what's going on
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Every 72 hours you'll need to enter your alternative lock method (password, pin, pattern).
This is for your own protection...to let you always remember your password/pin/pattern
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d4rkkn16ht said:
Every 72 hours you'll need to enter your alternative lock method (password, pin, pattern).
This is for your own protection...to let you always remember your password/pin/pattern
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24 hours for face unlock

*Detection* said:
24 hours for face unlock
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My advice is skip face unlock as it's a 2D face scanning that can be fooled by a picture of your face
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I have the opposite issue. The FP seems to not work as well in direct sunlight.

OnePlus 7 Pro Pattern Unlock

I have Oneplus 7 pro phone of my deceased father which I want to unlock. It has screen pattern lock. The phone is non rooted and USB debugging is disabled. I tried to open bootloader but it shows pattern lock there too. Is there any solution for this or do I have to wait for any solution ? I have been trying random combinations in the bootloader screen as it does not lock me out with the timing thing. I don't know if that will work. Any help would be appreciated as it would be helpful for our family to preserve the stored memories.

Dbigdon said:
I have Oneplus 7 pro phone of my deceased father which I want to unlock. It has screen pattern lock. The phone is non rooted and USB debugging is disabled. I tried to open bootloader but it shows pattern lock there too. Is there any solution for this or do I have to wait for any solution ? I have been trying random combinations in the bootloader screen as it does not lock me out with the timing thing. I don't know if that will work. Any help would be appreciated as it would be helpful for our family to preserve the stored memories.
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You may have to use msm tool. But that will also wipe the device clean

As the phone is encrypted using the pattern, without it there's not much you can do. Just hope you can guess the right one.

pitrus- said:
As the phone is encrypted using the pattern, without it there's not much you can do. Just hope you can guess the right one.
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I am trying patterns in bootloader. Previously it was showing 30 sec pause after 10 unsuccessful attempts. Now it does not show the 30 sec warning so I keep on trying patterns. After maybe 40-80 attempts the screen gets bricked, so I have to restart and continue the process. It may be fruitful but my only fear is the 30 sec warning. Why it has stopped appearing as it was appearing earlier ? Maybe the 30 sec marker is running in the background and not appearing due to glitch which would make my right attempt unsuccessful.

We normally don't support cases like this. Pretty much as stated all you can do is wipe it totally. So many cases of stolen phones this day in age.

TheMadScientist said:
We normally don't support cases like this. Pretty much as stated all you can do is wipe it totally. So many cases of stolen phones this day in age.
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I have original bill and box for proof. I agree with your statements but any sort of help would be appreciable so we can preserve his memories.

Dbigdon said:
I have original bill and box for proof. I agree with your statements but any sort of help would be appreciable so we can preserve his memories.
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Fortunately/unfortunately there's no known backdoors in OnePlus phones, so not much we can do to help you. [emoji17]

Question Last chance to save my phone (hopefully!)

Hello all,
First post here and hoping someone can help me!!
I got a Samsung S22 ultra back during launch this year (Feb or March time?) and it's an awesome phone but unfortunately, over the last few months it's begun randomly restarting/rebooting itself on it's own accord (I remember checking and I have no settings ON to make it do this). It was mildly annoying and to be honest, I just persevered and didn't do a factory reset back then which I probably should have in hindsight...
Fast forward to this week. I am out walking the dog and my battery drops to 5% and the screen darkens in an attempt to conserve battery. I think in this time I have somehow maxed out my screen unlock attempts to the point that it now says 'Try again in 24 hours' which I thought would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that every time my phone randomly restarts itself, it also restarts the 24 hour lock period.
Essentially, I am indefinitely locked out of my phone and unfortunately remote unlock is off. Why oh why I do not know but I am kicking myself.
Basically, is there ANYWAY or METHOD that anyone can help me with that would enable my phone to stay powered on for the full 24 hours? the solution seems easy enough to me, allow the countdown to reach 0 and I will be able to unlock my phone again with fingerprint/pin. I have downloaded something called 'Droidkit' from Imobie and they have a feature called system fix. Could that be installed safely to my phone and perhaps correct or update any firmware/software isssues that is causing the reset? Or is the Samsung Knox security too secure?
I am absolutely desperate as I have got no back up arranged and stand to lose nearly 2/ 3 years of photos and videos of sentimental value (wedding, honeymoon, relatives, memories etc) and it's incredibly distressing to think my only option is factory reset when if my phone COULD JUST STAY POWERED ON FOR 24 HOURS AND ALLOW ME TO UNLOCK IT.
Please help, thank you in advance.

If you really need that data... use a data recovery specialist. That phone, if survives the data retrieval attempt, needs to go in for repair.
You can try keeping it on the charger to see if that prevents a reboot. Even with an SD card I redundantly backup its critical data, you should too.

blackhawk said:
If you really need that data... use a data recovery specialist. That phone, if survives the data retrieval attempt, needs to go in for repair.
You can try keeping it on the charger to see if that prevents a reboot. Even with an SD card I redundantly backup its critical data, you should too.
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Sadly, keeping it plugged in to the charger doesn't keep it on power for 24 hours - it tends to restart randomly every so often still
Well I went to an official Samsung store today in the UK - I was told that for them to fix it would involve wiping/factory resetting the phone. Losing everything (which I am not yet prepared to do).
Would rebooting to bootloader be any good? I am not good with this stuff!
Thanks

Why you just don't switch phone off, and leave it like that for 24 hours?
Phone doesn't need to be turned on.

vinoboxer said:
Sadly, keeping it plugged in to the charger doesn't keep it on power for 24 hours - it tends to restart randomly every so often still
Well I went to an official Samsung store today in the UK - I was told that for them to fix it would involve wiping/factory resetting the phone. Losing everything (which I am not yet prepared to do).
Would rebooting to bootloader be any good? I am not good with this stuff!
Thanks
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Try chilling it down to 50F, see if that helps.
Never attempt to charge an Li near or below freezing though. Bag it before you chill it.
The screen lock complicates everything. Files are encrypted so you need those encryption keys to access data. Way beyond the level I could troubleshoot. A data recovery specialist is your best shot. They may need to remove the chipset to access the files. Fees are around $800.
You can keep trying, get it into safe mode if possible. I never use a screen lock as you are the one most likely to be locked out, sometimes through no fault of your own. Having lost a 30yo database that's not recreatable myself, you have my empathy. Sometimes all you can do is learn from your mistakes... and not repeat them.

vinoboxer said:
Hello all,
First post here and hoping someone can help me!!
I got a Samsung S22 ultra back during launch this year (Feb or March time?) and it's an awesome phone but unfortunately, over the last few months it's begun randomly restarting/rebooting itself on it's own accord (I remember checking and I have no settings ON to make it do this). It was mildly annoying and to be honest, I just persevered and didn't do a factory reset back then which I probably should have in hindsight...
Fast forward to this week. I am out walking the dog and my battery drops to 5% and the screen darkens in an attempt to conserve battery. I think in this time I have somehow maxed out my screen unlock attempts to the point that it now says 'Try again in 24 hours' which I thought would be fine if it wasn't for the fact that every time my phone randomly restarts itself, it also restarts the 24 hour lock period.
Essentially, I am indefinitely locked out of my phone and unfortunately remote unlock is off. Why oh why I do not know but I am kicking myself.
Basically, is there ANYWAY or METHOD that anyone can help me with that would enable my phone to stay powered on for the full 24 hours? the solution seems easy enough to me, allow the countdown to reach 0 and I will be able to unlock my phone again with fingerprint/pin. I have downloaded something called 'Droidkit' from Imobie and they have a feature called system fix. Could that be installed safely to my phone and perhaps correct or update any firmware/software isssues that is causing the reset? Or is the Samsung Knox security too secure?
I am absolutely desperate as I have got no back up arranged and stand to lose nearly 2/ 3 years of photos and videos of sentimental value (wedding, honeymoon, relatives, memories etc) and it's incredibly distressing to think my only option is factory reset when if my phone COULD JUST STAY POWERED ON FOR 24 HOURS AND ALLOW ME TO UNLOCK IT.
Please help, thank you in advance.
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you could send it to a unofficial repair store and let them check the phone, they might change the battery and check for any hardware issue or at least keep the phone on for you to be able open and backup everything from your phone.
you might lose the warranty by doing so.
i wish you the best.

All I see is you got too confident. If you have had fixed the randomly reboots when you started experiencing it this problem you have now would be easily fixed in 24 hours. Anyways, if I were in your shoes, I would try to flash the current complete firmware through Odin but flashing the HOME_CSC binary as CSC, since that one is supposed to don't wipe your data. That's what I would do (without high hopes) before doing a factory reset if that's my only option.

Try to unlock with Google's Find my phone app.

Hi, trying to boot into safe mode could potentially prevent the random reboots ONLY IF the culprit is an app.... It's worth trying anyway...

Why not factory reset in bootloader. It will trigger FRP lock but as long as you know your unlock code/password it will work fine. You'll lose your data but you'll be back in the phone

draskome said:
Why you just don't switch phone off, and leave it like that for 24 hours?
Phone doesn't need to be turned on.
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I'm with draskome....
I don't have a S22 and my last Galaxy S was an S5 so I doubt I know anything...but where does it say it has to be on for 24 hours straight? All the other posts on this thread seem to take that condition as a given, so maybe it's just something a non-S22 user wouldn't know.... I would think that turning it off for at least 24 hours, and then turning on & loading up the phone, the phone's internal check would find 24 hours have passed and remove the "lock" on it; and that would only need a nanosecond to confirm...
If not, what a complete oversight by Samsung! That is completely stupid requirement that it must be on for 24 hours; I would see no intrinsic value in it needing to be on for that long before removing the lock.... maybe someone can explain....

simplepinoi177 said:
I'm with draskome....
I don't have a S22 and my last Galaxy S was an S5 so I doubt I know anything...but where does it say it has to be on for 24 hours straight? All the other posts on this thread seem to take that condition as a given, so maybe it's just something a non-S22 user wouldn't know.... I would think that turning it off for at least 24 hours, and then turning on & loading up the phone, the phone's internal check would find 24 hours have passed and remove the "lock" on it; and that would only need a nanosecond to confirm...
If not, what a complete oversight by Samsung! That is completely stupid requirement that it must be on for 24 hours; I would see no intrinsic value in it needing to be on for that long before removing the lock.... maybe someone can explain....
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I think you're correct but maybe the OP's firmware or hardware is fubar and not following the protocol.
Got locked out of a bios like that, a hardware failure. Had I never set a password no lockout would have occured.

blackhawk said:
I think you're correct but maybe the OP's firmware or hardware is fubar and not following the protocol.
Got locked out of a bios like that, a hardware failure. Had I never set a password no lockout would have occured.
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Hmmm...I wonder...
I find it unlikely that if OP is able to keep his phone turned on (but locked out) for some time -- just not for the 24 hours straight as the phone will randomly restart -- and the phone's hardware is that "fubar" so badly that it can keep on for at least minutes (if not hours) but not be able to track or release after finding out 24 hours has passed. I might believe the "fubar" failure is that severe if the phone would crash when loading up or immediately restart when starting up -- but then OP would say "bootloop" and not merely that it "randomly restarts" -- but it seems stable enough for at least a little while....
If what you say is true in the end, then the OP probably has no hope because even stopping the random restarts might not resolve the countdown properly because the "hardware [is]....not following the protocol" regardless....

simplepinoi177 said:
Hmmm...I wonder...
I find it unlikely that if OP is able to keep his phone turned on (but locked out) for some time -- just not for the 24 hours straight as the phone will randomly restart -- and the phone's hardware is that "fubar" so badly that it can keep on for at least minutes (if not hours) but not be able to track or release after finding out 24 hours has passed. I might believe the "fubar" failure is that severe if the phone would crash when loading up or immediately restart when starting up -- but then OP would say "bootloop" and not merely that it "randomly restarts" -- but it seems stable enough for at least a little while....
If what you say is true in the end, then the OP probably has no hope because even stopping the random restarts might not resolve the countdown properly because the "hardware [is]....not following the protocol" regardless....
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Don't know. Maybe if they play with it a bit... but if the lock screen pass code has been corrupted... fubar.
Always redundantly backup critical data regularly, if you have a SD card slot use it. Having a data drive many times saves the data if the phone dies. Don't encrypt it...

reflash the firmware (use home csc), boot into safe mode