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i keep bricking my phone - HELP

alright first things first, no custom roms, not rooted.. i run the stock rom that i got with the galaxy note, 2.3.5.
here is my problem,
last week my phone suddenly became too slow, so i tried to restart it, and it got stuck in the logo screen,
that part where it says Galaxy Note , N7000 (something like that), I am not sure if 'bricking' means this, anyway my big note feels like a brick now.
i send it to repair, they said they would replace it for me, and they also said that they have repaired the issue with my original phone. Well i got impatient and didnt get the replacement, i went and got my phone back earlier today, it was working fine, and as the service centre said, they had repaired the issue.
It was factory reseted, so when i got back home, i started installing my favorite apps. But soon, as i was progressing app after app, my apps started getting force closed, and when i tried to restart it, it got hung , again on the logo screen. Unable to do anything like the last time.
So i will take it to the service centre tomorrow n hope that i get that replacement .
So i wanted to know why this is happening, the only reason i can think of is that one of my apps is causing the issue, the apps i installed (in the order of installation) are :
Gingerbread keyboard
1) facebook (the official app)
2) facebook messenger
3) go chat
4) avast antivirus
5) twitter
6) whats app messenger
7)IMDB
8) viber
9) exfm
10) cubed
11) mobo video player
12)Glam
13)BBC news
14) CNN news
15) barcode reader
16) Espn Score centre
so around the time i finished installing the barcode reader, and started to get the ESPN app, my problem started, the android app market suddenly force closed, along with the ESPN app that finished installing. Then almost all my apps started force closing as i try to open them, i try to restart and the phone got hanged.
Any advice as to where i went wrong??

Well, you may try uninstalling the apps in the reverse order. But I would be too lazy for that. I would either factory reset the phone or flash the newest available stock firmware (KKA at the moment methinks) with full wipe. From then on I would keep the phone close to stock for a week or two and see if it happens again. If it does the phone itself may be defective and needs replacing.

i cant even get the phone to run ;(
its stays stuck on the logo screen

Sounds like you have a hardware problem. Bad memory or something.

manuabraham said:
i send it to repair, [bold]they said they would replace it for me [/bold], and they also said that they have repaired the issue with my original phone.
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They said they could replace it for you why you picked the same phone then??? They did opened it, placed their hands inside of it. Simple it isn't factory phone now, it is a repaired one now. Get a replacement if you still can.
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will do...
anyway according to the samsung guy, they didnt open the phone, it was a purely software issue.
anyway, i am suspecting a memory issue/hardware problem, since this is my first smartphone I dont really know much about this.
also, the ram usage is always around 650/800. is that normal?? even when the task manager shows no apps running in the background..

hey, can anyone tell me the hard reset key combination for Note??
i tried the method for S2, but that is not working here

manuabraham said:
hey, can anyone tell me the hard reset key combination for Note??
i tried the method for S2, but that is not working here
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Here you go from Samsung customer service email copied
--------------------CAUTION-----------------------
*2767*3855#
Hard reset= full wipe of data on internal memory all 16GB of it. Only sd will be not affected.
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Braxos said:
Here you go from Samsung customer service email copied
--------------------CAUTION-----------------------
*2767*3855#
Hard reset= full wipe of data on internal memory all 16GB of it. Only sd will be not affected.
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is this method the same as the option under privacy in settings?

DMax99 said:
is this method the same as the option under privacy in settings?
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Over it, cleaner I would say. Recreating partitions the whole thing.
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You say you are running on 2.3.5, i am on 2.3.6 . If you can reset and get it running again try updating before you install and apps. Good luck.

[Q] CAMERA crash!

ok so i bought Galaxy S4 i9500.. like a week ago.. then i updated my firmware using keis like 2 days ago.. n now my camera crashes.. when not used after a very long time. im not sure is it either the samsung fault or android fault.. my current version is 4.2.2. if u need anymore details.. i will love to provide them!!

obaid_rock said:
ok so i bought Galaxy S4 i9500.. like a week ago.. then i updated my firmware using keis like 2 days ago.. n now my camera crashes.. when not used after a very long time. im not sure is it either the samsung fault or android fault.. my current version is 4.2.2. if u need anymore details.. i will love to provide them!!
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Does it say "warning;camera failed" ? And are you loading the camera from the lock screen or home screen?

obaid_rock said:
ok so i bought Galaxy S4 i9500.. like a week ago.. then i updated my firmware using keis like 2 days ago.. n now my camera crashes.. when not used after a very long time. im not sure is it either the samsung fault or android fault.. my current version is 4.2.2. if u need anymore details.. i will love to provide them!!
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the easiest way is to flash another firmware (Stock*) by Odin
download anther firmware from sammobile.com
ur setting and data will remain but problem will fix
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I bought a new samsung galaxy 4s and the camera failed
obaid_rock said:
ok so i bought Galaxy S4 i9500.. like a week ago.. then i updated my firmware using keis like 2 days ago.. n now my camera crashes.. when not used after a very long time. im not sure is it either the samsung fault or android fault.. my current version is 4.2.2. if u need anymore details.. i will love to provide them!!
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I had the same problem with my new Galaxy S4 that I bought on 8 of may in 2013.
In the beginning, the camera work fine, but after several minutes, on each time that I tried to open the camera aplication it had black screen with an error message.
I tried to exit the battery and return it, it didn't help.
I tried to rebot to manufacturer settings, at the first couple of minutes the camera work fine, but later the black screen appear again at each time I open the camera application.
Here is a link to youtube that show the same problem that I had :
Search on youtube "samsung galaxy s4 camera fail"
What can I do ?

I am having the same problem with my s4; tried system update, factory reset... maybe i need to try to flash my firmware. so disappointed with Samsung. a flagship phone shouldn't have this problem!
to be safe, getting it exchanged... i never bought insurance before but it looks like i might need to if i am sticking with the s4.

It's a known problem. Loads of people have it. You'll just have to wait for Samsung to fix it.

gili1234 said:
I had the same problem with my new Galaxy S4 that I bought on 8 of may in 2013.
In the beginning, the camera work fine, but after several minutes, on each time that I tried to open the camera aplication it had black screen with an error message.
I tried to exit the battery and return it, it didn't help.
I tried to rebot to manufacturer settings, at the first couple of minutes the camera work fine, but later the black screen appear again at each time I open the camera application.
Here is a link to youtube that show the same problem that I had :
Search on youtube "samsung galaxy s4 camera fail"
What can I do ?
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From today speaking to a guy who repairs samsungs this is a hardware issue. Reboots and factory resets seem to fix the issue but the root of the problem is the the camera module either not correctly attached/or soldered to the connection so when rebooting or resetting the phone the movement of the device in your hand or laying the phone face up briefly re-connects the module to the device. I'm awaiting my new device as my carrier told me a few people have had this issue also.
Hope that helps

cameracartwright said:
Does it say "warning;camera failed" ? And are you loading the camera from the lock screen or home screen?
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no it dosent.. it just crashes.. with a black screen!

I have taken several pictures with my 2 days old GS4 but in one occasion when I opened the camera and switched from the front camera to the main, the phone froze and reboot it self :/
I hope i only was a one time failure and not hardware or software relate.
Cheers

There are several other topics created for this issue Slow or reboot when opening camera apps and [Q] Galaxy S4 - reboot launching camera from lockscreen
So far, temporary fixes are limiting the background processes to 4 from the developer options in the settings menu and disabling air view options and smart screen options. This has worked for me, I haven't experienced any other reboots but the lag is still present and sometimes when enabling both cameras feature the app would freeze.
I'm not sure whether this is a hardware or a software issue but nevertheless most GS4s experience lag with the camera app, especially those on the octa version, the GT-I9500. I bought the phone internationally, not using a carrier and switching mine will be a pain; therefore i really hope it's a solvable software issue.

This happened to me yesterday. I tried factory resets, going back to stock with Kies, clearing data, but nothing works. I thought it was because of something
I flashed yesterday, but that wasnt it. Sad it happened so quickly and hopefully it can be fixed.
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cameracartwright said:
From today speaking to a guy who repairs samsungs this is a hardware issue. Reboots and factory resets seem to fix the issue but the root of the problem is the the camera module either not correctly attached/or soldered to the connection so when rebooting or resetting the phone the movement of the device in your hand or laying the phone face up briefly re-connects the module to the device. I'm awaiting my new device as my carrier told me a few people have had this issue also.
Hope that helps
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how reliable is your source? will they fix it in the future.. like in the next batch.. n will they take the first batch back and give us the new models? can u confirm this with him?

obaid_rock said:
how reliable is your source? will they fix it in the future.. like in the next batch.. n will they take the first batch back and give us the new models? can u confirm this with him?
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He doesn't work for Samsung he just repairs them independently so he is speaking from experience. But I have since asked another independent business and the toldme the same. My problem has now stopped buti believe could be fixed due to my new case on the phone pushing the camera module slightly in place? Who knows but I am replacing incase it happens again (really don't wanna be lumbered with an s4 with a broken camera)

cameracartwright said:
He doesn't work for Samsung he just repairs them independently so he is speaking from experience. But I have since asked another independent business and the toldme the same. My problem has now stopped buti believe could be fixed due to my new case on the phone pushing the camera module slightly in place? Who knows but I am replacing incase it happens again (really don't wanna be lumbered with an s4 with a broken camera)
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Were you receiving any warning messages?. As I dug into this problem I've found there are 2 error types. In the 1st scenario the camera would crash and a message would be displayed. The 2nd one, would just turn the screen black after accessing the camera app and after a few seconds the phone would reboot.
If a message is displayed then it's most likely a hardware issue. If the phone restarts without warnings then disabling air gesture options and smart screen options along with disabling a few samsung apps temporary solved the matter, therefore being a software misbehave. It's not a permanent solution but until sammy releases a patch this could be a small fix.

G-XtremE said:
Were you receiving any warning messages?. As I dug into this problem I've found there are 2 error types. In the 1st scenario the camera would crash and a message would be displayed. The 2nd one, would just turn the screen black after accessing the camera app and after a few seconds the phone would reboot.
If a message is displayed then it's most likely a hardware issue. If the phone restarts without warnings then disabling air gesture options and smart screen options along with disabling a few samsung apps temporary solved the matter, therefore being a software misbehave. It's not a permanent solution but until sammy releases a patch this could be a small fix.
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No error message for me.. It justs reboots for me.. Btw what's the expected battery life?

obaid_rock said:
No error message for me.. It justs reboots for me.. Btw what's the expected battery life?
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Slightly less than 10% / hour with medium use. Coming from a Note 2 this is really frustrating.

G-XtremE said:
Slightly less than 10% / hour with medium use. Coming from a Note 2 this is really frustrating.
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yea i was expecting much better battery life than this... this sucks! my frnd has a note 2.. n thats awesome!

G-XtremE said:
Were you receiving any warning messages?. As I dug into this problem I've found there are 2 error types. In the 1st scenario the camera would crash and a message would be displayed. The 2nd one, would just turn the screen black after accessing the camera app and after a few seconds the phone would reboot.
If a message is displayed then it's most likely a hardware issue. If the phone restarts without warnings then disabling air gesture options and smart screen options along with disabling a few samsung apps temporary solved the matter, therefore being a software misbehave. It's not a permanent solution but until sammy releases a patch this could be a small fix.
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I have the first scenario. What would actually cause this? Flashing wouldn't cause it, would it?

G-XtremE said:
Were you receiving any warning messages?. As I dug into this problem I've found there are 2 error types. In the 1st scenario the camera would crash and a message would be displayed. The 2nd one, would just turn the screen black after accessing the camera app and after a few seconds the phone would reboot.
If a message is displayed then it's most likely a hardware issue. If the phone restarts without warnings then disabling air gesture options and smart screen options along with disabling a few samsung apps temporary solved the matter, therefore being a software misbehave. It's not a permanent solution but until sammy releases a patch this could be a small fix.
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Mine did both loaded camera app then black screen with message after a few seconds "warning:camera failed" then one time the phone didn't reboot it simply froze until I force restarted it. I'm getting replacement tomorrow evening as I use my camera a lot when I don't have a dedicated camera with me

cameracartwright said:
Mine did both loaded camera app then black screen with message after a few seconds "warning:camera failed" then one time the phone didn't reboot it simply froze until I force restarted it. I'm getting replacement tomorrow evening as I use my camera a lot when I don't have a dedicated camera with me
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Yup, I have that exact thing. Unfortunately, T-Mobile US doesn't have the S4 as part of their replacement "plan" yet. I'll have to check back later.

[Q] I'm using a Octa-Core Galaxy S4, ramdonly heats up and Battery Drain from "Media"

[Q] I'm using a Octa-Core Galaxy S4, ramdonly heats up and Battery Drain from "Media"
Hi, im currently using the galaxy sy i9500, and it was great for a first few days. Then started around 3 days ago, BAtrery started draining very fast, and my phone would randomly heats up, i can feel it from my pocket. And my bettery would go from 70% to like 50% in and hour without doing anything with it. i Disabled all the features, air view, smart scorll etc etc. I even enable the power saver mode which did not help at all. Anyone have an idea on whats going on? (see pics)

You are not the only one experiencing such problems.
1st of all make sure you have updated to latest software version. Then try to disable from the app manager: Samsung push, samsung apps along with google music play service (media has been draining your battery the most)
Are you also experiencing lag and difficult camera access?
If none of those worked maybe try to do a factory data reset or try flashing a stock firmware via ODIN.
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gzmiwza said:
Hi, im currently using the galaxy sy i9500, and it was great for a first few days. Then started around 3 days ago, BAtrery started draining very fast, and my phone would randomly heats up, i can feel it from my pocket. And my bettery would go from 70% to like 50% in and hour without doing anything with it. i Disabled all the features, air view, smart scorll etc etc. I even enable the power saver mode which did not help at all. Anyone have an idea on whats going on? (see pics)
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Its really strange as i get non of the issue did u try reset and see if the issue is solve ?

gzmiwza said:
Hi, im currently using the galaxy sy i9500, and it was great for a first few days. Then started around 3 days ago, BAtrery started draining very fast, and my phone would randomly heats up, i can feel it from my pocket. And my bettery would go from 70% to like 50% in and hour without doing anything with it. i Disabled all the features, air view, smart scorll etc etc. I even enable the power saver mode which did not help at all. Anyone have an idea on whats going on? (see pics)
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go to developer option and turn off windows animation
then in developer option > apps section > check don't keep activities
if it doesn't help u then try to flash another firmware or kernel
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edit: also disable auto sync

123hiten said:
Its really strange as i get non of the issue did u try reset and see if the issue is solve ?
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G-XtremE said:
You are not the only one experiencing such problems.
1st of all make sure you have updated to latest software version. Then try to disable from the app manager: Samsung push, samsung apps along with google music play service (media has been draining your battery the most)
Are you also experiencing lag and difficult camera access?
If none of those worked maybe try to do a factory data reset or try flashing a stock firmware via ODIN.
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Yesss once i try to start up my camera app, it would freeze for like 2 secs, if it doesnt open. My gs4 will restart it self.
ps. im using the stock firmware... im i not ? did the retail shop root the phone for me? lol

gzmiwza said:
Yesss once i try to start up my camera app, it would freeze for like 2 secs, if it doesnt open. My gs4 will restart it self.
ps. im using the stock firmware... im i not ? did the retail shop root the phone for me? lol
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Flash a correct firmware using odin from below link and hopefully u ll not have any issue :good:also after flashing reset the device and make it just like out of the box device to get best result
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477&highlight=stock+firmware

Most people seem to have the over heating problem when there is a corrupt file on the sd card. Try removing the card and seeing if that helps you.
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N9005 self restarted

I don't know what is wrong with my Note3 N9005 it restarted by itself without any reason. It happened twice in this week already. I have been using it since the beginning of March bought it brand new on ebay.
The current FW is 4.42. I am suspected the cause is the apps I dowloaded but just don't know which one. Does any one have any ideas?
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Hi.
I had same problem - even 2-3 restarts per day. In my case, someone of these apps caused problem (i installed them every time I wipe phone or install firmware, doesn't matter custom or stock).
1. Timely
2. Facebook
3. Facebook Messenger
4. Mx player
5. Plantronics hub
6. Cyberon Voice Commander Pl
Since few days I'm on stock XUENC2 ETL firmware, and I only upgraded stock apps and istalled shazam. In next few days i try to install Cyberon.

I think mx player could be the culprit. I say this because I have 3 different players on my phone. Every now and again when I use them my phone goes into spasm!
It stops paying anything, I lose all sounds then gradually I lose the ability to use my phone until I restart it.
I've had it Sent to Samsung but it returned with same problem.
I now only use one player and as yet it's not done it since. .
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Uninstall all apps you installed just before it started? And then re-add them one by one until it starts rebooting again. Then you'll know which.

Samkee007 said:
I don't know what is wrong with my Note3 N9005 it restarted by itself without any reason. It happened twice in this week already. I have been using it since the beginning of March bought it brand new on ebay.
The current FW is 4.42. I am suspected the cause is the apps I dowloaded but just don't know which one. Does any one have any ideas?
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My N9005 (BTU) was rebooting 3 or 4 times a day 'til I tried this. Worked for me.
System Settings
WiFi
[Capacitive Menu] Advanced
Un-check "Scanning always available"
.. hope this helps.

pcoulson said:
My N9005 (BTU) was rebooting 3 or 4 times a day 'til I tried this. Worked for me.
System Settings
WiFi
[Capacitive Menu] Advanced
Un-check "Scanning always available"
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I am gonna try it. My phone restarted again today and it was sitting inside my belt case I heard the restarting sound, So it was self restarted even it was not in use, wow!
My previous phone was a China made ZOPO ZP990 before that was OPPO Find 5 both didn't do self restart like this and both are cheaper than Note 3 but the Note 3's been giving me the self restarting, lagging even hangs like a computer a few times. I think I should email Samsung and see what they say. Thank you for your idea tho.

Samkee007 said:
I am gonna try it. My phone restarted again today and it was sitting inside my belt case I heard the restarting sound, So it was self restarted even it was not in use, wow!
My previous phone was a China made ZOPO ZP990 before that was OPPO Find 5 both didn't do self restart like this and both are cheaper than Note 3 but the Note 3's been giving me the self restarting, lagging even hangs like a computer a few times. I think I should email Samsung and see what they say. Thank you for your idea tho.
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I have many posts about this device rebooting randomly and freezing. I believe the problem is the RAM. You see, I don't suffer from this problem anymore, not by unchecking this and removing that or by factory resetting but because I have my phone set to "noop" and "performance" [300-2265] in SetCPU. I did this so that the RAM doesn't really get a chance to "keep" a process running for too long. It forces the phone to do what is has to immediately and with all the necessary processing power is can muster.
Battery life? I get 20+ hours comfortably unless the screen brightness is set too high, which is a "duh" in my opinion.
If you do a search for "freezing" or "random reboots" you will see that you aren' alone.

Sorry for writing it another time, but from my experience, this and other topics with freeze and restart problem, are hard to find.
After few months of crashing, and restarting, I send my Note to service center on warranty with knox 0x1. They changed mainboard. Currently testing, but it seems to be ok right now.
Freeze and rebots, restarts of Note 3 have to be HARDWARE FAILURE
I tired everything, diffrent roms, setcpu settings, with no success.

App crashing problems

TBH I don't know what the hell happened to my phone one day I picked up my phone and EVERY SINGLE APP I open just lasts for a minuet and crashes for no reason!? even my keyboard my TouchWiz launcher EVERYTHING!! I think the problem from this app: (Android WebView) because someone who have the same phone have this very same problem.
One more thing the screen is doing weird things too?!
Anyone who knows what the hell is happening to my phone please let me know what to do.
PS: It's a stock Note 4 running Android 5.0.1 lollipop not rooted N910C Exynos variant.
Thanks in advance!
Sent from my Note 4

Have you tried doing a factory reset, that would probably help...

Ashatar said:
Have you tried doing a factory reset, that would probably help...
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Actually after posting this I did a factory reset but just after updating several apps the problem came again.

One thing that I noticed that when I leave the screen without touching it the app stays just fine like YouTube watching movies and like that but when I start browsing and scrolling the app crash... WTF?!

midopicanto said:
One thing that I noticed that when I leave the screen without touching it the app stays just fine like YouTube watching movies and like that but when I start browsing and scrolling the app crash... WTF?!
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That is kinda odd really....maybe flashing a different firmware would help.I haven't really experienced app crashing like that...

Ashatar said:
That is kinda odd really....maybe flashing a different firmware would help.I haven't really experienced app crashing like that...
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Thanks for your time man!
Yeah that's really what bothers me a lot!
I cleared the cache but it helped for a few hours and came back again but now I force-stopped that app and then unstalled the updates then disabled it, Now I don't have any problems "for now" but I think that app really missed up my screen because the screen before disabling it was giving weird colors... anyway I really hope that it'll never encounter me again! My phone was literally unusable!