So I have my AT&T Galaxy S4 on stock 4.3 mk2 rooted, and every now and then my phone decides to lock itself to where I have to enter the pattern except the screen doesn't respond until I restart the phone. However holding the power button does bring the shut down, restart and airplane options up in which the screen does respond. It's a very annoying issue and I still have a year and a half with this thing to go, so any idea on how to fix it? Or even what caused it? Only "custom recovery" is safestrap which has been installed and unused for a while
Thanks in advance
try not using pattern unlock and see--
rugmankc said:
try not using pattern unlock and see--
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Sorry for the late reply, but the problem still persists.
NP, not sure what to suggest--did you pull battery
guess you could odin back and start again
could be hardware ??
SkyAttacksX said:
So I have my AT&T Galaxy S4 on stock 4.3 mk2 rooted, and every now and then my phone decides to lock itself to where I have to enter the pattern except the screen doesn't respond until I restart the phone. However holding the power button does bring the shut down, restart and airplane options up in which the screen does respond. It's a very annoying issue and I still have a year and a half with this thing to go, so any idea on how to fix it? Or even what caused it? Only "custom recovery" is safestrap which has been installed and unused for a while
Thanks in advance
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I had some lag issues too when my S4 did the ota from mf3 to mk2. Various apps would freeze or f/c, or at times not even open when selected. I took it to Samsung Experience Center (this was before XDA got tar files) & they re-flashed 4.3 on my phone. That solved everything. Phone was fast and lag free even stock with all the bloat ware. So perhaps try flashing mk2 and see if that solves your problems.
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Service Provider - Sprint
Model no. SPH-L720
Just picked up my Galaxy S4 from Bestbuy with stock 'Build no.' (MDC). As soon as i started using my phone, sprint pushed a 'over the air' (OTA) update. Had it downloaded, installed, and rebooted.
As I started using the phone more by clicking on the stock app. the phone starts to reboot itself. Long story short. I thought i'll fix it by rooting the phone. Same issue and reboot itself more, kept crashing.
I now unrooted the phone using Odin-OC for FULL ERASE since i have nothing on the phone to begin with. I'm guessing this is a hardware issue. I'm wondering if anyone out there that is having the same issue.
Thanks.
If the Galaxy s4 is faulty (hardware issue), the phone vibrate twice before samsung logo appear.
so from what you are saying as soon as you booted you got the MDL update correct? what "stock app" are you clicking on that is causing the phone to reboot? random reboots are commonly linked to specific software malfunctions most of which can be corrected easily. not saying you didnt get the bad one from the batch but if you provide more info we should be able to work out the kinks if its software related.
l3et9jwh2000 said:
Service Provider - Sprint
Model no. SPH-L720
Just picked up my Galaxy S4 from Bestbuy with stock 'Build no.' (MDC). As soon as i started using my phone, sprint pushed a 'over the air' (OTA) update. Had it downloaded, installed, and rebooted.
As I started using the phone more by clicking on the stock app. the phone starts to reboot itself. Long story short. I thought i'll fix it by rooting the phone. Same issue and reboot itself more, kept crashing.
I now unrooted the phone using Odin-OC for FULL ERASE since i have nothing on the phone to begin with. I'm guessing this is a hardware issue. I'm wondering if anyone out there that is having the same issue.
Thanks.
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i also have this problem but i have no solution, samsung told me either i need a new battery or get my phone replaced pronto
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so from what you are saying as soon as you booted you got the MDL update correct? what "stock app" are you clicking on that is causing the phone to reboot? random reboots are commonly linked to specific software malfunctions most of which can be corrected easily. not saying you didnt get the bad one from the batch but if you provide more info we should be able to work out the kinks if its software related.
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Sorry for the late respond, my phone will automatically reboot itself. While in any apps, game app and while using the camera to take pictures; my phone reboot itself. Once it is on, the phone will not respond (freezes) and reboot itself again and again. This usually stop by the forth or fifth time of continues self booting.
l3et9jwh2000 said:
Sorry for the late respond, my phone will automatically reboot itself. While in any apps, game app and while using the camera to take pictures; my phone reboot itself. Once it is on, the phone will not respond (freezes) and reboot itself again and again. This usually stop by the forth or fifth time of continues self booting.
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i know you said that you are no longer rooted but have you tried rerooting and flashing a differant rom?
Typically random reboots are kernel related. When rooted did you try flashing any custom kernels, mods, try OC/UV, or anything along those lines?
Otherwise, sounds like a faulty device, maybe bad memory.
Same problem
A week after getting the galaxy s4 my phone started rebooting typically 2 times a day sometimes none at all, contacted sprint they said to come in and there fix was a factory reset lol, so decided to root and install triforce rom with kt kernel , still getting random reboots, im playing with the kt kernal settings hoping to find a sweet spot
Honestly... I think it's the MF9 update. It hasn't happened to me, but I've seen it for plenty of people. Everyone here running build no. MF9??
I am now, but my reboots started right when the phone came out
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My phone is bone stock, never rooted, flashed modded. Last night I put the phone on charger and woke up to phone being locked up. I removed/reinstalled battery and booted up.
TO my surprise on boot below the samsung logo, it says "CUSTOM" with an unlocked picture of a lock.
Anyone else have this issue? I've never modified the rom/recovery nor have I rooted.
I do have Nova launcher and Foxfi......could those be a culprit?
Update: I tried going into stock recovery. WHen I boot with buttons pressed it says "Recovery Booting" but nothing happens and phone reboots itself.
n19htmare said:
My phone is bone stock, never rooted, flashed modded. Last night I put the phone on charger and woke up to phone being locked up. I removed/reinstalled battery and booted up.
TO my surprise on boot below the samsung logo, it says "CUSTOM" with an unlocked picture of a lock.
Anyone else have this issue? I've never modified the rom/recovery nor have I rooted.
I do have Nova launcher and Foxfi......could those be a culprit?
Update: I tried going into stock recovery. WHen I boot with buttons pressed it says "Recovery Booting" but nothing happens and phone reboots itself.
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What's funny is, I am running the Task650 AOKP rom and Goldeneye rom and my custom padlock icon went away on its own. Many others have reported the icon randomly showing up too. I'm betting it will go away. Try rebooting your device a couple of times and if it really bothers you do a factory reset.
It's really not that big of a deal. Your're still running the samsung recovery.
Interestingly, my phone did this for the first time last night as well. I've been rooted since the beginning. Since you mentioned it I'm also using Nova launcher but can't imagine that matters.
Well my concern is when it happens at the wrong time, say during a warranty repair/replacement. A message like that is show and bam, no warranty.
I went to the AT&T Device Support Center for my Note II and they booted the phone, and then into download mode to see if it was modified or not (obviously I had returned to stock). So they do check
Nova launcher in not the culprit, because I am on TW and it does the same, in and out that message appears, haven't seen it in a week or 2, but it will pop up occasionally. I think anytime you approach the bootloader with a modification, that will show, and then disappear. I could be wrong, but there has been no certain pattern confirmed by anyone.
do any of you guys have a 64gb Sandisk microsd?
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do any of you guys have a 64gb Sandisk microsd?
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no. I have a 32GB Samsung micro-sd.
n19htmare said:
no. I have a 32GB Samsung micro-sd.
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then try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2296014
polish_pat said:
then try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2296014
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He can't do that if he's not rooted.
CZ Eddie said:
He can't do that if he's not rooted.
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he can root and then unroot. Or he can do the following: take our SD card, reboot twice and check if your system status is still custom
polish_pat said:
he can root and then unroot. Or he can do the following: take our SD card, reboot twice and check if your system status is still custom
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Just an update. rebooted a few times and CUSTOM message was still there. then I turned the phone off and left it off for a few minutes rebooted and it was gone.
WEIRD!
I did a bit of research and seems like this issue (If you wanna call it that) has been lingering around on GS3 too. Wonder what the cause is.
If someone knows or figures it out, please update this thread. THanks.
n19htmare said:
My phone is bone stock, never rooted, flashed modded. Last night I put the phone on charger and woke up to phone being locked up. I removed/reinstalled battery and booted up.
TO my surprise on boot below the samsung logo, it says "CUSTOM" with an unlocked picture of a lock.
Anyone else have this issue? I've never modified the rom/recovery nor have I rooted.
I do have Nova launcher and Foxfi......could those be a culprit?
Update: I tried going into stock recovery. WHen I boot with buttons pressed it says "Recovery Booting" but nothing happens and phone reboots itself.
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Same thing happen with me by replacing the battery. Just now. Nova launcher was acting up earlier. Galaxy S4 AT&T I was trying to keep this virgin I guess I now have to root and unroot.. But is this an option actually because they have protected the firmware so far to say that you cannot make yours virgin anymore without the original virgin firmware??
i have a sgh i337 at&t.. my phone suddenly freezed and went to bootloop
It suddenly freezed and after some minutes, it automatically went to bootloop.. All I see is the at&t logo for hours.. After that, I wiped data n cache from recovery and the phone started to work well, but after 30 minutes or more , same things are repeated.. Freezes and Wents to bootloop.. And the option I only have is to do a hard reset which works only for 30 minute.. And when I use the phone for 5 minutes after reset and then I restart it, it freezes on lock screen and goes to bootloop.. Please help.. Will flashing a custom ROM will work?.. I want to change the carrier and remove at&t.. Please help..
I had this same exact problem, with stock S5. One thing I noticed with mine that no one else mentioned was if I went into settings and then storage it would say SD Card - READING I believe and I couldn't access my pictures. Nor could I format it or erase it when i was doing a factory reset through the settings options. My phone would also freeze, and then there was times the screen would go black and on the very top of the screen would only display the time and battery life the time would change as well as the battery percentage but I was unable to leave that screen except if I would hold the power button down it would show me all the normal reset, power off options and I was able to select any one the options available. What ended up working for me was, removing the SD Card and replacing it. Then I did a factory reset through the settings options menu. Once it finished I instantly ( did not proceed with setup) I turned the phone off and then held the power button the volume up and home button and reset it that way as well. Once it rebooted I noticed the problem was gone and everything was back to normal.
I rooted my phone using CWM and flashed TriForceROM a few months ago, and everything was wonderful till about a month or so afterward, and now at random when it's idle it'll crash? I'll go to unlock it, the Menu and Back buttons on the bottom will flash, and then I'll have to wait a few minutes and press the power button (sometimes a couple times) and after vibrating once or twice it'll boot up to the Samsung splash screen.
I managed to do some research and found it might be just because it's rooted, but since the problem didn't start until a good bit after the root I was thinking maybe (hopefully) it's something else? Any ideas on how to fix it?
Any help appreciated ^_^
Crap, I just realized this isn't in the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4 thread >_< That's what I get for paying attention, how can I move this?
Hello all. I've had a Verizon note 3 since release. I've been running HyperDrive 6 on 4.3 since I got the phone. I've had no reason to update at all, not to mention when I first got it I didn't understand knox so now my knox counter is 0x1. Its been great and themed and untouched for at least 3 months. Today I noticed everytime I opened an app it was upside down, and flipping my phone didn't help. So, I rebooted it.
Ever since that reboot about 3 hours ago I have been unable to get it to reboot fully. It boots up, gets to the lock screen and freezes for about 10 seconds then pops an error saying System process not responding "wait or close". I've done both options with no luck. I've booted into safestrap, cleared cache, recovered to my most recent (April) recovery, booted into stock rom slot, EVERYTHING ends in system process freezing and rebooting.
Why is it doing this out of nowhere? How do I make it stop? What is even wrong? I need this phone for work and in the 3 hours without it have already gotten crap via email for being unresponsive to phone calls.
I have zero idea how to update to KK with my knox counter voided. I'd prefer not to anyway since 4.3 HD6.0 worked great and was themed to my liking.
But I need this phone working, so I'm taking ideas.
Thanks for your help.
Have you tried using Odin if not might wanna start with that use a computer download the stock firmware tar file use Odin to flash the phone back to stock. That's what I would do I don't know what's wrong with you phone but that might help undo what was done.
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Hello all. I've had a Verizon note 3 since release. I've been running HyperDrive 6 on 4.3 since I got the phone. I've had no reason to update at all, not to mention when I first got it I didn't understand knox so now my knox counter is 0x1. Its been great and themed and untouched for at least 3 months. Today I noticed everytime I opened an app it was upside down, and flipping my phone didn't help. So, I rebooted it.
Ever since that reboot about 3 hours ago I have been unable to get it to reboot fully. It boots up, gets to the lock screen and freezes for about 10 seconds then pops an error saying System process not responding "wait or close". I've done both options with no luck. I've booted into safestrap, cleared cache, recovered to my most recent (April) recovery, booted into stock rom slot, EVERYTHING ends in system process freezing and rebooting.
Why is it doing this out of nowhere? How do I make it stop? What is even wrong? I need this phone for work and in the 3 hours without it have already gotten crap via email for being unresponsive to phone calls.
I have zero idea how to update to KK with my knox counter voided. I'd prefer not to anyway since 4.3 HD6.0 worked great and was themed to my liking.
But I need this phone working, so I'm taking ideas.
Thanks for your help.
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Sorry i got no idea what you can do, maybe oding back? But this is not the correct place to put a question... I am kind of sure you know that and if you didn't then read the forum rules.
Awesome ROM bro, I'll give it a try!!
Recently bought a new out-of-the box Galaxy S4 I337 from Amazon. Had i known how much trouble it would give me, i would have picked something else. When i first turned the device on, it was almost totally unusable due to lag and random reboots. Software version was 4.4.2. I used Odin to flash a rootable NB1 onto the device. Still had lag and random reboots. Upgraded to lollipop using this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/help/guide-att-samsung-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337-t3383078 and still have lag and random reboots. Also, the first time i upgraded to lollipop, i installed safestrap not knowing it wouldn't work on lollipop. Obviously, my recovery disappeared. When i figured out what was going on, i did a fresh install of lollipop. I got recovery back, but today when i tried to boot into recovery to wipe the cache, i discovered it had mysteriously stopped working again. If i attempt to boot into recovery, it just skips to the Samsung logo. I didn't install safestrap or any other custom recovery this time.
When i turn the phone on, either it hangs at the AT&T white splash logo and refuses to load at all, or advances to the lock screen. I have disabled animations and every widget i could on the lock screen and yet when i attempt to unlock the phone, it usually freezes. If i repeatedly swipe the phone for thirty seconds or so, it unlocks but it is still frozen and i have to continue swiping to prevent it from locking again. Eventually i'm able to navigate the phone normally, until it randomly reboots or freezes. Sometimes i see an error message that Touchwiz home, Process System, or SystemUI has stopped working or is not responding. This is always accompanied by a freeze. Also, choosing an option in the dialogue that comes up when i press the power button (shut down, reboot, etc) invariably causes the device to soft reboot. Other times a soft reboot happens totally at random, even if i'm not doing anything. Anybody have any idea what's going on or did Amazon just sell me a dud? All of these issues have been happening since before i rooted the device or upgraded it, except for the disappearing recovery mode.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Sounds like a data factory reset is in order. First you need recovery back so I would odin the latest firmware for the phone that can be flashed in odin. If it's still messing up then get Amazon to replace it.
Since you have safe strap though, try booting a TW based rom like Thor ROM or Golden eye ROM. That may fix some things.
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Sounds like a data factory reset is in order. First you need recovery back so I would odin the latest firmware for the phone that can be flashed in odin. If it's still messing up then get Amazon to replace it.
Since you have safe strap though, try booting a TW based rom like Thor ROM or Golden eye ROM. That may fix some things.
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Just wanted to bump this to thank you for your reply. Never got the phone to work but i was able to get it back to stock and return it. I got a refurbished S5 instead.