Hi all,
Samsung Galaxy S4 (GT-I9505)
Android v5.0.1 - Official Samsung ROM
Baseband version: I9505XXUHOE3
Kernel version: 3.4.0-4760392
Last week, all of sudden, when I enabled WiFi, it did a soft reboot and was stuck in a 'loop'. I could not do anything apart from taking the battery out but as soon as I put the battery back in & powered it on, it keeps soft-rebooting. After trying a few times to gain access to the homescreen, I gave up and did a full factory reset.
Once I did that, enabling WiFi worked fine.... until this afternoon, when I enabled WiFi, it did the soft-rebooting all over again!
Between last week and today, there is no 'pattern' of what app I installed that would have caused this. I am at a loss and a bit fed up having to re-setup everything all over after a factory reset.
I searched via Google, did not find anything, so I thought I'd ask here...
Question: Is this a hardware issue or something else? What can I do to investigate and narrow down to what the actual issue is?
Thanks all.
This is still ongoing and I'm getting bored with doing a factory reset each time it happens.
But the fact that no one replies made me curious... could it be a hardware fault?
I even set it up with NO installed apps and it still happens so it must be hardware, yeah? Perhaps SoC?
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Hi all, I am new to xda-developers. I have i9505 normally it was 4.2.2 as I bought it like that 1 year ago but then I decided to upgrade it to 4.4.2 - 4 days ago because of annoying freezing problems and slow working. I totally wiped the phone cache/data for fresh firm and I flashed I9505XXUGNF1 Russian stock rom from sammobile. Everything looked fine on the first day. I had no gsm, wifi problems but second day wifi broke down, anyway I rooted and solved it by build.prop method but starting from yesterday my phone started to reset often, sometimes while using whatsapp, music app or while my main screen is open just pushing buttons or apps. When it resets itself, sometimes also starts in safe mode which I came across for the first time since I bought my phone. I mean I had reset like this when I was using 4.2.2 but rarely maybe once in 3-4 months. It also freeze for a few seconds before it resets.
What's your suggestion, what might be the problem ?
Thanks in advance
Any ideas about this problem anyone ?
Am I the only one who faced this problem, any help from someone ?
Lorearth said:
Hi all, I am new to xda-developers. I have i9505 normally it was 4.2.2 as I bought it like that 1 year ago but then I decided to upgrade it to 4.4.2 - 4 days ago because of annoying freezing problems and slow working. I totally wiped the phone cache/data for fresh firm and I flashed I9505XXUGNF1 Russian stock rom from sammobile. Everything looked fine on the first day. I had no gsm, wifi problems but second day wifi broke down, anyway I rooted and solved it by build.prop method but starting from yesterday my phone started to reset often, sometimes while using whatsapp, music app or while my main screen is open just pushing buttons or apps. When it resets itself, sometimes also starts in safe mode which I came across for the first time since I bought my phone. I mean I had reset like this when I was using 4.2.2 but rarely maybe once in 3-4 months. It also freeze for a few seconds before it resets.
What's your suggestion, what might be the problem ?
Thanks in advance
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Hi ,
Is not very clear your problems it looks like two different problem " the safe mode problem" and the reset problem
for the safe mode check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2392632
You may have a problems with your EFS folder.
And for the the reset ,
I would recommend a factory reset ( backup first) and if problem is still present I would reflash stock again
check here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Fix one problem a the time start with the safe mode one
Rooted Vz S5 and about a week ago, updated Kernel via Odin (OTA updates were frozen). Worked fine, seemed to have no issues. Last night, however, any connection to Wi-Fi network forces a soft reboot. Leaving Wi-Fi on but unconnected does not cause the problem, but anytime it connects to router, every 30 seconds or so, it rolls into a soft reboot. So, for now, stuck sucking data. Any ideas on what may be the problem? I noticed also some odd looking artifacts on screen when the phone goes past the splash screen to lock screen. Bit of an android noob, so any help would be greatly appreciated. Not sure if this was just a coincidence, but I had also received a notice from Google "advising" me to uninstall towel root.
Cheers
JammerJoe said:
, updated Kernel via Odin
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Did you update the rest of the system, or just the kernel? System version must match kernel version.
Thanks for the reply. I update the system as well. However, I did not do a complete wipe at the time. So, I went back, wiped, and flashed over again to the updated system and kernel, re-installed towelroot, flashed the old kernel, and then back to updated kernel again. Pain in the rear, (as all the apps and data had to be restored), but it looks like everything is working as it should now. Kind of an odd bug as nothing else appeared to be causing problems other than connecting to Wi-Fi.
Hello there xda.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 4 SM910F.
So what is happening to my phone is that whenever I am in any random app lets say reddit or even chrome for example. It will like freeze for a minute or two and then unfreeze.
In more extreme cases it will reboot.
So this happened randomly because I flashed a Stock unbloated 5.1.1 ROM from here back in december and everything was working smoothly and stuff. I had xposed installed and all my apps. Then in February it started with this random freeze/reboot. I had not installed anything else apart from what I had for the last 3 months.
So I restarted the phone, changed the battery and stuff to see whether that will fix it. However it didn't. So I formatted the phone (the soft type) just so I can install another ROM. So I tried another ROM, flashed the correct CP and BL and stuff and then just installed chrome and whatsapp. After an hour or two the same thing happened. So this time I factory reset he phone, like a complete wipe and I installed the unbloated ROM once again with few apps. Same thing happened...
So my last resort was to install Cyonagen Mod. After an hour or two same thing happened...
I don't know what is the problem. I read about some peoples phones emmc failing and thus the freezing, but I am not sure yet.
Please could you guys explain what I should do to fix this?
Thank in advance!
I have the same problem. Starting on mid january. I'm on stock 5.1.1 with root and twrp recovery
Tried backup and factory reset
I went back to stock after I factory reset the phone. And still had the same problems.
People say that its a hardware problem... So I guess I'll have to send it back to Samsung soon.
I think I tripped the knox. I just have to unroot and get it back once again to stock and send it back. I hope that they accept it.
i have the same problem. my model is SM-N910W8 and I bought it from 2nd hand, so no receipt and no prove of purchase.
can I still send it back to samsung to fix it?
same problem as you and now my phone died completely .
my phone was 4 months and he has not supported any longer he died naturally lol.
my operator gave me another free under warranty because the phone had a faulty motherboard and after several back galaxy note 4
This started happening to me a week or so ago and my phone just got stuck in a boot loop after it froze and rebooted. I'm on the latest stock firmware. Tried factory reset, reflashed stock firmware, nothing helps. It still reboots (sometimes it almost gets booted completely, other times it reboots after 2 seconds.
Just disable finger print. Yes that magic feature offered by Samsung is causing more hungry that happiness since S5
EclipseX said:
Just disable finger print. Yes that magic feature offered by Samsung is causing more hungry that happiness since S5
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Many thanks. This was driving me mad for a few days, I had tried three different ROMS, completely wiping everything. I eventually went back to stock, which I'm still running and it was the same; it would run fine for a few hours and then start to lock up until eventually it would either reboot or stop responding and I'd have to pull the battery to restart it.
Just not selecting fingerprint security doesn't work, you have to force stop "Fingerprints" in Application Manager (All).
just do not setup the finger print lol. I was having those problemes too when I bought the note 4 until someone tell "do not setup the finger print" lol, not I'm a happy user.... I hope that android 6.0.1 solve the probleme
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Many thanks. This was driving me mad for a few days, I had tried three different ROMS, completely wiping everything. I eventually went back to stock, which I'm still running and it was the same; it would run fine for a few hours and then start to lock up until eventually it would either reboot or stop responding and I'd have to pull the battery to restart it.
Just not selecting fingerprint security doesn't work, you have to force stop "Fingerprints" in Application Manager (All).
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EclipseX said:
just do not setup the finger print lol. I was having those problemes too when I bought the note 4 until someone tell "do not setup the finger print" lol, not I'm a happy user.... I hope that android 6.0.1 solve the probleme
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Spoke too soon, it's started rebooting itself again.
Same problems here since 2 days. I was on original 5.1.1 software... Very strange all those people with the same problems
did the problem was resolved ? started to have the same problem 3 days ago ! was on 6- flashed stock with full wipe..nothing ! downgraded to 5.1 with full wipe via odin...again nothing !
WTF [email protected]!
Davids said:
did the problem was resolved ? started to have the same problem 3 days ago ! was on 6- flashed stock with full wipe..nothing ! downgraded to 5.1 with full wipe via odin...again nothing !
WTF [email protected]!
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Still having the same issue around the same time everyone else started experiencing it.
I also was rooted and had xposed installed on 4.4.4 before the issue started happening.
Try the solution provided here & report back..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4/help/note-4-sm-n910f-freeze-restart-issue-t3439111
Hello people of the world,
after reading a lot of posts here I still can't fix my phone's issues, so I need to post. Bear with me...
I have an N910F which was entirely stock and functioning without problems. Two days ago I accepted the official update. After that, the phone regularly lost connection to the mobile net, froze, and restarted. It would work for a short while until it froze and restarted again and again. When I tried to use the camera, the live picture was completely distorted. The phone crashed and has then gone into a bootloop.
I pulled the battery, did a recovery start and wiped the cache. No difference. Factory recovery next, no difference.
I have since tried several stock and custom firmwares, always taking care to follow instructions and use the correct bootloaders, modems, etc. TWRP is working.
When I flash a stock firmware, it will go into a bootloop. With any custom ROM, it will crash during startup (logo) and switch off.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Protect the eMMC?
So, after more reading I began to suspect that the eMMC had moved on to the valhalla of electronics. Sent my phone to service where my suspicion was confirmed. Luckily, they were able to replace the chip without having to put in a new board.
Is there any way to prevent this kind of failure again, or at least make it less likely?
Yes this is a known issue after latest update you could you install only one application called wakelock so that your phone doesn't reboot and CPU keeps awake
nicholes said:
Yes this is a known issue after latest update you could you install only one application called wakelock so that your phone doesn't reboot and CPU keeps awake
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Thanks! I had read about that.
Got my phone back from service today, they had flashed stock 5.0.1. After checking that it worked I flashed RR 5.8.4 and installed Wake Lock Powermanager. I searched for a comprehensive tutorial on what the settings do and which to use. Right now I set it to PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK (4) but I'd like to read more about it. Any tips on that?
tullian said:
Thanks! I had read about that.
Got my phone back from service today, they had flashed stock 5.0.1. After checking that it worked I flashed RR 5.8.4 and installed Wake Lock Powermanager. I searched for a comprehensive tutorial on what the settings do and which to use. Right now I set it to PARTIAL_WAKE_LOCK (4) but I'd like to read more about it. Any tips on that?
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installing power wakelock and setting up on partial wake lock is enough.if you get trouble in starting your phone remove its battery and put your phone in refrigerator for five min.and try to start your phone.this problem also related and happens after the latest update
Can anyone tell me if the tablet's battery might be responsible for it restarting itself? For example I was using it with a custom rom, and until the moment everything was working normal, and suddenly it started to restart, just by opening an application it crashes and reboots, I already tried to install the stock rom and it got worse, I could not even leave the samsung logo. I was able to install TWRP, but every time I try to reinstall the stock rom before it even starts it hangs and restarts, it has reached a point that it hangs and shuts itself. (Backup from twrp).
My tablet is the model SM -T560, I was using LineageSo 14.1 from T561. If anyone knows anything I appreciate it. The reason for the doubt is because I already took another tablet to repair and according to the technician, that could be the reason, the system was crashing, but from what I researched it was a chronic defect so I did not perform the battery replacement. Now i don't have any money to bay a new battery, and the device became an expensive paperweight.
Help please.
Hello everyone, for those who are in a similar situation, in which the tablet can not open an application without it restarting, reinstalling the stock rom and it keeps crashing and restarting, tried everything via software and did nothing for nothing. The battery arrived today and I'm testing to see if the problem solved and so far everything seems okay, I hope I can help with something.
marcelo010 said:
Hello everyone, for those who are in a similar situation, in which the tablet can not open an application without it restarting, reinstalling the stock rom and it keeps crashing and restarting, tried everything via software and did nothing for nothing. The battery arrived today and I'm testing to see if the problem solved and so far everything seems okay, I hope I can help with something.
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Uhm Yeah you can help with something, Sorry I wasn't a member when this was posted. Do you by any chance have the CM12.1 Custom ROM for the SM-T561? it's okay If you only have one for the SM-T560