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Hello everyone, I've got an interesting problem that I want the experts here at XDA to help me troubleshoot. Feel free to ask questions as I know there's probably a million variables at this point with stuff installed, uninstalled, gps, root, task killers, etc.
alrighty with that said, I did the e-wrecked gps fix (changing the operation mode and server location+port). That seems to work great in terms of time to lock on my position as well as improved accuracy. Over the next couple of days I noticed some really choppy and lengthy phone start ups after the fix.
Eventually it got to (and currently is at) a point where it kept rebooting the phone, or at least touchwiz. It would load up, scan media, search for the network, do all the start up stuff, then lock up, and turn the screen off. Hitting the lock button/power button does nothing while it resets itself. Then it resets to the lock screen, the screen lights up and it goes into "searching" for the tmo network while doing the storage preparations, and other boot up stuff. It does not restart from cold (with the vibrant, tmo, and galaxy animations, only the lock screen and OS boot process)
Anyone else got any funky restarts going on, for whatever reason? I basically want to start seeing what would trigger this behavior. I started uninstalling stuff one by one trying to figure out why its doing that but sometimes it boots up fine, sometimes it boots but doesn't ever find tmo's network, and sometimes it just does the above.
Observations:
1. It will always boot up fine if the SIM card is out.
2. The last time it did it was today while I was at work, listening to music while the phone was charging. Im noticing that the phone gets pretty hot while charging and really hot if you're using while its charging (getting apps, surfing the web, playing games, etc)
So any thoughts from the tech gurus here? anyone have similar behavior in the past on other phones? is the heat affecting the sim card negatively? I can (and have) put my simcard back in my treo 680 backup phone with no issues whatsoever.
New observation, it consistently does the reset process as soon as the "Adjust Time and Date" as it registers/syncs with the network.
UPDATE: so, i did some research, ended up at the setCPU thread and saw that when set to OnDemand some people's phones experienced similar tendencies. Problem is, mine was already set to auto-detect and "Conservative". I un-checked start at boot, and tried again. Same problem. I uninstalled setCPU completely and my phone appears to be back to normal.
I'll update again if anything changes.
so one of the things that i removed during my troubleshooting was my corporate exchange account. When i added it back. it did its initial sync fine and gave me my calendar and contacts. I then rebooted and the problem came back.
I removed the account and rebooted. it went through two cycles of the restarts and on the third one, it worked. I left it alone after that.
I then was showing my friend some things (browser differences) and had 3 browsers open. It froze as i went to close Dolphin HD. Rebooted and now its back to the cycle.
Mine did this also. Installed several apps, woke up to find a slow phone. Resets galore. A quick reset to defaults and app restore fixed it, sans setcpu of course.
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my phone resets itself also as described above, but not really doing anything in particular. i dont have a whole lot of apps installed. i even was using google maps the other day and after it started up the screen went black and the device was unresponsive until the screen came back and it said searching and the media scanner was running.
well first off thanks for responding lol. i thought i was by myself out here.
secondly, i found that if i leave it alone and let it go through its cycle, it does eventually boot up ok (this is recently, before, it was endless). i havent restarted my phone (im afraid to lol) since it did it on its own yesterday (showing my friend the browsers).
since yesterday, i've used it for navigation (motonav), serveral installs, downloaded podcasts, rss feeds, etc and its been ok (even while charging and wifi on). again, havent actually restarted it since yesterday because its actually functioning for once.
Lastly, i unchecked the auto update time and date from network in the settings just to see if that makes a difference because based on previous expereience that is the point where it freezes and resets. Thanks for chiming in and let me know if there's any other advice you have
I'd suggest a reset as mentioned above.
Been checking out this site for awhile but this is my first time posting, today my phone started to have this problem and it just bootloops touchwiz if i have a simcard in the phone.
It works fine without a simcard but my problem is it will not let me turn of auto update of time and date, i have tried disabling this setting and it just enables itself again. I have also noticed that if I started messing around with time and date settings even without a sim touchwiz reloads once. I guess im gonna give a reset a go.
martin0641 said:
Mine did this also. Installed several apps, woke up to find a slow phone. Resets galore. A quick reset to defaults and app restore fixed it, sans setcpu of course.
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heygrl said:
I'd suggest a reset as mentioned above.
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sorry, noob question (i came from winmo and a touch pro 2), what does "a quick reset to defaults" mean? is that like a factory wipe i.e. phone will be brand new again, gotta root again and reinstall everything, change settings, etc?
jblade1000 said:
sorry, noob question (i came from winmo and a touch pro 2), what does "a quick reset to defaults" mean? is that like a factory wipe i.e. phone will be brand new again, gotta root again and reinstall everything, change settings, etc?
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Root will stick but settings and apps/app data will be gone. It briefs you on what is and isn't lost when you do a factory reset.
Smae problem, its setcpu!
SetCPU with any settings will do this.
It needs an update, the auto detect some how loses and
will set the cpu to 19mhz max and min.
This is too slow to process. I rebooted and pressed settings and uninstalled it
while I could. Seems to behave once out of touchwiz.
For me it was another app not setcpu I never used it. After i did a reset i restored all my apps with titanium backup and once i restarted my phone it looped again. So i did another restore and left off all the apps that i installed right before the problem started and so far i think for me at least one of these caused it
Google maps update
google translate
the extra language pack for translate
barnacle wifi tether
hero of sparta
these are apps that I installed right before the problem happened and without these my phone works fine I am going to see if i can find that one that caused my problem.
It's not the maps update because my phone works fine with it.
It was hero of sparta a gameloft game from there web market funny thing is its suppose to work on the vibrant while dungeon hunter which works fine would only give nexus as a check out option. Anyway im going to try to get a refund tomorrow.
I get the same touchwiz reboot but for me it has only ever happened while using google maps. I do not use set cpu, but I have applied the gps fix. It is more than a little annoying. I have done a system wipe but the problem persists.
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yes, if you have setcpu, uninstall it - its buggy with the galaxys
- sometimes you can't wake your phone (if you set a screen off profile), forcing you to do a battery pull
- constant launcher restarts
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For me it was another app not setcpu I never used it. After i did a reset i restored all my apps with titanium backup and once i restarted my phone it looped again. So i did another restore and left off all the apps that i installed right before the problem started and so far i think for me at least one of these caused it
Google maps update
google translate
the extra language pack for translate
barnacle wifi tether
hero of sparta
these are apps that I installed right before the problem happened and without these my phone works fine I am going to see if i can find that one that caused my problem.
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and this is why i started the thread, to make sure i wasnt all alone. i have everything you have installed as well, but it was doing it before i picked up hero of sparta (and nova, and asphalt 5, man those guys make some good phone game lol).
anyways i just installed barnacle wifi tether yesterday so thats not it either (at least for me). That leaves the google stuff, out of the apps in your list, all of which were installed when i first got the problem, and are still on there after I've removed setCPU
heygrl said:
Root will stick but settings and apps/app data will be gone. It briefs you on what is and isn't lost when you do a factory reset.
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ok so, contacts, text messages, etc stay? Meaning if i do a factory reset, root stays, and all app stuff can be taken care of by, say, AppBrain since it has a running list of everything installed and knows where to get it to install it again? I apprecicate the advice, but this would still be a last resort sort of thing. my phone has worked fine for the past few days but I also havent restarted it yet either
just a quick update, my phone still does this if i reboot my phone (which is never now that i got my 32gb sd card), but for the first time ever hero of sparta caused it to happen while the phone is on. I uninstalled it so we'll see.
My T-Mobile Note 3 has been upgraded to Lollipop (via Odin) and had been working great up until a few weeks ago.
Lately, the phone will freeze up then, after a 30-60 seconds reboot. It appears to be a soft reboot though, as I can go back into certain apps (e.g., Facebook) and it remembers what I was doing before it locked up. For example, I was posting in a Facebook group this afternoon when it locked up. After the reboot, I went back into Facebook and it took me right back to where I was before it locked up.
There is no set pattern on which apps have caused this to happen, as I have been in several different apps when this has happened. Never the less, it is quite a nuisance and has been forcing me to use my company phone (Galaxy S6 Edge on Verizon) more often.
I have tried using Odin to reflash the Stock Firmware, but it appears like it didn't work, as it took me back to the home screen I already had configured instead of going to the initial setup screen. Also, the freezing and rebooting has persisted.
Did I do something wrong when I tried to reflash the firmware? Is there a way I can track the activity so I can pass along a logcat or some other information to some of the gurus that hang out on this board?
Thanks!
I just LOVE the amazing feedback!
Ask Samsung as lollipop is not even a stable release from Google itself, 5.1.1 fixes most of it, but dream to get it from Samsung.
Even my note 4 was having same issues, let kernel settle for some time and see how it goes.
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Ask Samsung as lollipop is not even a stable release from Google itself, 5.1.1 fixes most of it, but dream to get it from Samsung.
Even my note 4 was having same issues, let kernel settle for some time and see how it goes.
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By settle, you mean let it run for a few days and see if the issue resolves itself?
I take it a full wipe didn't help?
I did a reinstall of the OS. Testing now.
Hey, I had been stuck with the issues as mentioned shortly after I upgraded to Nougat via ODIN (SM-G935F/probably Netherlands, Unlocked, no root, no mods). The phone would work fine and then suddenly start overheating and resultant bootloops and black screens when in certain standard apps like Google photos and Facebook. This would happen with no fixed pattern, sometimes everyday, sometimes once a month). I did cache clears and full resets but the problem would reappear. Phone stopped getting OTAs as well, although it got a few in the beginning. Security patches. Recovery typically showed updating and didn't progress.
Finally I decided to flash another latest stock ROM via ODIN. Now a few days have gone by without a sign of the previous troubles (God, I hope it stays like this).
My question after this long story, is this possibly a hardware problem, in which case I'll sell it off before it reappears. Or could it just be a software glitch solved by the new ROM, in which case I'd like to keep the phone. Which is more likely, I really want to keep the phone as the S8 upgrade is not worth the money for me, in my opinion.
waqar747 said:
Hey, I had been stuck with the issues as mentioned shortly after I upgraded to Nougat via ODIN (SM-G935F/probably Netherlands, Unlocked, no root, no mods). The phone would work fine and then suddenly start overheating and resultant bootloops and black screens when in certain standard apps like Google photos and Facebook. This would happen with no fixed pattern, sometimes everyday, sometimes once a month). I did cache clears and full resets but the problem would reappear. Phone stopped getting OTAs as well, although it got a few in the beginning. Security patches. Recovery typically showed updating and didn't progress.
Finally I decided to flash another latest stock ROM via ODIN. Now a few days have gone by without a sign of the previous troubles (God, I hope it stays like this).
My question after this long story, is this possibly a hardware problem, in which case I'll sell it off before it reappears. Or could it just be a software glitch solved by the new ROM, in which case I'd like to keep the phone. Which is more likely, I really want to keep the phone as the S8 upgrade is not worth the money for me, in my opinion.
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Sounds like a bad flash. The new flash removed the issues, so you're good to go.
Guess what guys, the problem returned after about 3-4 weeks. Appeared randomly while using FB. Phone went into bootloop and overheating again, and even when it restarted properly, it would go into the same cycle when I started using apps like messaging, whatsapp and facebook.
I booted in recovery and cleared the cache after about 25 reboots. One thing I noted was that recovery initially showed an update running, which got stuck first, and then completed after another reboot and entering into recovery. Has been stable for the past 24 hours now, like it never happened. I can't figure out what the issue could be, since now I can do whatever I want and it won't overheat like before or reboot.
Feels like a software issue since it disappears like it was never there. Hardware rarely does that. Is there a possibility that storage of some sort is bad at some point, and when data is written over that point, the problem appears. I'm shooting in the dark but can't figure it out otherwise.
Yup.
Seems you have memory issues.
Go to Samsung service and replace memory chip.
Since about July 2017 my G-900v has gone bad and gets stuck on the Verizon loading screen. I am talking this has been at least 4 times. This last time yesterday a factory reset would not get it going again and I had to find a firmware (G900VVRS2DQA1_G900VVZW2DQA1_G900VVRS2DQA1_HOME) and load that with Odin. Admittedly it really seems to be working better than before and I think it was running the previous firmware when it was freezing up. Was there known issues with the other firmware? I am not certain what the build version was.
I have 2 batteries and have tried both during the freeze up. Neither make a difference. And the freeze up always happens at night during charging. After the update earlier this year it was prone to sudden reboots and applications stopped working errors. Also the emoji icons had stopped working and would cause keyboard crashes on all keyboard apps. Can having a large amount of photos saved on the SD card lead to such issues?
What is the best known way to back up and restore my handset if this continues to happen? I am tired of having to DL and customize my apps every time this happens.
Some but not all of my apps
Go SMS Pro
My Work Clock
Instagram
FB Messenger
Facebook
SnapChat
C4Yourself
DoubleMaps
Beautiful Widgets
SeekDroid
Western Union
LookOut Mobile
Screen Off Lock
Removed
WiFi Advisor
Network Analyzer
AVG
What default apps should I disable?
Thanks for any help or insight on this.
Do you have the link to the firmware you used? Mine is stuck on the Verizon logo screen after doing a factory reset and I want to flash a good stock firmware on it via Odin.
Pretty sure it was from here.
https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G900V/region/VZW/
I followed the guide here http://www.**********.com/install-stock-android-6-0-1-marshmallow-on-verizon-galaxy-s5-sm-g900v/
There WERE bugs in the Samsung keyboard back in the day, that have supposedly been patched up in recent times. Depending on the age of the installed firmware, it could be an issue.
Hi, first of all I apologise if this question has been asked but I don't know how to search just this place.
I'm using everything stock, no root, stock launcher.
I have my phone set up to ask for the password on reboot. I have my fingerprint reader set up to unlock my phone. I also have the fingerprint reader set up to wake the screen.
However under certain circumstances the fingerprint reader does not unlock the phone. The most reliable way to trigger this behavior is to plug the phone in to charge.
I exclusively lock the screen with the power button.
The fingerprint reader is still responsive and it still wakes the screen but there's no vibration feedback and it does not unlock. After I unlocked the phone with my password and lock it again the reader works again.
So what's going on here? How should I debug this?
After reboot it is normal to ask for password first time. Sometimes i have also seen this but when i unlock with pattern (my backup way) and lock again it works fine. I can not trace this to be related with charging or something else and it happens rarely but i have seen it also. Maybe a software bug.
Looking back to the days when i have LG V10 i remember that i had the same problem with fingerprint sensor not working sometimes. It was more frequently related to heat buildup as it was hot phone anyway.
I had the same problem these days, I think the fingerprint reader won't work if your hands are really cold.
Hmm I don't think my U Ultra is getting particularly hot and, no, my hands are certainly not very cold either. This behavior happens indoors.
It's just extra security plan and simple
Sometimes, not very often though, my fingerprint reader refuses to respond. Not even a misread where you get haptic feedback and not a lot else.
Just using the power button and entering my back up security (pattern in my case) and it comes back to life.
I don't particularly worry about it, but I suppose it's nice to see that it's not just me
Will see if the upgrade to 8.0 fixes it.
I met this problem.The solution was very interesting.I use Yandex.disk app.This problem did occur after the Yandex.disk app is update.I hard reset my phone.The problem was not in my phone.But I setup Yandex.Disk app the problem repeat occur.İf you installed Yandex.Disk, uninstall the application.if you don't use Yandex.Disk,The last apps update uninstall to try.
Good Lord I have so many apps installed though...
Then go to a full factory reset and see if it helps, thats the 1st thing you do when you have problem.
After a bit of experimentation this behavior seems to have stopped after I disabled/removed all Smart Lock Trusted Places -- a feature that is already known to be buggy.
I have it too, once a day it puts me to enter the password, its a security or a bug idk.
No more, no less, every time when its charging. I installed some 3rd party apps, its possible that they are to blame.
We will see when 8.o strikes and i will hard reset.
Garkan said:
I have it too, once a day it puts me to enter the password, its a security or a bug idk.
No more, no less, every time when its charging. I installed some 3rd party apps, its possible that they are to blame.
We will see when 8.o strikes and i will hard reset.
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8 fixed this bug for me but i found more bugs in oreo so i am thinking to roll back to 7.0 and meet fingerprint sensor bug again because oreo problems are disgusting - car bluetooth does not works as it should - i can't read addressbook in my car head unit - it shows error. i found that is some bluetooth software parts was not included in 8.0 but successfully fixed in 8.1. and i'am pretty sure we will never receive 8.1 for u ultra.
in russian 4pda forum i found some reports (unconfirmed yet) that fingerprint bug disappeared. maybe somebody here can confirmed it?
No i have android 8 and issue still occurs sadly did not found a fix.
I've suddenly had this issue a couple of days ago a couple of times. I didn't do anything (except a couple of reboots) and it was fixed again.
Now after updating to Oreo and again using leedroids ROM, i didn't experience theissue again..
I talked to a htc representative and said to clear credentials from security/encryption and credentials seems to be a conflict in security certificates. For the moment it works.