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Having big problem with SPV M3100 freeze/sleep of death

It seems that a lot of people with the Hermes has the phone crashing/freezing/sleep of death to varying degrees of seriousness. But most of you have solved the issue by offloading programs, etc.
My device from day one has crashed/frozen regularly & still doing so right now.
Upon reading about users with the same problem I assumed it was a piece of software but no matter what apps I had loaded or unloaded the phone would freeze, usually after waking up from sleep mode. Sometimes it wouldn't wake up at all & other times it wakes up only to freeze again.
Right now I've nothing loaded onto the phone just plain hard reset & set up 3G & wifi & even removed the sd card but guess what it still freezes up.
I've noted that 99% of the crashes occur under these circumstances. When wifi is activated & the phone goes into to sleep mode without deactivating wifi, when I try to wake it up it'll freeze & not wake up at all or sometimes it will wake up but then freeze up again.
Maybe you guys can try it. Just activate wifi & let the phone go to sleep. Wake it up & see if it hangs. Please bear in mind though that it doesn't do it everytime.
Another thing I noticed is that when the phone freezes up it also gets very very hot which is a bit worrying.
This one single problem has spoilt what is actually a great device. I'm not sure what to do with it as I got it off ebay sim free. I've tried all the available different rom but no change. I'm beginning to think I might a defective wifi module or some other hardware issue.

This is a ROM problem, wait until newer ROMs come out and they will fix the sleep freeze issue.

This is happening to me too with my Cingular 8525 on the Black Majic Rom with WM6. Very, very frustrating! Maybe there's a program that can automatically turn off the wifi when I accidentally forget to turn it off?

I have Dopod Lite and I have option in Wifi Setting/Powersafe mode, where I can set Auto turn off after few minutes

I had the Standby of Death SOD this is when the phone fails to come out of standby with a power button press. This issue only affects some people on some networks. I'm not sure if its a network problem or a software problem but as only a minority of people have it, I suspect its mainly a network problem there is a software solution.
The solution is to change the phone settings band option from auto 3G/2G to either 3G Only (WCDMA + UTMS 2100 in Europe) or 2G Only (GSM + AUTO) depending on your requirements.
Also read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540943&highlight=standby&page=2where the resolution was to get a new SIM.
Obviously this only solves the problem when the crash is because of the sim and/or settings which impact the sim. To rule out a software cause its best to start with a hard reset.

Hotspot and power manager

Hi all,
I use a lot hotspot feature but with every rom I saw connectivity goes down (not wifi connection but umts traffic) after a while the screen is gone off.
To get it starts again I have to switch on the screen (without touching anything else).
Why this happens??
Is this due to kernel fault or setting? Or is it due to rom?
I removed all power management options about wifi/umts automatic switch off when not used.
Thanks

[Q] Constant GPS lock-in issues

My Nexus' GPS is constantly giving me the finger. I read this thread and I believe I might have the same problem, but the latest Play services update hasn't helped any.
Setting the location setting toggle to 'Only Device' completely breaks the GPS - The phone is never able to get a lock-in until I switch back to the High/Low accuracy setting. Rebooting the device provides temporary relief, that is, until I lose my mobile signal or turn on aeroplane mode (at which point the GPS stops responding and my location is gleaned from the last know coarse network fix). I use Tasker to turn on aeroplane mode every night, so I'm essentially without any GPS connectivity until the phone is rebooted. And I really, really don't fancy doing a hard reboot every single morning. Also, it won't be doing the phone's battery any favors either.
I've tried multiple NTP apps in hopes of squishing this extremely annoying issue but no avail. I occurred to me that I can't be the only person with this issue, hence the thread. So, suggestions?

Nobody?

Odd Behavior on Boot

I have a stock unrooted Verizon Galaxy S5. For several months my phone has been plagued by several issues at startup. Whether I reboot the phone or start it up after the battery has died, it always enters an odd state immediately after loading and seems to get stuck in this state for an undetermined and variable amount of time (anywhere from a few seconds or minutes to hours or even overnight).
While in this state, this is what happens:
1. Screen stays on. Once I unlock the phone, the screen stays on. The side button doesn't do anything to lock the phone or turn off the screen. Holding down the button, however, still triggers the power menu. The screen timeout never triggers, even though it should turn off the screen after 2 minutes of inactivity.
2. WiFi and Bluetooth turned off. Even if they were turned on before I powered down the phone, they are not enabled when the phone first boots up. I can manually turn them on but the WiFi will not connect to a network, even if one is available. It may show it is connecting to the network, but it gets stuck at "Checking the quality of your internet connection" and continues to use the 4G network for data connectivity. This happens no matter what WiFi network I am within range of, so it's not an issue with the network or router itself. If I am not near a network at all I will still experience the other problems of not being able to lock the phone, etc.
3. Startup applications don't load. I have Tasker on my phone, but it doesn't load and show it's notification bar icon.
Otherwise, I can use the phone normally and open applications, surf the web, etc. It seems that loading some applications and using the phone eventually causes the phone to exit this mode, but I haven't been able to find a single particular application or series of steps to fix the problem. If I power on the phone and don't use it that just seems to make it take even longer to fix itself.
Once it gets out of it's weird state, the WiFi connection will become active (it will turn on WiFi if I haven't done so manually already) and it will connect to a known network if one is available, the phone will lock itself or I can do so from the side button, and things like Tasker and Power Save mode will turn on.
I am stumped as to what could be causing this problem or how to fix it. It seems the phone may be doing some kind of check, maybe related to Knox, that hangs during startup and prevents certain things from working until it straightens itself out.
Any clues into what this problem is, what is causing it or how I could further analyze this problem and determine its cause would be greatly appreciated.

Never heard of or experienced these issues. May want to contact Samsung.

Have you installed any official updates from Verizon at any point? I've heard of phones having phantom problems like this after receiving a bad update. I would definitely contact Verizon if you did update at any point. If not then like BigBot96 said, contact Samsung about the problem.

My wife's Note 2 did something similar when the battery died. I had to factory reset. Her phone was rooted/unlocked & running a custom TW ROM, though. May I suggest doing a complete factory reset and Odin. Backup data to computer or external sdcard since this will clear the entire device.
Edit: After rereading OP's post it actually sounds like an app is hanging at startup which could cause this behavior. A logcat should tell you what's going on.
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Sometimes prompting for Fingerprint?

Does anyone know why the S7 Edge will sometimes prompt me for a fingerprint, but then other times, some times minutes/seconds apart will only ask to swipe up? I am at my house (thought it was a trusted location) but sometimes it will ask to be unlocked with a fingerprint/code, then other times, with nothing else changing in my environment, it will just want a swipe. Thoughts?

I have the same issue, like the lock screen doesn't always work

I see the same problem with trusted location on at my house too.
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Maybe due to on-body detection?

I don't have any of the trusted location settings enabled and it always asks for my fingerprint as expected.
To me, it sounds like those times it is requiring the fingerprint lock is when the phone has disconnected from wifi.
This could be because the phone is disconnecting to save power (option to keep always on in the Wifi settings), or due to weak signal.
If you already have it set to stay always connected when phone is sleeping. You turn off the option that drops weak wifi signals. Turning on always stay connected may use more battery, and the other option may result in slow data speeds if it is in fact due to a weak signal.