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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali5anDro31:
Hi

my s3 keeps freezing. the screen basically just freezes while i'm doing something. and the device stops responding to anything.

cant lock it. cant do anything. it doesnt even autolock , the screen just stays on with whatever i was working on.

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the only solution is to wait for it(about 20 minutes) and it will get back to whatever it was doing earlier. or hold the power button and it will reboot.

when i checked my router, i can see that it is still connected. so wifi is working. when i call my number from another phone, it rings but the S3 does absolutely nothing. and after it starts working again, i dont see any missed calls. so anyone who calls me while its "Freezing" will get ignored. i wont even know !!!

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its not related to any app or function.

i updated it to 4.1.2 using odin a month ago (official release, because it would take it forever to get the update in my country) . it was running smoothly. a week ago it started freezing for moments every day or two. now i cant get through 10 minutes of using the device without it freezing for 20 or 30 minutes.

then the screen is turned on and it goes back to normal. and freezes after 10 minutes even if i dont use it.

i've noticed that using WiFi speeds up the freezing. When Wifi is On, it takes about 30s - 3 minutes for it to freeze.

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I did a Factory reset(full wipe from recovery mode), it worked for about an hour after the reset , and started freezing again like before.

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after researching online.. many people had the same issue. some say its the stock android browser(but i dont use the browser), some said its a glitch in WiFi power saving mode(Disabled it, nothing changed), some said its a problem with the battery(i'm gonna trade batteries with my friend and see what happens).

I'm Freaking OUT !!! ... the device is Very Unstable and i use it on daily basis, i cant live without it. i dont know what to do. i've almost tried everything.

and i've paid alot of money for it

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i dont know what to do next. probably gonna flash it back to 4.1.1 or 4.0.4

i Hope to hear any ideas from you. or from anyone who had this issue with his device.

thanks in advance
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] georgesadam:
Did you try a full wipe ?

Or maybe trying another ROM?

Try flashing a full stock Rom with a full wipe might that help
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kaynpayn:
Dude, mine did that the first week I got it. Ended up failing and became stuck in Samsung's boot logo. That has nothing to do with whatever rom you're using. Backup and return it to stock if possible/needed, and take it in for a replacement/repair asap.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali5anDro31:
i did a full wipe, it didnt help !!

if i get really frustrated i will wipe it again, and flash it back to stock 4.0.4 ( but i hate ICS, ... JB is soo much better)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manojpy:
Suggest you flash a different kernel and see. Would recommend Siyah or Yank 555

My freezing issues stopped once I did it.

---------- Post added at 10:29 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:28 PM ----------

The above post is for u Ali
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali5anDro31:
i bought it 7 months ago, returning it is not an option.

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and this has never happened before. and it didnt happen after i updated to 4.1.2 right away. it happened a month later

so i'm thinking it has to do with the hardware or some app update thats messing things up.

thnx for replying anyway :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali5anDro31:
did u have the exact same thing with your device, or was it just lagging and being slow ?!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ohamn:
Sounds like SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome) to me....

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1993044

Take it to a certified Samsung service center (that's where my phone is at the moment with the same symptoms). :eek:

// Ohamn
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] manojpy:
No dude, I had frequent freezing issues. Had to always take out the battery and restart.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ludovicianul:
Did you find any solution for this? Mine has the same symptoms, but only when playing heavy 3D games.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] member68:
*** ORIGINAL ***

I had this problem for the past two days. I removed my sd card about half an hour ago which seems to have fixed it. Before that it wouldn't even last two minutes without "locking up". I'll report back tomorrow if the problem was fixed permanently.

*** EDIT 1 ***

Nevermind, it froze just a few seconds ago. Keep on looking for a solution.

*** EDIT 2 ***

Well, I didn't touch my phone my phone over night and now it's working just fine. I have no idea why though.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ali5anDro31:
update: my phone has almost stopped freezing. in past 24 hours it has frozen only ONCE !!

i've noticed that the freezing becomes more frequent if i pull the battery or restart by holding the power button.

so i started leaving it to sort it self out every time it freezes. and now its running smoothly.

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i'm happy that its working now, but still i wanna know what caused this. and if it will start happening again ??

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everyone thnx for the feedback

and i will post updates and new info if i get any !
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pr.Sinister:
Mine is fixed

So i was having the same problem as the OP and i fixed my problem... These are the steps i took but maybe not all of them are needed.

Bought Triangle Away and Reset my Flash Counter

Flashed the Stock XXELLA ROM which updated the bootloader

Flashed CWM Touch Recovery 6.0.2.7

Booted in Recovery

Wipe Data / Factory Reset

Booted Normally

Installed crDroid ROM v10 with Siyah Kernel

This was finished at 5:30pm last night and my phone hasn't frozen since.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pr.Sinister:
Spoke too soon

Well,

Phone is now dead.

Completely.

Doesn't turn on anymore.

I want to cry...:crying::crying::crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] am314159:
Hi Ali5anDro31,

Just curious if you have any further updates? Is yours still working well?

It seems I have the exact same problem as you (freezes randomly, more likely to freeze during heavy load but also often within 5 minutes of boot, usually unfreezes in about 20 minutes, and often gets stuck on Samsung logo if forcing reboot rather than waiting).

For a while I thought that following your advice and just letting it unfreeze itself when it happens (even though it takes a long time) it might have been fixed (going 18 hours without a freeze after having about 30 freezes the two days prior), but now I just got one again (within 5 minutes of starting browsing this morning).

Should I stick with it and hope it resolves itself, or take other measures (e.g. see if I can return the phone)?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] navyenzo:
I keep getting freezes also.

So far, it only happens with XXELLC based roms. When I go back to XXELLA the phone never freezes.

I have tried several XXELLC Roms, but all of them freeze, including Omega and VikingRom.

I'm now on VikingRom v4.1 (XXELLA) and no freezes.

Edit:

Nevermind, now it's happening also on XXELLA roms. All this started happening to me after i installed CM10.1, and then i went directly to XXELLC, of course wiping everything including internal storage.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinphonefixer:
Spent 2 days with this problem, i'm on XXELLA with a completly unmodified S3 using a 64gb SD card. I think i've fixed it have now been running for 30 hours without a freeze. before it was freezing every 5 minutes, nearly sent the phone back.

Any way my solution is uninstall all updates to samsung 'music hub' and uninstall the samsung push service updates and disable. this seemed to fix it. Can't believe Samsung are putting out software that knacks their own phones.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thinkgreenn:
Hello.. just found this topic..

What color is your S3?

My manager had similar problems and he asked me if i could fix it.. in the end the phone just died.

My girlfriend has the same problem and her phone died today..

Both my manager and girlfriend had the first batch of white S3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] martinphonefixer:
blue
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pr.Sinister:
My dead phone is also a White one from the 1st batch from the UK
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vikeor:
Hi guys, my S3 started doing the same thing! 2 days ago it started to freeze randomly. Messaging, having the dialer open etc... The only way I can restart it is to take the battery out or wait 10-20min and it unfreezes. Just now I recieved a message and the phone locked up while it was sleeping. The LED is blinking that I have a text message but I cant do anything to read it. Is there any way to log activity to check what the reason for this is?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nitronious:
I had exactly the same issue coming back from CM10.1 to XXELL4. What i did that seemed to solve the problem: install a 3-file-firmware with odin with repartition with according pitfile. Afterwards i did a full reset with *2767*3855# an reflashed the current jelly bean firmware with odin (be aware that this deletes all files on the internal SD!). Then i only restored the most important files back to my internal sd, flashed recovery and rooted the phone and now the freezes seems gone.

Be aware that there are many warnings on the internet about flashing a 3-part-firmware with repartition and pit and possible bricks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] marcoacero:
Please Post What Worked for You

Same issue here, I have tried different ROMs and reverted to original factory software with full memory wipes in between all to no avail. In some forums they say it is all related to WiFi drivers anyhow.

If you found something that worked for you, please post what it was.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovica666:
In this post I would like to say HELLO and THANK YOU to all hardworking, friendly and helpful developers here on XDA!

Afraid from the SD-Syndrome three days ago I`ve flashed mine and my girlfriend`s phone (both with the VTU00M, revision 0xf1 eMMC) to the XXELL4 firmware because we bought the phones from Amazon and we got the Trinidad&Tobago(CSC:TTT) versions and the 4.1.2 update would take forever to happen. Flashed XXELL4 firmware (from SamMobile), changed the CSC version to SEE and did factory reset. Rooted mine with CF-autoroot and had PhilZ recovery installed while my girlfriend wanted to keep everything stock. Everything was working fine until she noticed two days ago that the phone had turn off left on the table overnight and doesen`t turn on until she took the battery out and switched it on. The battery had some 14% juice left and that was weird to me. Last night while surfing the web(watching a video-stock browser) she had a freeze up and even pressing the phone`s menu button, back and power button she couldn`t go back to homescreen. The phone was just frozen while the back and multitasking buttons were going on/off. Then she took the battery out and restarted the phone. Since last night her phone froze once more with the same symptoms - while watching a video in stock browser(no FlashPlayer insalled). For the whole time mine was working just fine and had no issues but couple hours ago I decided to do some stuff:1.Rooted hers, then did backups. 2.Cleared cache/dalvik-cache and factory reset the phones. 3. Flashed both with official 4.1.2 XXELLA firmwares. 4. Rooted them again with CF-autoroot and installed PhilZ recovery. 5. Cleared cache/dalvik again and did recovery. 6.Reset the flash counters with Triangle Away v.2.37 so now in Odin mode everything is official while in system app device status is stil:modified. Both phones are working just fine for the past 6-7 hours with no freezing whatsoever but I don`t want to speak early. Just had some message on mine that S-Voice had unfortunately stopped twice and that`s it. I hope that these problems with SDS and freezes will become past and we`ll all use the devices that we love for longer than just 6 months(Ours are at 5 and 6 month mark). I guess there is somebody at Samsung that knows what is the issue and how to solve it...if not this is our first and last Samsung phone.Ever. Salutes from snowy Macedonia.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovica666:
Anyone? Any suggestions...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] k981789:
I have the same problem from 5 days ago and haven't found any solution.:(

By the way, my emmc chip is 0xf1.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] woodwars:
Same issue here, gone back to stock and still happening.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jovica666:
It may be software related as many users report issues with the new app updates such as Firefox, G.Earth,some games crashing, FB app crash then stock browser..etc,etc. Many of us have Adobe Flash player installed or some other apps not or not fully supported with the new 4.1.2 JB update. Maybe the new system needs time to settle down and sort itself out. all we can do is hope for a fix by some of our developer friends here on this site of a final statement for a update& fix by Samsung.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shorty_blitz:
Same thing been happening with my phone, stock 4.1.2. It's getting really annoying now, I'm just half expecting it to die one of these days!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrxSiN:
Normally main cause of freezing are Kernel. Try flash another kernel. Im using Yank555 kernel and im not facing any freezing yet and im on stock based rom
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pahel:
;-[

I have exactly the same problem which started to occure AFTER one month of using 4.1.2. It was just fine for almost a month and then happened without apparent reason (i don't remember changing anything).:confused:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shorty_blitz:
I posted on another thread about this. My phone suffered from this, I wiped cache and reset the phone by doing volume up+ home+ power. It's been problem free since I did this a few days ago. I have a feeling that Flash might be problematic.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pahel:
I've wiped cache and done factory reset few times already and it didn't resolve this issue.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s.alkari:
Same issue as op, someone please find us a solution! I've tried all the same troubleshooting and still I'm getting the same issue. I'm afraid it might be an actual hardware failure issue, I dropped my phone right before I noticed this issue, but I didn't think it had anything to do with it since I had a cover on it and I've dropped it many times before just like that or worse
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eldis:
I've had the same freezing problem for a week now. I have found out that turning ON the screen power saving in the power saving settings has prevented freezes. It's not an ultimate solution because it prevents using the phone's full capacity but at least the phone is now usable. I think in my case it's actually a hardware problem - maybe the GPU. So I'll have to bring the phone to a repair center to get fixed.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sanjayjainin:
I personally think that its a software bug...

I had this problem no matter what i tried.. rooting, wiping, factory reset etc etc...

Finally after getting frustrated i flashed old stock rom back to 4.1.1 and now the problem is gone.... we will have for samsung to come out with some update to address this issue.....

Also for some reason not all phones are experiencing this....
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] varish:
Same problem

i'm facing the same problem. Updated to 4.1.2 the other day and started getting the random freezes. screen would be off sometimes, and the only way to "wake" up the phone is to reboot (power button long press) or battery removal. flashed the newer version of 4.1.2, still the same issue.

hope the issue gets fixed quickly.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eldis:
I draw my GPU accusation back. I removed some bigger games and cleared cache of some programs (Google Music, Internet, etc.) and now I don't need the screen power save to be on. The phone hasn't frozen in 10hrs. I had ~3GB free before clearing internal sdcard and now I have almost 7GB free. I also did a backup with Kies of everything but photos and videos.

It's still a big mystery why the phone kept freezing but maybe it has something to do with the internal sdcard. Or some cache partition filling up.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RGNDI:
Same issue,started a few days ago, and turning ON the Power Saving Feature,seems to be keeping my phone from freezing, and by the way,if i turn off power saving and mobile data, the phone wont freeze for now, so its definitely an 3g/2g issue, at least on my part.

I'm on Stock ELLA Rooted White S3.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strang55:
I had have same problem for a week, and now after I tried a "Lagfix free" app from

market it seems to be gone...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eggman89:
I was running on Omega v38 past few days, and my phone was running great.

Few days back my phone got totally stuck once, but a reboot fixed it.

Today I upgraded to Omega 40, and my phone started to freeze every few mins.

So I megawiped, and reinstalled it.

My phone got frozen in the set up screen itself.

Megawiped and installed Foxhound.it ran great for few minutes and gets frozen every 5-10 mins.

So I mega wiped and reinstalled Omega 38.

Same problem. Even during searching for Titanium backup, the phone got frozen.

By frozen, I mean the screen won't respond or turn off.

Only a reset would solve the issue.

Triangled Away

Flashed Stock Rom

Still the problem persists.

Even in Safe Mode.

Will try Power Save mode.

If that does not work, I'm gonna flash the ICS rom and see.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MrxSiN:
Normally freezing are cause of kernel

Sent from The Best Rom of S3. - - Heavy Multitasker - -
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] torax242:
Same here - I still use the newest available stock rom (unbranded S3 in Germany) and at random times it just refuses to react in any way. Tried removing apps, custom launchers, widgets all to no avail.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] piannetta:
I've started having this problem yesterday morning, tried everything. Last night I plugged into Kies and the. XXEMA2 update was available. Freeze still happening. I have found that it's also triggered when I plug it in to a power source. I've just woken up after being in charge all night and been using it fine for half an hour (still plugged in). It's hard to pin point a root cause but I'm not sure it's software personally
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FDisk80:
Had the exact same problem as you all.

This is how I finally fixed it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37432509

No feeezes for 3 days already.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baster72:
it dies :(

after alot of freezzing it crash and thats how my screen look like...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kramiel16:
Same here. And I tried the cpu adjuster for the first time.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] anupam05:
Thanks a lot!!... this finally fixed my freezing issue.....before it always froze withing 1 hour of flashing new kit kat rom on my S3. Now it's two days without any freeze.....:D
[Hardware Hacking General] zeroasylum:
I am thinking of getting one of these from the US. Now I am in the UK and at the moment have a 3g data plan with Vodafone. Will be leaving the UK in a few months to live in AUS which has a 4g network so will upgrade to 4g then. My question is will this phone function with my 3g data plan in the UK till I move.

Thanks

Zeroasylum
[Hardware Hacking General] zeroasylum:
I just released I may have put this in the wrong section so if so if a moderator could move it I would be grateful.

Thank you
[Sony Tablet S] Vizpar:
Hi condi,

i post here because i don't have the ability to post in development section.

I have a xperia tablet s and i lost all vendor apps after flashing.

I'm not the one, for example it happen to rydo88 : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=36163111&postcount=174

For helping you :

- after flashing when the tablet reboot i have a error message

- after trying to factory reset i have the same error

- in the /datapp/vendor folder i have two folders vendor0 and vendor1

in /vendor0/CA/app or /vendor0/master/app or /vendor0/US/app i can see the apk. but after trying to install them i've got force close when i launch them.

the folders in /datapp/vendor/vendor1 are empty...

If you need other information for fix this problem with xperia s, ask me

Thanks for your great job and i'm very sorry for my bad english

Take care

viz
[Sony Tablet S] iRimas:
I Have the same problem how to fix it. please help me
[Sony Tablet S] condi:
update is ready, need to test it last time before release, probably today evening it will be up :)
[Sony Tablet S] iRimas:
What Update???
[Sony Tablet S] Vizpar:
Ok condi, everything is all right now with the new version !

Thanks
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
Which version? I used v2.5 on already rooted Xperia Tablet S 4.0.3 release3 to jump all the way to release6b and lost all vendor apps in process.

I then test tried my titanium backups to restore the Walkman App and when I try to run the app it force closed walkman every time tried to run.

Then I went and did a factory restore and all vendor apps returned but lost anything and everything personal I ever did on the tablet, which I expected.....but root survived the reset so that was good.

And Walkman App is still broken and force closes every time I try to run it.....

So do you know what to do? Thanks for help......no replys on the dev forum.
[Sony Tablet S] saf4xdadev:
OK Now FIXED!!!!

I installed from the vendor0 folder location and it works.

I think if anyone has missing apps after using Flasher tool, go to the vendor0 folder and install them from that location. If that doesn't work do a factory reset and dont worry because you dont lose root.

I think in my case I hosed things up by trying to restore using titanium backup....

Anyway, problem solved....thanks for all your help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismyers:
I have a Samsung Galaxy s2 & in a fit of stupidity I nearly bricked my phone.

I want to get back to my stock rom, but I am unsure how. I am inundated with roms & I am at a loss as to which one to use.

I followed some poor instructions & flashed the wrong firmware (hanging on yellow triangle). Through random firmware flashing luck I have now got my phone working, but without the camera or video playback.

My worst mistake is that I forgot to make a note of my original firmware before flashing!

How do I determine what firmware I should have? I would greatly appreciate some expert help, as my phone is now only half working & I don't want to make it any worse. Many thanks.

Current details from About Phone:

Model

GT-I9100

Android version

4.04

Baseband version

I9100XXLQ6

Kernel version

3.0.1.5-I9100XWLP3-CL287862

dpi@DELL168 #3

SMP PREEMPT Fri Mar 23 03:48:02 KST 2012

Build Number

IMM76D.XWLPT

Hardware Label:

View attachment 1621688
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jackbauer2411:
Hey,

on sammobile.com you can look for the last official firmware for your country. Just register for free and when you find your firmware, download it and flash it via Odin.

There are many tutorials here on how to flash a firmware correctly :)

Then your phone should be working again ;)

Gesendet von meinem GT-I9100 mit Tapatalk 2
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ankur.co.in:
Use the sammobile.com for firmware and lookup for the firmware which you want to install according to your country flash it via odin