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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiel91:
Hey guys,

having a trouble for the last couple weeks.

about 5-6 times a day, with no apparent reason, nor something specific i'm doing.

my phone suddenly freezes and the screen goes black, and the notifications led goes blue (not blinking, permanent blue).

only way out of this is long pressing the power button, and the phone goes back on, as if it was turned off.

tried to find out the source of the problem but with no luck.

i'm using

GT-i9300 S3

Rom: cfDroid v13.1 - based on XXEMA2 (4.1.2 android)

Kernel: Perseus alpha 33 (the latest)

Modem: DXELK1

Mods: JKay, acid soundmod, and some other that comes with cfDroid rom

Anyway to pin point the problem and take care of it without having to fully wipe and install a fresh rom?

if you need any more details please ask and i'll post.

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bigmo7:
Are you undervolting the cpu?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiel91:
No i dont
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DjeMBeY:
Re-flash ROM you're using, wipe cache and Dalvik only, if still no improvement change kernel.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2869520:
i have the same problem. wiping dalvik cache and cache doesnt fix that problem.

Rom: Omega Rom v43

Kernel: Perseus 33.2

currently im switching over to yank and report back, if the problem is gone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiel91:
Hey, please update if it is kernel related.

i want to know this before re-flashing the rom

Thanks!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2869520:
i'm running yank since 2h and the problem is gone... please test this and report back, so we can send Andrei a message.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Thealshear:
I had the same problem maybe you have bad blocks there is another thread having the same problem they have a solution in page 7
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 2869520:
Can you please post the link to the thread?

Edit: did you mean this?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiel91:
mmm i don't know whats happaned but for the last 24 hr the problem didn't occur again.

i didn't change anything, not the kernel also.

waiting to see if its happens again..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
Same.

Hi there.

I got a very similar problem.

Screen freezes and turns black.

I ran an continues kernel output and saw a mmc action, but i removed the card before i booted up.

(See pastebin below for kernel log)

And besides the screen is black and the device isn't responding, the kernel is still active and running.

First my specs

:

Model: GT-I9300

Android: 4.1.2 (latest Stock)

Base: I9300BUEMA1

Stock-Kernel: 3.0.31-919627 dpi@DELL211 #1 SMP PREEMPT

Build: JZO54K.I9300XXEMR2

Modifications

:

TWRP Recovery (2.3.3.0-GTI9300)

SuperSU (0.99)

Busybox (BusyBox v1.20.2-Stericson (2012-07-04 21:33:31 CDT))

My kernel log

:

pastebin.com/hRSpzu0D

I hope somebody is more kernel knowledge can take a look at the paste.

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiel91:
Ok too early to be glad.

the problem is back, only now its less frequent, and the device simply turns off.

no blue led.

Now trying to flash Yanks kernel and will report back in a day.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaidev.s:
Why don't you try stock Rom and see!

Sent from my GT-I9300 with a BIG :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiel91:
Thank you but i didn't have the problem with custom roms my friend :)

it started couple weeks back.

i'm running custom roms from the day i've got my S3.

thinking about that option as last resort :) :good:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
I am on stock. I only added root to be able to see the kernel log.

So it appears to me it isn't really rom related. More like 'something in 4.1.2'.

I wish i could put my finger on it.

Regards.

edit:

Maybe we should start to compare the hardware components?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oravi:
maybe I solved that.

There was some user reported that problem the last few days...

I had a similar issue, opened a thread yesterday, followed after Slaphead20 advice and make a factory reset.

what i've done was:

factory reset, cache delet from the recovery mode.

flashed and old rom, let kies do the upgrade.

(backed up through myback up) and re-install only what I really needed.

now the phone seem to be running much faster, no lag at all.

i'm still waiting to see if it's freeze.

Still, I think it a software related since so many users start feel those freezes at the same time, it might be some bug in the last update.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
Could you please state how far you downgraded?

I willing to try your aproach and want to be as close as possible to your setup.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oravi:
i've downgrade to the I9300XXDLJ4 (uk rom) firmware- as far as I remembered it was the first JB firmware.

I didn't wand to go back to ICS cause I heard it makes problem to downgrade from JB to ICS- I don't know if that right or not.

tell me if it helped you..
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
Let's give it a shoot

Thanks for the info. Here we go:

Start up recovery mode. (TWR v2.3.3.0)
Recovery: Wipe -> Factory Reset
Wipe -> Cache (already included in factory reset, but to be safe)
Reboot -> Power Off

Start up download mode.
Start up Odin.
Downgrade to: 4.1.1 PDA:I9300XXDLIH CSC:I9300VFGDLJ1 (Germany-VD2)

Start up Android 4.1.1.
System failed to boot up.
Start up stock recovery.
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Reboot system now

Start up Android 4.1.1.
Start up Kies (v2.5.2.13021_10)

Connect Phone to USB.
Kies auto suggests: PDA:MR2 PHONE:MA1 CSC:MA3 (VD2) -> Update
"Proceed without saving"
"Start upgrade"

Disconnect USB.
Wait for startup Android 4.1.2.
Connect Phone to USB.

Final state: PDA:I9300XXEMR2 PHONE:I9300BUEMA1

I just configured my google account and two WLANs. Nothing else yet.

Will report back tomorrow.

---------- Post added at 02:33 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:17 PM ----------

Already crashed and burned. Tried to open YouTube.

Saw the "Introduction screen".

Wanted to clear the notifications so pulled down the notification bar.

Pressed "Clear" (don't know what the english text is there).

And freezed. No response at all.

Back to square one! :crying:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] adiel91:
OK after running yank555 kernel for couple of days,

the problem still occurs, only now its more rare (1-2 times a day)

and now no led blinking in blue - the device turns off completely
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
Logcat

I captured a comeplete logcat + /proc/kmsg + BugReport

With my limited knowledge i couldn't find anything in them. :eek:

Maybe someone would be so kind to check them :highfive:

Regards.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
It occured to me that maybe 4.1.2 is the root of evil.

So i downgraded to 4.1.1, replaced the kernel (to avoid SDS) and the recovery.

My S3 is now running for 11 hours with light usage.

Attention: Keep in mind that the SDS isn't supposed to be fixed in pre 4.1.2.

Don't let your device reboot to Android with 4.1.1.

My worklog for reference:

enter download mode
start odin
click PDA
select I9300XXDLIH_I9300DBTDLI2_I9300XXDLID_HOME.tar.md5
click start

enter download mode
restart odin
click pda
select Siyah-s3-v1.8.9.tar
click start

enter download mode
restart odin
click pda
select openrecovery-twrp-2.4.3.0-i9300.tar
click start

reboot into recovery
wipe - factory reset (dalvik,cache & data)
reboot system
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] leinad:
Perhaps you may have a look to this post. Hope this will help ...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
Interesting. Thanks for your input.

So the Android version shouldn't matter.

Thesis: If the TRIM'ing is the problem i should encounter the same problems with 4.1.1 as with 4.1.2.

Well only time will tell :fingers-crossed:

Again, thanks for your input. If the problem persists i'll give it a try.

Regards.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Just out of interest, you didn't restore any system data with titanium, did you?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
I consciously avoided any restores in all my tries.

Regards.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
Hi guys/gals,

my system was stable for the last two days.

I reconfigured all my accounts and used the phone heavily.

So my test with 4.1.1 was a sucess! :victory:

Today i was confident enough to update to I9300XXELL4_I9300DBTELL1 (Germany-DBT 4.1.2).

No additions so far. No custom-recovery, no custom-kernel and no root.

I'll keep you posted.

Regards.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
Hi there.

I'm still stable.

Today i pushed custom recovery TWRP 2.4.3.0 and isntalled SuperSU.

I susspect something with the function "Restore phone from Google Account" might be wrong.

Can somebody please check? (Clean install, no device restore from google)

Regards.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xenonr:
A week has passed and my phone is still stable.

I fully utilized root and used te phone heavily.

I still believe the google "device restore smthg." is at fault.

Since i'm stable, and nobody seems to be here anymore, i'm signing out.

Regards.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] RTFOP:
Hi,

I know these features aren't part of CM10, but are there any apps that can utilize wifi connections for calling and messaging? I don't want a separate chat client and I don't necessarily need video calling; just regular text and voice functionality.

Thanks
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] Coug76:
Tmobile changed the way wifi calling is handled in JB compared with ICS and GB. There is no discrete wifi calling app available as in prior Android versions. If you are reliant on wifi calling (as I am) you are pretty much stuck with stock or roms based on the tmo firmware. There are good roms out there but they are still intrinsically touchwiz.

Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Note II] RTFOP:
I rarely use it. But last week my wife went into labor, and the only signal in the hospital was their wifi. So I got to feel like a dickhead downloading/flashing/setting up stock rooted TW so I could get in touch with people without going outside. That kind of reminded me how useful it can be to have available.

I'm running Jedi Master now. It's alright.
[General Questions and Answers] ΦDroid:
Hello,

Does anyone know of an app that will let me use my phone as a laptop touchpad?

I know gmote works to control a PC, but I want to control my Nexus 7.
[General Questions and Answers] anirudhnyg:
You want to control your nexus from a phone? If this is the case have a look at this :

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1292627

But if u want to control a computer.. Check out unified remote from playstore.. It's very easy to use and looks very clean also

Sent from my One V
[General Questions and Answers] ΦDroid:
Droidmote is perfect. Thanks
[General Questions and Answers] anirudhnyg:
Y u no press the thanks button instead? :cool:

Sent from my One V
[Sony Xperia T, TL, TX, V] joonlin:
I got some photos taken in both different device. In this case I think Xperia TX win in camera because it has 13megapixel.

Image 1 and 2 are comparing for camera, image 3 and 4 are for screen.

I'm quite confusing how to define a screen that provide good quality image. On Xperia TX you still can see the wall clearly at right side of the picture but in S3 you can't even saw anything at the right side of the image. But S3 colour will look nicer. Can I say nicer is equal to more contrast?
[Nokia Lumia 920] nanjin:
I love my Lumia 920. I consider it as the best phone I ever had. Last night the official Nokia gel case arrived and I immediately put it on to see how it feel (it is slippery, I think I like the icipico skin case better). I don't know why I did something that no one with a phone should do, playing it above water. As usual, shxt happens, I dropped it into the water. 1st second, "SHXT"!, 2nd second, there goes my "almost" free phone. 3rd second, picked up the "diviing" 920 and start thinking should I buy another 920 or wait for something new. I picked up the phone, and turn it off immediately, thinking what to do next, blow dry it? leave it off for a few days and hope it will still boot up.

I am an anxious person, can't wait to find out if this phone will work not to mention I beginning to consider buying an international version (mine is AT&T). I turned it on. IT BOOTED UP and continue to function as usual. 12 hours had passed and it still function as usual.

Now, I love the 920 even more, because it is my first phone that can survive a 3 seconds diving experience (most phones are gone after 1 second).
[Nokia Lumia 920] miodrage:
Yeah, it will work, for a month, 2, maybe even more, then, one day, it will just stop working and thats it. What u should have done, is take it into a bag of rice (it can help get the moisture out), then head to some1 who has an ultrasonic tub, dismantle it, put everything in, and vaporise the moisture out of it.

So now, u just enjoy the time u have with ur phone till it dies :(
[Nokia Lumia 920] nanjin:
You SCARING me :(! Anyway, it is a good idea to put the phone into the raw rice to obsorb the moisture. However, that's all I can do cuz I don't know anywone who can take the 920 apart.

Hopefully, the phone will continue to function until the next Nokia WP arrives.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Anis108:
ask pro's

My tipp in this case:

Ask professionals how they threat a water accident like this.

If you took it out fast out of the water maybe not a lot of water went in.

the danger in this water stuff is just the shortcut damage. you did the right thing by turning it of imediatly.

And you should wait befor you us it again.

I think somewhere was the advice to drop the phone in to alcohol to get the water out etc. thats just a speculation.
[Nokia Lumia 920] miodrage:
Only Isopropil-alcohol is good, other r killing the phone. Also, u must not drop the phone to alcohol, but take it apart, then wipe it with a soft cloth soaked in isopropil-alcohol, and then leave it for several hours to dry off. And as I mentioned earlier, the best way to evaporate all the water is by ultrasonic tub.

The shortcut danger is immediate, the water is hazardous to ur phone also on a longer term basis. What will happen is that the metalic parts inside will corode, and that will kill ur phone.

Sorry mate, use it as much and as long as possible, and when it dies, buy a new one. It won't happen any time soon, I think u might get around 3-6 months out of it.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Ikkari:
AW: I dropped my 920 in water!

Sell the phone and buy a new 920 ... ?

Just kidding...
[Nokia Lumia 920] HTCalltheway:
you should have a look at the water-damage sticker. take the sim tray out and there's another little metal tray you can pull out with the sim removal tool.
[Nokia Lumia 920] alextheangel:
put it into rice , the rice will absolve the moist, see if that could save your phone.
[Nokia Lumia 920] geddeeee:
Nice one, man... If it works, don't worry about it. If there was going to be a problem, especially with water, it would have shown up by now.

Don't worry about it. The 920 is a great phone!!!
[Nokia Lumia 920] nanjin:
Well, after all this time of perfect function, I ran into a problem. The camera does not save pictures anymore. I don't know if this problem is caused by the "water incident". Nevertheless, I contacted ATT and they will replace the phone for me.
[Nokia Lumia 920] Localhorst86:
Let me point out the flaw in that argument:

Water can cause multiple damages to your device.

1. It can short electric circuits, blowing up caps and fuses. The worst thing you can do to a phone that you dropped in the water is to turn it on to see if it works.

2. If the phone was not properly dried (i.e. get all the moisture out as quick as possible using, for example, rice) minerals can remain on the circuits causing them to erode/rust faster (this also depends on the quality of the water, of course). In the mid- to long term that can lead to the device simply no longer functioning.

So just because it is working now does not mean the water will not do it's damage in a few months. :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] TheCloneGamer:
Can we get sense ui for tipo.timescape is good but i also like sense any way to make it work on tipo
[General Questions and Answers] Bartor495:
Hi, I have a question for all of you.

I bought an Irulu 7 tablet that was advertised as not bluetooth compatible, and i decided to look at all the apps, and on all apps section I found an app called "Bluetooth Share". I was wondering, since it doesn't have any other hint of bluetooth capability, if I could get an app that would enable bluetooth on it?
[General Questions and Answers] SixSixSevenSeven:
Bluetooth is a piece of hardware. If the tablet doesnt support bluetooth then there is at least a 99% certainty that it does not have the bluetooth hardware. That is not something which can be rectified with an app.
[General Questions and Answers] Bartor495:
Ok, is there a way to check if i have the bluetooth hardware, or is it a bug with the os that an app called bluetooth share is on the tablet?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xD4rk:
i converted my galaxy s2 shw-m250k to gt-i9100 and updated it with jelly bean rom and after the update i found that the screen look and the power menu not working and i've tried to edit the keystr file and rooted my phone and nothing happen tried another firmware and still have the problem :/
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] f-r:
Search the forum. This has been answered many times already on Q&A.

Sent from my digital submersible hovercraft.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xD4rk:
i already did and tried a lot of things and nothing work!
[HTC One S] dozyaustin:
hey y'all,

(I had this in general, but I was sent here into Q&A, so here I am!).

I have been considering a new phone to replace my (very) old Captivate. The Cappy has been a great phone, but the hardware is finally starting to wear out, and I am finally starting to feel the lack of power. The One S is now dropping to around $230 used off-contract, so I am thinking that could be a fun purchase.

My worry is only one : buying into a device that is having reliability issues. Has the One S held up? Anything I should look out for in a used device?

Would you recommend it for $230 used? I have other phones I am considering - $230 seems like a sweet spot for Galaxy S II or galaxy Nexus ... I know I could a dd a little and get a Nexus 4, but that "little (about $150) is a little too much for me.

Thanks
[HTC One S] IntelligentAj:
I'm not sure about everyone else but I;ve dropped my phone plenty of times without any problems. I rooted a couple of months ago and just added the LiquidSmooth ROM, which is lightning fast. Basically if you root your phone and install a Custom ROM you definitely won't be far behind a couple of the newer phones coming out, and I even venture to say the One S has a better price/performance ratio than most phones
[HTC One S] dozyaustin:
yeah that is my attraction to it.

Sadly I have yet to hear of an Android phone without its quirks (for the Captivate: sudden sleep-death. GPS and power button problems are all hardware problems we just learned how to mitigate through software workarounds) ... so I am trying to find out what are the annoyances with the One S ....

Also .. the T-Mo version is a little different software-wise than the other versions, right? There seems a lot of discussion about Wifi problems ... any insights? please?

Thanks
[HTC One S] Spastic909:
Are you in the US? If so we don't have the Jb update yet but its coming. Overall I have no real complaints. 230 seems steep for a used device to me. How close to an upgrade are you?

Thanks for not getting bent out of shape at my comment in general. Just trying to keep it clean:beer:
[HTC One S] IntelligentAj:
I haven't had any Wi-Fi problems with my ohone at all but I'm in the US so it might be different if you're not. My only complaint with the phone was that it can be a little slippery but I've noticed no problems with mine and I've had it April when it first came out
[HTC One S] dozyaustin:
Yes, I am in US. So no official JB, but it seems the development support for the phone is running apace, right?

I am shopping for a full price phone - it is worth the $45 monthly bill and unlocked devices. Thus no upgrade lures. Phone prices are not low - for sure. It makes the Nexus 4 attractive, but that phone is still $350 - $400 with taxes and shipping, so that is a little steep for me.

:beer:

Thanks ... it seems like the specs bump is ather significant from the Galaxy Nexus ..... decisions-decisions.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepp12:
RE: Rogers JellyBean Rom

I am a geek ..

but since i am a new user and cannot post in the development thread ...

The easiest way to flash the new Rogers OTA JB zip without having to worry about the bad XML file is just use the XML file from the 49003 official rom from the repository ( removing the getvar problem line )

i have attached it here.. works fine with RSD light

@computer__geek_ on twitter :)
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danifunker:
Unfortunately this version wasn't the officially released one by Rogers so people on this ROM are unable to get the OTA (or apply the OTA)... It's best to use the new Jelly Bean fastboot and remove the getvar line.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zepp12:
I am aware of that.. I ran into the bad xml and used the one

I attached to upgrade to JB (just used the old xml with the JB files) .. And it works flawlessly! .. I was one of the peeps stuck on 49003 :)
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danifunker:
Okay, maybe you should clarify your first post then. You're saying, to use your file in order to update the firmware on your Rogers/Fido XT925 through fastboot.

OTA is when you run the update.zip package which isn't compatible with the old version.

Either way, cool! Thanks for the help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtxwt:
I extracted the recovery.img from my device and compile Clockworkmod Recovery from builder.clockworkmod.com

The extraction and compilation seem to be successful and I am also be able to flash the compiled cwm with fastboot.

However, after I boot into recovery mode, there is only a blank screen and I have to remove the battery and put it back to boot my phone into normal mode.

So far I am not able to access any recovery mode and I can neither revert to stock recovery or fix the blank screen issue.

Can anyone give me some advices on this? Thank you.

This is the build log of CWM for my device

jenkins.cyanogenmod.org/job/recovery/20072/consoleFull
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wtxwt:
I have two fstab files which I believe to be extracted from my ramdisk. May be there are clues of how to get rid of the blank screen.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ferhung:
Well, I have the same situations, too. But, I have some ways to argument!

a) There is a special init, you just copy it to the new recovery! BTW, it works in boot.img, not sure about recovery playing well!

b) Bootlaoder has been locked to boot back a wrong massge to stuck the new recovery!

c) Customer's graphics.c and postrecoveryboot.sh may be needed for non-framebuffer and special init!

d) Device's kernel does not support swap!

e) The recovery_mmc.fstab is needed!