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[Q] Galaxy note keep turning itself off randomly

Hi
I am new to Android world. So please handle with care
I used to use an iPhone. Recently (bout 3 weeks ago) I bought a galaxy note and am loving it.
I was going through a lot about Android system and found out 'rooting a phone'.
so I rooted the note and installed Rocket rom v22, GoLauncher Ex and few apps like Setcpu, Adfree, Bank, Xchange etc. I don't have games or many apps on my phone.
My phone turns itself off randomly every now and then. during phone conversation it rebooted itself once so far. and when my phone is stand-by, I found my phone is turned off.
I am not sure why it's happening. Is there any settings i shouldn't set?? or ???
Could anyone please tell me how to fix this issue?
If the phone is faulty, I need to make my phone as the same as when I first got which I am not sure how to :-( yet

The first thing to do is go completely stock. Flash the lastest stock rom and see if that fixes the problem.
When using ICS ROMs there's a known bug called Sleep of Death (SOD) that is similar to what you're experiencing. The phone simply won't turn on the screen and you have to press the power button for several seconds to turn it on again.

Almost all GNote users experience this issue so don't worry about it. Going back to stock will not solve the problem.

Hi
Thanks for the reply.
Before the rom v22, I had v19. my phone still did turn itself off several times. after flash the room v22, it didn't happen as many as v19 so I am not sure that the ICS causes the issue.
anyway, I will try the one you suggested and see how I go.
Thank you

kelvin fong said:
Almost all GNote users experience this issue so don't worry about it. Going back to stock will not solve the problem.
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I am more worried about the alarm. if the phone turns itself off while i am in sleep, i won't be able to hear the alarm going off.
well if that happens again, i might have to get a alarm clock.
i was thinking of setcpu app might cause the issue... not sure though.
Thanks for your help

I experience the same issue when i was running stock. I've tried several stock versions but the problem still exists.
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I have definitely never ever experience SOD when the phone is stock and lock.
The only time i did experience SOD is when i change to modded kernel.

I'm running stock with cf root and have never ever experienced this, so not all notes are affected. That would really suck!
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Never had Sleep of Death on stock rom.

I am on stock ICS Rom n it has happenedwith me twice.
My GNote goes dead randomly and only starts up after pulling out battery.
Weird!

Install an ICS from Clean
Start from a Stock ICS rom using PC Odin, then follow my Post as follow :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26772618&postcount=12
Try another rom other than that you had, or a higher versionof it.
The MIDTEAM v1.4.2 is Good and Stable.
Good Luck

I had this problem most of ICS ROMs on my Galaxy Note. SO I guess it's an ICS related bug and it is very uncomfortable to have to reset it to unlock it .
I too have tried several Stock ROMs but it still gets into the Sleep of Death at least once a day.
I guess that it should help to have a Kernel that changes the Deep Sleep settings...

Of my 2 GNotes, one of them had this problem. Happens when you put the note on the table with small drop or whatsoever.
The problem disappeared when inserted 3-fold 80g paper between battery and the edge of battery compartment. The battery tolerance is not so tight so when small drop (like putting on the windowsill) happens, the phone shut down.
The problem completely disappeared after inserting paper.
Of course, more professional would be go to Samsung repairs and show it and ask for replacement - either battery or phone internal casing. You can reproduce the problem by turning the screen on and dropping phone 10cm into hard surface.
But I did not bother.
I won't say that yours has exactly the same problem. But check the tolerances of battery 1st. Sometimes solutions are too obvious to see 'em.

I upgraded from stock to CM9 3 days ago and my Note has turned off several times a day since then. Never before upgrade, so I don't think it has to do with battery being loose in its compartment - not in my case.
I am loving ICS, but I will have to downgrade to gingerbread to get rid of this irritating bug.

this is happening to my galaxy nexus!!! yeah it turns off at random like sleep of death and small drops can trigger it. if i knew this could happen i would have never rooted

lol root itself has nothing to do with it.
if small drops cause it, and paper adding in compartment fixes it. its the gap between battery and whatever should fixate it.
if it occurs during deep sleep, dig into logs what you can find there. Also check roms/kernels feedback if others have it with that version. Many ways to illiminate possibilities.
I miss some good analyzes in this is issue from those experiencing stuff. Android I guess is not user friendly that way.
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Galaxy Note Sleep of Death on 4.1.2 JB
I'm still trying to figure this out... I had hoped that with Samsung Stock upgrade to 4.1.2 it would be fixed but its not... anybody still experiencing this problem?
Things that I have tried
Move all apps from Internal SD Card (USB) and format
Factory Reset
Paper wedge between battery
Opened and re-connected all connectors to Motherboard
Install CPUSpy (deep sleep is OK)
I'm at wits end now, and this problem is very apparent. I havn't wanted to flash to a custom rom, because I've seen reported that it still happens with whatever ROM whether stock or custom
Any more ideas on how to make the Sleep of Death go away?

rasielbz said:
I'm still trying to figure this out... I had hoped that with Samsung Stock upgrade to 4.1.2 it would be fixed but its not... anybody still experiencing this problem?
Things that I have tried
Move all apps from Internal SD Card (USB) and format
Factory Reset
Paper wedge between battery
Opened and re-connected all connectors to Motherboard
Install CPUSpy (deep sleep is OK)
I'm at wits end now, and this problem is very apparent. I havn't wanted to flash to a custom rom, because I've seen reported that it still happens with whatever ROM whether stock or custom
Any more ideas on how to make the Sleep of Death go away?
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What is the status of your phone now :
Working or not?
It works then it turns off by itself
Bootloop
Stuck on the white Samsung logo
Completely Off?

It does work but it turns itself of, the longest its gone without restarting is 44 hrs. I contacted Amazon where I bought and they are offering s full refund, so I , might send it back but I love it and had wanted tho keep it if the problem is fixed.
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Turning off problem too
I don't know if it is exactly the same problem, but my GNote keeps turning off every time, but not seem to be randomly. Looks like ti shut down every time a high performance is required. I tested several roms, ICS and JB, custom and stock, but the problem still goes on.
Please, any ideas?

[Q] big battery problem, Note shuts down on its own

hi everybody, please help me. i'm going to explain the situation:
1. i'm using jellybam and paranoidandroid.
2. while i'm in recovery, no problems. the phone keeps working pefectly.
3. during the boot or after very few seconds of usage the phone dies completely (no sods, it shuts off, like with discharged battery).
4. if i use the Note with charger no problems, the phone keeps working perfectly.
in conclusion, it seems a battery problem, but i'n not sure because i can stay in recovery as long as i want and nothing happens, but on rom boot the phone shuts down.
have i to buy a new battery or send it to samsung?

flash stock rom, if problem still persist buy new battery, if still..sent it to service center..
BTW, all questions belong in the Q&A Section, not in General or Development..thread reported.

Get a new battery, this is the only solution.

Varad297 said:
Get a new battery, this is the only solution.
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+1
I've had the same problem and with a new battery this problem disapeared...

go to the store manager, explain what you think the employee did. He will see if employee screwed you.
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Thanks for all your answers. This is how the story ends. I decided to bring my note in an assistance center, but before i had to turn back on stock rom. I installed the new rom with odin. When the note rebooted, i unplugged it. It worked still the end of first configuration (with samsung logo on screen), then shutted off again. Now it does not boot anymore, stuck on device name. They will send to repair with the problem "-the phone does not boot."
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[Q] HELP - S3 Mini does not boot

Hey guys,
after spending some time in the forum and not finding an answer to my problem I decided to ask you guys directly. So here is the situation I'm facing:
My girlfriends sister owns a S3 mini and it suddendly went dead. She tried to turn in on the other morning but there is nothing happening. No flashing of the screen, no sound, just plain dead. She did not install any custom roms or unlocked the bootloader or something. The phone is basically running with stock rom and there were no modification made.
So she asked me if I could help her with that.+
I tried then to enter download mode, as I read that that should be possible, but again nothin is happening. I tried to remove the battery for about 10 min and put it back in and tried charging it although the phone shows no sign that it is being charged when plugged in.
So this is when I started to search for similiar problems and found out that there is a problem with the S3 (not the mini) called "sudden death". but since I own a mini this seems impossible as well. Maybe you guys got an idea. Thanks in advance.
Oh and I tried a different battery as well. Nothing changed

dasABCD said:
Hey guys,
after spending some time in the forum and not finding an answer to my problem I decided to ask you guys directly. So here is the situation I'm facing:
My girlfriends sister owns a S3 mini and it suddendly went dead. She tried to turn in on the other morning but there is nothing happening. No flashing of the screen, no sound, just plain dead. She did not install any custom roms or unlocked the bootloader or something. The phone is basically running with stock rom and there were no modification made.
So she asked me if I could help her with that.+
I tried then to enter download mode, as I read that that should be possible, but again nothin is happening. I tried to remove the battery for about 10 min and put it back in and tried charging it although the phone shows no sign that it is being charged when plugged in.
So this is when I started to search for similiar problems and found out that there is a problem with the S3 (not the mini) called "sudden death". but since I own a mini this seems impossible as well. Maybe you guys got an idea. Thanks in advance.
Oh and I tried a different battery as well. Nothing changed
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Well you did virtually everything that I was going to say to you. So my opinion is that, your girlfriends sister phone is possessed by some demon or sh*t like that:laugh:

Bad news T T
dasABCD said:
Hey guys,
after spending some time in the forum and not finding an answer to my problem I decided to ask you guys directly. So here is the situation I'm facing:
My girlfriends sister owns a S3 mini and it suddendly went dead. She tried to turn in on the other morning but there is nothing happening. No flashing of the screen, no sound, just plain dead. She did not install any custom roms or unlocked the bootloader or something. The phone is basically running with stock rom and there were no modification made.
So she asked me if I could help her with that.+
I tried then to enter download mode, as I read that that should be possible, but again nothin is happening. I tried to remove the battery for about 10 min and put it back in and tried charging it although the phone shows no sign that it is being charged when plugged in.
So this is when I started to search for similiar problems and found out that there is a problem with the S3 (not the mini) called "sudden death". but since I own a mini this seems impossible as well. Maybe you guys got an idea. Thanks in advance.
Oh and I tried a different battery as well. Nothing changed
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I believed what you encounter with that s3 mini is called a "deadboot". Same thing happened to me when i was fixing a Samsung phone couple days ago with Bootloop problem, I flash the new firmware and the phone was fix then i was browsing the settings and poofed! just went off and won't turn on. I'm sorry to bring the bad news here , but she will have to visit a phone technician, it's a problem with the JTAG pads of the phone.

karburutu said:
I believed what you encounter with that s3 mini is called a "deadboot". Same thing happened to me when i was fixing a Samsung phone couple days ago with Bootloop problem, I flash the new firmware and the phone was fix then i was browsing the settings and poofed! just went off and won't turn on. I'm sorry to bring the bad news here , but she will have to visit a phone technician, it's a problem with the JTAG pads of the phone.
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yeah well, I expected something like that. I'll tell her and she will have to sort that out by herself.
Thanks anyway for your help guys.

[Q] My Note keepsTurning off, help ..URGENT

Hello developers,
Suddenly my note cant start any more, it shows the Samsung logo and then turn off.
in rare cases it will continue to the splash screen but then quickly turn off. ...
what would this be,,, a soft brick,,, a hard brick,,, or a battery problem,,,,

Alsager said:
Hello developers,
Suddenly my note cant start any more, it shows the Samsung logo and then turn off.
in rare cases it will continue to the splash screen but then quickly turn off. ...
what would this be,,, a soft brick,,, a hard brick,,, or a battery problem,,,,
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Easiest way to make sure it's not a battery problem is just to buy a new one from ebay and eliminate the possibility.
But it sounds like an internal problem to me, not software related. You could try a wipe.

wrsg said:
Easiest way to make sure it's not a battery problem is just to buy a new one from ebay and eliminate the possibility.
But it sounds like an internal problem to me, not software related. You could try a wipe.
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If the battery has waranity? how you find out is slow

wrsg said:
Easiest way to make sure it's not a battery problem is just to buy a new one from ebay and eliminate the possibility.
But it sounds like an internal problem to me, not software related. You could try a wipe.
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drulo222 said:
If the battery has waranity? how you find out is slow
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I did a factory reset ( I was on JB then) and didn't solve the issue. when the phone is connected to the charger it can go beyond the Samsung logo and the splash screen for a while but will turn off quickly. without a charger it will only show the Samsung logo and then turn OFF.

Can you go into recovery, plug the cable, and then power off the phone? leave it like that for few minutes.

I can go into the download mode but not recovery.... what does that mean???? Tried your other suggestion, but no luck...!!

Is your battery swollen if looking at the side and you say it will go past splash screen if plugged into charger so does that mean it will boot into the Rom if plugged in or does it just stay splash screen and also if not able to get into recovery could mean something happened with the kernel so flashing a fresh jb Rom with Odin maybe what you need. The problem with that is if your battery is bad it could cause more problems trying to flash anything with dead battery as in bricking the device. So you should start with new battery and let charge a few hours then see if your phone boots up if not then you could flash with pc Odin and go from there.
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He should try kernel option you gave him, if everything else failed. I read around there were like 3 people with same situation. Maybe they used the same thing?
Search philz kernel, download one or two, and flash those in odin. Its a safe kernel, and powerful cwm.
He probably fixed by now. Hope so, for his own good.

Issue Solved, It was broken battery, Changed the batter and the phone is working again. Thanks everybody for your help....

Alsager said:
Issue Solved, It was broken battery, Changed the batter and the phone is working again. Thanks everybody for your help....
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by any chance, do you know what were the old battery voltages under measurements?

[Q] Hard briked S3 mini out of nowhere

I have the feeling I'm going to get repetitive here guys, but I've been reading the troubleshooting threads for over an hour and couldn't find an answer to help me.
Last saturday I was to lazy to move from the couch, so I watched as my S3 Mini ran out of battery. I got the "phone is turning off" screen as usual. Later I went to bed, but as I needed my alarm to go off in the morning I tried turning it on again, and nothing* happened. Plugged it on the wall, nothing*. Replaced the battery, nothing*. Gave it a good half hour plugged, and as you can guess, nothing*.
* when I say nothing, I mean it won't light up, won't vibrate, won't wink for me, won't load any kind of error, it's actually just like if you were trying to turn on a phone without any battery connected, no grasp of life comes from its poor soul.
The only moment I could see some action on the device is when I tried connecting it on the PC a few hours ago, as it installed drivers to Windows. Right after installing the drivers however, it won't show in the file explorer. I've tried to detect it with a few development tools such as ORT and Odin and there was no sucess either. Download or Recover mode will not work as well.
One thing I think worth mentioning, is that ever since I rooted it a couple of years ago, whenever I tried to recharge it while it was off, the standard "green charging battery" would never appear. What would appear on the screen was a freezed loading icon (the one that keeps roling again and again, but frozen). This particular issue never came off, even reseting it or installing new ROMs.
I always used Maclaw's, some of the latest 4.x, because I tought the 5.x was to heavy for the s3 minis.
I've read some about USB JIGs and stuff, but what makes me very curious is what the heck?! The phone was working just fine, the battery runs out and I have a brick? Is this possible? Can anyone tell me any work around?
I apologize for possible grammar mistakes.

ScrewedImei said:
I have the feeling I'm going to get repetitive here guys, but I've been reading the troubleshooting threads for over an hour and couldn't find an answer to help me.
Last saturday I was to lazy to move from the couch, so I watched as my S3 Mini ran out of battery. I got the "phone is turning off" screen as usual. Later I went to bed, but as I needed my alarm to go off in the morning I tried turning it on again, and nothing* happened. Plugged it on the wall, nothing*. Replaced the battery, nothing*. Gave it a good half hour plugged, and as you can guess, nothing*.
* when I say nothing, I mean it won't light up, won't vibrate, won't wink for me, won't load any kind of error, it's actually just like if you were trying to turn on a phone without any battery connected, no grasp of life comes from its poor soul.
The only moment I could see some action on the device is when I tried connecting it on the PC a few hours ago, as it installed drivers to Windows. Right after installing the drivers however, it won't show in the file explorer. I've tried to detect it with a few development tools such as ORT and Odin and there was no sucess either. Download or Recover mode will not work as well.
One thing I think worth mentioning, is that ever since I rooted it a couple of years ago, whenever I tried to recharge it while it was off, the standard "green charging battery" would never appear. What would appear on the screen was a freezed loading icon (the one that keeps roling again and again, but frozen). This particular issue never came off, even reseting it or installing new ROMs.
I always used Maclaw's, some of the latest 4.x, because I tought the 5.x was to heavy for the s3 minis.
I've read some about USB JIGs and stuff, but what makes me very curious is what the heck?! The phone was working just fine, the battery runs out and I have a brick? Is this possible? Can anyone tell me any work around?
I apologize for possible grammar mistakes.
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try to plug in the phone into charger & leave it there like 20 mins or more. battery loads then.
then try access samsung download mode, if you cant the phone is probably useless (brick for ever) because itslike mthe last standing thing.
& sorry i say that but thats typically samsung behaviuor. there allways this kind of threads in the samsung forums of xda... other manufacturer can mostly be restored or atleast you know what make it dead.

Exactly the same problems happening to me.
This is my thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-mini/help/sgs3-mini-dead-t3085031
Can you try to follow what appears on this link? (I can't by now because my PC is broken)
I think won't do nothing because you won't be able to access to the recovery mode on android, as me, but to try...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030

bejunk said:
try to plug in the phone into charger & leave it there like 20 mins or more. battery loads then.
then try access samsung download mode, if you cant the phone is probably useless (brick for ever) because itslike mthe last standing thing.
& sorry i say that but thats typically samsung behaviuor. there allways this kind of threads in the samsung forums of xda... other manufacturer can mostly be restored or atleast you know what make it dead.
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Hi there,
Thank you for your interest but I have passed this point already. Tried a brand new battery I had laying down in the drawer (which was fully charged with an universal charger) and there is no answer to any attempt of turning it on. Via recovery, download or normal boot.
CrashOverride93 said:
Exactly the same problems happening to me.
This is my thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3-mini/help/sgs3-mini-dead-t3085031
Can you try to follow what appears on this link? (I can't by now because my PC is broken)
I think won't do nothing because you won't be able to access to the recovery mode on android, as me, but to try...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
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Hello there,
I'm sorry to hear I'm not the only one affected by this bug (lets call it a bug). This shows there is a lack of concern from Samsung on dealing with this issues, and thus we see that old programmed obsolescence.
I will try that later on the weekend, and I come back here with an report.
Cheers

ScrewedImei said:
Hi there,
Thank you for your interest but I have passed this point already. Tried a brand new battery I had laying down in the drawer (which was fully charged with an universal charger) and there is no answer to any attempt of turning it on. Via recovery, download or normal boot.
Hello there,
I'm sorry to hear I'm not the only one affected by this bug (lets call it a bug). This shows there is a lack of concern from Samsung on dealing with this issues, and thus we see that old programmed obsolescence.
I will try that later on the weekend, and I come back here with an report.
Cheers
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this guide useless for you. how u want flash things with odin if u cant enter download mode at all??
im really sorry for you that this phone is dead. just can give you 1 advice, dont buy samsung in future.

I have been repaired my phone successfully!!!
I just needed to change two capacitors on its motherboard, and that's it.
Here the video where I have found the info and how to do that. It's in Spanish but easy to understand for you I think. But if you need some help, send me a PM.

can you take a picture from the location of the 2 capasitors and the types of it

Hi everyone.
I have some news. It took me a while but I followed CrashOverride93's advice on that video. It actually solved one issue, as I now can turn it on, but now I have a second problem, I'm stuck on a boot loop, with acess to Download mode ONLY. No recovery.
Considering where my issue started, and where I am now, I have tried the following:
- Flashed via Odin stock ROM, kernel;
- flashed Wipe;
- flashed PARAM;
- three button combo.
So far I couldn't get it pass the boot loop. Any thoughts?