Hi - I'm new to these forums and was hoping someone could offer me some advice.
Recenty the only way I can get my S3 mini to work correctly is if its connected to a power source. The device has started to power itself off whilst using it and then it tries to reboot many times unsuccessfully. It seems like it is caught in a restarting loop.
A number of people have recommended I get a full software reset installed, I've used the Samsung Kies to update/reinstall the software but the issue still exists. I was wondering if I went down the route of flashing my fone would this resolve the issue? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
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My phone is stuck on the Galaxy S screen. Its my fault. Instead of powering off to change to the backup battery I just took the battery out and when I tried to power back up it was stuck on the Galaxy S screen. I've really been searching to fix this and haven't been able to find a fix. I'm rooted and lag fixed and have third party applications. If you can help please do. I tried odin but my computer won't recognize my phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989&highlight=odin+click
Hello I hope you could help me solve my problem, because I have been trying to find any solution more than two weeks with no results. My girlfriend asked me to take a look at her phone Samsung GT i9003 because all her apps started to act weird and she couldn't see her photos. So I checked it and as she said, suddenly all apps started to crash one by one and then the phone freezed. I wanted to do factory reset, but even the phone restarted, it didn't work and all apps were back. Even if I tryed to format SD card. They I tryed another method to factory reset through dialer. Same result. Phone restarted and nothing happened. I have even tryed to run it through Samsung Kies, which couldn't recognise the phone no matter what I did. Then I have read something about starting the phone to bootloader by holding power, volume up and home buttons. Didn't work. Have anyone got a clue what the hell is wrong with it? She can't write messages, make calls, anything because it is freezing all the time.
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Hello, my name is TNSM and i'm new here. I signed up because i can't find anything on the internet that can help me, so i thought maybe someone here may be able to help me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190 and i'm experienced with rooting and flashing custom roms stuff. So, i was looking everywhere for a rom that included the HALO feature and after days of failed research, i found a link on Youtube to download a rom with Halo for my smartphone. I went into the recovery, backed up my current rom, wiped data and performed a factory reset, installed the rom and rebooted the phone... but after i chose the "Reboot" option, the phone never again gave a sign of life. It doesn't turn on, it doesn't show any lights whatsoever, i've tried to charge it overnight, but still nothing, considered buying a USB JIG but didn't work, my cousin says the phone seems like it doesn't even have the bootloader anymore... is my phone more than hard-bricked? Is there a way to wake my phone up again? Just for the record, it has no physical damage, it just seems like it has no software inside, that it's just hardware. By the way, when i connect it to the pc using the usb cable, the pc keeps playing the sound that something was plugged in and that something was plugged out right after, and it loops forever.
I'll give more information about the phone if needed. And i hope someone's able to help me.
- TNSM
TNSM said:
Hello, my name is TNSM and i'm new here. I signed up because i can't find anything on the internet that can help me, so i thought maybe someone here may be able to help me.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini GT-I8190 and i'm experienced with rooting and flashing custom roms stuff. So, i was looking everywhere for a rom that included the HALO feature and after days of failed research, i found a link on Youtube to download a rom with Halo for my smartphone. I went into the recovery, backed up my current rom, wiped data and performed a factory reset, installed the rom and rebooted the phone... but after i chose the "Reboot" option, the phone never again gave a sign of life. It doesn't turn on, it doesn't show any lights whatsoever, i've tried to charge it overnight, but still nothing, considered buying a USB JIG but didn't work, my cousin says the phone seems like it doesn't even have the bootloader anymore... is my phone more than hard-bricked? Is there a way to wake my phone up again? Just for the record, it has no physical damage, it just seems like it has no software inside, that it's just hardware. By the way, when i connect it to the pc using the usb cable, the pc keeps playing the sound that something was plugged in and that something was plugged out right after, and it loops forever.
I'll give more information about the phone if needed. And i hope someone's able to help me.
- TNSM
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You may try to pull off the battery for few mins, then with someone's help hold the 3 buttons for download mode and then plug in the battery...
If you can't turn it in download mode there's no way to fix it, except jtag maybe.
I recently got a hold of my mum's K30-W which she had said she was having a few issues with.
The main issue was it's slowness, so via hard-booting I reset the phone to factory settings and cleared the cache. After doing this, I allowed the phone to start up to Android(4.4.4). A minute after starting the phone, it restarted itself - I remedied the slowness, but a this issue arose. This happens everytime the phone starts up into Android.
When the phone is in recovery mode this doesn't occur, which makes me believe this is an OS issue rather than something wrong with the button itself.
I have checked the firmware and it is the S025, I think either this or the OS being upgraded could solve this issue, but can find neither update on Lenovo's site. I haven't touched the Android scene since 2012 any advice on how to continue would be greatly appreciated.
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Turned out to be a corrupt SD card.
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Hi folks,
Just new to the forum after it was recommended by a phone repair store here in the UK.
Hopefully someone can help, I'm a complete newbie to working on phones so please bare with me and I apologise if this has been covered. I have checked online and carried out a few possible fixes without joy.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 SM-N920C.
It is rebooting/restarting randomly and sometimes completely switches itself off and doesn't turn back on unless I hold volume and power.
I have tried clearing cache on the Google services application, also in bootmode I have cleared the cache. I have tried a master reset amongst other things and nothing seems to cure the problem.
I thought it was maybe an issue with the battery or motherboard or if a new ROM should fix the issue.
Would you have any guidance for possible causes/fixes or if I can try any other methods to find the cause.
Finally can I add when I carried out a master reset the phone didn't appear to have the problems until I started updating all the apps, but can't pin it down to which. It could be the play services update as it's the first to update.
Many thanks
Chris
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cosmichamster said:
Hi folks,
Just new to the forum after it was recommended by a phone repair store here in the UK.
Hopefully someone can help, I'm a complete newbie to working on phones so please bare with me and I apologise if this has been covered. I have checked online and carried out a few possible fixes without joy.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 SM-N920C.
It is rebooting/restarting randomly and sometimes completely switches itself off and doesn't turn back on unless I hold volume and power.
I have tried clearing cache on the Google services application, also in bootmode I have cleared the cache. I have tried a master reset amongst other things and nothing seems to cure the problem.
I thought it was maybe an issue with the battery or motherboard or if a new ROM should fix the issue.
Would you have any guidance for possible causes/fixes or if I can try any other methods to find the cause.
Finally can I add when I carried out a master reset the phone didn't appear to have the problems until I started updating all the apps, but can't pin it down to which. It could be the play services update as it's the first to update.
Many thanks
Chris
Sent from my BLN-L21 using Tapatalk
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I would recommend a battery replacement.
cosmichamster said:
Hi folks,
Just new to the forum after it was recommended by a phone repair store here in the UK.
Hopefully someone can help, I'm a complete newbie to working on phones so please bare with me and I apologise if this has been covered. I have checked online and carried out a few possible fixes without joy.
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note 5 SM-N920C.
It is rebooting/restarting randomly and sometimes completely switches itself off and doesn't turn back on unless I hold volume and power.
I have tried clearing cache on the Google services application, also in bootmode I have cleared the cache. I have tried a master reset amongst other things and nothing seems to cure the problem.
I thought it was maybe an issue with the battery or motherboard or if a new ROM should fix the issue.
Would you have any guidance for possible causes/fixes or if I can try any other methods to find the cause.
Finally can I add when I carried out a master reset the phone didn't appear to have the problems until I started updating all the apps, but can't pin it down to which. It could be the play services update as it's the first to update.
Many thanks
Chris
Sent from my BLN-L21 using Tapatalk
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Are you on Stock Rom?
Anyway, at all, to Back Up and either Manual or Over Kies, you'll find Instructions for general Samsung Devices anyway, could help by restoring the OS.
You can also try to Revert it Back to Factory Settings.
Does it happen at a Certain Point of Discharging?
Have you tried to Charge it for 24H?
The above Point of Changing Battery is a Point.
I don't guess it'll light up in Flames like some other devices anyway...