[Q] Problem with updating software on i8190 (S III mini) - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys...
Before I even get started, please note that i'm total noob for upgrading apps and softwares, tough I have a basic idea of what I'm supposed to do.
I tried virtually everything: from downloading the software directly onto device (downloaded completely but crashed at 25% recovery after reboot), then with Kies (2 and 3, both with no actual results).
The problem is that phone reboots on almost all apps, mostly games, after a 2-3mins and if not connected to charger. Since day one, I had a problem with software (indicating day-in and day-out that I should update it) but never had such problems till now.
Anybody knows how and what to update? Firmware, software. maybe rooting would help?

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how to fix turning off issue for samsung i9000 ?

I just have updated my mobile from 2.2.1 to 2.3.4, i used this forum tutorial - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139050
I have issue - my phone is turning off for no reason, you know i don't have lots of apps only fb,twitter,skype and 'advanced task killer'
actually when I am doing Skype video calls, writing SMS or anything else my phone just changed to 'black screen' every couple hours and afterwards my Samsung turning off with sound. To turn on I need take battery off and then into back then he allow to turn on...
before I updated I had little bit similar situation, my phone had 2.2.1 version and i didn't have black screen, but my phone just had 'freezing' for 10 sec or more...
what's problem for? what's your suggestions ? thank you a lot.
Ed
I have this issue as well, although it doesn't happen as much since I upgraded to gingerbread. I did have it happen once the other day. I was listening to music and I needed to make a call and when exiting the music app, it froze. It then went black and I had to take battery out and put it back in. It's annoying if you got a otterbox case on it with two layers. I had heard updating to gingerbread stops this but so far I don't think it's 100%. I use my phone as my alarm and one time it went dead with a full charge and I was almost late for work.
Let me know if you figure something out.
what can say experts about our issue ?
I will take some day my mobile to repair centre.. it's sad if couple of people have same issue and nobody can tell us the problem reason.
Try to flash a custom kernel and see if it the problem is still there
can you tell me or give information what's is 'flash custom kernel' ?
I have also encountered this problem, very frequently if i may add.
the problem actually first occured a few months ago, after i updated my firmware to gingerbread.
In my case the phone does not freeze, the screen wont turn on or respond to any gestures (hardware/capacitive button won't too), however any running process still runs, in specific i can still recieve phone calls, or at least hear the ringer.
I know of many other people that encountered this problem, all came from different ROMs (MIUI, SH 3.5 and up, Stock, PilotX etc..) and i, for one, can say that in the past two-three weeks it atarted appearing a few times a day.
So - does anyone have any ideas for the nature of this BUG??
BTW I use the i9000t which i own for over 7 months now.
Same problem
Hi, I have the same problem here.
and have seen this myself on stock roms too.
It doesn't happen very often (only once on my phone for now) but it is getting me pissed off as no one knows the nature of this BUG.
could it be a problem with the latest 2.3.4 version ? or an update of one of the applications?
I don't have too many apps on my phone only skype and 2-3 games.
the only thing I can think of right now is that all people who had this bug had skype on the phone but I don't really think it's from that.
Hi, And-roid if u ll update to 2.3.4 your mobile will working deffo better, i suggest you update your mobile to 2.3.4
Hey eddys, i have 2.3.4 for over two months now, and the problem just go worst...
Hi eddys,
I have the 2.3.4 (and my brother and sister in law have it too with a stock rom).
this is happening on all roms and all kernels...maybe a problem with the 2.3.4?
I don't know but it is very weird, no one has an answer for this....
edit:
just checked this with my phone supplier and of course they have no idea what so ever about this bug.
come to think of it they didn't even know how to fix my brother in laws "problem" when the 3G internet didn't work (settings-->wireless and network-->mobile network--> check the V on Use packet data ) so no surprise there.
Anyone???
Maybe theres another forum that this problem should be posted at??
I have this bug too, but only while tethering. I've found a solution to the tethering related crashes - after you start tethering, go to the SuperUser settings, and disable root permissions for android wifi tether. Your phone shouldn't crash anymore.
hey zyczu,
unfortunately, I do not use tethering at all, do you suggest i should disable ALL root permissions?
This bug is really getting on my nerves!!!
Everything else, but this, is working great...
Since upgrading my i9000m to 2.3.3 through Kies, my phone has exhibited similar symptoms 3 times: freezing, not responding to touch etc.
The first time I had pulled the battery when it did this, but the 2nd time I had just put the phone down a minute or 2 earlier so display was off so didn't notice it(about 2 weeks ago). And the 3rd time(today), I was using it at the time, and so started taking off my rubberized case, only to have it restart before I got the chance to pull the phone back off.
Startup took much much longer than normal, which I recall the startup was similar during the 2nd "freeze & reboot". For some reason today, I randomly though maybe its an OTA update so I checked "Settings..About Phone" and found my kernel version listed as:
Code:
2.6.35.7-I9000UGKG3
[email protected]#2
I have no idea what it was before, but September 8th was 2 days ago... It is possible it said that before today's restart but no idea. I have a PIN on my SIM so when starting up have to enter PIN for it to work, but on these auto restarts I never got asked for my PIN so it could have restarted other times too without me noticing(ie. middle of night).
Hmm, mine used to something similar when I would leave Bluetooth on but would move out of range of a paired device. After a few minutes it would just shut down or stop responding. Haven't had that issue since moving to Milkys rom.
hi guys, i just used this tutorial http://androidadvices.com/how-to-up...0-to-stable-gingerbread-xwjvh-2-3-3-firmware/
first I installed 2.3.3 XWJVB then 2.3.3 XWJVH
just doing step by step...
my phone was working fine 2days then i had same issue and then I changed to original SAMSUNG battery and it's working perfect.
try this..
p.s. what kind of batteries you have 'original' or 'non-original' ? thank you
madmigs:
I did not notice the kernel version ive had before, however i took my phone to a service center today, and for what i can see i have the same version as you do, take aside the i9000t instead of i9000m...
eddys:
Ive been using different batteries orig/non-orig on and off, although since ive noticed it hurts performance i stopped doing that, do you suggest that this might be the cause of the problem?
If so, the factory wipe i just did (formatted the internal SD card) should do the trick.
try reading this it helped me since i turn the wi fi off when i go out
http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-ace/312084-randomly-turning-off.html
Are you guys experiencing turn-off issue while phone is in the locked state. I mean you locked the screen and then after a while when you picked it up for unlocking it was powered off. If anyone has this issue, then I found a solution. Just let me know
my turning off issue went back and it's getting every time more annoying, I don't know what to do...

[Q] strange touch / firmware problem

I have samsung galaxy tab p1000, india.
I am experiencing a problem with touch screen.
Once it starts working, it works perfectly fine with no glitches or any problem but once it goes to sleep mode, it may or may not recover from the sleep mode. When I press the power button, the screen comes but i m not able to unlock it or used.
Initially this problem used to occur rarely but now it is very rare to get my touch working.
I have tried hard reset / soft reset / changing the firmware (approx 20 times) but m not able to make the touchscreen working reliably.
Have also flashed miui ICS, aokp , firmware from samfirmware , tsar300, but no use.
As far as i appreciate this is a software glitch as the touch screen are not able to load everytime the tab wakes up. So, if some body could correct this problem or suggest a solution.... it would mean a lot ..
continue
I was just working out things. When i flashed stock firmware ddjm2, i had a comparatively stable system and improved touch response, although the frequency has reduced but the problem still exists. Any help would be apperciated, i am really frustrated,
thanx in advance
It may be a kernel issue. Have you tried Overcome's kernel/ROM?
tried overcome kernel also, no use.....
It sounds like a software/firmware problem, but if you're still having issues on stock kernel & ROM, it may be a hardware issue...I've never had any issues with touch on my tab...
bigz1981 said:
It sounds like a software/firmware problem, but if you're still having issues on stock kernel & ROM, it may be a hardware issue...I've never had any issues with touch on my tab...
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thanx bigz1981, one more thing discovered today.
once i flashed fresh froyo 2.2, it works fine but when i connect it to internet, something is updated which results in touchscreen showing above abnormal behaviour. This time after installing the firmware, I switched off the network, lets see if this solves the problem. Nyways thanx for the advice.
Also, i now remember that previously I updated my "tsp update" by dialing that *#____#* number, Which had failed. All this may be result of that. Can you throw some light on TSP,
1. is it touch screen ******,
2. whats wrong in updating it.
3. Was it trying to update through internet, since I was not flashing anything at that time.
4. Is there anything known as touch screen firmware , from where can i update it.
Thanx dear, for all the effort putin by you.....
I also request some senior administrator of the forum to show some way in this darkness...
from the developers, i wanna know,like we have device drivers in case of computers ,
1. we must be having some drivers for thetouch screen ,???.
2. Can this driver be loaded everytime the tab wakes up from sleep.
3. Can we shift loading of this touch screen driver higher in the booting sequence.
I am not a android nerd, but i know some basics of windows. Please guide the correct way. Thanxxxx
Just another input for processing, around 8hrs earlier i had again flashed my tab with ddjm2 foryo2.2, and disconnected from internet. The tab worked fine. I operated it for around 40 times waking up from sleep. It worked perfectly except 4-5 times. I am not able to understand,, what is there that is spoiling the firmware, once it starts updating through internet.
Hello .....
i came up to the forum ....with some expectations .... . ....
moderators , administrators pl listen,....
I saw a similar thread, but try to download ILITEK Touch Utility from the Play Store & see if this helps with your issue.
Dear,
I have the same issue!! very odd. I was a long time without using my tab and then I found out this issue few weeks ago. I've installed 2 applications (angry birds space and juice defender) right before the issue, no new rom updates (I'm still using the euro rom update on my t-mobile tab done 2y ago), however not sure if any automatic update has been performed on the apps. After deleting these 2 apps, issue still persists.
Let me know if someone found a solution.
B. Regards,
Marcel
happened to me when google market is updated to google play

[Q] S3 Mini constantly powers itself off

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.

[Q] S5 mini 4.4.2 full stock random freeze/reboots

Hi, i'm trying to find out what is the problem with my friend her samsung s5 mini, (running android 4.4.2, full stock unrooted).
Almost every day her phone freezes for no reaseon and needs battery to be pulled or it simply random reboots while she sleeps and then her alarm doesn't go off in the morning as the phone is waiting for her pin number after restarting (she says turning of the pin is not an option).
Is there someone who found a solution for this or what might cause the problem? i told her to install an app to auto clear background apps and also suggested to take out micro sd card for testing but the problem remained.
Also factory reset didn't solve the problem
contrinsan said:
Hi, i'm trying to find out what is the problem with my friend her samsung s5 mini, (running android 4.4.2, full stock unrooted).
Almost every day her phone freezes for no reaseon and needs battery to be pulled or it simply random reboots while she sleeps and then her alarm doesn't go off in the morning as the phone is waiting for her pin number after restarting (she says turning of the pin is not an option).
Is there someone who found a solution for this or what might cause the problem? i told her to install an app to auto clear background apps and also suggested to take out micro sd card for testing but the problem remained.
Also factory reset didn't solve the problem
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This seems to be a common error with the S5 mini. There is a whole thread in the German Android forum about this issue. Also the German Amazon product page for the S5 mini has about 40 users complaining about this problem.
Some users report that the reboots start after some weeks of usage. First it just reboots once per week, then it gets more frequent until it reboots once per day.
Factory resets or firmware updates do not help. Some users sent their phone in for repair but not with huge success.
But not every device is affected by this. So far I did not notice that behavior with my phone (G800F).
I guess it is a hardware issue as not every device is affected and the error gets worse after some time.
The only way to diagnose what's wrong with the device is to check the adb and kernel log (at least the last kernel log before reboot might be available at /proc/last_kmsg). But this would require rooting the device which in turn would void the warranty. It would also be interesting if those reboots also occur with CM 12 (installing this will also void your warranty).
So it seems that sending the device in (without a great chance of repair) is the only option that Samsung gives you without loosing warranty.
Alternatively you also might want to wait for the official Lollipop release and hope that this will fix the problem.
If someone with this problem already rooted his device it would be interesting to get the log files (adb + kernel) of the times of the crashes.
Thanks for your reply, so it might be a hardware problem after all

Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-i9305 random restarts even in Safe Mode

Hi Guys,
I have this phone for many years, but suddenly the random reboots started approx 2-3 months ago, running originally KitKat 4.4.4 at this time. Before that I was rooted the phone and I supposed it could be something with that. However, flashing back & factory resets didn't help at all, clearing dalvik caches as well. What I tried up to now:
1. Upgraded/Downgraded the bootloader -- no change
2. Tried different recovery modes -- CWM & TWRP(the current one)
3. Different ROMs -- no change, the sudden restarts persist.
(4. Updated the radio -- the signal got quite better)
Three days ago I've upgraded to Lollipop 5.1.1 (the Cyanogenmod 12.1), the same story continued after a while (different applications installed).
There's one thing for sure: flashing the factories always results into a very stable phone at the beginning, installing some more applications leads to the same state -- random and frequent restarts.
I've checked the hardware -- the power button looks ok, it's definitely not the main cause b/c it reboots without touching! The CPU temp & free memory look quite good too.
Now, the current situation is as follows:
- flashed ROM (official one): 2016-03-03 Poland (T-mobile) 4.4.4 I9305XXUFOL2 I9305TPLFOL2 (seems like the most stable till now)
- installed ATK (Advanced Task Killer) -- configured to kill all applications aggressively when the screen goes off.
For me it looks like the ATK helps much, although I don't know the reason. Also, memory checked, I've executed all kind of possible tests up to the phone -- all appears as OK. Also, I don't know if it's related to the issue but I moved all possible apps installed to the SD card. The internal memory has been formatted via TWRP before the last ROM installation... Does anyone have any idea what could be the reason for the sudden restarts? It restarts even in Safe Mode, without any obvious reason and not touching the phone at all. The CPU load at the times of restart is quite low, the temperature as well. I doubt if the RAM is corrupted or maybe the NAND has some bad blocks. Are there any useful utils for tests that could be executed?
PS: I attach some log file, which I gathered once I was running the Cyanogenmod 12.1 (Lollipop). As I stated above the situation is the same when running 4.4.4 and 5.1.1. Sometimes after such a restart, it sticks in a boot-loop (if I boot manually via the GUI in recovery or download mode it will not).
Current versions:
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Android: 4.4.4
Baseband: I9305XXUFOA1
Kernel: 3.0.31-4282983/[email protected] #1
Build: KTU84P.I9305XXUFOL2
SELinux: Enforcing
Recovery: TWRP
I beg for your help on this! Cheers!
Same problem here...
Hi there
I'm having this same annoying issue with my Samsung GT-I9305. It suddenly restarts without doing absolutely nothing but looking at the screen or scrolling a text or just sending a sms/whatsapp/whatever.... I started trying to restart the phone (nah) turning it off and back on (nah) changing the battery for another one that I have here with me (nah)... After that, I extracted the SD Card and leave the phone only with internal storage (again, nothing happened but restarting randomly). I tried not installing apps such as FB, even Pebble App or just stopped sycronizing my phone with my Pebble Time via Bluetooth, but with the same and well known result: still restarting suddenly. I have noticed that when Google Play detects that there are few apps with a newer version asking to be updated, the phone restarts too! I tried deactivating this option in Google Play, just letting me to decide when and how to upgrade my apps, but It seems that it still detects the app upgrading needs and keep doing it the same way.
About a year ago, I found the same problem with my phone, but in that time it was related to the power button, it seems that it was pressed all the time and the device felt into a rebooting cycle. I check some blogs and I solved the problem cleaning the button with this electronic cleaning spray. I almost drowned my Samsung but I let it dry for a few hours. It worked fine, until now.
My cellphone is still in Android 4.3 (I9305ZHUCNB1) I don't know why I can't upgrade it to a newer version, even when I see that the 4.4 is available for this model. Right now, I'm thinking about change the cellphone and just forget the whole problem. But I'm just exploring again to see if I can find a last solution that tackles this annoying issue.
Did you manage to solve this problem??
Thanks in advance!
Unfortunately not, I had to buy a new phone. I guess the processor or other element suddenly broke, there's no other explanation to me. Also, as you see no any reasonable support in the forum.. Anyway, wish you a good luck with this.
Not so good here too...
Thank you. But unfortunately for me too... Today my phone went black screened suddenly, when booting only got to Samsung GTI9305 logo... I tried to restart through secure mode and the other one you get pressing power plus home plus volume high, and when tried to do a cache cleaning and rebooting it showed some mmcblk failed issues. So I couldn't do so much to revert this situation. I already bought a new phone, not Samsung of course. I have read that some people had the same problem as me just because they let the battery reach a very low level in one opportunity, and something in the internal memory went broke. So it was a great phone, for three years and half, but it's so bad that it fails this way unexpectedly and without any apparent reason...
Yeh... There's no much support here, especially with old flagship cellphones...
fjpp81 said:
Thank you. But unfortunately for me too... Today my phone went black screened suddenly, when booting only got to Samsung GTI9305 logo... I tried to restart through secure mode and the other one you get pressing power plus home plus volume high, and when tried to do a cache cleaning and rebooting it showed some mmcblk failed issues. So I couldn't do so much to revert this situation. I already bought a new phone, not Samsung of course. I have read that some people had the same problem as me just because they let the battery reach a very low level in one opportunity, and something in the internal memory went broke. So it was a great phone, for three years and half, but it's so bad that it fails this way unexpectedly and without any apparent reason...
Yeh... There's no much support here, especially with old flagship cellphones...
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Sorry for bothering this thread also... I got success by replacing the display!

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