[Q] Crashing on startup - Galaxy S III I9305 (4G LTE + 2GB RAM) Q&A, Help &

Hey all
Having some troubles with my I9305 running 4.1.2 stock and rooted
The phone was factory reset only a few weeks ago and has run well since.
The below problem occurred once before, since the factory reset, however simply resolved itself after 6-8 hours. It has returned and remains
On startup I'm getting the 3 following processes crashing and it's rendering the phone unusable.
Unfortunately, ContextProvider has stopped
Unfortunately, TwDVFSApp has stopped
Unfortunately, SystemUI has stopped
After enough time I'm able to clear these by pressing OK, and enter my lock screen code, at which point the phone simply freezes.
Hitting emergency call at this point results in android.process.acore has stopped.
I'd add that everything is as it should be on the screen, other than no status/notifications bar at the top
I do also have Airdroid working and allowing me to browse
Any thoughts?

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Did multiple factory resets, clear caches... but to no avail. There is no structure or pattern in crash rate. Although it is getting more often day by day...
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kbiscu1t said:
Hi,
I've owned my VERIZON Samsung Galaxy Note 5 since early December and have not rooted the device. Today while taking notes in lecture, the device began displaying notices for crashed background apps (Gmail has crashed, Nova launcher has crashed, etc.) The problem persisted for another hour, even after booting into safe mode. I wiped the cache and factory reset the device, however during setup, Samsung keyboard would crash along with other apps running in the background during setup (One time I got "Samsung Galaxy has stopped working"). The phone started increasingly randomly rebooting since the phone first began to malfunction.
Since the factory reset didn't seem to actually reflash the firmware, I downloaded OJ3 stock ROM and flashed successfully using Odin, however the phone began acting even more erratically and failed to boot 4 out of every 5 boot loops. I tried flashing OGJ, which failed to boot worse than OJ3. I just flashed OJ2, which seems to be more stable than the other flashes I tried, however I'm still getting sluggish performance, random reboots and crashes of background apps immediately after booting.
At this point I believe it is defective hardware and I should call in the warranty for a new phone.
Has anyone experienced similar issues? Any speculation on the source of the issue? What should I know going into attempting to exchange for a new phone?
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OP here. Made a warranty claim, they seem to have replaced the motherboard as the solution. Complete repair experience from warranty claim to package back at my doorstep was less than two weeks, which is impressive for what I've heard about Samsung's support. Good luck!

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