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[Q] Newbie boot loop problem?

Hi everyone, I'm sure this question has been answered before but being a complete noob, I honestly don't understand ANY of the technical terms such as "rooting", "flashing", "ROMS", etc etc. So most of the answers I have read make zero sense to me.
My phone started bootlooping when it was in my bag and I have no idea why it started doing so. The battery ended up draining enough to get it out of the bootloop and it was working fine for a day or so, until I put it back in my bag to go out and when I took it out, it was bootlooping again.
What I am trying to ask is what might be the cause of this and is there anyone who can explain how to fix this issue (in simple terms) so that I'd understand?
Cheers.

mine is doing same!
lostpigeon said:
Hi everyone, I'm sure this question has been answered before but being a complete noob, I honestly don't understand ANY of the technical terms such as "rooting", "flashing", "ROMS", etc etc. So most of the answers I have read make zero sense to me.
My phone started bootlooping when it was in my bag and I have no idea why it started doing so. The battery ended up draining enough to get it out of the bootloop and it was working fine for a day or so, until I put it back in my bag to go out and when I took it out, it was bootlooping again.
What I am trying to ask is what might be the cause of this and is there anyone who can explain how to fix this issue (in simple terms) so that I'd understand?
Cheers.
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mine is exactly the same reboots every few seconds , cant do anything about it

Have you done anything to your phone? attempt to root or install any new mods or apps or is this an out of the blue occurance?
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Ajxx16 said:
Have you done anything to your phone? attempt to root or install any new mods or apps or is this an out of the blue occurance?
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Well I don't know what rooting or mods are, so I doubt it is anything like that. The only things I've really done with my phone are install apps from the play store, torrent music using utorrent and save images/pictures. I thought that maybe it was due to my phone overheating in my bag as it has been rather hot the past few days. Could that be a possible reason?

Just do a factory reset
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dia_naji said:
Just do a factory reset
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Well the thing is, I can't do a factory reset because whenever I try to access that menu that has all the options, it starts looping before I can choose anything, and for some reason the buttons dont always work

lostpigeon said:
Well the thing is, I can't do a factory reset because whenever I try to access that menu that has all the options, it starts looping before I can choose anything, and for some reason the buttons dont always work
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since it seems you haven't done anything to your phone (ie unlocking, custom ROMs, etc), this could likely be a hardware problem.
how's the power button working? damaged?
you can also do a factory reset in bootloader, power off your phone, then hold VOLDOWN, press POWER, keep holding VOLDOWN until the bootloader appears (the white screen, with a few options), you use VOLUP and VOLDOWN to move the "cursor" and POWER to select the option you want.

nkk71 said:
since it seems you haven't done anything to your phone (ie unlocking, custom ROMs, etc), this could likely be a hardware problem.
how's the power button working? damaged?
you can also do a factory reset in bootloader, power off your phone, then hold VOLDOWN, press POWER, keep holding VOLDOWN until the bootloader appears (the white screen, with a few options), you use VOLUP and VOLDOWN to move the "cursor" and POWER to select the option you want.
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cant do that because as lostpigeon said it loops again before we get a chance to select anything! mine has been doing it out of the blue since this morning , cant turn off or anything . . .loops and loops over and over every 13 seconds.

johntychwith said:
cant do that because as lostpigeon said it loops again before we get a chance to select anything! mine has been doing it out of the blue since this morning , cant turn off or anything . . .loops and loops over and over every 13 seconds.
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if it's rebooting in bootloader, then it's very likely the power button that's the problem, for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2563572

what can you do to fix the power button? tried drying the phone although it hasnt got wet.

johntychwith said:
what can you do to fix the power button? tried drying the phone although it hasnt got wet.
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off to warranty...
hardware problems are very hard to fix; and i'm not saying it's the power button for sure, it's just highly likely it is, if it's rebooting bootloader.

asi have no orange insurance what would you do next?

johntychwith said:
asi have no orange insurance what would you do next?
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How long have you had the phone, defects like that should be automatically covered regardless.
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Ajxx16 said:
How long have you had the phone, defects like that should be automatically covered regardless.
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The problem with my phone is that I found it. Turned it in and no one claimed it for a substantial amount of time so I gained ownership of it. I don't have the warranty or anything that came with the phone except for the phone itself and the charger. If I took it to a phone repair shop would they possibly be able to fix it? Or am I screwed...

Okay so I let my phone run out of battery over night and just plugged it in to charge then and it's seemed to have gotten out of the bootloop and it working normally now, so would this still possibly be a hardware issue? And is there anything I can do to prevent it from bootlooping again?

i phoned up orange and they said to ring htc as ive only had the phone for 5 months . will ring them 2moro. pain in the ass.

lostpigeon said:
Okay so I let my phone run out of battery over night and just plugged it in to charge then and it's seemed to have gotten out of the bootloop and it working normally now, so would this still possibly be a hardware issue? And is there anything I can do to prevent it from bootlooping again?
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Im not sure this is hardware related, there are a few things you can try though to prevent this from happening again. first off, if you ever do encounter another bootloop... pressing and holding in the power button for around 20 seconds or so forces a reboot, the capacitive button on the bottom will start to blink. Second would be to boot into thee bootloader by powering down the phone, holding the volume down button and powering back on while holding voldown. this will bring you to a menu described above eariler, then do a factory reset.
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[Q] Phone auto shut down when it open for around 20 seconds

my phone will auto close after i open it for around 20+sec,around like that.
when i open it in download mode or by clicking it with volume up + power key + home button,the phone will not auto shut down.
At first i tot it was software problem so i self re-install the firmware and factory reset,but at the end still then same.
can anyone tell me how to solve this problem? it was hard or soft ware problem?:crying:
video can be provided it needed.
thanks lot :laugh:

A video could help but my first guess would be an dead battery.

thank
Azeazezar said:
A video could help but my first guess would be an dead battery.
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thanks for comment
but i think my battery is still in good condition

Azeazezar said:
A video could help but my first guess would be an dead battery.
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youtube.com/watch?v=XIH-je5vKfg

monkeylii0815 said:
youtube.com/watch?v=XIH-je5vKfg
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In that case, what version of android where you using when trouble started?

Azeazezar said:
In that case, what version of android where you using when trouble started?
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i use the original version firmware of malaysia.android jelly bean

For me it looks like broken battery, but check other roms
Sent from galaxy s4 zoom

monkeylii0815 said:
my phone will auto close after i open it for around 20+sec,around like that.
when i open it in download mode or by clicking it with volume up + power key + home button,the phone will not auto shut down.
At first i tot it was software problem so i self re-install the firmware and factory reset,but at the end still then same.
can anyone tell me how to solve this problem? it was hard or soft ware problem?:crying:
video can be provided it needed.
thanks lot :laugh:
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I am facing the same problem as urs, have you got any answer or what is the solution.
thanks

Seems like either a boot loop, or damaged battery. I would:
Try to flash the stock rom again and if not fixed, try to change battery.
Does the phone charge when off?

daedric said:
Seems like either a boot loop, or damaged battery. I would:
Try to flash the stock rom again and if not fixed, try to change battery.
Does the phone charge when off?
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i tried just now,when i was charging,the phone still shut down.
how to flash the rom?

The phone will shutdown even charging if the battery is bad. DID you see screen flickers before the shutdown ?

daedric said:
The phone will shutdown even charging if the battery is bad. DID you see screen flickers before the shutdown ?
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the screen didnt flicker at all when it shutdown

download from sammobile, extract, run with Odin (pda file).
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Samsung Keyboard looses its settings when the phone is rebooted

Does that happen only to me? I'm on SM-N950U (T-Mobile), I add a second language in Samsung Keyboard, I change some other settings in it as well and then restart my phone. After that the keyboard hast lost every setting I changed and also it shows me again the first time tips.
I guess I need to do a factory reset just to be sure, but before doing that, I would appreciate if someone else could confirm if this issue exists in its phone or not.

jsalatas said:
Does that happen only to me? I'm on SM-N950U (T-Mobile), I add a second language in Samsung Keyboard, I change some other settings in it as well and then restart my phone. After that the keyboard hast lost every setting I changed and also it shows me again the first time tips.
I guess I need to do a factory reset just to be sure, but before doing that, I would appreciate if someone else could confirm if this issue exists in its phone or not.
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My separate sound settings keeps turning off after a reboot. Anybody else experiencing this? I have maps going to the phone speaker and music playing through Bluetooth but it keeps turning off for some reason ... I don't get it
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jcip17 said:
I have maps going to the phone speaker and music playing through Bluetooth but it keeps turning off for some reason ... I don't get it
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Hmmm... I don't have any Bluetooth sound devices connected, so I cannot tell.
BTW: I'm in process of performing a Factory Reset on my device. Will keep you posted.....

jsalatas said:
Hmmm... I don't have any Bluetooth sound devices connected, so I cannot tell.
BTW: I'm in process of performing a Factory Reset on my device. Will keep you posted.....
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Thanks brother
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jsalatas said:
BTW: I'm in process of performing a Factory Reset on my device. Will keep you posted.....
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And after a factory reset it works ok. :\

jsalatas said:
And after a factory reset it works ok. :\
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Damnn I have all my stuff setup already [emoji852]️
Can you please test turning on separate sound settings and rebooting your phone to see if it stays on?
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camera issues in landscape mode

I'm having some issues with the camera when in landscape mode.
In portrait mode, everything is working fine but once I rotate the camera to landscape, the "viewfinder" takes up only about 25% of the screen and moves to the top left . The rest of the screen has rows of arrows!!
I have no idea how this happened as it was working fine yesterday.
I tried force stopping the camera app and rebooting but it didnt help.
TIA
Al

can we have a screenshot?

illetyus said:
can we have a screenshot?
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here u go

pharmnatr said:
here u go
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Can you disable fullscreen thing? (yellow)

tried that, didnt help

pharmnatr said:
tried that, didnt help
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Try to clear data on the camera app, restart the phone into recovery and wipe cache only.
If it continues to do so then you can either factory reset your phone or wait for an update to the camera app.

Just tried that and still didnt help.
Samsung support told me to bring the phone to ubreakifix store in lower Manhattan.
They said they can load updates that they receive from samsung.

pharmnatr said:
Just tried that and still didnt help.
Samsung support told me to bring the phone to ubreakifix store in lower Manhattan.
They said they can load updates that they receive from samsung.
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It's a software problem. You should reset to factory before you go to uberakifix.

calinormy said:
It's a software problem. You should reset to factory before you go to uberakifix.
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Thats what I ended up doing. Took a while but it solved the problem.

Cracked screen not working after update

Cat knocked my note 8 off the dresser. It cracked the screen, have a line across it near the bottom but still worked fine. UNTIL I got an auto update today. When I reboot the phone, screen works great. When the screen times out and I turn it back on all I get is a green screen Now every time I need it I have to restart for it to work. Any ideas? Screen works in safe mode.

watersprite11 said:
Cat knocked my note 8 off the dresser. It cracked the screen, have a line across it near the bottom but still worked fine. UNTIL I got an auto update today. When I reboot the phone, screen works great. When the screen times out and I turn it back on all I get is a green screen Now every time I need it I have to restart for it to work. Any ideas? BTW have only had this phone 5 days.
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OTA's can cause bugs so you could try flashing stock filmware with Odin but I would guess that it's a screen problem caused by the fall and will need to be repaired unfortunately.

stonedpsycho said:
OTA's can cause bugs so you could try flashing stock filmware with Odin but I would guess that it's a screen problem caused by the fall and will need to be repaired unfortunately.
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Thanks for your reply. Screen works in safe mode.

watersprite11 said:
Thanks for your reply. Screen works in safe mode.
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Try clearing the system cache.

blackhawk said:
Try clearing the system cache.
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blackhawk said:
blackhawk said:
Try clearing the system cache.
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I did and it works now. Don't know why I didn't think of that myself. Thank you so much. Very happy camper here.
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The old jedi cache trick... beats doing a factory restore
I clear it about once a month or if I get erratic behavior.