For the last few weeks, my AT&T Note 3 has started randomly rebooting. It can happen when I'm viewing email, when the phone is in my pocket, or even in the middle of the night when it is just sitting recharging. The rebooting is roughly once per day: somedays more than once, other times it can go over 24 hours. The problem seems to have started after I updated to 5.0. I have tried a factory reset, but the problem came back. I called AT&T support and they said that they've had a lot of problems with Samsung devices after the 5..0 roll out, with random rebooting, or the Bluetooth failing, or the WiFi failing. They said that they need to replace the Note 3, but because it is over a year old I must pay $100 for the replacement through Asurion (I have been paying the insurance fee).
Searching on line has not provided much on this problem. Does the AT&T comment make sense? If I need to replace the phone, shouldn't it be for free because the problem was caused by AT&T?
I'd appreciate any comments.
Note that I realize it could be related to an App I use being incompatible with 5.0, but I need to use my phone for work pretty much constantly, so troubleshooting which one (if any) is not practical.
Mine started doing the same thing about a week ago. Till then it was not having any problems with the 5.0 version.
They need to figure out the problem and push out a update. Otherwise it is like they don't care about us, unless we go out every year and buy a new phone !
Problem solved?
After trying a reset and cleaning checking the battery contacts didn't work, I looked for other patterns. It seemed to me that one of the most common times it rebooted was when I checked my email with the K9 email client - something that is always running in the background, and could have caused it to reboot when on charge overnight.
I uninstalled K9 and that didn't help - the phone rebooted after about 9 hours. However, since that reboot it has now gone nearly 48 hours without rebooting. Maybe I was right about K9 and uninstalling it wasn't enough - I should have also manually rebooted the phone.
The phone has been rebooting at random times, sometimes as short as about 5 hours apart and sometimes more than a day apart. It could be that right now I'm at one extreme and it will reboot randomly today. But if it makes it through tomorrow morning without rebooting then K9 was probably the problem.
It has now been over 72 hours since the last reboot, which does suggest that the original problem was the K9 email client, crashing and forcing a reboot on the phone after the Android 5 update.
Problem NOT resolved!
A few minutes ago, roughly 76 hours after the last random reboot, when I thought that the problem was resolved, I heard the reboot tone coming from my phone that was sitting on the table.
So, while removing K9 reduced the frequency of the reboot, it did not solve the underlying problem.
Use Titanium Backup and backup all user apps and data. Factory reset and reflash stock if you want to take the extra step. Use standard Google and Samsung apps for a while. Do not restore accounts or system data automatically. Removing and reconnecting accounts and clear data for an app in app manager are always good quick troubleshooting options. Restore apps as you need them, if you really need them. Favor stability over extraneous features.
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Galaxy Note 3 - AT&T (sm-n900a)
Since I removed K9 and rebooted the phone, it has only rebooted randomly once in 5 days: this was at 72 hours, and now it has been up for 65 hours since then. Trying what you suggest would take weeks, given the current frequency of random rebooting. Plus, my phone is used for work constantly - I couldn't get by with just the Samsung and Google apps built into the basic phone image.
For the moment, I will just live with the phone as-is and hope that Samsung issues a new version of 5 soon.
Now at nearly four days since the last crash/reboot, or only one in seven days. At that frequency, it is certainly not worth the effort of trying to track down the secondary cause (it could take months), now that I know that K9 was the main problem.
It has been a while since I started this discussion, with no conclusion. The phone still randomly reboots - only once all of last week, but then it woke me up on a reboot at 4:30 am this morning, and rebooted again while I was checking Facebook at 7 am.
I'm having a rebooting issue as well with my Note 3. It started about a week ago and will do it many times during the day. I have tried wiping the cache partition, doing a factory reset and the other day I downgraded the software from 5.0 to 4.4.2 and rooted it and froze the over the air update from AT&T but still have random rebooting. I have had the reboot issue with and without the SD card installed so I know that is not the issue either. I was thinking it was a software issue so that is why I did all of the stuff listed but now I'm wondering if it could be hardware. I guess I'm just at a loss of what to try know and was hoping someone on here had any suggestions.
I hope that with your additional post that we'll get some answers. One thing: does it happen when sitting idle on charge too, or only when not sitting idle? In the later case, it could be a simple as dirty battery contacts.
jeffp25 said:
I hope that with your additional post that we'll get some answers. One thing: does it happen when sitting idle on charge too, or only when not sitting idle? In the later case, it could be a simple as dirty battery contacts.
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It happens both when charging and when sitting unplugged. I even tried swapping the battery for a new one and the contacts and also clean
Well, it was an idea. I did the same thing, buying a new OEM battery and hoping it would help. It didn't. But then again, mine often reboots at night (it woke me up at 4 am this morning), so I knew it was unlikely to be a battery issue in my case.
Yeah thanks for the idea but it seems like I'm running out of things to try
I feel the same. The only thing left would be to wipe out the phone and try it with nothing but stock, non-upgrades, apps. But I use the phone for work, and it can go more than a week between reboots (or less than a day), so that isn't practical.
I might just end up mailing my phone into Samsung to be repaired but now that I have it rooted is there any special steps that need to be done to unroot it? I was just going to do a factory reset and let AT&T android 5.0 do it's update if that will kill the root. I'm not worried about warranty since it is no long under warranty.
Maybe use logcat and letting it run and wait for a reboot to happen so you can see what is going on. However the logs could get big and it might not capture what happens right before it reboots.
I have a weird problem my note 5 freezes sometimes when I try to unlock it and takes at least 8 to 10 seconds. Whatever taps I make during the time the fone is frozen it remains unresponsive but after a few seconds it responds to all the tap commands but after 10 seconds.
But after that initial problem it is perfectly normal and responsive.
How do I fix this issue and is it due to the aggressive ram management that it takes some time to load the home screen etc.
Wanted to know if anyone is facing this same issue and if there is a solution for it.
Thanks
Note 5 sm-920I model
I am also facing the same problem, it happens to me once or twice a day. I have the SM-920C model
have you set fingerprint as ur screen security ?
i've got this problem too. was happening more when i had PIN lock set up. it hasn't really happened in the last couple days so not sure if a bug or anything...
Same issue here. At first I thought it was due to fingerprint unlock. Changed it to PIN unlock and it still happens. It only happens once or twice per day. Also, I experienced random reboot.
Cleaned the system cache and restarted the fone and everything worked fine for a few days than its back to being unresponsive for a few moments again and sometimes I have to soft reset my fone.
Using the fingerprint lock
Sent from my SM-N920I using XDA Free mobile app
Have you tried factory reset yet?
That would be my last resort to use as I have lots of work files and like 20000 photos which are all categorized in folders,time. In backup the categorized stuff gets jumbled. And it's too hectic and long to get it back to the way it was.
FYI I used smartswitch to transfer from note 4 it was n-910c version I think
Okay, my phone is only a few weeks old. I just factory reset it. I'll report how it goes.
Thanks hope this fixes the issue. If it fixes the issue I might have to try to back up and factory reset too. Out of curiosity which region is your phone mine is from Singapore. Note 5 64gb is not available in my region so bought the unlocked one online.
I'm from Singapore. I got the 64gb too.
I got the UAE 32GB Note 5 btw, and i'm also facing this issue. For some reason, I felt it was the S-View cover the culprit here....
I doubt so cause I don't use the S-View cover.
Same issue for me as well. Recently bought note 5 - 64gb and it freeze for few second when i press the home button (fingerprint) . Its irritating especially when you need to use the phone urgently. Wonder what is the problem. Anyone reset factory and its working fine ? From Singapore
Ok this is what worked for me.
1- Turn off your note 5
2- Press the volume up button and home button together
3- while keeping it pressed Press the power button
4-It will open The system screen find cache and clear it- (DO NOT DO ANYTHING ELSE) once its done choose the restart option
5- I also got a 33 to 40 mb update yesterday. Do not update from the fone use smart switch to update it will download a 1.4gb file meaning it will reinstall the system.
My fone for 2 days now is not freezing. before the problem occurred at least 5 to 6 times a day.
Just in case make a backup although i didn't loose any
data .
Let me know if it works for any of you.
Good to hear. It's my third day since I factory reset and no issues so far. Let's monitor after a few weeks if the problem returns. If it does, it might have something to do with the system cache or something.
What models are you using perhaps it's a particular model?
SM-N920I
Installed a software update version N920IDVU1A0H6/N920IOLC1AOH2/N90IDVU1AOH3 (39mb) and the issue happened again.
I just got my note 5 two days ago and im experiencing the same
Need your help here guys. My XT1052 switched off due to low battery while upgrading to lolipop via ota. (I know i messed up a big time.. But it wasnt me who did upgrading)
Now, the phone is working fine except battwry life and lost of touch at times.
1. Have to charge my phone a couple of times in a single day, and it takes around 5 to 10 minutes to restart (keeps on optimizing apps every single time post boot)
2. There are frequest lost touches. Need to click a couple of times at random locations to get my touch registered.
P.s. i have resetted my phone around 3-4 times since then. It is on stock and unrooted.
Any suggestions on what could possibly be done?
Hello all,
I’m posting to seek for help from people who can eventually had the same problem I’m facing right now.
I’ve a HUAWEI P20, 2 months old, that suddenly stops working. Yesterday I turn it off like any other day and today at starting it keeps 10 minutes or so in the logo screen, without start, and after that it starts just to keep “alive” for some seconds (respond to touch, open app and all), but immediately freeze again (after a 20 seconds or so), don't respond, and after a few minutes restarts in the same way (10 minutes or more in the first logo screen, and keeps in this loop).
ANY IDEAS OR SOLUTIONS?
The phone is on warranty, but I would like to avoid sent it for repair, as I have one app with important data, and without recent backup.
Thanks to all in advance.
All the best,
Francisco.
Hello all, I have a Moto Edge 20 and it reboots every 2-3 days normally overnight.
I was wondering if anyone else had the same issue as my device never gets more than 2 days uptime.
No issue here. Current uptime is 550+ hours
I wonder if it's my device, I have factory reset it multiple times and tried it in safe mode etc. Might get in contact with Motorola and see what's up.
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I wonder if it's my device, I have factory reset it multiple times and tried it in safe mode etc. Might get in contact with Motorola and see what's up.
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Sorry to comment so late on this thread.
What happens to you seems to me more like a factory defect or that the updates that you had not applied are being applied automatically (which I think are 3 or 4) and curiously they are applied for during the nights.
LTZ96285 said:
Hello all, I have a Moto Edge 20 and it reboots every 2-3 days normally overnight.
I was wondering if anyone else had the same issue as my device never gets more than 2 days uptime.
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Hey, this issue is not just with you. I also have a moto edge 20 pro and my phone restarts randomly every other day, sometimes it does that when I'm doing some important work or I'm in middle of a phone call. Its very annoying. I've read other forums , people are saying that its a software issue from motorola's side.