Samsung Galaxy S3 : weird screen freeze
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Hey guys
As i said above i have a samsung galaxy s3 : today i had 2 crashes , sort of screen freezes i guess... where my phone freezes and the screen gets these weird grey or black intermittent horizontal lines.
Im not able to get out of the screen and after a few seconds the phone restarts. This has never happened before, today was the first time and it has happened twice now in a matter of 6 hours or so.
Any idea what this could be ? Im worried its a hardware problem?? ive perhaps dropped this phone once on wood floor , but that was like 2months ago or so. No scratches , no real wear and tear , im very careful with it.
Any input on this would be greatly appreciated , very worried about my phone![:(]( ":(")
. Ive bought this phone without a contract so i dont rly have insurance on it or anything so i rly hope this isnt hardware.
As i said above i have a samsung galaxy s3 : today i had 2 crashes , sort of screen freezes i guess... where my phone freezes and the screen gets these weird grey or black intermittent horizontal lines.
Im not able to get out of the screen and after a few seconds the phone restarts. This has never happened before, today was the first time and it has happened twice now in a matter of 6 hours or so.
Any idea what this could be ? Im worried its a hardware problem?? ive perhaps dropped this phone once on wood floor , but that was like 2months ago or so. No scratches , no real wear and tear , im very careful with it.
Any input on this would be greatly appreciated , very worried about my phone
. Ive bought this phone without a contract so i dont rly have insurance on it or anything so i rly hope this isnt hardware. More about : samsung galaxy weird screen freeze
When any device , smart phone , computer and such start acting up there are two things it can be. Hardware or software.
Hardware means that something has become defective or broken and needs replacing.
Software means that something has been loaded that is conflicting with something else or that the thing downloaded was corrupted.
With hardware unless you can point to the part causing the problem you can't just start replacing parts hoping to find the issue.
Software is a little easier since you can delete what's causing the problem. If you recently loaded some app even a week ago you may want to try and remove them to see if that's what's causing the problem. If not you can always reload them.
You can check your phones software version to see if an automatic update took place by checking the date of install , it will show that when you check the software version.
Hardware means that something has become defective or broken and needs replacing.
Software means that something has been loaded that is conflicting with something else or that the thing downloaded was corrupted.
With hardware unless you can point to the part causing the problem you can't just start replacing parts hoping to find the issue.
Software is a little easier since you can delete what's causing the problem. If you recently loaded some app even a week ago you may want to try and remove them to see if that's what's causing the problem. If not you can always reload them.
You can check your phones software version to see if an automatic update took place by checking the date of install , it will show that when you check the software version.
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I too have been experiencing this since past week. The S3 just hangs randomly and i need to pull out the battery to remove it.
I am pretty sure its some App that is causing it, some latest update has messed it up. I did a factory reset and it was working fine , then i installed the apps again and now its freezing again.
Apps that i installed are :
Facebook
Facebook messenger
Whatsapp
Chrome
Y! Mail
ES file explorer
adobe reader
adownloader new
gmail
mx player
poweramp
samsung apps
youtube
I doubt it is FB app, cos there was a recent update to this. Will uninstall and see.
I am pretty sure its some App that is causing it, some latest update has messed it up. I did a factory reset and it was working fine , then i installed the apps again and now its freezing again.
Apps that i installed are :
Facebook messenger
Chrome
Y! Mail
ES file explorer
adobe reader
adownloader new
gmail
mx player
poweramp
samsung apps
youtube
I doubt it is FB app, cos there was a recent update to this. Will uninstall and see.
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