Questions tagged [system-freeze]

A system is "frozen" when, while still turned on, it does no longer react on any input.

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Samsung Galaxy A3 - stuck on empty battery boot screen after total battery drain

So, the battery on my Samsung Galaxy A3 drained completely. Then I plugged in USB cable, and the empty battery logo appeared - and nothing else, to graphics to indicate it was charging: I left the ...
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Samsung S7 unresponsive with blue light slightly pulsing

My Samsung Galaxy S7 is completely unresponsive for day and a half, black screen, only blue LED is shining with a slight pulse. According to this guide, it means "the device is turning on or off&...
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Samsung galaxy a7 2018 hangs after update android 10

Recently I updated my device from android 9(one UI 1)to android 10(one UI 2) After updating to android 10 it freezes again and again,not the whole phone freeze, only display hangs but background ...
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Rooting a wiko jerry is impossible due to all fastboot commands lock the phone

On Linux: All fastboot commands lock. Particularly fastboot oem unlock or fastboot flashing unlock. After removing and re-attaching the phone to the usb port (without turning it off), the phone ...
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How to log the source of a freeze?

Since some time my Samsung Galaxy 9+ sometimes freezes. I have the impression that this is somehow related to Chome but I am not sure (maybe it is just because I spend there more time than on other ...
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Device freezes when try to write in /system partition. None of the mount commands worked

I have a TB-X304L. I rooted this guy with magisk and whenever I try to write or try to change permissions of the /system directory, the tablet just freezes and I have to reboot it with long pressing ...
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Android phone bahving strangely after passing metal detector

Phone is Oneplus One running Cyanogenmod (usure about the version but it should be the latest released to OpOs) It all started after a metal detector scan - the phone would work for 20-30 seconds ...
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Shutdown/Reboot Process Hangs Device

Is there any reason a programmatic or command-line shutdown (or reboot) process in Android 7.1 might randomly result in a hard freeze-up, requiring a long (~8 second) press of the power button to ...
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Phone reboots randomly

Bought 'Redmi Note 4' phone a year ago. Random reboot issue started happening after 6 months. Did root & had flashed old/new/unofficial ROMS on my phone afterwards, uninstalled CPU hogging apps ...
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redmi 5a: custom rom freezes

my rom freezes a few seconds after it booted up, the screen gets black, then it turns off and there is nothing i can do but reboot. before it freezes it says com.android.bluetooth stopped. perhaps it ...
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Wiko UFeel phone won't restart after logo screen

Recently my Wiko UFeel (using Marshmallow Android) restarted automatically and won't pass from the UFeel logo image. I know I problaby have to do a factory reset, however I need to backup some files ...
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Phone gets stuck on the clock

Every once in a while, my phone gets into a weird state where when I press the home or power button, the clock appears (see photo), but it is otherwise "dead": no amount of pressing power, home, or ...
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What do these screen mean black background yellow or blue with date and time?

Some times my phone gets stuck at this screen. I can take a screen shot but it is otherwise unresponsive. What does this screen mean. It's usually yellow or blue with the time. I want to think if I ...
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Google Apps not responding even after factory reset

I have a very annoying problem with my phone's Google Apps, which I cannot resolve or even diagnose. It affects Google Play, Google Maps, Chrome, YouYube, Google Settings, Account managing, and ...
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Phone reboots when I connect it to my PC via USB

I have a Medion P5015 and I've tried rooting it with Kingroot and Kingoroot together with the PC and Android versions but to no avail. Now when I try to connect my phone to my PC with the provided ...
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Phone suddenly slow, many apps not working

From one day to the other, my LG magna phone suddenly started stuttering a lot. Several problems are occurring, and all of them had their onset at same time: Many apps stopped working, and don't even ...
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Factory reset has frozen

My phone has recently given up and freezes on the Samsung logo screen. Having tried all the soft reset options I knew of, I have decided to wipe the data/ factory reset. The steps followed are ...
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How to troubleshoot/debug slow phone that burns battery?

My phone is a Samsung Galaxy S5 mini, so it's getting old by industry standards. Until a few months ago, it was doing fine, but recently the battery life and response time have drastically degraded. ...
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When activating DATA, all Apps wants to go online at the same time. any fix?

I like to deactivate my 4G Data or Wifi when I'm not using it. But whenever I activate Data (4G or Wifi), all the Cores of the CPU are being used at 100% and the phone becomes unusable for at least ...
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400MB free ram but cant delete WhatsApp chats

I have a samsung galaxy J3 2016 (SM-J320FN) I bought it brandnew like 6/7 months ago, Ive got a tiny 8gb internal storage plus a 32gb sd-card, Got all my applications and files and stuff moved to my ...
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Galaxy s4 mini (GT I9192) - Android 4.4.2 .... Storage space depleting even though data being deleted

So this is a recent development since last night.. when the phone suddenly started misbehaving. Hanging, apps crashing, working really slow, screen going blank, Vol / Power key buttons not working ...
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My phone keeps clicking on things that I'm not even clicking on?

Sometimes my Sony xperia z5 just start freezing, clicking on apps, turning drawer's pages and doing things like that without me doing anything . In my opinion it looks like a problem with the ...
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Note4 freezes and crashes except when running aLogrec

My Note4 started locking up and crashing after the last OS update a week or so ago (to 6.0.1). I ended up having to do a factory reset twice. The first time I tried to restore from Google's backup and ...
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Freeze and reboot after a few seconds

I have an older Android Phone from Samsung (GT-S7390L), and I have been using it for some time now. I took it on a trip, and used the 3G network for the first time (I always have some wi-fi nearby), ...
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Blackview recovery mode

I have a Blackview A8 that is stuck at upgrading. After the optimizing step (40 of 40) if just hangs and it stays like that until the battery runs out Can anyone help me out? I would like to go in ...
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Why I get the foolowing "Settings isn't responding. ... close it", when i turn Wifi on? (even in Safe Mode!) /Android 501 & Sams S4

Android 5.0.1 /Samsung S4, Not rooted. Why I get the following message dialog "Settings isn't responding. Do you want to close it?", every time when i turn Wifi on? (even when phone is started in ...
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Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge keeps freezing/restarting randomly

This issue started yesterday. I was playing Hearthstone but all of a sudden, my phone froze for about 30 seconds and then restarted. I went on my phone again but this time it was frozen and I had to ...
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Keypad Freezing Up - think it's a Touch Wiz issue? (can I get around this with a Launcher?)

I would be grateful for some feedback/suggestions. In short, I have an ageing (badly) Android 4.4.4 - Samsung Galaxy Ace 4, AVG and some Avast Apps on the Virus Checker side, and Touch Wiz. ...
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Find out what causes freezes of my phone

My phone (Elephone P9000 lite) behaves really strange since some time: Every now and then it freezes for about 1-2 seconds. There are two different types of freezes: The touchscreen does not react ...
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OnePlus one constantly freezes and ends up crashing

Ever since this morning my OnePlus one suddenly freezes constantly, refuses to open certain apps (for instance, WhatsApp works but Facebook doesn't), crash whatever apps do work and if left alone it ...
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Cyanogenmod 13: freezes and restarts in Asus Zenfone 5

I have installed Cyanogenmode 13 in my Asus zenfone 5, it works perfectly for few days then started giving the following issue: It freezes and reboot I have noticed it happened randomly, sometimes ...
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Galaxy S5 Freezes Constantly

I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 from Verizon, bought a little over one year ago. As soon as the one year warranty was over the device started acting up. Right now it is in an unreliable working state. ...
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Nexus 5 hangs after few minutes with screen off

So, recently, I've got myself a few broken Nexus 5 phones to try to repair them. One of these, however, eludes my attempts to diagnose/fix the problem. A few minutes after i press the off button to ...
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Lg volt freezing on home screen

Recently my LG Volt has started to freeze on my home page when I turn my phone back on. Will not open when I swipe or tap. I have to do a power off-restart in order to get it to work, and sometimes ...
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Series of application freezes and battery discharging fast after turning on flash in camera once

I have LG Optimus L9 P760, Swift L9 with Android system. Few days ago I was using my phone camera and turned on "flash" under settings for it (the lamp). When I wanted to take a photo, camera ...
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YU Yureka freezes and reboots since the last Lollipop upgrade 5.1.1

I have YU Yureka. I upgraded it to Lollipop 5.1.1 last week. Since then, the screen goes blank most of the time whenever I open any application and then it comes back in few seconds and phone ...
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Note 5 freezes and restarts

First of all, no root since I didn't want to mess with knox bricking my phone. The problem started tonight when I wanted to buy PlayStation Plus from the PlayStation App. For some reason, the app hung ...
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Motorola Moto G 2014 freezes on lock screen

Since today I've been having a problem with my Motorola Moto G 2nd Gen(2014). When I boot it up, it works fine for a few minutes (except from the WiFi, which doesn't auto-connect for some reason, ...
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CM 10.1.3 randomly freezes, and stock ROM phone does the same

Using a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 (P3110) on CM 10.1.3 RC3, and a Sony Xperia E (C1505). My tablet randomly freezes with no reason. Sometimes it's 9 or 10 hours after it's last turned-on, sometimes it's 10 ...
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User profile Freezes in Android Lollipop

I created a new user in my MotoG Android Lollipop and, sometimes while i'm in this new user, my actual aplication freezes by undetermined seconds, and sometimes minimizes the aplication. I only can ...
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Nexus 7 2012 is almost unusable after upgrading to the latest Lollipop. What should I do?

I have a Nexus 7 2012 wifi. With the latest version of Lollipop it has really become unusable, freezing for a minute or more, or even rebooting while loading a page in Chrome. I did a system reset, ...
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Samsung 6 edge stuck

When I plugged in my edge it made a couple of funny noices as if the charger doesn't make proper contact, then it just freezed on a blue screen with a down arrow, underneath it says "Downloading Do ...
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Can't unlock phone (won't respond to touch)

I've had a non-rooted HTC One X+ for about 1.8 years that started to experience an odd issue about a week ago. I hit the power button to turn the screen on (the phone was already on), however the ...
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Why are Google Maps 9.5.1 running slow/freezing?

My Google Maps tend to freeze whenever I interact with them. Sometimes I can move around the map and it loads fine, but as soon as I do something else, like picking a location, like a restaurant or a ...
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what makes my samsung nexus schi515 freeze after calls

When I'm finished with my phone call I have to take the battery out and put it back in for it to even go back to the home screen because it shows a black screen but you can feel vibrations when I ...
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How do you handle a tablet where all screen input and keys have become unresponsive?

How do you shut down the tablet in the condition where neither screen, nor any buttons accept any input? It is possible the tablet is locked in this condition by the active software, last noted to be ...
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System UI won't load at all. (Huawei Vision 2)

So I was on an application and my phone ended up freezing, so I took the battery out to restart it since it was not responding at all. When it restarted however, the system wasn't loading, the screen ...
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Green screen/freeze during videos/gifs

Since a few days, I've some troubles when I watch gifs/videos on my nexus 4. The phone freeze at the beginning of the video, then the screen turn green, and during 4/5 minutes I can't do anything. I ...
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Doing a hard reset would delete my pictures?

I have a Ainol Novo 7 Flame, i have been using it for 3 years, and today it just got stuck in the booting phase, i didn't install any app or changed any settings, i dont even know why this is ...
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On Android, what is a "blue screen", and what should you do about it?

Some Android users complain about seeing a "blue screen", also known as a "blue screen of death" or "BSOD". They add that their device has become unresponsive. (Here is one example, including a ...
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