S3 not working

[tonylumps]

Got up this morning, unpluged charger, Turned Phone on it was was fine . Never looked at the Phone again until about 5 Hrs. later to show a friend the S3. Well it was shutdown. So I booted back up screen came on but Swipe was not working. So could not get into phone. Battery drained from full to 38% in 1 Hr. Tried to shut it off would not, had to remove battery.The S3 is stock Any Ideas would be appreciated. I am going up to Verizon tomarrow Just thought maybe someone else had this problem

 

[tonylumps]

Got it working

 

[TisMyDroid]

What was the problem? What did you do to get it working...in case someone else has the same problem, your experience may help.

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[tonylumps]

I charged the Battery to 100% Turned phone on, it booted up but still had frozen screen. Had to pull battery to shut down I was ready to give up When I thought I read somewhere to hold Volume and off on at same time while phone was booting. So I tried it. It booted screen went dark for a split second and phone is working now.

 

[LifeIsABeach]

Did you recently get the new update? Doing a battery pull after that is not a bad idea.

 

[TisMyDroid]

I carged the Batteryto 100% Turned phone on, it booted up but still had frozen screen. Had to pull battery to shut down I was ready to give up When I thought I resd somewhere to hold Volume and off on at same time while phone was booting. So I tried it. It booted screen went dark for a split second and phone is working now.

Thanks. Always great to hear successes. When your phone gets to low battery (10-15%), turn off and charge to 100% again. This will calibrate your battery meter to make sure it is reading your state of charge more accurately.

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[indywrenchin76]

Same thing happened to me a few days ago. Managed to get phone into safe mode and do a factory reset after about 20 unsuccessful battery pulls. I downloaded the new ota right after factory reset and now so far so good.

 

[tonylumps]

How would I know if I have the new OTA

 

[Crankintopwater69]

Thanks. Always great to hear successes. When your phone gets to low battery (10-15%), turn off and charge to 100% again. This will calibrate your battery meter to make sure it is reading your state of charge more accurately.

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Is it ok to drain your batt all the way down until phone shuts off itself,then charge phone back to 100%?

 

[disappearingbag]

Is it ok to drain your batt all the way down until phone shuts off itself,then charge phone back to 100%?

I was having a problem when I let my battery drain until it shut the phone off. When I charged it up after it would freeze, and I ended up having to do a factory reset. Haven't heard of this happening to anyone else though.

 

[TisMyDroid]

There are some phones that have survived this repeatedly with no problems but the Razr has been known to deep discharge and not be able to take a charge. Given that, the best recommendation is to not let the battery die.

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[Crankintopwater69]

There are some phones that have survived this repeatedly with no problems but the Razr has been known to deep discharge and not be able to take a charge. Given that, the best recommendation is to not let the battery die.

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Thxz for the wisdom.

 

[TisMyDroid]

Thxz for the wisdom.

Lol, not so much wisdom but glad I didn't learn that the hard way. I use to always let my phones drain dead before charging. But after hearing a few stories about battery draining so dead it wouldn't charge, I don't do that anymore.

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[Z06_Mir]

I usually only let it get to 15,maybe 10% at the lowest. I also used to carry a spare battery when I had my thunderbolt. It seems though that these days the s3 can make it more than long enough. I've been unplugged 15 or so hours and I'm still at 40%. That includes the update that installed and more bright screen time than is typical.

 

[tonylumps]

Well it happened again. Took it up to Verizon. They had to do a Hard reset. They think it was an app. Working fine now Let's see what happens.