tadbart Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 My Samsung Galaxy s7 has been going into a boot loop intermittently today. It keeps trying to start up, seizes, and reboots, over and over again for hours. Then, it'll be fine for 20 minutes. In those in-between times, I've been emailing the important stuff to myself. I've tried a couple data-saving back-door ways to reset, and all have failed. Pondering a hard reset, and the loss of data that comes with that. Sure, lost of stuff goes to the cloud, but I'll still have to go find the apps I have, and set the phone back up. Sometimes, I hate all this technology... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Just now, tadbart said: My Samsung Galaxy s7 has been going into a boot loop intermittently today. It keeps trying to start up, seizes, and reboots, over and over again for hours. Then, it'll be fine for 20 minutes. In those in-between times, I've been emailing the important stuff to myself. I've tried a couple data-saving back-door ways to reset, and all have failed. Pondering a hard reset, and the loss of data that comes with that. Sure, lost of stuff goes to the cloud, but I'll still have to go find the apps I have, and set the phone back up. Sometimes, I hate all this technology... I don't know about the Galaxy, but I put all my apps and misc crap on the SD card then move it when needed. I also keep a copy of the SD card on my computer. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peng Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 (edited) I use the Samsung program called Kies for backups and restores. You download it (free) to a laptop/desktop, plug the phone in by USB and it shows as a drive. I select full backup, and it does it's thing. I have an old S3 and it works good. Never tried the restore option, but the backup is easy. Maybe try it if your phone is in a death spiral. Best of luck. Edited December 26, 2019 by Peng 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cougar_ml Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 When my phone started doing random restarts every few minutes, I pulled the battery, held down the power key for about 30 seconds to hopefully drain any capacitors, then inserted battery and started it. Resolved the issue for a few weeks to a couple months before doing it again. Hasn't done it to me again since an update 3 months ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bish1309 Posted December 26, 2019 Share Posted December 26, 2019 28 minutes ago, Cougar_ml said: When my phone started doing random restarts every few minutes, I pulled the battery, held down the power key for about 30 seconds to hopefully drain any capacitors, then inserted battery and started it. Resolved the issue for a few weeks to a couple months before doing it again. Hasn't done it to me again since an update 3 months ago. Perhaps it was a known "unpublished" problem that the update resolved? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted December 27, 2019 Author Share Posted December 27, 2019 I miss those old Nokia phones. Texting sucked, hitting the 7 four times for an S, but those things were TANKS! These little handheld computers that just so happen to have a phone option, are so delicate (or have purposely built-in shelf life).. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 I've never lost an installed APP to a hard reset. If there is data that hasn't been saved, then it's gone. If you emailed it to yourself it is in the mailbox. If you downloaded it, it is still in the mail box, even if deleted it will show up in Trash, that is not a function of the phone, it is a separate entity. If things are going wrong, don't continue to do things with them. You are just setting yourself up for problems. Reboot, go to Device Maintenance in Settings and run that, cleaning what it suggests. If you are still getting loopy service, then the phone may be taking a dump. It happens and they are over used by many to start with. Android can handle the load, but the machine may not be able to as well as a tablet or the like. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Have you threatened the device with a large metal tool? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 2 hours ago, tous said: Have you threatened the device with a large metal tool? I like your problem solving techniques. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) First, verbal abuse. Then, large metal tools. I have never had a device fail to respond to the above, but they don't want to know what follows the large metal tool. Hint: I show them my boxes of salvaged parts. They understand. Edited December 27, 2019 by tous 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmohme Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 31 minutes ago, tous said: Have you threatened the device with a large metal tool? Don't threaten. Just do it. It feels really good and ends spam calls. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrango Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 Look online. There's a way to fix it. My Wife did it today and I had to do it to my S6 Active once too. Her main problem was the battery draining in less than half a day. Problem solved. I don't remember where it is or what it was I did and I'm not asking my Wife because...………….well, you know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pipedreams Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 (edited) 8 hours ago, Wrango said: Look online. There's a way to fix it. My Wife did it today and I had to do it to my S6 Active once too. Her main problem was the battery draining in less than half a day. Problem solved. I don't remember where it is or what it was I did and I'm not asking my Wife because...………….well, you know. You right, it amazing how many solutions you can find online. Edited December 27, 2019 by pipedreams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostinTexas Posted December 27, 2019 Share Posted December 27, 2019 20 hours ago, tous said: Have you threatened the device with a large metal tool? Well, it is and electrical problem, so a hammer may not bee effective in the manner one would want. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tadbart Posted December 28, 2019 Author Share Posted December 28, 2019 I desisted from propelling heavy objects. I propelled lots of green papers at a new one. Screw it. I got most of my shite off of it. I am not unhappy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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