Recent content by JonBOY26

Thanks for the comments thus far. I've ordered a replacement battery to rule that out, as the phone is indeed quite old. I don't believe the owner has a backup, either cloud or imaged. I've already advised them they should sync their phone to some cloud storage going forward.

Hi all, I'm currently trying to troubleshoot an S8+ (SM-G955F). Here's a rundown of the sequence of events: 1. the phone began randomly rebooting, as frequently as every 5 mins. The phone would charge as normal and when booted it could be used as normal but would suddenly lockup for 10 - 15...

Well cleaning the motherboard with isopropyl alcohol didn't work either. To zero in on the problem the best thing to try at this point would be to install my phone's motherboard into a different phone. If the problem occurs with my motherboard inside a different other phone then that means...

No good on the firmware upgrade. I used the dongle to put the phone into download mode and then used Odin to flash the XSA (Australia) version of Android 4.3. The firmware upgrade/swap completed as normal, but the phone still booted into safe mode unfortunately. I got a bit more information...

Yeah that is interesting, Kelsey. I read elsewhere that other people began experiencing this problem after applying an update. My problematic i9305T is running Android 4.3. What's yours running? I've reached out to the original owner to find out whether the problem only began after she...

Hey jimdil4st, I suspected the ribbon cable was the problem as the volume down button does not work the phone is booted into safe mode, whereas the volume up continues to work. However I was wrong. Here's some added details I've uncovered since my last post. -The original owner of the phone...

Hey all, I have an S3 (GT-i9305T) that automatically boots into safe mode, even when not buttons are pressed during a reboot. I've removed the battery, I've factory reset the device, but it still boots into safe mode. The phone is running 4.3, and when it's operating the volume up button works...