FYI, I retrieved my GS3 Wednesday. The report says they updated the "software" (it's now running I9300XXEMA2), changed the "module" (which is kind of vague) and the "display module": anyway the screen is indeed new, and it hasn't frozen since, yeepee!
Help !! Galaxy S3 Freezing every few minutes. unresponsive.
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I was having the same issue.. i just uninstalled the push service update .. hope it works. @RAJKIRAN1909 what do u mean by samsung app? Thanks to all for your help 
I had the same issue that started yesterday... it happened before in the past, but then I removed the SD card and it stoped.
All I did to get it back working was to remove some data. I had about 3Gb free out of 11 when it was freezing and now I have about 5.
Try it guys and let me know if this works...
To mention that I had my motherboard replaced as it froze on the Samsung Galaxy logo and never came back. So it seems to be an issue with all the Galaxy S3 phones not just a select few. I will probably try rooting the phone and installing a custom ROM to see if I will have the same issues. As I can't say I am not happy with the phone I can say that there are some issues (e.g. phone restarting, freezing, getting really hot for no reason, lagging).
I'll make some time to experiment with the phone and get it to a more usable state and I will let you guys know what the final result will be. Cheers.
All I did to get it back working was to remove some data. I had about 3Gb free out of 11 when it was freezing and now I have about 5.
Try it guys and let me know if this works...
To mention that I had my motherboard replaced as it froze on the Samsung Galaxy logo and never came back. So it seems to be an issue with all the Galaxy S3 phones not just a select few. I will probably try rooting the phone and installing a custom ROM to see if I will have the same issues. As I can't say I am not happy with the phone I can say that there are some issues (e.g. phone restarting, freezing, getting really hot for no reason, lagging).
I'll make some time to experiment with the phone and get it to a more usable state and I will let you guys know what the final result will be. Cheers.
I've been suffering freezing issues on my S3 for the past 2 months and have tried all the solutions posted on this forum. Some things made the freezing less recurrent but it still froze 5 - 20 times a day (depending on how much I was using it).
5 days ago I went ahead and installed the EMC2 firmware and can confirm that it has completely gotten rid of any freezing issues and the phone has never been better!
Anyone dealing with any type of freezing issues should install this firmware asap!
5 days ago I went ahead and installed the EMC2 firmware and can confirm that it has completely gotten rid of any freezing issues and the phone has never been better!
Anyone dealing with any type of freezing issues should install this firmware asap!
My non rooted stock S3 was running XXELLA and I have been having the freezing issue for a couple of months too. Having tried most of the things mentioned here, disabling Samsung apps, SD card, deleting caches, factory reset, installing apps one at a time etc all with no joy. Yesterday I bit the bullet and upgraded the firmware using the process linked to to earlier in this thread and once the firmware was downloaded it only took a few minutes and, touch wood, I have been 24 hours without a freeze. Rather than go backwards on firmware I decided to go forward to the latest official Samsung one I could find which was XXEMD2. I may live to regret speaking too soon, but so far all is looking good and the phone is still not rooted and is running an official Samsung build.
i've been having the same issues as well! its so frustrating! i actually had it fixed when i went to my local cell phone repair store. the guys at repairem.com were fixing the broken screen on my galaxy s3 when i told them about how my phone kept freezing, so one of the techs fixed my software! im not so tech savy,not sure what he did but my phone runs more amazing than ever! thanks to the cool guys at repairem.com!
Hey dude, your gadget freezes again or it's stable now?
Hello everyone,
I have got a german S3 unbranded, factory unlocked.
I have the freezing problems similar to everyone.
My firmware is :-
Android 4.1.2
baseband - I9300XXELL4
As suggested by a member here, I uninstalled all updates to the samsung apps application.
For the last 24 hrs no freezing!
If there is anything new..I will keep you guys posted.
Yo guys I had the same problem.. my S3 kept freezing and to get everything back to normal I had to pull out the battery and start it up again.
Here's what I did and it worked: i searched for 'Dummy file generator' on the Play store, installed it and then opened it. When your there, just press on 'Generate(FULL)'. That thing will generate a lot of files that will make your phone run out of memory. If it doesn't make it run out of memory, then repeat the prices... press Generate(FULL) again. If the phone freezes during the process, just restart it. After your phone ran out of memory, start the 'Dummy file generator' and press 'Delete'. That thing will delete all the files it created and your memory goes back to normal. That worked for my phone and everything is ok now. Actually it freezed one or two times in 2 days, but not like it did before
I hope this will help some of you guys
I had the same problem.. my S3 kept freezing and to get everything back to normal I had to pull out the battery and start it up again. Here's what I did and it worked: i searched for 'Dummy file generator' on the Play store, installed it and then opened it. When your there, just press on 'Generate(FULL)'. That thing will generate a lot of files that will make your phone run out of memory. If it doesn't make it run out of memory, then repeat the prices... press Generate(FULL) again. If the phone freezes during the process, just restart it. After your phone ran out of memory, start the 'Dummy file generator' and press 'Delete'. That thing will delete all the files it created and your memory goes back to normal. That worked for my phone and everything is ok now. Actually it freezed one or two times in 2 days, but not like it did before
I hope this will help some of you guys
Originally Posted by Phantomlynx
Talked to Vodafone (no real help, take it to a shop and they'll help you work out what app is the problem...don't think so!). Talked to Samsung repairer, they will just send it to Samsung. Talked directly to Samsung, very helpful, and told them it probably needs new motherboard. They will ship it to their agents and do what is necessary. Downside is I lose the phone for 2 wks.
Will report back once I find out what the results are.
I promised to get back to you guys. I sent it off to Samsung for repair with full details of the issue. They sent it to Anovo, but between them they seem to have screwed up most of the info I sent. I wasn't impressed! After 2 weeks and many calls, Anovo said they couldn't find the fault.
However they has applied the latest firmware i9300BUEMC2 and this does seem to have cured it...
Fingers crossed!
Talked to Vodafone (no real help, take it to a shop and they'll help you work out what app is the problem...don't think so!). Talked to Samsung repairer, they will just send it to Samsung. Talked directly to Samsung, very helpful, and told them it probably needs new motherboard. They will ship it to their agents and do what is necessary. Downside is I lose the phone for 2 wks.
Will report back once I find out what the results are.
I promised to get back to you guys. I sent it off to Samsung for repair with full details of the issue. They sent it to Anovo, but between them they seem to have screwed up most of the info I sent. I wasn't impressed! After 2 weeks and many calls, Anovo said they couldn't find the fault.
However they has applied the latest firmware i9300BUEMC2 and this does seem to have cured it...
Fingers crossed!
Hi dude,
I had tried modifying the samsung apps application but no joy.
Finally I updated the firmware to EMC2 and for a month now the phone is freeze free
Hope this helps.
I had tried modifying the samsung apps application but no joy.
Finally I updated the firmware to EMC2 and for a month now the phone is freeze free
Hope this helps.
Just saw EMD3.on the site where the much recommended emd2 is ... any1 tried it yet? I wanna hop from ELLA straight to EMD3 it's been a week long of torture for me after I updated all my apps via a Wi-Fi connection
hey guys i have s3 unlocked
4 weeks ago it started to freeze . day by day it became so annoying
i tried every thing delete apps. factory reset . remove sim . remove battery
just hours or day it start to freeze . i sent to samsung warranty. they did software reload '' i already did ''
also didnt help. i searched over internet. lot of people have got new phone or motherboard replaced
second time t sent it back to samsung they replaced my mobile motherboard
now for 1 week working with no any problem
i hope this will help. if you face this problem underr warranty send it as soon as u can to samsung
4 weeks ago it started to freeze . day by day it became so annoying
i tried every thing delete apps. factory reset . remove sim . remove battery
just hours or day it start to freeze . i sent to samsung warranty. they did software reload '' i already did ''
also didnt help. i searched over internet. lot of people have got new phone or motherboard replaced
second time t sent it back to samsung they replaced my mobile motherboard
now for 1 week working with no any problem
i hope this will help. if you face this problem underr warranty send it as soon as u can to samsung
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