S3 goes into drive mode randomly, spamming S Voice

[Phillip Holmes1]

I hope this works but I am still trying to figure out how crap got in my port, i have an S3 with the Otterbox Defender series case which has rubber port plugs to prevent that

 

[Atul Narang]

Problem solved.
The issue was with the mini usb charging slot. I just used the compressed air to clean the filth. I compressed air in my mouth and blew it in the slot. I know that's not exactly compressed air but it worked for me. S voice has' t popped up for the last 25 hours. I hope my phone will continue working normally.

 

[grego3]

This is driving me crazy also. I got 2 4S's at the same time. My sons is fine. Mine goes into driving mode continuously, I turn it off, It turns back on, I turn it off, It turns back on. 1 Month old. This is nuts. I going to get a replacement, I hope.

 

[Goujiin]

Hi there,
I recently rebooted my S3, never having rooted it, but ever since the reboot I've had the phone interrupt whatever I'm doing and it decides to open S Voice.
When it does this I see the driving mode symbol on the status bar appear and disappear franticly.

Was wondering if someone else had a similar problem/had a solution for this?
Thanks

I fixed my problem with that. I was using a duracell charger. I plug it in and the phone goes ape****. I went to 7-Eleven and got a small cube charger like you get with iPhones and it works flawlessly. My corded charger works fine too. Try that.

 

[Ayas Salih]

It Worked...! Thanks for the Help. I cleaned the charging port carefully and held the hair drier smoothly and it worked.

 

[Lisa Cannata]

I recently switched from iphone to the notebook 3. Was very excited at first, what a huge mistake. This phone has a mind of it's own. The world clock is forever coming up on the screen while I'm on it. Today it switched to speaker phone 5 separate times during one phone call as well as mute it 3 times and for no particular reason likes to make sounds as if something were coming in and then hang up on whomever I'm speaking to. Not good in the world of business. I'm ready to throw it in the woods. Huge money=huge headache. Any ideas for fixing these issues before I run back to my iphone greatly appreciated. RANT RANT:-\

 

[GSDer]

it switched to speaker phone 5 separate times during one phone call as well as mute it 3 times

With the Phone app open, press the Menu button, select 'Call settings' and then see if there's a checkmark next to 'Turn off screen during calls' - if there's not, put one there.

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[anamator]

I've had this same problem on my S3 from AT&T. It started happening when I upgraded to the 4.4.2 OS, before that I never had the issues. Now randomly the phone opens S-voice and drive mode. I even had my car phone randomly connect to it to the bluetooth phone the first day automatically, the day after the upgrade. Since then, it's only connected to the bluetooth phone port of the car once. I was able to turn off/on the bluetooth on the phone and car and it hasn't done that since. I'm not able to use the bluetooth on the car with the phone again. Not sure why or how the issue was fixed but I'm glad it's not doing that anymore as I use bluetooth all the time in the car. As for the S-voice and drive mode, those keep randomly coming on throughout the day without me touching the phone, when I'm in the car driving, everywhere. I do not use drive mode but do sometimes use S-voice. I have uninstalled the AT&T drive mode app from the phone but that doesn't keep it from continuously coming on after S-voice. So annoying! I've recently noticed that it has something to do with the WiFi. The reason I say that is because I've noticed my WiFi connection going in and out while at home where my WiFi router is. As soon as that happens, S-voice and drive mode come on. If I turn off the WiFi on the phone, it doesn't seem to happen. It's definitely not a charging port issue or battery charging issue as I haven't noticed any of that happening of the phone. I was starting to think it was the upgrade that is causing this to happen but now I wonder if that is the case since some people are saying they did a factory reset to their phones and they are still having the same issues with S-voice and drive mode. Not sure how it would still be happening as it was my understanding that the OS gets set back to the default OS of the phone. Is that not the case? What about if a phone was purchased with an older OS that 4.4.2, that should change the OS back to the older OS which should then fix these issues. Has anyone tried that yet? I don't want to have to reload my OS again as I just did this two months ago to try and fix another issue I was having reading the external memory card. Found out it was actually the memory card and not the phone Any input is appreciated.

 

[anamator]

Hey everyone I found the fix for the problem of the Android 4.4.2 OS malfunctioning of the S-voice and drive mode. It was the WiFi that was affecting this and seems to be consistant. When I turned off the WiFi there were no more sudden S-voice and drive mode coming on when the WiFi signal or interruptions from the internet from my ISP. We all know and want to use our WiFi mode on our mobile devises so keeping it disabled is not an option.

I did this and have not had the issues for the past week. So the fix is this... go into your settings, choose the More tab and then Application Manager. Find S-voice and drive mode under the Downloaded or All tabs at the top. Click on the icons for each S-voice and then drive mode and perform the same functions. Turn off or Uninstall. This will disable the apps. Then if you're like me and sometimes like using the S-voice, go to the Google App store and the Google Search app, it will replace the S-voice and give you the same type of service it provided. That's it. Enjoy.

If you have an Andriod OS newer than 4.4.2, you should download the Google Now app as it replaced the Google Search app and only works on newer than the 4.4.2 OS.

 

[vladtaropa]

The only solution to this problem is to clean the mini usb. Its a hardware problem not a software one! Clean it with a toothbrush or something similar and the problem is solved. Case closed!

 

[Gapulus]

The fix is reali easy. Ive done it on 2 s2's and an s3. Ur charhing port is faulty, usually because the connecter that goes into the charger has moved, which over time it does, as it often gets pushed while connecting and disconnecting chargers. Because of this, the phone thinks its connected while it isnt. Look into the charging port and ul notice the little metal connecter is close to one side, for me it has always been closer to the back of the phone. U need something reali thin, enough to get between the space (i a tiny flat screwdriver of sharp end of a thin knife, or a pin)and gently push the connecter back into the middle, so the space on both sides of the connecter (the thin metal bit) are equal.

Fixed

 

[Tomi Gjeka]

I am facing the same problem. s3 keeps going into driving mode randomly for no reason.

Anyone found a solution yet?

Thanks,
VN

i found that when my charging port is wet (has water inside) happens in rainy days it presents this problem ...
my solution turn off your phone and blow hot air inside ... good luck

 

[dedwards108]

The "ExitCarMode" app in the play store sorted this very frustrating issue out for me.

 

[edwardpheck]

S3 goes into drive mode random & spam S Voice cleaned toothbrush & butane. worked

3 hours no s-voice or drive mode. Cleaning worked so far. Sweet!

 

[SiThuAungThwin]

Is this real soulution? any updated solution?