Why does my samsung tab A 8 inch tablet lock up while reading documents or writing notes ?

[Android Central Question]

I can be scrolling through a pdf file and the tablet will stop functioning or i can be writing notes using colornote and the tablet will lock up. this problem occurrs on a random basis and always when i need the tablet to work. The tablet is less than a year old and is the second unit because the first samsung tab A i had startec locking up on a regular basis after less than 2 months of use. Makes me think samsung tabletx are not worth buying.

 

[B. Diddy]

Welcome to Android Central! It probably has more to do with some other app that you installed causing interference. If you can read PDFs using a preinstalled app, then try booting into Safe Mode and see if the problem still happens: https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-28317