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Samsung Captivate 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) and Freezes
Ever since I upgraded to Gingerbread (2.3.5), I have had the phone lock up periodically where the only remedy is to remove the battery. Yesterday, I took a picture and was trying to send the picture as an SMS and the phone frooze.
I have also been using other applications, and the phone freezes.
I did have the issue before with Froyo (2.2), but not as oftern. The phone is not one that ATT said was "defective" with the shutdown issue.
Anyone else have the issue?
ultraman123
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12 years ago
I tried the factor reset and everything works fine after that. no more tethering force close and so far no freezing and automatic closing of messages or contacts.
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chrisring57
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12 years ago
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kufirst
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12 years ago
And I thought it was just me...
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Voliam
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12 years ago
Thanks to you for offering this info, I fixed the freezing and GPS issues!
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Voliam
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12 years ago
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mejoey1
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12 years ago
Anybody come up with a good fix for this issue? Ever since the upgrade to Gingerbread, my screen goes black in a call and I have no way to recover from the black screen other than waiting for the other person to hang up or to pull out my battery. I can't get the keypad to come up to hang up.
Frustrated...
worldbound4now
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Instead of the power button the volume button might also work. It blacks out to save battery life, similiar to a computer screen saver. You can always go to the phone setting and changing the backlight setting. Set up a wallpaper background http://www.att.com/learningcenter/tutorials.do?tutorialId=883520#fbid=tUzJkiz3XME
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BigRossTheHoss
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12 years ago
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redpoint73
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12 years ago
Have your tried a factory reset (back up your personal data first)?
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jodeg1945
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11 years ago
Thanks, linebackerkevyn! You've fixed my problem! I purchased my Samsung Captivate in December, 2012, new, from eBay. I love the phone, but in the last couple of months, it had started freezing up once or twice a day. To fix it, I'd take the battery out for 30 seconds, replace, restart. That worked until the next freeze up. Needless to say, since I purchased it off eBay, there's no warranty.
I did a general search for answers to my problem, and read your post. I decided to give it a try, following your exact directions -- it worked perfectly! It's now been two weeks, and my phone works great!
A big thanks from me!
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svenson14
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11 years ago
So this seems to have turned into a GPS Issue thread, but I'm hoping to get some help with freezing.
I have Gingerbread 2.3.5, and no issues with GPS or anything else (that I know of) other than the consistant freezing, which requires me to force restart my phone using the power and volume buttons at least once a day.
I reformat/factory reset my phone about every 6 months, but the issue keeps coming back.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there known app I might have that causes this to happen(I don't have many)?
Thanks,
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