topic Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2 in Android

Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:11:53 GMT

I believe there are a lot of people having this problem.

Battery is fully charged then I go on a few apps and the next minute my phone screen goes blank and has switched off. I then turn it back on and the battery is beeping to be charged!

After reading about this on loads of forums I can't believe that it is a battery issue. My phone has only been doing this in the past few weeks and I've just come to the end of my 18 month Contract (waiting to upgrade to new Galaxy when its out ; P)

I thought I had solved this yesterday as it didn't switch off all day after I updated the firmware through Kies and went into settings>applications and emptied the cache on Ebay and Youtube (after me deciding these were the apps I use the most). Today .. it has happened again! I noticed it happened when I did a refresh on the accu weather on my home screen, I'm defo thinking its one of the apps that is playing up!

Samsung and O2 don't seem to be responding to any forum questions on this matter which I find unbelievable! Please can anyone else advise?! Many thanks

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

MI5 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:21:58 GMT

S2's suffer from a battery calibration issue. The battery is supposed to recalibrate everytime it is charged to 100% but often they don't, then you get these huge drops in battery reading after a reboot. If you leave the phone off charge you will actually see the battery level increase all by itself. To recalibrate it you need to charge with phone off to 100% then remove the charger and the battery for 5 mins. This will reset the chip. As far as turning off is concerned I would suggest doing a back up in Kies then do a factory reset to clear out any rubbish from the OS. As you say, it is most like an app in conflict with something.

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:25:56 GMT

Thanks for advice on battery! I will give that a try .. failing that a factory reset.

I'm waiting for the S4 ... but fed up with this phone now and thinking of maybe just going for the HTC One ... I will regret it I know 😕

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

MI5 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:26:28 GMT

Noooooooo, wait for the S4

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:27:45 GMT

S4 yes, htc big no

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:28:56 GMT

I thought the HTC looked pretty good!

I will wait .... patiently .... arghhhhhhh

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

MI5 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:30:16 GMT

It does look good, but the S4 will be better

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:38:27 GMT

The htc one is essentially the same as the one x

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 15:57:45 GMT

..the one?! You've lost me now sorry!?!

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:03:17 GMT

The one X or one s I meant

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:05:54 GMT

AAh! I just wish they would hurry up with this S4.

Typical woman ..... impatient!! I will end up picking something else then regret it and we may only have to wait days I'm fed up watching youtube vids now of what it might look like!! x

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

jonsie — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:07:51 GMT

It's supposed to be announced on the 14th March so hopefully it will be available shortly after. Patience girl!!

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:11:20 GMT

A new gadget to play with! I hope it has nice wallpapers

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

MI5 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:19:18 GMT

You can have the Nexus JB wallpapers now

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=kov.gallery.jellybean&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImtvdi5nYWxsZXJ5LmplbGx5YmVhbiJd

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:26:27 GMT

Got em already

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:28:28 GMT

Whats that spoiler thing I've just put on?!!!! It was only meant to be a smiley face .. doh!

Anyway ... back to the S4 ... I hope it isn't gonna be bigger than the S3!!

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

MI5 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:28:30 GMT

LOL

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

MI5 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:29:41 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Whats that spoiler thing I've just put on?!!!! It was only meant to be a smiley face .. doh!

Anyway ... back to the S4 ... I hope it isn't gonna be bigger than the S3!!

It's so you can hide stuff (if you want to)..... Screen will be bigger but phone will be pretty much the same size.....

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

Anonymous — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:32:10 GMT

What phone have you got now? Are you waiting to upgrade?

Any other phone recommendations? What do you think about the new Optimus?

Re: Battery .. blank screen... switching off - GALAXY S2

MI5 — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 16:41:11 GMT

I'm using an S3 and Nexus 4 at the moment, but I usually buy outright and use my SIM in whatever I fancy. I'm currently carrying 2 phones around so if the S4 leaked info is true I can go back to just one.... I guess that means I'll have to sell off some of my stash though 😞