Samsung Galaxy S4: Phone Freezing:
Hello..
1. Let's take out the battery from the back of the phone..
Do either one of these:
(to dissipate any remaining energy in the phone)
With the battery out of the device, wait for 30 seconds..
OR:
With the battery out of the device, hold down the power button for a few seconds
After that time, we want to see if we can do something to help your phone out.. so let's wipe the cache partition which will remove any temporary system files.. sometimes clearing this helps your present phone use:
simultaneously (at the same time) do this:
Hold down the power button, the up volume key, and the home button, until you see a few words at the top of the screen that are blue.. once you see that take your finger off the power button, but keep pushing down the up volume button and the home button at the same time.. until you see the little green android
if it says it is updating the phone, let it update.. it maybe install a patch on your phone..
when you see a bunch of lines of words you are where you need to be
BE CAREFUL what you select
if you are not reading what you select you can wipe your whole phone deleting all your data
use the volume keys to scroll up or down.. but for right now we want to go down the list, so use the down volume button on the left side of the phone..
scroll down to:
"wipe cache partition"
just above it will be to factory reset the whole device.. this is the dangerous one.. this is why i want you to be aware of what you are selecting.
once, you highlight
"wipe cache partition"
use the power button to select this
wait for the phone to finish which should take 1 second..
then, tap the power button once more..
(the highlight will be on reset device)
to reset the phone.. it will power off, then power back on
the issue why it froze, could be anything software related.. it is mostly caused by User Error or an App error. it could be an app that didn't play well with something.. so check your downloaded apps by uninstalling the last one you installed to see if that helps.. (process of elimination).. it could also be if you were downloading or updating something and you interrupted the transmission causing the phone to freeze
SamsungGalaxyS4-HowtoClearandWipeCachePartition.mp4
The ultimate solution to make your phone stop freezing.. The only best way to do this is to Factory Reset your phone, then put everything back in the way you had it before or the way you want it now.. that means installing apps, re inputting settings you want, etc
Note: you will lose any databases inside of Apps unless they have their own cloud accounts that you can log into which saves your data online.. No? then you can't save them. consider anything like auto login password settings, game levels or anything in-game purchased like gems or armour, scores, etc lost after a factory reset.
Make sure you backup any photos, music files, documents, etc before Factory Resetting..
You can do that using Samsung Kies software if you have a computer:
Samsung Kies Free Download Kies 3 Latest PC Suite Mobile Software Window 7...
If you have a spare Samsung Galaxy phone, use Smart Switch to make a duplicate of your phone
Samsung Smart Switch Transfer Contacts Music and More
and then after the factory reset on the s4, use Smart Switch to move everything back to your phone..
(Tip: keep the backup phone with your stuff on it, until you can verify the switch went as planned.)
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