Phone goes into reboot loop when unplugged from AC - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys I am new to this forum.
My S3 mini been running stock android 4.1.2 for over a year now with no issues. Yesterday the phone just reboots by itself and the battery went from 60% to 14% in a second. Then the phone got stuck in a reboot loop, I had to take out the battery to make it stop rebooting every second. I tried charging the phone all night, for 8 hours, got 10 minutes of usage out of it before it started rebooting again and the battery inexplicably jumped from 90% to 14% ! The phone is only usable when plugged to the AC, basically not a mobile phone anymore.
Did a factory reset, Thought it might help, it didn't. The phone works fine when plugged to the AC, it only starts rebooting a few minutes after I unplug it.
Help please, should I get a new battery?

Icouldbetheone said:
Hey guys I am new to this forum.
My S3 mini been running stock android 4.1.2 for over a year now with no issues. Yesterday the phone just reboots by itself and the battery went from 60% to 14% in a second. Then the phone got stuck in a reboot loop, I had to take out the battery to make it stop rebooting every second. I tried charging the phone all night, for 8 hours, got 10 minutes of usage out of it before it started rebooting again and the battery inexplicably jumped from 90% to 14% ! The phone is only usable when plugged to the AC, basically not a mobile phone anymore.
Did a factory reset, Thought it might help, it didn't. The phone works fine when plugged to the AC, it only starts rebooting a few minutes after I unplug it.
Help please, should I get a new battery?
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Yup :good:

Icouldbetheone said:
Hey guys I am new to this forum.
My S3 mini been running stock android 4.1.2 for over a year now with no issues. Yesterday the phone just reboots by itself and the battery went from 60% to 14% in a second. Then the phone got stuck in a reboot loop, I had to take out the battery to make it stop rebooting every second. I tried charging the phone all night, for 8 hours, got 10 minutes of usage out of it before it started rebooting again and the battery inexplicably jumped from 90% to 14% ! The phone is only usable when plugged to the AC, basically not a mobile phone anymore.
Did a factory reset, Thought it might help, it didn't. The phone works fine when plugged to the AC, it only starts rebooting a few minutes after I unplug it.
Help please, should I get a new battery?
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Change your battery

same thing
qasim799 said:
Change your battery
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i'm also having the same problem for a couple of days now, especially if i try to go on the internet via my phone. did anyone get back to you on this?

rosannarafie said:
i'm also having the same problem for a couple of days now, especially if i try to go on the internet via my phone. did anyone get back to you on this?
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It's the battery, 100% positive!

update
rosannarafie said:
i'm also having the same problem for a couple of days now, especially if i try to go on the internet via my phone. did anyone get back to you on this?
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Update:
After replacing the original battery with a new one the phone went back to normal function. Also , when removing the old battery I noticed it's a little swollen.
Thanks everyone for the help.

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Weird error message and battery wont hold charge.

Ok, I know the question about the battery not holding a charge has been asked like a million times, but with mine comes a weird error message that I cant find any literature on. Just to give a brief back story on what happened here it is.
I bought phone a year ago. Battery has worked awesome this whole time, it would charge fine and on a full charge it would last about 2-3 days with moderate use. Then just the other day it got down to 20% and my low batt warning went off like it always does and this is when I always begin charging. Well I thought I would just jump in the shower real quick then plug it in cuz in the past even at 20% my phone would last for like 8 hours. Well when i got out of the shower and went to plug the phone in, to my surprise it had turned off. I turned it back on and it got as far as the splash screen and then it instantly turned back off. So i then put the phone on the charger and the orange light came on and it was all good. A couple hours later the light turned green, i unplugged the phone and turned it on to see a battery at 100%. But now when I turned it on, i got this message "fatal error: configuration is invalid. (3)" and then the battery which was 100% only lasted like 20 minutes.
So now every time i turn on my phone i get that error message and the battery last only mere minutes. I'm pretty sure I just need to buy a new battery, but what do I do about the error message.
I appreciate any help that you could give me. Thank you in advance.
I am having a very similar problem, but without the error.
Also, I bought a new battery and still have the same problem.
I find the phone does last all day if i turn off data connection and bluetooth,
but if I open the web browser, the phone dies 5 minutes later.
blux said:
I am having a very similar problem, but without the error.
Also, I bought a new battery and still have the same problem.
I find the phone does last all day if i turn off data connection and bluetooth,
but if I open the web browser, the phone dies 5 minutes later.
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i'm beginning to think that kaisers are trash! it will be 2 years in september for my kaiser and its already fallen apart. this thing is junk. my other wm devices lasted alot longer then this. i may try the new iphone in a few weeks.
Yes I too just bought a new battery and I charged it. Now the light doesn't turn green when its fully charged and yep, I still get the error message and it still dies after like 20 minutes.
I think i solved the problem somewhat. I still get the error message but the battery seems to be lasting as long as it normally did and now it turns green when fully charged instead of staying orange. I came across another forum entry from like 2006 for a completely different kind of phone but i thought i would give it a shot.
What you do is just do a soft reset on your phone while its plugged into the wall charger. Then leave it plugged in for literally like 5 hours even if the light turns green or it gets to 100%. I guess this does something to reset how your phone reads your battery or something, i dont know. All I know is that it fixed my issues.
Anyways, I hope this can help someone as it did me.
blux said:
I am having a very similar problem, but without the error.
Also, I bought a new battery and still have the same problem.
I find the phone does last all day if i turn off data connection and bluetooth,
but if I open the web browser, the phone dies 5 minutes later.
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ykyky111 said:
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perform a hard reset and see if that solves your problem.

weird things happened just now...

hello,
my phone dit really weird stuff and wont turn on anymore.
i botted it because i forgot to plug it in at night so the battery was at 0% then i booted my phone.
after that everything was going normal but after it booted it kept vibrating with a distortion screen , (kinda like on tv back in the days)
does anybody know what i should do? because i have no clue...
greetz
jory9 said:
hello,
my phone dit really weird stuff and wont turn on anymore.
i botted it because i forgot to plug it in at night so the battery was at 0% then i booted my phone.
after that everything was going normal but after it booted it kept vibrating with a distortion screen , (kinda like on tv back in the days)
does anybody know what i should do? because i have no clue...
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Pull the battery, leave it out for 30 seconds, put it back in, put the phone on charge, leave it alone for 10 minutes to get a basic charge, unplug it, try to turn it on. If it boots then pug it back in to finish charging.
SimonTS said:
Pull the battery, leave it out for 30 seconds, put it back in, put the phone on charge, leave it alone for 10 minutes to get a basic charge, unplug it, try to turn it on. If it boots then pug it back in to finish charging.
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okay i did, my phone boots, but the battery isntn charging it stays at 0%
jory9 said:
okay i did, my phone boots, but the battery isntn charging it stays at 0%
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Give it a while - that's why I said 10 minutes. Let it try to recover - if you've totally emptied the battery it may take a while to sort itself out.
jory9 said:
okay i did, my phone boots, but the battery isntn charging it stays at 0%
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Always happened to me after I drained it Took battery out and charge with an external charger for 10 mins and put it back in That's what I did .
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[Q] Reset Phone & Battery Now Reads 1%

Hello, today I was leaving church and my phone had no signal for about 30 minutes in an area I knew had Sprint service. So I restarted the phone having 80% battery and when the phone turned back on it was on 1%. It won't go back to reading the actual battery percentage, and the phone has been on for 2 hours since this happened so the phone really isn't on 1% battery. Any suggestions on what happened or what I should do?
Noel2255 said:
Hello, today I was leaving church and my phone had no signal for about 30 minutes in an area I knew had Sprint service. So I restarted the phone having 80% battery and when the phone turned back on it was on 1%. It won't go back to reading the actual battery percentage, and the phone has been on for 2 hours since this happened so the phone really isn't on 1% battery. Any suggestions on what happened or what I should do?
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I would shut it off let is sit for a while, then charge it without the phone on using the OEM charger. They unplug fire it back up. If that doesn't do anything, I would hard reset it.
If you have root maybe try battery calibration from the play store.
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yesterday, my phone was stuck at 100% it wouldnt change on reboot or anything. I ran the battery calibration and nothing. what worked, was shutting off for a few minutes. weirdly even recovery would report 100%. after being off for a while, it showed the proper battery at 52%. so weird. fine now though!

Phone won't power up or charge

So here is what happened,
My phone was maybe 14% plugged it in left it charging and went to sleep.
Woke up with the phone alarm and started reading whatsapp messages, at this point the phone was already at 100%.
Maybe 30-40 seconds later, with the cable still plugged in the phone turned off, with no message, it just "died".
Now it wont boot, fastboot, nothing.
Tried some solutions i found on the internet like holding vol down + power button for more than 2 minutes, and nothing.
I really need some help here guys, PLEASE.
The phone was running latest TITAN PRIME ROM 1.1 dev3
Everything will be appreciated, thanks in advance.
Lucariel said:
So here is what happened,
My phone was maybe 14% plugged it in left it charging and went to sleep.
Woke up with the phone alarm and started reading whatsapp messages, at this point the phone was already at 100%.
Maybe 30-40 seconds later, with the cable still plugged in the phone turned off, with no message, it just "died".
Now it wont boot, fastboot, nothing.
Tried some solutions i found on the internet like holding vol down + power button for more than 2 minutes, and nothing.
I really need some help here guys, PLEASE.
The phone was running latest TITAN PRIME ROM 1.1 dev3
Everything will be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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That is bad...
I have see it before, and noting works
The last time the guy try to turn on his phone every day, one day he get it...
But from the process that he describe the phone just stuck like yours and it need to completed empty the battery or unplugged it.
If open the phone is not a option, is need to let the phone that way and every day, he try this:
Plug in the charger, after 2 minutes he try turn it on by holding the power button for 2 min.
after that no success, he unplugged the charger and, try the next day.
And after 2 - 3 days he turn it on... i don't remember if was only 2 min maybe try 5 min on charger.
Is very slow and not completed a solution because it may not work, but for now is the only option after what you tell me.
don't leave the charger on for more then 5 min if is really need to empty your battery will take time and every charge minute will take longer.
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baybutcher27 said:
That is bad...
I have see it before, and noting works
The last time the guy try to turn on his phone every day, one day he get it...
But from the process that he describe the phone just stuck like yours and it need to completed empty the battery or unplugged it.
If open the phone is not a option, is need to let the phone that way and every day, he try this:
Plug in the charger, after 2 minutes he try turn it on by holding the power button for 2 min.
after that no success, he unplugged the charger and, try the next day.
And after 2 - 3 days he turn it on... i don't remember if was only 2 min maybe try 5 min on charger.
Is very slow and not completed a solution because it may not work, but for now is the only option after what you tell me.
don't leave the charger on for more then 5 min if is really need to empty your battery will take time and every charge minute will take longer.
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Is there a link to that "solution"?
I think its really strange i mean everything i have read about this topic of people having the same issue, it happened when their battery hit the 0%, and most of them got a solution, but mine was fully charged.
Im scared right now, the phone has...1 month, 2 at the most.
Lucariel said:
Is there a link to that "solution"?
I think its really strange i mean everything i have read about this topic of people having the same issue, it happened when their battery hit the 0%, and most of them got a solution, but mine was fully charged.
Im scared right now, the phone has...1 month, 2 at the most.
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no link i read too many thing, i remember it but don't have the link. and it was in Portuguese. just search unplug the battery of moto g and moto g stuck black screen thing like that. that is a thing that happens a lot not just to you. with other devices too that have a non removable battery.
the guy that had that problem was too with charged battery, that is the way i answer this tread.
baybutcher27 said:
no link i read too many thing, i remember it but don't have the link. and it was in Portuguese. just search unplug the battery of moto g and moto g stuck black screen thing like that. that is a thing that happens a lot not just to you. with other devices too that have a non removable battery.
the guy that had that problem was too with charged battery, that is the way i answer this tread.
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Ok, ill try what you said earlier and hope i have success, if not on monday ill go to a service, maybe they have a better idea.

battery or soft problem i dont know

My model: sm-n920p with andro ver.:6.0.1
->my phone shuts down suddenly at 30% sometimes 50%.. and sometimes goes on restart loops out of a sudden i tried to factory reset i changed battery and the phone charger and battery calibration using diff. Methods
And even i used greniffy and the problem still exists need help?????
abstract306 said:
My model: sm-n920p with andro ver.:6.0.1
->my phone shuts down suddenly at 30% sometimes 50%.. and sometimes goes on restart loops out of a sudden i tried to factory reset i changed battery and the phone charger and battery calibration using diff. Methods
And even i used greniffy and the problem still exists need help?????
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Update the phone to the latest version of Android and if you rooted the phone that could be part of your problem.. After updating the phone calibrate the battery by running the phone until it shuts off and if it shuts off at 30% then turn it right back on again and keep trying to run the battery to 0% once it's at 0% then fully charged it to 100% while it's off and then do it again several times making sure you get it to 0% before you even plug it in.. And if you didn't buy a brand new OEM battery then that could be your problem too because I bought a 4,000mAH battery because it should have lasted longer than the 3,000 one right? But it didn't it died out 2 times faster than the OEM Samsung brand! So don't buy cheap generic junk.. Remember the old saying "you get what you pay for"..
MrMike2182 said:
Update the phone to the latest version of Android and if you rooted the phone that could be part of your problem.. After updating the phone calibrate the battery by running the phone until it shuts off and if it shuts off at 30% then turn it right back on again and keep trying to run the battery to 0% once it's at 0% then fully charged it to 100% while it's off and then do it again several times making sure you get it to 0% before you even plug it in.. And if you didn't buy a brand new OEM battery then that could be your problem too because I bought a 4,000mAH battery because it should have lasted longer than the 3,000 one right? But it didn't it died out 2 times faster than the OEM Samsung brand! So don't buy cheap generic junk.. Remember the old saying "you get what you pay for"..
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first of all mobile is NOT ROOTED,second its within its latest version,and i bought the new battery from the official samsung store,and when it shuts down the 30% becomes 0% or it goes into restart loops wthout stopping.
abstract306 said:
first of all mobile is NOT ROOTED,second its within its latest version,and i bought the new battery from the official samsung store,and when it shuts down the 30% becomes 0% or it goes into restart loops wthout stopping.
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Well good luck with that and your attitude..
MrMike2182 said:
Well good luck with that and your attitude..
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sorry after all Iam annoyed wth my mob. ,but it appears that there's no fix for it
thanks after all......

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