Samsung Galaxy S8 users face random rebooting issues

NEW DELHI: Some users of Samsung's latest flagship smartphone Galaxy S8 have complained of facing random rebooting issues on XDA forums as well as Samsung forums. These users claim to be witnessing random reboot issues. Android Authority has reportedly spotted several threads on the issue on Samsung Community forums.


In the thread, one of the members claim that the Galaxy S8 went through seven reboots in first 10 hours of switching it on. One of the members has also posted a video on YouTube showing the Galaxy S8 rebooting four times in three minutes, not even letting the user unlock the device.

Few Galaxy S8 owners say that hard resetting the smartphone has resulted in fewer numbers of reboots. However, the method doesn't seem to work for all the users. The specific reason for rebooting is not yet known. Speculations suggest that the handset is having difficulties in carrying over contents on an inserted microSD card. Some say that few apps might be incompatible or corrupted, resulting in random reboots.

Samsung is yet to give an official word on the matter.

Few days ago Samsung rolled out an update for its latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S8. The update fixes the red screen tint issue, which some users in South Korea have been complaining of.

"Because there are some complaints about the red-tinted screens, we decided to upgrade the software next week for all Galaxy S8 clients," a Samsung spokesperson told The Korea Herald.
The red screen tint was spotted by some Galaxy S8 users earlier this month. Many of these also posted its images on the web. Samsung then claimed that the issue can be resolved if users calibrated the display from the settings.

However, after many users claimed to have faced the screen tint issue even after changing display settings, the company decided to fix the issue with an update.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 PLUS SPECIFICATIONS

SUMMARY	performance Octa core display 6.2" (15.75 cm) storage 64 GB camera 12 MP battery 3500 mAh ram 4 GB
SPECIAL FEATURES	heart rate monitor Yes iris scanner Yes other sensors Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Gyroscope fingerprint sensor Yes
GENERAL	quick charging Yes operating system Android v7.0 (Nougat) sim slots Dual SIM, GSM+GSM model Galaxy S8 Plus launch date May 5, 2017 (Expected) brand Samsung sim size SIM1: Nano SIM2: Nano (Hybrid) network 4G: Available (supports Indian bands) 3G: Available, 2G: Available fingerprint sensor Yes
MULTIMEDIA	loudspeaker Yes fm radio No audio jack 3.5 mm
PERFORMANCE	chipset Samsung Exynos 9 Octa 8895 graphics Mali-G71 MP20 processor Octa core (2.3 GHz, Quad core, M2 Mongoose + 1.7 GHz, Quad core, Cortex A53) architecture 64 bit ram 4 GB
DESIGN	build material Case: MetalBack: Metal thickness 8.1 mm width 73.4 mm weight 173 grams waterproof Yes Water resistant (up to 30 minutes in a depth of 1.5 meter), IP68 ruggedness Dust proof height 159.5 mm colours Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Coral Blue, Arctic Silver, Maple Gold
DISPLAY	display type Super AMOLED screen to body ratio 83.7 % pixel density 531 ppi screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass v5 screen size 6.2 inches (15.75 cm) screen resolution 1440 x 2960 pixels touch screen Yes Capacitive Touchscreen, Multi-touch
STORAGE	internal memory 64 GB expandable memory Yes Up to 256 GB
CAMERA	settings Exposure compensation, ISO control aperture 1.7 F camera features Wide Angle Selfie image resolution 4000 x 3000 Pixels sensor Exmor-RS CMOS Sensor autofocus Yes shooting modes Continuos Shooting, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR) resolution 8 MP Front Camera optical image stabilisation Yes flash No video recording 1920x1080 @ 30 fps
BATTERY	user replaceable No talktime Up to 24 Hours(3G) quick charging Yes Fast wireless charging Yes type Li-ion capacity 3500 mAh
NETWORK CONNECTIVITY	wifi Yes Wi-Fi 802.11, a/ac/b/g/n/n 5GHz wifi features Mobile Hotspot bluetooth Yes v5.0 usb typec Yes (Doesn't support micro-USB) nfc Yes network support 4G (supports Indian bands), 3G, 2G gps Yes with A-GPS, Glonass sim 1 4G Bands:TD-LTE 2300(band 40) FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 800(band 20)3G Bands: UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz2G Bands: GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz 4G Speed: 150 Mbit/s ? 1024 Mbit/s ? (LTE category 16)3G Speed: HSDPA 42.2 Mbit/s ?, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s ?GPRS:Available EDGE:Available sim size SIM1: Nano, SIM2: Nano (Hybrid) sim 2 4G Bands: TD-LTE 2300(band 40) FD-LTE 2100(band 1) / 1800(band 3) / 2600(band 7) / 900(band 8) / 700(band 28) / 1900(band 2) / 1700(band 4) / 850(band 5) / 700(band 17) / 800(band 20)3G Bands: UMTS 1900 / 2100 / 850 / 900 MHz 2G Bands: GSM 1800 / 1900 / 850 / 900 MHz 4G Speed: 150 Mbit/s ? 1024 Mbit/s ? (LTE category 16) 3G Speed: HSDPA 42.2 Mbit/s ? GPRS:Available EDGE:Available