Phone randomly stops responding

[lewishardwick]

Had my Z5 since February.
Over the last few weeks it's started randomly stops responding.

The touch screen just stops. The volume, camera and power buttons respond just fine.

I sent it to Sony to investigate, it came back as 'fixed' but now it's having the same issue again.

Sometimes a reboot resolves, but only after a few hours powered off.

Has anyone else had these issues?

I'm running Android 6.0.1, not rooted or anything. Not using any resource hungry apps or anything fancy.

All very frustrating!

[CameronT]

Hi @lewishardwick,

Welcome to the community.

I am sorry to hear about the issues you're facing. Because it is an intermittent issue, it will be difficult for your local repair team to identify it. If they received the phone and could not replicate the issue then they would likely return it with no changes.

I recommend you try to perform a software repair on your handset and see if the issues persist, and if they do you should contact your local support team to arrange another assessment.

[lewishardwick]

What is the difference between software repair and a 'factory data reset'?

[lewishardwick]

Oh well. A software repair didn't help.

Looks like it may be an app, but for a high spec phone your customers really dont expect to see such issues.

[dandy63]

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@lewishardwick wrote:

Oh well. A software repair didn't help.

Looks like it may be an app, but for a high spec phone your customers really dont expect to see such issues.

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Best thing to do is to run your phone in Safe Mode, this will determine if a 3rd Party App ie one from Google Play Store is the cause of your problem.

Sony is not responsible for 3rd party apps downloaded from Google Play Store......so try running your phone for a while in Safe Mode, if your phone runs perfectly then it is indeed a 3rd party app :smileysmileythumbsup:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/FAQ/How-to-boot-your-phone-into-safe-mode/m-p/348008