Galaxy Tab S2

[tiggerblue10]

My tablet keeps going blank then white screen for literally 2 seconds every now and then and I think it's on its way out. Only started doing this in the last month or two.

Has anyone else had this problem or even know what I'm on about? I think I need a new tablet. Also, if I get another one, can I sync all my apps onto it without having to download from scratch?

[pastafreak]

Oh, hope mine doesn't do that. Can't offer any advice unfortunately.

[Sqad]

/////Also, if I get another one, can I sync all my apps onto it without having to download from scratch?/////

Yes you can by downloading app Smart Switch on your old tablet and the same app.on your new tablet.
No mine doesn't go blank.

[tiggerblue10]

I'm guessing I'll need to remember my passwords! :o/

[Sqad]

LOL....you will-;)

[tiggerblue10]

Arrgghh! Lol

[Sqad]

trigger.....so easy and takes about 30 mins, just lie the old one, next to the new one, open both apps and off you go.
Wireless.

[tiggerblue10]

I've actually got smartswitch on my phone from when I upgraded my s6 to s10.

[Sqad]

Well,there you go my love.

[pastafreak]

You never got an answer to the white screen query.

[tiggerblue10]

I've done scans and all seems fine but I still keep getting a white screen for about a second and then goes back to normal.

What I don't want to do is wait for my tablet to completely die before I've had a chance to sync to another device.

[alavahalf]

The blank screen is a warning that all is not well.
It is probably not worth paying someone to look at it. The Tab S2 has been around for 7 years now .. I bought one and have had it from new. Once in a while I also get the blank screen. If it doesn't correct itself within a few seconds I press the power button along with the volume down for about a minute, then restart it.
Personally I back my phone up, but I have never backed my tablet up and save nothing at all on it. I don't hesitate to do a factory reset to keep it running at top speed.
The Tab S2 is a great tablet, as I'm sure you already know, but the equivalent replacement is close to £700.
When it really annoys me I will bite the bullet and replace it. In the mean time I will carry on using it. It may well be time to start checking out the best price for a replacement.

[tiggerblue10]

How do you back up on the s2?

[alavahalf]

If you have a google a/c it should back up automatically to the cloud. Whatsapp.. settings .. chats .. chat backup. Google photo's will save your photos.
Apart from that I just factory reset without thinking .. it takes 10 mins.
All the apps are readily available and it will do the tablet the world of good.

[barry1010]

I'm a big fan of regular resets, too. Gives every machine a new lease of life and a spring in its step

[pastafreak]

I've got one...no problems so far.
Never done a reset...that's scary to a technophobe like me.

[barry1010]

It's nothing to worry about, no scarier than getting a brand new device

[alavahalf]

Pasta do you do ever run 'Device maintenance' which you will find in settings. It only takes a minute and that livens things up.
Click on Device Maintenance..
Then .. Optimize.

[tiggerblue10]

If you do a factory reset does that remove apps and all the auto-sign-ins? I'm to scared to try as I have loads of apps which I'm signed into.

[alavahalf]

The 'factory reset' will remove the apps you have added since you got your tablet. It will take it back to as it was when it left the factory.

[tiggerblue10]

That's why I can never do factory resets. I'll lose everything.

Better start saving!