GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition Freezing - Snowboarding Forum

neutralmlkhotel · 01-10-2013, 05:42 PM

Today while using the GPH3 Black on the hill, it froze on me while starting it up. This has never happened to me in the past with my HeroHD and since the Hero3 black is new to me I'm not sure what could be causing this.

Anyone have any ideas on what to do?

atr3yu · 01-10-2013, 05:44 PM

Have to totally pulled the battery out and then placed it back in and tried again? A typical electronic trouble shooting step.

neutralmlkhotel · 01-10-2013, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by atr3yu

Have to totally pulled the battery out and then placed it back in and tried again? A typical electronic trouble shooting step.

Yes I have and It keeps happening. I don't want to have this keep happnening especially mid up or while i'm on a chairlift. I had to stop riding to go into the lodge to fix this twice today.

The only thing that I found that stops it from doing it is having the wifi on but they kills the battery

earl_je · 01-10-2013, 06:06 PM

If you can return it, you better do it NOW. The Hero3 is known to do that. there have been countless number of reviews stating this. If you call their tech support, it will be useless and frustrating and in the end, they will figure it's a defective unit and have yosend it back to them. google it you'll see..

atr3yu · 01-10-2013, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by neutralmlkhotel

Yes I have and It keeps happening. I don't want to have this keep happnening especially mid up or while i'm on a chairlift. I had to stop riding to go into the lodge to fix this twice today.

The only thing that I found that stops it from doing it is having the wifi on but they kills the battery

Warranty that shit bro.

neutralmlkhotel · 01-10-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by earl_je

If you can return it, you better do it NOW. The Hero3 is known to do that. there have been countless number of reviews stating this. If you call their tech support, it will be useless and frustrating and in the end, they will figure it's a defective unit and have yosend it back to them. google it you'll see..

Yea I did, I'm actually away at killington, VT for a few days and will take care of that when i return home.... As of now I will just deal with it and keep the spare HeroHD on me

neutralmlkhotel · 01-11-2013, 03:55 PM

Just a little update:

As long as Protune mode is ON than the GPH3 Black does NOT freeze.

01-10-2013, 05:42 PM	#1 (permalink)
neutralmlkhotel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 100	GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition Freezing Today while using the GPH3 Black on the hill, it froze on me while starting it up. This has never happened to me in the past with my HeroHD and since the Hero3 black is new to me I'm not sure what could be causing this. Anyone have any ideas on what to do?

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01-10-2013, 05:44 PM	#2 (permalink)
atr3yu Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Nelson, BC Posts: 469	Have to totally pulled the battery out and then placed it back in and tried again? A typical electronic trouble shooting step.

01-10-2013, 06:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
earl_je Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Keystone, CO Posts: 824	If you can return it, you better do it NOW. The Hero3 is known to do that. there have been countless number of reviews stating this. If you call their tech support, it will be useless and frustrating and in the end, they will figure it's a defective unit and have yosend it back to them. google it you'll see..

01-11-2013, 03:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
neutralmlkhotel Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Posts: 100	Just a little update: As long as Protune mode is ON than the GPH3 Black does NOT freeze.