GoPro Hero 3 Freeze Up Fix

[@DennysCountryLife]

I had many problems with mine, so I switched to the Sandisk Extreme Plus an dit was fine up until now. It's doing exactly what yours is in this video. Sooo.. if you use yours a lot, this will be short lived. Thanks for the video man!

[@HolyGrailOfGolf]

I believe it's a battery problem. The battery doesn't give enough power to start the camera properly. The fix: remove the battery and plug in the power cord and boot it up. Start recording and install the battery while it's running. The camera should work properly as long as you don't turn it off.

[@theoblivious2001]

hold it down for a bit longer to force shutdown w/o battery removal. if it doesnt work you will need to reinsert the battery.

[@kingwalkthrough8885]

since you posted this video, is your camera still working fine with the new SD card? this problem has just started with me and ive only used the camera 3 times

[@danielzhang580]

I am having the same issue with my Gopro camera. I went to Bestbuy and got a new sd card（a same card as you have）. No fix at all. The camera still freezs. Need help.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Damn, dude, that sucks. Have you updated the firmware? You might have to call GoPro and have yours replaced, which will be a pain.

[@danielzhang580]

Hi man, I went to Bestbuy today again and got a replacement of my camera. The new one just works perfect! Thanks man!

[@brooklynlewis8784]

So I just got the go pro hero 3+ for Christmas( yesterday) I went on vacation today and it was working fine and then out of the blue it shut off and I freaked out, A it's a very pricey camera and B my dad wasn't there with me to help so this video helped me a lot with just taking out and putting the battery back so thank you for this video:)

[@abbyleighton.studio]

I've had my GoPro 3 Silver for about a week now. When I first got it I charged it up but then the battery died within 10 minutes of me turning it on. That was frustrating so I charged it up again and it's been working great ever since. Got some cool footage out of it so far! The only complaint I have is the wifi signal connecting to the app SUCKS. Half the time it doesn't connect and it's frustrating because I want to see how the shot looks before I start filming it.

[@franklee1780]

OMG...... that's exactly the same problem for me..... but I already use the sandisk Extreme plus and it works fine for few months. Now it suddenly doesn't work...... What would you suggest? get another card?

[@franklee1780]

wait, I just fixed it..... I turned it on with out the the card and then put it the card when it is on. Then format the card directly the it works.... I think last time I had recorded the time-lapse and the card was full after few hours. Maybe it's also that your previous card is full so can't turn it on.... It's just my guess.... It is so much problem for this camera that I agree. BTW I have 3 plus version, should be fairly similar.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Frank Lee Interesting. I'm glad you got it to work.

[@striatumi]

Nice video. I am having similar problems with my Hero 3+ Black and Sandisk Extreme Plus 64GB. The camera ended up being totally non-responsive. Having formatted the card in the camera many times and updated the firmware manually without success I just ordered Lexar 633x hoping it will fix this.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

It's annoying, isn't it. So far, my Go Pro has worked fine with the new card, but there's that underlying tension...how much longer till it screws up again. They are not dependable.

[@striatumi]

Yes it would be better if you didn't get the feeling of rolling a dice each time for whether it works or not. I got a new camera today and it seems to be working well with the same Sandisk E+ card. I did a firmware update right away before testing the camera so maybe that helped or I'm just lucky this time. Anyways, so far so good.

[@tonykong3778]

Will a 32gb work as well?

[@cianide99]

Find software than can format any size of storage into FAT32, like Acronis Disk Director. Format the SD into FAT32, then reinstall. The reason they don't work out of the box is because most of the time they come in exFAT format, and the camera doesn't understand it. If it's 32GB or less, it should come in FAT32, but sometimes they don't. Windows will only allow you to format into FAT32 only if the size is 32GB or less, which is why you need additional software. Mine was freezing up while recording, or the recording time was running really slow, like 15 to 20 seconds for each second recorded. Once I formatted my 128GB into FAT32, the issue went away.

[@keithwebster5905]

Had the same problem. Reviews only do a short term test. Nobody seems to a long term test of reliability.

[@Meekerextreme]

My cards work in my PC, and yes I said CARDS with an S. Nothing works it is just frozen...all started because I was trying to get the WiFi to work so I could aim the camera through my phone. I should of left it all alone as it was working great.

[@thediydude]

Wow haha I bought the Samsung one same as you and then the gopro. My Samsung works but not my gopro and I've had that for 4 years. Good video. My sd card works though so still not sure what is wrong with mine.

[@GoFarGoHard]

hey so if you want to recover your data on the sd card, just push the sd card in enough to where its in the slot, but it doesn't click in, while you are connected to your computer, its a little difficult to keep it in but once the sd card is in place it should work

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

+Chris Beebee Interesting. Thanks, Chris!

[@chaone4703]

I have the same exact issue. Did it burn the next memory card? If not I would like to go purchase a new card today.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

I was able to get the next card to work. I went through this same shit again when I got the Hero 4. You just have to try several cards until you get one to work. Which is bullshit, but that's the buggy GoPro for you. Good luck, I hope you don't get too frustrated until you find something that works. I was ready to throw the damn camera against a wall, lol.

[@cadenklinger1962]

Is there anyway for the same sd card to work again cause my parents payed a lot for the 64 gig and the exact same thing happened. Is it completely fried?

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

I can't get it to work at all. What's worse, the card you saw me replace it with in the video has fried as well, after about a month. So I replaced it with a cheaper 16gb SanDisk Ultra Plus, bought from Walmart for $17, and it has worked the longest. It's still working now. I would go that route - it's still rated a 10, and has worked longer than the other, bigger more expensive cards.

[@cadenklinger1962]

LordSpoda I put the mini SD card into the bigger adapter and plugged it into the computer and it worked fine.

[@bartle22]

I fixed it by changing the default start up mode to anything but video and it doest freeze. means you got cycle through to get to video though every time you boot it

[@yave4algeria]

bartle22 I will try to do that, I hope it will work.

[@makcccp]

+bartle22 Dude! You are the man! Thank you, I think that worked for me as well!

[@sputnik4216]

Mine would freeze and not restart after 30 secs up to about 3 minutes depending on temperature at startup. If a little warm then freeze-up occurred sooner and sooner. In this state it would not begin battery charge either. After firmware download from gopro and upload into Hero 3 it works perfectly, no more shutdowns and camera starts up every time. I did not expect it to work but what a surprise when it did.

[@tomgosy]

How did you update the firmware?

[@VE3DAL]

I'm very disappointed with GoPro cameras in general. Two months ago I bought the Hero 4 Black and short after I had all sorts of problems, like would not turn off, record for a few seconds and stop, freeze, records but the image would be all magenta, etc, etc... I still manage to get some footage but not reliable. This camera has a big reputation but you only find out after you buy one that is a total lemon! I see some people talk about to use this camera for professional work, well I just can't see that.

[@felyxem]

Hey first off, good video. Well ive had my GoPro 3 White edition and it works fine, the only problem is that it stops recording after about two minutes. I thought this was normal at first, until i had seen another friends that goes on recording until you pause the recording. Any help is appreciated thanks alot!

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Dilla Mane You are welcome, Dilla Mane.

[@MrLolzMonsters]

Ok i gotta say somethink a Gopro is an action camera made for capturing action thats why the lens has a bid field of view so why the hell would gopro but a zoom on it ...

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

+Will Monsters So you could do other things with it.

[@MrLolzMonsters]

+Lord Spoda yea but like I said it a action camera waterproof you can drop it and smash it and it ll be fine

[@PCostello]

Here's my educated guess for this FREEZING issue (HERO 3). At least as far as I have experienced. I believe it is an OVERHEATING issue. All the fixes I have seen on video have a seemingly less than predictable result (at first). My feeling each "solution" eventually works. Why? I think it's because there is enough TIME for the battery (and camera?) to cool down. Think about it. All the initial tries that fail suddenly work. What I did was take the battery out of the GoPro and put the battery in the freezer for a few mins. , like 5 mins. I take it out of the fridge. The battery is cool to the touch (below room temperature). Put it in the Hero 3. TaaaDaa Instantly works. An argument could be made that the camera was also cooling down. That may be. But the battery is cheaper than the camera so I choose to FREEZE the battery rather than the GoPro. So to UNFREEZE the GoPro, FREEZE the battery (actually cool it down not freeze).

[@Jodyrides]

probably a counterfeit card. I have bought several things on eBay that were counterfeit. They came in what looked like original factory packages from those famous makers. LG brand refrigerator water filters, elixir, guitar strings, Flea and tick collars for my dog, NGK spark plugs. These were all counterfit knock offs that I got on eBay. I have no doubt that there are counterfeit SD cards out there..

[@Ghostwriter972]

Sounds like a firmware issue. Did you upload the latest firmware?

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Ghostwriter972 Yes. BTW, the cheaper Walmart card is still going strong almost a year later.

[@funknsk8807]

if can,t turn on how are going to update the firmware?

[@thebannedgreenman8939]

My GoPro HERO has exactly the same problems. I advise people NOT to buy GoPro....

[@Pyromaniac_Ultimate]

GoPro was an expensive mistake for me. 1.5 years after I bought GoPro 3 White Edition I got the freeze problem. Sometimes it takes 10 minutes until freeze, sometimes it doesnt even start. I didnt used it very often and I didnt used it under "extreme" conditions. I bought SanDisk Ultra 64 GB UHS-I Class 10 (48MB/s) and SanDisk Extreme 64 GB USH-I Class 10 U3 (60MB/s) SD cards because I lost my old no name SD card before (which worked fine for 1 year). In the beginning the cam still worked well but suddenly the gopro freezed and crashed over and over again. Tried to hard reset the cam but nothing happend, firmware update caused even more problems, tried other battery packs (from gopro, w!ckedchili, baxxtar) whitout success. Tried to format the sd cards via PC and via cam, tried another no name SD card - nothing worked. The tips from the gopro website are useles I will not spend more money for this piece of shit (especially because I used a SD card which is RECOMMENDED BY GOPRO). Gopro cam is just expensive, the equipment is also totally overpriced and this shitty cam just cause problems, Gopro app has a ridiculous delay and if it is a little bit dark you can forget to record something. DO NOT BUY "GOPRO" CAUSE IT IS LIKE BURNING YOUR MONEY FOR NOTHING

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

+Shadow Knight They can be hell. I got the 4 not long ago and I've went through several cards on it. I don't get why GoPro can't figure that out - my cheap Canon camera has no card issues whatsoever.

[@justina3064]

+Lord Spoda you should have tried the cam without a card first - still freezes - the company is making money off of their lie.

[@alexlacasse5631]

im still trying to find a fix. my gopro will record, then stop and restart recording. so when i look at the videos on my computer there are a bunch of files.

[@matthewwright2945]

I have same problem

[@soverty3689]

Mine stops working at 25 seconds

[@josephgomez7106]

Mine stops at 15 haha you get 10 more seconds of fun

[@2001ppj]

Formated the SD card (64gb sandisk extreme/exFAT) via pc and the freezing/sd errors were fixed.

[@LifeWith_QNA]

This happened to my Hero 5, after a couple days of trying i just held the "Mode" button for about like 10 seconds ish and then it started blinking and then turned off, and then it worked again!

[@andreanderzzon8419]

I can't record with my Gopro hero 3+silver ;(

[@sickofthebs93]

Mine shows it is charging but it wont turn on. Tried all the videos, no clue what to do

[@BNSF4749Railfan]

What you should try is to pull the battery out,hold the power and shutter button,put the battery in,and it should work.

[@Zanew2000]

If you have two micro sims there is an easy way to fix this. SAVE ALL GOPRO CONTENT FIRST!!!!!!!!! 1. take your other micro sd card that works and exchanged it with the other one that isn't working. (make sure it's off first) 2.now you will see your gopro working when you turn it back on. 3. turn it off then put back the bad one back in and go erase everything (save before you do that) 4. Now your sd card will not be as slow as you could say, keeping up with your gopro 5. please find a new sd card (drop some money) If all fails please contact Gopro support or try updating it. Your'e Welcome ;)

[@Zanew2000]

experiment with your gopro, be safe lol.

[@Prinzjulztv]

POWERFUL TIPS on GoPro Freezing .. 1. DO NOT TRANSFER FILES DIRECT FROM GOPRO TO PC, REMOVED MICRO SD CARD AND USED MEMORY CARD READER INSTEAD 2. PLEASE. DO NOT SWITCH ON YOUR GOPRO WHILE CHARGING..( YOU CAN JUST TURN ON YOUR GOPRO IF YOU ARE UPDATING THE LATEST FIRMWARE ) 3. IF IT FREEZES DO NOT ALWAYS DO THE HARD RESET BY REMOVING YOUR BATTERY AND INSERT IT AGAIN OVER AND OVER AGAIN, BECAUSE THE CONTACT CONNECTION ON GOPRO AND BATTERY WILL DAMAGED.. 4. FREEZING GOPRO? YOU SHOULD HAVE TO USED BATTERY POWER BANK (DO NOT CHARGE TO WALL/PC) when connected to Power bank just unplugged/plugged until it turns on.

[@claytonnemrow4751]

+piolo pasmo Arew you being employed by go pro? You suggest to buy an extra battery pack to get the basic functions of this camera to work? Do not use the supplied battery charger or plug in to a pc or wall?? ABSURD

[@Prinzjulztv]

Read my instructions carefully.. you do not have to by a new battery pack, what you need to have is a POWERBANK..

[@ermjohnstone]

Prinz Julio - the power bank solution seems to work but not sure what to do next, film with powerbank at all times ?

[@The.Real.Timmii]

I still have my GoPro 3, it's been perfect.

[@Motoxcross]

I need this fixed! My gopro hero 3+ freezes everyone I try downloading a video off my gopro using the gopro app for my Samsung galaxy s4. Then the video download says "failed".I have all the right updates and everything. For my phone, the app, and the gopro. So frustrating!!!

[@Motoxcross]

everytime*

[@tomgosy]

GOPRO HERO 3+ BLACK - Same problem but on the actual home screen (not the loading screen). No button functionality so take out battery to turn off. The only thing it can do is tell me if the SD card is in or out. Other than that it dosen't matter if it is out it still doesn't work. I've tried different cards and batteries but they aren't the problem. Can't upgrade software because I can't access the settings in camera so I'm stuck with a £350 camera that stopped working after a surprising 1.5 years.

[@CopterKev]

Finally, someone with the exact same problem I have with my 3+. I cant update like everyone recommends because the POS won't read the card or let me cycle the menus. Funny thing is my chinese knock off action camera has performed flawlessly for the past 3 years with the original memory card. I'm done with GoPro!

[@tomgosy]

Spoke to GoPro for a week straight. They accept there is a problem, but unless its under warranty they say they can't do anything about it. Not sure what to do with the camera and all the micro sd cards I have now...

[@wryxbesik]

Hi sorry i know its too late. But may i know what cards you tried with it? If you can name it all.. Thank youu

[@tomgosy]

@@wryxbesik A bunch of different Sandisk ones, Transcend ones, can't remember what else

[@TheSamuraiRonin]

Wow! & here I'm actually considering to get the black!! Nope. I'm happy with the Drift Ghost-S that my girlfriend got me last year & still works like a charm, knock on wood. Not a single problem. Guess I'll get a 2nd drift instead of gopro

[@PoPoRides]

i was having the same issue with the gopro hero 2014, i took the sd card out and it start working. thanks for the video

[@MarcMoninski]

My Hero+ froze - and yes, it was when card was full.. Just took out card, then switched on. Put card back in and everything worked - first thing I did was delete a couple of old vids and now can record - card not fried but seems responsible for the lock up

[@jetdog2864]

My Hero Session has been great!!! Hero 4 Silver? Constant pain in the azz. Just takes turns doing something to piss me off.

[@WillowRunMills]

I just fixed mine. I could read my card on the computer so I deleted everything and put it back in and it’s good now

[@jordanmaloney6721]

SO DOES THAT MEAN ILL LOSE ALL THE VIDEOS ON MY FRIED SD CARD

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Probably, Jordan. Which sucks, I know.

[@AndersDude]

+Jordan Maloney I was able to recover everything.

[@maxtenbroeke7932]

I've had the same problem with the same card and same GoPro 😒

[@ricardopr54]

I'm going to give this fix a try and will update with the results soon...

[@ricardopr54]

Update : I have a GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition that started to have that same problem two days ago. The camera has been mounted on my DJI Phantom 2's gimbal since 2014 without issues until two days ago. I followed your advise and not only got a new Micro SD card but a new battery as well. I charged the battery entirely and installed the new Micro SD card. The camera started working like new again. Thanks for sharing your experience with us... Thumbs up!

[@claudeanthony468]

It just seems to be so many different problems and fixes its a piss off and im totally frustrated with the camera i also have a go pro hero 2 and its never ever missed a beat its my main camera check out the footage its not to bad

[@itisthechad]

Mine will turn on but won't turn off even with the sd card out

[@lightgamers6096]

damn dude you are shaking

[@PhilippineBruce]

Doesnt work on mine. I think my gopros are all past their expiry date 😂

[@justina3064]

preaching to the choir here but gopro are scammed. H4B - freezes all the time and they tell you to buy SD to "fix it". used the fully updated cam without an SD and froze every time. the worst part is the fake charm from customer support...

[@justina3064]

they just want to buy SD cards under the false assumption it will fix your problem.

[@kkutube1972]

Yes, I was very disappointing when I took in to NY to film the Statue of Liberty. IT won't turn on, just had a red light. Found out that I had to constantly pull out the battery. Tried 3 different battery. End up using my phone. SUCK.

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Keith Koch It is annoying.

[@danielfpsketner6626]

This worked for me thank-you.

[@14DollarsFZ09]

it worked for me.. thanks

[@WillowRunMills]

That’s what mine is doing exactly as well

[@Lax10000000]

I just pull the battery everytime it freezes up but yes it's ridiculous I've had so many problems

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Right! I got the Hero 4 a few months ago - still the same problem. Still yanking the battery out after a few minutes of it working. You'd think they would figure out the problem by now!

[@JeffRogers99]

Thank you

[@louiealouie]

My guy why you so freaking shaky? You making me nervous... Don't do that shit if you ever get pulled over.

[@yomammaparkster]

I just took battery and sd card out and put it all back and it worked

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

That works sometimes, but not always. I still have to pull the battery out when it locks up, etc, which is far to often. This product was clearly not ready for market, but they put it out there anyway.

[@Ghostwriter972]

Conduct a hard reset....... and then update the firmware.

[@gummygaming1798]

my gopro hero 4 session vorks vrealy good but this video is helpful #helpfulvideo

[@RAdams]

thanks it worked

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

Awesome!

[@aprilmcnosky]

Yes thank you sooooooooooooo much for this vid thx for helping me 😀😀😀😀😀

[@forestholland3327]

U should have gotten the Hero 4

[@mattafakkah]

Unfreeze it with a hammer! This $hitty camera will never work properly!!!

[@TheNikonic]

POS. Pretty amazing that GoPro doesn't care either. Mine has the same issue, it's BS that you have to buy another sd card just for it to work like it should, after paying for the camera, card, and tons of accessories. Will never buy another.

[@yomammaparkster]

don't waste your money

[@maxtenbroeke7932]

But this vid helps lots thx😎

[@skibidiwarriorgyat]

ACT 3 THREE FREEZE

[@thompso14]

This works omg amazing

[@limited3549]

He is cool helpful

[@Fishingchanneltv]

how to have a video with 1 trillion views, do a fix for gopro :P every single person in the world got problems with that crap cam, I am one of them

[@mr.justdoitright697]

Wow, total wrong.

[@vichov]

I have a Samsung 64 GB Pro that got fried after only one week...

[@JoeandNicsRoadTrip]

The card I used in this video fried after about a month, so I'm on yet another new card. I guess that's going to be what I have to deal with (sounds like what you'll have to deal with as well) regularly - having to replace the card every month or so.

[@srquintero8124]

gracias ami si me funciono del modo sin snc like

[@Oldandsickofit]

These cameras are junk I hate mine.

[@samrigby7]

sucker

[@BluesRockFolkMan]

NEVER buy a GoPro - pile of s***te. Mine (3+) gave up the ghost after 3 or 4 uses. GoPro customer service worse than useless, offered me 10% off another one! As if I'd ever buy such rubbish again.

[@Yoshi-Mooch]

This brand is JUNK

[@Davessimplevideos]

Gopro cameras are crap. They will fail eventually. Mine is locked now an I have tried everything. I would never ever buy one again over $300 wasted. I am going to take a hammer and smash mine into little pieces and make a video on me smashing it. I am then going to send the little pieces in an envelope back to gopro. Don't ever buy a gopro.

[@theintellectualdarkweb9609]

My opinion is that gopros are junk. period.