System and method for automatic detection and recovery of malfunction in mobile devices are provided. A mobile device is described, that comprises one or more resources operatively coupled to at least one sensor directly or indirectly coupled to a recovery block. The sensor is configured to monitor at least one of the resources for information, possibly indicative of at least one affected resource, and to report, directly or indirectly this information and/or derivative thereof to the recovery block. In addition, the recovery block is configured to initiate at least one recovery-related action in respect of at least one of the resources in case the received information and/or derivative thereof meets a certain criterion.