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I don't know what causes it but sometimes my hero will show no signal (with an x over the bars) when I reboot. Once the phone is unlocked I get several force close messages for various apps. The same thing would keep happening no matter how many times I rebooted. The call settings menu is grayed out and if I try to hold the power button and turn on or off the mobile network the phone resets and the problem continues. Previously I would factory reset and every thing would work again but that was a pain. I have found that uninstalling any program and then rebooting will get me going again, which is better than a factory reset but it is still a pain.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a solution?
Are you running stock, are you running a custom ROM, and which one?
I am running stock
is it rooted or not?
I am running on fresh custom ROM and I have the same problem. Does anyone know what to do?? Or know of any new custom ROMs??
It is stock not rooted
Do you have more than 70 apps installed? Because it will do that if you do.
sprint hero no signal on reboot
try updating the prl.
it won't let you since the phone radio force closes
@rootwind
yes I have more than 70 apps. Is this problem unique to the hero? Can I fix it by downloading another ROM?
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@rootwind
yes I have more than 70 apps. Is this problem unique to the hero? Can I fix it by downloading another ROM?
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This is unique to the Sprint Hero... haven't found a ROM that didn't have this problem yet, but I've only tried the 1.5 ones.
Some people supposedly don't have this problem, but no idea why they don't.
To get it to work again you need to get back to under 70 apps and reboot.
I'm one of those people that don't have that problem. Right now I have 88 apps installed (not including the stock ones). That is most likely your problem though. Might not be exactly 70 so just uninstall a couple and reboot and see if it works. Only time it ever happened to me was when I installed a bunch of apps from the market at the same time.
I experienced the same issue with both original sprint rom and fresh custom rom. the issue is so anonying. I have installed more than 77 application, is that the reason? who android couldn't hold more than 77 applications? if that is the case, android sucks.
There is a thread that discusses this issue here: http://androidforums.com/sprint-htc-hero/15011-70-app-limit-hero-sprint-2.html
I had this problem the first week that I got my Hero because I wanted to try out a bunch of apps. After I got my count down below 70 the problem seemed to go away. But after I rooted to Fresh ROM 1.0 I've been able to get my app count up to 86 without any problems. Go figure.
I am having the same issue with my Sprint Hero. This is a HUGE bug!
I had the same issue earlier this week. (See thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=608239 )
Although still over the limit of 70 apps, a Nandroid restore brought the phone back to working order. I've since uninstalled a number of items that I didn't really need and now I'm below 70.
Fingers crossed that HTC rolls in a fix for this, along with the other annoying bugs ( ::coughWidgetSettingscough:: ) when OS 2.1 is ready. If not before.
i have not run into this issue... because.. I am below 50 apps...
But hope the new 2.1 will solve this...
so that I never see the problem
heres to hoping..
No, you just have to deal with it. I have tried all of them.
We revisit a ton of issues on this site, you should search before starting new threads on basic questions. peace
This is happening with all Hero CDMA devices. The app count is completely dependent on what ROM you have installed. If it is a very lean ROM like the Fresh 1.1 that im using now, I can get to 95 apps and then on 96 and reboot I get no signal and FC's. With Modaco 2.0 I believe it was about 80-85 and with Modaco 1.3a custom it was about 76 apps. So I'm sticking with my Fresh 1.1 till this gets sorted out.
When I called HTC customer support the guy said they were not aware of the problem, however over in another forum that was talking about this another guy emailed them and got a response stating they were aware of the issue but didn't have a fix currently.
HTC... get your act together. Whats the point of having a smart phone and 20,000 apps in the market if I can only have a few on my phone at a time?
Has anyone been able to demonstrate this on the 2.1 ROMs that are out? I have a nandroid backup of a fresh 2.1 eclair ROM that I haven't installed anything on. I'll try loading that one up with apps and see weather or not I can recreate the problem on it.
If anyone is using the 2.1 ROM could you post how many apps you are running on it and if you have experienced this problem while using it?
I was beginning to think I was the only one. This has happened a few times to me, and I have had to Restore my last image and reinstall/update the programs I have installed. I found that APNdroid did it to me almost every time, but I wont swear that it is the one causing the issue. I am just glad I always do a backup. I am on MoDaCo Custom ROM v 1.2C by Obelisk, and I have installed over 60 programs, not including the 40 or so (icons) that came stock on the Hero. Same issue, the radio just dies, and nothing I can do will turn it back on, and everything I try just gives me a crash.
Rooted my Hero and it doesn't matter which custom Rom I've tried(Fresh, Damage, others) my phone will shut off most of the time it goes into sleep. I don't know its off until I go to wake it up by hitting the end button. When I restore back to the stock Rom(still rooted) it works fine. I do a wipe and a Dalvick wipe prior to flashing. I'd like to get this figured out so I can use one of the nice Roms. Thanks.
If you're running A2SD and you have the Dalvisk on a slow sd card you phone can reboot or shut off. Try moving it off of the SD
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Rooted my Hero and it doesn't matter which custom Rom I've tried(Fresh, Damage, others) my phone will shut off most of the time it goes into sleep. I don't know its off until I go to wake it up by hitting the end button. When I restore back to the stock Rom(still rooted) it works fine. I do a wipe and a Dalvick wipe prior to flashing. I'd like to get this figured out so I can use one of the nice Roms. Thanks.
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WOW! You are the first person that has had the same problem I have...I was never able to resolve the issue. I used that bastard 2.1 test leak.......read my posts and what I went through.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6268366#post6268366
My phone works fine now with gumbo 1.5, but I cant use any 2.1 roms or the problem comes back......
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If you're running A2SD and you have the Dalvisk on a slow sd card you phone can reboot or shut off. Try moving it off of the SD
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I am not positive what A2SD is. I have a new 8MB SD card that came today. If I pop that in what will happen. Should it be partitioned? Thanks.
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WOW! You are the first person that has had the same problem I have...I was never able to resolve the issue. I used that bastard 2.1 test leak.......read my posts and what I went through.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6268366#post6268366
My phone works fine now with gumbo 1.5, but I cant use any 2.1 roms or the problem comes back......
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Thank God I thought I was the only one. I searched but didn't see your thread. Weird problem.
Same problem here too since the new leaked 2.1 test ruu from damaged. The only 2.1 Rom that works for my needs without rebooting every 3rd or 4th time I wake it using the end call/power button is Damagedtrev 2.01, the updated 2.05 Rom in his thread just makes my phone reboot as described above. I don't have a link to his thread, but it would be interesting to see if it worked on your phone too. Other's have claimed a battery shorting might be causing this issue, but I'm not buying that. I've looked at /proc/lastkmsg for clues, but nothing obvious there. I hope the official Sprint update doesn't have this bug or sprint will be giving me a new phone. /end rant
I can't seem to find Damagedtrev 2.01
So I can't test it.
Here's the link to the thread.
I cannot post links, because of some restrictions,but here is the last part of the url.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=653622
here's the link for the full rom
Oops cannot post link to rom on 4shared, look in the bottom of the first post in the thread for a link to the full rom of DamagedTrev_v201
Please let us know if the rebooting stops for you. Maybe one of the devs could find where the problem is. Pretty please!! I could post any info needed.
Ok, downloading......stay tuned.
I really hope this 2.1 ROM works.....I'm kinda sick of 1.5.
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P.S. I'm reading that there is a battery issue....do you have that?
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If you're running A2SD and you have the Dalvisk on a slow sd card you phone can reboot or shut off. Try moving it off of the SD
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Hey good news. I put the new SD card in after backing up the other one, partitioned it and copied the files and folders back on then flashed ALOYSIUS and so far so good. I have woken it up about 10 times in a row. Looking good.
I had tried that perticular Rom before with no success.
Interesting.....I'm using the 2 gig sd card that came with the phone....I wonder if that is my problem?
Well it started again. This was right after setting my Gmail and POP3 mail accounts. It shut off on the first sleep after this. Hmmmmm.
I'm re-flashing now and not setting up the mail accounts. Will report back later.
Waldo447
Please let us know if the rebooting stops for you. Maybe one of the devs could find where the problem is. Pretty please!! I could post any info needed.
Well, my friend. You were correct! full rom of DamagedTrev_v201 works on our phones for some strange reason. And updating his ROM caused the re-booting to start again. So whatever was changed from 2.0.1 to 2.0.5 is causing our particular problem. I'm not a dev by any means and don't know much about his stuff, but this is encouraging. Perhaps someone can figure out what it is?
I did notice that ALL the other 2.1 ROM's I have used that cause my phone to re-boot from sleep mode, is that when I hit the menu or power button to turn it on, the lights turn on, then reboot phone. With DamagedTrev_v201 that doesn't happen. The screen just pops up to unlock it.....don't know if that helps, it's just something I noticed.
Heres to crossing our fingers that someone can fix this!
P.S. I wiped and went back to Gumbo 1.5c as that 2.1 ROM was way to slow for me and I couldn't get bluetooth to work and audio would cut in and out.
reboot
i would like to know if its a full reboot or just a soft like where it hes to the sprint or boot animation
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i would like to know if its a full reboot or just a soft like where it hes to the sprint or boot animation
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It's a full reboot. The phone actually turns off when it goes into sleep. You don't know it's off until you hit the button to wake it up and the phone boots up.
Now for the good news. After re-flashing and not setting up the email accounts it was still shutting downconfused so I started looking elsewhere so I opened up what I thought was a likely culprit in Autokiller and none of the presets where selected so I picked Moderate and haven't had a shutdown since which has been over an hour. Fingers are crossed. I'll report back later.
That's it I've wasted way too much time on this. Phone works great on the stock ROM. They must have planted some devious anti-flash widget in this phone. I'll leave it rooted for now.
patkin, dude, I felt the same...I gave up on 2.1.
download, wipe then flash Gumbo-1.5c-BARE-signed.zip after it reboots, download and flash Gumbo-Sense-signed.zip.
You flash Gumbo-Sense-signed.zip over the Gumbo-1.5. No need to wipe or anything, it just adds to the ROM. Fast as hell and works PERFECT.
http://www.4shared.com/file/217809392/5fcf1f5d/Gumbo-15c-BARE-signed.html
http://www.4shared.com/file/217811195/3afb5fcf/Gumbo-Sense-signed.html
Give it a shot....I think you will like it......let me know =)
Gumbo thred so you can read up if you like. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=630221
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Waldo447
Please let us know if the rebooting stops for you. Maybe one of the devs could find where the problem is. Pretty please!! I could post any info needed.
Well, my friend. You were correct! full rom of DamagedTrev_v201 works on our phones for some strange reason. And updating his ROM caused the re-booting to start again. So whatever was changed from 2.0.1 to 2.0.5 is causing our particular problem. I'm not a dev by any means and don't know much about his stuff, but this is encouraging. Perhaps someone can figure out what it is?
I did notice that ALL the other 2.1 ROM's I have used that cause my phone to re-boot from sleep mode, is that when I hit the menu or power button to turn it on, the lights turn on, then reboot phone. With DamagedTrev_v201 that doesn't happen. The screen just pops up to unlock it.....don't know if that helps, it's just something I noticed.
Heres to crossing our fingers that someone can fix this!
P.S. I wiped and went back to Gumbo 1.5c as that 2.1 ROM was way to slow for me and I couldn't get bluetooth to work and audio would cut in and out.
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Glad to see your rebooting issue was fixed with this rom even though you went back to gumbo 1.5. In my mind, this just confirms that it is not a battery issue. I never use bluetooth and have never experienced any audio loss with this rom, but apparently even people on the same hardware and firmware versions have different problems.
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Full Reboot here too.
patkin said:
That's it I've wasted way too much time on this. Phone works great on the stock ROM. They must have planted some devious anti-flash widget in this phone. I'll leave it rooted for now.
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Yeah, got my phone beginning of march 2010 and I also think there is something in the 2.1 test ruu or hardware that is keeping the phone from functioning properly with an altered 2.1 rom.
Just wanted to let people know what happened to resolve this. I went back to 1.5 then when 2.1 official came out last week I said what the heck if I can't enjoy a rooted custom 2.1 I'll try the official and guess what. Same problem as the other 2.1's.........phone shuts off randomly! Except this time they are replacing it with a new phone. Yeaaah! I'm probably going Evo now though since I found out I can get a new phone. Anyone need a new Hero?
I'm having the same problem.. One question. Does DarchDroid automatically move dalvik-cache to the sd
Like many others, after updating to the leaked radio 2.15.00.07.28 a few weeks ago, market installs began hanging, and 3G didn't always start after powering on. The fix for the market hang is to manually stop and restart the download/install, and the fix for 3G is to enter and exit airplane mode.
Surprisingly, after RUU'ing with "RUU_Incredible_C_Froyo_VERIZON_WWE_3.21.605.1_Radi o_2.15.00.07.28", and then later wiping and applying "Incredible Sense/Froyo v3.21.605.1 *Official Release* (100% stock, rooted)" via Clockworkmod, these bugs are still present!!
If you originally installed the leaked radio, then updated to the "official" OTA, do you have these bugs?
If you never installed the leaked radio, but have installed (or received) the official OTA, are you seeing these bugs?
I'm still running the 7/27 release with some of the fixes. Baseband is 2.05.00.06.11.
Sometimes my 3G doesn't turn on, so I empathize. Rarely will I have that market problem, but it will sometimes happen.
....makes me think it isn't neccessarily a problem with the official release or the newer radio.....
I never installed early leaks or anything until I did the RUU file the other day. I do not experience either of those bugs.
If you did the RUU, then its as if you started with a stock Incredible.
For the 3G issue, what is your wifi sleep policy set at? Is it never?
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Like many others, after updating to the leaked radio 2.15.00.07.28 a few weeks ago, market installs began hanging, and 3G didn't always start after powering on. The fix for the market hang is to manually stop and restart the download/install, and the fix for 3G is to enter and exit airplane mode.
Surprisingly, after RUU'ing with "RUU_Incredible_C_Froyo_VERIZON_WWE_3.21.605.1_Radi o_2.15.00.07.28", and then later wiping and applying "Incredible Sense/Froyo v3.21.605.1 *Official Release* (100% stock, rooted)" via Clockworkmod, these bugs are still present!!
If you originally installed the leaked radio, then updated to the "official" OTA, do you have these bugs?
If you never installed the leaked radio, but have installed (or received) the official OTA, are you seeing these bugs?
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After you flash the RUU it is always good to do a factory reset. I always do that since WinMo days and never have the bugs.
When I was on the leaked 2.15x radio and 2.2 I never had the 3G problem, but ALL the time, my market would hang like that and it would take 2-3 stop and starts to finally get the download going.
It's definitely the 2.15 radio, and not the OS. These problems occur after a fresh RUU, with a completely clean OS, both stock, and rooted. Also, Wi-Fi is off.
As a test, I restored back to the stock radio/rom following "[GUIDES] Root, nand unlock, radio update, Froyo 2.2 update, Restore stock radio/rom". While back to stock 2.1, and the 1.x radio, every single time after powering on the phone, the 3G icon appears after less than a minute, and data works fine. Again, with the original radio, 3G starts every time.
Next, I ran "RUU_Incredible_C_Froyo_VERIZON_WWE_3.21.605.1_Rad i o_2.15.00.07.28" and repeated the test. At least 50% of the time after powering on, the 3G icon doesn't appear, and there is no data...until airplane mode is turned on, then off.
Could someone running the "official OTA" please run this test? Make sure your Wi-Fi is off, then power off your phone. Wait a few seconds, and power it back on. Don't do anything after boot until the screen times out. Next, check for the 3G icon, and check data by starting your browser. Repeat this at least 3 times, and let me know the results!
I'm obviously VERY interested if my phone has a problem, or if others are seeing this. Thanks!
I upgraded the radio (from 1.00 to 2.15) via Diacius's guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=760651
Also installed RMK40's Official 2.2 ROM update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765930
All of it was done this weekend. No problems yet.
No I am not running the Official OTA but I am running the RUU. I did have the 3G failure one time on the first day but not since.
I ran your test 3 times and the 3G icon comes up every time. Last by the way. And yes, the internet works.
I know this is not what you asked for but hope it helps
I installed leaked version. Works GREAT! However a fw of my apps when I wanted to load them again through the market "The requested item could not be found"
Is this because they wont work with 2.2 or is something else?
Thanks
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Note a couple of things here.
1. You should always reprogram your phone after installing a radio or rom. This tends tohelp with some of the drop outs. of 3G.
2. The RUU includes a PRI update that NONE of us have been able to flash, and is likely the answer to these random drop outs.
I did the RUU update and I have to say I am disappointed.
I am having doubt about the RUU being the same as the OTA.
Rosie reloads after exit from astro file manager, not always but a few times so far.
Screen brightness has a mind of it own and it took upward of 25 seconds for the screen to brighten up after an interaction (not the backlight, but the brightness).
Overall slowness, it might have better benchmark but feel sluggish.
It might be something on my part during flash, but I doubt it.
Google action is the only improvement for 2.2. Don't see anything to write home about on the 720p.
And that's all folks! nothing else that I personally use or care about that's an improvement over 2.1.
Astro crashes Rosie and you blame the OS?
Interesting.
I still have problems with the lock screen not wanting to unlock. I'll drag it to the bottom and it'll just bounce back up.
In 2.1 I could hit menu and all will be well, in the RUU theres no hope, I eventually had to restart the phone just to clear the lock screen.
I thought the RUU had improved my phone, but then I tried installing a deodexed version and **** hit the fan. I even tried going back to the regular 2.2 before I had installed the deodexed one and still had issues.
My problems:
Battery drains ultra fast, when barely using phone.
Market doesn't download stuff right
hot battery
I noticed the biggest culprit after viewing battery info was
Android System
Phone Idle
Cell Standby
I think it might be the radio that is causing the issue.
I am about to go to the 2.05 radio. Seems it was a better radio and had less issues.
Marketplace: I have had the issue with the market download stalling, but that's only happened when downloading multiple installs. I've never had it happen on a single install. Hardware or Software? Don't know yet, but I'd assume software is missing a reply ACK back to the server on the multiple downloads. Who knows.
Radio Issues: NEVER had the 3G problem. 3G is always going strong, unless I'm in the tunnels beneath the buildings here, then I drop to 1x or lose all connectivity. When I return to the surface, I'm back at 3G with no problems.
I've rebooted my phone probably 10 times since installing the RUU, 3G has always come up fine.
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I thought the RUU had improved my phone, but then I tried installing a deodexed version and **** hit the fan. I even tried going back to the regular 2.2 before I had installed the deodexed one and still had issues.
My problems:
Battery drains ultra fast, when barely using phone.
Market doesn't download stuff right
I noticed the biggest culprit after viewing battery info was
Android System
Phone Idle
Cell Standby
I think it might be the radio that is causing the issue.
I am about to go to the 2.05 radio. Seems it was a better radio and had less issues.
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2.05x radio I think would just be worse.
how long have you been running 2.2??
You need to give it at least a week to settle down and everything.
It's like when you first got the phone my battery life sucked the first week until it settled it, it's the same way with going from 2.1 to 2.2.
I suggest charging to 100%. then wiping battery stats, and don't plug back in until phone dies, then use for a few days and see how that works. 2.15x radio is what comes with the official OTA 2.2 I don't understand why you would want 2.05 that's old news.
what makes you think your battery issues lie in the radio? just curious
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2.05x radio I think would just be worse.
how long have you been running 2.2??
You need to give it at least a week to settle down and everything.
It's like when you first got the phone my battery life sucked the first week until it settled it, it's the same way with going from 2.1 to 2.2.
I suggest charging to 100%. then wiping battery stats, and don't plug back in until phone dies, then use for a few days and see how that works. 2.15x radio is what comes with the official OTA 2.2 I don't understand why you would want 2.05 that's old news.
what makes you think your battery issues lie in the radio? just curious
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Just seems to be the culprit because I did S-OFF
Then I installed 2.15 radio and then problems started.
So far all seems good. Market downloads aren't getting stuck and my phone isnt getting hot as all hell and my battery isn't dying really fast.
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I installed leaked version. Works GREAT! However a fw of my apps when I wanted to load them again through the market "The requested item could not be found"
Is this because they wont work with 2.2 or is something else?
Thanks
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Some of the apps on the market won't work on 2.2 , most have been , or in the process being updated to 2.2.
I flashed the 8/26 leaked RUU to a stock 2.1 phone and my friends that did the same agree that we do not have the bugs named in this thread. They must only be in the the first leaked 2.15 radio. We never installed that radio.
Looking for some advice/help. I got my wife the Evo Shift a couple of weeks ago. Her phone has not been rooted and other than a few added apps the phone is completely stock. The phone reboots on her 4 and 5 times a day. She does not have any kind of task killer installed so that's not it. She plays Angry Birds a lot and uses Pandora quite a bit. I have also installed Sound Manager for her. Other than that I can't think of anything that would be helpful for trouble shooting. I have searched here and through Google and have not seen any info of others having this problem. I am not sure if I should root the thing or return it to best buy. I have the Evo and previously the Hero and am no stranger to rooting or custom ROMs. Just really did not see the need to root it since my wife has no idea about any of that. Any help or advice will be appreciated.
Thanks.
root and install nfinitefx's or mik's rom; you'll have less trouble than if it was stock.
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root and install nfinitefx's or mik's rom; you'll have less trouble than if it was stock.
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That's what I was thinking. I am a little worried its a hardware problem though. I guess I could always flash back to stock and return it if that doesn't fix it.
hell return it ya got nothing to lose but a headache
Did you try a factory reset?
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Did you try a factory reset?
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Not yet. I did get some more info from my wife though. It only happens when she is at work. And she says she get some sort of "radio error". I'm starting to think it might have something to do with the building she is in. She had my hero for a couple months before I got her the shift and had no problems. It had CM 6.1 running though.
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Not yet. I did get some more info from my wife though. It only happens when she is at work. And she says she get some sort of "radio error". I'm starting to think it might have something to do with the building she is in. She had my hero for a couple months before I got her the shift and had no problems. It had CM 6.1 running though.
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im running mine stock and rooted and dont have any problems with reboots. sounds like a app is probably screwing something up
i had a similar problem with one of the streaming media apps i used to use a month or so ago i cant remember the name but for some reason if i lost signal it would crash the phone and need to be rebooted
i took it off and installed tuneinradio and it worked better anyways
My shift was rebooting itself 3 to 4 times a day, I just rooted it and it seemed to stop rebooting itself for a day. Now its starting to reboot itself again, but not as often.
I am almost convinced its a hardware problem. Sounds too rare to be anything else. Maybe bad memory or something.
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I had a freezing issue with my phone which people suggested possible due to pandora and bluetooth. Perhaps you have the same issue?
Anyway, try to find "bluetooth for automotive" settings for pandora and turn it off.
I wouldn't recommend rooting your phone if you think its broken. You might just end up breaking it further and render your warranty void.
If you can't fix it, get sprint to replace it.
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This may be resolved by now, but I got my shift previously used. When I first activated it, I was getting some radio errors and I could not make calls or send sms messages, but the email worked fine. I contacted Sprint customer service via chat from the website and they did something from their end to fix it. I had to turn off my phone and she said now wait till I tell you to turn it back on. I waited 5 minutes and when I turned it back on, everything was fine. So I would take it in or contact Sprint and see what they say. As for not sure if you wanna root it for her, I would definitely recommened it, she doesn't have to take advantage of all the advanced tweak that some use but it will just make the phone a lot smoother and easier to use. IMHO.
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This may be resolved by now, but I got my shift previously used. When I first activated it, I was getting some radio errors and I could not make calls or send sms messages, but the email worked fine. I contacted Sprint customer service via chat from the website and they did something from their end to fix it. I had to turn off my phone and she said now wait till I tell you to turn it back on. I waited 5 minutes and when I turned it back on, everything was fine. So I would take it in or contact Sprint and see what they say. As for not sure if you wanna root it for her, I would definitely recommened it, she doesn't have to take advantage of all the advanced tweak that some use but it will just make the phone a lot smoother and easier to use. IMHO.
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Thanks for the input. I think I'm going to go ahead and root it. After keeping an eye on the situation its seems its only happening when she is at work. I can't imagine it will fix it but I think its worth a shot.
I think I fixed mine. I tried to use navigation and it kept force closing, that was strange because I've used it before with no problems. I googled around and found some info that if you had another text to speak engine in your phone then uninstalled it without setting it back to pico as default it would cause nav to FC, which is what I had done. So I set it back and checked "Always use my settings" in the Voice section of settings, nav started working and the reboot issue went away for the past 7 days.
I don't really know crap about phones and most tech stuff for that matter (heck 99% of what is said in these forums goes over my head) but I think why this fixed it is either nav or some app was trying to use pico or something and when it couldn't the phone would get an error and reboot itself. I may be wrong (probably am) but maybe she deleted something or changed a setting some app needs and that is causing her problem. Hope this helps in someway or at least gives you another direction to start checking.
So I flashed my new Xoom using "[ROM][Nightly][ICS] Team Eos European 3G (GSM) Nightlies", everything seemed ok without any 3G problems and so on.
But, after 2-3 days, the device seems to randomly shut off itself after being in normal sleep for about 10-30min and needed the soft reset using upper volume + power button to start again.
I reflashed and unrooted so Im back to stock firmware 3.2 now, and I havent seen any random shut downs yet (only been 1 day though). Im wondering whether this could be because of the ICS rom or just a faulty device? I didnt install many apps after I flashed ICS, only facebook, cpu spy & quick reboot, so I dont think these where the culprits?
Has anyone else experienced this sort of thing with the Xoom?
Edit: Crap, I thought I where in Q&A-forum. Nice first post... Would someone please care to move this to the right place?