Has anyone else experienced random lockups within the past 24-48 hours? I was running chucky rom, with darkstone fruity when it started. Since then I have switched between darkstone, shubcraft and energy and chucky roms. At first there were certain things that would cause a lockup, for instance the google widget would lockup my phone every time I'd use it. It seems to behave now though. But now I'm just getting them randomly it seems, was in the middle of young a text and I got a lockup. Was searching craigsphone and got a lockup all within the past hour I've gotten three doing different things each time. I've formatted my sd card, task29 every time before a new rom flash. So I don't know what else to do, I'm at work at the moment and don't have my laptop but any help is appreciated.
Tl;dr: phone is locking up on mundane tasks, seems to be random. Tried various roms, android builds, and radios. Formatting each time in between.
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Yep I have the same issue as you are too, with the new zimage 8/03
I had that when I was trying this rom and that rom and back to this rom. I formatted my SD to fat32 and placed a fresh folder with darkstones build, including the latezt zimage. I also did a task29, then flashed the chuckysdroid. I ran the android build through the file explorer and havent gotten locked up since.
im just puzzled.
we all have same exact hardware (2 versions of the phone)
most of us have same SD card that came with the phone.
we install same exact file in same exact location.
if there was an error we should get it same on all phones.
why is this such a random happening?
i mean i ran froyostone first time had great stable phone
didnt format the card just istalled it there.
second time i installed i had a bit more screen freezings.
switched to another build had even more freezings and issues
switched to yet another build that supposedly fixed alot of issues, yet im having more issues...
If you keep reading random post about problem, you should notice that everyone uses different roms with different bases and different radios. Rom Base and Radio (somehow) affect the performance/stability in Android. Under general Android, I posted my finding on how Radio affect performance and battery on each build, the next one would be Battery + Rom Base given that cotula mentioned something about base 2.14. go give the post a read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=766451
You need the right combination of Radio-Rom, WinMo-Rom and Android-build
I don't have any errors with the shubCRAFT 1.4d
My Radio-Rom is the same Darkstone is using: Leo_RADIO_2.10.50.(28_2)
My WinMo-Rom is the Chucky-Droid-Rom
With this combination I don't have any SOD or sth like that...
are you trying to make a build
well no it just seems strange that the first install of android went super smooth without formatting the card.
then after formatting and following all the steps it ran much worse than first time, even though the settings were same.
and theres alot of random issues. like the preinstallad alarm not working,
MMS working for some people and not others, people having no freezes and having tonns of freezes.
i think theres generally same radios and winmo builds used to run android by majority of people, so we should have similar problems but it doesnt seem like it.
because android runs off the sd card...not every person has the same SD card...
Ok...well I'm not talking about gsensor freezes and data freezes....
But I've noticed that after running android for a while ...sometimed after I take it out of sleepp...thephone becomes sluggish and basically unresponsive ...I'm using chuckysrom and 2.12 radio...swiping thru screens produces lag....could it be the micro SD? I'm using the 16 gig that came with the phone...all suggestions are wellcome
Just try a fresh build, rom flash, radio flash, task 29.
I think these minor problems here and there are a result of community developed android on a windows mobile handset. Every build has somebody with any one of the few issues. For example one of the above posters said he had issues with shubCRAFT where I have had no problems with that build.
Hey guys.. I love Android. I've ran so many different rom's and CM6 Nightly's n such on my Nexus One and I really love the phone. I love this HD2 also tho.
I've been using the HD2 with DarkStone FroYo for the last 10 Days or so. I must say I LOVE the HD2. It's a great phone, I love the screen and it's size, but hard buttons all being one piece of plastic was a bad move but thats about it.
Basically here's my issue. I have screen freezes that are a few seconds, or up to 10 allll day long. sometimes it will freeze and wont go into sleep mode for up to a minute (at least a few times a day) I lose my Data signal at least 10 times a day also. Sometimes it comes back, other times I need to Toggle Airplane on/off and my signal will come back.. Basically it's very smooth and awesome, then just craps. and this is extremely often and very random and it's starting to get very irritating. I wanna go back to my Nexus. I've also tried SkinnyEVO and had similar problems.. Are there any ROM's that are smoother and more stable, screen freezes and data drop-outs are really starting to irritate me knowing I wouldn't have these issues on my N1.
Should I wait for Nand to get going, should I try a few more ROM's. Is there fixes for these issues? Any info or suggestions would be great. I'd love to use this for a Daily phone, but in the current state it's a hard call.
Man Try MCCM 1.6 with updating kernel hastarin 8.5
it doesn't freeze at all.
everything work no bugs at all.
camera with zoom , face detection.
it is an awesome build
which radio u have and wim mobile u got ?
Darkstone has not updated his build for quite some time. Definitely try an updated build with latest kernels before giving up on the ole HD2. The touchscreen freeze has been eliminated with the newer kernels. I've been using the Motodroid build which has very good performance with the best working camera; no green tint, full 5 mp with working wide screen mode and shutter sound is selectable (which I have not found in any other build).
I don't know what MinMo build. I'll check, but I have the latest Kernel for the HD2. Kernel 2.15.50
I'll check what WinMo after work. Thanks for posts. I'll report back later
Do try a newer build, like the others said. I upgraded mine to hdone and replaced the kernels and i have yet to have my phone screen freeze. When i was using every other build with the old kernals, it froze all the time. Don't give up on your hd2 yet!
I think you have hit on 2 major issues the first screen freezes has been pretty much solved with the latest kernels with the g sensor fix. So try Hastarins 8.5 or mdeejays latest.
Second the data problems still exist but has been much improved with Letamas Ril Wrapper and other ppp tweaks ,see Letamas thread. if you try one of the newer roms they might have all above already in, so worth a try before going back to nexus.
I've been following Android on HD2 since August, and I've gone from all your problems and more to almost none (touch wood: my phone has begun to freeze today after three weeks of no problems - I'm hoping it's an installed app issue).
They are getting better and better and it's only battery life which remains an issue (for me).
Everyone's going to have different results depending on Radio/Location/Operator, but personally the MDeeJay Sense Revolutions (both types - Froyo and his other one), have worked very well for me, on Energy ROMS (currently the barebones one).
I can't promise Android on HD2 will always be flawless, but your two biggest gripes are certainly solvable on the right combination. (I hope!)
Change your SD card to a Class 6 and let us know.
Give up on the HD2, go back to the Nexus, send me your HD2
Scan my signature for my setup - I find it the best after changing at least 15 builds, 7 WinMo ROMs and 4 different radio combinations.
PS I am really stubborn guy, so that tells you that I've tried all possible combinations with above count of builds, roms, radios - and so far this one gives me what I want: HD2 with the Build that is smoothest and more stable than any Android phone I played around with so far... including nexus one
Thanks for all the information posted here guys. I appreciate it. I'll try mdeejay's latest and see how things go. (all of mdeejay's are Sense UI) I want stock Froyo
Another question. Can I copy everything from my Android Folder, to a New Android Folder for the new ROM I'm about to try, and have everything be exactly how it is now on DarkStone, or will that not work?
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Thanks for all the information posted here guys. I appreciate it. I'll try mdeejay's latest and see how things go. (all of mdeejay's are Sense UI) I want stock Froyo
Another question. Can I copy everything from my Android Folder, to a New Android Folder for the new ROM I'm about to try, and have everything be exactly how it is now on DarkStone, or will that not work?
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Titanium backup is your friend there. google for the wiki and read up on how to backup and restore.
Oh and if you don't like Sense, that's fine, just install whatever launcher you want, press the home button and it will ask you what launcher to use, tick the box for "use this by default" and sense won't come back to bug you. You can also remove the lockscreen slide by deleting the "HTCLockScreen.apk" via adb.
Just also to backup what others are saying, later builds like the one in my sig are far more reliable and useable, I get no data drops or any of the other problems you experience currently.
I know how titanium and all that works, thanks for trying to help though.
I just figured since everything is in the Android Folder, couldn't I copy it to another Android1 folder and boot to that build, and everything be there. but if not. It's ok. I'll just titanium backup everything instead.
I'm thinking about trying out BiffMod 1.2
xguntherc said:
Hey guys.. I love Android. I've ran so many different rom's and CM6 Nightly's n such on my Nexus One and I really love the phone. I love this HD2 also tho.
I've been using the HD2 with DarkStone FroYo for the last 10 Days or so. I must say I LOVE the HD2. It's a great phone, I love the screen and it's size, but hard buttons all being one piece of plastic was a bad move but thats about it.
Basically here's my issue. I have screen freezes that are a few seconds, or up to 10 allll day long. sometimes it will freeze and wont go into sleep mode for up to a minute (at least a few times a day) I lose my Data signal at least 10 times a day also. Sometimes it comes back, other times I need to Toggle Airplane on/off and my signal will come back.. Basically it's very smooth and awesome, then just craps. and this is extremely often and very random and it's starting to get very irritating. I wanna go back to my Nexus. I've also tried SkinnyEVO and had similar problems.. Are there any ROM's that are smoother and more stable, screen freezes and data drop-outs are really starting to irritate me knowing I wouldn't have these issues on my N1.
Should I wait for Nand to get going, should I try a few more ROM's. Is there fixes for these issues? Any info or suggestions would be great. I'd love to use this for a Daily phone, but in the current state it's a hard call.
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You need to change you're SD card. I had gone through the same problem with A-Data class 4 sd card...but large waking times randomly spoiled the whole android experience....so much so that I gave up android...
But ever since I went back to replacement 16GB samsung SD card (which is ironically class 2) things have improved...and the phone wakes up instantly..
Also upgrade the kernel to hastarin v8.5.1 of ur build..it just solved all Data issues for me..maybe it will work for you too
I'm using the stock 16GB Class 2 Samsung that it came with. I have a 16GB Class 10 in my Nexus if we want to compare. but I'm not sure how large the SD class will really change things. Maybe a little.
I came to the HD2 from a Nexus.
I love my nexus... but wanted a larger screen.
Originally I had all the issues you commented... Id already sold my N1 so I really had to work on the HD2 working how I wanted it.
After flashing different roms, radio's, androids and kernels Ive finally landed where I am happy and in just the recent weeks with the tweaks the devs have done to their kernels my phone is rocketing and would never go back...
Only thing I do miss is the trackball and its colored notifications.
OP, you asked about overwriting your files, here's what I did...
I backed up my whole SD Card to my PC, so that I had my full working phone backed up just in case.
I then overwrite the contents of my old Android build with my new Android build, ignoring the data.img file.
Then re-booted, and Voila! EVERYTHING (apps, settings, wallpapers etc) came back, but my ROM was faster and smoother and upgraded.
This was switching from one ROM-maker to an entireley different one (both were Android 2.2 though).
If this had failed, I could have wiped my SD card, and made a choice between trying a fresh new Android, or using my SD Card back-up. If I'd had to go fresh, I'd know my Google Account would hold my contacts and purchased app settings. The AppBrain app is also useful in this regard.
Have fun!
im in a similar situation. i got me a secondhand nexus one, to try how android runs on a native device. i walked around with it for some days now, and i think im soon going back to my hd2, cause I CANT GET USED TO THE SMALL SCREEN ON THE NEXUS XD
really. not.
android on the hd2 runs almost as smooth as on the nexus one, i dont even cared in choosing the right build for my hd2, i just picked froyostone, and thats it xD
so yea, in the end, the only thing i really love on the nexus one is the awsome trackball, with its different colours :3 omg i want that on my hd2... ;(
i was having the freezing problem when i was using energy rom with the stock sd card when i flashed to the newest tmobile rom all of my freezing went away so if you have that problem try the newest tmobile rom it worked for me
ive recently purchased a nook color and tried to build cm7 on sd card and thought i successfully did it right. it downloaded and rebooted it came up in cm7 but my touchscreen isnt working. my nook is version 1.3 if that helps. anyone have any suggestions?
I would bet it's your SD card. I had many issues with this!!! I ended up using an older SanDisk 16gig class 2 and that seemed the best. The word on the street is get Sandisk cards class 4 seem to be the most stable. I tried a no name brand 16 gig class 10 and was VERY fast! But kept crashing and getting weird errors.
Sandisk 4 don't always work. I'm currently using a radio shack own brand gigaware which works fine.
If you want to determine whether the sandisk is the cause of your problem, redo the install and watch the screen carefully during the install and boot. If you see the word error then you know that's the problem.