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[Q] Android Completely shutting off?

I used to have a problem with the SOD until i changed to my current radio. My current problem is whenever i start up a fresh build of android, it always freezes during the set up screen. After i restart and boot up android again, its works like new for a couple of hours and then completely shuts off. I dont think its like the SOD, when i try to turn the screen on nothing, not even the buttons light up. After another reset, all my widgets and apps i have on the home screen are reset. Anyone know whats going on here? I am running Energy ROM and shubcraft 1.5 but it seems to do the same thing regardless of android build. Also i should mention this is after i formated my sd card.

Not booting all the way

My android was working just fine until i restarted my phone now when i load up haret it shows the htc quietly brilliant screen then my phone turns off, anyway to fix it? i even formatted my card and tried again and still nothing

i'm having similar issues, earlier I got 'android.process.acore' force close, so I deleted my data.img in android folder, now phone shows nothing after "android" logo
worked fine all last week, second time this is happening
UPdate: nevermind, i don't think it really turns off, the screen turns off, after about 10 minutes, i pressed home button and it was fine

corrupted android build in my opinion, can happen when installing and uninstalling apps and games too often, try reformatting the sd card, and when backing up data from softwares like titanium backup, just make sure not to backup system settings or do just a clean install, and backup sms and messages from mybackpro instead.

Phone crash after battery died!!

my battery was running low, (and coz poor battery issues with JPY), i didnt notice when it switched of. normally i use the power button to turn the screen on to unlock, but instead i realised the phone had been off as it was now booting up...it booted up fine went into the homescreen and then vibrated once and powered down.......now it was powering down for a long time and occasionally there were vibrations and the lights on the home keys were constantly on. the screen was black. i got home and tried to charge it but the progress bar showed no progress on charging, i tried to switch it on but it would go to startup screen vibrate cupla times and power down. so eventually had to do a hard reset in recovery mode. tried every option but in the end had todo it by wiping data.
now the thing is, is this supposed to happen? if ur battery suddenly losses power ur whole fone will screw up?
for future ref if ur battery dies dont try to switch ur fone on until u got some charge in it and use the home key to put screen on..

Sounds like it could have been faulty firmware .
JPY does not have a significant battery drain problem per se .
jje

Black screen, vibrations and no boot after restart
Hello! I had almost the same experience (Black screen after reboot and occasional vibrations) only mine refused to boot even after memory wipe and after flashing new roms.
Was your phone rooted? Because I think rooting a 2.2.1 rom (XWJS3) was the beginning of my nightmare. keep in mind that the phone was working like charm for two months. This was the second time I had a problem. The first time the phone started after performing a factory reset by itself!
In case this happens to you next time and for every non experienced galaxy player (like me) reading this:
Don't panic! Blank screen, vibrations and no boot doesn't necessarily mean a hardware problem. Finally I managed to fix it flashing eclair and repartitioning with pit512. Now I'm a happy XWJS8 user
And a question for the experts: Any clue why this happened? Is it really a rooting issue? Can a cheap Chinese battery from ebay cause this?

everything was stock on mine, no root.......maybe thats why i could recover it??!!

Maybe! and I hope the reason is faulty firmware as JJEgan says. If this is true, your phone will be fixed by the next update.

I was very urge... the same happened again. It's been a month of smooth functioning and now after a simple restart, the device doesn't boot for absolutely no reason (Stuck on black screen constantly vibrating). Since my phone wasn't rooted, and I haven't seen many people talking about a problem like this I suspect:
1. Faulty hardware (for a few devices including yours and mine)
2. A Bad app.

Contacts Vanished
Hey Everyone
Im having similar problems, i updated my sgs to the js7 version of froyo, then rooted it with oneclick method. this was as i got the phone a month ago. Its been smooth sailing since then. But last night the phone powered down and wen it loaded up it had no contacts, my sms where still there but all the apps had a force close issue none worked. so cleared the cache in recovery. Still nothing so i did a factory reset and once loaded up. i formatted the sd and internal within the settings option. So the phone was now clean. I then connected to pc luckily had backups so installed titanium restored all my apps n settings. Using kies restored my contacts n thanks to an app called sms backup i restored those.
So all was well and worked again. I didnt restore the apps i had installed within the last week to make sure it was not a faulty app. I was happy, but now tonight it did it again. No contacts again.
Pls help
Any suggestions

That's exactly how it started for me. One month after rooting froyo 2.2.1 Suddenly everything force closes and the device hard resets by itself. I reinstall all the apps and then after one month and performing a simple restart, it refuses to boot. Stays in a black screen and vibrates every some seconds. I flash a new rom but does the same. Problem solved after repartitiong and flashing original eclair with pit 512. Reflashed a 2.2.1 rom and everything works perfect (the phone now is unrooted and with a nice clear stock rom). But then after one month again (!) I realise that some videos refuse to play. Trying to restart and craaash. black screen, vibrations and no boot. Did the same again (repartitioning and flashing) and now I wait for another month to pass and lose an hour of my life to do the same again. No idea why this is happening. Is it possible that rooting messes with something that stays faulty after restoring the file system? is there an app that we all installed and caused this mess? please this is the most serious problem I've red in this forum and still a mystery. I believe this thread should be sticky and we all share similar experiences because this looks completely random!

I believe this thread should be sticky and we all share similar experiences because this looks completely random![/QUOTE]
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Phone dies when doing a restart

Ever since applying the Gingerbread update on Monday, my phone dies whenever it does a restart.
If i choose the restart option from the shutdown menu the screen just goes black, and nothing happens. I have to remove the battery, SIM and SD card for a few minutes, then put them back in to get it to start up again, and even that is hit and miss sometimes.
This first happened when the phone restarts itself during the update, and now happens every time is restarts. Its very annoying, especially as the phone has a tendency to restart itself randomly.
I tried a factory reset using the power+vol down, but even that fails as the phone can't reboot itself, and when I do manage to get it going its always still at the Gingerbread version.
Never rooted the phone, all the other updates went on without any problems. Phone is unbranded, UK.
Any ideas appreciated.

kingkobra74 said:
Ever since applying the Gingerbread update on Monday, my phone dies whenever it does a restart.
If i choose the restart option from the shutdown menu the screen just goes black, and nothing happens. I have to remove the battery, SIM and SD card for a few minutes, then put them back in to get it to start up again, and even that is hit and miss sometimes.
This first happened when the phone restarts itself during the update, and now happens every time is restarts. Its very annoying, especially as the phone has a tendency to restart itself randomly.
I tried a factory reset using the power+vol down, but even that fails as the phone can't reboot itself, and when I do manage to get it going its always still at the Gingerbread version.
Never rooted the phone, all the other updates went on without any problems. Phone is unbranded, UK.
Any ideas appreciated.
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I have highlighted your problem. You can try and gran the correct update and flash it again manually, or you can try and root and go with any ROM you like... or you can return the phone for repair or replacement.
Your choice.

So, something has gone wrong during the update? It appears to function ok when it is up and running, its only on the restart of the phone it all goes wrong.
I've a call logged with HTC. Was hoping there was a simple fix.

Help! stuck in loop and power doesn't work! (SD card?)

Can anyone help, really want to avoid wiping the tablet if possible!
I have Vegacomb (latest) installed
I noticed a week or so ago it kept turning itself on (whether charging or not) from being totally turned off. Occasionally after booting the power button wouldn't turn the screen off.
Now on boot it shows the bee logo, then vegacomb text exploding, then back to the bee and in a loop.
If I take the SD card out (everything installed on there using Links2SD) then it loads into Android but no apps work as they are on the SD.
However, when in the loop or if I take the SD out and go into the OS the power button doesn't work so I cannot turn the screen off or shut the tablet down, I have to wait for the battery to die
Any ideas?

Ok, i just booted it with no SD card. It booted but resets the time to midnight jan 1st 2009 each time and if i try using it then the power menu keeps popping up and most of the time it just restarts (doesn't seem to "shut down" just goes instantly off and then boots up again
Any ideas?
Hardware issue?
Easy to fix?

i have the same ****

metallic_ghostrecon said:
i have the same ****
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I don't anymore. now mine won't even turn on!

man , this device is crap
i am sick of it
so retarded
i have no idea what to do now

now i am stuck here
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