im not sure when this started but it seems like every rom, every kernal i use now my phone will close apps to a black screen and freeze up for different lengths of time. was doing it in stock, and now a custom rom. tried different kernals... seems to be worse when the phone first boots up. its almost like a force close but slower and i don't get the force close message. help
Edit: ok i brought up the ram manager and my ram would start around 250 and climb up before my eyes until the screen blacks out.... how do i figure out what is eating up the ram.. and why does it stop?
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im not sure when this started but it seems like every rom, every kernal i use now my phone will close apps to a black screen and freeze up for different lengths of time. was doing it in stock, and now a custom rom. tried different kernals... seems to be worse when the phone first boots up. its almost like a force close but slower and i don't get the force close message. help
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I assume you already tried Odin to clear out any crap left right?
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I assume you already tried Odin to clear out any crap left right?
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yeah odined to stock ec05 and it was just as bad. rebooting the phone actually made it worse... seemed like it took forever for everythign to stabilize. phone also seems to get hot but i could be wrong about that. not the battery but above the battery near the camera
Quite often this is caused by restoring old data over a new rom using a program like titanium backup. Sometimes you can get away with it between similar roms but restoring Froyo data on to a gingerbread rom will almost always cause lots of FCs.
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Quite often this is caused by restoring old data over a new rom using a program like titanium backup. Sometimes you can get away with it between similar roms but restoring Froyo data on to a gingerbread rom will almost always cause lots of FCs.
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i never restore data from nandroid backups and i reinstall all my apps from the market...
maybe my phone is tired
modem seems to be resetting alot too
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yeah odined to stock ec05 and it was just as bad. rebooting the phone actually made it worse... seemed like it took forever for everythign to stabilize. phone also seems to get hot but i could be wrong about that. not the battery but above the battery near the camera
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Isn't the spot right above the battery where the chip is located? Have you been overclocking your phone like I have at 1400 everyday? I was wondering if I have been flashing too much. I saw some of these issues myself. Odin started freezing as well but it seems to have smoothed out. I thought I may have wiped out my phone
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Isn't the spot right above the battery where the chip is located? Have you been overclocking your phone like I have at 1400 everyday? I was wondering if I have been flashing too much. I saw some of these issues myself. Odin started freezing as well but it seems to have smoothed out. I thought I may have wiped out my phone
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no.... set at concervitive 200 - 1000. but i was using drockstars kernal before this without using a governer and it was still doing it. now i'm using TZ 1.1.1
it is that spot.. but its not hot there all the time either. very annoying issue
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no.... set at concervitive 200 - 1000. but i was using drockstars kernal before this without using a governer and it was still doing it. now i'm using TZ 1.1.1
it is that spot.. but its not hot there all the time either. very annoying issue
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Ummm, I am kind of at a loss here. You don't have any physical damage to your phone? No serious drops? You didn't go swimming with it in your pocket? But seriously, I run at 1400/100 on demand all of the time and that spot gets hot on Gingerbread ROMs but not on Froyo unless I run a lot of video at 1400 max.
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Ummm, I am kind of at a loss here. You don't have any physical damage to your phone? No serious drops? You didn't go swimming with it in your pocket? But seriously, I run at 1400/100 on demand all of the time and that spot gets hot on Gingerbread ROMs but not on Froyo unless I run a lot of video at 1400 max.
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yeah i don't know what to think either. i guess when official gb finally drops i'll try one last clean install and if it keeps doing it i'm going to have to go through insurance
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yeah i don't know what to think either. i guess when official gb finally drops i'll try one last clean install and if it keeps doing it i'm going to have to go through insurance
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When did you purchase your phone? did this start to happen after you started loading custom ROMs or since the start?
What is your current setup right now? Do you use RFS or EXT4?
What hacks have you loaded to your phone, and after what even that you performed on the phone did you start experiencing this issues?
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When did you purchase your phone? did this start to happen after you started loading custom ROMs or since the start?
What is your current setup right now? Do you use RFS or EXT4?
What hacks have you loaded to your phone, and after what even that you performed on the phone did you start experiencing this issues?
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i've had the phone for a year. i've been doign roms for at least 6 months.. this only started in the last month on both rfs and ext4. i don't know what i did that could have done this.. honestly i started noticing it when i odined back to EC05 a few weeks ago. then i did an rfs rom, then drockstars kernal, now srf 1.2 and tz kernal. just seems to be getting worse and worse. to be honest it may have started after i flashed back from eh22
Are you on TW4 Launcher? That can cause phone to freeze.
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Are you on TW4 Launcher? That can cause phone to freeze.
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i am actually.... although this started before the tw4 launcher. i guess i'll remove it for a while and see what happens. dammit i liked the tw4 launcher too
Don't use any CPU programs like setcpu, etc.. if not try wiping your sd card. Could just be your phone too.
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I had this issue for a while and it caused me to leave to the iPhone, but now after months of waiting I am trying to bring my epic back
I will post my results I am going to try flashing back to stock and see it if can stay on for a day with out crashing....I'll be back with results in a day or 2
Mine does the same thing and it shuts off sometimes at 35% battery left. Just in the past month. Im stock not rooted. One more thing somedays i get 13 hrs of life and others like 6, same usage everyday and same area so service isnt the issue.
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I had this same issue. I was to a point of chamging phones.
I decided to watch 5 different tutorials/youtibe videos on how to odin back to stock.
In that process, 3 of the videos had different options checked. Yes, I decided to try each way, restoring apps/data from Titanium, each time.
After the first 2 attempts, and still seeing the freezes, I started to get some kind of com.google.apps process force close errors.
I was really ready to beat my phone up at this point.
So, after deciding, I've had enough, I said I would do it ONE more time. (There was still one more checkbox that another video was showing...)
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Sry, my fat fingers pressed submit.
Anyhow, Ive 0 programming experience so, all of this might kust be a lucky fluke. When I odin'd, I checked all three options. Re-Partition, Autoreboot, And F. Reset Time.
Only 1 video of the 4 I watched said to do this.
I then restored my apps and data back w/ Titanium.
I did make sure that any data from OEM apps, was not broight back, as a precaitonary on my part. It was really driving me nuts. Hope this helps....
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crap well it wasn't TW4... uninstalled it last night. today rebooted and same thing.... its so strange it only happens the most after i reboot the phone. black screen with the status bar up top. if i touch the screen the button lights will come on ... if i swipe down the status bar it will eventually come down.. but with a ton of lag
i guess i'll nandroid backup and start from scratch with odin again. bone stock no root see what happens.
EDIT: just noticed that the modem seems to reset every time it does this. didn't see that before cause it doesn't always make the no signal sound. but the bars on the status screen go dark and the little x pops up above them before the home screen redraws. so basically whatever i'm doing goes to black screen.. times out for 10 min with just the bar on top, modem resets and goes back to the home screen
ok i brought up the ram manager and my ram would start around 250 and climb up before my eyes until the screen blacks out.... how do i figure out what is eating up the ram.. and why does it stop?
man this is nuts... i've got android system info running and i'm watching the processes tab... all the programs start usign memory, then android starts killing them off until they are almost all gone then i go to black screen... i dont' know what the hell is going on
edit: tasks is showing android.process.acore twice, package com.fede.launcher. both are using 34.89 MB and have cpu at 100... however total CPU usage is only showing 7%
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**Edit: i just posted this in the questions forum -- seemed more appropriate. moderator, please feel free to delete. sorry!
What's up everyone! just needed some advice if you don't mind. lately my phone's been freezing randomly, and it seems like my battery life has been getting crappier..
was wondering if I should just Odin back to stock and re-flash everything, do you think that would cure my ills?
I started with my first ROM -- srf1.1.0 and loved it... tried the vision kernel 1.1, tried genocide 1.0... LOVED vision 1.2 but went back to 1.1 because ppl started getting bricks..
i don't know if it's data corruption (have journalling off), or if it's like artifacts from vision kernel 1.2 (it didn't give me any problems, honestly my fav kernel with insane battery life it seemed)
yesterday i restored a back up that was pre-ext4.. and it when that rebooted i had the "android" flashing over the original sprint bootup animation, so i rebooted and got thrown into a boot loop. pulled battery, booted into cwm and restored into a more recent backup that was post-ext4 and things seem to be fine.. except i've gotten maybe two random freezes since.
so yea, do you think Odin to stock and reflashing srf will bring me back to bliss, or.. am i screwed, or somewhere in between? i've read as much as i could but i know i'm a newb, so i'm grateful for any wisdom y'all can throw my way. THANKS!
This is more then likely a kernel based problem,but you can try using setcpu and limit your min. clock speed to 200mhz not 100mhz,this has helped several people ; My phone loves 100mhz,never had a freeze while using that clock speed,but each phone is diffrent,and might I suggest using Twilight Zone 1.0.4,awesome kernel...
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thanks! i will look into using that kernel!
Ya my phone just flatout locked up on me twice within 5 minutes. The second time th screen went bright yellowish tint with an artifact white line running across the screen. Good times.
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Ya my phone just flatout locked up on me twice within 5 minutes. The second time th screen went bright yellowish tint with an artifact white line running across the screen. Good times.
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My phone does this too. Screen goes static washed out yellow looking with artifact down the screen. Have to battery pull to fix it, no overclocking or undervolting. Getting ready to odin and reflash myself.
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Yea I'm about to brick it purposely and get it replaced. I reflashed and still the same. It just locked up on me while changing wallpapers?
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Also I had full battery about 3 hours ago. Now I'm sitting at 18%. ...and they say I'm stupid for wanting a nexus s lol
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Are any of you overclocking or undervolting? This will cause data corruption and freezing. I get it all the time at 1.3Ghz but not at 1.2Ghz. Every phone is different.
Do you BONSAI?
Mine did this last week, but I had reverted to rfs on 2.5.1 running Gingerbread that has some issues. When trying to put everything back (couldn't just run backup since I had changed systems), it took a day, stuck loops, stuck nothing, stuck Samsung, etc.
Read how to fix bricked phone, back to EC05, re-rooted, re did cwm 3.0, reflashed Syndicate, now everything smooth again.
I was kicking myself in the a-s for doing that, so hopefully this would help and save you a days worth of problems. Just find that link, read and follow
yea i just odin'd back to sock EB13, went to the EC05 through ODIN, reflashed SRF1.1.0 and everything's been GREAT since... getting superb battery life like i was on the vision 1.2 kernel.. weird, but i'll take it.
What version of ec05 are you guys odining back to? The version I have (EC05 FULL) was causing me all the issues I had. Instead I odined to stock eb13 and upgraded to ec05 ota. Since then im back on midNIGHT [email protected] w/ midnight honeycomb theme and I have to say this thing has never been speedier, or more stable than it is now. Also, I tried to redownload ec05 from the midnight android dev page and I get a corrupt file error when trying to unzip the .tar from the ec05 rar. I feel if ANYONE has any issues, before they blame the kernel I suggest starting from scratch on eb13. Not one freeze yet, no artifacts, no lag, no horrid battery draining. Life is good
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I do that often, I just run an Odin back to DI18, upgrade to ec05 over OTA, then reflash the ROM I wanted. It brings my phone back up to full speed.
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I do that often, I just run an Odin back to DI18, upgrade to ec05 over OTA, then reflash the ROM I wanted. It brings my phone back up to full speed.
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any particular reason by DI18 rather than EB13?
i think i've read in some other threads that it seems DI28 and DK28 are better somehow.. is that true?
so much that i've learned compared to when i was first starting to research what rooting meant.. and yet, still so much more to learn!
So im starting to notice that basically on every rom i run after about a week or 2 its starts to get all crazy and laggy and i start getting fcs ill reflash then same thing a week or 2 and it goes crazy again is it just me ?
ever tried starting from a fresh, clean slate? Meaning, ODIN to stock ec05 then root and flash roms? This should take care of any problems
Lots of roms have disabled journaling. When you disable journaling, you gain a tiny bit of performance, but every time you shut down incorrectly or drop the phone and the battery pops out, you are corrupting the hell out of some data. I can only assume that that is what is happening to you.
1. i have odin bout 1000000 times lol so doubt its that.
2.i usually HAVE to pull the battery after the 2 weeks cause its starts being an ass but i never drop my phone hard enough to make it drop the battery
Download reEnable journaling from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071723
Flash your rom.. Let it boot up... then boot back into clockwork and flash this.. no wipes necessary.. should help.
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1. i have odin bout 1000000 times lol so doubt its that.
2.i usually HAVE to pull the battery after the 2 weeks cause its starts being an ass but i never drop my phone hard enough to make it drop the battery
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You ever turn the phone off and pull the battery for any reason? Has the battery left the phone for any reason at all? I have noticed that some newer roms vibrate when they are turned off, but they are really not off for like 30 seconds after the vibration. You can see this by opening up the phone and looking at the keyboard lights or looking really closely at the screen and seeing its not completely off. Pulling the battery for any reason before the phone is completely 100% turned off can lead to corruption.
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You ever turn the phone off and pull the battery for any reason? Has the battery left the phone for any reason at all? I have noticed that some newer roms vibrate when they are turned off, but they are really not off for like 30 seconds after the vibration. You can see this by opening up the phone and looking at the keyboard lights or looking really closely at the screen and seeing its not completely off. Pulling the battery for any reason before the phone is completely 100% turned off can lead to corruption.
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nah only time i turn my phone off honestly is to go into recovery or like i said when it starts acting up ..
but im gunna odin and reflash and crap and see what happens
CrfEpic4g said:
nah only time i turn my phone off honestly is to go into recovery or like i said when it starts acting up ..
but im gunna odin and reflash and crap and see what happens
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When I used to run no journal, I would start getting force closes after day 4 or 5 like clockwork. I always shut my phone down properly and waited a bit. I re-enabled journal and haven't had data corruption or force closes in over 2 months...unless I am beta testing something for a dev and its not quite right
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guys where can i get the stock odin EC05 tar i only found a prerooted one and its not compatible with ext4
CrfEpic4g said:
guys where can i get the stock odin EC05 tar i only found a prerooted one and its not compatible with ext4
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Click on link in my signature and click on my odin video... its in the description of it.
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Click on link in my signature and click on my odin video... its in the description of it.
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Thanks awarded and nice video very informational
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I didn't bother to read previous post but, that happens when u had a bad fresh install to begin with. *aka odin*
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yup, like I said, fresh ODIN of ec05 should do the trick. Then as others have said, enable journaling with whatever custom rom you slap on.
If you still have problems with f/c and lagging/freezing then you may have larger issues to attend to. I have been running custom roms with journaling disabled for the past 6 months and rarely have f/c problems.
Oh, and once you do get a fresh install of the rom you want, do a NAND backup immediately so you can restore to it if problems arise again.
If you don't use journaling, NEVER use the reset feature from the power button menu. Resetting and using utilities like Root Booter will cause data corruption and software rot.
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And never pull the battery without waiting for the vibration. Also back up often in case of a freeze and battery pull.
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If you don't use journaling, NEVER use the reset feature from the power button menu. Resetting and using utilities like Root Booter will cause data corruption and software rot.
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Huh mayb that was my problem ahahah I started fresh from odin today well see how it goes
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me=power phone off, wait for vibration, then count to ten.
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me=power phone off, wait for vibration, then count to ten.
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me=enable journaling, then enjoy phone.
People are so hung up on benchmark scores they lose sight of things like data loss on non-journaled roms. If I'm not mistaken if you make a backup with clockwork recovery and restore itit remounts with default mount options.
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I flashed Trigger Redux today... Having many force closes and super fast battery drain. Now that Ive dove into the 2.3 realm, is the CM7 builds any less quirky?
You've done something wrong. There should be no FC's. Build 16 is out too.
s15274n is right, sounds like something is wrong. I had a borked flash once, did a factory reset and it seemed to help out quite a bit. That is the easy fix, try it and if it works then great, otherwise flash again and revert back to stock first if you can for a clean install.
Thanks.. ill try flashing 16.
I'd say CM7 RC1 is your best bet. Ran Trigger previously and CM7 has been amazing--just a bit more refined (especially with glitch kernel).
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I'd say CM7 RC1 is your best bet. Ran Trigger previously and CM7 has been amazing--just a bit more refined (especially with glitch kernel).
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Thanks... What's your avg battery life? I'm getting about 6-8 hours with moderate use. Im conditioning the battery now so hopefully in a day or 2 that number goes up
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Thanks... What's your avg battery life? I'm getting about 6-8 hours with moderate use. Im conditioning the battery now so hopefully in a day or 2 that number goes up
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With the cm7 rc1 and glitch h1 getting 18 hours with very heavy use. No battery reconditioning.
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Glitch should work with Trigger Redux, correct? Ive read it does.. ill try it... Im going away to DC and LA this weekend and would hate to be stuck with a dead phone...
Which voltage app do you use? Voltage Control or Pimp My CPU?
I'm not getting force closes though I am getting "program stopped unexpectedly" on trigger 16 ALL OVER THE PLACE. The browser is completely unusable, and my Gameloft games are saying they can't connect to internet or are not original copies. They are legit FYI! I will try a factory reset but I have my doubts.
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I'm not getting force closes though I am getting " program stopped unexpectedly" on trigger 16 ALL OVER THE PLACE. THe browser is completely unusable and my Gameloft games are saying they can't conncet to internet or are not original copies. They are legit FYI! I will try a factory reset but I have my doubts.
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That sucks that all that is happening to you. I'm on Trigger Redux build 15 and was on 14 and 13 and will flash 16. I have no problems at all. I have some battery drain but I also may need new battery and I use my phone very heavily.
I'd try to redownload the ROM, check the Md5 sum, and do an ODIN to stock, and flash the ROM again.
Better to start from scratch, make sure you get rid of all the ghosts and see if that fixes ya. If so then you know you had a borked flash or bug in your system
Well I'll be damned.... It worked. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction.
Soooo I flashed Kernel and then installed Voltage Control.. dont know what settings I chose but it cause the phone to reboot and get stuck on the Glitch screen. Guess im taking a flight on Air Odin tonight...
If you're getting force closes go to
/data/app delete a couple of folders. That will stop the force closes.
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Soooo I flashed Kernel and then installed Voltage Control.. dont know what settings I chose but it cause the phone to reboot and get stuck on the Glitch screen. Guess im taking a flight on Air Odin tonight...
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make sure your min. cpu setting is 200. It comes stock with 100/1000. Bump the min. to 200 and you should be good to go.
Since i upgraded to ICS my note randomly shuts itself down to the point I have to longpress the on/Off button tot boot It up again.. there's no sign of low battery after rebooting ...
Very annoying if you're counting on your alarm clock in the morning to get to work in time
I recently flashed stunner 5.0 and am very pleased with this rom.. I dunno if it's stunner-related or not..
Anyone else experiencing this?
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User error, start fresh from gb.
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I completely restarted from stock GB before rooting again / flashing ics.. did it twice already .. so I don't think it'll work if I try it a third time...
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Since i upgraded to ICS my note randomly shuts itself down to the point I have to longpress the on/Off button tot boot It up again.. there's no sign of low battery after rebooting ...
Very annoying if you're counting on your alarm clock in the morning to get to work in time
I recently flashed stunner 5.0 and am very pleased with this rom.. I dunno if it's stunner-related or not..
Anyone else experiencing this?
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Sounds like an SOD. It is very common with ICS Roms and currently there isn't really a proper fix for it. Essentially, your phone is still on, but its screen won't come back on until you reboot/pull battery. Look up SOD or screen of death or some other combination to search for tips on how to improve its reliability
Flash basband lp6 that will fix your sods
Yeah its weird prior to lp5/6 release I had nothing but sod. But with new ics leak I haven't had any sod with stock or custom roms and I think majority of the community hasn't had many if any like the old leaks.
Which apps are you installing? Are you restoring backup data from titanium backup or similar.
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Yep.. restoring like 170 apps using titanium backup ... including user data ... could that be the cause?
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Flash basband lp6 that will fix your sods
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Baseband = modem ? Right.. ?
Any idea where to get only LP6 modem ?
I suppose I have to flash it using mobile Odin?
Thnx in advance ..
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Baseband = modem ? Right.. ?
Any idea where to get only LP6 modem ?
I suppose I have to flash it using mobile Odin?
Thnx in advance ..
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Here you go mate flash via cwm http://www.mediafire.com/?zuicr1120j54vx9
Do wipes too before just to be on safe side
the restoring apps could be the issue also. Remember that stunner rom, has alot of built in root apps that cover setting up the cpu and such. If the modem doesnt fix it I would suggest starting over fresh with your apps, and seeing if your problem goes away.
Flashed modem.. and my note seems to have survived the night ..
If I get a sod today .. I'll restart from stock later this evening, and manually restore my apps and/or userdata..
Thnx for the advice
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One hour and fifteen minute later and had my first sod on LP6..
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Seems like CPU governors like setcpu and 2nd core combined with energy saving apps tend to mess things up.. removed them all and flashed baseband radio LP6..
Now running a few hours without SOD's..
Keeping my fingers crossed
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i would reccomend Stunner 0.5
just for its power saving options you can control 3g data and Wifi at any time to be turned off automaticly so it saves battery though ROM is quite kind with power, anyway install it clean and then just with any CPU managing application set the settings of CPU to 1400 MAX - 200 MIN and ONDEMAND so it doesn't run constantly on full power and then add a profile for Screen Off and set it to 200 MAX- 200 MIN aply at boot of course checked good luck
I've had SoD's and reboots on imilka's CM9v2 and Stunner 5 beta so when Stunner released 1.4.19 I started completely fresh. I reflashed the LP1 repack with wipe, did another full wipe in CWMR before flashing Stunner 1.4.19, flashed the LP6 modem and did another full wipe. I've been using it for about 20 hours, 14 hours since my last manual reboot and I haven't had a problem yet.
Just flashed the new Stunner 1.4.19 this morning over my existing 5.0 version..
And have not had one SOD since..
Let's hope it stays that way..
I think ics is to early in this stage to restore apps with userdata. Im not talking about xda app, slacker or things of that nature. But restoring things like setcpu, rootexplorer and other root apps could lead into problems. Unless you are very strict about backups.
Happy you got your problem situated.
Hey guys, lucky I found this thread.
I followed this guide as literally as I could: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1763151
But as far as I can tell I am, too, getting a screen of death every now and then. For example, I went to bed last night and left my phone with 70% battery, this morning, 8 hours later, I found it with 22%. When I checked the battery graph (I would post a SS but I cant use the stylus for that and dont know any apps for the job ATM) I found a "gap" between 70% and 22%, its like nothing was there. So Im tempted to believe that it is, in fact, a SoD.
I've read the experiences of this previous user but I cant really figure out what it is im supposed to do to fix my note. I am using CM9 (latest nightly) and would like to continue doing so, is there a way for me to fix the SoD without changing roms?? I am not a m4d h4xx0r on this subjet, but I manage and I can follow a clearly laid out guide as good as anyone.
I would hate to waste your time, so if you could please be extra clear when explaining whatever procedure I must follow it would be awesome.
If anyone could help me out on this subject you would have my humble thanks!
Galaxy Note 2 shuts off
The issue exists on the Galaxy Note 2 as well and has nothing to do with software.
The problem is hardware related. The phone is flawed and shuts off on it's own under various conditions, all hardware related. Take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjLn2yikYnI
Also, take a look at this site I built that goes in to more detail regarding the issue: www.GalaxyNote2ShutsOff.com
One look at that short video and I am sure there will be some light bulbs going off. Be sure to read the details I provided on that site as well. They go in to detail about the problems that I have had and the lack of proper support that Samsung is willing to provide.
swaldrop said:
The issue exists on the Galaxy Note 2 as well and has nothing to do with software.
The problem is hardware related. The phone is flawed and shuts off on it's own under various conditions, all hardware related. Take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjLn2yikYnI
Also, take a look at this site I built that goes in to more detail regarding the issue: www.GalaxyNote2ShutsOff.com
One look at that short video and I am sure there will be some light bulbs going off. Be sure to read the details I provided on that site as well. They go in to detail about the problems that I have had and the lack of proper support that Samsung is willing to provide.
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Well Thank you for REVIVING THREADS that are LIGHTYEARS away from now.........revive it? Really? Every thread that says shut down?
<<<The CRACKS on my NOTE shows how often it KISSES the FLOOR>>>
My experience with my S4A has been amazingly flawless up until yesterday, when it started experiencing one of the issues that killed my experience with the HTC One- random freezes. And what's strange about it is that they are the same type of freezes that my One experienced, only when browsing the web or using an internet based app like Pulse. It has happened 3 times since yesterday and is so bad that I've had to pull the battery to even get it to reboot. Which brings me to one of my suspicions...
The only thing that has changed between me getting the phone set up originally and when the freezes began was the fact that I started swapping batteries instead of charging the phone. Now, phone batteries nowadays are not just like your average AA cell, it has circuitry in it and NFC stuff... is it possible that a defective battery could be the culprit of my woes? I just put in my original battery and am gonna just wait and see if it happens. The other battery that I've been using is a Samsung OEM battery and not a cheap one. I did root and freeze a bunch of stuff, but nothing exotic, and it was fine until yesterday. I doubt anything I did caused this.
Has anyone else experienced any freezes like this? Help me solve this, I really want to keep this phone (at least until the next latest and greatest comes out). TIA
_MetalHead_ said:
My experience with my S4A has been amazingly flawless up until yesterday, when it started experiencing one of the issues that killed my experience with the HTC One- random freezes. And what's strange about it is that they are the same type of freezes that my One experienced, only when browsing the web or using an internet based app like Pulse. It has happened 3 times since yesterday and is so bad that I've had to pull the battery to even get it to reboot. Which brings me to one of my suspicions...
The only thing that has changed between me getting the phone set up originally and when the freezes began was the fact that I started swapping batteries instead of charging the phone. Now, phone batteries nowadays are not just like your average AA cell, it has circuitry in it and NFC stuff... is it possible that a defective battery could be the culprit of my woes? I just put in my original battery and am gonna just wait and see if it happens. The other battery that I've been using is a Samsung OEM battery and not a cheap one. I did root and freeze a bunch of stuff, but nothing exotic, and it was fine until yesterday. I doubt anything I did caused this.
Has anyone else experienced any freezes like this? Help me solve this, I really want to keep this phone (at least until the next latest and greatest comes out). TIA
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Mine started Sunday. All it would do is hang at the ATT logo on reboot. I ended up doing a factory reset and it hasn't happened since. Certainly made me suspect the rooting I did...
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Mine started Sunday. All it would do is hang at the ATT logo on reboot. I ended up doing a factory reset and it hasn't happened since. Certainly made me suspect the rooting I did...
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What did you do to your phone after rooting?
A couple of times now my active has become unresponsive. The power button doesn't seem to work and the home key doesn't do anything. The led is flashing blue and the battery is still about 35%. The only thing I can do is pull the battery.
Not sure if this is related to your question but I'm going to try to get it replaced...
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Didn't really do anything drastic- Titanium Backup and froze some att crap. Nothing even remotely close to system apps.
dinglayne said:
A couple of times now my active has become unresponsive. The power button doesn't seem to work and the home key doesn't do anything. The led is flashing blue and the battery is still about 35%. The only thing I can do is pull the battery.
Not sure if this is related to your question but I'm going to try to get it replaced...
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My LED never starts flashing but like yours, none of the buttons respond and I have to do a battery pull. I really don't want to have to get it replaced, and I really don't want to wipe and start over, just don't have the time right now to do either. Did you do anything to yours? Root?
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Didn't really do anything drastic- Titanium Backup and froze some att crap. Nothing even remotely close to system apps.
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Same here. Nothing I froze should have any affect on system stability.
I Haven't had any issues since I've had the phone, going on 3 weeks. I've been rooted and have froze apps in TB with no problems since geohot gave us root. Also have done some other root mods, and have not experienced any issues.
Sounds like just some bad hardware circulating.
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I've modded mine a good amount and haven't had any lock ups. I have just about every root app out there. Xposed with nottach, dark phone and contact apk, and cm10.1 messaging app. Froze a lot of bloat too
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Man I REALLY hope it's not a hardware issue. I'm so tired of doing the repeated exchange thing. I went through 5 One X's before I found a suitable one, saw that pattern emerging with the One (had 2, both with same issues) and was really hoping the S4A was going to be the answer to my woes. I really love this phone but if it ends up being a hardware thing, I will be incredibly disheartened.
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Any way to tell the build dates of our phones? Maybe we could narrow it down to a certain production date.
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Any way to tell the build dates of our phones? Maybe we could narrow it down to a certain production date.
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I dunno... My box is in another state so I won't be able to check it for a few weeks. I bought it on the very first day it was available if that helps any. On a side note, I put my original battery in last night and it hasn't locked up on me since. We'll see what happens by the end of the day.
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I am rooted but that's pretty much it.
The only thing I know I was doing at the time was watching a YouTube video then pressed pause.
Next thing you know I picked it up hit the power... Nothing. Hit menu... Nothing. The blue LED was just the normal notification indicator, so I knew it hadn't powered off... Resulted in a battery pull.
I also know that I didn't get any messages or new notifications while the screen was off.
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I ALWAYS have issues restoring from titanium backup, esp going from one phone to another. My suggestion is to factory reset and start with a clean slate, cas only then can u verify a hardware issue.
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I dunno... My box is in another state so I won't be able to check it for a few weeks. I bought it on the very first day it was available if that helps any. On a side note, I put my original battery in last night and it hasn't locked up on me since. We'll see what happens by the end of the day.
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I know on the Captivate the Build Number could be found under the battery (can be found there on the S4A as well) and it was the year/month that the phone was built, or so they say. My S4A Build number is 1306 so I'm guessing it was built the beginning of June...
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I dunno... My box is in another state so I won't be able to check it for a few weeks. I bought it on the very first day it was available if that helps any. On a side note, I put my original battery in last night and it hasn't locked up on me since. We'll see what happens by the end of the day.
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I would like to know if you have had any more problems since you put your original battery back in? If you could give a update I would really appreciate it. I really think the active is a great phone and I truly like it but if people are having a lot of issues with it, I'll just return it and get something else to save myself a headache down the road. I have a week left on my return date so that's why I was wanting to know.
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gf has had similar issues; heres what fixed it.
battery pull
factory reset/restore
reboot
battery pull
reboot
root/etc/restore from there. check to make sure you dont have custom CPU voltage/speed mods enabled; i believe this was the initial culprit, though even after resetting them to stock it would still lock up. it only did it 3 times, and usually right after a new mod, but ONLY if CPU values were changed. after the above procedure, she redid all her cpu values but only AFTER all mods were installed, rebooted, and everything works great again.
tmease1 said:
I would like to know if you have had any more problems since you put your original battery back in? If you could give a update I would really appreciate it. I really think the active is a great phone and I truly like it but if people are having a lot of issues with it, I'll just return it and get something else to save myself a headache down the road. I have a week left on my return date so that's why I was wanting to know.
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The only "issue" I've had with mine is that it's too bright when the brightness is set to max
tmease1 said:
I would like to know if you have had any more problems since you put your original battery back in? If you could give a update I would really appreciate it. I really think the active is a great phone and I truly like it but if people are having a lot of issues with it, I'll just return it and get something else to save myself a headache down the road. I have a week left on my return date so that's why I was wanting to know.
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Same problems no matter which battery. It seems to happen most when I'm using Chrome so I deleted the updates but it's still doing it. It happened while playing a game today which it's never done before. Next step is to freeze Chrome and see if that helps. If not, then I'm gonna factory reset and if that doesn't work, I'm gonna have to exchange it. I really did not want to have to deal with this. With my ridiculous work schedule I don't have the time or the energy. I might just start looking for a different phone because I'm sick of having issues like this.
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Same problems no matter which battery. It seems to happen most when I'm using Chrome so I deleted the updates but it's still doing it. It happened while playing a game today which it's never done before. Next step is to freeze Chrome and see if that helps. If not, then I'm gonna factory reset and if that doesn't work, I'm gonna have to exchange it. I really did not want to have to deal with this. With my ridiculous work schedule I don't have the time or the energy. I might just start looking for a different phone because I'm sick of having issues like this.
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I would say if the factory reset does not work than it is the phone itself. I had issues like this in the past with my old infuse and I did a factory reset and it took care of it. Hopefully that will help you out so you can keep your phone. Thanks for replying.
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I would say if the factory reset does not work than it is the phone itself. I had issues like this in the past with my old infuse and I did a factory reset and it took care of it. Hopefully that will help you out so you can keep your phone. Thanks for replying.
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Yeah bud, I really hope a reset works. I might do it tomorrow, I should have enough time. I'm just frustrated that I'm having identical issues with the S4A that I had on my One. I was really hoping to find a phone that just works. I don't think I've had a problem free phone since my Epic 4G Touch. My One X had issues (though my 5th one was near perfect), my iPhone 5 was horrible, both my Ones had problems, and now this. I'm just venting now but I'm seriously tired of it. I've got my eye on that new Sony i1 that's coming out in a couple months, I really love their current design choices and I've never tried a Sony before. Or maybe the next Nexus. Who knows. I just don't want to deal with this crap anymore.
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