Rootchecker and returning to stock - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys I'm on an AT&T D800... since Monday afternoon my phone had been unusable... it got extremely hot both front and back near the mid to top of the phone... and was just chewing through battery 31% in 15 minutes... so I powered down and left it numerous times on different stock based rooms and still no luck it would just overheat till it shutdown or battery died if I didn't turn it off... I managed to get it charged enough to restore my stock backup, unroot, and put the stock recovery back on and then did 2 factory resets with still no change... so I called at&t and they sent out a warranty replacement which will be here tomorrow.. so my question is do any of these return to stock methods actually clear rootchecker? That's my only worry that they'll see that and nail me the retail price of the phone... I didn't use a custom kernel just the roms...
I see conflicting stories from people saying yes it does it clear rootchecker and others saying no.. I would just try but I don't have WiFi so I don't burn up my months data just to find out it didn't work.
The phone seems to be working fine since I powered it up 2 hours ago but I'm worried about any residual/repeat issues or decreased lifespan of phone from the overheating issues
Thanks in advance!
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Flashing a Stock .kdz works completely. Perhaps you should read this sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476

Thanks I've read that one before but I've also read other threads that say it still shows rooted when booted into download mode even after doing this reflashing
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I'll give it a go though and see how it turns out
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Not a problem here...

Cool then I'll follow that method.. thanks again
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Did you check to see why the battery was being depleted so fast? I am willing to bet the phone itself was fine, but some app was utilizing the entire CPU, which would heat the phone up and kill the battery quickly.
Which means it's entirely possible you'll have that issue with the new one as well.
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Yeah but after 2 factory reset there were only unused factory installed apps
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The rom restores I can see that holding true but after 2 complete resets and not adding any apps... not even setting up any Google services I don't know what it would be
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Phone rebooted twice today

I'm wondering why this is happening, it has done it before but 2 times within 3 hours. I'm beginning to worry... Any ideas?
Oddly enough it seems to do it right when I pick it up to use it.
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UgXvibe said:
I'm wondering why this is happening, it has done it before but 2 times within 3 hours. I'm beginning to worry... Any ideas?
Oddly enough it seems to do it right when I pick it up to use it.
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What rom are u using?
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Oh yea, completely stock.
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I had mine reboot on me today as well, it's the stock rom with root. I didn't pick it up. It happened while I was tethered using the free Wireless Tether App and the phone was asleep.
Yea, I don't even have root.. it has done it 2 more times since my first post.
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Just a guess, but check the battery temperature.
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Select battery information.
Mines at 36c.
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This happened to me. If your are running SU privilages their is always a chance if a reboot.
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I think ppl r getting confused, u r completely stock with no root aspects. Did u install the leak ota?
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No OTA, no root, no ROM. sorry for the delayed response, passed out last night
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Probably was just hot at those times and just rebooted. I don't think you should be too worried
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Oh yea, completely stock.
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one of my co-workers has been having the same issue. (completely stock as well). Mine has rebooted a handful of times, at least once that was possibly at the exact time as my co-worker's. He's called in enough that they are offering to replace the phone.
Me Too
My phone has been rebooting more and more recently. I suspect it is very poor signal causing the phone to work too hard, triggering a reboot. My will get to 109 degrees for no particular reason, and then start rebooting.
My warranty replacement (refurb) is expected today.

Only have access to 50% of my battery.

For the last week my nexus 7 has been completely dying around 50% battery. If its in sleep mode when it hits that % then it won't turn on, if I'm using it when I hit that % I get a weird flicker then it shuts off. This just seems extremely strange that all of a sudden only half my battery works. A long with only having half my battery to work with, it seems like the tablet has been charging a lot slower then normal. I use to be able to work it down all the time and usually didn't charge it until 5%-10%
Anyone else ever have this issue? I contacted Asus and there only solution right now was a factory reset. I cant see how that could fix the issue at all.
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are you rooted? what type of kernel are you using?
I have read that sometimes a factory reset refreshes the battery settings. Is your device rooted or rommed out?
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That happened to one of my friends S2's. Factory reset it. It worked for my friend. My N7 also charged really slow. I just changed the ROM. It is the same thing as a factory reset because you do one when you change your ROM.
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theandroidrooter88 said:
That happened to one of my friends S2's. Factory reset it. It worked for my friend.
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As said before, try a factory reset !
If no luck there
Try download a battery calibration app to see if its mis-calibrated etc
Sorry should of mentioned I am completely stock
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Scythe024 said:
Sorry should of mentioned I am completely stock
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Try what wilk said and if that doesn't work then put everything back to normal and rma it
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[Q] Dies at ~70% charge

My nexus 10 is dying with displayed charge at or around 70%. I had lost the tablet and it was dead for months. Idk if that is relevant or not. It did take a full charge a few times after finding the tablet before the above stated issue occurred. The charger I'm using should be in good shape as it charges my Galaxy S4 w/o issue. Running CM 10.1.3 (Stable).
Thoughts? Thanks in advance.
Update: now the device is dying while showing charge level in the high 90% mark. Device now dies mid-boot even plugged in. Before it would stay on so long as I kept it plugged in. It will stay on if I go into cwm. That's the curious part.
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After doing some research I'm going to guess calibration to be the issue. What to do if calibration is so out of wack it thinks its charged when it's dead?
Update: I ran calibration after I managed to get it to 100%. A few minutes later it died. Curiously I put my tablet in recovery mode and it has stayed on for at least an hour now. However when I try to boot into CM it dies. Every retry it dies a little sooner in boot.
Maybe you could go back to stock via fastboot. If that doesnt work I think tour battery is dead.
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Actually I've been letting it sit idle in recovery mode. Its had at least 4 hours to drain now. Haven't been able to kill it yet so I am extra confused. I read the charge with an app and it was at 4400. The tablet is perfectly happy in recovery. I wiped my system partition and reflashed CM. This seemed to have an affect to a degree. Once the dalvik cache was rebuilt the tablet died again and went back to the odd behavior I mentioned. I would prefer to not return to stock unless it is absolutely necessary. I will if I have to but I would like to see if anyone else has seen this issue or has an idea on how to TS it as is.
For the Android junkie this would be a fun issue to trace down. I simply don't have the education. I just created my developer console account and am going through the documentation to create my first app. Clearly outside of Google Fu I'm relatively useless.
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Try wiping the battery stats from recovery, if yours lets you.
Have you tried wiping/factory reset and starting with a clean install? As part of all the rebooting, you may have corrupt file(s).
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Have you tried wiping/factory reset and starting with a clean install? As part of all the rebooting, you may have corrupt file(s).
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I think in going to have to. I've proved the battery is charged and CWM knows it. I'd like to do a titanium backup to preserve my game data but I don't see how if the darn thing dies mid-boot. May have to bite the bullet on this one
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Try wiping the battery stats from recovery, if yours lets you.
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It didn't so I just wiped the whole /system partition (I believe that's where the battery bin exists) and flashed CM back. No good.
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my tablet died at 60,but it dont died since i flash other custom roms....
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my tablet died at 60,but it dont died since i flash other custom roms....
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Why thank you. I'll have a look.
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Flashed full factory image
I used the image found here to completely wipe and reset all partitions and make the thing like it just came out of the box with no trace of mods left (that I'm aware of). It happily booted in and I got about halfway through initial setup and it died and returned to the same behavior.
What do I do now?

Huge battery woes

You probably get these all the time so apologies.
I've done the google and the msm_hsic_host is referenced for when you connect the phone via usb.
But the problem I have is it's there all the time, regardless of using a computer USB cable or using a wall charger.
These appear far too often, reboots help but there seems to be something wrong and I cannot figure it out.
Any and all help / advice welcome becuase it's really fustrating.
Cheers
What OS are you running? Could it be an app you installed? Have you tried flashing to stock to see what happens?
On stock 4.2.2
Will have to see on the app front.. Might do a purge and see if it helps.
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Good luck. Please report back with your findings.
I was on stock 4.4.2 and got pretty good battery life.
Lol OP, I think what you're using is 4.4.2 not 4.2.2. It's time to get it right now, don't you think?
Btw, are you using stock kernel or custom? Either way try flashing stock kernel back and format dalvik and cache. If you're using custom kernel, same..flash stock kernel back then flash your kernel.
Sigh you are right. 4.4.2 of course.
Everything is stock on my nexus4, haven't even rooted it.
Which is why this behaviour is so annoying, might understand if I'd have played around with roms etc.
I've deleted loads of apps, may remove some more today if it doesn't let out. Will then think about going for a wipe down.
Cheers for the suggestions.
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Maybe this will help you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999368
From what i've read, this wakelock is not about the USB cable per se. The 3g modem is connected to the phone as an external USB device, which is controlled by the msm_hsic_host.
In few words, every time your phone needs something from the 3g modem, msm_hsic_host is triggered.
Im on 4.4.2 stock rooted and every time I'm in a place with low signal this wake lock drains a good amount of my battery.
Maybe you should try different kernels to see if that helps.
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Cheers
Using other on better battery stats shows the phone is never in deep sleep.
Now just to find out why.
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You need to show us the info from Partial Wakelocks, not Kernel.
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Thanks yeah I know that would be more helpful so apologies that I haven't.
Wanted to if possible avoid rooting the phone but I think I'll do that this evening to see what's going on.
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Razr m battery depletion and heatup

I have bought razr m tomorrow and was working awesome until it starts heating up and it's temperature rise to 106F and there was also smell of plastic burning so i restart the phone and it start working the way it was before but now it battery is depleting quickly like 20% in 1:30 hrs which ia very quick should i replace the phone or is it software problem and after kitkat update which i did today heatup problem is completely gone but battery is still depleting but its better than jellybean ..........so pls tell me any solution and also do you think hardware got dage at 107F. It is working fine but juat want to be sure and also sometime for a sec(less than a sec) touchscreen doesn't respond to touch i think it's with kitkat it wasn't happening with jellybean ....... Pls answer all my questions... Pls
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Battery use pic
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Plas also tell your aprox battery timing.
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Where did you have the 107°F (which screen, app etc.)?
It's not that much though.
The battery should last > 10 days in sleep mode. Of course it's less when you're using it. The screen is a battery eater and you have it at 57%.
I have rooted and unlocked bootloader . is there a y good kernel for stock kitkat rom and do we have to backup efs folder before flasjing or it is to safe to direvtly flash . i also cannot sew backup made by cwm 6.0.4.9 i don't know where it is placed
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This happened to me when I flashed SlimKat 7.6. I all I remember is that it got insanely hot, and didn't turn on until the phone cooled down completely. If this not your only phone, i'd replace the battery, and while you are replacing the battery check if there is any signs of damage from the heat. If it is your only phone, I would just keep a cable with me at all times.
Some useful links
How to disassemble the phone: youtube. com/watch?v=G0dKEaIEqYY
It heatsup only when i use 3g and browse or use fb app..... Then it realy heatsup alot and rom is stock .... I thonk problem ia with radios or baseband
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If use wifi it doesn't heatsup .... Only heatsup on 3g
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