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It seems that a lot of people with the Hermes has the phone crashing/freezing/sleep of death to varying degrees of seriousness. But most of you have solved the issue by offloading programs, etc.
My device from day one has crashed/frozen regularly & still doing so right now.
Upon reading about users with the same problem I assumed it was a piece of software but no matter what apps I had loaded or unloaded the phone would freeze, usually after waking up from sleep mode. Sometimes it wouldn't wake up at all & other times it wakes up only to freeze again.
Right now I've nothing loaded onto the phone just plain hard reset & set up 3G & wifi & even removed the sd card but guess what it still freezes up.
I've noted that 99% of the crashes occur under these circumstances. When wifi is activated & the phone goes into to sleep mode without deactivating wifi, when I try to wake it up it'll freeze & not wake up at all or sometimes it will wake up but then freeze up again.
Maybe you guys can try it. Just activate wifi & let the phone go to sleep. Wake it up & see if it hangs. Please bear in mind though that it doesn't do it everytime.
Another thing I noticed is that when the phone freezes up it also gets very very hot which is a bit worrying.
This one single problem has spoilt what is actually a great device. I'm not sure what to do with it as I got it off ebay sim free. I've tried all the available different rom but no change. I'm beginning to think I might a defective wifi module or some other hardware issue.
This is a ROM problem, wait until newer ROMs come out and they will fix the sleep freeze issue.
This is happening to me too with my Cingular 8525 on the Black Majic Rom with WM6. Very, very frustrating! Maybe there's a program that can automatically turn off the wifi when I accidentally forget to turn it off?
I have Dopod Lite and I have option in Wifi Setting/Powersafe mode, where I can set Auto turn off after few minutes
I had the Standby of Death SOD this is when the phone fails to come out of standby with a power button press. This issue only affects some people on some networks. I'm not sure if its a network problem or a software problem but as only a minority of people have it, I suspect its mainly a network problem there is a software solution.
The solution is to change the phone settings band option from auto 3G/2G to either 3G Only (WCDMA + UTMS 2100 in Europe) or 2G Only (GSM + AUTO) depending on your requirements.
Also read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540943&highlight=standby&page=2where the resolution was to get a new SIM.
Obviously this only solves the problem when the crash is because of the sim and/or settings which impact the sim. To rule out a software cause its best to start with a hard reset.
I just noticed this morning that when I hit the power button the screen only dims now. I swear it used to shut off the display completely before today, and I know for certain that is how it worked on 1.6. This really is annoying, because now when I put it in my pocket the 3 buttons are constantly being depresses and they vibrate, which lights the display again. That coupled with this stupid lock screen that I have to try to open 3-4 times is really making me angry. Maybe it's just me thugh.....
I'm assuming you upgraded to 2.1?
I remember reading somewhere that someone had a similar issue after upgrading to 2.1 but then they re flashed 2.1 a different way and problem went away.
Same issue here, it really eats up my battery life, and I do end up pushing those soft keys all-too often... I am on 2.1 and that is definitely when the problem started, I'm going to try reflashing to see if I can eliminate the issue.
try the steps found here on streaksmart.com. She reports that she has no issues when its done that way. I don't have my streak yet but will follow these steps when i get it.
I had a similar problem before, only the screen would go off and on again and stay on!
Turns out it was an APP that done this.
It is possible an app is causing the problem.
Don't leave wifi on when not using and the problem disappears.
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Don't leave wifi on when not using and the problem disappears.
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I've been experimenting with what's been causing this on mine, and I noticed that sometimes wifi will not shut all the way off. It hangs at "Turning off..."
So I tried not letting it sleep with wifi on, I turn it on if I need it, then turn it off (really a big pain in the butt) but went two days with no "no sleep" problems.
Today I tried leaving wifi on all the time, not two hours later it happened.
Since it's not happening to everybody, I wonder if it has something to do with our wifi setups. Maybe the router brand, or the encryption type, or something?
Last night I powered off the phone before better. I have wifi on all the time and I never shut it off. Today though, I have had no issues with the sleep function. It's still mid afternoon so we'll see if it continues this way. If so I will explore the wifi solution as well.
I was having this problem and somehow this setting was wrong:
SETTINGS>>APPLICATIONS>>DEVELOPMENT>>STAY AWAKE
mine was checked and we all know what that mean. Check yours to be sure if your not up for flashing again. Just a thought in case you overlooked this...
bhyde said:
I was having this problem and somehow this setting was wrong:
SETTINGS>>APPLICATIONS>>DEVELOPMENT>>STAY AWAKE
mine was checked and we all know what that mean. Check yours to be sure if your not up for flashing again. Just a thought in case you overlooked this...
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Yes, it means the screen will not time out and go off when it's being charged, but you can still turn it off, and mine wasn't plugged in when I couldn't turn it off.
I don't think this is related to what I've been seeing, but thanks.
It seems that Bluetooth did it today. I was fine all day going black on sleep with power button, but once I switched on wireless to connect to my car stereo it never went off again. Even if I turn off the wireless I have to shut down and reboot.
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It seems that Bluetooth did it today. I was fine all day going black on sleep with power button, but once I switched on wireless to connect to my car stereo it never went off again. Even if I turn off the wireless I have to shut down and reboot.
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Same here. Started car and it showed zero signal strength for the phone on the dashboard display. Pressed the power button on the Dell Streak and the car display then displayed the signal strength. From then on, the screen would dim but not shut off.
Pete
petesbodyparts said:
Same here. Started car and it showed zero signal strength for the phone on the dashboard display. Pressed the power button on the Dell Streak and the car display then displayed the signal strength. From then on, the screen would dim but not shut off.
Pete
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Was your wifi also enabled (even if not connected to any AP's) when this happened?
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Was your wifi also enabled (even if not connected to any AP's) when this happened?
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Yes, and I couldn't turn it off once the "screen dim bug" took hold. Today I've rebooted and left Bluetooth OFF and Wireless ON and have not had an issue all day long, and that's making calls, using 3G, wireless and running a pile of apps. I think I can live with no Bluetooth until the next release.
Pete
I don't think it's BT. I think it's wifi not recovering properly from sleep mode.
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I don't think it's BT. I think it's wifi not recovering properly from sleep mode.
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Fair call. However, I've now had BT off for 6 hours and I'm using 3G, wireless and USB transfers and it hasn't hiccuped yet. This is the longest I've had with no screen dim bug.
I did notice that when I walked out to the car, the Streak could still "see" my home wireless network, then starting the car and the BT pairing and connecting is when the screen dim bug came back.
Maybe it's when both are run at the same time and both are connected/paired?
petesbodyparts said:
Fair call. However, I've now had BT off for 6 hours and I'm using 3G, wireless and USB transfers and it hasn't hiccuped yet. This is the longest I've had with no screen dim bug.
I did notice that when I walked out to the car, the Streak could still "see" my home wireless network, then starting the car and the BT pairing and connecting is when the screen dim bug came back.
Maybe it's when both are run at the same time and both are connected/paired?
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I agree its looks like its a wifi issue. I always keep my bluetooth off and it still did it.
I got mine fixed... but the problem is i did a bunch of steps and now cant figure out which one actually fixed it. its been running great for 12hrs now.
What I did, since I noticed that wifi sometimes didn't sleep or wake itself up properly all the time (which i think is what's affecting our Streak sleeping), was turn off the wifi sleep. In other words when my device shuts off wifi stays active.
However, I then used "Tasker" from the Market and setup two profiles. When the screen goes off it shuts off 3G, wifi and autosync. Then when the screen comes on it turns on 3g/wifi, waits 20 secs and enables autosync (which then initiates a mail/calendar/contacts sync).
This has worked perfectly, and I get mad good battery life to boot. Now this means I don't get mail/updates (facebook, weather, etc - still get calls and txts obviously) but for me it's not a big deal especially for the battery life.
I may eventually setup more Tasker events to duplicate "Juice Defender" and poll every half hour (3G only, when screen is off only) to get my updates, but for now it's been working great.
I also setup profiles so if I'm not where I have wifi pairings it shuts down wifi. Also if it detects I'm connected via wifi (at home for instance) it disables my lock screen. I also have it set to only start GPS for apps that need it (Maps, Navigation, Places, etc) and that helps save battery too.
Tasker is an awesome app for $3.99. It has a steep learning curve, but there are enough walk-throughs available to teach you how to do the basics.
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I agree its looks like its a wifi issue. I always keep my bluetooth off and it still did it.
I got mine fixed... but the problem is i did a bunch of steps and now cant figure out which one actually fixed it. its been running great for 12hrs now.
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Found the fix on Modaco. Have a look at the last page of the thread called "2.1 Bugs ....., Add what you find please....."
I never knew there was an "Advanced" menu for WiFi!
yeah that is not it. I also have mine set to never time out so does that mean it will never shut off either? Anyway, it keeps happening through the day. Wifi and bluetooth do seem to have something to do with it, but I need them both on all the time so the only thing I can do is reboot. Then it is good for a couple hours. Are the any apps that have a reboot? That's one thing I miss on the iPhone.
So I set the WiFi sleep policy to "Never when plugged in".
I.e. screen off = wifi off (on battery), and screen off = wifi on (on charge/plugged in).
Just want to save battery, even though battery life is already pretty good, especially coming from my 'charge every night' HTC Desire!
Problem is, it decides to change itself to "Never", even if I am not using the tablet. (checked by going back into the setting and finding the "Never" radio checked.) Can anyone else verify if they have the same issue?
Mine sticks.
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Mine sticks.
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same here, no problem setting up a different policy
Thanks for the reply.
For me it seems to change by itself after quite a while. (like overnight)
So, have you always had yours on a policy other than 'Never'?
So I've decided to set mine to the same setting and my setting sticks. However when mine does go to sleep on battery and I wake it up, sometimes it never reconnects to the wifi or rescans. So I am forced to turn off wifi manually and backon for it to reconnect.
Anyone else ever have that issue?
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So I've decided to set mine to the same setting and my setting sticks. However when mine does go to sleep on battery and I wake it up, sometimes it never reconnects to the wifi or rescans. So I am forced to turn off wifi manually and backon for it to reconnect.
Anyone else ever have that issue?
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I have this issue on all my android phones & tablets.
Same problem with my Desire Z running Virtuous Unity,the sleep policy resets to never,damn annoying it is too.
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So I've decided to set mine to the same setting and my setting sticks. However when mine does go to sleep on battery and I wake it up, sometimes it never reconnects to the wifi or rescans. So I am forced to turn off wifi manually and backon for it to reconnect.
Anyone else ever have that issue?
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I occasionally experience the same issue... I also have a thunderbolt which never had the problem and neither did my XOOM...
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So I've decided to set mine to the same setting and my setting sticks. However when mine does go to sleep on battery and I wake it up, sometimes it never reconnects to the wifi or rescans. So I am forced to turn off wifi manually and backon for it to reconnect.
Anyone else ever have that issue?
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you need to set your wifi setting to Static IP instead of DHCP. This will resolve your issue. I had the same issue and now its fixed.
punkyp00h said:
So I've decided to set mine to the same setting and my setting sticks. However when mine does go to sleep on battery and I wake it up, sometimes it never reconnects to the wifi or rescans. So I am forced to turn off wifi manually and backon for it to reconnect.
Anyone else ever have that issue?
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Seems to be a common problem for any device with a Broadcom 4330.
Broadcom's policy towards open source has always sucked, and crap like this is the result.
I leave the WIFI open all the time...
I have the same issue. Wifi sleep policy changes by itself to "Never", draining the battery in just a couple of hours.
RMXO said:
I have this issue on all my android phones & tablets.
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I have the same problem, but only since the 3.2 update
StevenBX said:
I have the same problem, but only since the 3.2 update
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any news on how to solve this issue?
Turning off WiFi in sleep mode doesn't work
My 10.1 will not turn off WiFi when the tablet goes to sleep, per my selection to turn WiFi off wen the screen turns off. WiFi remains on when the tablet is in sleep mode--I can ping it successfully from another computer in my home network anytime. I want to disconnect whenever the screen turns off for a couple of reasons: 1) to cut down on WiFi traffic overall (I have a limited monthly data allowance) and 2) to keep some of the snoop sites from gathering information from my tablet.
3.2, rooted, kernel 2.6.36.4-cyanogenmod+ [email protected] #1 (overclocked)
Any suggestions?
Put it in airplane mode when you aren't using it. I have a button on the home screen to turn on airplane mode. Disables all radios, and really saves battery.
Airplane mode did it. The app I installed is Auto Airplane Mode. It simply puts it in airplane mode when I press the on/off button to turn the screen off (sleep) and takes it right out, usually by the time I swipe the screen, when I turn it on again. Works every time, no problems. This is much better than trying to debug the original problem, which sounds like it must be common to a lot of phones and tablets.
Thanks, Dave
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Airplane mode did it. The app I installed is Auto Airplane Mode. It simply puts it in airplane mode when I press the on/off button to turn the screen off (sleep) and takes it right out, usually by the time I swipe the screen, when I turn it on again. Works every time, no problems. This is much better than trying to debug the original problem, which sounds like it must be common to a lot of phones and tablets.
Thanks, Dave
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Nice, I didn't know there was an app for that. Will save me a press when I sleep the tab!
Can you recommend an app or a mod which control wifi connection when the screen is off? I notice that if I enable wifi, I got 20% battery drop per a day, but I got 2% drop if I disabled wifi. Still, I like to have wifi on when I am using it, and clicking several time to enable wifi is quite irritating (relatively). So I thought there might be a good resolution to handle this my lazy problem.
I searched it on android market, and can find several. Can you recommend any one which will work well with NookTouch? I appreciate your inputs.
Same problem pal. But I also can't fix wifi not reconnecting when nook is up from sleep state issue. Suggestions?
I use the power widget that comes with ADW. I can turn WiFi on and off from my home screen with one tap.
Is it possible for it to be done automatically? Like on my smartphone? When wifi is turned on and my nook goes to sleep mode then when it wakes up wifi is off, in "disconnected" state.
I use the program Llama. It lets you set up all sorts of conditional changes for phones (similar to Tasker).
On my nook, I have one event trigger. When wifi turns on, Llama delays for 5 minutes, then turns wifi off.
It isn't exactly the same as turning off wifi when the screen turns off, but it helps me save battery. I currently have it send a notification to let me know it is turning off wifi, so I have the option to keep wifi on if I so choose.
Edit: Llama does have an event trigger for Screen Off, but I couldn't get it to work. Maybe the Nook doesn't turn off the screen in the way standard android phones do, so the trigger doesn't run.
Edit 2: I just realized you wanted one that turns wifi off when turning the screen of, then reconnects when turning the screen on. If Llama correctly detects the screen off/on triggers, you could set up two events, one to turn wifi off and one to turn it back on. I haven't gotten it to work, so maybe Llama isn't going to work for your particular needs.
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Edit 2: I just realized you wanted one that turns wifi off when turning the screen of, then reconnects when turning the screen on. If Llama correctly detects the screen off/on triggers, you could set up two events, one to turn wifi off and one to turn it back on. I haven't gotten it to work, so maybe Llama isn't going to work for your particular needs.
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The NST is so heavily customized by B&N that you cannot rely on the "usual" events being triggered.
They only did what was necessary to save enough power and get the device to work and I don't blame them for that.
I'm pretty sure there's an event triggered that can be used for this particular task tho, if I get some spare time I might dig into it.
Well, I'm the impression, that my nook does that. I mean, when in sleeping mode - the WIFI is OFF. But when I awake the NOOK, wifi turns ON by it self and connect to internet. What I suspect, you might have the problem that other users experienced (including me) ... that you will have to change one file. Read more about it here.
I hope, this will help you.
Thx for all help !
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In TorimuNooter I fixed the battery drain, pop on over to the TorimuNooter thread. The latest version (Ver 0.3) was just uploaded today!
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Guys,
I updated my tab a few days ago. Now the market looks different but unfortunately I'm facing another irritating problem which I have no clue how to solve.
Every time that I turn off the tab, and let it be idle for 10 minutes, when I turn it back on, the WiFi icon will show no bars - which translates into no internet connectivity. That happens while the WiFi button is still pressed (green in the pop-up menu). In order for the device to connect to the net I need to turn the WiFi OFF and than ON and it works.
I checked the WiFi sleep configuration and they are set to "never turn it off" I also rebooted the device but with no change.
Please let me know what to do... as this thing sometimes just drives me crazy.
Thanks.
Gingi
imgingi said:
Guys,
I updated my tab a few days ago. Now the market looks different but unfortunately I'm facing another irritating problem which I have no clue how to solve.
Every time that I turn off the tab, and let it be idle for 10 minutes, when I turn it back on, the WiFi icon will show no bars - which translates into no internet connectivity. That happens while the WiFi button is still pressed (green in the pop-up menu). In order for the device to connect to the net I need to turn the WiFi OFF and than ON and it works.
I checked the WiFi sleep configuration and they are set to "never turn it off" I also rebooted the device but with no change.
Please let me know what to do... as this thing sometimes just drives me crazy.
Thanks.
Gingi
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Flash a custom rom bro. Otherwise you are stuck with Samsung's awesome bugs. If you don't want to flash a custom rom there isn't really much you can do about it considering you're not rooted. What did you update to? KMP???
I did the regular Samsung update -the latest one that was released a couple of says ago. The problem with rooting is losing the coverage I have for insuring the device... which I'm reluctant to do. I'm sure it has a solution somewhere...
Yes I confirm.
This "reconnect" issue is being discussed on many forums with no solutions yet. (except custom ROM)