First off. . .I've had so many WINMO phones i've lost count. . . so knowing a bit about WINMO and how batteries work, THIS MAKES NO SENSE WHY IT WORKED. . .but it did.
Ok, let me know if this fixed the problem for you, I'd love to hear if there was another factor in my battery suddenly becoming An AMAZING powerhouse.
So my battery life SUCKED for the first week i had my Sprint TP2. After trying every reg hack I could get my hands on (including trying to disable 3g - which the mode of operation page just never showed up on my settings- like it did on my touch pro --anyone have thoughts on this?) I decided on another hard reset.
But this time was different. . . I let it charge all night long. . .then while it was still plugged in, I hard reset it. . .
1) CHARGE FULLY
2) hard reset while still plugged in
3) install myphone and restore (still plugged in)
4) install nuePower 1.52 -- soft reset twice
5) install other software
About 2 hours after doing this (and using it) i noticed the battery was still at 100% - - - WHAT!!!
My first thought was that the sensor was broken, but then about an hour later, it dropped to 90%. I used the phone more yesterday than i have in every day I've had it combined. . .
I downloaded (on the battery) I'd say upwards of 30MB -- did another myphone sync - a cleanup -- took about 1/2 hr.
Made several phone calls. . .bluetooth the whole sh'bang (about 30 mins phone calls i'd say)
end of the day . . . battery was at 50%
NOTE: for some reason the 1% increment doesn't work, but who cares anymore when the battery now ROCKS!
I'm more incline to think an app you install before was sucking the power somehow, did you have identical app suite before and after the hard reset?
yes, I've re-installed EVERY piece of software i had before. That's one of the reasons it makes no sense why it works.
s2u2
Facebook
Bing
Myphone
Klaxon
DST Update
Advanced Config Tool
Google maps
nuePower
olive tree bible reader
PHM Registry Editor
weatherCityEditor
olive tree bible reader-> lol
mantici said:
yes, I've re-installed EVERY piece of software i had before. That's one of the reasons it makes no sense why it works.
s2u2
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Bing
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Klaxon
DST Update
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Google maps
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olive tree bible reader
PHM Registry Editor
weatherCityEditor
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olive tree bible reader
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where did you find that app at? Can you get different versions (KJV or NIV) ?
http://olivetree.com
they have several bibles for free (KJV, MKGV, ASV, etc) and some for fee (NIV for one).
app is pretty good, if not a bit "old" looking
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where did you find that app at? Can you get different versions (KJV or NIV) ?
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Here, and yes. Many of the older versions are free. It doesn't support touch screens very well yet, but you can make the zoom bar work as a scroller which helps.
BTW, back to the OT-
I found that I had to turn off the power option that turns on the TP2 when the keyboard opens. The keyboard sensor is magnetic, and it would think the keyboard had opened every time I would put it back in it's HTC belt case. You know- the one with the magnetic lid...
i've not seen that magnetic case problem, got the case from Sprint, insert it in so the screen faces my belt. . . no problems there. Yup, just checked it.
Hey where did you find that feature to turn off the keyboard thingy. I have a magnetic case and I always see my light one when I take it out of my case
second that request for how turn off the power option on sliding the keyboard..
it is silly anyway. I never slide the keyboard unless i have an app open that needs it. But that app doesn't need it until I open and use the app, which doesn't happen until I turn on the phone.....
LOL
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Hey where did you find that feature to turn off the keyboard thingy. I have a magnetic case and I always see my light one when I take it out of my case
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Google is your friend-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523842&highlight=power+keyboard+slide
here: so you don't have to jump through 2 loops to get to it:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Hardware\DeviceMap\Keybd] Create new dword "SlideWakeup" with value of 0 and soft reset.
To revert, delete the key or set it's data to 1
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second that request for how turn off the power option on sliding the keyboard..
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Schap's Advanced Config did that on the Kaiser, has anyone tried it with the TP2?
I have that installed, i don't see the setting anywhere.
Can anyone else confirm this... I would do this in a second if I thought it would work. I barely get a days worth out of normal use. Sprint TP2
I'm about to give this a shot. I'm not terribly upset with my battery life, but anything more would be better. I see that you are using the sprint TP2. Is hspl out for that yet? I'm using a Tilt2 and have a custom ROM. Not sure if that means much to you but I will let you know if I see an improvement.
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So far so good. I won't know if the 1% battery driver doesn't work until the battery meter updates, but it hasn't dropped below 100% yet. It's my feeling that the full charge and hard reset on charge is what did the trick. I will keep everyone posted.
can anyone tell me if they are having success by using this method...is this working on any touch pro 2 bc i have a verizon touch pro2 and im lucky to get 10 hrs life with it and thats with texting only (heavily)...i dont make any phone calls and i barely use the data but like i said, im lucky to get 10-12 hrs of life...any help would be great
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can anyone tell me if they are having success by using this method...is this working on any touch pro 2 bc i have a verizon touch pro2 and im lucky to get 10 hrs life with it and thats with texting only (heavily)...i dont make any phone calls and i barely use the data but like i said, im lucky to get 10-12 hrs of life...any help would be great
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Well I've been using my phone with heavy to moderate usage since my last post (with wifi off) and my phone is currently at about 65%. So it doesn't seem that my battery life has improved dramatically. I'll have a better idea about how effective this method was on my battery life later this evening.
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It has been about 10 hours off charge and my phone is currently at 36%. Since it's the weekend and I just got the phone I've been using it a little more than usual. So far I feel that the battery life has improved after using this method. Once I've used it for a couple more days I'll report back my results.
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I woke up at 8am, used my phone throughout the day, and here about 12 hours later my phone is at 33%. I am much happier knowing that I can use my phone all day and still only have to charge it overnight. Thanks OP.
Solution to my battery life issue.
Hi all,
This is related to battery life (but not really the original poster's cause), so I thought I'd post it here so others can find it. I purchased a TP2 in a city where 3G coverage exists, while on a business trip, and I was pleased with the battery life. But when I returned home I found my battery life decreased greatly. The phone was only 3 weeks old, but I thought I might have had a dud battery. The Settings>System>Power>Information tab, however, showed many hours of device usage (which was draining my battery) even on days when I didn't check email or use the internet.
I was finally pointed to a solution by a T-Mo rep (after a few encounters with less-informed staff). My home location is in a non-3G area and my phone was constantly trying to find 3G coverage all day long when in my home area. This was, apparently, the equivalent to being on the internet all day and my phone wouldn't last 10 hours. I went to Start>Settings>Advanced Network and changed the option to Disable (when I'm in a non-3G area) and this solved the issue. My phone now lasts two days again, instead of 10 hours.
This is, I know, slightly off the topic of the orginal posters topic but I hope someone reading about battery life issues might find this useful.
can anyone provide me the nuePower 1.52 i cant download it
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Hi
Got problem with power. It happened suddenly about 1 week ago.
Before it, battery stills for 3 even for 4 days. At now, i must recharge it eveary day.
I didn't installed anything. Just using Pocket Informat and baterry pack pro. Nothing else from memory resident programs.
I don't think battery is ****ing up, i've got my device for only 3 months for now, so it must be software issue, but which, cause not installed anything new.
I've dont use bluetooth (i've deleted runbttray to solve muted phonecalls), ocassionally i use wifi. Every evening i've put device in flight mode and sometimes it goes about 30% down at night (between 22 - 7). It is so rapidly i think.The most power-eater are screen and GSM module, but at night they are booth off. When GSM is on, it gets even more power.
I try to hardreset but before i want you to ask some sugestions maybe.
radio is 1.10
rom 1.40 (i-mate)
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i must recharge it every day.
radio is 1.10
rom 1.40 (i-mate)
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i have had this from the start, and from what ive read in the past, its pretty normal even if you dont use it a lot, i always charge mine up in the car if i drive to top it up!!!!
if it is software related id like to know if it is fixable!!!!
but as far as ive read anyway, its just normal is that!!! :roll:
Yes, but why it work great. 3-4 days, and from about week ago is working for 1-2 days, usage of device before and now is similiar
A few things:
- running kavanna's WM6.1 080408 ROM
- the phone is pretty much idle (I'm not actively using it when this happens)
- I am *not* overclocked (stock cpu clock)
- the phone/battery is probably 2-3 months old
- no strange processes other than the stock ones that come with the ROM that run on startup
- I carry my phone in my pocket, so it typically happens when I am carrying it like that.
Every once and a while, my phone suddenly gets very warm (on the battery side). At that point, it typically becomes un-responsive/freezes and I have to take the battery out to reset it. During this time, while the battery/phone case is hot, I can drop 20-30% battery charge in a manner of minutes.
Since I have to do a hard reset typically, I can't tell what process is stuck (if there is one) and/or what else might be happening behind the scenes. I take the battery out, reset it, power back up and all is fine.
This doesn't happen often, but it happens enough to where I would like to see if anyone else has this strange gremlin pop up every once and a while.
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A few things:
- running kavanna's WM6.1 080408 ROM
- the phone is pretty much idle (I'm not actively using it when this happens)
- I am *not* overclocked (stock cpu clock)
- the phone/battery is probably 2-3 months old
- no strange processes other than the stock ones that come with the ROM that run on startup
- I carry my phone in my pocket, so it typically happens when I am carrying it like that.
Every once and a while, my phone suddenly gets very warm (on the battery side). At that point, it typically becomes un-responsive/freezes and I have to take the battery out to reset it. During this time, while the battery/phone case is hot, I can drop 20-30% battery charge in a manner of minutes.
Since I have to do a hard reset typically, I can't tell what process is stuck (if there is one) and/or what else might be happening behind the scenes. I take the battery out, reset it, power back up and all is fine.
This doesn't happen often, but it happens enough to where I would like to see if anyone else has this strange gremlin pop up every once and a while.
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I had this exact same issue beginning of last year. Come to find out, it was the battery
pudgedaddy said:
I had this exact same issue beginning of last year. Come to find out, it was the battery
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Yeah, I did a search but I couldn't find any definite answer given that my battery/phone were basically brand new.
Hopefully the solution is that simple. What's odd is that when this doesn't happen, my battery holds a good charge for days. Go figure. I wonder if I can convince T-Mobile to send me a new battery...
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Yeah, I did a search but I couldn't find any definite answer given that my battery/phone were basically brand new.
Hopefully the solution is that simple. What's odd is that when this doesn't happen, my battery holds a good charge for days. Go figure. I wonder if I can convince T-Mobile to send me a new battery...
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i had only had my phone for about 2 months when this started happening. Since i did not know what the issue was, i naturally called them to troubleshoot, they ended up sending me a battery as a replacement, no charge.
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i had only had my phone for about 2 months when this started happening. Since i did not know what the issue was, i naturally called them to troubleshoot, they ended up sending me a battery as a replacement, no charge.
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Yeah, looks like I am going to have to BS a little being that I have a cooked 6.1 ROM on it. I doubt that they will support that given that they only have 6.0 out right now (officially that is, yes?).
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Yeah, I did a search but I couldn't find any definite answer given that my battery/phone were basically brand new.
I wonder if I can convince T-Mobile to send me a new battery...
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You shouldn't have to get them to "send" you one. Just go to your nearest T-Mobile Store and tell them that you've been having trouble with your battery overheating. After enough banter, they should be willing to give you a new one free of charge. I got a new one out of them last year with hardly any effort.
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Yeah, looks like I am going to have to BS a little being that I have a cooked 6.1 ROM on it. I doubt that they will support that given that they only have 6.0 out right now (officially that is, yes?).
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how are they going to know which ROm you are using? just tell them that the phone locks up and when it does, you feel the phone getting very warm, also tell them that you've already done a hard reset and let the phone set after the hard reset without any 3rd party software and it still locks up
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how are they going to know which ROm you are using? just tell them that the phone locks up and when it does, you feel the phone getting very warm, also tell them that you've already done a hard reset and let the phone set after the hard reset without any 3rd party software and it still locks up
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Just called and here is the status:
- The battery is only warrantied by T-Mobile for 3 months (I've had the phone for 3.5 months, so they cannot warranty it). However...
- The battery is warrantied by HTC for 1 year, so I have their number.
- T-Mobile is sending me a new phone in case this is a hardware issue (does not come with a new battery, however).
So, I'll try the new phone with the original battery. At least I will get a new phone with no scratches on the screen (can put my screen protector on). If the problem still persists, I'll then contact HTC (have their support #) and have them replace my battery.
So, all should be well 'cept for the fact that I have to reload my ROM again along with all of the settings. Oh well...
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Just called and here is the status:
- The battery is only warrantied by T-Mobile for 3 months (I've had the phone for 3.5 months, so they cannot warranty it). However...
- The battery is warrantied by HTC for 1 year, so I have their number.
- T-Mobile is sending me a new phone in case this is a hardware issue (does not come with a new battery, however).
So, I'll try the new phone with the original battery. At least I will get a new phone with no scratches on the screen (can put my screen protector on). If the problem still persists, I'll then contact HTC (have their support #) and have them replace my battery.
So, all should be well 'cept for the fact that I have to reload my ROM again along with all of the settings. Oh well...
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make sure that you re-install the original t-mobile ROM on the phone you're sending back. otherwise they may end up billing you later on, for "non warranty" part
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make sure that you re-install the original t-mobile ROM on the phone you're sending back. otherwise they may end up billing you later on, for "non warranty" part
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*noted*
I figured that might be an issue. I'll do a search for it (I think I remember a thread that had it a while back).
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*noted*
I figured that might be an issue. I'll do a search for it (I think I remember a thread that had it a while back).
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Or...you can just go to T-Mobile.com and download the original ROM.
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Or...you can just go to T-Mobile.com and download the original ROM.
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That's too much work. Found it in Mikey's repository instead.
From searching, it looks like tons of people are having random reboot issues with the HTC EVO. Let's make one thread to put everything so maybe we can figure this out.
Side note, it looks like the HTC desire has the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=676402&highlight=rebooting
So post what you've tried that hasn't worked.
If you think you have a solution, share
One thing I've noticed is it seems heat related.
I've installed temperatures monitors and it seems around 32 degrees Celcius is around when it reboots. It will reboot loop usually. This can be cured by pulling the battery and waiting for it to cool down, or just put it in the freezer for 4-5 minutes.
I've tried underclocking it with the screen dimmed way down, and running it without the back cover and it still overheats.
For me, the problem came out of nowhere. I had the device for over a month with heavy usage and no problems. My current GUESS is it must be a physical problem. Not enough thermal grease or something...
It looks like the HTC Desire users may be getting replacement motherboards to fix their issue.
Does the HTC EVO and Desire share parts?
From other threads it looks like:
Root or Stock - Doesn't matter
Radio version - Doesn't matter
Rom version - Doesn't matter
GPS Fix - Doesn't matter
GPS turned off - Doesn't matter
3G data, 4G data turned off - Doesn't matter
Hard Reset - Doesn't matter
Found this on the HTC Desire reboot thread:
Latest test list for HTC Desire RR (Random Reboot) problems:
-All phones with s/n HT03 to HT07 can get this problem (Minor problem from SH09 so far)
-Starts around 1.5 to 3 months after use
-Reboots get worse over time
-Firmware and android version doesn’t matter which you have
-Force apps2sd doesn’t matter if you use it or not
-PVT1 or PVT3 or whatever doesn’t matter
-Screen type, doesn't matter if you have AMOLED or SLCD
-There seems to be an antenna/radio/simcard issue also
-Overheating causes reboots too
-Reboot is not always temp related
-SD card size doesn’t seem to matter
-Having apps on SD or not doesn’t matter
-Size of files on SD doesn’t matter
-Rooted or not doesn’t matter
-Motherboard changed after repair doesn't always fix it
-Sim locked or not doesn't matter
-Provider doesn't matter(vodafone, kpn/hi, T-mobile etc all got it)
-Most likely hardware issue, sense flashing won’t fix it, yet changing motherboard will
-Restarting doesn't fix it
-Factory resetting doesn't fix it
-Changing/buying new battery Doesn’t fix it
-Using app killers or shutting down some services yourself doesn't help
-Leaving all settings on default doesn't fix it
-Plugged into car charger in the past doesn’t matter
-Hboot version probably doesn't matter (still not fully tested)
-Having a phone cover or not doesn’t matter
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wifes phone has been doing it very bad...one that has never been rooted...
was going to root it and try new rom but seems to be a hardware issue.
any other comments on this subject?
My stock rooted Rom just rebooted for the first time today. I really don't rememebr what I was doing st the time....but this has never happened before. I assume there's no event log to check.
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I had been facing this with increasing frequency. I got the phone on launch day, and the problem started over the last month, getting worse all the time. I agree with the OP that there does not seem to be any obvious cause -- sometimes it is heat related, sometimes not. Any time I push the phone (run psx4droid, or navigation + anything else), and sometimes even with lighter usage, like on a phone call. Unrooting did nothing to stop the problem.
After extensive searching, I found three possible causes: bad battery (I tried a new one and the problem continued, but this seems a good starting place), bad memory blocks, or bad processor.
I was unable to find any solution to this problem. I took my phone to Sprint today, and they told me that their tests didn't show a problem. Then I made it happen in front of them (launch navigation to anywhere, then a couple more apps, then boom, reboot) a couple times (really, after the first time, letting it turn back on pretty much caused it to happen again).
After that, they agreed to replace it. I do have the TEP, but they assumed that the problem was hardware related so I don't know if you have to have it for them to replace it.
Strangely, they gave me a white one as a replacement.
I haven't had any problems with the new (well, re-manufactured) one, and I hope it stays that way, but I guess only time will tell.
I'm currently experiencing the problem as well, funny thing is every time it happens, the phone is NOT in use, simply sitting on table or desktop in standby. This happens about once every two days.
Currently running rooted evio2 1.3.1
Wow, I was about to start this thread, when I saw this. I guess I was like 10 minutes late. Either way, i believe something messed with the hardware. My little bro cracked my screen badly, so I am getting a new evo anyway, but will I be able to get one free bcuz of this? This is really a terrible problem. Somebody needs to de-assemble their precious evo and see if there is an obvious problem. thanks a bunch. Subscribing.
same here.
happens mostly when on the charger and i am using it at the same time. so heat related seems likely.
can anyone get a logcat of it happening?
I called sprint support and they said it's defective to return it.
Taking it in for replacement today.
Sprint replaced mine for $35 [a refurb]. That's the end of that.
But now, I can only use the speaker to hear my callers. Gotta go back and get another!
My guess is the new update could be putting a lot of strain on the battery but who knows? I haven't experienced it but maybe its because I'm using the extended mah 3500 seido battery.
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thlinx said:
My guess is the new update could be putting a lot of strain on the battery but who knows? I haven't experienced it but maybe its because I'm using the extended mah 3500 seido battery.
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No, I've got the 3500mAh Seido battery too.
I don't think it's strain since mine has gotten worse. AKA the amount of usage it take to make the phone reboot has gone from hours of use to minutes.
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No, I've got the 3500mAh Seido battery too.
I don't think it's strain since mine has gotten worse. AKA the amount of usage it take to make the phone reboot has gone from hours of use to minutes.
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Actually I just had a reboot lol.
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Same thing here. I posted my issue in the rom threads i used, and everyone ignored the issue, lol.
For me, I noticed it about a week after using roms with the new software update (3.29). It happened with navigation, launching multiple apps, running quadrant, etc.
So yesterday I installed DC 3.5 from scratch, turned nav on and let it sit for a couple of hours. NO reboots. Before, after 10 mins of the screen and nav being on, I'd get a reboot. Has anyone else tried this (or willingly to try it)? I switched back to my nand backup, ran quadrant -> bam, reboot.
I bought my EVO on launch day (HW Version 002), and have not had any problems until around Oct 13.
I took the phone on a trip to Orlando, and as soon as I got off the plane and turned on the phone, the problems started happening. It has been happening ever since, even since I returned home.
I bought my phone at Best Buy, and have had their Geek Squad send it back to try to fix it. I also added the complaints about screen separation to the workorder so that they would be more likely to replace the device. Hopefully, this fixes the issue.
I also think it is heat related, but I don't know why it is just now becoming an issue. Just to make sure the folks at BB could see the issue happening, I put the phone in front of my car's heater for a few minutes, then started up Google Earth, and was able to make the phone start boot looping while I walked into the store.
I tried hard reset, soft reset, update prl, underclocking, GPS Reset, new battery, new SD Card, and none of those things worked. I wonder if the removal of the 30 fps limit in the last update caused some type of heat damage?
I just had a reboot last night while trying to look at a picture I'd just taken in the Camera app on CM6.0.0. Only the 2nd or 3rd time it's happened. Still annoying though. Hope it doesn't get worse.
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I called sprint support and they said it's defective to return it.
Taking it in for replacement today.
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How much they charged you?
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Same thing here. I posted my issue in the rom threads i used, and everyone ignored the issue, lol.
For me, I noticed it about a week after using roms with the new software update (3.29). It happened with navigation, launching multiple apps, running quadrant, etc.
So yesterday I installed DC 3.5 from scratch, turned nav on and let it sit for a couple of hours. NO reboots. Before, after 10 mins of the screen and nav being on, I'd get a reboot. Has anyone else tried this (or willingly to try it)? I switched back to my nand backup, ran quadrant -> bam, reboot.
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I reset mine back to stock. Unrooted it and everything.
Didn't fix the issue for me.
Now I did try erasing all the stuff that's erasable inside recovery and it seemed to go a few days without a reboot. Not sure if that was a fluke or not.
Hi guys. Haven't been here in a while. My daughter is now saying her cap. glide is randomly shutting itself down- not related to low battery. It happened 3 times in one week. When she powered it up the battery was fine. The phone is about 9 months old. I think it has a 12 month warranty. At least on the samsung site it says 12 months. We got it from ATT with contract renewal.
I read that the regular Captivate had this problem. Did it flow over into the glide? Haven't found anything about it. I assume ATT will replace with a refurb if anything.
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Hi guys. Haven't been here in a while. My daughter is now saying her cap. glide is randomly shutting itself down- not related to low battery. It happened 3 times in one week. When she powered it up the battery was fine. The phone is about 9 months old. I think it has a 12 month warranty. At least on the samsung site it says 12 months. We got it from ATT with contract renewal.
I read that the regular Captivate had this problem. Did it flow over into the glide? Haven't found anything about it. I assume ATT will replace with a refurb if anything.
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I use mine pretty heavy and havent noticed any problem i assume that you are running the phone completely stock and if so i would suggest that you download samsung kies from samsungs site and run it then plug the phone in and it will ask you if you want to update the phone it may run better on the newest firmware that there is other wise i would download avgs free antivirus app and run it to see if there are any apps that might be to blame i would post links but to avoid spam i am not allowed
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I use mine pretty heavy and havent noticed any problem i assume that you are running the phone completely stock and if so i would suggest that you download samsung kies from samsungs site and run it then plug the phone in and it will ask you if you want to update the phone it may run better on the newest firmware that there is other wise i would download avgs free antivirus app and run it to see if there are any apps that might be to blame i would post links but to avoid spam i am not allowed
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Thanks for your response. Yes, it is stock rom, but I have it rooted with CWM recovery on it. I don't think kies can update it due to CWM. And it's in another state. LOL. But good to know you don't have the issue. As for running antivirus, my daughter does not even know what that is- she barely runs it on her computer. If I ever get my hands on it I will try your suggestion for AV.
Could be a battery issue... mine did the same, and when I took out the battery it was slightly swollen.
Thanks for that. I'll have her check it out.:fingers-crossed:
Interested in your solution
My wife's Captivate Glide just started having random shutdowns last week. I came over looking for a "return to stock" thread hoping that putting a new OS might help when I saw this thread. I've been reading xda on the GalaxyII boards since getting mine last year so have some familarity with xda. Wife prefers to not update OS so I want to avoid ICS. She had AVG installed and I added Lookout to scan with it also and can't seem to find an issue with those. The problem for her mainly manifest itself when she has the internet turned on. The phone will basically act like the battery is critical and do a shutdown even if it is over 50 percent. power up with the cord in and it still shows good charge. If I find something that works I'll post it here also.
I have random shutdowns/boot cycles too. I've narrowed it to a hardware issue. I was running rooted stock rom, but also ran liquidsmooth and now on aokp rom, and its still happens.
I posted a topic a couple weeks ago, asked if anyone has any experience replacing the power button..its not that it sticks, but if pressed the wrong way in the wrong spot, the phone goes into endless boot mode, with the samsung logo up for about three sec, then black, then samsung logo, then black.
The timing is rarely the same. There's no debris or gunk. Its not battery. Its not overclock issue. Its something to do with the phyical power button.
Can I diasble power button using key remapping?
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Having the same problems with my Glide, and I really do think it's a hardware issue since my battery looks fine. After reading many threads here and elsewhere, I'm resigned to the fact that it can't be fixed, but more suggestions are welcome.
My daughter has had this phone for almost a year and it just started happening to hers. She is very hard on her phone. 5000 texts/month with alot of drops. She just might have abused it to near death. lol.
Random Boot
Hello guys;
I think I'm having same or very similar issue.
My phone is randomly shutting down; some times is in cyclic restarts.
Did you guys came up with a solution to this problem?
Thanks
sashusmom said:
My daughter has had this phone for almost a year and it just started happening to hers. She is very hard on her phone. 5000 texts/month with alot of drops. She just might have abused it to near death. lol.
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5000 texts per month?
Does your daughter know how to speak or is she only familiar with written language?
If you're on a stock rom, it's almost certainly a bad battery.
Battery voltage will drop when it's hot or if it's damaged. When you turn it back on, the phone says you still have plenty of power left.
What the phone is really doing is making a guess about how much battery life it has left.
It knows the voltage. Now, if you know the voltage a battery is producing with no load, you can get sort of an idea of how much more life you can get out of it. The phone keeps track of this (roughly) and tries to guess. It's also not going to let the battery drop too far down below 3.6 volts, it will shut it off for safety, because if you truly completely discharge a lithium battery, you can't charge it. (there are tricks to get them going again, but it's bad for them.)
And a damaged battery can have plenty of volts, but once you put it under load it will drop sharply. The phone will power down to protect the battery, or it just won't be able to stay on any longer.
Anyway, pull your battery. Make sure it isn't bulging. Pick up a spare off of ebay for $10 and see if it is better.
Or if it's under warranty, just take it in.
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5000 texts per month?
Does your daughter know how to speak or is she only familiar with written language?
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Lol.... Sometimes it's only 3 thousand. But you are right. The art of communication is being lost on this generation of kids who rely on computers, tablets, and smartphones. Instead of calling, they text about everything.
My daughter is graduating:victory: with a double major- Theatre and speech (performance) so we know she can talk and sing and psychology with ambitions to get a masters in dance therapy to work with autistic kids.... If broadway does not work out Any directors or producers out there need new talent?? :fingers-crossed:
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If you're on a stock rom, it's almost certainly a bad battery.
Battery voltage will drop when it's hot or if it's damaged. When you turn it back on, the phone says you still have plenty of power left.
What the phone is really doing is making a guess about how much battery life it has left.
It knows the voltage. Now, if you know the voltage a battery is producing with no load, you can get sort of an idea of how much more life you can get out of it. The phone keeps track of this (roughly) and tries to guess. It's also not going to let the battery drop too far down below 3.6 volts, it will shut it off for safety, because if you truly completely discharge a lithium battery, you can't charge it. (there are tricks to get them going again, but it's bad for them.)
And a damaged battery can have plenty of volts, but once you put it under load it will drop sharply. The phone will power down to protect the battery, or it just won't be able to stay on any longer.
Anyway, pull your battery. Make sure it isn't bulging. Pick up a spare off of ebay for $10 and see if it is better.
Or if it's under warranty, just take it in.
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Very informative. Thank you. She did pull the battery and it was fine. It is about a year old. I got her 2 replacements and she just doesn't use them. I will suggest that she switches to a new one- although they are almost a year old too, but unused- I charged them up once before i gave them to her.
phone saga continues!!!
:silly: Well, my daughter being sooooo poor that she couldn't buy herself a BOX of tissues(cough-cough), she was pulling toilet paper from the dorm bathroom and plop! OOps!! Her phone fell into the drink! (toilet bowl!!)
She knew enough to pull the battery and used a blowdryer to start the dry out process, and put it into a bag of rice. Didn't leave it in long enough and tried to power on- did a little dance, and it died. I thought she fried it, but she put it in rice again- battery pulled and slid in the open position.
2 days later she called us on it- (today) and it seems to be working!!!:victory:
So, Rice saved the day again! :silly::good::highfive::fingers-crossed:
We'll see how long it lasts. I bought a cheap go phone last nite on att for $21 as a temporary replacement. Maybe it won't be needed.
Help!!
Hard to believe my glide is begining to give problems. After flashing a stock kernel on spike55 jb 4.2 rom,i started getting random app crashings. So i sought to revert by flashing back the original jb ROM,but it got worse. Now i was uable to get network and my baseband version displayed unknown also i had random reboots.
At this junction, i realised i had to revert to stock. So i got a stock ICS rom from sammobile, flashed it via odin and whala! Problem seemed solved. So i flashed CWMR and reflashed jb 4.2.
Afterward, all seemed well not until the random reboots came back. So here i was thinking about my phone being tired of all the flashing and wanting to be on stock. I went back to stock, but the random reboots still lingers.
Though i have a feeling the problem is with my power rocker cos only a little tap pops up the power menu.
At this junction, i dunno what to do. I'll be very grateful if i can get any real assistance from anyone. Thanks a bunch in anticipation.
So I thought I'd post again. Daughter home for good. Started complaining about her battery again. I found her 2 spare batteries that were never used. Had her make the switch.
Then I looked at the removed battery. It was slightly swollen. You had to look straight down to tell. Looking at it flat, it seemed to be fine. But put it on end and it had a slight bulge. So it was a battery going bad. We caught it before the phone was damaged.
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Hello!!! Back again My daughter ran on macadam and her unprotected cap. glide plopped out of her sweatshirt pocket and hit hard. A small hairline crack in the screen, but it pretty much killed the digital panel. She had it for 18 months and for her, that's a record. But she loved the phone.
We just got a new one unlocked one off amazon for $138. No contract renewal for her.
If anyone is still reading this thread, her OS is 2.3.5 or 6. Is it worth updating to ics? We don't have kies installed so it will be a job to get everything installed, get drivers working, etc. She will be happy with GB. Last time I made the change to swap external and internal sd cards and she had no problems.
So is ICS worth the effort? Battery life? Can the sd swap trick work? Any advice will be appreciated. Presently it is new and stock.
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So is ICS worth the effort?
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..it might even have come with ICS, the UI differences to GB are very slim.. Can't say more because stock roms are far inferior to the beast called P.A.C.man ROM :laugh: :good:
Really depends if she is tech savy and will explore the depths of customizability and usage... If so, http://pacman.basketbuild.com/index.php?dir=main/i927/nightly/ is the next place to go
Nightly builds 'been broken for 10 days now but should be fixed soon by awesome @kick buttowski :good:
And on a rooted phone, Titanium Backup can import/export SMSs and contacts supposedly even over to a different rom. (Still struggling a bit getting all my contacts ported from the sony xperia system, but..)
Oh by the way, one of them plastic hard cases is about 5$ on the bay
...It's not water proof though
eMPee584 said:
..it might even have come with ICS, the UI differences to GB are very slim.. Can't say more because stock roms are far inferior to the beast called P.A.C.man ROM :laugh: :good:
Really depends if she is tech savy and will explore the depths of customizability and usage... If so, http://pacman.basketbuild.com/index.php?dir=main/i927/nightly/ is the next place to go
Nightly builds 'been broken for 10 days now but should be fixed soon by awesome @kick buttowski :good:
And on a rooted phone, Titanium Backup can import/export SMSs and contacts supposedly even over to a different rom. (Still struggling a bit getting all my contacts ported from the sony xperia system, but..)
Oh by the way, one of them plastic hard cases is about 5$ on the bay
...It's not water proof though
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Nice to see people are still using this phone. As far as the case- I must have bought 5 of them for her. She didn't want them on her phone. Now that she paid for her own replacement, she may rethink that one! lol. She is not tech saavy at all, so custom builds are not her thing. I didn't even do the mods on this phone that I did on her original. Thanks for your input. OH, it's still GB.
How is that even possible?
I have attached 2 screnshoot of a Galaxy Nexus battery drain.
My phone is 100% stock, I just restored the nexus official image. The battery should be new, I already sent the phone to the manufacter last month and I think they changed the battery.
I didn't even setup a google account, no app installed, wifi off and there is good signal.
There are no wakelocks. Screen was off all the time. The battery just go down.
(Some translation. Segnale rete mobile = mobile network signal, Attivo = active, Schermo Acceso = Screen on)
What should I do? Call samsung again and stay another month without my phone? Is there any other solution?
Well, for starters you could let it charge for another cycle or two to be sure about.Also I see the Network reception is not so good.That may be responsible for the drain, though I highly doubt it !
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Well, for starters you could let it charge for another cycle or two to be sure about.Also I see the Network reception is not so good.That may be responsible for the drain, though I highly doubt it !
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Yes, I'm trying to do some complete charge/discharge.
I have similar result in Airplane mode, network reception is not the problem.
Thanks for the answer. :good:
Anyone else with some advices?
No one?
I don't want to spend another month without my phone because of RMA :crying:
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No one?
I don't want to spend another month without my phone because of RMA :crying:
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I have the *exact* problem (or at least, similar).
I have RMA'ed my phone 2 times, teling me they had done a "mechanical repair" (in Italian, as per repair center label, "riparazione meccanica").
Don't ask me about the meaning of this. It could be everything, but one thing is certain: serial number of the phone is the same, so they did not change the motherboard at all.
Back to topic, I'm experiencing serious issues:
1) huge battery drain in airplane mode, even after complete stock and several ROMs (the service center restored 4.0.4 on it, funny)
How did I test: the day I received back my phone, I have simply fully charged it, switched to airplane mode overnight and I have lost more than 30% battery with NOTHING at all installed, I even left the wrong date/time !!
2) before RMA'ing it, it did not matter if I used 3G / WiFi or nothing at all: I always got a similar battery discharge curve.
BUT today I noticed something odd:
while testing for the (1) issue above, I noticed that the "Awake" (aka "Attivo") bar under the battery graph was pretty full blue colored, which is NOT normal actually. How can it be after a full wipe (or so, as per after sale service) ????
Let's try to troubleshoot this problem guys, because I'm really fed up
...and I don't want to sell this Nexus, I simply love it hehe
TODO:
1) Wipe and test again -> charging the phone right now
2) analyze dmseg (maybe there is an hardware issue that keeps interrupting the CPU) -> after a quick look it seems that actually my interrupt idea could be true ( "Resume caused by IRQ 39, TWL6030-PIH". This is the power management unit) but I have to see during the airplane mode test, not while charging (that might be correct)
3) measure the current and compare results against a nice study of another guy (that reported power consumption on different scenarios)
4) ??
LorenzNexus said:
I have the *exact* problem (or at least, similar).
teling me they had done a "mechanical repair" (in Italian, as per repair center label, "riparazione meccanica").
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The same. They changed the battery in my case. I did a mark with a marker pen on the battery before sending it and the mark is not there after RMA, so they changed it. Phone serial is the same.
They also put 4.04 on my nexus, what a shame!
I did not experienced the "active" thing on the battery statistics. I had several wakelock from "RILJ" but after a full restore the disappeared.
I restored (again) the phone with nexus image, and even locked the bootloader, removed the sim card and disabled wifi, gps and everything. It always discharge by itself in a too short period of time.
Is there something I can tell to RMA to make them change my phone? I don't think it's a software problem.
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The same. They changed the battery in my case. I did a mark with a marker pen on the battery before sending it and the mark is not there after RMA, so they changed it. Phone serial is the same.
They also put 4.04 on my nexus, what a shame!
I did not experienced the "active" thing on the battery statistics. I had several wakelock from "RILJ" but after a full restore the disappeared.
I restored (again) the phone with nexus image, and even locked the bootloader, removed the sim card and disabled wifi, gps and everything. It always discharge by itself in a too short period of time.
Is there something I can tell to RMA to make them change my phone? I don't think it's a software problem.
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I agree, this must be an hardware problem.
To say, I have tried a long list of ROMs and kernels, as well as updating radio and all other sort of stuff.
Now the awake "problem" has gone, so today I'm gonna retry the (1)st experiment.
Let's see...
In any case tomorrow I'm going to go to the shop and ask them if they could be so gentle lending me a fresh battery to test out.
Some clues here?
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...drain-since-i-started-using-wifi-hotspot.html
I don't know if it might be related or not, did you ever use tethering?
Pernsonally speaking, yes I did.
Today I try to wipe radio and flash another one...
LorenzNexus said:
Some clues here?
http://androidforums.com/samsung-ga...drain-since-i-started-using-wifi-hotspot.html
I don't know if it might be related or not, did you ever use tethering?
Pernsonally speaking, yes I did.
Today I try to wipe radio and flash another one...
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No, I never used tethering.
My phone is at RMA again, I asked to fix it FOR REAL, I'm just hoping.
I've had a similar experience since first getting the phone. While with light usage, I used to get anywhere between 16 hours to a full day of battery life, I'll only get between 4 and 6 hours of screen-on time. Whether full stock or ROMs, it's always been the same. I've eventually just chalked it up to hardware being the issue and made sure to always have a spare battery and charger with me at all times.
I got my phone back.
They said that they changed the motherboard. On the package the note is "sostituzione board unit".
In the next few days I am gonna do some test to see if they really solved the problem, I really hope so.
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I got my phone back.
They said that they changed the motherboard. On the package the note is "sostituzione board unit".
In the next few days I am gonna do some test to see if they really solved the problem, I really hope so.
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Nice to hear
Today I was suprised of my phone's duration (still no serviced again): more than 1 day (of course without doing much) and only 10% drain during the night.
I don't know what happened BUT i can say also that I'm experiencing now a problem with the network (GSM, 3G): the network crashes sometime also while calling or while idling.
Today it did not crash in a > 10min call, so let's see also the battery drain during this night
...because strange stuff happens!
try update to the latest new radio.. flash radio.img
galaxy nexus i9250
I think that the problem is solved.
It was a hardware problem.
I'm on CM10.2stable now.
Latest radio and bootloader.
Now my phone last enough .
I called Samsung a lot of times to urge them to fix my phone.
EDIT: I'm now on 20h20m on battery with 3h23m screen on and 4% left. Goood
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