[Q] freezing problem - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone!
first, happy new year!
I have a problem with my desire...it freezes in a way that the pulling the battery out is the only thing that helps...it doesn't respond to any button, the screen os off and I can't wake it up
it's rooted with unrevoked, clockwork recovery
tried different roms, the best for me is baadnwz dhd port...
been on that for a while and didn't have the freezing problem, then I flashed the miui..
went back to baadnwz and it started to freeze...a few times a day
then I reflashed it, uninstalled the font changer and that helped...for two days(thought that was the problem) but tonight(~36h from the clean install of the rom) it froze again...
so, I don't think it's the rom, obviously it is not the font changer...
why is this happening, has anyone encounter this before, is there a solution?
please advise, what should I do?
thank you

For what it's worth...
If you can get it back to stock ROM, then do so. Then take it back to the place you bought it and demand a brand new replacement. I would even go so far as to note/print a few pages of some the forums as evidence of the widespread problem.
If my (and many other people's experiences) on here are anything to go by, then your problem will only get worse...and let's face it, whoever has heard of a electronic non-software related problem getting better on it's own? Having read just about every available post on the subject I've concluded that no amount of flashing/reflashing/fiddling is going to fix it.
Sorry to be negative about it, but them is just the facts as I see them.

hmm...so it's like that huh?
what do you mean "if" I can go to the stock rom?
can't I flash the original rom, or ruu or something?(I don't know, never tried something like that)
but then again, I'm not sure that it isn't a software problem...I'm just lurking around to see if anyone has encountered this before and solved it....
if all else fails, I'll flash a clean rom without restorin my apps and see how it goes from there...

just my experience
trikpa said:
hmm...so it's like that huh?
what do you mean "if" I can go to the stock rom?
can't I flash the original rom, or ruu or something?(I don't know, never tried something like that)
but then again, I'm not sure that it isn't a software problem...I'm just lurking around to see if anyone has encountered this before and solved it....
if all else fails, I'll flash a clean rom without restorin my apps and see how it goes from there...
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In all honesty, you may be able to reflash back to stock ROM. It may well depend on what firmware you have on your phone and whether your phone is branded (mine is T-Mobile UK). I know when I originally got mine and rooted it, it was hboot 0.83. It went wrong (external speaker stopped working). I was able to flash it back to stock ROM and I sent it back to HTC. When I finally got it back after 8 weeks (long story involving HTC incompetence and bad luck/incompetence with UPS), it was on hboot 0.93.0001. I rooted it with Unrevoked and installed LeeDroid 2.2f ROM. Shortly afterwards, it started to freeze/reboot. However, everything I've read so far leads me to believe LeeDroid wasn't the cause of the freeze/reboot fault. The problem is far too widespread (just Google 'HTC Desire reboot freeze problem') for it to be caused by a particular custom ROM.
Anyway, the upshot for me is that no matter what I've tried, I haven't been able to get it back to stock ROM and therefore, can't send it back for repair/replacement.
I sincerely hope you have better luck than me.

well, I'll see how it goes..
thank you for your answers

is there a way that I can make a log or something to see whether an application is doing this or something else?

well, I think I solved my problem, and for further reference here's a post that I did in another thread where this was disccused..
trikpa said:
just to let you guys know, I don't have any more freezes
some say it's because of the sense rom, some it's the dhd rom, others told me it's the radio or the ril files....
tried all of that plus few more things and nothing...
well, it turned out to be my backup(or an app in it..)
I always backed my apps and data with my backup pro, very nice app that restores everything....but the last rom flash I did, I didn't restored my apps&data and started fresh installs...and no freezing
I don't know what exactly caused problems, but one more thing that may be responsible...I flashed "font changer" and changed system fonts on my phone...and then backed my apps...maybe that's he deal...dunno...
anyways, I'm back with a killer phone with the best rom out there - baadnewz's
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hope that will help someone
cheers

Do you still have any issues with the phone freezing sometimes when charging from A/C?
Mine doesn't freeze as much as it used to since updating the RIL files but being left charging seems to upset it

w0mbat said:
Do you still have any issues with the phone freezing sometimes when charging from A/C?
Mine doesn't freeze as much as it used to since updating the RIL files but being left charging seems to upset it
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no freezes whatsoever

trikpa said:
no freezes whatsoever
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OK, that sounds good. I only usually recover a few items using Titanium backup but next time that I flash a ROM update. I'll start it all from scratch and hope to get the same result as you.

I don't know, maybe it was a specific app but I don't have the time nor the will to test each one of them

I've got the same problem. Now that I read your post it makes sense.
Restored my apps trough titanium backup and 5 hours later my phones freezes.
Can u make list off apps that you have ?
mine (those that I restored)
vandaag 24
teamviewer
circel widget battery
dropspace
handcent
sdwatch
adfree
advanced task killer
fotmob
gridcalendar
applanet
astro
barcode scanner
cardio trainer
compass 2.1
gouden gids
gowalla
shazam

flitz said:
I've got the same problem. Now that I read your post it makes sense.
Restored my apps trough titanium backup and 5 hours later my phones freezes.
Can u make list off apps that you have ?
mine (those that I restored)
vandaag 24
teamviewer
circel widget battery
dropspace
handcent
sdwatch
adfree
advanced task killer
fotmob
gridcalendar
applanet
astro
barcode scanner
cardio trainer
compass 2.1
gouden gids
gowalla
shazam
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well, it's been a while since then and I don't know what apps I used back then...but I can tell you what apps I used that you use
from your list I used
handcent
adfree
applanet
astro
barcode scanner
and maybe the compass
hope it helps, but my advice, do a fresh install

tnx, Ill keep ya posted

flitz said:
tnx, Ill keep ya posted
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any news?
my phone started to freeze again
and I didn't restore backup, did a full fresh install...
don't know what to do

Yes, I've solved my problem by buying a new SD card.
This time from Kinsgstond instead of Sandisk.
Hope it solves your problem too.

My phone freeze after charfing while its off. I noticed that it freezes when it says "preparing SD card". This happened twice so far
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flitz said:
Yes, I've solved my problem by buying a new SD card.
This time from Kinsgstond instead of Sandisk.
Hope it solves your problem too.
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well, I did buy a new 8GB card, but it never occured to me that it could be the problem....I think it didn't freeze right after I switched cards...
for now I flashed a newer version of the rom I'm using and will see how it goes...if not, I'll switch cards again
thanks for your answer
Yann2011 said:
My phone freeze after charfing while its off. I noticed that it freezes when it says "preparing SD card". This happened twice so far
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well, sd card could be the problem in your case too, try another one...and post here with results

I'm curious

Well so far I have reflash the phone after a factory reset + wipe with no app restored via backup. It is performing ok so far. Last freeze was 2 days ago. I will wear down the battery to get a chance to charge it up this afternoon. I will see if it freezes again.

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[Q] Apps will not install, any advice appreciated!

Sorry to start a new thread. I have read the rules about posting and have searched for the last couple of days for an answer but can't find one.
I am unable to install ANY apps whatsoever and it is driving me crazy. I have an HTC Desire (obviously) and am using Pays ROM Froyo Sense v2.2 A2SD+ (updated just the other day). (And yes, I wiped everything like you are supposed to do, before and after the update.) I don't think the problem is with the ROM itself because the problems started before the update.
I am able to download apps from the market but it seems to get hung up on the installation itself. It never stops installing and I am not even getting a failed installation message.
I have gone to Settings>Applications>Manage applications and cleared the data and cache for all of the normal suggested apps and have even force closed a few. Nothing is working, even when I try to install .apk files which are located in the download folder of my SD card.
One strange thing I have noticed is that when I go to Settings>Applications>Manage applications, the amount of space being used never displays anything other than 'computing....' I know sometimes it can take a while for the size to be displayed but surely not an hour!
I have even restored the default/factory settings to see if that helped but nothing!!! grrrrr.....
I am reaching the end of my rope and would appreciate any advice offered. I am keeping my fingers crossed that this isn't a newbie mistake and thanks in advance for any help!
have you tried another rom see if the problem persists? it usuall only takes a minute for manage applications to find all my apps and i have looooooads also no problem with market, do a nandroid, and try another rom, if its still the same you can always restore your nandroid, i suggest maybe leedroid
Thanks so much for your reply! Was really hoping to avoid trying another ROM but I am going to give LeeDroid a try and hopefully that will sort out my app problem. Just finished downloading it, will flash and post back soon. Thanks again!
missbizzylizzy said:
Thanks so much for your reply! Was really hoping to avoid trying another ROM but I am going to give LeeDroid a try and hopefully that will sort out my app problem. Just finished downloading it, will flash and post back soon. Thanks again!
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like i said do a nandroid, if leedroid dosent work then, you can just restore your backup and your rom will be exactly the same as it was b4 you flash leedroid
FIXED!!! Thank you so much!! Am happily running LeeDroid.
Just FYI: Usually, I have such a problem installing but I leave it (it shows nothing downloading). Upon restarting the phone (whenever), the apps automatically install.
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[Q] Boot loop issues on various ROM's

I don't know what to do. I'm having this issue with a couple ROM's.
First happened after installing the latest version of Baked Snack (2.3 - EB13-based). Flashed according to instructions, ran fine for a few days, started acting a little laggy one day so I shut it down and started it back up. Once it started back up, it started boot looping. Only thing that worked was to wipe and start over.
I thought it might be a no-journaling data corruption thing, so I decided to try the journaled version of midnight 5.1 (which I think is based off of Bonsa 4.0.1). Used odin to go back to stock, rooted with cw3.0.0.6/ext4, etc. flashed ROM according to instructions. Again worked great for a few days, then after shutting my phone down tonight and restarting it a few minutes later, boot loops. Reverting to an earlier nandroid backup worked, and I'm assuming wiping and reflashing would work, but I gotta get to the bottom of this.
What's baffling to me is that everything works fine for a few days. I'm shutting the phone down normally, I'm not doing anything strange before shutting down. In both cases I was using setCPU, but with very conservative settings (200min 1000max, conservative or on demand). I can't think of what else I may be doing to cause these problems.
Anyone else run into this?
rsage said:
I don't know what to do. I'm having this issue with a couple ROM's.
First happened after installing the latest version of Baked Snack (2.3 - EB13-based). Flashed according to instructions, ran fine for a few days, started acting a little laggy one day so I shut it down and started it back up. Once it started back up, it started boot looping. Only thing that worked was to wipe and start over.
I thought it might be a no-journaling data corruption thing, so I decided to try the journaled version of midnight 5.1 (which I think is based off of Bonsa 4.0.1). Used odin to go back to stock, rooted with cw3.0.0.6/ext4, etc. flashed ROM according to instructions. Again worked great for a few days, then after shutting my phone down tonight and restarting it a few minutes later, boot loops. Reverting to an earlier nandroid backup worked, and I'm assuming wiping and reflashing would work, but I gotta get to the bottom of this.
What's baffling to me is that everything works fine for a few days. I'm shutting the phone down normally, I'm not doing anything strange before shutting down. In both cases I was using setCPU, but with very conservative settings (200min 1000max, conservative or on demand). I can't think of what else I may be doing to cause these problems.
Anyone else run into this?
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Sounds like you got everything covered. The only thing I can think of is do you have a lot of apps on your SD card? Could be the card is starting to get corrupted. Backup everything on the card to a computer and reformat the card and restore the data.
kennyglass123 said:
Sounds like you got everything covered. The only thing I can think of is do you have a lot of apps on your SD card? Could be the card is starting to get corrupted. Backup everything on the card to a computer and reformat the card and restore the data.
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Thanks I'll try that. The first time, I did have a ton of apps on the sd card. Second time, I didn't really reinstall many apps because I was a little gunshy from what happened, then it happened again anyway. I'll try this tonight.
rsage said:
Thanks I'll try that. The first time, I did have a ton of apps on the sd card. Second time, I didn't really reinstall many apps because I was a little gunshy from what happened, then it happened again anyway. I'll try this tonight.
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Formatting your SD card is always a good step when ROMs don't seem to flash right.
Also, Baked Snack is not/will never be supported here.
k0nane said:
Formatting your SD card is always a good step when ROMs don't seem to flash right.
Also, Baked Snack is not/will never be supported here.
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Thanks k0nane, reformatting as I type this, hopefully this works as I'm out of ideas.
And yes, wasn't asking for support for BS, but for a general issue I'm having with all ROM's at the moment. From now on if I ever have to refer to that ROM, I will call it "the ROM that shall not be named"...
rsage said:
Thanks k0nane, reformatting as I type this, hopefully this works as I'm out of ideas.
And yes, wasn't asking for support for BS, but for a general issue I'm having with all ROM's at the moment. From now on if I ever have to refer to that ROM, I will call it "the ROM that shall not be named"...
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While you are working on your phone, if you are going to stick with midNIGHT, I suggest you move to 5.2, 5.1 was a little goofy for some and 5.2 seems to have fixed any issues it had.
budderocks said:
While you are working on your phone, if you are going to stick with midNIGHT, I suggest you move to 5.2, 5.1 was a little goofy for some and 5.2 seems to have fixed any issues it had.
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I'd love to, but the 5.2 update is only available for the no journaling version
rsage said:
I'd love to, but the 5.2 update is only available for the no journaling version
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You are in luck, it is updated now. I believe he is uploading it as I type this
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budderocks said:
You are in luck, it is updated now. I believe he is uploading it as I type this
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Yep, XDA thread not updated yet but I see the upload on his site, thanks for the heads up! Hopefully the card reformat and ROM update will resolve the situation.

[Q] Phone Goes Crazy

So every custom ROM I've tried (TrulyEpic, Syndicate, Nebula) after a while it just stops working correctly. I end up with constant need of reboots and then Google Services Framework always FC's on me. Apps start to FC and it all goes downhill. I have yet to have a ROM last longer than a month without doing this. I don't download a lot of apps and the ones I do use are very mainstream.
Does anyone else have this problem or is it my handset? All is well as long as I stick to stock. I hate stock though, because I do rely on tethering and I'm not paying double for data. That and Syndicate is so fast and smooth.
Thanks for listening to my venting. Sorry for taking up forum space.
You really need to search...
The FCs are due to data corruption, you can't improperly shut off a no-journaling ROM or that's what happens. Reflash your rom, make a NAND backup then install the backup and journaling will be on and it will stop happening.
Sorry, I did and I couldn't find what I thought was the issue. I did give you a thanks though because I didn't know that.
Android_X1 said:
Sorry, I did and I couldn't find what I thought was the issue. I did give you a thanks though because I didn't know that.
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It's fine, I was just saying you should search because there are a dozen threads where people are complaining about tons of FCs.
As for a NAND backup, would I need NANDROID or would the Backup/Restore in CWM work for that? If I need NANDROID then I'll probably just keep a copy of the ROM on my SD card an reflash whenever I get corruption.
EDIT: Nevermind, I think I got it.

[Q] wfs going really sluggish

had my wildfire s about 4 months been rooted with stock rom for around a month.
past few days while texting it seems to be running really slow, like 3 words behind my typing.
tried slowing my text speeding but still seems to crash then wake up and type on its own.
cleared space from 22.5mb to 61mb of rom but still slow.
move apps to sd card, and ran a memory clearer in settings
no background, no fancy apps running, just Lookout security.
any help or info will be thanked?
emokid09 said:
had my wildfire s about 4 months been rooted with stock rom for around a month.
past few days while texting it seems to be running really slow, like 3 words behind my typing.
tried slowing my text speeding but still seems to crash then wake up and type on its own.
cleared space from 22.5mb to 61mb of rom but still slow.
move apps to sd card, and ran a memory clearer in settings
no background, no fancy apps running, just Lookout security.
any help or info will be thanked?
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Did you try a factory reset?
Sometimes when you flash a new ROM (usually when battery is low) it can be sluggish, a factory reset usually sorts it out....
Failing that, sounds like the dreaded lockscreen bug that plagued 2.3.3
there is a solution here somewhere, if I can find it I will link it.....
Found it, if the factory reset does not work, try this, worked for me :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436314
Ko_Ka said:
Did you try a factory reset?
Sometimes when you flash a new ROM (usually when battery is low) it can be sluggish, a factory reset usually sorts it out....
Failing that, sounds like the dreaded lockscreen bug that plagued 2.3.3
there is a solution here somewhere, if I can find it I will link it.....
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i did download an app called No lockscreen.
it was fine before.
factory reset will loose root will it not?
guess il have to back-up my contacts and give it ago.
fed up with the phone to be honest, should of got a nokia 6230, nothing ever went wrong with them bad boys lol
and thanks for the link, will save it to desktop just incase i need it
emokid09 said:
i did download an app called No lockscreen.
it was fine before.
factory reset will loose root will it not?
guess il have to back-up my contacts and give it ago.
fed up with the phone to be honest, should of got a nokia 6230, nothing ever went wrong with them bad boys lol
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What ROM you using?
Shouldnt lose ROOT if it is pre-baked in the stock rom....
Ko_Ka said:
What ROM you using?
Shouldnt lose ROOT if it is pre-baked in the stock rom....
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just stock rom, have been tempted to put custom rom on but darnt do it. just going to back up my contacts now then do a restore
hmm wfs cant find htc sync on my pc, even though its all open and on, just a guess but i think i have a virus/malware on it.
must be a dodgy app.
time to factory reset and get it back up and running i think.
will post back if it works. thanks
Ko_Ka said:
What ROM you using?
Shouldnt lose ROOT if it is pre-baked in the stock rom....
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ok, ive factory reset, at the moment all seems fine, still rooted too which saves me a good amount of time i will reply later along the weeks if it ever does it again. thank you

Note 2 constant freezing issue

Hi everyone,
I've searched everywhere for a solution so please help!
Basically i've had my note 2 for around 3 months and it keeps freezing (so frustrating).
Surprisingly this happend on stock before i even rooted or anything like that.
I remember installing some game from the app store that started the freezing but i re flashed it on stock and this was ages ago. I went to samsung and they flashed it but they said that they dont know what it is. Without sending my baby away i'd love to get this fixed.
I've tried rooting, unrooting, different roms, clearing all the cashes.. apps to reduce lagg (incase it was something inducing it).
Im really clueless where to go with it..
(Freezes up to 5 times a day)
(On 4.1.2 because of custom rom)
(On Stock rom now trying to fix but still on 4.1.2)
Thanks for all your help in advance!
legendberry said:
Hi everyone,
I've searched everywhere for a solution so please help!
Basically i've had my note 2 for around 3 months and it keeps freezing (so frustrating).
Surprisingly this happend on stock before i even rooted or anything like that.
I remember installing some game from the app store that started the freezing but i re flashed it on stock and this was ages ago. I went to samsung and they flashed it but they said that they dont know what it is. Without sending my baby away i'd love to get this fixed.
I've tried rooting, unrooting, different roms, clearing all the cashes.. apps to reduce lagg (incase it was something inducing it).
Im really clueless where to go with it..
(Freezes up to 5 times a day)
(On 4.1.2 because of custom rom)
(On Stock rom now trying to fix but still on 4.1.2)
Thanks for all your help in advance!
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try flashing latest stock rom and dont install any apps and play around with it, if it still freezes they you may have a fauilty unit
do you notice the phone heating up at all if so try removing any cases/pouch you may have
brockyneo said:
try flashing latest stock rom and dont install any apps and play around with it, if it still freezes they you may have a fauilty unit
do you notice the phone heating up at all if so try removing any cases/pouch you may have
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Hi Broky
Its on stock at the moment and i've taken my case of because i thought it might be that before....
When i was in the samsung store it was flashed to the stock and i opened skype after the flash and it froze....
Dont know if this is much help?
Thanks!
Try super wipe script by zoot.
Then flash stock rom.
Don't tell it samsung or google account.
Play around with it like browse or do anything. If it still freezes then I am sorry then brockyneo is correct.
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Could be a faulty ram chip. Or flash chip. I don't think check disk works on flash drives. But if it was a hard drive that's be the fix.
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ya it shouldnt freeze if its been flashed back to stock rom,especially through odin as it near bullet proof
maybe try what UtkarshGupta with the superwipe and try again with a stock rom
if not then you maybe looking at a faulty unit :crying:
brockyneo said:
ya it shouldnt freeze if its been flashed back to stock rom,especially through odin as it near bullet proof
maybe try what UtkarshGupta with the superwipe and try again with a stock rom
if not then you maybe looking at a faulty unit :crying:
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Thanks a lot...
Is this quite a rare case? Im un able to re flash it at the moment but if it wasn't a faulty unit... what else could be the issue?
Thanks again for the help!
legendberry said:
Thanks a lot...
Is this quite a rare case? Im un able to re flash it at the moment but if it wasn't a faulty unit... what else could be the issue?
Thanks again for the help!
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What firmware do you have? 4.1.1 or 4.1.2? If you are on a safe kernel (latest 4.1.2 for example) you could try "Dummy File Generator" from Playstore. (there are many reports with succesfull fixes on freezes.) Or, better, take a look at this thread, everything you want to know is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
zetlorf said:
What firmware do you have? 4.1.1 or 4.1.2? If you are on a safe kernel (latest 4.1.2 for example) you could try "Dummy File Generator" from Playstore. (there are many reports with succesfull fixes on freezes.) Or, better, take a look at this thread, everything you want to know is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133401
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Hi,
thanks for responding! Im on 4.1.2 at the moment and il try the dummy file generator.... How does that exactly work?
Thanks again,
legendberry said:
Hi,
thanks for responding! Im on 4.1.2 at the moment and il try the dummy file generator.... How does that exactly work?
Thanks again,
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Hey legendberry! Did you fix your problem? I'm having the same issue on a stock rom. Resetting and wiping didn't help so I sent mine for repair but it got sent back to me unrepaired and the issue is still there
I have stock note 2, running 2.1 worked flawless since day 1 (was first release in France). Last 2 days been freezing. Have freed up space in internal and external sd. Still happens. Removed some apps, still happens. Reboot, sometimes it works for while then locks up. Very frustrsting as this is business phone.
......
I am in the same situation, because my Note 2 in the last few days has been freezing with maxed out cpu (as reported by the Cool Tool app).
I am now in the process of wiping everything and restoring in the feeble hope to overcome the problem.
Edit: i have wiped everything by formatting with Odin and reloading firmware, then restoring nandroid backup. So far so good, almost 24h without freezing.
Edit2: 2nd day, started freezing again 0
Same problem here, since 2 days my Note 2 freezes all the time, sometimes with 100% cpu load. Sometimes I can use it for a couple of hours, sometimes after reboot it freezes instantly. :S
I did a factory reset (stock 4.1.2), wiped everything but still the same issue...
Very, very frustrating!
To users above: When did you get your Note 2? I've had mine since Oct 10, 2012.
R: Note 2 constant freezing issue
Me too, phone bought in October 2012.
Today I flashed latest Italian firmware, MB2, and started over. No freezes. Even filling sdcard with dummy file generator, which in previous firmware (French MB2) gave several freezes.
Ok.
Then restored nandroid, data partition only, and wiped cache and dalvik. Lots of freezes again, device almost unusable.
So I thought what's the difference? When freshly flashed phone had Touchwiz, while after restore had Go Launcher.
Uninstalled Go Launcher. Bingo.
No freezes anymore so far.
Weird, uh?
I'll report how it behaves in next hours.
Edit: it was go launcher indeed. It's been updated for a reported crashes reboots problem. Now my device is rock steady.
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Currently having the same issue. What i had done is cleanwipe and restore to factory setting (4.1.2).
Just the moment i finished setting up, the problem occured.

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