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Locking up/Rebooting with multiple ROMs and Radios :(

Hey guys,
I've beenr unning DeFrost for a while but recently encountered some lockups during heavy usage (Navigation etc). The lockups then occur more often for a while unless I refrain from using the phone.
I've tried several ROMs and radios and I get the same issue. Sometimes it locks up in standby, and sometimes in use. Occasionally I'll get a reboot too.
I've just cleared all the caches etc and am installing the rooted 2.2 stock rom frome here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773997
Does anyone have any other ideas which may help me sort this out?
Thanks!

Ok, still getting reboots with the rooted 2.2 stock rom...
I might try underclocking the cpu with setcpu... I've took the sdcard out too.

Don't use setcpu. Looks like your device can't handle oc.

I haven't been using setcpu, I was just about to install it to help me underclock.
Its just reset twice on the rooted stock rom, with no sd card in. Could it be a battery temperature thing? I was browsing the web when it rebooted...

did u wipe everything before flashing the new rom...? or just clear the cache..?

Full wipe of everything that I could wipe in clockwork.
Edit: Except the options to individually format boot etc.

Moved to Q&A. Please don't post question threads in Development.

A lot of people have been having this problem have a look at this thread, seems like there isn't a proper fix for it yet.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=676402

[Q] MIUI causing desire to reboot?

I would like to know if anyone else has experienced similar issues using any of the MIUI roms?
If you have experienced this how did you remedy the situation?
So here is the story:
I was never keen on using MIUI roms as i am a fan of sense, but lately i have been growing tired of sense and have been looking for greener pastures.
My device is rooted(S-On, pvt-3, 0.93 hboot) and i have been running plenty of custom(sense based) roms with no trouble. Last night i flashed Pays MIUI rom and the phone was rebooting evey few minutes ... so i decided to call it a night and went to bed ... then this morning i went to the MIUI site and downloaded the latest 0.12.24(or something) and the phone was running smoothly the whole day without any hicups ... or reboots ... yes you guessed it ... now its rebooting again!
I dont think its the hardware on my device as i havnt experienced any problems with any other roms, and i perform a full wipe each time i flash.
Any advice would be greatly appretiated, thanx in advance!

Try flashing this kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=472705&d=1293232742
it could be that the HAVS kernel is causing your problems. This is a SVS kernel and should be more stable for some people.
Wipe dalvik cache after you flashed the kernel (same way as flashing rom). Disable verfication before flashing.

Lennyz1988 said:
Try flashing this kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=472705&d=1293232742
it could be that the HAVS kernel is causing your problems. This is a SVS kernel and should be more stable for some people.
Wipe dalvik cache after you flashed the kernel (same way as flashing rom). Disable verfication before flashing.
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Thank you for the reply ... i also thought it might have something to do with the kernal, will flash after the phone has charged ... will post results!

[Q]Have to Clear Cache and Dalvik Cache after every power off

So I am having a really strange problem recently with my phone, was wondering if I should unroot and return it or if it is something I am doing wrong. Basically what it boils down to is if I power my phone off from the menu or pull the battery, etc. upon powering back up it just Hangs on the HTC Evo 4G white splash screen indefinitely. I have let it sit as long as 15 mins without booting before, having seen this before in the past I know not to panic now but I just reboot into Recovery and wipe my cache and dalvik cache every time I reboot and my phone reboots back into sense in no time at all.
I know this is not normal, is there something I can do to troubleshoot this problem or is this is a sign of hardware failure?

ernbrdn said:
So I am having a really strange problem recently with my phone, was wondering if I should unroot and return it or if it is something I am doing wrong. Basically what it boils down to is if I power my phone off from the menu or pull the battery, etc. upon powering back up it just Hangs on the HTC Evo 4G white splash screen indefinitely. I have let it sit as long as 15 mins without booting before, having seen this before in the past I know not to panic now but I just reboot into Recovery and wipe my cache and dalvik cache every time I reboot and my phone reboots back into sense in no time at all.
I know this is not normal, is there something I can do to troubleshoot this problem or is this is a sign of hardware failure?
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I've never seen that before. Interesting. What rom are you currently using? Do you have an unusually large amount of apps installed? The first thing I would do, is make a nandroid backup of your current setup, and then do a full wipe and flash a format all.zip, then reflash a different rom. Or just simply restore a nandroid of a known good setup, and see if the problem persists. If it stops, I'd say it was something specific to the rom/kernel/setup that you were running before. If it continues happening on a clean install of a different rom, then I'd probably unroot, restore to stock, and then see if the problem continues. If it does, take it to Sprint. If it stops, and everything is fine, re root it and start over. That's just what I would do, but I've never been presented with an issue such as that.

I appreciate the advice, I'm running Sprint Lovers right now been running it for a few months now, I don't have an unusual amount of apps installed but I did notice that the problem seemed to start occuring when I changed the Kernel. I will try your advice and see if that fixes the problem. I've been wanting an excuse to try the new Gingersense rom anyways.

ernbrdn said:
I appreciate the advice, I'm running Sprint Lovers right now been running it for a few months now, I don't have an unusual amount of apps installed but I did notice that the problem seemed to start occuring when I changed the Kernel. I will try your advice and see if that fixes the problem. I've been wanting an excuse to try the new Gingersense rom anyways.
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If it started happening right after you swapped out the kernel, that could be the culprit. If you want to try the gingersense rom, I'll all for it, and will tell ya that they ran super incredibly smooth for a factory rom. However, if you don't feel like changing roms just yet, maybe try a different kernel. I'd be suspect of that, if the problem started shortly after changing to a different kernel. I say try out a gingersense rom, you shouldn't be disappointed (unless your phone still hangs at the splash screen upon reboot, lol).

[Q] not performing data wipe/factory reset before flashing ROM

I noticed that in every single ROM thread it says to wipe data and factory reset before flashing..
but one time i forgot to do it and just wiped cache then flashed a new ROM, and so on, and so on..
After i booted my phone i noticed that all my data and settings was exactly how it was before i flashed the new ROM..
i have done it this way with Juggernaut 5.0 and SlickMod 3.6 RC1 and never experienced a bug or anything unusual by doing it this way.. (although every time i tried an ICS ROM I followed the instructions perfectly)
it sure saved me a lot of time setting up my phone again
my question is ... has anyone seen bad results by doing it this way?

Theres more to it than that. The problems arise when you flash system data on top of another rom's system data. The ROM maker may have put tweaks in that mixed with another ROM's tweaks could cause unwanted effects. For example, TDJ builds his roms and kernal specifically for his roms, and states if you use another kernal his tweaks wont work.

Have to start from scratch when phone completely dies?

This is the third time this has happened, when my phone battery completely dies I can not simply turn on the phone after it has charged. It will simply be stuck on the boot screen for hours on end if I let it. The only way I have been able to get my phone usable again is from a reinstall of the stock ROM or a custom ROM. I have tried wiping cache, but I will still get stuck on the boot screen until either the phone dies or I pull the battery.
Normal behavior or a defective phone?

Wich rom are you on? Try flashing another kernel.. I had that issue with stock jb.. Flashed francos and the issue its gone..
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First time it happened I was completely stock 4.0.3. Second time I was on a slightly modified 4.0.4 ROM with a franco kernel. Now it happened on 4.1 w/franco kernel. I will try flashing the same kernel over and see if that helps.

Try doing a fresh install meaning wipe data/factory reset.. Wipe cache /wipe dalvik and don't forget to make a backup of your apps and data just in case
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A full reinstall (wipe data/factory reset) is the only way to get out of it it seems like. But this shouldn't be normal behavior, right? Happened 3 times in the 2 months I have had the phone, no other Android device I have owned does anything like this.

I had similar issues with the GSM model. Along with when switching Bluetooth on it does a soft reboot. I suggest sending it back under warranty as it is most likely faulty hardware if the software changes makes no difference.