Hi all,
First off I'd like to say that I've really learned a lot since first getting my Desire 7 months ago - Mostly from XDA 9hence the low post count... Reading usually does the trick).
Problem is, 2 days ago something happened to which I can't quite find a solution to..
So the story goes as follows:
I was playing around with my Desire as I usually do, using JuiceDefender with a regular 30 minute pause between syncing mobile data (which is the profile I've been using more or less since I got the phone). I also have been using SetCPU with the smartass governor with a 1133mhz processing speed, which has never given me problems before.
Now, suddenly the machine rebooted, for no apparent reason, and the processor (at least that's what I think the bottom part of the phone is, on the back side) was really hot.
Naturally I turned it back on, and thought it was a regular reboot, but it happened again, after another 20 minutes or so of regular use.
I then decided to let it cool down a bit, and see what then. No difference. Then I tried turning off mobile data, which seems to give a partial result - I can make long calls, but can't surf the net and use my phone with moderate use for over 15 minutes or so.
I also tried doing a full wipe and a cache wipe, then restoring the data, but to receive the same result.
My question is - What should I do now? Send it to get it repaired? Is it most likely a motherboard issue which needs replacing? And do I need to unroot my phone? If so, how do I go about doing that?
Many thanks,
Rafi
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anyone? an idea...? thanks
I already see this issue before.
The only option is to send it for repair, htc will change your motherboard and everything works fine again.
bump again.. any other ideas? or any other options on what i should do re. unrooting?
rafithegreat said:
bump again.. any other ideas? or any other options on what i should do re. unrooting?
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This thread should help with unrooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696189
and this one with the branded ruu you will need to flash for return for warranty:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667
hope it helps!
I'm with everyone on this issue.
Don't waste your time testing and trying to figure out whats wrong.
Flash the RUU, take it back. I had the same problem with my phone (Random rebooting). I wasted a month of experimenting and testing. I eventually gave in and took it back.
well, i sent it off without unrooting and without flashing the RUU, i didn't have the time. what happens if they find out it's been rooted? will they refuse to deal with my phone? or will it simply cost money to replace a motherboard..? how much should it cost in the case they don't give the warranty..?
rafithegreat said:
well, i sent it off without unrooting and without flashing the RUU, i didn't have the time. what happens if they find out it's been rooted? will they refuse to deal with my phone? or will it simply cost money to replace a motherboard..? how much should it cost in the case they don't give the warranty..?
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rooting voids your warranty. Why didn't you unroot? It takes around 15-20 minutes.
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Can anybody help me out with this? I've already searched but haven't found a clear cut answer on what to do.
For a while, I've had random events that cause my HTC Evo (running the latest stable release of CM7) cause my phone to suddenly show the "HTC Evo 4G" white screen, then go black and vibrate 5 times while having the green LED on, which never lets me do anything until I pull the battery out and start it up again. It used to only happen when I did specific things, like whenever I tried using Google Goggles at the store (and had to go through all the trouble of disassembling my 3 layer protective case just to pull the battery again). It even happened again yesterday when I was trying to use Goggles on a specific item, but it has happened before in other events since then, like when I was browsing my phone's running applications menu, or even one time when I was simply browsing the internet on it.
I've been taking steps to try and fix it, but I think it's been getting worse. I tried downloading CM7 and Google Apps again to flash on the phone to see if it fixed anything. I tried doing this again, but clearing the data and cache this time. I tried flashing the latest CM Recovery (since I stayed with 2.5.x.x for as long as I could remember), and I'm pretty sure it's gotten worse. There's points where I get to the CM7 boot animation and the phone then does the white screen and five vibrates again, and just a moment ago when I was sure I finally solved it after clearing data and cache, while filling out my Google account info, it happened again and I was greeted once again by that horrendous white screen and the five vibrates.
Now I don't know what to do. I still have S-OFF, but I have no plans to unroot. Can anybody think of suggestions? I've already tried Googling and haven't gotten anything useful enough to help me so far.
EDIT: I guessed it would help if I was a bit more specific. This started happening about two or three weeks ago after I tried using Goggles for the first time in ages. Since then, I've had this issue coming back over and over. It also puzzles me how Goggles usually works completely fine when I'm at home but causes the phone to go black and vibrates 5 times whenever I'm at a store.
Also, right now, I re-downloaded CM7 and Gapps from the CM mirrors instead of simply reusing the ones that ClockworkMod had saved for me already. I hope this somehow makes a difference.
Also, last edit, if I manage to solve this somehow, I'm going to definitely post the answer to what I did in case anybody else out there is having the same issue.
EDIT 2: Welp, re-downloading CM7 and flashing again didn't do anything to fix the problem. I'm going to try another ROM to see if the problem persists. I really want to stay with CM7, though.
Did you wipe everything? Cache and so on ect....?
I wiped everything and I'm still having the issue.
I also caved and I'm going to unroot because the retards over at the Sprint repair center refuse to look at it otherwise. I got my hopes up after hearing on places like XDA or the CM forums about how Sprint didn't care about rooted phones, but I guess the Sprint guys in my area do. I'm currently downloading unrevoked forever son and PC36IMG right now.
I'm just hoping I can get a new Evo after this, because there's a chance I could lose root forever after doing this. But I'm so certain it's a hardware problem.
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I wiped everything and I'm still having the issue.
I also caved and I'm going to unroot because the retards over at the Sprint repair center refuse to look at it otherwise. I got my hopes up after hearing on places like XDA or the CM forums about how Sprint didn't care about rooted phones, but I guess the Sprint guys in my area do. I'm currently downloading unrevoked forever son and PC36IMG right now.
I'm just hoping I can get a new Evo after this, because there's a chance I could lose root forever after doing this. But I'm so certain it's a hardware problem.
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Why would you lose root "for ever"?
Just curious ....
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I had the same exact issue with my Evo over the past 2 weeks. But I never use Goggles and run MIUI pretty much exclusively. I was never able to fix it and it just got worse. I unrooted and still have the same problems.
I notice it happens on 3g data, I can't remember when it happened on wifi.
I am selling mine back to Sprint tmrw and using my upgrade to get the Nexus S for$50. Then hoping the Evo 3D comes out within 30 days.
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I took it back to Sprint today, and after being treated like a second class citizen for rooting over and over, they managed to somehow fix the random reboots, but have initiated the OTA update for me. Now I'm sitting here with it and it's asking if I should install it now or later.
I'm hesitant because I tried to unroot earlier, and since then, the technician at Sprint said that it wasn't really unrooted or something (I remembered using unrevoked forever last year when I rooted). I'm scared that maybe I'll lose my chance at being able to root again if I accept the update or not. I'm also scared if I won't be able to get full root from here.
EDIT: SON OF A *****. I can't believe this. I applied the OTA update like a good boy and everything, and then the phone starts boot looping randomly again. This is the last straw. I'm going to go back to Sprint tomorrow and be more in-your-face about this problem. I'm through letting them treat me like **** just because I rooted my phone once.
I have a similar problem.....
My problem is random. My phone will go into constant reboot mode until I pull the battery out for 10 minutes. Just pulling the battery and putting it back does not help.
I also noticed that I am losing GPS signal occasionally. It is random too. The GPS will come on and work for about 5 minutes then just lock up. I have to reboot to get it working again and there is no rhyme or reason as to when it will stick (or wont) or how long it will last. It may work for 3 days and then not work a lick for 3 days.
The local Sprint store replaced the back red portion of my phone (the part with the camera lens and kickstand) stating it was an GPS antenna problem. I got 30 secs outside the store and tried the GPS....same problem. I went back into the store and showed them and they tried to convince me I needed AGPS on as well. AGPS always worked but is not as accurate as the satellite GPS. The repair shop refused to do more or order a replacement. I just got scammed out of $35.00 cause nothing is fixed.
I got so pissed, I called Sprint. They were terrific. They refunded the $35.00 the repair center charged me of the repair (the rip-off repair) and agreed to send a replacement phone. Awaiting arrival of the replacement but they are back ordered...so, maybe, I'll get a new phone instead of a refurb.
Long story short...I don't know what is causing your reboots. Mine could not be solved by software changes. My phone was rock solid until around a month ago. Then the GPS dropouts and reboots became more frequent until they became unlivable. I think you have a bad device and would seek replacement.
I had the same problem with mine about a month ago. It happened once about a month before that and then a month ago started happening a lot. I finally narrowed it down to how "hot" it was (body temperature in this case). So basically any time that I was in the car it happened. I was able to unroot (you have to make sure you to s-off on) and put a stock rom on it, and take it in with it happening. They took it for an hour and said they had not seen any issues. I finally convinced them and the replaced it with a refurb. I'm okay as long as it works, but it makes me wonder what happened. When I first got it I used fresh for about a week and then went to CM and was on it the rest of the time. I used an SBC kernel starting around the same time and am thinking maybe that had something to do with it... Just as a precaution I'm staying away from SBC kernels.
If I were you I would just go to the store and get a replacement if you can otherwise if it's like mine you won't be able to count on it working...
Good luck
Help!
I have been a owner of the Desire for a year, rooted it, (no s-off) but no problems at all till now. I'm on T-Mobile.
About 3 weeks ago I noticed that I had no signal. At first this wasn't a surprise because of where I live can be described as 'countryside' so I don't really get much signal. However, after travelling to a different place I found that I still had no signal. Later on that day, I was relieved to find I had signal again, albeit for 10 minutes as it went rather soon. After this I found I had no sound or USB connection. I left it off for a considerable amount of time, about 12 days yet I turned it on today: still no signal! I suspect it is a hardware problem but still have tried a couple of ROMS but found no difference.
So I have a few questions. Has anyone had this or found a fix? Even as I've rooted (yes I know I've lost warranty) can I send it in? (I also have phone insurance).
Thanks in advance!
Flash back the orignal desire ruu and you can send it back to where you got it from for a replacement or fix. So long as you are still under warranty or have a very understanding insurance.
Thanks for your reply!
I don't think I'd be able to flash the RUU since I can't connect via USB :/
what do you mean warranty? You lose it when you root. And also, what will the phone insurance do?
Try the usb brick fix, which can be found here on xda.
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I don't actually think it would help? And is it dangerous? It charges on USB and on mains:/
I've also noticed that when I try to play a song white noise softly comes out of the speaker:/
Many thanks for help
Anyone? thanks for the help, I suck at software stuff
yeah you only loose warranty when you root if they know about it.. when you restore your phone with RUU there is no way to tell and it looks like a stock phone - and your warranty is "restored".
and I'd try the same (USB Brick fix guide), then run RUU
scepter said:
I don't actually think it would help? And is it dangerous? It charges on USB and on mains:/
I've also noticed that when I try to play a song white noise softly comes out of the speaker:/
Many thanks for help
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I really hate it when people ask for help, get an answer and then they say "I do not think it would help!" without any good reason.
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I really hate it when people ask for help, get an answer and then they say "I do not think it would help!" without any good reason.
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Okay I see your point but I thought the USB brick fix was for a completely other thing? But thanks for the advice, I shall try that. Is it difficult, and dangerous? For my last question if worse turns to worse should I get the stock rom still with root and try to wing it?
Cheers for all your help!
scepter said:
Okay I see your point but I thought the USB brick fix was for a completely other thing? But thanks for the advice, I shall try that. Is it difficult, and dangerous? For my last question if worse turns to worse should I get the stock rom still with root and try to wing it?
Cheers for all your help!
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If you ask the me, the the guide for fixing usb brick is not too difficult. It's not dangerous at all, make sure you follow the instructions carefully. When finished, flash ruu and use your warranty for your speaker problem.
Fix!
Yes!!
I was going to wait till the weekend to try the USB brick fix, so I could have time to take it slowly.
So I got up today and got my phone from where I stored it... And It had service!
Im charging it atm so after I will check sound & USB connection
Thank you all so much
scepter said:
Yes!!
I was going to wait till the weekend to try the USB brick fix, so I could have time to take it slowly.
So I got up today and got my phone from where I stored it... And It had service!
Im charging it atm so after I will check sound & USB connection
Thank you all so much
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if you still ever have problems with signal, type this into the dialer *#*#4636#*#*
go to phone information, and play around with the preferred network type, as there might not be certain networks types available in your area (i.e. no 3g, just 2g etc.)
i had the same issues, i could not connect to the network, or if it did.. it was low signal and not as it normally was.
so here is what u do... go to your settings menu. click on wireless and networks. and next.. turn on Airplane mode... (This will disable all your wireless connections.) now while the phone is on, and airplane mode enabled. take the Battery out.. Wait 30 second or so.. put the battery back in..... and turn on your phone as usual... and it will still be in airplane mode... again go to the settings menu.. wireless and networks, and now turn off the airplane mode. and now your phone should work as it did.. This reconnects it to the towers, or carrier... I had this work for me.. simple...
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Help!
I have been a owner of the Desire for a year, rooted it, (no s-off) but no problems at all till now. I'm on T-Mobile.
About 3 weeks ago I noticed that I had no signal. At first this wasn't a surprise because of where I live can be described as 'countryside' so I don't really get much signal. However, after travelling to a different place I found that I still had no signal. Later on that day, I was relieved to find I had signal again, albeit for 10 minutes as it went rather soon. After this I found I had no sound or USB connection. I left it off for a considerable amount of time, about 12 days yet I turned it on today: still no signal! I suspect it is a hardware problem but still have tried a couple of ROMS but found no difference.
So I have a few questions. Has anyone had this or found a fix? Even as I've rooted (yes I know I've lost warranty) can I send it in? (I also have phone insurance).
Thanks in advance!
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Hello dear friends!
HTC let me down Kind of stupid phones indeed at least desire...
I have my phone for quite a time now, it is rooted with unrewoked, clockwork recovery and s-on. I flashed many different roms in the past and everything was brilliant. In a pas half-a-year or so I stayed with only one ROM - MIUI-Au. I kept updating it to the newer versions and so on and on. Never had any random reboot or something. At least maybe it was because of some strange app or something else. But now it started to reboot randomly and constantly!
Phone gets hot abit and it just reboots, and never comes to android homescreen again, until I put out the battery, hold it for few minutes, pop it back and then it boots. But as soon as start to play music, or run a game the phone gets hot abit and reboots again. and so on and on. I thought maybe it was a miui issue. So I tried to flash different roms, but guess what? None of the even boot! The main screen shows and with the same second it bootloops again and forever!... (
Even from recovery it sometimes reboots randomly. So i managed somehow to flash my miui back and it at least boots. But it is very unstable now, I barely can use my phone now
PLEASE WHO CAN HELP ME????
My warranty probably out of date, and my phone is rooted, I dont think HTC would accept it...
any thoughts? friends?
What have you set the CPU max to?
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Thank you for response! Appreciate, really!! I didn't set it, I left everything by default I think! Because as i said, i even tried flashing different roms, not only miui.
What else could be? By the way, with stock froyo rom If I remember correctly, sometimes it became extremely hot, but I didnt get any reboots from that. But now, it gets just a little bit hot and it seems that this causes the reboot...
Now what I just noticed, I get reboots even when the phone is idle. And it is not even warm!
If its not getting hot then I'm confused lol. It sounds like a actual hardware fault. Sorry I can't help with this one
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cluendo said:
My warranty probably out of date, and my phone is rooted, I dont think HTC would accept it...
any thoughts? friends?
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try and get it taken back to stock if you dare.
The phone hasn't been out 2 years yet, which is how long the warranty is.
Thank you! But is there any possibility to fix it without HTC involvement? Maybe it is not hardware issue ? Can it be because phone is rooted and I flashed many roms to it ? I didnt try AOSP roms since reboots started, I will try to pop in Cyanogenmod or other and see if I will get reboots.
Would rerooting my phone and updating my recovery fix the problem?
and Note: yesterday I tried to S-OFF my phone, but I can't even do that with my unstable MIUI. It rebooted in the middle of the process..
I had a similar problem, apparently it's not uncommon on the early revisions. I sent mine to HTC and they replaced the mainboard.
Thank you for answer! But what if my phone is bought through a contractor?
Can just call HTC and ask the for repair? Or should I contact my contractor first ?
Just give them a call and they will try to help you out. I had a very good customer service experience with them when my desire had some issues.
They will require a proof of purchase though. If you managed to get the receipt from your "contractor" (I am unsure what you mean by a contractor), then there should be no problem.
Sorry for misleading word, I meant T-Mobile. I bought my phone under contract. I think I have a receipt. I even have whole box and stuff of the phone somewhere in my drawer.(just sayin ). So how is customer service of HTC? Poor, good ? I heard you need to tell them that you did a factory reset and that didn't help. Is that true. Also if I will unroot my phone, will they know it was rooted anyhow?
Ahhh....this overheating issue seems common. How they can release faulty phones?? No clue.
thanks for answers mates!
In Singapore, HTC service is really good. Phone was still under warranty.
It took me just one (real) call to confirm a repair order. The first call I was just checking to see what options were available to me.
The second call was an actual repair request. And the third call was me pestering them for a pickup date. heehee
In Singapore, repairs were done via courier. They picked it up and 1 working day later, they sent it back.
Naturally, you will probably need to impress upon them that you tried everything to fix your phone (which I hope you did which includes proving to yourself that it's not the ROMs fault).
You will definitely need to reset everything back to zero. In my case, I downloaded an RUU to totally reset everything back to STOCK, which included removing clockworkmod recovery. You WILL need to create a goldcard for this though so bear in mind that it's not exactly a case of a simple flashing procedure. At least not if you don't already have a goldcard.
Sorry if I overread it at some point, but you speculated at the beginning there could be some faulty app causing this, but you never meantioned performing a full wipe. Have you full wiped yet? Just to make sure it is indeed no software problem.
greets
Thank you for your answers. At the moment I have SuperNova classic ROM. ( 2.3.3 + Sense 2.1) But my phone crashes again and again, it is so annoying and causes me so much trouble.
I never tried a reset or unroot and return to original rom. Im just wondering now, would this help to remove or at least remove those reboots?
Today I was in my work and i was keeping my phone in my jeans pocket. it got hot as u would expect when keeping in pocket and suddenly it rebooten, then it went into a bootloop and started to bootloop 7 times in a row quickly. then again and again. It became very hot at that time.
For the interest, what exact hardware faults causes these reboots and why phone gets even hotter if you keep it on boot loop. If I keep phone cold, the rom usualy stays normal, without reboots. but as soon as I start using my phone, texting or calling for at least 5minutes of using it just reboots.
as I said- really annoying thing :S
I remember my happy times with miui, apps and no reboots Was fun!
cheers for helping!
I would give full wipe / factory reset a chance, and maybe RUU.
At least try it before sending phone to htc.
It is hardware problem, search forum. Fresh ROM without SD card, enabled WIFI and GPS, running G navigation, back of the phone is warm - restart after few minutes.
Maybe someone know how to read info form the phone right before reset? We could understand why the phone is reseting and hopefully add some patch.
Reboot-loop experience
Hey,
i had the same problem over the last few months: In the beginning my phone restarted only when it got hot, but it got worse over the last few weeks, in the end i was not able to use two apps at the same time (music and mytracks) or even to surf the internet longer than a few minutes. The problem did noticeably decrease when the phone was cool - tested by putting it on a fan or in the fridge. Yet, Skype was regularly killing it. As i really love my phone (and especially the AMOLED-Screen!) i did not want to resign. The battery cover contains some metal which is supposed to enhance heat dissipation - so i attached a little thermal pad to the hotter bottom of the phone to improve contact with the head spreader. Unfortunately it did not entirely fix the problem. Yes, it improved the situation a little, but it got even worse after a week or two - in the end i had to turn it in.
So i decided to take it to the Telekom-Shop. They were very kind and told me they would call the other day to confirm that the replacement would have been shipped. It took a few days longer, but i got a phone with the AMOLED-Screen! The employee said it was a used mainboard in a new case, completely refurbished. They only replaced the main unit, i kept the battery, sd-card, charger and so on. Now i have a working Desire again!
Terminator
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Hi i on the other hand have similar problem, qiute anoying one, my desire, cm7 hboot, s-off, insert coin cm7 rom, have phone freezing in diferent situations, sometimes its working sometimes just freezez and i need to get battery out and turn it one and sometimes several times in row to get it working again???? RUU and go to give phone in service? plaese advice?
@cp6ija Sandisk SD card? If yes, smash it.
nvm
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Love the phone but getting kind of sick of this stuff. The phone has been crashing lately, went into a boot loop today that took me at least half an hour to get working again (pulled the sim, sd card and battery till it worked), about 5 minutes ago my phone was on charge and I was sending sms messages using browser texting, and I noticed I hadn't received any replies for a while, so I looked at my phone and noticed it was a phone icon with a red triangle and a red exclamation mark, I pulled the battery and everything booted up like normal, then I went to unlock my phone a minute later and it wasn't responding, but the green notification led was flashing. This is the second phone I've bought, this time with warranty so that's good, I generally really like the phone and I feel if I can fix these weird problems and get the battery life a little better it'll be perfect. Anyone have any ideas? I was thinking of doing a factory restore but I basically just got this phone, and I have so many apps installed (May possibly the problem). I'm running Juice Defender Beta... I think I might try and use Ultimate and not beta and see if that helps the situation, other then that, any ideas guys?
Okay so right now after rebooting my phone again, the phone locked and isn't responding again with the bottom soft keys lit up. This phone is driving me crazy I'm going to uninstall juice defender see if that helps.
Is the phone rooted? If you installed a buggy custom rom it could cause the problems you're seeing.
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Is the phone rooted? If you installed a buggy custom rom it could cause the problems you're seeing.
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Thanks for the reply, my phone is completely stock running the 2.3.3 OTA firmware. I uninstalled a few programs, juice defender beta being one of them and everything is working wonderfully now hmmm, besides my poor battery life of course.
Just had another crash while downloading 2 things from the market and now I have the red triangle and exclamation mark thing again..
And now my phone isn't turning on again!. I'm having so much luck with these wonderful devices. What should I do?
the only things, that comes to my mind needs root. root breaks your warranty.
So - i would try factory reset and after this, if it wount help, give it back to the shop for repair.
The red triangle/exclamation mark is stock recovery, you can pull up a menu in it by pressing vol up + power.
Do you get any error messages in that recovery? especially along the lines of:
E: Can't mount cache
If so, it might be a bad emmc chip.
-Nipqer
I didn't see any errors and now the phone wont turn on at all. Looks like I'll have to take it back
Okay so I got a brand new one replaced through warranty, it was the 28th day of the 28 day return period and it was the last one in stock, this one has nothing wrong with the screen which is good. Anyway I was wondering if anyone is willing to bounce ideas off me as to why this has happened to me twice. Bad apps? Juice defender? Custom launcher? (Zeam)? I find it hard to believe this is possible, but it could be.
Definitely don't think it was Zeam. Could just be rotten luck. Perhaps try installing your desired apps one at a time to verify that wasn't the cause. Best of luck.
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Definitely don't think it was Zeam. Could just be rotten luck. Perhaps try installing your desired apps one at a time to verify that wasn't the cause. Best of luck.
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Good because I like Zeam . The problem with that is it's pretty much impossible to narrow it down like that, the first one took 3 months to die, second one took 2 weeks, I can't install an app then wait until it dies then determine that's the app that does it.
Don't think it was apps that caused your device to behave like that. Probably just faulty device...
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Don't think it was apps that caused your device to behave like that. Probably just faulty device...
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I think this has to be the case, an app couldn't fry the device like that could it? Even if it was trying to? I just sincerely hope this one isn't faulty... 3rd times the charm . So basically everyone's in agreement I don't have to do anything special just use the device like normal? Some people are saying don't install too many things, while others are saying just use it like normal what do you guys think. I don't think the amount of apps installed would do that, I had plenty of space left on my phone.
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Okay so I got a brand new one replaced through warranty, it was the 28th day of the 28 day return period and it was the last one in stock, this one has nothing wrong with the screen which is good. Anyway I was wondering if anyone is willing to bounce ideas off me as to why this has happened to me twice. Bad apps? Juice defender? Custom launcher? (Zeam)? I find it hard to believe this is possible, but it could be.
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It's probably closer to what Nipqer said with bad EMMC chip. I fully bricked my Desire Z and boy the s--t I did to that phone warranty would have been gone in a few seconds of research. I mean I rooted it, flashed it well over a hundred times. I took it into the HTC repair shop opened up my phone into CWM -- remember if a tech sees CWM -- warranty voided period. I showed him the E:/ can't mount error and he replaced the phone no questions asked. I think this is something that HTC is keeping under wraps instead of doing a massive recall just replacing any unit where this occurs no questions asked. Probably worried about getting a massive class action lawsuit where a judge will force them into doing a recall and giving thier customers a major settlement. Obviously this is only speculation, but I also talked to a good friend who is the west coast business manager for all of Rogers in Canada and he said that every Desire Z that is having problems is getting returned no questions asked, and he said that is completely out of the ordinary for HTC. So my guess something is up and we will never really find out the truth, just count your blessings with this.
Hmm interesting, thanks for your reply gave me something to think about. I guess it makes sense, the phones over a year old and HTC doesn't want to deal with it. I was surprised how quickly and easily I walked out of the Vodafone store with a brand new desire z, tho I've never done it before and it could be standard procedure. Anyway I hope this ones okay, otherwise I'll just take it back again.
I am wondering if anyone has any ideas on this crazy phone.
I am experiencing some really erratic behavior and rapid battery drain. My phone will spontaneously reboot at any given moment. Usually when the battery level gets below 50% but not always, I've had it happen at 80% as well. When it reboots it will go into a boot loop and show the battery at 1%. It will boot a few times then shut off until I plug it into a charger and reboot. Then the phone will have to charge from 1% even if it was at 75% when it shut off. Sometimes if I charge it a bit, say up to 30% and then reboot, it will boot back up at 60 or 70%. No rhyme or reason.
When all this started I was running Venom rom and I hadn't updated anything for a long time. I thought maybe something was crossed up so I flashed the stock RUU and re-rooted with the intent of re-installing the current version of Venom. I flashed Venom and got everything set up again....Bam...out of the blue a reboot. This time I lost all of my settings and tweaks in Venom, it seemed like it reverted to a fresh install. I went through all of the tweaks again and set everything back up only to have it happen again.
I have tried all of the battery reset tricks i.e., deleting battery stats. Holding down both volume buttons and the power button etc. Nothing works.
I have wiped everything except the external SD card in TWRP and then again when I installed a new ROM. I have done this numerous times. The phone seems to run a little better now but it still will random reboot and show discharged. Only get about a half a day out of the battery if I'm lucky.
I am currently running the latest version of TWRP 3.2.1-0 and stock rom firmware version 2.41.605.36.
This thing is driving me nuts. I have tried pretty much I know how to do with my limited abilities. Anyone have any ideas?
Sooo....as soon as I posted this thread I found this one https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/help/random-shut-boot-loops-t3690547. I'm not sure how I missed it in my searches. I have some reading to do LOL.
HI,
i have same problem. I hope it will be resolved with Oreo !!
Leedroid is answer to all bugs
Aftab_khatri said:
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I tried that as well. LeeDroid didn't change a thing. At this point it really seems like a hardware issue. I have an email sent to HTC to see what they have to say.
Well to be honest I was getting a crapy battery life while using the car charger or charge it more frequently, but I am using In home Aukey Q3 and in work stock, these results are captured before writing the reply
Any lint or anything else stuck in the charge port?
I think you need to do an RUU, and run your device completely stock. Are you s-on or s-off? Do you use magisk or just old school supersu for root?
You need to go back stock anyway, I'd definitely start the warranty replacement process and you'll want to be stock for that anyway so if you confirm it does it bone stock, you'll know it's a hardware issue, and you've got it ready to send back.
Just make sure HTC knows how frustrated you are to have invested in an HTC device and having a problem like this with a device that hasn't even been out that long yet. It definitely should be within the period that HTC will take care of you as a paying customer. It's a lot cheaper to keep you as an HTC customer than it is to go make a new customer to replace you.
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I think you need to do an RUU, and run your device completely stock. Are you s-on or s-off? Do you use magisk or just old school supersu for root?
You need to go back stock anyway, I'd definitely start the warranty replacement process and you'll want to be stock for that anyway so if you confirm it does it bone stock, you'll know it's a hardware issue, and you've got it ready to send back.
Just make sure HTC knows how frustrated you are to have invested in an HTC device and having a problem like this with a device that hasn't even been out that long yet. It definitely should be within the period that HTC will take care of you as a paying customer. It's a lot cheaper to keep you as an HTC customer than it is to go make a new customer to replace you.
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Unfortunately my warranty expired in July so there is no point starting a replacement process. I have been on chat with 2 different HTC people. HTC will not help me....period. They will not even acknowledge that they have a problem. I sent them the link I posted above with everyone else having the same exact issue. I made it really clear to HTC that I will not buy another one of their phones. Too bad, I have had nothing but HTC since the Thunderbolt. I won't have another one.
I have wiped all partitions including the internal sd card via TWRP at least 3 times. I have flashed the lastest Verizon RUU firmware 2.41.605.36 at least 3 times (running that now). Flashed an updated version of Venom. Flashed the latest LeeDroid, complete wipes for everything. Tried holding down the power button along with both volume buttons to reset battery stats. Tried dice and chicken bones LOL. Nothing corrects the problem. I thought it got a little better but I was wrong.
Samsung here I come
CharliesTheMan said:
I think you need to do an RUU, and run your device completely stock. Are you s-on or s-off? Do you use magisk or just old school supersu for root?
You need to go back stock anyway, I'd definitely start the warranty replacement process and you'll want to be stock for that anyway so if you confirm it does it bone stock, you'll know it's a hardware issue, and you've got it ready to send back.
Just make sure HTC knows how frustrated you are to have invested in an HTC device and having a problem like this with a device that hasn't even been out that long yet. It definitely should be within the period that HTC will take care of you as a paying customer. It's a lot cheaper to keep you as an HTC customer than it is to go make a new customer to replace you.
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Missed the first part of your post....I'm S-off. I have gone both ways with Magisk and SuperSu. Currently (and I seem to prefer) SuperSU.
Hard not to come to the conclusion that your battery is bad
I found a shop that is going to try and help me replace the battery. They were hesitant due to the possibility of breaking the screen during disassembly. I ordered a new screen to go along with the new battery. If this doesn't fix it I guess I just tossed another $100.00 bucks in the trash.
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I found a shop that is going to try and help me replace the battery. They were hesitant due to the possibility of breaking the screen during disassembly. I ordered a new screen to go along with the new battery. If this doesn't fix it I guess I just tossed another $100.00 bucks in the trash.
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I had the exact same issue as you! A repair shop replaced my battery for 70€ and now it's working perfect again. I also tried different custom ROMs and nothing worked.
I've been having the same issues and I finally decided I've had enough. I'm going to try to revive my 10 by replacing the battery with the part here. I have a heat gun and phone repair kit already but just to be extra safe, I ordered a replacement screen/LCD assembly as well from here. I really hope I don't break my original screen because I'm not convinced this replacement is actually OEM. I don't want to risk sacrificing screen quality by having to swap my original out with a replacement. We'll see how it goes when I get all the parts in about a week and a half. Wish me luck!
Got my 10 back from a local repair shop after replacing the battery Runs like new again. Really happy the new battery fixed it back up. Pretty disappointed that HTC would do absolutely nothing to help me get the phone fixed.