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[Q] Slow and unresponsive DINC

My DINC runs great most of the time. But at least once a day it will become very very slow and almost unresponsive. The commands still work, but take 5-10 seconds to complete. A reboot fixes it completely until the next time that it occurs. This has happened with every kernel, ROM, radio, recovery etc. that i've flashed. I first noticed this after flashing a Cyanogen release MONTHS ago and it hasn't gone away since then. Has anybody else run into this and come up with a fix?
I'm currently running MIUI 12.11 with the 2.15.00.09 radio and invisiblek's #18 kernel...obviously i'm rooted with S-off as well.

I have that happen periodically but it is pretty rare and usually I am trying to do a bunch of things at once so I just assume it is user load on the phone.

try unsyncing everything for a day - see if it still happens

If you call it a dinc its going to act like one.
seriously though you have given us nothing to go on here.
what are you running? have you done a full wipe/factory reset?

lafester said:
If you call it a dinc its going to act like one.
seriously though you have given us nothing to go on here.
what are you running? have you done a full wipe/factory reset?
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What do you mean i've given you nothing to go on? I said exactly what i'm running. I don't know what more info you'd want about my phone... I've tried system wipes and flashing different ROMS...all to no avail. This can occur when the phone is sitting idle and other times it happens when i'm doing small things like using TFLN (texts from last night). When I was running Cyanogen months ago it would occur every morning when I would go to turn off my alarm...so it was happening at some point during the night when I was doing nothing. The only app that I have running overnight is Locale.
I basically posed the question to see if anyone else is having the same issue. If not, then it probably has to be something to do with one or more apps not playing nicely.

Make sure you do a full wipe, wipe dalvik, each time you flash to a different ROM.
Second, are you overclocking at all? If you are using setCPU, make sure that the max speed is set to at least 998. I have run into where installing a new ROM the max/min speeds are set low to 245. This causes overall phone slowness though...
If you are overclocking, set it to 998 max and see what happens. I cannot go over 1113600 max or my phone gets all weird.

smtom said:
try unsyncing everything for a day - see if it still happens
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ditto.
if your phone is syncing a lot of things (facebook, 5 e-mail accounts, twitter, etc.) it might be slowing things down significantly.

Which kernel should I have if I just want OC?

My phone is rooted and has s-off but I have a few issues. One is almost half the time when I hit the power button the screen doesn't turn on instantly but the soft buttons light up. It usually takes me hitting it 2-3 times swiftly to get my screen on. Another issue is sometimes wifi calling gets screwed up so it doesn't work and it drains my battery as a background task stuck on restarting. I really only want my phone overclocked so just have baconbits kernel. is there a newer version I should put on that fixes these issues?

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My phone is rooted and has s-off but I have a few issues. One is almost half the time when I hit the power button the screen doesn't turn on instantly but the soft buttons light up. It usually takes me hitting it 2-3 times swiftly to get my screen on. Another issue is sometimes wifi calling gets screwed up so it doesn't work and it drains my battery as a background task stuck on restarting. I really only want my phone overclocked so just have baconbits kernel. is there a newer version I should put on that fixes these issues?
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Baconbits, to my knowledge, is the only OCd kernel available for the stock ROM. Your screen issue might actually be caused by underclocking though, do you have a screen off profile or a minimum set?
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I just have it set to 368-1497. Should I up the minimum?

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I just have it set to 368-1497. Should I up the minimum?
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Give the overclock widget a try. Its available free on the market. In the advanced setting, set your screen off profile to 245 min and 806 max. Scroll down and hit "save" before you exit settings. That will keep your phone running at stock speeds while the screen is off and should stop the wake issue you're having. When you're using the phone you'll be at the higher speeds.

I already had the widget. Did what you said but it still occurs.

legato89 said:
I already had the widget. Did what you said but it still occurs.
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245 is *way* too low, especially if you have things running in the background ... just start raising the lower end up until it stops happening.
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Setting it to stay at 800 while the screen is off seemed to fix it. Any ideas about wifi calling bugging out? It usually doesn't happen very often, I think when my phone has been on for a while without a restart.

overclock widget doesn't overclock anything.... it controls the speeds AFTER you've installed an overclock kernel. I highly suggest using flippys turbocharged 1.8ghz kernel. Just because it is capable of 1.8ghz doesn't mean that you need to run it at 1.8ghz. you can just do something like 1.1 or something in between. Give it a look.

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overclock widget doesn't overclock anything.... it controls the speeds AFTER you've installed an overclock kernel. I highly suggest using flippys turbocharged 1.8ghz kernel. Just because it is capable of 1.8ghz doesn't mean that you need to run it at 1.8ghz. you can just do something like 1.1 or something in between. Give it a look.
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Nobody said the OC widget overclocked anything. Did you read the OP's first post? It was suggested so as to enable a screen off profile because the OP is having a wake issue while using baconbits.
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EdKeys said:
Nobody said the OC widget overclocked anything. Did you read the OP's first post? It was suggested so as to enable a screen off profile because the OP is having a wake issue while using baconbits.
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set the off screen profile to the lowest speed 200/200mhz and 100% priority and he wont have anymore wake issues, don't know what I was reading hahaha

The screen on issue doesn't happen anymore but I'm not satisfied with my battery life. In the past something was causing my battery to drain insanely fast so I un installed a bunch of unused apps and started checking background tasks but when browsing the internet for 20 minutes on my way home I use 30% of the battery, bluetooth on.
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Anyone know if it is possible to run Pershoot's kernel on the stock rom that comes with the device? Any side effects?

I don't know enough to say 100% one way or the other, but I read in a post I can't find right now that only BaconBits is made to work with the stock rom.
FWIW, I tried to flash the 1.8 GHz kernal on my stock G2 this morning, and got stuck in a boot loop.

On AndroidCentral people are saying they have improved battery life with CM7 nightlies. I'd like to try running a ROM finally. Do I need to get rid of my Baconbits kernel before proceeding? I already backed up everything with Titanium.

legato89 said:
On AndroidCentral people are saying they have improved battery life with CM7 nightlies. I'd like to try running a ROM finally. Do I need to get rid of my Baconbits kernel before proceeding? I already backed up everything with Titanium.
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NO. The first thing you need to do is flash clockworkmod 3.0.0.5, which is totally different than ROM Manager. As of right now the latest clockworkmod available through ROM Manager is 2.5.1.3. If you haven't flashed that yet (2.5.1.3) do that first through ROM Manager. The best way to flash 3.0.0.5 is to find the .img file, place it on your sd card and run the commands from terminal emulator. After that just wipe data/factory reset, wipe davlik cache and flash the latest nightly .zip, reboot, then the latest gapps .zip. Go to the development forum and the first post in the nightly vendor vision thread has all the links you'll need.

[Q] Rom Manager and set cpu help.

So I rooted my phone a couple months back. I started messing with the set cpu app and can not get it to give me decent battery life. Example. I am at 79% available battery left. It is saying that estimated time it will run out is in 3 hrs and 51 minutes. The best I ever had it was at around 10 hours on a fresh full charge.
I am running:
Android 2.2
Baseband 2.15.00.11.19
kernel version [email protected] #7
Build number: myn's warm twopointtwo (RLS 5)
software number 3.70.651.1
Browser Version Webkit 3.1
PRI Version 1.90_003
PRL Version 60676
I have no idea if that info helped, but just in case. Now for my other question in regards to rom manager. I bought the premium version. I tried downloading 3 different cyanogenmod's through the rom downloader in Rom Manger. All three attempts failed for some reason. Sometimes it would say Bad Zip File. Tried A different one. Next failed download said operation timed out. I tried the stable releases and the candidates. Every single one of them took absolutely forever to download.
Any suggestions? I have been on the computer all day researching forum after forum. So please do not tell me to keep searching, I've done all I can. Could the setcpu settings be affecting my downloading?
Thanks in advance, all help is appreciated.

Well I tried downloading cyanogen again. This time I turned on the 4g and it finished downloading in just a few minutes.
Now back to setcpu lol. I want some amazing battery life guys. Help me out

Try switching kernels. I was using nets 4.2.1 more have smartass kernel. And would get maybe 18 hours of battery life. I've heard battery life has everything to do with kernels.
All I do with set CPU is make a profile for 245/245 when screen off. I really didn't see much difference underclocking for battery life
Good luck
Evo - Myn 2.2 RLS 3 - Clockwork - HBoot .76

r.storm85 said:
Try switching kernels. I was using nets 4.2.1 more have smartass kernel. And would get maybe 18 hours of battery life. I've heard battery life has everything to do with kernels.
All I do with set CPU is make a profile for 245/245 when screen off. I really didn't see much difference underclocking for battery life
Good luck
Evo - Myn 2.2 RLS 3 - Clockwork - HBoot .76
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I actually have seen a difference by underclocking. I pretty much just put it at the minimum I need for my phone to not lag. I don't run any heavy apps or games, but I use ADW Ex & a ton of widgets. I'm usually good at 499-768 for the max. If I'm doing something more taxing, I'll push it up a little but I never need to overclock.
I'm using the latest kernel from savagedzen. It's an sbc kernel, and I know the risks, but I get better battery life than I've ever experienced. I use the savagedzen governor as well for the best battery & performance.
It really depends on your usage, trial & error was what got me to where I am now.
I would use a screen off profile if you aren't already, this will do more good than just undervolting.
If your battery life is horrendous, check Spare Parts for "partial wake usage". If there's anything in there that's really high, I would uninstall it or change it's settings. This is keeping your phone from sleeping properly.
I just bought 3 1500mah batteries & an external charger on eBay for ~$10. This way I'll have 3x the battery life & I can save the other for emergencies. I'd suggest doing something similar. There are extended batteries, but it makes your phone fatter, so I skipped on that.

plainjane said:
I actually have seen a difference by underclocking. I pretty much just put it at the minimum I need for my phone to not lag. I don't run any heavy apps or games, but I use ADW Ex & a ton of widgets. I'm usually good at 499-768 for the max. If I'm doing something more taxing, I'll push it up a little but I never need to overclock.
I'm using the latest kernel from savagedzen. It's an sbc kernel, and I know the risks, but I get better battery life than I've ever experienced. I use the savagedzen governor as well for the best battery & performance.
It really depends on your usage, trial & error was what got me to where I am now.
I would use a screen off profile if you aren't already, this will do more good than just undervolting.
If your battery life is horrendous, check Spare Parts for "partial wake usage". If there's anything in there that's really high, I would uninstall it or change it's settings. This is keeping your phone from sleeping properly.
I just bought 3 1500mah batteries & an external charger on eBay for ~$10. This way I'll have 3x the battery life & I can save the other for emergencies. I'd suggest doing something similar. There are extended batteries, but it makes your phone fatter, so I skipped on that.
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I'd have to agree with what she says. Though, if you are using a HAVS kernel, using setcpu counter balances the two, so no need to use it. You can also change the governor of your rom to smartass, which is almost like a setcpu+. As for screen off, I would use 128/128 for minimum power draw. On CM7, I use smartass governor or conservative, with 128/614 as my max, no lag whatsoever. If I play a rom, I may up it to ~700 and still great performance. I bought an extended battery as a test and gives longer battery life, but does make it thicker, and slightly heavier, and I can still get a little over a day on the stock battery. Also remember to turn off your radios when not in use.

atomlin06 said:
Well I tried downloading cyanogen again. This time I turned on the 4g and it finished downloading in just a few minutes.
Now back to setcpu lol. I want some amazing battery life guys. Help me out
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I always wait until I can connect to WIFI and don't have any problems. (Haven't tried using 4G to download them though)

teh roxxorz said:
I'd have to agree with what she says. Though, if you are using a HAVS kernel, using setcpu counter balances the two, so no need to use it. You can also change the governor of your rom to smartass, which is almost like a setcpu+. As for screen off, I would use 128/128 for minimum power draw. On CM7, I use smartass governor or conservative, with 128/614 as my max, no lag whatsoever. If I play a rom, I may up it to ~700 and still great performance. I bought an extended battery as a test and gives longer battery life, but does make it thicker, and slightly heavier, and I can still get a little over a day on the stock battery. Also remember to turn off your radios when not in use.
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CM7 had a few too many hickups for my patience, such as no 3g or wifi was working, and a few other things. so i am going to try and use one that is more stable. Now one thing i noticed throught out the day was that my sd card had little space left on it. I want to empty things out I do not need or use. How can I know what it is okay to delete and what I shouldnt delete?
I love the functionalities of the cyanogens. Are you saying that the cyanogen had its own built in governor? Also do you use rom manager for your kernels and roms?

atomlin06 said:
CM7 had a few too many hickups for my patience, such as no 3g or wifi was working, and a few other things. so i am going to try and use one that is more stable. Now one thing i noticed throught out the day was that my sd card had little space left on it. I want to empty things out I do not need or use. How can I know what it is okay to delete and what I shouldnt delete?
I love the functionalities of the cyanogens. Are you saying that the cyanogen had its own built in governor? Also do you use rom manager for your kernels and roms?
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Well everything is working in CM7...wifi, 3G, and 4G. I'm on the latest nightly with no issues. And well what types of files do you have? Check you backups, in the clockwork folder, also the get folder also in there, if you have premium and download roms, as they take up space. Also app folders for things you don't use anymore. And yes, i have a built in governor, currently on smartass setting. And I flip between amon_ra and clockwork, currently on clockwork; I have no preference. And I occasionally use I use it to download a rom, but normally transfer it from the computer to the phone.

teh roxxorz said:
Well everything is working in CM7...wifi, 3G, and 4G. I'm on the latest nightly with no issues. And well what types of files do you have? Check you backups, in the clockwork folder, also the get folder also in there, if you have premium and download roms, as they take up space. Also app folders for things you don't use anymore. And yes, i have a built in governor, currently on smartass setting. And I flip between amon_ra and clockwork, currently on clockwork; I have no preference. And I occasionally use I use it to download a rom, but normally transfer it from the computer to the phone.
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for some reason my phone would not connect to 3g when i had cm7. it would only stay on 1x. Any idea why this may be? Also did you download the cm7 through rom manager or through your computer?

atomlin06 said:
for some reason my phone would not connect to 3g when i had cm7. it would only stay on 1x. Any idea why this may be? Also did you download the cm7 through rom manager or through your computer?
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You may have been in a low signal area, or it had trouble connecting. May have been a bad flash. And you can download CM7 in rom manager, but you can only get RC1 and RC2, you can download the nightlies only if you have the premium rom manager. I most download and transfer from my lappy.

teh roxxorz said:
You may have been in a low signal area, or it had trouble connecting. May have been a bad flash. And you can download CM7 in rom manager, but you can only get RC1 and RC2, you can download the nightlies only if you have the premium rom manager. I most download and transfer from my lappy.
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I do have the premium. I would like to have a back up folder on my computer to take me back to a point where I can flash it back to something simple just in case. Any suggestions? Come to find out I was in a low signal area. but I just tried the cm7 rc2 again and same results. no wifi or 3g just 1x. Im going to try one of the nightlies.

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I do have the premium. I would like to have a back up folder on my computer to take me back to a point where I can flash it back to something simple just in case. Any suggestions? Come to find out I was in a low signal area. but I just tried the cm7 rc2 again and same results. no wifi or 3g just 1x. Im going to try one of the nightlies.
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That's awkward, but you can try that. As for the back up of the rom, just go into rom manager, and click backup rom, it'll back it up. Then if thigns go wrong/you don't like the current rom, you can boot into recovery and then flash it as it was then. I'm on 19, no problems whatsoever.

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That's awkward, but you can try that. As for the back up of the rom, just go into rom manager, and click backup rom, it'll back it up. Then if thigns go wrong/you don't like the current rom, you can boot into recovery and then flash it as it was then. I'm on 19, no problems whatsoever.
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yeah i just got the nightly #19 and no luck. still same issue. now im stuck

Are you installing with a clean install, as in wipe factory/data, cache, and dalvik?

download juice defender. it helps

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Are you installing with a clean install, as in wipe factory/data, cache, and dalvik?
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i got it installed and working so now im trying to reprovision my phone

atomlin06 said:
i got it installed and working so now im trying to reprovision my phone
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Well glad you got it working.

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Well glad you got it working.
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well the 3g still hasnt come on in two days no matter where i go so i dont know what to do. I couldnt figure out how to provision it. BUt it is by far my favorite rom yet. I just wish the damn 3g would work. Roxxors, could there be a way for me to transfer all of my files to my computer, and then just put what i need on my sd card to kind of start fresh?

Yea, mount your sdcard to the comp by usb, then enable disk mount, open the sdcard folder, copy what you want. Then you can do a factory reset/format sdcard, and start over that way.

teh roxxorz said:
Yea, mount your sdcard to the comp by usb, then enable disk mount, open the sdcard folder, copy what you want. Then you can do a factory reset/format sdcard, and start over that way.
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okay thats what i was going to try. i was thinking that the only things I need to leave on the sd card is the clockwork folders? Does that sound right? For some reason every single cyanogenmod I have downloaded and installed will not connect my 3g. Every other rom I flash works just fine.

EVO keeps freezing / rebooting

Hi guys,
Hoping you all can help me. I installed Vipermod and undervolted 50mV. Running MIUI 1.7.22 with Tiamat 3.3.7 SBC. Also have SetCPU runnings with various profiles. Whenever I turn my phone on it'll work for a little bit and then freeze or restart itself. Should I just nand backup to without the vipermod, or is there a way for me to edit a script with the settings to remove the undervolt setting. I'm afraid of running a nand backup and the phone freezing in the middle. Thanks, appreciate any help.

As long as you have a full charge, a nand restore is usually a pretty fool proof way to fix any problems.
That vipermod is something most kernel devs don't mess with because of exactly what you are saying. There is some benefit if you can get it to work flawlessly, but it's hard to get it to do that.
I recommend a complete wipe, then restore your last nand. Again, just make sure you have plenty of battery whenever you restore a nand backup. The only thing that can really completely brick your phone is if it dies in the middle of doing something like that.

Here's Viperboys BSM_PSM_reset script, flash this in recovery if you get stuck in a bootloop.
Also, if you have the updated setCPU, goto the main screen and press menu, you'll see an option to download their "safe mode" zip file which you also flash in recovery
The BSM_PSM_RESET zip restores your kernel to its default settings, the setCPU zip you download restores setCPU to default settings as well
Viperboys BSM_PSM_RESET zip:
http://db.tt/5sHGbaY
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I believe this is heat related!!! I am getting intermittent, but daily reboots and every time the phone feels hot. Usually I get the reboots whenever the phone is working hard, playing a game or using google maps. I always wipe EVERYTHING when flashing roms and the last two day I decided to do some fresh installs of AOSP and quality Sense roms(all GB) and I didn't load any new apps after install. Guess what!?!?! Still getting reboots and the phone is hot when it reboots. I then pull the battery cover and put it on a cool spot or in front of the AC and it boots and runs great as long as it is being cooled. I've been a huge HTC and Android supporter since day one, but at 13 months old I shouldn't have to deal with this especially when I baby the phone. I hate to say it but I may have to switch to the evil empire. Their phones just work and keep working, oh and their battery last all day, maybe two days on one a single charge.
If you read this post because you are having the issue please make note if the phone is hot when it reboots. Allot of people believe this is software related, I on the other hand believe it is heat and hardware related. Unfortunately I refuse to lose root and go return mine... UGH!!!

No offense, really, but I do NOT understand SetCPU. People use it to overclock, for what reason?? Are you planning on Playing COD BO on your phone?? Or do rocket science?

Sleep of death

Is anybody else having issues with their ET going to sleep and you have to pull the battery to get it come back up? I thought it might have been my setcpu settings. So I cleared them and uninstalled it. I tried the midnight rom and the starburst rom. I tried the stable and exp LosKernel. None of these got rid of this issue for me. Randomly through out the day I can try to wake the phone up to use it and nothing happens. After a minute or two I have to pull the battery. I am currently testing the stock kernel.

Thats weird, the only time that happened to me was when i had setcpu, and i tried putting "screen off" value to 200/200.
You should install setcpu again, and make screen off value 500/500, and if you dont have the issue, then try making the value 200/500, if you dont have the issue at this value, then leave it as is.
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I agree it is weird and I am not sure why it is happening. If it stays okay with the stock kernel then I may wipe and try the viperrom.

Yep happened twice the other day... Im on stock rom with lost kernel..roooted i put setcpu to 200/1200 after waking my screen for a minute used google came back 3 min later and phone was either off or wouldnt wake .. I had to pull battery twice.
I setcpu up to 1200/1200 never happened again.
This is a nice phone but very touchy.. Seems alot weird things goin on for some Et users.
Worst of all for this phone is Los or just weak /radio signal in general ..which is a samsung issue.
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Why people still insist on screen off profiles amazes me. When you hit the power button to wake it - the phone is stuck at 200MHz, you do realize this? If snything else is going on while it's stuck at 200 or SetCPU doesn't sample the phones state fast enough, it never gets out of 200MHz and locks up. Just like any other processor does when you overload it.
All the background processes going on even when the screen is off and somebody thinks setting the CPU max to 200MHz is a good idea? That's just asking for it. Not to mention the screen off profile is known to cause this issue. Notice how Virtuous, Viper, Cyanogen, and many other developers don't use one in their native OC daemons? There's a reason why. The phone sleeps just fine without it, just let it do it's thing.

Don't use offscreen profiles (the kernel is smart enough) and avoid using task killers, as those are likely to be the second leading issue.

I am having the issue even with setcpu uninstalled. I still have not found out what is causing it.

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I am having the issue even with setcpu uninstalled. I still have not found out what is causing it.
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Just wanted to throw this out there: beware mislabeling this problem. The setcpu issue causing the phone the permanently lock up and require a bat pull is one issue, yes; slow screen wake up is a different issue. Sometimes if you hit the power button, the screen will not wake up on the first try. If you wait a few seconds and push in the button again for a second or so, the screen almost always will come after. Coming from a mo-pho, I actually had the stupid no-wake problem requiring bat pulls, so I'm extremely paranoid about by e4gt doing this -- but it really has been good about eventually waking up every single time...just try my instructions and see if it works for you, too.
Again, though -- setcpu issues may be a different problem entirely.

did you reinstall a rom and try it again or did you simply just unistall setcpu and try it. I say this because I had an issue when testing setcpu and my system still kept my cpu setting even after I unistalled the app. I had to reinstall the rom after wiping to get it to run properly again.

I think I have found the issue. I did a factory reset and installed the rom but I am getting an error now that is basically saying it can't read the internal storage card. So I think there are some actual hardware issues going on that need to be looked at by sprint.

how often has the sod been happening? I think i got it yesterday, but not sure.

Do you use setcpu?
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This thread seems a little slow- has there been a solution found or are we isolated cases?
I reflashed the phone back to rooted stock and then flashed Blazer 4.1.
Got 2 SODs in the past week- one just a few minutes ago.
I tried calling the phone from another line, it rings but the screen is black and thus I couldn't answer it.
Power button and vol buttons work fine.
I had to powerdown and reboot.
Getting kinda frustating.