Ok So I'm having some issues with my SGSII
I am rooted and I'm running Juggernaut v3.7
When I try and use my camera app I get a warning: camera failed message
It started off happening after my phone had been on for a while (I would get the error message and then reboot and the camera would work fine for a short amount of time, before the error message returned) now I am getting this error message constantly and the only way to get the camera working again is If I reboot into CWM and wipe data,cache,dalvik & reboot or go through the wipe process and re-flash the Juggernaut v3.7 rom. But still even doing so only enables the camera once and then I'm back to my original issues. I've searched the site and other resources available before making this post. Most of the information I have come across with users having similar problems refer to the I9000 and not the SGH-T989.
So my questions are (of course):
Has anyone had these issues?
Has anyone that has had these issues (if any) found a solution?
And does anyone know If this is hardware or firmware related? - (Or can someone point me to the right procedure of figuring out if it is a hardware or firmware issue?)
Hope to hear from someone soon thanks XDA
Sounds like hardware, or could be kernel, you could try a different kernel ..
Best way would be to Odin back to Stock, and see if it still does it, if it does it on pure stock , you know it is a hardware issue ...
tcboo said:
Sounds like hardware, or could be kernel, you could try a different kernel ..
Best way would be to Odin back to Stock, and see if it still does it, if it does it on pure stock , you know it is a hardware issue ...
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Thank you for the reply, I have found a solution to the problem (so far at least no issues) I removed the sd card, re-inserted the sd card and did an sd card format and the problem has gone away. Well at least for the last 12 or so hours anyways. Hope this helps anyone with the same problem.
I was just about to say, check your SD card. Same damn thing happened to me a few weeks ago. All it takes is one corrupted image on the card to completely bork the camera.
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I was just about to say, check your SD card. Same damn thing happened to me a few weeks ago. All it takes is one corrupted image on the card to completely bork the camera.
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Yeah, I was just messing around with it and figured out that the sd card format may have been corrupt, or it could have been a bad file messing with the camera process in android. T-mobile actually sent me a new one that should be delivered today, I'm going to have to send it back now that I have it figured out. lolol
**BTW** I'm using your throttle fix lolol thanks
No problem, glad to help
Hey...not so fast...LOL!
Totally hate to revive such and old thread, but I am currently experiencing the exact same issue using Juggernaut 5.0, and the VKL1 radio, with faux10m kernel. I have in fact remove all external sd cards, and still the camera app keeps giving me Camera Failed. I'm wondering if I install a differnt camera app from Google Play, if this will be a solution? Any tips/advice is quite welcome. I'll be back and let you know if installing another camera app works! Thanks in advance.
I had the same message as the OP pop up when I had my vibrant. I ended up having to buy a replacement camera.
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This happened to me after throwing my phone at my bed, it bouncing off, and hitting the wall. When activating my camera, I got the message.
Called T-Mobile, told them the problem, and got a refurb. Now my phone has all sorts of problems!
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Hi! Long time reader, first time poster. I've just noticed that the Camera is no longer working. No matter what camera app I use, I get a black screen and a wait/force close popup. I have tried MIUI, Leedroid and stock roms and also updated the radio with no luck. Also, at random intervals, maybe a couple of times a day the flash will turn on for no reason whatsoever (this is with all roms)
Can someone point me in the right direction before I assume this is a hardware fault?
Thanks heaps kids!
James
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bump for good measure. After having a look around the forums, it appears this has happened a bit but no real solution. I've seen instances where changing / reformatting the SD works, this has not helped me out at all.
Cheers,
James
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as above - thanks kiddo's.
If you do a full whipe and then revert to stock. Then remove your sim and sd card. Boot your phone and if your camera still isn't working then it's a hardware failure.
If you have warranty you can send it back to Htc but if you don't you can buy a new one on ebay and replace it yourself.
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If you do a full whipe and then revert to stock. Then remove your sim and sd card. Boot your phone and if your camera still isn't working then it's a hardware failure.
If you have warranty you can send it back to Htc but if you don't you can buy a new one on ebay and replace it yourself.
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Thanks man, did exactly that yesterday and no dice. Went back to the HTC dealer here in Thailand and it was replaced on the spot. Only **** thing is, they ran out of stock of the Desire so I ended up with a Desire HD free of charge. I is not complaining but I kinda miss my normal Desire.
My phone has been acting really weird. Throughout the day, I will check my phone and see the time. I am using Fancy Widget Pro and for some reason, after a while, the time on the widget and system no longer match. It's about a 5 to 15 minute difference. It really depends. I was also using setCPU and when I would charge it and the take out the charger, SetCPU would not change back to the profile that I made. Another problem I have noticed is when I plug the USB-microUSB from the computer to the phone, when I finish and take the cord out, the computer knows it's gone, but my phone still thinks it is there. The only other problem I can think of, which is the biggest, is I don't think I am receiving text messages. I sent a couple to myself, and never got them. The only way that I know to fix this problem is to restart my phone, but I never get those texts back. Any help would be awesome. I have already tried Odin and going back to a different stock ROM. I have also done countless factory resets. I have no clue what is going on. If you need anymore info on what I am running or anything, just let me know. Once again, any help would be awesome.
P.S. I am on EH06, deodexed and pre-rooted. I also flashed maddoggin's lockscreen mod. I don't know if that helps, but I might as well put it there.
Thank you.
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My phone has been acting really weird. Throughout the day, I will check my phone and see the time. I am using Fancy Widget Pro and for some reason, after a while, the time on the widget and system no longer match. It's about a 5 to 15 minute difference. It really depends. I was also using setCPU and when I would charge it and the take out the charger, SetCPU would not change back to the profile that I made. Another problem I have noticed is when I plug the USB-microUSB from the computer to the phone, when I finish and take the cord out, the computer knows it's gone, but my phone still thinks it is there. The only other problem I can think of, which is the biggest, is I don't think I am receiving text messages. I sent a couple to myself, and never got them. The only way that I know to fix this problem is to restart my phone, but I never get those texts back. Any help would be awesome. I have already tried Odin and going back to a different stock ROM. I have also done countless factory resets. I have no clue what is going on. If you need anymore info on what I am running or anything, just let me know. Once again, any help would be awesome.
P.S. I am on EH06, deodexed and pre-rooted. I also flashed maddoggin's lockscreen mod. I don't know if that helps, but I might as well put it there.
Thank you.
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Have you frozen and services/programs? This is the only thing I can think of, but I am no where near an expert!
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Have you frozen and services/programs? This is the only thing I can think of, but I am no where near an expert!
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No I have not. Will that really change anything? I just flashed stock EH17 (unrooted) to my phone to see if that would stop this from happening. What would I freeze?
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No I have not. Will that really change anything? I just flashed stock EH17 (unrooted) to my phone to see if that would stop this from happening. What would I freeze?
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Well, i guess if you were freezing programs, maybe something got frozen that was related to updating. The USB issue i have had in the past, and that has always been fixed by a reflash for me. The time not updating, I have had that as well, and for me it was related to Juice Defender and my data settings. I am not sure how much flashing you do, but I have noticed that if I have flashed a few ROMS/Themes/Kernels, over the course of a few days (especially going back and forth from Froyo to GB) I will start getting all kinds of weird issues happening. Usually when that happens, I will back up my SD card, wipe it and reformat it, Odin back to stock EC05, and start the whole process over again with re-rooting. Sorry if this was not much help. Just trying to give my experience, albeit limited!
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No I have not. Will that really change anything? I just flashed stock EH17 (unrooted) to my phone to see if that would stop this from happening. What would I freeze?
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And I forgot the texts not sending or receiving has been issues with clearing L1/L2 memory from task manager...
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Well, i guess if you were freezing programs, maybe something got frozen that was related to updating. The USB issue i have had in the past, and that has always been fixed by a reflash for me. The time not updating, I have had that as well, and for me it was related to Juice Defender and my data settings. I am not sure how much flashing you do, but I have noticed that if I have flashed a few ROMS/Themes/Kernels, over the course of a few days (especially going back and forth from Froyo to GB) I will start getting all kinds of weird issues happening. Usually when that happens, I will back up my SD card, wipe it and reformat it, Odin back to stock EC05, and start the whole process over again with re-rooting. Sorry if this was not much help. Just trying to give my experience, albeit limited!
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No, I appreciate it. I have been flashing a lot lately. I have never re-formatted my SD card, but I am sure I could figure out how to do that. I was thinking it was the ROM I had, but then I flashed a different ROM and it still did it. I will go about reformatting my SD card and let you know how that goes. Thanks for the info man.
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No, I appreciate it. I have been flashing a lot lately. I have never re-formatted my SD card, but I am sure I could figure out how to do that. I was thinking it was the ROM I had, but then I flashed a different ROM and it still did it. I will go about reformatting my SD card and let you know how that goes. Thanks for the info man.
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Hey, no problem. To reformat the SD card, what I have done, is just copy the whole card to me PC, then go into CWM and there is formatting options in the mount and storage section if i remember correctly. then, i will just copy back the apk's and pics, music, etc...
I have 2 questions.
1) When you reformat your SD card, did that solve your problems?
2) I went into task manager and didn't see L1 or L2 RAM. Where do I look?
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I have 2 questions.
1) When you reformat your SD card, did that solve your problems?
2) I went into task manager and didn't see L1 or L2 RAM. Where do I look?
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1) fixes some problems, definitely increased stability, if you do a lot of deleting, adding, moving, etc..
2) in task manager click on the RAM manger tab. But seeing as Android managers memory on its own, clearing L1 and L2 RAM is useless and only causes problems (sending and receiving texts) in my opinion.
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1) fixes some problems, definitely increased stability, if you do a lot of deleting, adding, moving, etc..
2) in task manager click on the RAM manger tab. But seeing as Android managers memory on its own, clearing L1 and L2 RAM is useless and only causes problems (sending and receiving texts) in my opinion.
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I am formatting as we speak.
Do you know what aspect of a fragmented sd card wld cause those issues. I've had the clock issue using fancy widgets and cldnt find the cause. Is that something than can be rectified without formatting my card. Where and what are diff roms putting on the external sd card besides the android secure folder. Sorry I'm pretty ignorant re: flash media fragmentation. Doesn't make sense to me brains.
adamdelozier, thank you very much man. Seemed to have fixed my problem...... Been running it all day after the format and everything is working great. Once again, thank you very much.
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adamdelozier, thank you very much man. Seemed to have fixed my problem...... Been running it all day after the format and everything is working great. Once again, thank you very much.
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Glad you are up and running! Feels good to actually help someone else for a change!!
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adamdelozier, thank you very much man. Seemed to have fixed my problem...... Been running it all day after the format and everything is working great. Once again, thank you very much.
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I recently installed the new RunnyRom 6.0 ROM, so it is my current ROM. With the previous version, at random intervals, my phone would either freeze after doing some simple task such as turning on the mobile network or just at random. At other times, the phone would not respond after the screen goes blank.
I am at my wits end and might end up throwing my phone at a wall. I've tried increasing the minimum CPU speed to no avail and other remedies from googling.
Must I buy a new phone? (my warranty is up btw, so I can't send it away back to HTC or the store I bought it from)
Before you say you are at your wits end, have you even tried flashing an entirely different rom to see if the issue presents itself again?
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Or a faster sd-card !
do you have ext on your sdcard and some kind of app2ext script?
Something like this?
It's a combination of sd card, sd-ext scripts running on it and bad reception. For me, the only ROM that doesn't have this problem is RSK v6.
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Before you say you are at your wits end, have you even tried flashing an entirely different rom to see if the issue presents itself again?
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I have, that's the reason I went from CM7 to Oxygen and back to Sense.
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Or a faster sd-card !
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I think this could be the problem, but I'll need to buy another card today to see. As for some reason my current card keeps getting errors when I connect it to my pc.
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do you have ext on your sdcard and some kind of app2ext script?
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I believe RunnyRom v6 has that.
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Something like this?
It's a combination of sd card, sd-ext scripts running on it and bad reception. For me, the only ROM that doesn't have this problem is RSK v6.
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I will try to switch back to CM7/Oxygen and see if the problems persist with the same frequency.
Go back to CM7 than Oxygen to test. Oxygen uses a script if an ext partition is detected. You wanna try and see if your phone will work well without any ext partition and CM7 doesn't support it out of the box.
Or if you can't help not having ext partition because of your apps, how about you format your sd card, repartition and start fresh.
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So as I did a full wipe and reinstalled CM7, lo and behold, the phone freezes on me in the 4ext recovery screen. Wiped again and tried to reinstall RunnyRom, same thing.
Seems like hardware issue if you get freezes even on recovery. You can flash a stock rom as a last verification but since you don't have warranty you might as well consider it as a reason to get a new phone.
There's the HTC One series or if you can still wait a bit longer, Galaxy S III is about to make a debut this May.
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Seems like hardware issue if you get freezes even on recovery. You can flash a stock rom as a last verification but since you don't have warranty you might as well consider it as a reason to get a new phone.
There's the HTC One series or if you can still wait a bit longer, Galaxy S III is about to make a debut this May.
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I think I will need to settle for something a bit cheaper.
However, I have noticed that if my mobile network is on, most times it will freeze my phone if I use any app that uses internet such as Whatsapp, facebook or Google+. Not sure if that might be relevant. (I am on a CM7 ROM and it still freezes so it is most definitely a hardware problem I would agree with).
I had a similar problem with my HTC Desire. I was on the road a lot and noticed that when I came near certain areas, my phone froze. I think it was because of a bad radio or something like this.
Does it happen when you are in airplane mode?
I flashed the new CM9 and the problem stopped.
Alternatively, it didn't happen with the sandvold-ICS.
Have you tried flashing with a new SD-Card?
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I had a similar problem with my HTC Desire. I was on the road a lot and noticed that when I came near certain areas, my phone froze. I think it was because of a bad radio or something like this.
Does it happen when you are in airplane mode?
I flashed the new CM9 and the problem stopped.
Alternatively, it didn't happen with the sandvold-ICS.
Have you tried flashing with a new SD-Card?
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Never tried it with airplane mode on. There's less freezing with MildWild 4.4 but occasionally it will freeze.
I had this issue once with ics and drewis kernel, on tiamat no problems at all
From using Mildwild 4.4 I've realized that when my phone rings, the ringtone will not play and if I answer it as soon as the call ends the screen will not wake up. If I ignore the call and open any application, the phone will freeze. In both cases I will need to remove the battery.
Sometime fixing permissions from recovery sorts out freezing issues
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Sometime fixing permissions from recovery sorts out freezing issues
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Tried that too. No major change.
same exact problem, i'm running runnymede AIO, phone freezes often, especially when i'm at home where signal is not good.
i've got the feeling is mainly related to whatsapp, but it's just a feeling.
phone usually freezes when i wake it up from standby, the lockscreen ring does not respond.
it never freezes when in airplane mode.
i think i'll try a different phone part, then a different rom, it's a pity since this one performs really well for my needs.
sorry for my english, if i fix this i'll post here, cheers.
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same exact problem, i'm running runnymede AIO, phone freezes often, especially when i'm at home where signal is not good.
i've got the feeling is mainly related to whatsapp, but it's just a feeling.
phone usually freezes when i wake it up from standby, the lockscreen ring does not respond.
it never freezes when in airplane mode.
i think i'll try a different phone part, then a different rom, it's a pity since this one performs really well for my needs.
sorry for my english, if i fix this i'll post here, cheers.
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I think my problem was mainly the sd card as it deleted all of my photos and then randomly stopped reading in my phone.
I switched sd cards and ROMs and so far no freezes.
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I think my problem was mainly the sd card as it deleted all of my photos and then randomly stopped reading in my phone.
I switched sd cards and ROMs and so far no freezes.
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well, might be, but i'd find strange, mine is a brand new samsung class 6.
but i'll give it a try when i can.
I might have reached my phone's flash limit! lol, unfortunately my camera started acting up when I flashed an old EVOlved ROM. Had all kinds of purple/pink/green colors in it and a couple days later it only shows blank white no matter what kernel I try. If anyone knows the answer to the following questions please comment:
1. Software or hardware? Could this be a physical issue? It looks clean to the naked eye but it took a nasty fall a few weeks ago.
2. What caused it? It started after flashing a 2.2 rom but I use VR_SUPERWIPE and didn't need to flash a custom kernel (maybe updated kernel from a newer rom going back to an old release? I dunno)
3. Possible fixes? I'm open to suggestion. No insurance, had it more than a year, I can't upg until September.
I'm spam the Thanks Button for anyone with a decent suggestion! haha
Could be a bad download causing the camera to bork. First, install a camera app from the market and see if that works. If thats successful, then that tells you it is a bad download and just redownload the rom and verify the md5 checksum.
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Could be a bad download causing the camera to bork. First, install a camera app from the market and see if that works. If thats successful, then that tells you it is a bad download and just redownload the rom and verify the md5 checksum.
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Probably not a bad download, it worked last time I used the ROM but that was many moons ago. Great idea on the camera app, unfortunately the main camera is still busted while the front facing works fine. The problem persists on every ROM I've tried since 3 days ago. I should mention the front facing camera was never an issue, just the main
The same thing is happening to my Transformer Prime Tablet... No fix for it yet...
What you might wanna try is taking apart your Evo and remove your camera and put it back in. I now it sounds risky but its actually really easy.
It's from the fall. I had the same thing when I shattered my screen. You need to get a new phone or have the camera fixed itself. I just got a new phone.
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i'd take it apart and disconnect and reconnect it... see if that helps. might as well, its really easy.
my HTC desire has suffered the worst SOD case in the past few days.
This morning I tried all possible troubleshooting and to my surprise after 3 days its working normal again.
I'm still unsure of what the issue was. Anybody else dealing with this?
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I'm still unsure of what the issue was.
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It will most likely remain that way until you at least provide which rom and kernel you use.
andrd_ said:
my HTC desire has suffered the worst SOD case in the past few days.
This morning I tried all possible troubleshooting and to my surprise after 3 days its working normal again.
I'm still unsure of what the issue was. Anybody else dealing with this?
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Do you just wanna know who else is dealing with the same issue or expect to find a solution? You aint gonna get any solution if you don't even provide readers with your device info. Is it rooted? Is it on stock? Is it running sense? Is it running AOSP? Is it running those beta roms? Is it on froyo? Is it on gingerbread? Is it overclocked? Is it undervolted? Does if have an ext partition? etc etc yada yada yada,
Best way I've found to recover quickly from a sleep of death is to take out the battery and plug it into a charger. Wait a few seconds and you should see the LED indicator flash from orange to green. You can now out the battery back in a power up normally.
I've only had this issue with sandvolds ics. But I haven't tried the latest
my phone is rooted n s-off too.
SOD started when i was on sandvold's ics. So i did the most sensible thing, switched back to android 2.3.
I'm currently on GB from Cool Droid v3|2.3.4|. The problem with SOD followed me on this rom as well but i seemed to have solved it for now, thanks to all the troubleshooting methods in the forum. I'm really happy to see it working normal again.
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The problem with SOD followed me on this rom as well but i seemed to have solved it for now, thanks to all the troubleshooting methods in the forum. I'm really happy to see it working normal again.
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Care to share how you tried to fix it?
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Care to share how you tried to fix it?
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The reasons for the problem can be countless. I guess my SD card was the culprit this time. previously, I had partitioned the card using gparted but on 4ext touch recovery the card's partition alignment check said I have some alignment issues with my fat32 partition.
I repartitioned the SD card, now I have 1gb ext4 partition n around 14gb of fat32, perfectly aligned.
I thought I had solved the problem.
Then I came across someone saying that it could be the radio too. I am using the latest version of radio for some time now but I decided to switch to some previous versions and see if that helps. Installation got aborted, may be because I wasn't connected to the pc. But this time when I booted up my phone, no more SOD so far.
I would like to add that I probably just got lucky. I'm using a fake Chinese battery on this phone. Lost the original one as it got drenched in the rain.
Please share if anyone else is dealing with this issue too. Would be glad to help you guys out.
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Care to share how you tried to fix it?
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Also I'm not overclocking or underclocking the processor. Not using gps. it is also recommended to stay on 'gsm only' or 'cdma only' mode. So basically I tried all the troubleshooting options out there.