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This is a guide I’ve put together from my (in)experience with flashing ACS. It mainly comes from the replies of k0nane and theimpaler747 in the SyndicateROM thread. However, since there’s so many pages that can be tricky to search for idiots like me who just throw up random posts for others to solve their problems, I thought it would be good to summarize it along with anything I happened to notice from flashing a couple of Epics. Consider it the FIBI guide.
Step 1: Read all posts by k0nane on page 1 of the SyndicateROM thread before doing a damn thing! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976194
Instructions for CWM are in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
Useful hotkeys:
Download mode - Hold down 1 on the keyboard when you power on the phone
Recovery mode - Hold Volume down+camera+power to power on the phone
Reset phone - Hold volume up+camera+power. This generally works when the phone is completely locked up.
Flashing:
When going between versions of ACS, check their notes to see if you need to do anything other than flash. You can go between some versions without wiping or losing anything. You can also flash between standard and fully loaded without wiping or losing anything.
Sdcard doesn’t mount in CWM, but shows up in Android - Format the sdcard in Android.
Boot hangs on the Samsung screen – Redownload, format your SD card and reflash
Boot screen flashed between different things – Wipe cache & data 3x and reflash
Journaling:
Enable journaling – In CWM, go to backup and restore. Backup, then restore using that backup. Journaling enabled!
Make it so you don’t need journaling – Keep a copy of the ROM on your phone at all times. Should you ever have data corruption, jump into CWM and flash the ROM again. It’s quick, no wipes needed.
If you restore a backup made in CWM and want to have non-journaled again – Flash the ROM after restoring.
Other issues:
FC in a specific app – Go into manage applications and clear data for that app
FC in several apps – In CWM > Advanced, try fixing permissions. Can also clear caches, and if that doesn’t work, reflash the ROM.
If you have any major issues that seem unresolved, Odin everything back to stock with EB13, format your sdcard in android, re-download everything, re-install CWM, re-read all of k0nane’s posts on page 1 and try again.
If you want ads back – Install adfree from market and hit revert
If your phone is freezing often - Flash either the vision kernel found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012136 or the Twilight 1.0.4 kernel found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12504067&postcount=5904. I haven't had the freezing issues, but I'd recommend trying the vision kernel first as it has some other potential benefits.
Recommended tweaks and add ons:
Fugutweaks – This will smooth out a few random things on the phone. I’ve noticed more responsiveness on the lock screen and icons on my homescreen. Small, but nice. Install the ZIP in CWM, file can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981125
Impaled Keyboard – Makes the keyboard less likely to skip keys. Still have some, but they’ve gone down a lot. I use the Speed Demon Edition, still had a fair amount of dropped keys with standard one. Install the ZIP in CWM, file can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025533&page=18
SetCPU – Handles scaling the CPU and overclocking. Use ondemand setting for smooth performance. If you have issues when the phone is idle or it doesn’t wake up properly, set minimum CPU to 200Mhz. Free for XDA members, APK can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419
Battery Calibration – If you want to calibrate your battery without going into CWM, grab the app from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1024867. It’s now available from the Android Market.
Vision Kernel – Pretty much Twilight + gives you 1.4Ghz and Voodoo colour which improves balance when brightness is at 100%. Flash in CWM, wipe dalvik. Kernel can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1012136
And a final note that I'm now about 10 hours into testing... if you are using fully loaded and want better battery life, really try standard. It very easy to switch, it flashes over fully loaded with no wipes or data loss, the only thing you lose is that it resets your homescreens. But really, this is day 1 of it for me and 10 hours in I'm at 62% battery remaining. Usually by this time I'd be around 20%.
Great info! I recently installed the newest SyndicateROM 1.1.0 on my Epic and the only trouble I had was with the included Twilight 1.1.0 kernel. My phone kept freezing and I would have to pull the battery to reboot.
This is an issue that has been documented with the ROM and is said to be caused by the kernel and its adjustments to voltage and overclocking, not all phones handle this well.
To fix the issue I flashed the Twilight 1.0.4 kernel, as suggested by k0nane, and I am about a day into testing without any freezing issues. The only problem is that the Twilight 1.0.4 kernel has a known issue with video recording and it does not work.
Let me say that the performance increase from installing SyndicateROM and ext4 are well worth the trouble.
Have you tried the vision kernel? That might fix your freezing without breaking video recording.
is your brightness at 100%??? what was the difference between standard and fully loaded again??
VeNoM vZ said:
is your brightness at 100%??? what was the difference between standard and fully loaded again??
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What does the brightness have to do with anything? And for the differences, here's from the SyndicateROM thread:
k0nane said:
SyndicateROM Standard includes LauncherPro. All Samsung and Sprint bloatware are completely gone!
SyndicateROM Fully Loaded - the choice of ACS team lead rjmjr69 - features TouchWiz instead of LauncherPro, and adds in Social Network Sync, Facebook, BuddiesNow, Program Monitor, and the stock live wallpapers. All the rest of the bloat is still gone!
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What does the brightness have to do with anything? And for the differences, here's from the SyndicateROM thread:
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The brightness for battery life.
No, brightness is not at 100%. I generally use 0-25%, though I'll kick it to 100% when viewing photos or when I'm outside. Even with the lower brightness setting, I'd always have to recharge in the afternoon. I'm still doing a lot of testing for ways of having the battery last longer, today is longest it's ever gone for. I'll be adding more information when I feel like I've got a solid way of having it all setup.
OP, could you add the freezes and "terrible battery life" solutions? Namely, flash the kernel in the second post or VisionKernel. It's the most annoying one to answer multiple times daily.
Thanks much for this! Hopefully people read it.
I want to get the battery situation on my phone sorted out before adding it to the list. I was having pretty bad battery life, but switching to standard and removing gallery has made my phone last all day for the first time ever. I want to do some experiments between setcpu options, juicedefender and the vision kernel to see what works best. Hopefully by this weekend I'll have a more detailed idea as to how to get better battery life.
But for now, anyone having battery issues my current setup is using ACS standard and replacing gallery with quickpic. This has doubled my battery life.
Hey wassup everyone, first time writer long time viewer, and first let me say thanks to all the great people that have provided us with great roms for the epic and the syndicate team as well, Im currently using a Epic 4G with sindicate rom freeze 1.1.0 and i must say its awesome, aside from my battery dying really quickly when im runing it at 1.3ghz its actually great, usually i end up operatig it at 800mhz to actually save some battery life last me for 3 days at a time, and when i have it pluged in or show off my awesome epic i raise it back upto 1.3ghz, big difference cuz when i raise it up there my battery drains rather quickly like 3 percent a minute or so.....
well anyways now that, thats says, I have CWM 3..0.5 with syndicaterom twilight 1.1.0 and ive been sucessful at loading custom boot animation, but one thing is that im having trouble is loading the animation with sound? any idea onhow i can od that?, what are the steps, cuz so far ive been using root explorer to transfer and change bootanimation to load up on my screen, but i have no idea where to put the sound or how to even get it to load with the bootanimation any one have any ideas? please help, i do all his trought my phone, put the bootanimation on my sd and work from there and trasfer it to the system/media, most bootanimation that do have sound on them say to put it on the system/custimization/resources but i look every where and the syndicate rom doesnt have that archieve just the system/media, how can i load the sound into my boot? and how can i change the power off animation as wll?
Maybe someone should make a wiki "Trouble shooting guide" formatted like the ones found in the back pages of user manuals..
This might.. just maybe (crosses fingers) alleviate the never ending repeating of questions in the main sfr thread
Catalyst Shift said:
Have you tried the vision kernel? That might fix your freezing without breaking video recording.
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Just tested Vision kernel 1.1 and ran into countless issues. My phone would not open camera, gallery, or music apps. And after that debacle I didnt even bother to find out if any other apps were misbehaving.
The first sign of trouble came when I installed a fresh version of SyndicateROM 1.1.0 and then flashed Vision kernel 1.1. The phone booted-up fine but when I went to shut down it immediately froze and I had to pull the battery.
Im going to stay on Twilight 1.0.4 kernel for a while until I find something else.
I have tested Twilight 1.0.4 kernel for about a day or two and have not had any problems so far. I even overclocked with SetCPU to 1.2GHz without any issues.
tmspyder said:
Maybe someone should make a wiki "Trouble shooting guide" formatted like the ones found in the back pages of user manuals.
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I would be more than happy to contribute my experiences if this gets up and running. PM me with any updates to the "SyndicateROM [TSG] WiKi"
Please Help a Novice
I have installed this ROM, followed the directions and thought I did everything right. But when I rebooted the phone, I just get the Clockwork Recovery screen. Have I bricked my phone? How do I recover? Please please please help...Haven't even had my phone for a day...
By the way, the error I'm getting is:
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.0
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
I backed up before I installed this ROM, and Restore brings me back to this same screen / message
mercerma said:
I have installed this ROM, followed the directions and thought I did everything right. But when I rebooted the phone, I just get the Clockwork Recovery screen.
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Please elaborate on the steps that you took to install the ROM and CWM.
What version of CWM are you running?
What modem do you have installed (...DK28, EB13, EC05)?
Have you transfered the SyndicateROM 1.1.0 onto your SD card before you installed CWM?
Did you wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache at least three times each before installing the .zip?
Your phone most likely is not bricked, that is a very hard to task to achieve. Worst case scenario you may have to do a clean wipe with odin and flash the stock ROM to start the process over. We can try to help you with any issues you may have but in the mean time try searching to the forum to find answers to these questions.
Hey, great idea for the thread.
Something I learned:
I was having AWFUL freezing problems. Tried all the fixes (vision kernel, old twilight) to no avail. If these don't fix your problems, try Genocide Kernel (on these forums). Solved my problems.
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But really, this is day 1 of it for me and 10 hours in I'm at 62% battery remaining. Usually by this time I'd be around 20%.
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Ok, so im thinking of switching to the standard edition of he rom cuz im currently using the fully loaded added the 1.0 kernel vision on it to get the 1.4ghz, and its pretty smooth its stable at times so im keeping it at 1.3 for now until its set more stable..... however when u said that ure at 10 hours and u still have 62% whats the speed u have ure epic set at and whats the brightness?
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Just tested Vision kernel 1.1 and ran into countless issues. My phone would not open camera, gallery, or music apps. And after that debacle I didnt even bother to find out if any other apps were misbehaving.
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Fix permissions in CWM/etc.
Kernels cannot cause that. It's that simple.
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Please elaborate on the steps that you took to install the ROM and CWM.
What version of CWM are you running?
What modem do you have installed (...DK28, EB13, EC05)?
Have you transfered the SyndicateROM 1.1.0 onto your SD card before you installed CWM?
Did you wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache at least three times each before installing the .zip?
Your phone most likely is not bricked, that is a very hard to task to achieve. Worst case scenario you may have to do a clean wipe with odin and flash the stock ROM to start the process over. We can try to help you with any issues you may have but in the mean time try searching to the forum to find answers to these questions.
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I used the one step root process I found here to install CWM 2.5.1.0. I then downloaded the ROM, copied it to my SDcard, then used CWM to install the zip from my sdcard.
I don't know what modem I have, is there a way to check with my phone in it's current state?
I installed CWM previous to transferring the rom to my sd card
I did not the first time, but per instructions on the page where I downloaded the ROM, I reformatted my sd card, redownloaded the ROM, wiped everything 3x's and tried to reinstall. Same result. I keep getting the error on just about everything I do that states "E:Can't open /cash/recovery/log"
And thank you for your advise, any more would be greatly appriciated. I did search the forum, but there is so much information, hard to find what I really want, especially as a novice. I plan to not be a novice for long thanks to xda!
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I used the one step root process I found here to install CWM 2.5.1.0. I then downloaded the ROM, copied it to my SDcard, then used CWM to install the zip from my sdcard.
I don't know what modem I have, is there a way to check with my phone in it's current state?
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I could probably answer that question, im still a noob, but from what i know u need to install CWM version 3.0.5/6 in order for u to run does roms, thats why ure having trouble flashing it, since Syndicate roms are EXT4 Base Roms anything lower then CWM3 wont support since they are RFS files, go here and follow the steps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976194
download the CWM3 and root it again, u can run the CWM Root over the previous 1 so dont worry, i did it that way and i had no problems what so ever, as to check to see what modem u had, go to settings, about phone, under base band version check to see if the last 4 letters says EB13, or DK28, or if u have the ECO5 which is the newest stock base update that came out.
Also its best to know if ure phone is from stock, or if u updated from any of the first 2 version updates, EB or DK, if u where like me that waited for the update and stayed at Eclair then updated when the ECO5 OTA came out then u should be fine....
Just incase u are from a update of EB or DK here is the link for does 2 versions of CWM3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
if im wrong then someone please correct me im still a noob learning.
EDIT: just noticed that u said ure phone is messed at that point, umm u can try to do a factory reset then restart ure phone see if that fixes the problem, then try follow the steps above, if that doesnt work, u will have to download odin, which is also in that link and reflash back to stock, everything is there so if u follow does instrunctions u wont have a problem.....its actually pretty easy.....
Hi
I have updated my HTC desire HD to RCX HD Kingdom Rom with Sense 3.0 and After that the phone is very laggy. I know i can use set CPU which may help but i have no idead how to use Setcpu or of there any other solution.
can some one help me with this? I am starting new thread as i cant post in to any thread due to new user policy and i have to have 5 to 10 post to be able to reply to other post.
please let me know, if anyone has solution.
thanks
You can try re flashing again or go back to another ROM
Try reinstall the rom, the phone would be laggy st the first boot or once you restart the phone, but believe me, you would be satisfied
With sense 3
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I'm using that ROM right now, and have to say that I am pleasantly surprised at the general speed of the ROM. You may things going on in the background that's causing your experience to be laggy. Wait until all apps re-install and see if it speed up. If all else fails, full wipe and re-install ROM.
hi,experts
i also have one question that after flashing this rom, my DHD get into the loop of rebooting itself.
the steps to flash are as following,
1.copy the ROM to SD card.
2. switch to recovery system.
3. wipe all
4. install for sd card
5. reboot the system.
but after all of the steps, it cant get the OS up.
could you give me some hints to fix the problem?
i heard that it's need to formate SD card for ext4 file system, is it really needed?
thanks in advance.
I've also flashed MDJ's v11 kernel, and using setcpu it's as smooooth as silk
Running Smartass profile on setcpu with MDJv11. Very smooth
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Running Smartass profile on setcpu with MDJv11. Very smooth
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Thanks for your information. I've tried MDJv11 kernel, it seems good too
I'm running Kingdom and I have to say its snappy no lags at all u will have to do a full wipe in order to work properly as its totally new base.I have Mdj v11 kernel flashed and OC and its perfect.)
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I didn't have to format my SD card. Did you do a wipe using full wipe 1.3?
Could also be a corrupt download, in that case, re-download on pc, then use clockwork mod to mount the SD card and transfer it to your phone again & then try to flash again
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I was also very suprised by the quickness of the RCMix Kingdom ROM. Runs soo smooth even tho it has few bugs, but soon everything will be solved and we wil be able to enjoy the ROM to its fullest potential
sorry,may be i cant help you
want to use ,but no well
I have also downloaded and tried this ROM. To original poster: I had the same problem until a reboot and then everything ran smoothly.
Anyway, I would love to report this bug or ask questions in the original thread, but I am not allowed to until I have ten posts. Kind of odd to add incentive to post ten useless replies in another forum. Heh.
Well, I was loving this rom until I realized I had NO cell phone signal. After going to Settings -> Wireless & Networks, the option for Mobilenetwork is grayed out and cannot be clicked on (i.e. nothing happens when clicking.) This is AFTER I choose my carrier (AT&T) and went through the set up choosing an option along the way that says "Wifi and Mobile Network."
So I re-flashed the rom, formatting the system, clearing the cache, clearing the davchek (sorry, forgot the word) cache. Then suddenly everything worked!
So I used the phone the rest of the evening and this morning with no problems when suddenly, I completely lost all cell phone service again (WIFI only works.) Tried restarting, pulling out the sim card, pulling out the battery, switching airplane mode on/off, but it will not work.
Why would my phone suddenly completely lose service for hours and hours?
Also I already sent a PM to the creator of the rom about this, but has anyone tried using the Chinese input with this? I can't get any of the input methods to work. After you type the pinyin, or strokes, etc, a box should pop up giving you choices of characters. The box won't pop up, so you can't pick a character, and the end result is that you can't type Chinese.
Other than that and the complete loss of service, I was loving this rom. Any help/idea would be appreciated. Thanks.
i had the same issue as the previous person & did exactly the same so far not had it happen again. I'll monitor though. Generally the rom does seem a little slow. But its far from a final release so i'm more then happy with this rom.
aidan257 said:
i had the same issue as the previous person & did exactly the same so far not had it happen again. I'll monitor though. Generally the rom does seem a little slow. But its far from a final release so i'm more then happy with this rom.
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Same problem as me?
I just re-flashed. It connected to ATT, but the next time I restarted the phone, all service is gone. No way to get it back. Flashing back to an old rom. Hope someone can figure this problem out.
I'm using this ROM now, I really very satisfy this one even found some bugs, but it can acceptable
I have flashed multiple gb roms with this same issue. My phine will power down at the least opportune times (at night and its my alarm clock). It can only be fixed by a battery pull and nothing else. Anyone know a solution to this, or even why it happens? Im desperate :-(
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Have you tried doing a super wipe between flashes?
Should fix Shutdown Freeze
rfail1988 said:
I have flashed multiple gb roms with this same issue. My phine will power down at the least opportune times (at night and its my alarm clock). It can only be fixed by a battery pull and nothing else. Anyone know a solution to this, or even why it happens? Im desperate :-(
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Hhhhmmmm, have you flashed any ROMs or was that a stock flash?
Even with stock flashes you can have issues just asking [for instance when I got a phone from Tmobile nothing would fix the shutdown menu not appearing for me then once I re-flashed a new ROM low and behold it worked].
Or if you are using the SmartAss V2 governor [or anyothers dependant on it like I believe lionheart is] in your CPU speed tweaking app you may want to use on demand or conservative instead. If you flashed any kernel, CPU tweak scripts you may need to check the values that applied [usually in init.rc folder somewhere as a script [just open in any text editor to read them]. Also definitely could be any UnderVolt settings [where you set voltage used by CPU under certain speed conditions and if set lower than the cpu can tolerate then when it switches to speed that is set too low is when it shuts off] . Undervolting can be done in either System Tuner or Faux Clock [swipe screen to left on open and viola global under/over volt setting ]. If you have not done any of these things or are unsure read below and see if that helps.
What I would try [in order]
First run backups in titanium backup and nandroid [titanium is so you can restore apps back without having to re-install and reset your settings and nandroid just to be safe if you are newer to working with Android Devices in this way]
Then Reboot in to recovery [on boot [right after you feel the very first vibrate] hold BOTH vopl keys in [press in center] and release when you see Samsung Logo, just be sure you release before it goes off screen]
Tap Clear Cache [in Main Menu]
Tap Clear Dalvick Cache [in advanced]
Flash Fix Permissions script [found in QA and in Dev threads for this phone] you want the Fix Permissions v2 by Minotauri zip [look at my past posts I have linked my mirror page to many posts]
You just save it to either internal or external sd and flash it just like you would when installing a ROM in cwm Recovery Menu
and reboot and see what happens [this should nail it really after clearing both caches and fix perms I bet]
if that does nothing reboot clear caches [if you had to wait to see] and go to mounts and storage and format /data [only]
Restart and see what happens...
If that really does nothing be sure to re-download your ROM via WiFi ONLY [or copy from computer]
be sure to flash darkside super wipe [google it, my mirror page, the forums, its everywhere] and Kernel Cleanser Script BEFORE YOU FLASH THE ROM
[Like So]
Boot in to recovery Flash Darkside Super Wipe
Flash Kernel Cleanser [another script [google, my mirror page, forums again]]
Then Flash ROM [and NOTHING else]
Boot phone [skip account setup we'll be back] wait 3 min after initial lockscreen if unsure] and don't do anything [no app installs setting adjusts nothing]
Restart in to Recovery again
Wipe Cache and Dalvick Cache
Install aany helper zips [like super user, toggles zip whatever with any custom radio being the last thing]
Restart Phone
You should not have shutdown freeze after reboot and clearing cache you should prolly still have it on initial boot, pull battery if needed and manually boot in to recovery as above.
RealPariah said:
Hhhhmmmm, have you flashed any ROMs or was that a stock flash?
Even with stock flashes you can have issues just asking [for instance when I got a phone from Tmobile nothing would fix the shutdown menu not appearing for me then once I re-flashed a new ROM low and behold it worked].
Or if you are using the SmartAss V2 governor [or anyothers dependant on it like I believe lionheart is] in your CPU speed tweaking app you may want to use on demand or conservative instead. If you flashed any kernel, CPU tweak scripts you may need to check the values that applied [usually in init.rc folder somewhere as a script [just open in any text editor to read them]. Also definitely could be any UnderVolt settings [where you set voltage used by CPU under certain speed conditions and if set lower than the cpu can tolerate then when it switches to speed that is set too low is when it shuts off] . Undervolting can be done in either System Tuner or Faux Clock [swipe screen to left on open and viola global under/over volt setting ]. If you have not done any of these things or are unsure read below and see if that helps.
What I would try [in order]
First run backups in titanium backup and nandroid [titanium is so you can restore apps back without having to re-install and reset your settings and nandroid just to be safe if you are newer to working with Android Devices in this way]
Then Reboot in to recovery [on boot [right after you feel the very first vibrate] hold BOTH vopl keys in [press in center] and release when you see Samsung Logo, just be sure you release before it goes off screen]
Tap Clear Cache [in Main Menu]
Tap Clear Dalvick Cache [in advanced]
Flash Fix Permissions script [found in QA and in Dev threads for this phone] you want the Fix Permissions v2 by Minotauri zip [look at my past posts I have linked my mirror page to many posts]
You just save it to either internal or external sd and flash it just like you would when installing a ROM in cwm Recovery Menu
and reboot and see what happens [this should nail it really after clearing both caches and fix perms I bet]
if that does nothing reboot clear caches [if you had to wait to see] and go to mounts and storage and format /data [only]
Restart and see what happens...
If that really does nothing be sure to re-download your ROM via WiFi ONLY [or copy from computer]
be sure to flash darkside super wipe [google it, my mirror page, the forums, its everywhere] and Kernel Cleanser Script BEFORE YOU FLASH THE ROM
[Like So]
Boot in to recovery Flash Darkside Super Wipe
Flash Kernel Cleanser [another script [google, my mirror page, forums again]]
Then Flash ROM [and NOTHING else]
Boot phone [skip account setup we'll be back] wait 3 min after initial lockscreen if unsure] and don't do anything [no app installs setting adjusts nothing]
Restart in to Recovery again
Wipe Cache and Dalvick Cache
Install aany helper zips [like super user, toggles zip whatever with any custom radio being the last thing]
Restart Phone
You should not have shutdown freeze after reboot and clearing cache you should prolly still have it on initial boot, pull battery if needed and manually boot in to recovery as above.
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Lionheart works fine. Smartass v2 is a mess.
OP, what is your min clockspeed?
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Thanks, ill try that after work today i didnt superwipe althoigh i have the file so ill try that and reflash my rom.
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rfail1988 said:
I have flashed multiple gb roms with this same issue. My phine will power down at the least opportune times (at night and its my alarm clock). It can only be fixed by a battery pull and nothing else. Anyone know a solution to this, or even why it happens? Im desperate :-(
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I have this same issue but no solution. It happens about 2 times a month, not enough to bother me but I have to pull the battery to get working again. I am using Juggs 5.0 with CPU tuner and the sophisticated profile minimum clock is 192 Max is 1512. I did do a super wipe before flashing and cleared caches and so forth. I was using gingersnap rom before and I wanna say it was happenening then too but I could be wrong. I always assumed it was something to do with the cpu settings, usually happens when I start an app shortly after waking the device.
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mr1ncred1ble said:
I have this same issue but no solution. It happens about 2 times a month, not enough to bother me but I have to pull the battery to get working again. I am using Juggs 5.0 with CPU tuner and the sophisticated profile minimum clock is 192 Max is 1512. I did do a super wipe before flashing and cleared caches and so forth. I was using gingersnap rom before and I wanna say it was happenening then too but I could be wrong. I always assumed it was something to do with the cpu settings, usually happens when I start an app shortly after waking the device.
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Dont clock to 192. 384 is the min
G1ForFun said:
Lionheart works fine. Smartass v2 is a mess.
OP, what is your min clockspeed?
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My min clock speed is 192, and i am on jugg 5.0, but have had the same issue with foxstar and another rom that i cant remember. I havent messed with oc/uv settings, and have even eliminated my setcpu screen off profile so it wont happen in theory while not in use. Usuly it happens while being used in non-cpu-intensive apps like dolphin of tapatalk.
I have since cleared dalvik and cache (again) and it hasnt happened yet after a few hours. Only time will tell!
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rfail1988 said:
My min clock speed is 192, and i am on jugg 5.0, but have had the same issue with foxstar and another rom that i cant remember. I havent messed with oc/uv settings, and have even eliminated my setcpu screen off profile so it wont happen in theory while not in use. Usuly it happens while being used in non-cpu-intensive apps like dolphin of tapatalk.
I have since cleared dalvik and cache (again) and it hasnt happened yet after a few hours. Only time will tell!
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Like I said, don't clock that low
Looks like the cpu values arent the problem. I also fixed permissions and it died soon after i turned up my min values. A superwipe, kernel cleanse and reflash seem to be in order!
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Its been a full day since a sleep of death (if that is whatever you call it)... After extensive searching i found the fix permissions script and it seems to have worked. Thanks again for you help. Question answered!
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xcrazydx said:
Dont clock to 192. 384 is the min
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For the record I raised my min to 384 but didn't solve the problem. Happened this morning surfing the web using Dolphin HD. Like I said tho, doesn't happen often enough to make me mad, and I don't think I'll be running this rom too much longer
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For the record I raised my min to 384 but didn't solve the problem. Happened this morning surfing the web using Dolphin HD. Like I said tho, doesn't happen often enough to make me mad, and I don't think I'll be running this rom too much longer
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What kernel?
wow! U da man!
rfail1988 said:
Its been a full day since a sleep of death (if that is whatever you call it)... After extensive searching i found the fix permissions script and it seems to have worked. Thanks again for you help. Question answered!
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I'm having the same problem with my SGS2? can you tell me the exact sequence? maybe we should make it a sticky, as I have seen many threads with the same problem but no definite solution!
Possible fix for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S2 Sleep of Death.
Hey I had to work on a couple of phones just like your phone. After a couple of weeks with the phone, I found this out by accident and maybe it can help. Instead of just writing down the steps I made a video let me know if it works. I was able to reproduce on a couple of phones but don't know for sure if it is just a luck.
Here is my video.
http://youtu.be/SV3oDycVSb4
rfail1988 said:
I have flashed multiple gb roms with this same issue. My phone will power down at the least opportune times (at night and its my alarm clock). It can only be fixed by a battery pull and nothing else. Anyone know a solution to this, or even why it happens? Im desperate
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---------- Post added at 08:41 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:05 AM ----------
Hey I had to work on a couple of T-Mobile Sleep of Death Galaxy S2. After a couple of weeks dealing with the phone, I found this out by accident and maybe it can help. Instead of just writing down the steps I made a video let me know if it works. I was able to reproduce on a couple of phones but don't know for sure if it is just a luck.
Here is my video.
http://youtu.be/SV3oDycVSb4
rfail1988 said:
Its been a full day since a sleep of death (if that is whatever you call it)... After extensive searching i found the fix permissions script and it seems to have worked. Thanks again for you help. Question answered!
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Hi everyone!
I realize I can't post in the developer threads for any questions yet, but I do have a couple.
I'm pretty new to flashing and have read a enough before I did my flash that I felt comfortable doing it.
I was running MikG 3.11 and decided I wanted to try something different. So I flashed the ODJDub HD Bliss 2.2.1 ROM and it seems a bit sluggish to me right now. Is this normal?
Also I'm having a random problem with sms texts that I'm typing but the text won't show up and I have to close out and save a draft then go back to it. It seems to be happening in just landscape view the normal view was fine.
Thanks!
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Hi everyone!
I realize I can't post in the developer threads for any questions yet, but I do have a couple.
I'm pretty new to flashing and have read a enough before I did my flash that I felt comfortable doing it.
I was running MikG 3.11 and decided I wanted to try something different. So I flashed the ODJDub HD Bliss 2.2.1 ROM and it seems a bit sluggish to me right now. Is this normal?
Also I'm having a random problem with sms texts that I'm typing but the text won't show up and I have to close out and save a draft then go back to it. It seems to be happening in just landscape view the normal view was fine.
Thanks!
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First off, the development section is not for questions, this thread is. (hence the name, or maybe I misunderstood you thinking youd post this AS a question in the dev section, when you meant in the ROMs thread lol) second, can you please answer these following questions:
1. Are you partitioned, and to what EXT.?
2. did you do a full, clean wipe?
3. did you partition before flashing this?
4. What kernel are you using?
5. what I/O scheduler, what governor, and what speeds?
6. are you using any alternate mods?
Also, Sense 3.5 isnt quite the fastest on the Evo 4G. Thank you. - Kyler
1. Are you partitioned, and to what EXT.?
2. did you do a full, clean wipe?
3. did you partition before flashing this?
4. What kernel are you using?
5. what I/O scheduler, what governor, and what speeds?
6. are you using any alternate mods?
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1: Yes, to EXT-3
2: Yes I did a full wipe, cleared all caches
3: Yes
4: Stock kernel
5: Not sure...guessing that has to do with another kernel.
6: Nope, just freshly flashed
Maybe its just inexperience for me using a newer ROM thats more advanced for the phone. Maybe its a matter of using a different kernel or it just how it is.
Thanks!
Goatshaver i have ran this rom as my daily driver since it was released...maybe i can help u get the lag out because it is one of the fastest roms i have run...let me give u my setup and u can go from there...my partition is 0..1024..and rest fat..i also used Caulkin's wipe all script...i use amon ra haus mod edition...and download no frills cpu control free from market..it will let u set your i/o..governors and cpu min and max speed....i run my i/o on sio..my governor set to ondemand x and my min cpu speed at 245 max at 998....now these settings may work perfect for u but every evo can be different so u might have to play with those settings to your liking....hope this helps and feel free to ask if i can help you further....be sure to hit the thanks if helped.....Carp
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Goatshaver i have ran this rom as my daily driver since it was released...maybe i can help u get the lag out because it is one of the fastest roms i have run...let me give u my setup and u can go from there...my partition is 0..1024..and rest fat..i also used Caulkin's wipe all script...i use amon ra haus mod edition...and download no frills cpu control free from market..it will let u set your i/o..governors and cpu min and max speed....i run my i/o on sio..my governor set to ondemand x and my min cpu speed at 245 max at 998....now these settings may work perfect for u but every evo can be different so u might have to play with those settings to your liking....hope this helps and feel free to ask if i can help you further....be sure to hit the thanks if helped.....Carp
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I can't seem to find a download link for Caulkin's wipe all. Where can I find it?
What are the dangers of messing with the CPU speed and govenors on the phone?
I'm getting some fc's and the browser doesn't work at all, it just crashes right after it opens. When go into messages it seems to hang for a few seconds.
I'm going to try and wipe again and flash again.
Thanks!
There has been several people that have had the browser problem including myself on the 1st install...but after i used caulkin's wipe script and partitioned my sd card again it installed perfect....i may have 1 fc a month which is so random i dont worry about it...Smelkus has a new recovery in the development section that may fix your problems...it has been stated its the best recovery for the evo right now...i would try this, do a complete wipe with smelkus recovery then try the rom again and see if corrects your problems...good luck....Carp
Also i am running Ca1ne underworld sbc version 6....version 7 just came out and i loading it as i type....some have said that the browser problem may be kernel related...so u may want to try this also....Carp
Ok so I'm in recovery and put the Smelkus recovery on and went into the bootloader and its just stuck saying Parsing....[PC36IMG.zip]
Edit: I think I see my problem. I needed to name the recovery file exactly what it was named before. I never renamed the Amon Ra file to PC36IMG.zip, I left it named how I downloaded it. Noob mistake
Guess not. I'm just stuck in this loop now.
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There has been several people that have had the browser problem including myself on the 1st install...but after i used caulkin's wipe script and partitioned my sd card again it installed perfect....i may have 1 fc a month which is so random i dont worry about it...Smelkus has a new recovery in the development section that may fix your problems...it has been stated its the best recovery for the evo right now...i would try this, do a complete wipe with smelkus recovery then try the rom again and see if corrects your problems...good luck....Carp
Also i am running Ca1ne underworld sbc version 6....version 7 just came out and i loading it as i type....some have said that the browser problem may be kernel related...so u may want to try this also....Carp
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So I've got Smelkus recovery mod and did a superwipe and then Re-flashed the ROM with the Underworld kernel and flashed the newest Underworld kernel on and I'm still having FC issues with the browser.
I'll try messing around with govenors and see how that works out.
Thanks!
Man i'm sorry...if u got smelkus flashed and working then did his wipes i'm kinda stumped...i remember reading in the bliss rom thread where some did not get there browser working....Outerdepth posted he was working on a update.back several pages in the thread....try wiping just the cashe,and dalvik cashe,then reboot and see if this helps....if not bro i'm sorry out of ideas...i have flashed a ton of roms and sometimes run into 1 that just doesnt like my evo...this may be your case but it sure runs great on mine....hope it works out for u and once again good luck bro.....Carp
Well I tried getting it to work but its just not working great for me. On to another ROM I guess. Thanks for the suggestions!
I actually flashed the Warm Two-Point-Three ROM and so far I've had no problems and it uses much less memory and space.
Ok, here's what I've been tinkering with for the last week or so, its a lightly modded CM9 base ROM. It's original intention was to be a ready to rock flash for my device, with all my apps and tweaks and whatnot already in place, so I could flash and go without having to setup all my stuff again.
This is based on that idea, minus most of the apps and whatnot.
I present Aoikaze Alpha 3!
Still a work in progress, but I felt a broader test base might be needed to find any oddities my tweaks may have caused.
Current ROM base:
Alpha 4 released 7-8-12
Updates:
Forgot to mention, this does have working rotation lock!
7-9-12: As per notsointeresting's suggestion, and a few complaints of dev-host's reliability lately, I setup androidfilehost to hold my stuff, I'll be slowly migrating everything over, then using dev-host as a mirror.
What is this based on?
This release is based on CM9 Alpha 4, I chose to rebase on this version as it should contain almost, if not all, fixes ghman, waydownsouth and the rest of those awesome devs have completed. I have not changed any of the source in favor of stability and reliability.
What does this come with?
Various build.prop tweaks, some apps such as:
Titanium Backup
Es File Manager
Epic Blue CM9 theme (thanks stetson!)
Apex launcher
All apps are the free versions, no warez here!
All extra apps are in /data/app so you can remove uninstall them without TiBu or anything else.
Init.d scripts for cleaning up the DB, permissions and cleaning the cache. They are named for what they do and sit in /system/etc/init.d for anyone who wishes to remove them.
Build.prop changes are marked for anyone wishing to remove or change them.
Did not include changes for it to be seen as an A500, it's still marked A100.
What does this NOT come with?
No paid for apps!
Does not include scripts that require script manager or any other app to run, which included the crossix mount swap and CPU Sleeper, both can not be run with init.d. Next release I may include them in /system/bin and include script manager for running them.
No extra bloat, no added sounds, wallpapers or anything else, just as it comes from CM.
Gapps not included as per CM's policy.
What else is planned for this ROM?
Currently working on a new method of calling script during sysinit that modifies the ram disk with more options for when a script will be run, right now it just runs everything at once, and can clash with anything else going on at the same time. I've tested this a few times and it still doesn't work properly, so if I get it working, this is will likely be alpha 4. It also means any init.d script can be set for anytime from early boot (literally as soon as the kernel takes over) to GUI showing up, to running before shutdown. It will allow an almost infinite ability to time when and how a script can/will be run without the need for changing the ramdisk (in the boot.img) anymore.
After that, I'm looking at theming the ROM, anyone who wants to help or even do it, please feel free to offer, I have no idea how to do this yet.
Instructions
PLEASE read this!
Coming from another ROM:
Boot into recovery
Full backup!
Wipe everything!
System
Cache
Dalvik
Data
You can leave SD cards alone.
Flash Aoikaze ROM
Flash Gapps
Reboot
Once the welcome screen comes up, leave it sit for 10 minutes.
Reboot
Let sit for 5 minutes at the welcome screen
Complete the welcome screen and begin setting up your device and restoring apps
Reboot once you finish setting up
Enjoy!
Coming from a CM9 ROM:
You can do an advanced restore of data, not delete data at all, or do a fresh install outlined above. I strongly suggest you use the full wipe method above.
Install without data wipe
Reboot into recovery
Full backup!
Wipe system
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik
Flash ROM
Flash gapps
Reboot
Once the welcome screen comes up, leave it sit for 10 minutes.
Reboot
Let sit for 5 minutes at the welcome screen
Complete the welcome screen and begin setting up your device and restoring apps
Reboot once you finish setting up
Enjoy!
Install with advanced restore
This is only for coming from another CM9 ROM, don't do this from any other ROM!
Reboot into recovery
Full backup!
Wipe system
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik
Wipe Cache
Flash Aoikaze ROM
Flash Gapps
Go to restore
(CWM)
Select advanced restore, choose ONLY data!
(TWRP)
In restore, uncheck everything EXCEPT data!
BOTH
Do the restore
Reboot
Once the welcome screen comes up, leave it sit for 10 minutes.
Reboot
Let sit for 5 minutes at the welcome screen
Complete the welcome screen and begin setting up your device and restoring apps
Reboot once you finish setting up
Enjoy!
Bugs:
Dunno, please, as always, report anything odd and I'll note it here!
Thanks!
cdkg: Thanks for testing my early alpha.
gh123man, waydownsouth: For getting CM9 officially supported with CM9! Also, for answering my random questions and off the wall ideas in IRC.
randomblame: For also going along with my odd random thought processes in IRC.
da-pharoah: As always, for cheering me on and letting me bounce ideas off him on gtalk.
x0hell0x: His hellfire series inspired my wanting to try building a ROM for myself (and of course you guys).
Downloads
Optional:
Blackhole Wipe and Nullifier
Please read the OPs.
ezterry's Kernel
Again, please read all of his information. Kernel is not supported on CM9, so while it may work, it may have issues. I've not done extensive testing with his kernel on Aoikaze.
Required:
Gapps
Required for Play Store and misc framework (like gmail sync etc.)
ROM:
Aoikaze Alpha 3
I hope you read all that crap in the previous 2 posts before asking questions or reporting bugs
Thanks! As soon as I can get to a PC to root my tablet again, I'm definitely flashing this.
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Thanks for this, you're awesome!
aoikaze
I tried this, but unless I did something wrong, I didn't see any of the things that it said it came with. I wiped everything, and flashed then flashed gapps. Still nothing.
hrdcorsnwbrdr69 said:
I tried this, but unless I did something wrong, I didn't see any of the things that it said it came with. I wiped everything, and flashed then flashed gapps. Still nothing.
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The only things you'll see is the apps. The scripts run at boot so you won't see anything from them. Or did you mean the apps don't show up?
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The apps didn't show up... no big deal though cuz I just flashed over the cm9 nightly without a wipe and all my apps and data were still there... the only bug I ran into so far is the volume buttons are still stuck in landscape mode... also, the screen rotation lock switch on the side of the tab is working as well otherwise its working good so far. Here's what I got from just flashing without wipe;
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Flashed Aoi kaze and EZterry's, no issues so far. Running at 1504 and running CPUsleeper battery life is comparable to stock.
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Flashed Aoi kaze and EZterry's, no issues so far. Running at 1504 and running CPUsleeper battery life is comparable to stock.
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It'll get better after it settles for a couple days. Not insanely better but better lol.
Tapatalked from my A100 - Aoikaze Alpha 3
Hey there. I see you're using Dev-host. Tried downloading had issues (not only this ROM) . personally I'd like to recommend androidfilehost.com , its always maintained, never seems to slow down and with an account you get unlimited storage/bandwidth, etc.
I use it as my main file host for Android now.
I'll continue trying to download from here though. Just very slow,and keeps stopping.
I'm excited to see your modifications from cm9 anyhow
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Hey there. I see you're using Dev-host. Tried downloading had issues (not only this ROM) . personally I'd like to recommend androidfilehost.com , its always maintained, never seems to slow down and with an account you get unlimited storage/bandwidth, etc.
I use it as my main file host for Android now.
I'll continue trying to download from here though. Just very slow,and keeps stopping.
I'm excited to see your modifications from cm9 anyhow
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Thanks for the suggestion, this the first I've heard of DH giving problems and I hear it 3 times just today, so I guess its time to mirror.
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pio_masaki said:
It'll get better after it settles for a couple days. Not insanely better but better lol.
Tapatalked from my A100 - Aoikaze Alpha 3
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Funny enough, I forgot to install it. I have done it since and still no issues, and battery life is still good. Watched Netflix for about an hour and only dropped 10% or so.
Well, some updates ran and now getting random reboots, what info do you need before I wipe and reflash?
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Well, some updates ran and now getting random reboots, what info do you need before I wipe and reflash?
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What was updated? Still runs rock solid for me never a hiccup but I'm switching between this, kuroikaze and jellybean and restoring back, so I can't say its a solid week or whatever of running. I'm flashing 20 times a day, no I'm not exaggerating. For every alpha build number posted there is probably 5-10 personal builds that no one ever sees lol. Just depends how many tries it takes to get what I'm doing right.
Also, just wipe cache dalvik and data you can leave system alone most likely.
Tapatalked from my Galaxy S II.
Weather Channel and Facebook updated, I cleared dalvik and cache then fixed permissions and rebooted, still shutdown and rebooted after a couple of minutes. Though the latest reboot I didn't restart CPUsleeper and hasn't rebooted. The funny thing is that I was going to try to post a battery screenshot in the morning but this hosed that up.
Is there a log that shows what caused the reboot? I ran log at from the terminal and got a huge screen of jibberish.
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Weather Channel and Facebook updated, I cleared dalvik and cache then fixed permissions and rebooted, still shutdown and rebooted after a couple of minutes. Though the latest reboot I didn't restart CPUsleeper and hasn't rebooted. The funny thing is that I was going to try to post a battery screenshot in the morning but this hosed that up.
Is there a log that shows what caused the reboot? I ran log at from the terminal and got a huge screen of jibberish.
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You'd have to catch it when it reboots, so basically sit there logging until it happens. Not real fun, and random reboots are hard to figure out because of how...random...they are. Leave CPU Sleeper off, and see if it still doesn't reboot.
Well it was still sitting at the same page on xda when I woke up, so it must be something with CPUsleeper. Thanks, I'll keep you posted.
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You'd have to catch it when it reboots, so basically sit there logging until it happens. Not real fun, and random reboots are hard to figure out because of how...random...they are. Leave CPU Sleeper off, and see if it still doesn't reboot.
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This wouldn't bee too hard, since it reboots within minutes. Haven't timed it, but it wasn't long.
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This wouldn't bee too hard, since it reboots within minutes. Haven't timed it, but it wasn't long.
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adb logcat > logcat.txt
that will dump it into a file instead of flooding the screen.
CTRL C will cancel it.
If it is CPU Sleeper causing it, I'll (or you can) forward it to eugene for inspection.