advise please - Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

well ive been flashing my desire for so long, never had any problems not even with the ics roms...but lately its been rebooting ever so often. ive tried changing the roms, even stable GB ones, kernels, switching between batteries ( i have two), the phone sometimes just shuts down even with 34 percent battery......
what should i do ? If I should run an RUU then which is the correct one ? service centre is not an option. i S offed with alpharev long back. Is it a hardware fault ?
i just dont want to give up on my desire not yet.....
thanks

rraaka said:
well ive been flashing my desire for so long, never had any problems not even with the ics roms...but lately its been rebooting ever so often. ive tried changing the roms, even stable GB ones, kernels, switching between batteries ( i have two), the phone sometimes just shuts down even with 34 percent battery......
what should i do ? If I should run an RUU then which is the correct one ? service centre is not an option. i S offed with alpharev long back. Is it a hardware fault ?
i just dont want to give up on my desire not yet.....
thanks
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During time all batteries lose their capacity but usually kernel of rom can't track it. First you can try with battery calibration (wiping of battery stats from recovery), but I don't think that it will give you much.
I recommend you to try flashing some kernel with full battery calibration that is suitqble for used batteries, foe example some Droidzone or Alex kernel.
Sent from my HTC Desire using flashes and thunders

Is the motherboard pvt1? There are a number of posts of pvt1 motherboards failing due overheating. Rebooting during a heavy task like games or wireless access is a dead give away.
Sent from my HTC Desire

Thank you guys for your replies.
I will definitely give battery caliberation a go. Ive read up on the relevant thread, ie the longer method.
Yes, its PVT1. My phone reboots even when its idle.
My Desire has been very patient with me and I did feel the phone overheating many times after certain flashes on certain roms.
i just wanted to know what I could do to make the situation tolerable.
I guess what most smart people do at times like these they RUU and sell off their device at the earliest signs.

rraaka said:
Yes, its PVT1. My phone reboots even when its idle.
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Even when the phone is idle periodic google background wireless sync keeps happening. That could cause overheating problem I think.

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[Q] Incredible heats up and reboots

I have been having this problem for what seems like a few weeks now, but it has gotten worse over the past week or so. I rooted my Inc and have flashed a few roms to test them out ( got most from Rom Manager as I was told those are pretty reliable ). I have this issue that seems to be pretty constant now, I will be using my phone, like downloading an app from the market or listening to music and I will pop into google maps to get directions or see where my latitude friends and family are, and poof! my phone reboots, then it goes into a boot loop and doesn't usually fix itself until I pull the battery. I do notice that the battery gets pretty hot at the same time. If I pull the battery and keep it out till it cools, it will usually fix the issue for a short time... but then it happens again ( no matter what rom I am running) Someone told me the radio may be causing this, anything to that ?
I am currently running Redemptive R-EVO-lution 1.6
Ver 2.2
Baseband Ver.
2.15.00.07.28
Kernel Ver.
2.6.32.15-gb7b01d1
htc-kernel(at)and18-2#1
Build Number
3.21.605.1 CL231334 release-keys
Browser Ver.
Webkit 3.1
Pri ver.
1.28_002
Prl
52011
Eri Ver.
5
Any suggestions or help, would be great.
Thanks!
Steve
I don't know a whole lot about android but I do know most devices have builtin failsafes when it comes to batteries. So, your battery may be the issue here and not the device itself. If you know someone else with an incredible then try to trade batteries for a day. If the problem doesn't repeat, or even starts happening on the other device then you know you have a defective battery.
Other than that, you'll have to wait for someone more knowledgeable than I to give you their thoughts. Good luck.
Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
Install something to view your battery heat you may be over heating it
Sent from my Incredible using XDA App
will do
Is there an app you'd recommend for the battery app heat ?
pulling info will heat the phone...use setcpu it checks for battery temp and displas it on the widget... do you have GPS on? any downloads over 3g tend to heat the phone a bit too..as does anything that uses the GPS....
check your phone usage and see if anything looks out of whack, maybe an app that is drawing a lot of battery etc...
you can flash back to the stock rooted 2.2 and see if that does the same thing....i'm running the desire rom with adrynalyne SSUV kernel and phone is steady at 95*
Installed setcpu... will keep an eye on that for the next 24 hours and see what happens. Do you have any recommendations on profile settings in setcpu ? Thanks again for the help.
-Steve
I was having the exact same issues, and thought it was heat for the longest time as well.
Digging around online, I found that my issue was related to the phone switching towers on a low signal. It seems that there may have been a bad batch of phones in there with this problem - because I found a LOT of examples when I looked for them.
Anyway, I had it replaced by Verizon and it's been great ever since. It hasn't rebooted on me once. Maybe you are having the same issue.
The actual answer
All deference to the prior posters, but SetCPU has nothing to do with it.
I had this as well on my first Incredible (I am on #3). As the above poster indicated, there IS a problem with the earlier batches of Incredibles. They were built with faulty hardware radios. As they struggle to compensate to find a signal, they heat. Once they hit a point, they reboot. Mine would go into a reboot loop between 4-13 times before actually booting, and it would virtually never go into custom recovery (at least not unless it was off for a while).
You do not need a new kernel, you do not need SetCPU, you do not need a battery checker ... you need to call Verizon, tell them your phone gets super hot even with no use, and enters a reboot loop. They will send you a refurb (I received a refurb with a pre-blown speaker) and you will enter refurb-hell until you get one that works.
I really appreciate your input, I put setcpu on my DInc. and have it set to drop the CPU to 600 if the battery temp hits 100, has been like that all day and so far, it hasn't rebooted once. If the problem continues, I will have to goto verizon and play the refurb game, but i HATE the refurb game and like so many of us, I NEVER win the first few times I play.
11RJB, what did you look up specifically to find out about the bad batch of phones??
Thanks again guys/girls
11RJB said:
I was having the exact same issues, and thought it was heat for the longest time as well.
Digging around online, I found that my issue was related to the phone switching towers on a low signal. It seems that there may have been a bad batch of phones in there with this problem - because I found a LOT of examples when I looked for them.
Anyway, I had it replaced by Verizon and it's been great ever since. It hasn't rebooted on me once. Maybe you are having the same issue.
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Did you revert the phone back to stock and unrooted?
You are few to do with your phone as you see fit but please understand you are now throwing a software band aid over a known hardware problem.
respect your suggestion
jdmba said:
You are few to do with your phone as you see fit but please understand you are now throwing a software band aid over a known hardware problem.
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If I did choose to bring the phone back to verizon, I would need to unroot it and put it back to stock 2.2 with sence, right ? Is the OTA rom out there anywhere ? I am not trying to argue with you, just trying to avoid dealing with the nards at the verizon store... LOL
-Steve
Yes
There are so many threads out on XDA on unrooting an Incredible for warranty return that I weep a little bit. A little searching will bring them up. I too did NOT want to enter refurb hell, but when the phone would become unusable for hours (usually later in the day) because of the heat, I had little choice.
So you had to go through a few exchanges to get a good unit, right?
Now on my 3rd DInc: ( still playing the refurb game.... this sux
Sent from my ADR6300 using Tapatalk
rockinr6 said:
I have this issue that seems to be pretty constant now, I will be using my phone, like downloading an app from the market or listening to music and I will pop into google maps to get directions or see where my latitude friends and family are, and poof! my phone reboots, then it goes into a boot loop and doesn't usually fix itself until I pull the battery. I do notice that the battery gets pretty hot at the same time. If I pull the battery and keep it out till it cools, it will usually fix the issue for a short time... but then it happens again ( no matter what rom I am running) Someone told me the radio may be causing this, anything to that ?
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Even though I don't own an Incredible, I have the exact same issue with my Desire. I was thinking of going for an Incredible S. Anybody experienced any such issues with Incredible S? I bought my Desire around Q3 of 2010.

[Q] Advice needed on whether to flash or not

Hey guys,
Firstly, Thanks for taking the time to look at this post.
I bought a Desire HD last month and have been reading about how the battery adapts to your usage and eventually improves within two to three weeks. This hasnt been the case for me unfortunately. I take my phone off the charger exactly at 12 30pm before going to work and by the time I leave work around 9pm, my battery is usually sitting around the 40 - 45% mark with literally two to three minutes of usage throughout my shift! I tried JuiceDefender but didnt help at all. Also, I uninstalled all the apps I installed when I first got the phone just to check if that made a difference - it did not.
Now I'm no expert at this but from what I could make out from other threads, flashing my rom sounds like a promising option.
My question to the experts is, I have only had this phone for a month, I know it will void my warranty if I flash the rom but do I really need the warranty? I mean I never used any warranty before on any of my phones and since this is such a promising phone, I highly doubt it that something could go wrong (ofcourse with the exception of human error like dropping or losing the phone etc.) If I plan on flashing, which rom would you recommend to a rookie with almost no knowledge about flashing and roms etc but very eager to learn? Any tips, advice, anything at all would be really appreciated.
Thanks in advance to anyone thats going to contribute!
Hello,
First I am no expert . I have rooted and flashed just recently but I have learned a few things or two by hanging around excessively on the forum .
In my opinion battery life does improve ,Before rooting n flashing my overnight battery drain on standby mode was abt 9-10% n Now its abt 2-3%.
I started off with CM7 , though it is a very good ROM you won't get battery fix which you are looking for..still you should give it a try..may be it will work for you..
I tried 3-4 More ROMS before settling on MIUI..I keep coming back to it coz the battery life on it just amazing!!!...I get 20 hours+ on moderate usage..
Also radio for a ROM matters a lot...your battery life depends hugely on it...I tried about 6 different radios tll I found the correct one..
Also If you like Sense too much then you can try LeeDroid n RcMixHD both are very good Roms...though RcMicHD is better acc. to me..
So I think you should try these 3-4 Roms n see which suits you best.Hope I helped
Hi, I wholeheartedly agree with aradhyat.
MIUI IMO has all the benefits of Android & Cyanogen + Excellent UI Design.
Your warranty is safe. jkoljo contacted HTC and confirmed that software modifications do not void the warranty. Your carrier/network maybe a bit funny though.
Thanks heaps guys for such quick responses!
If flashing the rom doesnt void warranty, thats just superb. So I will give the mentioned rom a go and see how it works for me. Any tips for a guy who has never flashed a rom or anything like it? I'm pretty good with computers but just havent had any experience on this side.
Also, one question that was unanswered, is this normal for a battery to act this way on a stock rom? I mean the way its acting up for me, drains almost 60% while just sitting in my pocket or on my desk. Did any one of you also experience such a sucky battery life before flashing your roms?
No, your battery should not drain that fast under those conditions. It could be simply a misconfigured app that's hogging your juice.
What firmware are you currently using?
Andriod Version:
2.2
Baseband Version:
12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M
Kernel Version:
2.6.32.21-g66cfb7a
[email protected] #1
Tue Oct 26 15:58:17 CST 2010
Build Number:
1.32.861.5 CL277010 release-keys
Software Number:
1.32.861.5
Browser Version:
WebKit 3.1
well, no, not really, its not normal for the battery to act like that with Stock ROM.
I think it depends on your initial first battery charge time.
::The following story is copyrighted!::
me and my 3 brothers all got the Desire HD.
my first brother charged for approx 20hrs at the first time with the phone being closed, and his battery is fine.
my 2nd brother charged till the battery got full with the phone on, and his battery finishes in half a day without alot of usage.
They both warned me, 1st brother told me to charge for 20hrs, second told me to charge for 24hrs, i charged inbetween (22hrs), and my battery is good!
(but true story)
:::::::
my overnight battery drainage is 3%. once i didnt use it for a whole day, and it was still in its 90's.
I think it depends on how you intially charge your phone, it matters greatly (HTC recommends 8hrs charge at first)
Great, your firmware is Ok for rooting directly.
Follow this thread -- > HERE
Then this one --> HERE
There is some overlap, i.e Visionary so no need to perform that twice.
Once done. Install ROM Manager from the market, and flash Recovery from there.
Use 3.x.x.x for Gingerbread based ROMs
Or 2.x.x.x for FroYo based ROMs.
Now you are ready to flash some ROMs!
I turned it on the second I unboxed it (being the impatient pr**k I am). Does that mean I need a new battery? Or is there a remedy?
If you are experiencing such huge battery drain, I think you should get it checked b'coz Even when on stock I never had that much problem.t
Lol..I did the same but did you let it discharge it completely before charging it again or charged it right away after playing with it a little ..
coz I switched mine on as soon as i bought it but let it drain before charging for about 10-12 hours for the first time...
Yea, need new battery.
(try charging battery for a long time, i dont know if it'll help, but it wont hurt to try - IF that doesnt work, then i strongly recommend a new battery)
I was going mad waiting 22hrs!!!, but that meant wayy better battery power!
Search google or something on how to use the battery properly. i've had many issues in the past with batteries, but after reading articles, my batteries last longer now
Not sure if I remember what I did after playing with it, the excitement was so great I forgot about anything and everything else that mattered at that time
Sweet, thanks heaps for your help guys. Will be calling HTC and my service provider today just to double check with them too and afterwards flashing. I'm thinking of going for RcMixHD as alot of people have only good things to say about that rom. Any thoughts or ideas?
Turns out I had 28 days from date of purchase to get it swapped on the spot if there were any issues with the handset. Today was the 28th day, how fortunate!
Anyway, had it replaced and its on charge now, wont be turning it on any time soon though
just some advice
hey just a few words of advice from someone that has done a lot of flashing on numerous phones with numerous software types.
i reccomend getting a few little apps;
1. Titanium Backup (for safety i only back up apps I install + data)
2. SMS Backup and Restore (specifically for backing up sms/mms and works across different roms and even handsets)
3. Faster Fix (just in case if your phone doesnt set gps pool correctly causing a delay in time for fix
and just generally its pretty straight forward how to flash different roms especially after you do it a few times. but i do reccoment patience and time, and you will be fine and if anything happens just ask, everyone ehre is happy to help
Regards
Sent from HTC DHD MIUI 1.4.29 SUPER MR GARAK ROM using tapatalk
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DHDRookie said:
Turns out I had 28 days from date of purchase to get it swapped on the spot if there were any issues with the handset. Today was the 28th day, how fortunate!
Anyway, had it replaced and its on charge now, wont be turning it on any time soon though
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Hahaha, lucky u! And good luck with ur new battery
Sent from my Desire HD
Started charging at 5pm yesterday and now its 1 30pm, think I'll take a nap before I get down to some serious flashing business. Thanks heaps for your help guys, some day I'll pay back in the form of experience and maybe add something to this community.

Overheating?

I seem to be having an issue with my phone overheating and rebooting. It seems to happen consistently when using navigation or when playing games (I'm hooked on Gem Miner). Always at an inopportune time. To me this seems like a result of bad hardware or something but is it possible that rooting and installing ROMs like CM7 or Kingdom Stock Sense?
I bought my phone at Best Buy and ended up getting the warranty, so assuming I can revert the phone back to stock, I should be able to get this covered under warranty. Right?
My phone gets hot when under stress, but that's totally normal. But for it rebooting, that could mean bad hardware. What rom are you on? Some roms will run hotter than others.
Sent from my HTC Incredible
Well how it is it getting before it reboots? I think at 119F it will reboot/shut off and flash the LED. Seems like kernels can also impact heat, as well as custom undervolting mods.
TheWhiteBandito said:
My phone gets hot when under stress, but that's totally normal. But for it rebooting, that could mean bad hardware. What rom are you on? Some roms will run hotter than others.
Sent from my HTC Incredible
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I was using CM7 for a while (pre-7 and up to 7.0.3) and recently tried Kingdom Sense. Under both of those I could only get a few moments of navigation before it would just completely shut down.
I actually just restored the stock ROM (though I'm still running S-OFF) and it doesn't seem to be overheating anymore. I guess I'll have to see what happens. It would totally suck if I am forced to stay on the stock experience after having been rooted/ROM'd for so long...
k_nivesout said:
Well how it is it getting before it reboots? I think at 119F it will reboot/shut off and flash the LED. Seems like kernels can also impact heat, as well as custom undervolting mods.
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Hot enough that it's shutting down. I couldn't tell ya specifically.
k_nivesout said:
Well how it is it getting before it reboots? I think at 119F it will reboot/shut off and flash the LED. Seems like kernels can also impact heat, as well as custom undervolting mods.
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Its higher than 119F. Mine hit 122F the other day and didn't reboot, unless the safety shut off didn't kick in on mine. Don't think it is much higher than that though before it does.
I had heard it shuts down at 119 but my phone hasn't ever gotten that hot. I've only managed to get it up to about 114, that was multitasking and charging, overclocked to 1113.
When it reboots, do you get 5 vibrations and then the indicator flashes green until you pull the battery? If so, you are starting to have serious problems.
This thread helped me recover my Incredible..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982454
I had mine at 120F the other day loading a new rom and no shut off
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Mine gets hot when using wireless tether.
jetsaredim said:
I was using CM7 for a while (pre-7 and up to 7.0.3) and recently tried Kingdom Sense. Under both of those I could only get a few moments of navigation before it would just completely shut down.
I actually just restored the stock ROM (though I'm still running S-OFF) and it doesn't seem to be overheating anymore. I guess I'll have to see what happens. It would totally suck if I am forced to stay on the stock experience after having been rooted/ROM'd for so long...
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I'm leaning toward a hardware issue. The reason I say that is because I'm using CM7.0.3 and Chad's Incredikernal and when I use navigation I also connect my car charger and have never had a heat issue nor any reboots. I drove from SC to FL back in Feb and had navigation running the whole time.
Yea, I'm thinking its a hardware issue. I just downloaded Cut the Rope and can consistently get it to reboot/overheat after about 10-15 min of play. Only problem is that I'm not sure if the geniuses at the Best Buy warranty center will notice the S-OFF or not and if so how do I revert that when I don't have CWM on my phone anymore...?
jetsaredim said:
Yea, I'm thinking its a hardware issue. I just downloaded Cut the Rope and can consistently get it to reboot/overheat after about 10-15 min of play. Only problem is that I'm not sure if the geniuses at the Best Buy warranty center will notice the S-OFF or not and if so how do I revert that when I don't have CWM on my phone anymore...?
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You can get S-On by using the "S-On" tools by unrevoked, Don't think I can post links just yet but you can copy/paste the URL below, it should help guide you.
unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you should see a FAQ section.
How can this be removed or undone if I need to take my phone in for service?
Download the latest ''S-ON'' tool to a temporary location and follow the installation instructions above to run it. Once your phone is S-ON, you may lose root permanently if you install an official update
The link to the S-On tool can be found at the URL above, I copied/pasted so you would know what to look for.
fLaWx said:
You can get S-On by using the "S-On" tools by unrevoked, Don't think I can post links just yet but you can copy/paste the URL below, it should help guide you.
unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you should see a FAQ section.
How can this be removed or undone if I need to take my phone in for service?
Download the latest ''S-ON'' tool to a temporary location and follow the installation instructions above to run it. Once your phone is S-ON, you may lose root permanently if you install an official update
The link to the S-On tool can be found at the URL above, I copied/pasted so you would know what to look for.
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I assume you're not completely an expert in this matter, but let me see if I get this right... I have to go back to having CWM on my phone so I can apply the S-ON zip and then re-run the stock recovery to get back to complete 100% stock. Sound right? I wouldn't even consider it if I didn't think there was a slight chance that I'd get flagged on the warranty review for having S-OFF set. I don't want them to have any reason to deny my getting a new phone.
Hi - long time lurker, barely ever post, but I'm gonna chime in here.
My DInc also reboots, and it is warm to the touch when it does happen. Don't know how hot though sry. I've been rooted since November, but haven't installed a Custom Rom, just removed bloat, and added some other useful tools. The biggest change I've made was changing the fonts. I don't over/under clock either (it runs just fine for me). My reboots seem to be increasing in number. At first it would be once a month, then a few times a week, and now a couple times a day.
Sometimes, my phone will reboot just once, and then continue to work. Sometimes 2-3x in a row, and then continue to work or not. Sometimes, it just vibrates 5x quickly, and then is locked (LED flashes), and the only way to recover is to pull the battery and start over.
Seems to happen MOSTLY around certain times of day - 4:30-6pm when I'm on my way home from work (no, not using my phone, but it happens anyway), and around lunchtime (again, not using it, or if I am it's barely). Other times it happens too - but really randomly. I'm ruling out different apps that might be triggering it, but don't think that's the issue.
QUESTION - if it is heat related, and the phone is supposed to go into shut-down mode at 119*, but seems to be different temps for everybody, could it be the thermostat? Could it be registering a false temp reading and think it needs to shut down? Has anyone explored this?
I'm not an engineer, or even a programmer, but I like to play one on TV. Thx
Oh - I forgot to add this:
There have been times when it would reboot, and I've placed my phone and battery (removed from phone) on the vents of an airconditioner, or even sitting on a frozen ice pack (the kind for a cooler) and it would still happen afterwards. To the touch, my phone would be cold, not freezing, but cold. Seriously lower temp than what it was when it was very warm to the touch...
I'm definitely with you on the first scenario. I just brought it to my local Best Buy where I bought it (with warranty) and they sent it off and gave me a loaner DInc to use till mine's repaired. They said, if they can't repair it, they'll give me a DInc2 as a replacement since the Dinc1 is "backordered" (aka not being carried).
jetsaredim - I was able to get a replacement DInc sent to me overnight (free!). My first replacement had a faulty USB port, so I couldn't charge my phone. I have 'another' DInc being sent to me now. Other than the faulty USB port, I haven't had any overheating issues so far (knock on wood).
First phone manufactured in June 2010
First replacement phone, manufactured in April 2010, and remanufactured June 2011 (via ##7764726)
I just got my replacement Incredible today. I just tested my original phone again by watching 15 minutes of video on youtube and BANG!!!!!!!!!! It rebooted as usual. Screen and battery get very warm. The reboots seem to happen when watching videos online or offline, playing games for 10 to 15 minutes, browsing the web for 15 to 20 minutes, using Google Maps with or without charging at the same time, and charging and talking on the phone at the same time. Well, I'm sending back the original and hoping that the replacement doesn't fail me. Glad that I swapped it just before the manufacturer warranty was up.
Have had the Dinc since week one. 100% stock - have not rooted (yet) and stock battery - in the past month it has 'overheated" and rebooted twice. Never happened before. Both times while using navigation and charging. Could it simply be the battery? It's not holding a charge like it used to too which also makes me wonder about the battery.

Please Help.(Individually bizzare Problem...I think.) DHD

Hello all,
I made this thread in hopes of getting an explanation and maybe a bit of guidance to my problem. My problem is that my Desire HD(T-Mobile UK) crashes all the time. I have had this phone for just over a year, and had it rooted for the past 8 months with little problem, however only recently, in the past 3-4 months it would just turn off at random points and then need restarting. It has not made a difference what ROM I have had, whether it was Cyanogen, Android Revolution, RCMix3d, ClearDroid, or MIUI, after a few days of having the new ROM it would crash throughout the day, with any amount of battery on it. I followed the most respected guides put on this site, and still it made no difference.
At first I thought it was the way I'd been flashing my ROM's, so as I have never been able to get HTC Sync to recognize my phone, I re-flashed a fresh stock 1.32 and then manually installed the ADB Drivers, the phones USB Drivers, and rooted the phone with Visionary+ all over again. This made no difference.
So then I moved on to thinking it was my Battery, so I bought a new battery and that made no difference either. This made me assume it is a software issue.
I then began thinking that it could be the Overclock/Undervolt settings, even though I hadn't touched them, I thought it might fix my phone if I made the minimum it could reach 350+mhz instead of 280+mhz, thus keeping the phone running at a faster speed and not crash.But this made no difference either.
The only thing I have been able to do has been to flash the 1.32 Stock and that seems to get it working, battery drains a bit quicker but doesn't die while still saying 55% left. I have also tried charging the phone til 100% using Elixir's mA widget, deleting the battery stats file(re calibrating the battery), and letting it reach 0 and charging again. But no luck.
If you have any advice I will gladly listen, I'm baffled as to what has happened, and am not sure what to do next.
Apologies as well if this thread is posted in the wrong section, I am quite new with this site.
Thank you very much in advance guys.
ponl1882
pride_ofnorthlondon1882 said:
Hello all,
I made this thread in hopes of getting an explanation and maybe a bit of guidance to my problem. My problem is that my Desire HD(T-Mobile UK) crashes all the time. I have had this phone for just over a year, and had it rooted for the past 8 months with little problem, however only recently, in the past 3-4 months it would just turn off at random points and then need restarting. It has not made a difference what ROM I have had, whether it was Cyanogen, Android Revolution, RCMix3d, ClearDroid, or MIUI, after a few days of having the new ROM it would crash throughout the day, with any amount of battery on it. I followed the most respected guides put on this site, and still it made no difference.
At first I thought it was the way I'd been flashing my ROM's, so as I have never been able to get HTC Sync to recognize my phone, I re-flashed a fresh stock 1.32 and then manually installed the ADB Drivers, the phones USB Drivers, and rooted the phone with Visionary+ all over again. This made no difference.
So then I moved on to thinking it was my Battery, so I bought a new battery and that made no difference either. This made me assume it is a software issue.
I then began thinking that it could be the Overclock/Undervolt settings, even though I hadn't touched them, I thought it might fix my phone if I made the minimum it could reach 350+mhz instead of 280+mhz, thus keeping the phone running at a faster speed and not crash.But this made no difference either.
The only thing I have been able to do has been to flash the 1.32 Stock and that seems to get it working, battery drains a bit quicker but doesn't die while still saying 55% left. I have also tried charging the phone til 100% using Elixir's mA widget, deleting the battery stats file(re calibrating the battery), and letting it reach 0 and charging again. But no luck.
If you have any advice I will gladly listen, I'm baffled as to what has happened, and am not sure what to do next.
Apologies as well if this thread is posted in the wrong section, I am quite new with this site.
Thank you very much in advance guys.
ponl1882
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To me it really sounds like a hardware problem which is bad news. Try phoning HTC directly and ask them what to do. Don't mention at all that you have rooted it
Scottymeuk said:
To me it really sounds like a hardware problem which is bad news. Try phoning HTC directly and ask them what to do. Don't mention at all that you have rooted it
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Oh bumsicles.

Battery dies at 18%

Hi, for the past few weeks my phone has constantly died at 18%.
I've tried resetting battery stats in recovery, I've done this when the battery is empty and when at full charge.
I've changed ROMs, a couple of times recently, always doing a factory reset, wiping everything available in recovery. No change.
Is there a trick to correcting this or could it be a fault with the battery itself?
Cheers.
Try this calibration instead : http://forum.oxygen.im/viewtopic.php?id=723
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA
If what "rares1235" didnt work then you could try this, its worked for me everytime. It works on ROMS with gingerbread and Sense. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534892
ianthenut said:
Hi, for the past few weeks my phone has constantly died at 18%.
I've tried resetting battery stats in recovery, I've done this when the battery is empty and when at full charge.
I've changed ROMs, a couple of times recently, always doing a factory reset, wiping everything available in recovery. No change.
Is there a trick to correcting this or could it be a fault with the battery itself?
Cheers.
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There are a lot of calibration methods, but in the end, if none works, you should probably have to buy another battery. It happened to me, died at 60% or so. Well, with so much flashing and flashing it isn't a surprise, is it..
I think this is one of the cheapest offers. handtec.co.uk/product.php/2763/htc-desire-official-battery--ba-s410-
with best regards
Ravens97 said:
If what "rares1235" didnt work then you could try this, its worked for me everytime. It works on ROMS with gingerbread and Sense. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534892
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This method actually works, I had to use the detour but I got it done eventually!
Came from Runnymede 6.1.1 ROM and the battery calibrator wouldn't take the first 6 times.. It would just tell me that my battery age was 100% eventhough I found that quite hard to believe, since my Desire is already 18 months old..
For that reason I flashed Cyanogenmod and did the battery calibration on that rom and it worked! After that I just flashed runnymede back with droidzones kernel22 and now my phone shuts down at 0%-1% instead of 15-16 like it was before!
Definately advice you to try out this method!
Thanks to theGanymedes and others for sure
Is the desire not supposed to shutdown at 15% anyway as a form of protection? All these calibrations do is change the numbers.
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Is the desire not supposed to shutdown at 15% anyway as a form of protection? All these calibrations do is change the numbers.
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Quote from what RootSu told me when i asked this question on here before.
"It's because Li-on batteries break if they get down to 0%. HTC set their phones up to shut down between 10-15%. All phones with li-on do this.
However most phones show that 10-15% as 0% but HTC tend not to.
There is an app called nexus one battery calibrator, which if you have the correct kernel, will change that 10-15% to show as 0%. Obviously, as it effectively turns 75% into 100%, it appears to drain faster. It's not
I don't know if your kernel supports this. The general tab in the app won't have any numbers if the kernel does not.
There are some complex settings needed in the app and a specific process to follow if you wanted to do this though"

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