WiFi problems and more - G3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've had my G3 for 18 months now and over the past 4 weeks I've had problems with the wifi dropping and reconnecting again. I tried the tips from people I found on other websites but nothing cured the problem. Usually I would forget the wifi and then reconnect to it. That would usually work for a few hours, but then it would drop again.
Around the same time my SD card would unmount too. I originally put that down to it being old, so I bought a new one, but again, same problem. I've not been using one since.
3 days ago the battery drained itself within a couple of hours and the phone failed to connect to any wifi at all.
In fact it kept resetting itself and I had to take the battery out so it could turn on again.
I purchased a new battery and the life has improved a bit but the wifi problems persist.
I did a factory reset hoping that would cure the problem, but nope, still not connecting to any wifi.
I was a sent here to seek advice from a Techie Forum, so hopefully you can help me out!
I've had a quick look and I feel a bit overwhelmed with all the root and flash talk....
Does this problem all come down to Lollipop being a pain in the ass?
Is rooting the only way to get around it?

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Artemis turns off during phone call

Hi,
my Artemis turns off every now and then and I'm getting a bit pissed off by the phone. Because it happens exspecially when I'm talking to someone. The error occurred first about two weeks ago and i tried to fix wit an hard reset, but that didn't worked out. I also don't think it has anything to do with the battery, since it also turns off while being connected to the charger.
If anyone knows help, I would be grateful.
i had the same problem and the solution is ......
a new battery
My XDA Orbit is doing the same thing - randomly switching off when in use (either phone call or browsing the web). Its being doing this for over the last two to three weeks and I, too, am getting pissed off with it. My Orbit is over two years old so I'm suspecting the battery although the battery meter states everything is OK. I've just purchase a new battery on-line and, when I receive, I'll let you know if it cures the resetting issue.
Alistair
thanx, that is at least a problem with an easy solution.
@ ajmcfarlane: thx, I'll wait for your post.
Received battery on Saturday and early indications look as though it has cured the problem of the phone resetting. If anything changes, I'll keep you posted.
Cheers, Alistair
great, I'll order a battery right away
i also got same problem in my p3300 so did changing battry really solvd problms?
It will cure it.
awesome.. i think most of us have purchase this amazing handset more or less the same time..
all of our devices loosing out on batt.... no bad..
can any one please update the price of a new battery ?
i am in india now.. will be going to singapore this month end to watch the formula 1.. are there any options to buy it in singapore to save some money on it ??
how much is the new batt ??
I have over 200 of these devices in their various guises, and I can tell you that this is a very common problem. If you are lucky you only need change the battery and the device will be fine. If that does not improve matters then good luck as I am yet to find a solution when the problem is not simply the battery. At the moment my best effort is to flash the device with an upto date original ROM and change the battery. It seems to help but I can't say it fixes them as I have not monitored how the reflashed devices perform yet. I will post when I have used the reflashed devices for a few months and see how they go on
radcarash said:
I will post when I have used the reflashed devices for a few months and see how they go on
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Hi radcarash,
do you have any findings? I got the same issue with one Artemis, and it seams the battery change doesn't help at all. I'm just wondering if you found already another solution to cure this world wide problem.
cheers,
gigib

Official HTC EVO Random Reboot Thread

From searching, it looks like tons of people are having random reboot issues with the HTC EVO. Let's make one thread to put everything so maybe we can figure this out.
Side note, it looks like the HTC desire has the same issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=676402&highlight=rebooting
So post what you've tried that hasn't worked.
If you think you have a solution, share
One thing I've noticed is it seems heat related.
I've installed temperatures monitors and it seems around 32 degrees Celcius is around when it reboots. It will reboot loop usually. This can be cured by pulling the battery and waiting for it to cool down, or just put it in the freezer for 4-5 minutes.
I've tried underclocking it with the screen dimmed way down, and running it without the back cover and it still overheats.
For me, the problem came out of nowhere. I had the device for over a month with heavy usage and no problems. My current GUESS is it must be a physical problem. Not enough thermal grease or something...
It looks like the HTC Desire users may be getting replacement motherboards to fix their issue.
Does the HTC EVO and Desire share parts?
From other threads it looks like:
Root or Stock - Doesn't matter
Radio version - Doesn't matter
Rom version - Doesn't matter
GPS Fix - Doesn't matter
GPS turned off - Doesn't matter
3G data, 4G data turned off - Doesn't matter
Hard Reset - Doesn't matter
Found this on the HTC Desire reboot thread:
Latest test list for HTC Desire RR (Random Reboot) problems:
-All phones with s/n HT03 to HT07 can get this problem (Minor problem from SH09 so far)
-Starts around 1.5 to 3 months after use
-Reboots get worse over time
-Firmware and android version doesn’t matter which you have
-Force apps2sd doesn’t matter if you use it or not
-PVT1 or PVT3 or whatever doesn’t matter
-Screen type, doesn't matter if you have AMOLED or SLCD
-There seems to be an antenna/radio/simcard issue also
-Overheating causes reboots too
-Reboot is not always temp related
-SD card size doesn’t seem to matter
-Having apps on SD or not doesn’t matter
-Size of files on SD doesn’t matter
-Rooted or not doesn’t matter
-Motherboard changed after repair doesn't always fix it
-Sim locked or not doesn't matter
-Provider doesn't matter(vodafone, kpn/hi, T-mobile etc all got it)
-Most likely hardware issue, sense flashing won’t fix it, yet changing motherboard will
-Restarting doesn't fix it
-Factory resetting doesn't fix it
-Changing/buying new battery Doesn’t fix it
-Using app killers or shutting down some services yourself doesn't help
-Leaving all settings on default doesn't fix it
-Plugged into car charger in the past doesn’t matter
-Hboot version probably doesn't matter (still not fully tested)
-Having a phone cover or not doesn’t matter
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wifes phone has been doing it very bad...one that has never been rooted...
was going to root it and try new rom but seems to be a hardware issue.
any other comments on this subject?
My stock rooted Rom just rebooted for the first time today. I really don't rememebr what I was doing st the time....but this has never happened before. I assume there's no event log to check.
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I had been facing this with increasing frequency. I got the phone on launch day, and the problem started over the last month, getting worse all the time. I agree with the OP that there does not seem to be any obvious cause -- sometimes it is heat related, sometimes not. Any time I push the phone (run psx4droid, or navigation + anything else), and sometimes even with lighter usage, like on a phone call. Unrooting did nothing to stop the problem.
After extensive searching, I found three possible causes: bad battery (I tried a new one and the problem continued, but this seems a good starting place), bad memory blocks, or bad processor.
I was unable to find any solution to this problem. I took my phone to Sprint today, and they told me that their tests didn't show a problem. Then I made it happen in front of them (launch navigation to anywhere, then a couple more apps, then boom, reboot) a couple times (really, after the first time, letting it turn back on pretty much caused it to happen again).
After that, they agreed to replace it. I do have the TEP, but they assumed that the problem was hardware related so I don't know if you have to have it for them to replace it.
Strangely, they gave me a white one as a replacement.
I haven't had any problems with the new (well, re-manufactured) one, and I hope it stays that way, but I guess only time will tell.
I'm currently experiencing the problem as well, funny thing is every time it happens, the phone is NOT in use, simply sitting on table or desktop in standby. This happens about once every two days.
Currently running rooted evio2 1.3.1
Wow, I was about to start this thread, when I saw this. I guess I was like 10 minutes late. Either way, i believe something messed with the hardware. My little bro cracked my screen badly, so I am getting a new evo anyway, but will I be able to get one free bcuz of this? This is really a terrible problem. Somebody needs to de-assemble their precious evo and see if there is an obvious problem. thanks a bunch. Subscribing.
same here.
happens mostly when on the charger and i am using it at the same time. so heat related seems likely.
can anyone get a logcat of it happening?
I called sprint support and they said it's defective to return it.
Taking it in for replacement today.
Sprint replaced mine for $35 [a refurb]. That's the end of that.
But now, I can only use the speaker to hear my callers. Gotta go back and get another!
My guess is the new update could be putting a lot of strain on the battery but who knows? I haven't experienced it but maybe its because I'm using the extended mah 3500 seido battery.
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thlinx said:
My guess is the new update could be putting a lot of strain on the battery but who knows? I haven't experienced it but maybe its because I'm using the extended mah 3500 seido battery.
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No, I've got the 3500mAh Seido battery too.
I don't think it's strain since mine has gotten worse. AKA the amount of usage it take to make the phone reboot has gone from hours of use to minutes.
.jond said:
No, I've got the 3500mAh Seido battery too.
I don't think it's strain since mine has gotten worse. AKA the amount of usage it take to make the phone reboot has gone from hours of use to minutes.
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Actually I just had a reboot lol.
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Same thing here. I posted my issue in the rom threads i used, and everyone ignored the issue, lol.
For me, I noticed it about a week after using roms with the new software update (3.29). It happened with navigation, launching multiple apps, running quadrant, etc.
So yesterday I installed DC 3.5 from scratch, turned nav on and let it sit for a couple of hours. NO reboots. Before, after 10 mins of the screen and nav being on, I'd get a reboot. Has anyone else tried this (or willingly to try it)? I switched back to my nand backup, ran quadrant -> bam, reboot.
I bought my EVO on launch day (HW Version 002), and have not had any problems until around Oct 13.
I took the phone on a trip to Orlando, and as soon as I got off the plane and turned on the phone, the problems started happening. It has been happening ever since, even since I returned home.
I bought my phone at Best Buy, and have had their Geek Squad send it back to try to fix it. I also added the complaints about screen separation to the workorder so that they would be more likely to replace the device. Hopefully, this fixes the issue.
I also think it is heat related, but I don't know why it is just now becoming an issue. Just to make sure the folks at BB could see the issue happening, I put the phone in front of my car's heater for a few minutes, then started up Google Earth, and was able to make the phone start boot looping while I walked into the store.
I tried hard reset, soft reset, update prl, underclocking, GPS Reset, new battery, new SD Card, and none of those things worked. I wonder if the removal of the 30 fps limit in the last update caused some type of heat damage?
I just had a reboot last night while trying to look at a picture I'd just taken in the Camera app on CM6.0.0. Only the 2nd or 3rd time it's happened. Still annoying though. Hope it doesn't get worse.
.jond said:
I called sprint support and they said it's defective to return it.
Taking it in for replacement today.
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How much they charged you?
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MedSchool26 said:
Same thing here. I posted my issue in the rom threads i used, and everyone ignored the issue, lol.
For me, I noticed it about a week after using roms with the new software update (3.29). It happened with navigation, launching multiple apps, running quadrant, etc.
So yesterday I installed DC 3.5 from scratch, turned nav on and let it sit for a couple of hours. NO reboots. Before, after 10 mins of the screen and nav being on, I'd get a reboot. Has anyone else tried this (or willingly to try it)? I switched back to my nand backup, ran quadrant -> bam, reboot.
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I reset mine back to stock. Unrooted it and everything.
Didn't fix the issue for me.
Now I did try erasing all the stuff that's erasable inside recovery and it seemed to go a few days without a reboot. Not sure if that was a fluke or not.

Help with Tab Pro 8.4

Lately my tablet has been turning off and then going into a loop when it restarts. The only thing that seems to get it out of the loop is when I plug in a charger. I am stock all the way. Any help will be approciated.
You could try wiping cache while in Stock recovery, or doing a factory reset and see if that helps, otherwise you might have to trace down to see if a specific app causes this problem
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Well factory reset did not help ....
Neither did wiping the cache ....
uhmump95 said:
Lately my tablet has been turning off and then going into a loop when it restarts. The only thing that seems to get it out of the loop is when I plug in a charger. I am stock all the way. Any help will be approciated.
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@uhmump95. I was having similar problems about 6 months ago. I was only able to solve the problem by re-flashing the latest OS. If you are not familiar with this process go here for a good tutorial on how to do it. You can also go here to get the latest stock OS for our 8.4 tablets.
I have since moved on to custom ROMS but the above got me out of the same issue you are experiencing. Good luck with getting it fixed quickly.
I have found a cause.
Mine started getting random reboots the same a few months ago, perhaps one month before the warranty ran out. It stopped after a full reset and I assumed it had been a software issue and I let the warranty period expire :silly:
It has happened again a few times, but I have found why: It only happens when the battery is very low. Somehow the battery sensor is not well calibrated, so it never charges over 90% and instead of shutting down when it gets low it keeps working till it malfunctions.
I don't know how to repair it, though. I haven't rooted it yet and I'd rather not remove the screen to get to the battery for now. Should the problem start being too cumbersome I'll try any of both solutions.
Does anyone know of a less drastic procedure? Thanks.

Random Rebooting

Hi guys, I really need the power of the internet now. My googling powers have let me down, and now there's only you guys left to help me!!
I got a Lg g3, and i've enjoyed it for a while. I have experiemented a little with it (rooting and installing roms) and it's about 2 years old i think.
And now, the wierdest problem that I really can't understand, i'll try to explain as good as i can!
It all started a couple of days ago, my phone just rebooted as soon as I started up Snapchat. After a day, this reboot appeared more frequently, and yesterday I gave up. The thing is, as long as it's charging, it works fine, all of the programs. But when I woke up this morning, it's completely ruined.... i see the LG startup screen, and then the lock screen. As soon as i touch the screen, it restarts again!
I've tried factory reset and wiping data and stuff.... If any more information is required, i'll provide it as soon as possible!
I believe in you guys, help me out!
I thought about overheating, but since it works while charging, i ruled that out, right?
Taynor said:
Hi guys, I really need the power of the internet now. My googling powers have let me down, and now there's only you guys left to help me!!
I got a Lg g3, and i've enjoyed it for a while. I have experiemented a little with it (rooting and installing roms) and it's about 2 years old i think.
And now, the wierdest problem that I really can't understand, i'll try to explain as good as i can!
It all started a couple of days ago, my phone just rebooted as soon as I started up Snapchat. After a day, this reboot appeared more frequently, and yesterday I gave up. The thing is, as long as it's charging, it works fine, all of the programs. But when I woke up this morning, it's completely ruined.... i see the LG startup screen, and then the lock screen. As soon as i touch the screen, it restarts again!
I've tried factory reset and wiping data and stuff.... If any more information is required, i'll provide it as soon as possible!
I believe in you guys, help me out!
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So, your phone its ok while on charging right?
Guess it's time to buy a new battery...
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u sure it's the battery? cause it works a bit better right now. How can i check if it's the battery that's the flaw? it's so wierd that it just got more and more random reboots....
That sounds like the battery as it was the expect problem I had 6 months ago with a battery that was about the same age as yours. I found that my battery had started to swell, very big problem with lithium batteries when they go bad. If you take your battery out and look at it side on there should be no bulging anywhere on the battery, if you see any bulging then stop using it until you can get a replacement.
At the time my phone would work fine when plugged in but would constantly reboot when on battery power.
It seems like that's not the problem, right now it's working fine. I checked the battery and no swellings at all! Could there be any other reason for my phone to act out the way it did/does sometime still?
Did the rebooting start at a particular battery level? Reason I ask is that my spare battery is now showing the same symptoms, but only when lower than 55%, phone will reboot and immediately be at 15%. I pulled the battery out and could feel slight raises along it, not enough to see but I could feel it when compared to my other battery.
Taynor said:
Hi guys, I really need the power of the internet now. My googling powers have let me down, and now there's only you guys left to help me!!
I got a Lg g3, and i've enjoyed it for a while. I have experiemented a little with it (rooting and installing roms) and it's about 2 years old i think.
And now, the wierdest problem that I really can't understand, i'll try to explain as good as i can!
It all started a couple of days ago, my phone just rebooted as soon as I started up Snapchat. After a day, this reboot appeared more frequently, and yesterday I gave up. The thing is, as long as it's charging, it works fine, all of the programs. But when I woke up this morning, it's completely ruined.... i see the LG startup screen, and then the lock screen. As soon as i touch the screen, it restarts again!
I've tried factory reset and wiping data and stuff.... If any more information is required, i'll provide it as soon as possible!
I believe in you guys, help me out!
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Dear Taynor, Try flashing stock firmware of your device. If you suspect your device battery, then first replace it and check whether rebooting issue is still there. Otherwise, flashing stock firmware resolve many issues. Use kdz with LG Flash tool 2014. It is easy to flash firmwares with LG Flash Tool 2014.

Super weird signal / wifi problem

Hi guys,
I bought my Mi 9SE some months ago. Everything was good, but since like two months ago my phone signal dropped to 0. The phone was unable to connect, and it wasn't a problem of APN or SIM because i tried another SIMs and the problem persists. Suddendly, one day the signal started to work again a few hours, and then go off again. Sometimes it works for days, even a week, and then drop to 0 again hours or days. But after that, Wifi started to malfunction too, like it was forcibly disabled. I can't start wifi, and if i try the phone freezes a few seconds.
The weird thing is that those two problems happens like randomly: for example, if i keep the phone on standby for a few hours, wifi start to work again, but if i use it again, it fails again after some use. Same goes to phone signal, some days it works and the suddendly stop functionaning.
I sended to Xiaomi already and they send it back to me because they coulnd't find a problem (Because the problem just happens randomly i suppose).
I don't know what to do, so i'm thinking on unlock bootloader and install a rom. What do you think? I will put here two videos of my phone that shows the problem:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1gY8FqJWV_RwDR2u-KQHYU-pHt2d6yEXa
Thanks.
Hi,
I would suggest to try a different ROM. The wifi issue you have (saw the video) is generally related to wifi drivers. Now i can't say why your driver is malfunctioning without logs, especially for a stock ROM...
Good luck!
@ch4mi: wouldn't do so, because it seems to be a hardware problem and with unlocked BL you open an escape door denying service. Maybe it's caused by an antenna loosing connection by temperature. So switch it off overnight for a definite begin state, boot and look, whether the bug occurs after a certain time. Repeat it 2times. Then send it back to service with this information.
Thanks for your replys people!
I don't know if i can trust with Xiaomi Service. I already sended it like i said, and they said to me that the phone was perfect, and charged me 25€ for shipping costs... I writted to them again saying that the phone was still malfunctionating, but the only said to me that they will proceed like always, check phone and if they don't find any issue, i will pay again 25€ for shipping costs... That's why i'm thinking of change ROM.
@ch4mi: the shipping costs are mean indeed. I hoped they would be willing to repair - then such a clue would have been usefull.
Ok guys, i will send it to the Xiaomi service again, with some videos proving the issues. Thanks for your tips!

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