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Short version:
Use CWM or TWRP to (1) format sdcard, (2) erase dalvik cache, (3) erase cache and (4) factory reset. This seems to resolve at least one source of random reboots. If installing a new ROM, do that first and then followed by the four steps, then boot into the new ROM. Step (1) may be the important one (in which case it might, in principle, be possible to solve the problem while saving userdata), but I don't know.
UPDATE: It was working fine and I had to spoil it all by installing MIUI, just for kicks. Now, the old problem is back and the solution above doesn't seem to work. Looks like this is not a completely reliable solution...
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Long version:
My wife's GNex was in a very bad way. It is entirely stable in Android 4.0.2. But if either upgraded or flashed to anything else, will randomly reboot. Actually, it's not even that random--it will reboot on its own within a couple of minutes of idle with the screen off. I tried all sorts of things--flashed different ROMs, radios, etc.--factory reset multiple times. Googling turns up lots of chatter about random reboots but little by way of viable solution. I figured that the problem may be hardware related. But all Samsung's servicing did for me is to return the unit to 4.0.2. At that time, 4.0.4 was just released and the local servicing centre hadn't even received their copy of the ROM (for yakjuwx). In the end, I 'solved' the problem by rooting and disabling the OTA update notification. (My wife wasn't bothered by the fact that she wasn't running the latest Android version. And the phone works fine in 4.0.2 otherwise.) Work and life caught up and I didn't think much of the matter after that.
That was about a year ago.
Recently, I migrated my wife to a brand new GNex, and took the opportunity to try my hand at solving the problem again. I flashed the latest 4.3 ROM, the latest stable CM10.1, Paranoidandroid, etc. But no matter what I tried, somehow, the phone is stable only with Android 4.0.2 (ICL53F). A chance find online mentioned something about data corruption on the sdcard as a source of problem, and that the usual factory reset doesn't actually reformat the sdcard (it only marks it as empty). Putting 1 and 1 together, I used CWM to do the things listed above (see "short version") and now, the phone is running stock 4.3 (JWR66V), stable CM10.1 and Paranoidandroid without random reboots so far. So now, I am a happy camper, though with one extra, fully functional white GNex.
Footnote: If you don't understand what I said in the short version, it's best you don't try doing anything yourself without first reading up on fastboot commands. This is one place to start. I am not responsible for anyone bricking their device fooling around.
Thanks for reading.
Update to my adventure.
Just about resigned to the fact that the phone is back to its old ways. The old tricks no longer work. What happened next?
1. Left off for more than a day (I gave up).
2. Installed AOSPA PARANOIDANDROID 3.96--using CWM, installed ROM, GApps, wipe dalvik, wipe cache, format sdcard.
Weirdly, the phone now seems fine. It hasn't rebooted by itself after 30+min in sleep. The old problem was that it will invariably reboot by itself in within 2 minutes from screen off so even if there are other problems, the old one is not there anyway.
Something in the steps above seems to have made a difference.
Still monitoring.
I have been having issues with my Note3 ever since the kit kat update back in April. It worked flawlessly on Jelly Bean and I had no issues for over 3 months. I updated to kit kat via Kies with everything completely stock. Since then I get completely random reboots, it could happen when launching an app or even unlocking the screen, and it happens 2 or 3 times a day. So far I have tried 2 factory resets, clearing dalvik cache, and replacing the battery with an Anker replacement. I have tried turning off auto-updating of apps, and turning off wifi scanning. I have also tried running the phone with no apps installed. So far nothing has worked.
I have read several posts with people blaming the stock kernal for these reboots, but there is no definitive solution to this problem. I am looking for any and all help the community has to offer.
Some additional info:
Running latest stock rom- rooted via effortless method
Stock Recovery
Knox is still 0x0
No sd card in phone
Since you have no issues doing a factory reset, I recommend the following:
1.). Backup all the data you need
2.) Download the newest carrier available firmware for you from sammobile.com
3.) Flash via Odin
4.) Once finished and phone has rebooted, return to stock recovery and perform another data wipe
That will 100% fix your issues, sounds like maybe a corrupt system partition or libs
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Since you have no issues doing a factory reset, I recommend the following:
1.). Backup all the data you need
2.) Download the newest carrier available firmware for you from sammobile.com
3.) Flash via Odin
4.) Once finished and phone has rebooted, return to stock recovery and perform another data wipe
That will 100% fix your issues, sounds like maybe a corrupt system partition or libs
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Thanks, I'll give this a try. Last night I uninstalled a bunch of bloat ware with titanium backup to make sure it's still not an app issue. If it reboots again I'll reflash the firmware. Since I'll. Be flashing stock it shouldn't trip knox right?
No, latest firmware complete stock will not trip Knox, as long as you're either doing a parallel upgrade NF9 > NF9 or NB4 > NF9. A downgrade will either fail or trip.
For anyone reading this, i tried to reflash the stock nf9 kernal to see if that was the issue, but i got a restart about 4 hours later. I am going to reflash the firmware via odin and report back.
I am having this issue for a long time. i have done everything, and finally i gave up, as i think it is a hardware issue. what make me confuse is the problem start since the day i upgrade to kit-kat. with every firmware come out i have a new problem. the latest "NF9" my phone just hang and black screen untill i press the power button for 30 second, then will restart. what make crazy is that it shuts off at night, and when i woke up i miss the alarm.
I'm sad to report that the reflash didn't work. I reflashed the NF9 firmware using odin about 4 days ago and it was fine for awhile, but I got 2 reboots today. I'm not sure what is causing this, but I am still open to suggestions. I don't think its hardware related since it didn't do this before kitkat. I still have my samsung warranty until february I believe, so if worst comes to worst then ill have to send it in, but i'm not sure what they will do about it.
The only thing I havent tried is replacing the sim card. Could a sim card cause a reboot issue like this?
i have already done it, even the SD card, still same problem.
Is there some kind of log feature in android that logs crash events or errors somewhere so i can maybe figure out what the problem is?
by the way i think i have solve my problem by updating busybox and supersu. i had to install busybox to system/xbin. and since that day i haven't encounter any restart or freez. almost 2 week. i hope that fix your problem as well.
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by the way i think i have solve my problem by updating busybox and supersu. i had to install busybox to system/xbin. and since that day i haven't encounter any restart or freez. almost 2 week. i hope that fix your problem as well.
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I do not have busybox installed, and SuperSU is up to date. Also, the restarts happen with or without root ie without SuperSU. I still dont think its an app problem.
Just an update for anyone reading this. I have installed SetCPU to manage cpu clock speeds. I have had it installed for about a week and have not had an update with my custom profiles. It seems the restarts occur when cpu speed is at about ~675MHz. Not sure if its hardware or software yet. Any help is appreciated!
Update. I sent my phone in to samsung for repair. It looks like they just reflashed the firmware. After having it up and running again for 15 minutes the phone rebooted again. I contacted samsung and they recommended sending it in again. I'm not sure if it's worth it to send in again or if i should break my warranty and flash a custom rom. Any suggestions are welcome!
I get restarts because the modem crashes... its a known issue apparently
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I get restarts because the modem crashes... its a known issue apparently
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I cant believe its taken over a year for this issue to get fixed. Im almost positive its a software issue since it never happened on jelly bean. It's strange that not a lot of people have this problem though. A lot of people must have already flashed custom roms I may send it in again since I still have knox 0x0 and see if they do anything else besides reflash the firmware this time. If they only do a reflash again i will just flash a new rom and hopefully everything will be fixed
Final Update:
I sent my phone back to Samsung, apparently my issues were a hardware problem. This time they replaced the "PBA assembly" aka the mainboard. I have had the phone back for almost two weeks without a single restart. I believe my restart problems are over. I hope this information helps anyone with similar issues. I would recommend sending it to Samsung for warranty repair if you are still under warranty. :good:
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Final Update:
I sent my phone back to Samsung, apparently my issues were a hardware problem. This time they replaced the "PBA assembly" aka the mainboard. I have had the phone back for almost two weeks without a single restart. I believe my restart problems are over. I hope this information helps anyone with similar issues. I would recommend sending it to Samsung for warranty repair if you are still under warranty. :good:
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I had the same problem but already tripped knox so iffy on sending it in. Funny thing is I did the external sd write fix and the phone has not rebooted since, going on 3 days.
meoshe said:
I had the same problem but already tripped knox so iffy on sending it in. Funny thing is I did the external sd write fix and the phone has not rebooted since, going on 3 days.
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I would get reboots even without an SD card put in the phone, so I don't think that would have helped me. I havent had a reboot since I've had the device back
Hi All,
Having some issues with my Galaxy Note 10.1 which I've had for quite a while now. It's rooted but with Android 5.0 stock rom and a custom kernel.
Just now (like 20mins ago) I tried to enable Adblock plus app, the app said it can't automatically change the settings - even though SuperSU was installed and had no issues with it previously. So like all things thought I'd give it a reboot that ought to clear it out. That didn't work, so tried clearing cache (Dalvik/ART/Cache), Still no joy.
I'm a s/w engineer, but not and android/bootloader expert, so I've tried to grab the dmesg and boot logs which I've attached, I've got some stuff on the internal SD (app data) which I'd like to keep, hence I'm not going for the full wipe.
Please take a look at the logs and see if you can determine how to fix this issue, my initial thoughts were there are some issues with the flash storage (bad sectors/partition table?), if I could grab the image and dd the image again I'd be OK - but I don't know much about about android boot loader/kernel etc so can't say.
Ok it has been fixed by wiping data - but I've lost my data and installed apps!
Is there anyway to find out which file/app is causing the boot loop so I can restore data, delete the offending file?
Well, I shall give a bump to this topic, with a little more info. Though probably not really useful.
First I had stock 5.1.1 deodex pre root etc ROM that, after I tried to insert a nano sim card (mine is a 601 3G model) that got stuck, it entered on a bootloop, I had to open it, take the sim card out, and it was still on a boot loop. Tried to install another image, still bootloop, tried to reinstall the original one I had, still bootloop, wiped data, worked fine.
Then almost 2 weeks later, everything worked fine, went to watch a video, the sound was mute, tried to turn it on but everything looked fine, decided to restart because it would probably fix the problem. Got a bootloop. Wiped the data, everything was fine again.
Now, a little more than 2 weeks later, seems like the wifi is not working, thought all my other devices are, guess it's the same problem, decided to restart it, and bootloop again. I'm currently trying to update my TWRP, and gonna try a different ROM, and wait to see if something like that happens, until then, I wonder what could be happening... I remembered an Asus Device that I had that had different firmware versions for 4.4 and 4.1, so if I tried to flash a 4.4 on a 4.1 firmware it wouldn't work, and for downgrade, the same problem happened, and wondered if Samsung has some difference between versions 4 and 5.
ssj4maiko Let me know if you find a more stable rom - I went back to pretty much stock, but with root as I wanted to use all the Samsung apps, but this constant random bootloops are annoying!
As the title says, phone has randomly rebooted
... twice in the last few minutes, both times I had picture in picture going while sending a text...has anyone else experienced this? Also, the boot time is amazingly fast at least!
Chris
cswee1932 said:
As the title says, phone has randomly rebooted
... twice in the last few minutes, both times I had picture in picture going while sending a text...has anyone else experienced this? Also, the boot time is amazingly fast at least!
Chris
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Did you do a wipe when you flashed or just update? If you just did an update, I would try to reinstall and let it wipe the device.
Yup. I'm experiencing this as well. Happened to me twice yesterday. Maybe try a factory reset?
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Having the same issue did a complete factory install with the stock image.
Then rooted not sure if that is causing my issues but, is anyone else stock not rooted having random reboots?
I've had 3 reboots since jumping on Oreo. Did my update the clean way through a factory reset and flashing a factory image. Stock, unrooted.
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Having the same issue did a complete factory install with the stock image.
Then rooted not sure if that is causing my issues but, is anyone else stock not rooted having random reboots?
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Stock, updated via ota... Having 5 to 6 reboots per hour. Google is sending a replacement phone.
Maybe you have to do a factory reset.
Reason why i havent upgraded. Still on a rock solid nougat until google fix all this problems. Maybe 8.1 or so. Seem like reboot is a common problem with the pixel,. All thread about orea theres someone talking about his reboot problem in many different sites.
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Maybe you have to do a factory reset.
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Did that too. It is even rebooting in safe mode after a factory reset Hence the return...
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Did that too. It is even rebooting in safe mode after a factory reset Hence the return...
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That sounds much like a hardware failure... :crying:
I had random reboots too coming from DP4 to FInal. No more random reboots since I flashed the factory images
Is 8.0 the version that is the start of the new OS updating system? I wonder if the partitioning is getting all screwed up? I think I'll stay on 7.1.2 for a bit longer till this gets ironed out.
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Stock, bootloader unlocked, Oreo by OTA, and 1 random reboot and 1 random power off
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Not gonna upgrade to Oreo.
Is there such a way?
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Not gonna upgrade to Oreo.
Is there such a way?
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Just don't download the OTA till they send out a patch. That's what I'm doing.
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when i first updated to oreo and rooted it, i ran into the rebooting issues some of you are experiencing. i think the root of my issue was busybox. i did a clean install of oreo again the other day and rooted, but didnt put busybox on the phone. phone ran fine for a day, so i tried giving busybox another go. the reboot issues came back. hope this helps
Mine only reboots randomly if I have YouTube picture in picture enabled once I disabled it I haven't had any reboots maybe try to disable that
Just did the update a couple hours ago and so far so good. Picture in picture works too. Stock, GPE on VZW, no root or anything.
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Guys, anyone still getting random on persistent reboots on Oreo with Pixel (XL)? I'm doing my second factory reset atm and monitoring these two threads on buganiser - 1, 2. Basically people started getting reboots after upgrading to Oreo and one notable common thing is: 'Sense Key : Hardware Error [current]' which Google reps assigned to the threads read as hardware issue (probably with Toshiba's memory chips being prone to overflow/overload (?)). They haven't answered my question why is it only happening on Oreo though. I REALLY don't want to go through the warranty process again only to get a device with the same problem as I still believe it can be fixed in 8.1. Is there anyone who had similar issues that got fixed with the 8.1 Beta? Cheers!
I'm experiencing the random reboots too.
Oct. 8.0, Magisk, Root
I almost missed an alarm due to this, so I think I may go back to Nougat. Not only does it reboot, but it gets stuck in the boot screen. If I hold Power and reboot, it comes up though.
I've been having this issue where the touchscreen on my OP 5T will be working just fine but the next second just turn unresponsive to any touch, and no amount of rebooting fixes it.
So far, I've tried using the unbricking tool and restored it to OOS 5.1.3, wiped everything off the phone and tried the latest OOS 9.0.1, and even some custom ROMs like Pixel Experience, both the official Oreo version and some unofficial Pie versions.
I even tried installing custom kernels like the blu-spark kernel and the π kernel.
But here's the thing, all of these work right after making the change but the touchscreen stops working a day later. I'm still on the fence if this is a hardware or a software issue, because (do please correct me if I am wrong) a hardware issue would be if it was totally unresponsive and not work fine after installing a new ROM/kernel, which is not the case here, leading me to assume it has to be something in the software related?
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I've been having this issue where the touchscreen on my OP 5T will be working just fine but the next second just turn unresponsive to any touch, and no amount of rebooting fixes it.
So far, I've tried using the unbricking tool and restored it to OOS 5.1.3, wiped everything off the phone and tried the latest OOS 9.0.1, and even some custom ROMs like Pixel Experience, both the official Oreo version and some unofficial Pie versions.
I even tried installing custom kernels like the blu-spark kernel and the π kernel.
But here's the thing, all of these work right after making the change but the touchscreen stops working a day later. I'm still on the fence if this is a hardware or a software issue, because (do please correct me if I am wrong) a hardware issue would be if it was totally unresponsive and not work fine after installing a new ROM/kernel, which is not the case here, leading me to assume it has to be something in the software related?
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Same problem. Did you solve this problem?
Has anyone found a permanent solution to this? Or at least a reason? My op 5t also stops responding randomly to the touch. This is really bad.
I also have this problem as well. It seems that many users have this issue. OnePlus should take a close look at it
I have been having this issue for more than 6 months. The problem came after one update during android Oreo if not mistaken (Which update i can't remember)
For my phone, the screen will be unresponsive during the below occasions:
1. After rebooting the phone, touchscreen is unresponsive for up to a minute
2. When browsing pictures in gallery
3. When taking picture using portrait mode
4. When google play is updating apps
5. When google photo is backing up photos.
I am also doubting if is a hardware or software issue, because it only happened in some occasion previously for my case. Tried wipe and install stable/open beta a few times, same thing.
After the latest open beta update, it got even worst, other than the above occasions, the screen start to stop working randomly (be it watching a youtube video or using chrome), its getting annoying as i need to restart my phone a few times a day.
I saw alot of people having this issue, but has yet to raise concern of OnePlus.
I've recently had the same problem, I was still running Lineage 15.1 and had not updated my firmware in months because the official builds switched to 16, then suddenly 2 weeks ago the touch screen stops responding while I was actually using it. Reboots didn't help, clearing cache and flashing lineage didn't help. In the end I somehow got it to work again by flashing the last open beta - but even then it didn't work right after flashing it, I had to leave it over night then it mysteriously started responding again in the morning.
I've just had it happen again and I have tried removing the screen protector and completely discharging the battery as some people on the oneplus forum have reported this helps, but it did not work for me. I really can't be bothered going through the whole process of re-flashing open beta then flashing back to lineage and installing all my apps an restoring my data again, but the only other option at this point is to try take it apart to check the screen is still connected to the motherboard properly....
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I also faced this problem, then i tried to degrade it to android oreo, and somehow i never faced touch issue, i think this is a bug in android pie,
karyy said:
I also faced this problem, then i tried to degrade it to android oreo, and somehow i never faced touch issue, i think this is a bug in android pie,
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I'm not sure about that, the first time I had the issue appear I was still running oreo, as I mentioned, I hadn't updated anything in months due to the lineage nightlies switching to Pie.... That said, certainly seems like most people who have reported it mentioned upgrading to Pie
Facing same issue..
I have a similar issue too..
It started several months ago, when the screen used to randomly stop working, a quick hard reboot usually solved the issue.
But about a month ago, the screen stopped responding altogether and any amount of reboot did not work. So too the device to Oneplus service, there they flashed it to 9.0.7, and the screen started working again, and continued working for a few more hours, until it stopped responding again.
Tried flashing several times using the unbricking tool, but all efforts in vain.
Finally after a month or so, I bought a new phone, and today I just wanted to see if anything has changed on OP5T, and to my surprise, the touch screen started working again.
So this time I enabled USB Debugging, permanently enabled OTG, so that even if the screen stops working, I can use an external keyboard/mouse.
But OP5T is no longer my primary device, and hence I have moved on to a different manufacturer, as I saw absolutely no point in buying another Oneplus and god knows what will happen a year down the line...
Has anyone found a solution to this? I am facing the same problem with my oneplus 5T.
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Has anyone found a solution to this? I am facing the same problem with my oneplus 5T.
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I had the problem. Had to send it back to OnePlus. They replaced the cpu under warrenty. Call 0neplus.
i have this problem on LineageOS 16, in stock is good
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I'm not sure about that, the first time I had the issue appear I was still running oreo, as I mentioned, I hadn't updated anything in months due to the lineage nightlies switching to Pie.... That said, certainly seems like most people who have reported it mentioned upgrading to Pie
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I was just searching this issue online. I'm currently facing it as well.
Rebooting the phone makes it go away. I face this issue while charging the phone via official dash charger.
I'm running stock Oxygen OS 5.1.7 running Oreo 8.1.0. I faced this issue 6-8 months ago as well. I cleared 7gb free space in my phone then it started working fine then. My device is 64GB variant. I never updated to Android Pie.
This is a major problem in OnePlus 5 and 5t. I've seen many posts on both XDA and official oneplus forums but found no guaranteed solution so far. I was thinking of flashing custom kernel but then saw here that people are still facing this issue in custom ROMs.
I thought I had solved the problem by installing the RenderZenith kernel, which someone on the oneplus forums recommended in the thread there dealing with this issue... but it has resurfaced after a couple of months without issue. Rebooting does not fix the issue for me, I have to flash a stock firmware, and sometimes reboot a few times, before the touchscreen starts working again. I tried installing CarbonROM instead of Lineage to see if that made a difference but it lasted about a day before the problem reoccurred. I am now going to try a Q-based ROM (probably Carbon) to see if that makes any difference, but I am not hopeful. I have even had the issue occur once while I was still running stock 9.0.9 and had not yet got to reflashing a custom ROM, had to do a full wipe and reinstall the stock ROM again to get it working.
I'm about ready to throw this phone in the bin and buy something new - only problem is I don't know what. Certainly not going to waste money on another oneplus after this debacle but there aren't many other options that are good for custom ROMs. Too bad OOS is such insecure trash and Oneplus as a company cant be trusted, otherwise I might at least see how I go running stock for a while.
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I thought I had solved the problem by installing the RenderZenith kernel, which someone on the oneplus forums recommended in the thread there dealing with this issue... but it has resurfaced after a couple of months without issue. Rebooting does not fix the issue for me, I have to flash a stock firmware, and sometimes reboot a few times, before the touchscreen starts working again. I tried installing CarbonROM instead of Lineage to see if that made a difference but it lasted about a day before the problem reoccurred. I am now going to try a Q-based ROM (probably Carbon) to see if that makes any difference, but I am not hopeful. I have even had the issue occur once while I was still running stock 9.0.9 and had not yet got to reflashing a custom ROM, had to do a full wipe and reinstall the stock ROM again to get it working.
I'm about ready to throw this phone in the bin and buy something new - only problem is I don't know what. Certainly not going to waste money on another oneplus after this debacle but there aren't many other options that are good for custom ROMs. Too bad OOS is such insecure trash and Oneplus as a company cant be trusted, otherwise I might at least see how I go running stock for a while.
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Have you tried Affinity kernel? Saw a post here. But it is for OnePlus 5
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79256461&postcount=95
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Have you tried Affinity kernel? Saw a post here. But it is for OnePlus 5
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79256461&postcount=95
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No I haven't.... but I am losing faith by the minute here.... screen now stops responding even in TWRP or on a fresh install of the stock OS..... I'd say it's hardware related but seems weird that reverting to stock fixes it... sort of....
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No I haven't.... but I am losing faith by the minute here.... screen now stops responding even in TWRP or on a fresh install of the stock OS..... I'd say it's hardware related but seems weird that reverting to stock fixes it... sort of....
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Okay. So you're currently running stock ROM version 9.0.9?
Another query, did this problem occur on your phone in stock Oxygen OS v5.1.7 with Oreo 8.1. 0?
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No I haven't.... but I am losing faith by the minute here.... screen now stops responding even in TWRP or on a fresh install of the stock OS..... I'd say it's hardware related but seems weird that reverting to stock fixes it... sort of....
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Okay. So you're currently running stock ROM version 9.0.9?
Another query, did this problem occur on your phone in stock Oxygen OS v5.1.7 with Oreo 8.1. 0?
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Okay. So you're currently running stock ROM version 9.0.9?
Another query, did this problem occur on your phone in stock Oxygen OS v5.1.7 with Oreo 8.1. 0?
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Okay. So you're currently running stock ROM version 9.0.9?
Another query, did this problem occur on your phone in stock Oxygen OS v5.1.7 with Oreo 8.1. 0?
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I'm not running OOS now, but I have had the issue occur while I was. I am just re-flashing OOS to get the touchscreen to work again, but actually I can't even get the setup wizard to work once the phone boots (hangs on the "just a sec" screen), so I am usually flashing another custom ROM once the screen works again. I managed to get to about 6 hours of normal usage last night before the screen stopped responding again - after fighting with the phone all day and most times not getting much past installing magisk modules.
I am starting to think the problem is related to either Magisk, or the riru kernel hooking modules necessary for Xprivacylua (which is mandatory to install IMO) - I had been using the YAHFA module mostly but yesterday I tried Sandhook to see if it made any difference - that was when I managed to get to 6 hours instead of 30 minutes, but it was also when I went back to Magisk 19.3 instead of installing 20.2. Now that I think back, I am wondering if it was upgrading Magisk from 19.x to 20.x that made the issue resurface after a couple of months without it.... Can't remember for certain, but it seems like the most plausible explanation. I tried flashing Magisk uninstaller this time when the screen stopped, but it didn't help - only reflashing back to stock works (sometimes it even takes a few goes). Whatever the problem is, it seems like it is tripping some hardware related switch which only gets reset when installing stock FW.
the other thought I had was that perhaps the hooking framework is getting in the way - like it intercepts the screen touches before they are processed, but it bugs out for some reason and they never get passed on to the OS. I don't know enough about how it works honestly, or any idea how to go about debugging such a weird problem, so no way to look into it.
Anyway, to answer you other question - I never had the problem with OOS 5.1.7, I have never run stock OOS on my phone, but the first time I had the problem was with Lineage 15.1 Oreo 8.1.0. I can't remember if at that time I was running stock xposed or edxposed.
I'm close to my wits end here. IF the problem turns out to be magisk related, it's pretty much new phone time - I doubt even if I logged a bug report it will get looked at any time soon much less resovled, and I simply refuse to run an android phone without xprivacylua.
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Anyway, to answer you other question - I never had the problem with OOS 5.1.7, I have never run stock OOS on my phone, but the first time I had the problem was with Lineage 15.1 Oreo 8.1.0. I can't remember if at that time I was running stock xposed or edxposed.
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Edexposed is for Pie ROMS as there's been no development for Pie from official developer for xposed. Chances are you were running xposed only on Oreo 8.1.0.
Today I flashed Franco Kernel on my phone, been running smooth so far. I used to get non-responsiveness while dash charging specifically. Let's see how it goes. Will keep you updated.
Bugger it... I managed to get to 4 days or so after flashing back to LOS 16.1 / Magisk 19.3 / Edxposed YAFHA / Franco kernel, but it has just crapped out on me again.
This time I has tried a slowly-slowly approach, at first running just the stock OS and apps for a few hours, then gradually started installing magisk, riru, edexposed, then finally xprivacylua - Didn't have any problems up to there. Then I installed pico gapps, and used the Play store to do a fresh install of Mobius Final Fantasy instead of restoring from Titanium backup (this game is actually the only real reason I need gapps at all :-/). Mobius is a PITA because its like a 5Gb download, so it takes a long time to reinstall rather than restore from TB. Anyway it seemed like it was working ok for a few days after the fresh install but I just picked up the phone as couldn't unlock it. I have noticed that often the problem does occur while I am playing the game and I have wondered if there is something about it which makes it more likely to trigger, but it can't be the only thing as it happens even during the setup wizard sometimes.... bloody infuriating.
Anyway... not sure what to do now. Really CBF going through the back-to-stock dance again. Meh.