What is wrong with this? My current ROM, like most ROMs, started off fast as anything. And it is still relatively fast, it is just it has immense trouble with Text Messages, and crashes frequently when I try to use them.
Is this a Windows 6.5 problem? Is this a Windows problem? Is this a TouchFlo 3D problem? Why does it just gunk up and become almost unusable so much? I love Windows Mobile, but I just wish it would work.
Guess I'll be flashing it again soon.
well 6.5 roms around are still beta roms
so they are bound to have some issues
also if you install other programs which slow
your device down then slow is what you get
I don't install programs to slow my phone down. And I don't install many programs. Beejive and Opera are all I install. But I still have to soft reset my phone very often.
My Windows 6.1 ROMs had the same issue, except everything was slow as can be.
Try the process of elimination. Flash the phone, after it finishes and gets to the part where you align the screen, HARD RESET it again. Let it proceed til it is finished. As much as a pain in the rear, DON'T install ANYTHING other than what it came with, & DON'T tweak anything. Run it for a couple days and see what happens. If it is ok, install ONLY one program, run it for a few days and so on, adding programs one at a time, using it for a day or two and see if you spot anything. If it continues to run ok, then tweak one thing at a time.
If, on the other hand, a bare install, it still locks up, try just a different radio, or, take it all the way back the way it came from the factory, including the radio, and the SPL. Then, install (if it is an at&t phone) the factory issued update, and see what happens. If it still is acting up, warranty it for another one, sounds like a hardware problem.
Tracking down intermittent problems is a PITA, but, you have to have a lot of patience, and try things one at a time to see what is causing the problem.
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Try the process of elimination. Flash the phone, after it finishes and gets to the part where you align the screen, HARD RESET it again. Let it proceed til it is finished. As much as a pain in the rear, DON'T install ANYTHING other than what it came with, & DON'T tweak anything. Run it for a couple days and see what happens. If it is ok, install ONLY one program, run it for a few days and so on, adding programs one at a time, using it for a day or two and see if you spot anything. If it continues to run ok, then tweak one thing at a time.
If, on the other hand, a bare install, it still locks up, try just a different radio, or, take it all the way back the way it came from the factory, including the radio, and the SPL. Then, install (if it is an at&t phone) the factory issued update, and see what happens. If it still is acting up, warranty it for another one, sounds like a hardware problem.
Tracking down intermittent problems is a PITA, but, you have to have a lot of patience, and try things one at a time to see what is causing the problem.
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Hey, thanks for the advice. While you're here, what do you think of radios? My latest flash, the internet runs EXTREMELY hot on my phone, and it's never come close to that hot before. Think I could process of elimination solve this with new radios? Or new roms?
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I don't install programs to slow my phone down. And I don't install many programs. Beejive and Opera are all I install. But I still have to soft reset my phone very often.
My Windows 6.1 ROMs had the same issue, except everything was slow as can be.
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I can confirm major issues with 6.5 roms and beejive. However, I cannot remember what actually took place because I removed beejive from my device within an hour of installing it.
I guess it could be the radio. If one isn't up to snuff, and can't capture the signal then it might be trying to increase the power of the phone (transmitter) to get a good capture. I'm not up to snuff on the cellular radio, but, if it works the way I think it does, the phone uses the least amount of "RF" to get a good lock on the tower, so if the radio isn't "hearing" the tower, it has to crank up the power (even though these things only output less than a watt), the more power, the higher the drain on the battery. I had really good luck with the
1.02.25.19 Raphael radio, which fixed a bug I was having (and a lot of other people) with the GPS not locking. I then tried the newer 1.14.25.35 Raphael
radio, but, went back to the .19 radio because I was experiencing issues
with it not locking in HSPDA mode. It only wanted to lock in Edge only.
Tried flashing it several different ways, hard resets etc, no dice. I've
seen posts where two people have basically the same phone, but the same
radios won't work. Screwy...
Also, it will also depend on where you are located as to how hot your phone
might get. If you are at the fringe of a tower location, it's going to take more power. You might try, if your phone is locking in [H], to go into the comm manager, and switch off the 3G radio and, even though the internet will be slower, see if it still gets hot. If it doesn't, then that might be the issue, you're at the fringe of an HSPDA signal.
Try a different radio, can't hurt, and you can always flash back to the original radio, if you have it downloaded.
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Hey, thanks for the advice. While you're here, what do you think of radios? My latest flash, the internet runs EXTREMELY hot on my phone, and it's never come close to that hot before. Think I could process of elimination solve this with new radios? Or new roms?
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redbandana said:
I can confirm major issues with 6.5 roms and beejive. However, I cannot remember what actually took place because I removed beejive from my device within an hour of installing it.
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Beejive had a little issue a few weeks ago with logging on. I wanted to get a site-wide quest through the code or settings to see what it was using to log in.
But the issue is fixed, and Beejive works 100% the same it did on 6.1
p51d007 said:
I guess it could be the radio. If one isn't up to snuff, and can't capture the signal then it might be trying to increase the power of the phone (transmitter) to get a good capture. I'm not up to snuff on the cellular radio, but, if it works the way I think it does, the phone uses the least amount of "RF" to get a good lock on the tower, so if the radio isn't "hearing" the tower, it has to crank up the power (even though these things only output less than a watt), the more power, the higher the drain on the battery. I had really good luck with the
1.02.25.19 Raphael radio, which fixed a bug I was having (and a lot of other people) with the GPS not locking. I then tried the newer 1.14.25.35 Raphael
radio, but, went back to the .19 radio because I was experiencing issues
with it not locking in HSPDA mode. It only wanted to lock in Edge only.
Tried flashing it several different ways, hard resets etc, no dice. I've
seen posts where two people have basically the same phone, but the same
radios won't work. Screwy...
Also, it will also depend on where you are located as to how hot your phone
might get. If you are at the fringe of a tower location, it's going to take more power. You might try, if your phone is locking in [H], to go into the comm manager, and switch off the 3G radio and, even though the internet will be slower, see if it still gets hot. If it doesn't, then that might be the issue, you're at the fringe of an HSPDA signal.
Try a different radio, can't hurt, and you can always flash back to the original radio, if you have it downloaded.
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Well, see, on other flashes, my phone did not get this hot. Not unless I had it on all night playing videos on my TV. Now it burns up in seconds. So I really doubt it's the radio... but I don't know what would make it do this.
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Well, see, on other flashes, my phone did not get this hot. Not unless I had it on all night playing videos on my TV. Now it burns up in seconds. So I really doubt it's the radio... but I don't know what would make it do this.
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I had the same issue when I was flashing multiple ROMs till I read the thread about the rildll sticky on the first page of the ROM development section fo the forums. Once I installed the right cab file from the thread to my phone the issue was solved.
barrydavisjr said:
I had the same issue when I was flashing multiple ROMs till I read the thread about the rildll sticky on the first page of the ROM development section fo the forums. Once I installed the right cab file from the thread to my phone the issue was solved.
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Okay I checked the thread out (even the "what is rildill?) but I am a little confused over what this is, and how I find the right one for my phone.
And I just install the CAB and I'm good? It sounds like it could be very dangerous...
depending on which radio you installed, you'll want to make sure you have the right rilphone file. I think if you install the wrong one, it won't work at all (as a phone anyway)..
The thing is, I never installed a radio. That is what confuses me about this sudden really hotness of my phone.
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Just wanted to see where I'm at on the scale
As rare as possible.
Do not forget, PocketPC is a kind of PC and it depends on you how much you waste your OS etc.
To be completely honest, I have my HTC Cruise for 3 months and I had Qtek8310 smartphone previously for 2 years - and I did no HR yet.
Simply - not needed
Almost never. Only to install new ROMs but then, I don't do that often, only when there's a significant improvement. I never had to HR to fix a problem, there are usually other ways. For the matter, I never had to reinstall Windows to fix a problem and managed to keep it stable for years before moving on to other OSes.
Cheers!
Frequently/several times a year. Not necessarily to load a new ROM, but just to get back to a clean(er) state from playing around with various apps and settings.
just whenever i flash a new rom
Between occasionally and rare. Depending if there's a really good ROM or I was testing a lot of programs.
JwY said:
Between occasionally and rare. Depending if there's a really good ROM or I was testing a lot of programs.
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About the same for me when I had my 8525 and have not flashed my Tilt yet.
bapssystupr3m3 said:
just whenever i flash a new rom
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Same here...just when flashing new OS Rom's.
occasionally. i always test out programs a lot and most of them leave unwanted files around here and there. using pocket mechanic isnt a good idea for me. cos i jus want a fresh start again to keep ma elf going as flawlessly smooth as possible.
I have my Cruise for 3 month and...no HR.
Maybe in the future if a better Rom appears
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Couldn't agree more
ayyu3m said:
occasionally. i always test out programs a lot and most of them leave unwanted files around here and there. using pocket mechanic isnt a good idea for me. cos i jus want a fresh start again to keep ma elf going as flawlessly smooth as possible.
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except I'm formatting every couple of days, I love the fresh start
I choose "Rarely - Only When I suffer Serious Problems", but usually I also flash a new ROM in such a situation.
Worth pointing out that a hard reset is not the same as a soft reset.
Soft reset - when something hangs and you want to reboot and not lose settings
Hard reset - causing the phone to reinitialise internal memory; loses settings, triggers an initial setup routine to calibrate screen, enter owner details, etc.
For me, I only do a HR when I update the ROM, which has been exactly twice. Thus the options in the survey don't fit - "Occasionally" seems to imply that people that only HR to update a ROM do it fairly often!
I tend to do a hard reset about every three months or so. I also try out different apps here and there, and they usually leave things behind that clog the phone up after enough time has passed by. A hard reset keeps memory high and the OS running smooth.
As of late, my new Fuze (the 3rd one, I exchanged the other ones out because they got kinda scratched up) has been showing poor performance. And then today, the touch screen just stopped working. It still registers the touch, but it's like no matter where I touch it can only go to one of the two soft keys. Has anyone else been having this problem?
I'm going in to switch it out again, but I'm really not sure if I want to keep using the Fuze...overall, it's slow, buggy, and the GPS is trash. I love the phone, but it's just not working.
Are you using the stock ROM or did you use one of the cooked ROMs? I have a Fuze (upgraded from a Tilt) and everything works fine on mine. I read that a lot of people are having issues with the GPS. I did initially --- I could not get any GPS connectivity. I ran HTP GPS Tool and everything worked fine after that. Even after I flash another ROM it works fine. I use TomTom and GoogleMaps regularly and even GoogleMaps can get a GPS lock within 1 minute.
You may want to check the settings for the TouchFlo. Download DiamondTweak and Advanced Config 3.3. They have settings to improve the sensitivity of the touch screen... maybe you need this or at least give it a try.
As for slow, I think this has to do more with the ROM. Since I got my Fuze, the first thing I did was flash one of the cooked ROMs (of course, after HardSPL ).
Good luck.
I'm using the stock ROM, I'm kind of scared to flash a new one. I did all the performance tweaks and it made a pretty big difference, but it's still kind of slow. I can live with it though. The GPS works occasionally, but it isn't nearly as strong as other phones I've used/seen. And the touchscreen problem has nothing to do with the sensitivity, I'm fairly positive it's broken. Like, when I touch somewhere on the screen, it registers the touch as far to the left as possible (ie. I'm trying to close a program or open the task manager and it registers the touch as pressing the Start button). It may have something to do with the fact that I cleaned the screen with a monitor wipe, although I would assume that that shouldn't affect anything. It's just such a coincidence though; I literally used the monitor wipe like 2-3 minutes before it broke or screwed up or whatever. And it's not a software issue. I hard-reset it and it took a good 20 minutes to get past the screen alignment (I think it just gave up on me and went to the next screen). I'm just going to exchange it out for a new one I guess, although I'd really prefer an Xperia X1 at this point (or any point I guess...I just don't want to spend 700 dollars on it)
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As of late, my new Fuze (the 3rd one, I exchanged the other ones out because they got kinda scratched up) has been showing poor performance. And then today, the touch screen just stopped working. It still registers the touch, but it's like no matter where I touch it can only go to one of the two soft keys. Has anyone else been having this problem?
I'm going in to switch it out again, but I'm really not sure if I want to keep using the Fuze...overall, it's slow, buggy, and the GPS is trash. I love the phone, but it's just not working.
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Dude, I hear ya..... I'm getting the same issue, it registers touch etc, you press your home key it vibrates you softrest with button on back and it starts up and I know its booted WM as I can hear the windows startup sound, It's not the first time this has happened to me, one other time after flashing a cooked rom, It did the same thing then I managed to blindly navigate the device into the bootloader then reflash the device, the screen suddenly decided to come back on at the "tap to setup device" stage, you know with the screen alignment...., then I did like 2 hard resets, cause at the time I thought that this was something to do with it, then everything has been working good as gold up untill last night when I flashed the cooks latest version, it worked for a lil bit but in my messing around with the device, the screen switched off then stayed off, I've been trying the same process that I tryed before, but it's not working, maybe I should of did the 2 hard resets straight away rather then fart arsing around loading cabs etc...?, not sure, as I'm at a loss with this one... maybe it was just on it's way out, upto HTC heaven and there's nothing I can do about it ?, God, I hope not !!, MY next thing I'm going to try is load a stock HTC ROM onto the storage card, and maybe that will work...hmmm??, anyway...do you know anymore or are you at a loss as well ?... Oh BTW, I'm using a Touch HD, with a manilla 2.5, 6.5 ROM, from one of the popular chefs, (I'm not gonna publish the chefs name) as I think it's not really his fault....everyone else seems to be OK, so must be something else, I've wondered sometimes about the amount of writes available on some types of memorys having something to do with it, but it can't be that..?, something with the screen, I've noticed it happens when the battery is running real hot as well !!, anyway if ya find out something, I'm keen to hear as well, as no one seems to be answering my post about it.....
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Same happened to me in the past and now, well I have to live with it. "Black Screen of Death"
I tried upgrade the radio, and it seems to occur less often and has never happened if I use Energy Titanium 21916 (the version without sense).
It especially happens very often if I use beautiful roms, the eye candy ones sense 2.5 29022.
It happen to all the lovely roms from Mighty, Energy, Sharkie I really would love to use.
The only rom recommend you is the Energy Titanium 21916, though it does not look pro like other glossy ones but it's the most mighty.
One thing you may try is to set it to just CDMA or GSM and at the same time use Bandswitch 2.9 and just force it to stick to what you ask it to do (UMITS or 3G). I do this and it seems to solve the probem.
Good luck
loithuxua said:
I tried upgrade the radio, and it seems to occur less often and has never happened if I use Energy Titanium 21916 (the version without sense).
One thing you may try is to set it to just CDMA or GSM and at the same time use Bandswitch 2.9 and just force it to stick to what you ask it to do (UMITS or 3G). I do this and it seems to solve the probem.
Good luck
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I'm currently using energy titanium 21916. It's still happened to me. Though now it no longer freezes on the standby screen, instead it will not allow me to lock the screen (turns back on again straight away) and no other applications will launch. Effectively requiring me to remove the battery
Bandswitch 2.9 is not free, what does it do exactly? just force a certain frequency?
I found a setting in the rom somewhere to force GSM & 900+2100mhz frequency though it hasn't seemed to help.
I have the exact same issue. Mine started on 8/26 right after I dropped my phone. I've been using XDAndroid as well as this is the only way the phone works properly. As soon as the screen shuts off in Windows, it will not come back on no matter what I try, but everything else works including answering/redialing/ending calls. I'm assuming it's some type of file corruption somewhere since the battery popped out when it fell (which has happened many times). The issue was present from the first power on after the drop. Hopefully someone has an answer to how this can be fixed. Won't matter much if we get a NAND update soon!
thought I should post an update, i've stuck with energy rom titanium 6.1 for now and thus far its been ok. I've not had it freeze after standby, rather it'll refuse to turn the screen off (comes straight back on). But thats because the phone is busy doing whatever it does. If I wait a few seconds it's usually ok
This is still usually caused by the phone after a call, whereby it may hang for some seconds or a minute. I know its not the most ideal solution but it may help narrow down a possible cause. It may or may not be the radio itself at fault but if it is, the freezing is rather a result of the OS. Perhaps the radio is sending something and titanium is able to process whatever it is (albeit slowly) whereas other roms just tend to get stuck on it
I know its not the most ideal solution but giving energy rom titanium a go might be worthwhile if your phone is as crucial to you as it is to me. Besides, i'm actually quite happy with titanium now, it's certainly A LOT faster than sense. And with a drop down menu vs regular start screen it's more intuitive and faster to get around as well
The problem's solved with 6.1 version with SPB mobile shell. Phone works fine now.
Within around the last two weeks, my Inspire 4g has been randomly shutting itself off. Not rebooting, just plain and simple off just like i had done a battery pull. I have flashed a few ROM's, but the all seem to have no effect. It seems to do it very excessively whilst Im at my house where I dont have very good reception (Have to out it in a window to text or call) almost rendering it useless, but only occasionally while Im out and about with good signal. I'm not sure if this is due to an undervolted kernel that has happened to be on every ROM ive tried, or if its a radio issue. I would really appreciate any thoughts! Im currently running Virtuous Unity, and my radio is 12.39.60.19U_26.06.04.06_M
You definitely need to update your radio. Try using 26.10.04.03. This is the gingerbread radio made for our phones. I think vu has the ril for 26.13.04.19, but either will work. Also make sure there is no overclock set as some phones can't hang. The undervolting could cause issues but not likely. You would see a lot more people with the same issue and you don't.
Well I succesfully installed the radio you suggested, but it was to no avail. It is still having the same exact problem. It only rebooted twice today while I was in school and had strong signal. But now that Im home, its going mad again. Ive noticed that if its left plugged in it wont tend to shutoff nearly as much, like when i have signal. Im pretty puzzled, and dont want to have to purchase a new phone. Im thinking of reverting back to the stock unrooted ROM and seeing if I still experience any issues.
Maybe your battery is failing and not delivering the right voltage. It would make sense that when the phone is on battery and has to do a full work load that it just crashes. PCs do the same thing when their power supply is going bad. Either that or the board. You could unroot and then reroot wiping your sd card too just to rule out software.
I just unrooted and am now back to stock GB ROM, and im still getting reboots. I installed about 20 mins ago, and have had 3 shutoffs. It looks like I may be ordering a new battery soon and if all else fails, looks like ill get to have some target practice! lol I just cant figure why it isnt doing it so bad when I have a good signal. I spent a weekend with a friend, had service the whole time, and didnt experience a single shutoff! It has just gotten so terrible within the last few days, i cant even use my phone at my house anymore!
I also just noticed that when i try to take a picture or video, it crashes. It may be the battery, since the camera uses a lot of battery. Hopefully that's my issue!
I have usually found random shutdowns or restarts to be due to a memory leak or a bad battery. I haven't seen anyone posting about a memory leak. I would bet it is the battery.
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Well Im about to go see if my local att store has a battery for it in stock. If they do, Ill see how it works and report back!
Mine was shutting off in my pocket at work. At the same time my sim card was going bad and would also randomly show the "restart phone or shutdown" msg. Finally replaced the sim and it stopped both problems so far.
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I think my phone has done that once before, but only like twice at the most. If the battery isnt the problem, ill try the sim. Ill have my brother put his sim in my phone and see if he gets the same results before i order a battery since my local att store doesnt carry any batteries and Id like a solution asap.
Well it turns out it was my battery after all! Really glad it wasnt anything major! I popped my buddy's battery in my phone, and shes running like a dream!
Thank you for your posts. I have been having a similar problem and I thought it was something I had done. I will get an upgraded battery and try that. This was very helpful for me.
Tom
I thought for sure it was going to be something that would require a new phone! Im waiting on my new battery in the mail. It should arrive tomorrow, and ill be back in business!
so prior to being on venom 4.2, i was on venom 3.xx. i had no problems prior.
i flash 4.2, and had no problems related to the camera not working. i had other problems though, after reflashing 4.2 those problems went away, but now a new problem came up.
after a restart, i can use the camera maybe once, or take one photo. after that, the screen through the camera will be frozen on screen. i can still take pictures, but it will only be off what is on the screen. after closing the camera, or force closing it,upon trying to open the camera app again, it barely loads, then force closes automatically and i get an "unable to start camera" bubble on screen. i can see only the grid outline of the camera, off center and such very briefly ontop of my wallpaper.
i can do a reset on my phone, and resume taking pictures, sometimes i am fine to continue, other times its the same problem. this is a very common recurring problem for me.
looking at my apps, i see 2 cameras installed, one is the new 5.0, and the other is the old 4.xx camera. i have frozen the 4.xx camera before through titanium, and it doesnt fix it. should i uninstall the 4.xx camera altogether?
subsequent reflashing of this rom doesnt fix this issue. and i dont know what else to do rather than reflashing the rom from a blank slate. previous reflashings have been on top of the current rom.
i would rather not have to start new as this phone has crappy amoint of space, and i cannot back up all my apps and settings.
i dont know if it is kernel related. prior to 4.2 i was using elemental x, after 4.2 i switched to beastmode since i wasnt soff.
is there perhaps a way i can manually start the camera through root browser?
If you've got both versions of camera in your app drawer I'm guessing you dirty flashed the ROM, which has most likely caused your problems. Clean flash the ROM and see if it fixes your issue. This is why I'm totally against dirty flashing anything.
I don't understand how you don't have space to back up your apps, I have a backup of every app I've ever used and still have tons of space left over. The fact that you mention backing up settings troubles me, restoring system settings after flashing a new ROM will more than likely cause problems for you.
When you're flashing a ROM don't do it the lazy way, do it the right way, perform a full wipe (cache/dalvik cache/factory reset/system) and start clean. It only takes a few minutes to setup your ROM from scratch. Restore your apps but don't restore any system data.
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thanks for the reply.
as suggested, I did a complete reset. wiped the caches, factory reset, and system reset.
installed from scratch. But i am still having the camera issue?
now its just not loading at all. black screen, then close. no error message. and no unable to start message.
could it perhaps be a hardware issue at this point?
without restoring anything, under apps, I still see two instances of the camera app. one at 5.1, and one at 4.2.2. can anyone confirm this is normal?
the only thing out of the ordinary, within the past few months, my phone has been getting crazy hot at times. specifically right below the lens of the rear camera. I was getting this heat from charging, or even certain apps. Definitely attribute that to the age of the phone. as apps that ran smooth when the phone was new, no longer are so.
I dont know if the heat can cause hardware damage?
also, not sure how relevant this is in the context of my situation. but apps that use the camera do not work either when the camera is needed, such as snapchat and instagram.
Since the clean flash did you at least end up with only the more recent version of the camera in your app drawer? You could be looking at some kind of hardware malfunction, or even a problem with the ImageSense proprietary chip that is utilised to operate the camera. The fact that the camera works sometimes would suggest that all is not lost. Have you tried flashing an aosp ROM to see if anything changes? I'd suggest trying that, and if that doesn't work you should try running an RUU to see if a completely stock setup will help.
The phone heating up near the camera lens isn't abnormal for this device. The amount that it heats up can change significantly depending on the ROM/kernel that you're running. You should definitely try not to use CPU intensive apps while the device is charging.
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Since the clean flash did you at least end up with only the more recent version of the camera in your app drawer? You could be looking at some kind of hardware malfunction, or even a problem with the ImageSense proprietary chip that is utilised to operate the camera. The fact that the camera works sometimes would suggest that all is not lost. Have you tried flashing an aosp ROM to see if anything changes? I'd suggest trying that, and if that doesn't work you should try running an RUU to see if a completely stock setup will help.
The phone heating up near the camera lens isn't abnormal for this device. The amount that it heats up can change significantly depending on the ROM/kernel that you're running. You should definitely try not to use CPU intensive apps while the device is charging.
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no, the clean flash still left both cameras in my "manage apps", i have never seen two camera icons in my app drawer.
as of right now, i cannot get the camera to run in any way. even with a reboot. The only reason I really did the clean reflash, was because the camera wasnt working at all today. I did a bit more digging around, and it seems like this is a fairly common problem for the one x. there seems to be quite a few people, even on stock roms, that cannot seem to remedy this. and a few have chalked it up to a hardware problem, some have been confirmed, and others not so much.
I really dislike flashing this phone. ive encountered so many hiccups and scares(mainly a few soft bricks here and there). I really prefer the "if its not broken, it doesnt need fixing approach" here, granted my camera is shot.
one of the reflashes today was giving me wifi errors with wifi not even turning on. I really want to avoid potentially more problems, unless a fix is deemed more definite. Thank you for all your help timmaaa!
im just in need of a new phone now. so many problems, and so many things the phone can no longer do effectively. random reboots, overheating, battery life, even the charging rate. this phone has become crap. Ive always hated the lack of expandable memory. I really dont know why I didnt choose a different phone over this at the time.
i really like the htc one, but i feel like many of the nuisances in the one X will follow over.
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no, the clean flash still left both cameras in my "manage apps", i have never seen two camera icons in my app drawer.
as of right now, i cannot get the camera to run in any way. even with a reboot. The only reason I really did the clean reflash, was because the camera wasnt working at all today. I did a bit more digging around, and it seems like this is a fairly common problem for the one x. there seems to be quite a few people, even on stock roms, that cannot seem to remedy this. and a few have chalked it up to a hardware problem, some have been confirmed, and others not so much.
I really dislike flashing this phone. ive encountered so many hiccups and scares(mainly a few soft bricks here and there). I really prefer the "if its not broken, it doesnt need fixing approach" here, granted my camera is shot.
one of the reflashes today was giving me wifi errors with wifi not even turning on. I really want to avoid potentially more problems, unless a fix is deemed more definite. Thank you for all your help timmaaa!
im just in need of a new phone now. so many problems, and so many things the phone can no longer do effectively. random reboots, overheating, battery life, even the charging rate. this phone has become crap. Ive always hated the lack of expandable memory. I really dont know why I didnt choose a different phone over this at the time.
i really like the htc one, but i feel like many of the nuisances in the one X will follow over.
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There's nothing wrong with this phone. Given the right amount of knowledge and care the thing doesn't skip a beat. Even though there is no such thing as a soft brick (a phone is either bricked or it isn't), whatever it is that people experience in those so called "soft brick" instances is caused by user error 99% of the time. I've seen it time and time again.
Any phone available on the market can experience any amount of issues if it isn't handled correctly. You got unlucky and your camera is most likely shot, but any other problem you've encountered comes with the territory of flashing unofficial firmware and software, it isn't anything wrong with the device itself. These are possibilities you need to be comfortable with if you're going to modify your device.
Yea, I assumed there were gonna be risks when I rooted my phone. Dont know if any of the issues I had were related to rooting or not.
The soft brick scare I had was due to a flash that went wrong for no apparent reason.
another update on my phone. I noticed my front facing camera has no issues whatsoever. unluckily for me, I cannot even access my camera, to toggle to the front facing camera to even attempt to check it out. Instagram also does not allow me to switch either, it just gives me an error saying it cannot connect to a camera, then closes. snapchat's rear facing camera is just a black screen for me, but it doesnt force close, so I am able to toggle to the front camera, and it works just fine.
is there a setting or something I can modify, for now, so the front facing camera is the default?
my brother's one x recently went out this year too. I am gonna try to salvage his camera, and see if it will fix my problem.
I have not taken apart this phone yet, is the camera soldered or held in with connectors?
Have you tried an RUU yet like I previously suggested?
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chinaman_chong said:
I really dislike flashing this phone. ive encountered so many hiccups and scares(mainly a few soft bricks here and there). I really prefer the "if its not broken, it doesnt need fixing approach" here, granted my camera is shot.
one of the reflashes today was giving me wifi errors with wifi not even turning on. I really want to avoid potentially more problems, unless a fix is deemed more definite.
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If a couple hiccups and scares are too much for your, then it might be that modding phones is not for you. These types of things happen time to time to even those experienced with flashing ROMs. Occasional setbacks and troubleshooting is just part of the game. If that is too much for you, than don't play.
As timmaaa already mentioned, failure to boot is not the phone's fault; and its almost always a matter of user error and not following the procedures properly.
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im just in need of a new phone now. so many problems, and so many things the phone can no longer do effectively. random reboots, overheating, battery life, even the charging rate. this phone has become crap. Ive always hated the lack of expandable memory. I really dont know why I didnt choose a different phone over this at the time.
i really like the htc one, but i feel like many of the nuisances in the one X will follow over.
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Random software errors like random rebooting, overheating, etc. are often easily remedied with the proper steps. They are likely not issue with the phone itself, but rather a result of improper steps while flashing the ROMs. I've flashed many ROMs on this device, and have never suffered any such issues that I couldn't solve easily.
As for your other complaints about the phone (lack of expandable memory, why you didn't choose another phone), I don't know why you even posted them, as they are not constructive. Those still on this forum are mostly here because we love the phone and remain loyal to it. Your comments aren't going to help your issue, and will only annoy fans of the device. Better to keep such comments to yourself.
If you hate the phone so much, go buy another one and be done with it. But crying about it isn't going to solve anything.
I would suggest you follow timmaaa's advice, and flash the appropriate RUU to "start over". S-off is highly recommended before RUU, as running certain RUUs with S-on and SuperCID will brick the phone.
I have the same device and the same problem.
It doesn't depends of firmware or kernel or camera app..
I thought it's hardware problem but it is not. Because i was changing the camera module and it doesn't helps((
Don't know what to do with this issue(