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I am getting random reboots and I am unable to figure out what is causing the problem and I have not found any thread about random reboots with the Captivate.
haojan said:
I am getting random reboots and I am unable to figure out what is causing the problem and I have not found any thread about random reboots with the Captivate.
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Provide us with more information. Is your phone rooted, on a custom ROM maybe, what have you been doing to your phone, when did this start happening, etc.
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I started with stock, rooted, non-market apps, unhelpful kernel v1.2, removed AT&T bloatware. LCD density @ 180. Tried One Click Lag Fix v1.0 and v2.2 and uninstalled. Juice Defender to manage 3G. Juice Plotter to track battery.
After messing around with it, I encountered a reset of the default launcher selection each time I long pressed the home button to bring up the recently used programs. I then did a hard reset and that fixed that problem. After the hard reset, my Captivate ran great! I found it responsive and fast enough without the need to try and apply any lagfix.
I then reinstalled my selected applications. My phone started to randomly reboot about once a day. I noticed Juice Plotter's data would be lost and it had to rebuild. It also happened to reboot on me once while I was using it. Other than that, it has not really affected my usability.
If it hasn't affected your usability, do you want to fix it?
If you do want to fix it, then the best way is to restore to Stock and add things slowly until you determine the problem. If you return to Stock and it still reboots, then you have a hardware issue.
It doesn't "quite" affect usability but it is not working "normally" either.
Was hoping to see if anyone else have experienced random reboots and how to troubleshoot it. If not, I will try out Odin one-click flash to stock...
I have been trying to figure out why my cpu is always maxed out, so I downloaded OS monitor and noticed that the /init process is using a constant 90-98% cpu usage. Is this normal?
kevinpc said:
I have been trying to figure out why my cpu is always maxed out, so I downloaded OS monitor and noticed that the /init process is using a constant 90-98% cpu usage. Is this normal?
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No, it is not.
/init for me right now is 0%
Are you running any mods like a custom rom, or setcpu, or anything like that?
I'm using stock, so nothing.
What is the init process for, maybe I can determine if an app is causing this.
I have also killed it and it comes right back on.
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Okay I have simply done a reboot battery pull and it killed it. I am still wondering what triggered it to happen, but thanks for your reply.
kevinpc said:
I'm using stock, so nothing.
What is the init process for, maybe I can determine if an app is causing this.
I have also killed it and it comes right back on.
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in a nutshell, init is supposed to be what starts all your services and anything that's been added to the init.rc script at boot up time for the phone.
Have you tried running a logcat to see if anything's revealed in the log (there's an app for that (alogcat on the Market) if you don't know how with adb or a terminal app on the phone itself).
I've read that for some other devices with this issue that enabling debugging (Menu/settings/applications/development/now turn on Usb debugging) solves the problem for them.
You might also look at settings/about/battery usage, and see if something there is chewing up the battery besides Android system.
Try system panel and see what that says. Or run the top command in terminal and see...
Issue is back!
RogerPodacter said:
Try system panel and see what that says. Or run the top command in terminal and see...
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This issue has popped up a few more time now, I can resolve it by a battery pull, but it always seems to pop back up. I looked at System Panel and i don't see any particular apps using the cpu other than Panel, but still processes has /init at 95% load.
What log app should i use and how do i post it where it is not to long for the post max characters?
kevinpc said:
This issue has popped up a few more time now, I can resolve it by a batter pull, but it always seems to pop back up. I looked at System Panel and i don't see any particular apps using the cpu other than Panel, but still processes has /init at 95% load.
What log app should i use and how do i post it where it is not to long for the post max characters?
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Grab aLogcat from the Market, or just hook up to the computer (if you have adb on it) and type in "adb logcat" from the terminal command line.
You can save it as a text file and attach it to a post here, or use pastebin website.
distortedloop said:
Grab aLogcat from the Market, or just hook up to the computer (if you have adb on it) and type in "adb logcat" from the terminal command line.
You can save it as a text file and attach it to a post here, or use pastebin website.
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Hope this helps. I have performed a factory reset today, but i do have my apps backed up by google servers so everything that was on there before is back on again, and so the /init process has resumed its normal heavy load again. Here is the log from alogcat.
Going through the log i didn't see anything suspicious, but I have an untrained eye.
next time it happens, run the Top command which should show all cpu processes using your resources at that time. dont reboot first so you dont clear away the bug.
i think there is even an app on the market called "top" which will do the command for you so you dont have to deal with it in terminal.
i dont see anything particular in your logcat. did the issue happen during the time period of this log?
kevinpc said:
I have been trying to figure out why my cpu is always maxed out, so I downloaded OS monitor and noticed that the /init process is using a constant 90-98% cpu usage. Is this normal?
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i occasionally get this on my htc legend with official unrooted 2.2. i just reboot to fix it because the phone is near unusable when this is occurring. it is a pain though. it never happened under 2.1 official
i just bought a nexus s and waiting for it to come in the mail so im not too fussed about the legend. i wonder if it has anything to do with some market app...
had the same issue on my samsung vibrant. to get rid of the issue i turn debugging on and rebooted the phone at least once a day (in the morning when i wake up).
RogerPodacter said:
next time it happens, run the Top command which should show all cpu processes using your resources at that time. dont reboot first so you dont clear away the bug.
i think there is even an app on the market called "top" which will do the command for you so you dont have to deal with it in terminal.
i dont see anything particular in your logcat. did the issue happen during the time period of this log?
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Here is the log from TOP running from Terminal Emulator, I this report doesnt seem to breakdown what exactly is using or causing the high cpu usage just states that it is in use by usr and system. By the way this is stock 2.3 Nexus S.
I also didn't see anything stand out in your logcat. Not going to bother looking at the top, since it's easy enough to read and you've reported it.
Have you tried a factory reset of the device? Pain in the butt to re-setup the phone, but might resolve the situation.
If it were me, I'd factory reset, install minimal must-have apps only and test it for a day. If the problem doesn't resurface start adding back the nice-to-have apps and monitor performance.
If the problem does resurface after a fresh reset and minimal apps, I'd take the thing back and exchange it. Something's not right with the phone at that point.
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If it were me, I'd factory reset, install minimal must-have apps only and test it for a day. If the problem doesn't resurface start adding back the nice-to-have apps and monitor performance.
If the problem does resurface after a fresh reset and minimal apps, I'd take the thing back and exchange it. Something's not right with the phone at that point.
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Ok I have performed a factory reset also deleting all sd information. Will only use stock G, for a day or two without any installed apps or launchers, we will see if this is a stock bug, market bug, or hardware bug. Hopefully.
P.S. what is Best Buy return policy? j/k
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kevinpc said:
Here is the log from TOP running from Terminal Emulator, I this report doesnt seem to breakdown what exactly is using or causing the high cpu usage just states that it is in use by usr and system. By the way this is stock 2.3 Nexus S.
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well crap on me, you're right, top doesnt necessarily break out the processes. i'm so used to system panel i guess i just forgot.
damn i dont know how else to track down your bug. you already posted a logcat when this bug happened. not sure what else to do.
RogerPodacter said:
well crap on me, you're right, top doesnt necessarily break out the processes. i'm so used to system panel i guess i just forgot.
damn i dont know how else to track down your bug. you already posted a logcat when this bug happened. not sure what else to do.
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Well I have done everything possible to resolve this bug, and now it is back with a factory reset using almost zero applications. And we are 100% sure this isnt a normal process? Well if not I guess its back to best buy after work tomorrow. I hate being disappointed.
kevinpc said:
Well I have done everything possible to resolve this bug, and now it is back with a factory reset using almost zero applications. And we are 100% sure this isnt a normal process? Well if not I guess its back to best buy after work tomorrow. I hate being disappointed.
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Yes, I am sure that it is not normal to have the init process stuck at 100%.
ryan562 said:
had the same issue on my samsung vibrant. to get rid of the issue i turn debugging on and rebooted the phone at least once a day (in the morning when i wake up).
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Just to finish this thread up, this did actually fix the problem, i turned debugging on, went immediately to OS Monitor and watched the /init process go from 97% to 0%, but unfortunately I don't find this acceptable with an expensive phone such as this. So I will go exchange the Nexus S for a new one and cross my fingers, if it happens to happen on the next one, I will go back to my Nexus One that is sitting in my top drawer just for instances such as this.
Thanks for your replies.
kevinpc
kevinpc said:
Just to finish this thread up, this did actually fix the problem, i turned debugging on, went immediately to OS Monitor and watched the /init process go from 97% to 0%, but unfortunately I don't find this acceptable with an expensive phone such as this. So I will go exchange the Nexus S for a new one and cross my fingers, if it happens to happen on the next one, I will go back to my Nexus One that is sitting in my top drawer just for instances such as this.
Thanks for your replies.
kevinpc
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It does appear to be an idiosyncrasy of your phone. I always run with debugging on anyways, since some root apps require it, but for testing purposes I just turned it off, checked init process (0%), rebooted to be sure, checked init process (still 0%).
This was an interesting one...before closing out the thread for good, please come back and let us know if the replacement unit behaves the same way for you or not.
I didn't think this would be a development thread so i'm starting it here. This is just some of the random issues I'm having.. and was wondering if anyone else was having these or any other issues.
The unknown notification on lockscreen is apparently for other people too.. and i've noticed it's dealing with the stock messaging app. Has anyone figured out how to turn off the counter on the stock launcher for the stock messaging app if you're using a different app like Handcent?
Random lockups. My phone will not come out of sleep.. or i won't be able to unlock it. nothing will be on the screen and i have to pull the battery in order to do anything.
random FC of an app.. or just not even notified of the FC just get this vibrate then double vibrate and everything crashes back to the home screen. First did it when i started setting up the device. and done it a few times since. I've also had one time that was continuous of "vibrate...double vibrate" over and over and over and over.. you get the picture.. and i had to pull the battery.
Is anyone else having these issues or anything similar? Or should I run back to the store and exchange this sucker?
syph0r said:
I didn't think this would be a development thread so i'm starting it here. This is just some of the random issues I'm having.. and was wondering if anyone else was having these or any other issues.
The unknown notification on lockscreen is apparently for other people too.. and i've noticed it's dealing with the stock messaging app. Has anyone figured out how to turn off the counter on the stock launcher for the stock messaging app if you're using a different app like Handcent?
Random lockups. My phone will not come out of sleep.. or i won't be able to unlock it. nothing will be on the screen and i have to pull the battery in order to do anything.
random FC of an app.. or just not even notified of the FC just get this vibrate then double vibrate and everything crashes back to the home screen. First did it when i started setting up the device. and done it a few times since. I've also had one time that was continuous of "vibrate...double vibrate" over and over and over and over.. you get the picture.. and i had to pull the battery.
Is anyone else having these issues or anything similar? Or should I run back to the store and exchange this sucker?
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No problems here at the moment, had it about a week and havent seen any of the problems you are mentioning. But this is just for me.
I get this hard crash (vibrate... double vibrate... soft reboot) at random times. It seems to be when I'm running several apps at once. For example, driving to work,I use (Google) Navigation and Doggcatcher for playing podcasts, while GPS and Bluetooth are both enabled.
These apps have been rock solid for me with the 5 other Android phones I've had. Besides, the crashes happen with other combinations of apps. Come to think of it, audio playback is usually (always?) involved, be it with Xiia or the stupid built-in music app.
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random FC of an app.. or just not even notified of the FC just get this vibrate then double vibrate and everything crashes back to the home screen. First did it when i started setting up the device. and done it a few times since. I've also had one time that was continuous of "vibrate...double vibrate" over and over and over and over.. you get the picture.. and i had to pull the battery.
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Randy Power said:
I get this hard crash (vibrate... double vibrate... soft reboot) at random times. It seems to be when I'm running several apps at once. For example, driving to work,I use (Google) Navigation and Doggcatcher for playing podcasts, while GPS and Bluetooth are both enabled.
These apps have been rock solid for me with the 5 other Android phones I've had. Besides, the crashes happen with other combinations of apps. Come to think of it, audio playback is usually (always?) involved, be it with Xiia or the stupid built-in music app.
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that's what i've been noticing. but sometimes i'm not even running many apps. i haven't put much on the phone since i've been having these issues, but these apps work perfectly even on my G1. i think i'm just having odd issues with my phone pretty sure its getting exchanged on monday.
I hav the odd vibrating too...Not sure if I should return the phone or not.
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i think the "odd vibrating" where its a single vibration.. then 2 quick vibrations.. is a sign of an FC.. not 100% sure.. but thats what i see going on when it happens to me. I've also noticed when i'm outside and thinks i'm selecting things or moving the trackball thing. always to the right.. i think my phone is faulty..
syph0r said:
i think the "odd vibrating" where its a single vibration.. then 2 quick vibrations.. is a sign of an FC.. not 100% sure.. but thats what i see going on when it happens to me. I've also noticed when i'm outside and thinks i'm selecting things or moving the trackball thing. always to the right.. i think my phone is faulty..
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I like that it vibrate to tell you, but other people don't get that?Maybe mines is faulty too?
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I get the double vibrate and bam, FC's. Usually when im trying to open up and or lots of stuff at once on my phone or using a different launcher "adw" or others and it would happen. Wheres the fix ey.
is anyone having a problem with notifications? i use GoSms, and it doesn't seem to sound the ringtone i have selected, the message just comes in silently..... and same with Beejive IM, and i think K9 mail. all these things worked perfectly on my EPIC 4G.
i was using handcent.. and it was working fine.. minus the unlock screen unknown notification. but everything else has been making sounds just fine.
syph0r said:
i was using handcent.. and it was working fine.. minus the unlock screen unknown notification. but everything else has been making sounds just fine.
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Dang ok, well I may have to unroot mine if possible, and take it back, haha. So I'll be watching for a response to your question in the other thread.
Edit: I fixed my notifications..... somehow my notification volume had been turned all the way down, so I wasn't getting any sounds for texts, emails, etc. Not sure how it got turned down, but sometimes I guess settings can get jarred by various things we do to our phones.
I just upgraded to cm7 and now sometimes when I try to install an app from an apk file it wont let me hit the install button.
If I am using Amazon appstore it works, the same type of screen comes up and I can install stuff. But when installing from a downloaded apk (like from here) the button just doesn't work... it isn't greyed out or anything but is simply unresponsive.
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Hey I have this same problem, did you ever figure out this issue? Thanks!
Please let me know if anyone knows how to fix this issue, I'm having the same problem
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Problem persists on my phone as well. Brand new Droid X2 stock ROM rooted with zergrush kit including busybox, superuser, and recently installed: nobloat free, droidwall, SD Booster, blade buddy, spare parts+, and setcpu (which is pretty much useless without a custom ROM that has the kernel to support it)
Edit: make sure unknown sources is checked under app settings =]
Edit again: NOPE still a problem =[
Edit again: FIGURED IT OUT!!!! Simply turn off your screen filter! =D (I don't know why, but that WAS my problem 100%)
Hi all, I'm facing the same problem, but I don't have screen filter installed. What else have you tried?
Here's my main post about this.
I've also heard that Juice Defender can cause this problem. Sadly, like you, I still can't fix it on my phone!
Anyone?
AHA! I found mine! TEAM Battery Bar. It's a spectacular app; if you've not gotten it yet, I highly recommend it. I just turned it off within the app itself, (I checked running apps to give me a clue,) and the installer button worked.
After hearing about several display-related apps causing the problem, I looked for those on my phone. TEAM Battery Bar does indeed run a constant display item, so I think that's the key. I'll notify the dev. He's pretty responsive.
I can confirm: disabling TEAM Battery Bar solve the problem! thanks
Arcangel Loki said:
Problem persists on my phone as well. Brand new Droid X2 stock ROM rooted with zergrush kit including busybox, superuser, and recently installed: nobloat free, droidwall, SD Booster, blade buddy, spare parts+, and setcpu (which is pretty much useless without a custom ROM that has the kernel to support it)
Edit: make sure unknown sources is checked under app settings =]
Edit again: NOPE still a problem =[
Edit again: FIGURED IT OUT!!!! Simply turn off your screen filter! =D (I don't know why, but that WAS my problem 100%)
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Thanks, that fixed my problem on my Galaxy S2 with LPQ ICS rom. Probably should report it to the dev for fixing...
in my case Juice Defender was a problem, since I don't have any screen filters installed
uninstalling Juice Defender fixed my phone
EDIT Friend of mine has the same phone (SGS2) with the same ROM installed, JD never caused any problems with his phone
The only difference between my JD settings and his - I got brightness control enabled, so maybe that was a problem, not JD itself
Arcangel Loki said:
Problem persists on my phone as well. Brand new Droid X2 stock ROM rooted with zergrush kit including busybox, superuser, and recently installed: nobloat free, droidwall, SD Booster, blade buddy, spare parts+, and setcpu (which is pretty much useless without a custom ROM that has the kernel to support it)
Edit: make sure unknown sources is checked under app settings =]
Edit again: NOPE still a problem =[
Edit again: FIGURED IT OUT!!!! Simply turn off your screen filter! =D (I don't know why, but that WAS my problem 100%)
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I'm currently on SGS2 rooted stock LPQ and just figured it out myself that Screen Filter is actually doing something so that the install button cant be pressed. Has anyone informed the dev?
Edit: just mailed the dev of Screen Filter hoping for confirmation and fix
'Lux Auto Brightness' is causing the same issue, so seems that all the applications trying to adjust screen brightness will cause the issue.
By the moment I disable it, I am able again to install apks... really weird
Also, not clear why only the install button is effectively disabled, as cancel bitton works and the 'show all perms' drop down , also works
kjdiehl said:
AHA! I found mine! TEAM Battery Bar. It's a spectacular app; if you've not gotten it yet, I highly recommend it. I just turned it off within the app itself, (I checked running apps to give me a clue,) and the installer button worked.
After hearing about several display-related apps causing the problem, I looked for those on my phone. TEAM Battery Bar does indeed run a constant display item, so I think that's the key. I'll notify the dev. He's pretty responsive.
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Good call! That was the exact app that was causing me problems as well. Here's hoping to a quick fix!
sageDieu said:
I just upgraded to cm7 and now sometimes when I try to install an app from an apk file it wont let me hit the install button.
If I am using Amazon appstore it works, the same type of screen comes up and I can install stuff. But when installing from a downloaded apk (like from here) the button just doesn't work... it isn't greyed out or anything but is simply unresponsive.
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"Upgraded"
Sent from my XT912 using xda app-developers app
Thank you
kjdiehl said:
AHA! I found mine! TEAM Battery Bar. It's a spectacular app; if you've not gotten it yet, I highly recommend it. I just turned it off within the app itself, (I checked running apps to give me a clue,) and the installer button worked.
After hearing about several display-related apps causing the problem, I looked for those on my phone. TEAM Battery Bar does indeed run a constant display item, so I think that's the key. I'll notify the dev. He's pretty responsive.[/QUOTE
i encountered the same issue and after reading your post and searching hard on my n7000, i finally found what causes it...on my n7000 it was glove box. After uninstalling my phone is back to normal again
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Thanks for all the infos, guys. For me, it was both Lux Auto Brightness and Twilight. I disabled them using task manager and everything went smoothly from that. Explains why no matter how much I reboot, it doesn't fix things. I also have avast Mobile Antivirus installed and it has a constant display notification but it doesn't cause any issues. I am guessing it has something to do with code wired to the phone's hardware? As all the apps causing problems had to do with overlapping device setting control over screen brightness or hue.
Greetings,
I have an unrooted Thunderbolt running launcher pro. When I exit applications, often there is a significant delay in loading up the home screens. Sometimes it happens so often that the device becomes paralyzed for 15 or more seconds before my home screen along with apps pop in.
What are the reasons for this? I have tons of apps, many of which have not been moved to the SD card.
I have tried going back to sense, but the problem persists making me think it isn't a launcher related issue.
Thoughts?
so i get a better picture of whats happening
1. when you first installed launcher pro did it have this lag or did it happen latter.
2. by going back to sense do you mean uninstalling all of launcher pro.
3.- strange question i know but - have you completely powered off the device recently, by that i mean power off like normal and pull the battery then just let it sit for like 10 minuets.
Thanks for your prompt reply.
The problem persists even after taking battery out and restarting.
I did not uninstall launcherpro, I just switched temporarily back to sense to see if I could replicate the problem, and I did.
The problem seems to be getting worse as time goes on, the reason I think it may have to do with adding all of these free apps of the day from amazon.
When I initially installed launcher pro, I never had the problem.
I also seem to be having random reboots several times a day.
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Thanks for your prompt reply.
The problem persists even after taking battery out and restarting.
I did not uninstall launcherpro, I just switched temporarily back to sense to see if I could replicate the problem, and I did.
The problem seems to be getting worse as time goes on, the reason I think it may have to do with adding all of these free apps of the day from amazon.
When I initially installed launcher pro, I never had the problem.
I also seem to be having random reboots several times a day.
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i think whats happening is your RAM running low on memory, sense uses a lot of RAM like 300+ Megs and you can't stop it unless you root.(not trying to peer pressure you or anything). but for the time being i suggest to go into settings/apps/running and see if you have apps running in the background that take a lot of memory space. and force stop the ones you don't use that often.
and as for the reboots could you check the baseband version in the about phone part of settings?