Wondering what the 'Real' statistics are on this... a lot of posts and responses, however, want to capture the statistics...
I get it rarely.. I haven't had it in awhile. :T
Only time I have ever had a shutdown was doing stuff with kernels. Once I was finished with the changes I was making my phone has been great.
Mine was doing fine for the past couple days....it never shut down over that span. Last night it did it twice within an hour!
I usually get shutdowns at least once a day.
Nice, it was on all of 20 minutes this morning...went to wake it and it was off again!
I get them every so often, but then again I'm running JH3 ROM WITH JP3 modem with the vibrant kernel. If out didn't random reboot every so often I'd be more surprised, but its the price I pay for HSUPA 3.0 down 1.6 up.
never had this problem
I've never had this problem.
I had it with my original phone. Returned it in the first week, and the replacement had never done it for 5 weeks.
It has done it for me twice. I have had the phone since launch day.
Well, these posts are concerning. I've experienced plenty of times when the phone would hang, but never shut down.
Never happen on the 4 different captivate in my house.
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After i got mine,rootes it and used any task manager, i got them very frequently. I have since done a factory resetvflash and rooted with Unleash The Beast as well as have it do all the bloatware removal and sideloading setup,and havent had an issue since.
Hope it stays like that. Its hard to txt at work when you have to keep turning your phone back on...And yes we can txt on our phones at work..lol
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I never have.
I don't root or sideload or use task-killers.
It is fine.
BTW: I got mine at the end of July.
I've never had a random reboot. I did however have the spontaneous home button presses that made using any apps almost impossible. But that problem went away when I moved to JH3.
It's happened 3 times since I got mine on launch.
Not yet . . . (knock on wood)
Maybe a better poll would be to have the same choices for both Stock and Tweaked-(rooting and anything that requires it, and/or different rom versions)
I've only experienced it once and it was due to that retarded daily briefing widget. Haven't used it since and haven't had a random reboot/shutdown in the past month.
This just started happening to me -- three times in less than a day. Stock ROM, rooted, bloatware removed, no lag fix. Going to uninstall the last couple of apps I installed to see if that makes a difference.
Happened twice in four weeks, once on the first day and once today.
Everything is stock. Market apps only.
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Hey everyone!
My problem with random shut-downs on the captivate became unbearable, and I kept searching through threads for a solution, and I finally found this:
http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.org-bluesteel-cka-qxnim.aspx
This app doesn't let your CPU completely turn off when on standby.
I used it for a whole day and no shut-downs.
Usually, I'd get at LEAST 3 shutdowns a day.
I hope this helped you all.
What have you done to be getting random shutdowns? I've flashed multiple roms and used modded framework files and still I never get a random shutdown.
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Hey everyone!
My problem with random shut-downs on the captivate became unbearable, and I kept searching through threads for a solution, and I finally found this:
http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.org-bluesteel-cka-qxnim.aspx
This app doesn't let your CPU completely turn off when on standby.
I used it for a whole day and no shut-downs.
Usually, I'd get at LEAST 3 shutdowns a day.
I hope this helped you all.
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Not bad. Wouldn't you want to have the convenience of NOT worrying about random shut downs (with or without) the app tho? I guess its just me, but those things would really irk me. lol
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What have you done to be getting random shutdowns? I've flashed multiple roms and used modded framework files and still I never get a random shutdown.
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It's just pure luck. Some phones will randomly shutdown regardless what ROM you use. Some don't.
The only true solution so far is get a warranty replacement, or maybe couple replacements (the refurbs you get back may still suffer the same problem). Samsung itself has no clue what's the cause of it yet last time I checked.
NeoXerO said:
Hey everyone!
My problem with random shut-downs on the captivate became unbearable, and I kept searching through threads for a solution, and I finally found this:
http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.org-bluesteel-cka-qxnim.aspx
This app doesn't let your CPU completely turn off when on standby.
I used it for a whole day and no shut-downs.
Usually, I'd get at LEAST 3 shutdowns a day.
I hope this helped you all.
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CKA is a possible solution for one of the anomalies that causes shutdowns. For additional information, use the forum's "Search" function and look for "Captivate Keep Alive."
i just starting to get shutdown once a day started 4 days ago. i trying to uninstall 1 app at a time to see what happen. just uninstall dolphin browser v4.0.
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CKA is a possible solution for one of the anomalies that causes shutdowns. For additional information, use the forum's "Search" function and look for "Captivate Keep Alive."
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Really? Well, this worked for me, and I had it pretty bad with those random shutdowns (even happened to me on stock 2.1 before flashing).
I think some people might be getting random shutdowns due to certain apps.
I 2nd that. I installed Keep Alive because my would shut down once a day after full charge but only if GPS is on. Mine doesn't shut down if GPS is off. Now it's been 3 days without any shut down and I leave GPS on continuously.
my phone shut down (1 time) daily, and i'm unable to reproduce the shutdown. maybe it' a memory leaks, it shuts down when it runs out of ram. going to reboot my phone (1 time) daily to see what happens...
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Really? Well, this worked for me, and I had it pretty bad with those random shutdowns (even happened to me on stock 2.1 before flashing).
I think some people might be getting random shutdowns due to certain apps.
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I concur, I never had any shutdowns until I went to cog 7... And for the first week I didn't have any shutdowns, only after installing apps did this problem start. So I think you are correct that out has something to do with certain apps. Probably an app that is not fully compatable with android 2.2... I just wish I could figure out which app is causing this issue.
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My phone keeps shutting off also. At first thought it was software, but even with a clean install of 2.1 with Odin and nothing added to it, it still did it. Then I thought it was the SD card, but still not it. I started noticing a pattern with it doing fine for 11-16 hours with a full charge depending on how much I used it, but it eventually shuts off. Every time I turned it back on, the battery is at <65%. I completely drained the battery last night and charged it back up and now it's doing it at 70%.
Anyone in this thread that has had at least 1 random shut down, or more, should look into a warranty replacement. A perfectly good working phone shouldn't shut down for the hell of it or because it "runs out of memory"
I went through this before and messed with the phone for a few days taking off apps, re-flashing etc... ultimately the problem went away when I simply just asked for a replacement unit.
I've been through 2 G2x's , both have had the same problems...
Random reboots
Random freezes
Random shutdowns
Crazy inconsistencies in battery life
I've also gone the route of rooting and trying CyanogenMod with the same results.
With the battery issues, I did the following test 3 nights in a row.
Phone wiped, 100% battery charge, signed into Google and let the apps download, rebooted phone, data connection turned off (airplane mode), unplugged the phone and set in the exact same spot in the same room 3 nights in a row at 11PM.
Come 8AM when I woke here's the results:
Day 1: 30% battery remaining
Day 2: 80% battery remaining
Day 3: 0% remaining - battery was stone cold dead - wouldn't boot until I plugged in.
Phone was fine when I started typing this post, but just now while typing this message I reached over to check my phone for text messages (I keep the alerts volume all the way down while at work) and it's locked up again...
Guess I'll be returning the phone for a refund and borrowing an old flip phone for a month until the Sensation comes out.
Sorry LG - when it works, it works AWESOME, but I need something a bit more reliable considering that work needs to contact me on the phone and I am on call 24/7 !
In the 2 weeks I've had it I've only had 2 random freezes and no other issues at all. This is my first android phone and the thing i see that's screwed up with android is it leaves applications open, there is no exit buttons on apps. I've been using juice defender and uninstalling any apps that keep popping back up after ending task on them.
Sorry to hear about your problems. You're doing the right thing by returning it and getting another phone. I don't understand why people have loyalties to corporations who could give 2 craps about you. Buy what works for you and makes you happy.
For me, the occassional reboot on the G2X is a pain but the promise of a stable CM release and an official gingerbread release on this hardware has me sticking it out. Can't wait
I haven't had any issues with my phone except battery life. Buy my battery life isn't as bad as yours. It used to be horrible but I got a new sim and that seemed to make it better.
Regarding the reboots, some apps are causing the phone to reboot. Either the apps aren't optimized for the phone or the other way around. I had one reboot and after I removed the offending app, never happened again.
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kangxi said:
I haven't had any issues with my phone except battery life. Buy my battery life isn't as bad as yours. It used to be horrible but I got a new sim and that seemed to make it better.
Regarding the reboots, some apps are causing the phone to reboot. Either the apps aren't optimized for the phone or the other way around. I had one reboot and after I removed the offending app, never happened again.
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Actually, when I bought the phone I had them put a brand new SIM card as mine was getting to be a little long in the tooth - if getting a new one helps the situation I'd hate to see how it was with my old one :-D
Removing an offending app would prove to be a real problem for me though, as everything that I install has a legitimate work-related function.
im returning mine today for a newer batch one. its may 4 so i expect one that has the date of 4/24 and up as stated in other threads. mine reboots and freezes during random functions.
I ordered mine on the 20th so the day the phone was out in the store. I had to order mine online since i am a T-Mobile RSA. I have alittle screen bleed but not much. I will be doing exchanges until i get one with no bleed. Other wise i have had no problems at all. No reboots, lock ups, data problems, nothing the phone is rock solid. I love the phone. Every person that has come into my store with problems i have told them that T-Mobile is going to exchange this for you under the lifetime warranty if you have it for the life of you having the phone. So you have nothing to worry about. The phone is a great phone to have. Do the exchanges until you get a working one. I know i would do it until i did. Even if it meant doing it 100 times.
JWhipple said:
I've been through 2 G2x's , both have had the same problems...
Random reboots
Random freezes
Random shutdowns
Crazy inconsistencies in battery life
I've also gone the route of rooting and trying CyanogenMod with the same results.
With the battery issues, I did the following test 3 nights in a row.
Phone wiped, 100% battery charge, signed into Google and let the apps download, rebooted phone, data connection turned off (airplane mode), unplugged the phone and set in the exact same spot in the same room 3 nights in a row at 11PM.
Come 8AM when I woke here's the results:
Day 1: 30% battery remaining
Day 2: 80% battery remaining
Day 3: 0% remaining - battery was stone cold dead - wouldn't boot until I plugged in.
Phone was fine when I started typing this post, but just now while typing this message I reached over to check my phone for text messages (I keep the alerts volume all the way down while at work) and it's locked up again...
Guess I'll be returning the phone for a refund and borrowing an old flip phone for a month until the Sensation comes out.
Sorry LG - when it works, it works AWESOME, but I need something a bit more reliable considering that work needs to contact me on the phone and I am on call 24/7 !
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A better test would have been to not install any apps. Then you could truly test your phone and not some rogue app, that you keep installing.
I'm about to do a complete wipe again and use a secondary Gmail account I have so to eliminate any apps from auto-installing and test throughout the day since I have my work PC handy.
or just skip the Gmail sign in process at first and add your Gmail account later from Settings. This will prevent it downloading your apps on first boot.
Also to the New Android User: Back closes apps, Home leaves them open. It isn't the OS's fault if you don't know how to use it.
To the OP: Have you rooted and flashed the Pre-Dexopt Patch from Paul?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051616
LG left the phone in Dev mode and doesn't dexopt the phone on initial bootup. This is why our phones boot so quickly. The downfall is after a few hours, it starts to lag out and lock up/reboot.
Sounds exactly like the problem you are having.
This patch is required for stock and EaglesBlood Roms excluding CM7. This should be fixed in the upcoming Gingerbread update. I also believe EaglesBlood and future roms will start coming with this patch included.
So do yourself a favor and patch it.
Basically, it's an awesome phone and many, if not all, of the issues should be resolved with software updates. Gingerbread is already in the works.
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player911 said:
or just skip the Gmail sign in process at first and add your Gmail account later from Settings. This will prevent it downloading your apps on first boot.
Also to the New Android User: Back closes apps, Home leaves them open. It isn't the OS's fault if you don't know how to use it.
To the OP: Have you rooted and flashed the Pre-Dexopt Patch from Paul?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1051616
LG left the phone in Dev mode and doesn't dexopt the phone on initial bootup. This is why our phones boot so quickly. The downfall is after a few hours, it starts to lag out and lock up/reboot.
Sounds exactly like the problem you are having.
This patch is required for stock and EaglesBlood Roms excluding CM7. This should be fixed in the upcoming Gingerbread update. I also believe EaglesBlood and future roms will start coming with this patch included.
So do yourself a favor and patch it.
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Yep, have tried without the patch initially and then with it.
I have signed in with the secondary Gmail account - only thing I imported from the original was my contacts, so, it's 100% stock with the exception of Paul's patch and recovery.
I'll be damned...
In an attempt to preemptively find out what I would need to return the accessories I ordered for the phone just in case I took the plunge and returned the phone, I was on hold with T-Mobile...
And while on hold, I grabbed my phone - and SURE ENOUGH - LOCKED UP HARD!
So, I guess this just made up my mind for me - I'll be returning this phone to point of purchase. Just need to use NAND to restore the stock backup , reflash stock recovery and unroot...
I am planing to return this phone too..
It seems the phone shut down completely for no reason, sometimes the screen doesn't wake up even tho phone is running in background.
So far i have tried to run completely stock with no apps installed no sync nothing and i was getting battery like 6-7 hrs.
I guess that was not acceptable for me.
I might have to wait till HTC Sensation comes out. What you think guys ?
Mine works fine, no problems at all, yes the screen bleeds a bit, but I can deal with that.
awesome phone, much better than my atrix
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Slappy00 said:
Mine works fine, no problems at all, yes the screen bleeds a bit, but I can deal with that.
awesome phone, much better than my atrix
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+1 Mine also works amazing... and a lotttt better than atrix....
ikm19 said:
I am planing to return this phone too..
It seems the phone shut down completely for no reason, sometimes the screen doesn't wake up even tho phone is running in background.
So far i have tried to run completely stock with no apps installed no sync nothing and i was getting battery like 6-7 hrs.
I guess that was not acceptable for me.
I might have to wait till HTC Sensation comes out. What you think guys ?
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That's where my money is going...
my understanding is the sensation is locked down that's why cyan isn't going to get it. Which also means no dev support.
The MyTouch 4G and G2 were locked down too... Unless they are going to lock the bootloader?
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I might have to wait till HTC Sensation comes out. What you think guys ?
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HTC announced an update to the Sensation in Q3 that will include a NFC chip to match the features of the SGS2. I'm also guessing they'll increase the amount of RAM in the phone to make it more competitive. If the 2.3.3 update makes the G2X stable I may keep it until later in the year. If the Sensation comes out before they update the G2X I'll get Sensation. I need a phone that's consistently dependable and in that regard the G2X is a mess. I can't do custom ROMs because I travel globally and everyone I've ever used has always given me problems registering on foreign networks so CM7 is no silver bullet for me. It's a shame too because the G2X hardware (bleeding screen excepted) is pretty slick and it's really fast when the planets line up and everything works. Sigh.
There has to be something causing it that I'm not doing.. I mean how can I have 3 g2xs (first I scratched, second a tiny spec of dust, now third) with no reboots or sleeps of death? Yet others can't get one that doesn't..
I never use bluetooth, wifi calling, or ever have data syncing, maybe theres a feature that people use daily like bluetooth (just using that as a example) thats causing it. So the ones using this future are getting the reboots....
This reboot thing just is word to me and I feel if we figured it out this phone would be the **** (although mine is, minus blacklight bleed) and we could be half way happy again..lol
Sorry just wondering how I got 3 so far and no reboots, although I've only had my third for 2 days... Anyways, good day all... I love my g2x...
P.s. I don't buy lg knows the issue. I mean by now a update should have been pushed.. If its software that is..
I haven't had a reboot either
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This is my second one and also have never had a reboot. The second one does have really bad bleeding though so I'm going for a third one
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No reboots or problems with mine. When I was in the store buying mine a lady brought hers in and said that it was rebooting all the time. I was kind of sketchy on buying it then. But I bought it and I kind of assumed it was a user error. But I am happy with it coming from a My Touch 3G to the G2x.
My first G2x had major reboots but no screen bleed. pulling the battery every hour irritated me and i felt like I was breaking my battery cover every time I pulled the battery so I opt to exchange it. Fortunately, the second one I got works like a charm, no reboots but has very minor screen bleed. I'd sacrifice a minor screen bleed over constant reboots and freezes.
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I had mine since day one and it has never rebooted.
The only reboots/SoD I has was using the leaked GB rom using the stock Froyo kernel.
Stock 2.2 based roms and CM based roms work fine.
I've had 3 phones already because of the screen. Never had a reboot.
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First phone rebooted constantly. Second phone hasn't rebooted at all since I got it. Same software, same everything. Both exhibited light bleed but the second one is slightly better. Might keep it
I went through 2 of them with the reboot problems, in fact, I did a complete restore back to factory with NO apps installed and I still got the reboots within less than an hour from the time that I wiped.
That having been said - I miss this phone! Why? I have no idea LOL!
If it can be figured out what the problem is I'd love to get my hands on another one!
I am on my third one. The first two had constant reboots and black screen freezes. The one I have now (third one) for 9 days had been rock solid. Then yesterday I got a screen freeze and about 12 hours later I got another one. Then this morning it frooze on the alarm and luckily I was awake and did not oversleep. About an hour ago I got a reboot and now realize it has been rebooting longer than I had realized. I use Run Manager and I had thought it was turning its self off, but today I realized that the device had been rebooting and thats why Run Manager would be off and no record of the exercise. It seems as if it just reboots randomly. I have tried it with Cardio Trainer with same results. Oh man I have 5 days left to decide whether to just return it or accept another replacement. If the SGSII was not coming out fairly soon I would definitely keep it. Just read in another thread here that devs are far and few between other devs are starting to avoid this device. Do not know how true that is, just stating what I read. Decisions Decisions
My Unrooted G2x had its first boot loop last night. I had bough the G2x directly from a Tmo store on April 20th. And two months later June 20th, i noticed my G2x rebooted and came up with “error checking”m or something like that. I put it back in my holster not thinking anything of it... a short time later, i realized my G2x was off an would not turn on. i put it on a charger and charged it for about a half an hour. When i tried to turn it on, it would not boot all the way. It got stuck at the LG logo and would keep rebooting. The only way to stop it was to do a battery pull. And every time i tried to turn it on, the same thing would happen. So i was forced to do a factory reset. Most of the other posts/threads i have seen that did this seemed to be rooted and have a non stock rom on it.
So my question is, would this be fixed in the update (yeah i know whenever that is) or should i ask for a replacement. Factory reset is such a pain. Putting everything back, recreating email signatures etc... And i am sure they will just give me a used G2x anyway. For the most part i had issues the first few weeks and mostly no other issues besides the battery life. Juice defener helps the battery life. And found fixes to my other issues. Well unless this keeps happening.
I was just wondering what others did,who had this experience. I was thinking of calling Tmo just so they have it on record that i complained about it, in case i need to replace it.
Thanks in advance for any advise offered--
Replace or wait until update???
What ROM and kernel were you running? Even if you are completely stock if it were a re-occurring issue we'd know about it by now. Bootlooping can be caused by many things and is possible on any ROM so I wouldnt count on the update preventing it from ever happening again. This kind of stuff is the reason using Titanium Backup is such a good idea. Schedule it to back up apps and data nightly so that if a crash does happen 99% of your settings, apps, and data can be restored with a few taps of the screen.
Keep it. Seriously its a computer in its own way and these things happen. Fix it and mmove on.
ITS ALL WONKY!!!
That's how it started for me a little over two weeks ago. Now it reboots too often, it won't end calls, it calls people like it's possessed, wifi won't stay connected, I'll have 4g in an area one day and no service in the exact same spot the next, overheat and gets hot enough to scare my daughter (one time thing), andmy battery has to be charged every four hours.
Tmobile said (3 reps in customer loyaltymind you) we can't do anything about it because it's a known issue.
I am very upset about this
And to make it worse, one rep asked me why I didn't return it under the remorse period. I told her this started after my remorse period ended. They won't even send me a new g2x. I'm gone from tmo (sadly there is nowhere to go)
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I wanna buy this phone, but just worried because ive read some bad stuff about this phone
Main part is random rebooting, huge problem for me, but dont really mind the screen bleeding.
Is there any problems after u guys have updated?
Some phones are worse than others. Mine was fantastic and only rebooted twice in the 6 weeks I ran the stock ROM. Ever since I switched to CM7 nightly builds, I have had zero reboots, but I get the Sleep of Death when my phone is plugged in for an extended period of time (overnight).
If you are looking to run custom ROMs, I'd say this phone is better than most. If you're staying stock, you might want to wait. Either way the Nexus Prime will be out in what... 3 months?
Yeah i should most likely wait
New phones will be coming out in a few months
I get random shut downs for no reason... phone doesn't reboot.
Sleep of death sometimes when plugged in, sometimes not.
Wifi still doesn't work properly at times.
I have been EXTREMELY happy with mine. Had no issues after I flashed the Weapon 2.3 ROM. Battery life is great, no random re-boots, no unexpected locks or shutdowns. I would recommend this to any of my friends or family and put weapon on it and rock on from there.
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Some phones are worse than others. Mine was fantastic and only rebooted twice in the 6 weeks I ran the stock ROM. Ever since I switched to CM7 nightly builds, I have had zero reboots, but I get the Sleep of Death when my phone is plugged in for an extended period of time (overnight).
If you are looking to run custom ROMs, I'd say this phone is better than most. If you're staying stock, you might want to wait. Either way the Nexus Prime will be out in what... 3 months?
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Yea Ive had zero reboots with CM7 but rarely had any under stock as well. Definitely cant wait till the nexus prime will be out