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[Q] Force close on start up.

I have a stock captivate running 2.2. Every time I reboot my phone it vibrates like something is force closing but no dialog pops up. Is this normal? If not how can I determine what is force closing. It takes about 5 min to become usable after being turned on.
The only other problem I have is the crappy GPS and it is kinda laggy.

Is it factory stock 2.2 or for you install stock 2.2
If so possibly something when wrong on the install, try it again
Stock is most likely going to have crappy GPS and lag so that's sadly normal
Sent from my SGH-I897 using XDA App

Can't say what app is FC on you but of I were you I would backup my apps with titanium backup and would flash the stock or custom rom again then restore.Usually by then problem gets resolved 99% Just be sure when in tibu restore apps only never restore with data and also don't restore sytem apps only user apps.
Rom: Continuum 4.1
Kernel: Onix #7
Modem: jk4
Theme: Crysis Revolution

Try a factory reset first.

reboot or after/while shutdown process? mines vibrates everytime I shutdown after the S galaxy logo,I think to confirm that the device is totally shutdown and vibrates in the end of shutdown process
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I had the same problem and booting up took over 20+ minutes of it just vibrating every so often indicating FCs. I think I gave up and factory reset mine after it wasn't ready to use after waiting for an hour. It fixed it for me.
I think my problem was when I upgraded from Stock 2.1 to 2.2, something bad happened but I can't remember accurately what it was. I think some how my phone was in download mode when my microusb wasn't connected or something. I just remember the phone showing do not disconnect but I had cable in one had and phone in the other lol.

Lockscreen and power button menus die

Occasionally, I'll pull my Charge out of my pocket and hit the power button expecting to see the unlock screen pattern, but instead it goes straight to my launcher home screen. Once this happens, the lockscreen never comes back without a reboot or hot-boot. Also, when this happens, the power button menu dies. No matter how long I press and hold it, no menu for shutdown, etc, just turns the display off.
This started happening a month or so ago, on two different ROMS (gummy and humble), even after full wipes and fresh rom installs, it eventually will happen again.
I have 7 active Android devices (N1, NS, SGS, SGS2, Thunderbolt, Charge, Nook Color), all of them using the same Launcher Pro with similar setups, and the Charge is the only one to have this happen to it.
I'm not even sure where to start troubleshooting this. It's a major security risk for me…way too much personal information on the device to risk it randomly unlocking itself for anyone who happened to pick it up.
I've had the Charge since day 1, and it's never been a pleasure to own until the latest round of GB ROMs came out. I was actually starting to use it as my daily driver, but with this security hole, it's looking like back to the desk drawer for it unless I can figure it out.
The only things I've tried so far are removing AutoKiller memory tweaks from the Charge (thinking maybe the process was being killed) and full wipes/resets. I'll also try running a different launcher (that would suck, I really like LP).
Any ideas?

I can just say that its happened to me as well only way i found to fix it was to restart but then it hasn't happened again i was running 2.3.5 leak just rooted.
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I have been running humble 5.0 since release, and also running launcher pro plus, I have not had this issue. So possibly a rogue app is killing it.
~Sent using my Humble Charge~

Ive never used it before or looked anything up but in your setting under location and security you can pick between numbers, create your own lock screen etc. Not sure if that is just for when the phone first starts but maybe look into that. Then find out why your other one isnt working.

Use logcat to figure out what is causing it to die and stop working.

Similar problems with mutliple ROMS - What gets left behind when flashing?

So I've had a few similar problems with recent ROMS i have flashed.
I'd been using CM9 and CM10 for a while, but got tired of lag and bugs. I thought I'd go back to GB for a while and reflash after some bugs had been worked out.
From CM10 odin'd back to GB stock with CWM and root, then installed AEON purely by reputation. That lasted for about a week. The phone had all kinds of issues with the battery. The battery level would often be all over the place (i know this sometimes happens after a reboot.) After a full charge the phone would stay on for about 4-12 hours, and simply turn off. Prior to shutting off the battery would read at 50%+.
Every time the phone shut off like this I could charge it all day and it would not restart. The only way it would start is if i pulled the battery, plugged in the carger and reinserted the battery. Once I did that an empty battery would show up on the screen. However it was not the normal green one with gradients that would show up, but simply a white box showing no charge. If i held down the power button eventually the normal battery charging screen would show up and it would reboot.
I'm assuming the phone was misreading the battery level for some reason. I tried clearing battery stats. No change.
So I thought 'time for a new rom'
I'm not certain if I went back to stock before this.
So from there I went back to CM9 and then to CM10. The battery issues remained, and two new issues arose.
My reception in the notification bar would turn to an empty triangle. It was not a misreport. I could not make calls or access the internet.
Also whenever i went in to airplane mode it would be grayed out in the power menu. It was impossible to turn off airplane mode without restarting.
I'm not on the most recent verison of liquid smooth. The issues remain, but I don't think it's the ROM as others don't seem to be having these issues.
Does anyone know any reason for this?
My understanding of flashing is that it's essentially a list of folders and files that replaces or adds to existing ones on the phone. Does it actually erase anything? Obviously it leaves our simcards and picture files. It also seems to leave app folders.
And just to be clear I wiped user data, cache, fixed permissions, etc. IMEI is still there, so i don't think that's the service issue. I did not restore any apps with titanium backup for similar. Everything was installed from the play store.

Whenever you flashed back to stock, do you happen to flash boot loaders?
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magnetboard said:
Whenever you flashed back to stock, do you happen to flash boot loaders?
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I flashed back to GB so I don't think that was necessary. I've not had the other bootloader issues with garbled display, etc.

[Q] - Random Wifi Shut-Offs And Problem Turning Back On

One day my skyrocket started acting up. I have the AT&T version. what happens is The wifi could be working perfectly fine then when i let it sleep and then wake it the wifi is on and sometimes turns right back on and connects and other times it won't turn on, even when I try to manually. I've tried going back to pure stock, ICS Stock, and tried custom roms and it's all the same. Sometimes on first boot the wifi won't even turn on. Then sometimes when I'm out of wifi Range I turn it off and when I come back and try to switch it on it says "Wifi turning on.." then the toggle goes back to off but it still says that. Sometimes when the phone is in use, screen on, I could be browsing the web or on facebook and it shuts off and won't come back on. This has nothing to do with the Power Saving mode, I never touched that setting and I checked and it's set to "Always." So what could it be? It gets extremely frustrating. someone please help me :l
I searched the forums before I posted, I know this may fall into the development category but I couldn't post there..

r0ttenways said:
One day my skyrocket started acting up. I have the AT&T version. what happens is The wifi could be working perfectly fine then when i let it sleep and then wake it the wifi is on and sometimes turns right back on and connects and other times it won't turn on, even when I try to manually. I've tried going back to pure stock, ICS Stock, and tried custom roms and it's all the same. Sometimes on first boot the wifi won't even turn on. Then sometimes when I'm out of wifi Range I turn it off and when I come back and try to switch it on it says "Wifi turning on.." then the toggle goes back to off but it still says that. Sometimes when the phone is in use, screen on, I could be browsing the web or on facebook and it shuts off and won't come back on. This has nothing to do with the Power Saving mode, I never touched that setting and I checked and it's set to "Always." So what could it be? It gets extremely frustrating. someone please help me :l
I searched the forums before I posted, I know this may fall into the development category but I couldn't post there..
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when you say pure stock, do you mean you odin'ed back to stock? i'm no expert but if you've had the same issues on pure stock rom, custom roms it sounds as though it may be a hardware issue.

ctalcant said:
when you say pure stock, do you mean you odin'ed back to stock? i'm no expert but if you've had the same issues on pure stock rom, custom roms it sounds as though it may be a hardware issue.
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Well yes odin'd back, & also used kies through download/recovery mode. well the custom roms it does it on are all stock based... well I had installed MIUI but idk If it had done it on there. this issue is very frustrating..

i realized last night that the bluetooth does it too, so if it's a hardware problem does that mean the motherboard could be bad, not the actual components?

[Q] From GB to JB and Titanium BU

In my transition to JB from GB, I have a few questions and don't find the information by searching.
I now have 2 Infuse 4g phones. One has some "hardware issues" I still believe with not starting on it's own. See here if interested: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148497&page=2
I followed these directions on my "semi Broken phone" and all went well to a point. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776129
All was well until I tried to use my GB restore to see if I could avoid re-installing all my apps. Of course it didn't work and I went back to stock via Odin, then followed scott.hart.bti instructions again, Ok, all good till I turned the phone off and then nothing worked to get into CWM. I could get into download mode so I went back to stock,
1st Question: Is there a Download mode JB Rom OR better still something I can flash in Odin to re-start this phone? (Once up and running it will run fine and Quick Boot always works.)
I got Titanium BU Pro and backed up my working phone apps and system and transferred via "Software data cable" to the Semi broken phone and successfully restored all my apps and settings.
2nd Question: Is the app backup in Titanium compatible with JB? (I am pretty sure that I don't want to restore the System from GB to JB,but I would like to avoid the time to reinstall my apps.)
3rd Question: In my semi broken phone, it won't turn on once powered off and it won't data connect in USB, but it will connect in download mode. Is that a clue to it's problem? The power button works once up and running to wake the screen up and shut the screen down, enter the power off shell and everything else except power it up from a power off state. All I get is the "star" battery symbol that goes away or sometimes is get's to the charging battery symbol showing no charge and goes away. (New battery, fully charged in my operable Infuse)
Thanks in advance, I have learned so much here.:good:

Update Monday 8 April
I have successfully upgraded my non-broken Infuse to CM10 Butter.
I was also successful in restoring the apps that wanted from Titanium backup. I generally restored the app only except those involving passwords. 2 programs wouldn't restore and I do recall reading about one of them MEMO, I had to force close. The other was street view in Google Maps, forced restore closed and installed from Play Store.
No issues with GPS at all, calls are good, didn't lose IMEI (backed up of course anyway) Restored SMS/MMS good.
SO now I only have one question and that regards my semi broken phone, I have left it on GB and the battery stays up if left on and airplane mode, and all active app closed. From Thursday PM till this morning AM battery went down to 83%.
Is there a way of flashing something via Odin (besides the GB Rom) to bring it up should it get powered down by error or battery going all the way down? (I use the "Quick Boot" to reboot periodically).
Thanks