Bad day today. This morning started out with a very difficult time getting the screen to work. Everything took 2-3 touches. Some things I had to give up on. This lasted all day. A short while ago I was reading some pages and it got so bad I just pulled out my tablet. 10 minutes latter I grabbed the phone and it would not activate...just a black screen. Battery pull required. I recalled reading about black screens of death.
Is this part of a normal pattern of quality decline I'm seeing? Ill keep an eye on it for a few days, I have a 30 day remorse period.
Thoughts, suggestions, words of wisdom? Just don't say root..won't root in the remorse period.
alodar1 said:
Bad day today. This morning started out with a very difficult time getting the screen to work. Everything took 2-3 touches. Some things I had to give up on. This lasted all day. A short while ago I was reading some pages and it got so bad I just pulled out my tablet. 10 minutes latter I grabbed the phone and it would not activate...just a black screen. Battery pull required. I recalled reading about black screens of death.
Is this part of a normal pattern of quality decline I'm seeing? Ill keep an eye on it for a few days, I have a 30 day remorse period.
Thoughts, suggestions, words of wisdom? Just don't say root..won't root in the remorse period.
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Ummm.....
Rom?
Kernel?
Uv?
Profiles?
Oops didnt finish reading post. Root!
G2X
Sotty to say this mine does this.
Are you using auto brightness?
That's when my phone acts funny and don't want to wake up.
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KRAZYADROIDMASTER said:
Sotty to say this mine does this.
Are you using auto brightness?
That's when my phone acts funny and don't want to wake up.
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Everything is stock out of the box. If auto bright is selected by default then yes.
What timing for this to occur. My sensation just arrived in Seattle for delivery tomorrow. Was hoping for an honest comparison.
when i first bought the phone, the screen felt insensitive too, also 2-3 touch, especially that "touch android" in the beginning to set it up. It was ridiculous for first impression
But hey, i rooted it and flashed it with a rom & kernel so everythings all good
If it helps the first g2x I got 420 I didn't root and it wouldn't turn of after a week .. rooted replacement with faux and now its been good
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Sounds like after awhile the phone starts to misbehave on stock everything. I have seen other ppl complain having same issues while on stock.
I had a my phone getting hot and it rebooted after that and then apn would not stick. I'm glad I had apn backed up so it wasn't much of a problem.
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Well my sensation arrived this morning at 1113. Its now 137 and its still not running. Apparently are still downloading. On the G2x, same apparently 20 minutes tops.
First thoughts after that, sensation is only a few fractions wider. Side by side no wifi, g2x pulls 2 bars 4g. Sensation 2bars 2g.
Screen comparison ...toss up..both look good...better? ?? They are different...
Scrolling is different. G2x is smooth uni page, a continuous page action. Sensation is page by page.
So far I'm leaning strongly towards g2x...except for that touch screen worry. That plays very heavy here. With no fix in sight, g2x would go back. But I've got 30 days
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Just perform a factory reset or reflash your rom and kernel to fix the black screen issue. Mine started doing it and that fixed it. Everytime I tried to unlock the screen it went black but was still on technically cuz I could unlock and open apps. I had to hit the unlock button and have mg finger on the screen already to keep it from going off, then I could unlock it.
JHaste said:
Just perform a factory reset or reflash your rom and kernel to fix the black screen issue. Mine started doing it and that fixed it. Everytime I tried to unlock the screen it went black but was still on technically cuz I could unlock and open apps. I had to hit the unlock button and have mg finger on the screen already to keep it from going off, then I could unlock it.
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hes all stock but yea he could do a factory reset of stock rom i dont really see it doing anything unless there is a corrupt app and the way to fix that is factory reset then when it says restore backup data you uncheck it, this way it doesnt restore anything or any app that was corrupt and then start fresh one app at a time, and keep it on for a few days then if its good add another app. thats the real way to find out, it is tedious and time consuming but it u will find out what it is. but... after the remorse period he could add throw on another rom and kernel that solved my issue with sleep of death issues on stock
With stock there is a bug where it is always in engineering mode or something like that. There is a patch available in the development section, but don't remember if root is needed to apply it. How long since you last shut the phone off? If I remember right, that bug would cause everything to slow down really bad after a couple days. Try rebooting once a day and see if this issue comes back. If that works, you may be able to get by until you are willing to root.
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With stock there is a bug where it is always in engineering mode or something like that. There is a patch available in the development section, but don't remember if root is needed to apply it. How long since you last shut the phone off? If I remember right, that bug would cause everything to slow down really bad after a couple days. Try rebooting once a day and see if this issue comes back. If that works, you may be able to get by until you are willing to root.
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Yes root is required because it requires ClockWorkMod to flash it.
This is why the phone boots up so quick out of the box because it doesn't preload anything but this causes it to become overloaded and run out of memory after some use and locks up.
The LG O2x had the same issues.
Stock REQUIRES the patch to function properly. Or just flash CM7 and enjoy the wealth of great features.
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Yes root is required because it requires ClockWorkMod to flash it.
This is why the phone boots up so quick out of the box because it doesn't preload anything but this causes it to become overloaded and run out of memory after some use and locks up.
The LG O2x had the same issues.
Stock REQUIRES the patch to function properly. Or just flash CM7 and enjoy the wealth of great features.
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My thinking...and pardon the train of thought....if something out of the box is broke...like this....then...rooting it still leaves me with a device that had to be fixed...by me. I had 10 days of no issues with the G2x. I ordered and received the Sensation only because my son has one...and its nice. I have 30 days to try them out. I wanted to test them side by side....for basic comparison, the way I use a phone. Once I decide which one to keep, then root will most likely follow. But rooting to be able to compare side by side....misses the point of the comparison.
3 hrs after starting the setup on the Sensation...the battery is charged and everything is setup to test. One of the first, less obvious things I noticed on the Sensation is the multi tasking....running things like restore and browsing at the same time...is way slower than the G2x. It took 90 minutes to download the apps from backup....on the Sensation....the G2x is maybe 20 minutes. That couldn't be right and I tried it again. Still a long time. Finally I tried it again..and just let the phone sit...didn't do anything else....it downloaded just like the G2x.
When considering which phone, do I think about that slowness...in comparison to say....the Touch problems, Black screen problems....and reported rebooting....sure...thats why I'm testing them side by side.
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My thinking...and pardon the train of thought....if something out of the box is broke...like this....then...rooting it still leaves me with a device that had to be fixed...by me. I had 10 days of no issues with the G2x. I ordered and received the Sensation only because my son has one...and its nice. I have 30 days to try them out. I wanted to test them side by side....for basic comparison, the way I use a phone. Once I decide which one to keep, then root will most likely follow. But rooting to be able to compare side by side....misses the point of the comparison.
3 hrs after starting the setup on the Sensation...the battery is charged and everything is setup to test. One of the first, less obvious things I noticed on the Sensation is the multi tasking....running things like restore and browsing at the same time...is way slower than the G2x. It took 90 minutes to download the apps from backup....on the Sensation....the G2x is maybe 20 minutes. That couldn't be right and I tried it again. Still a long time. Finally I tried it again..and just let the phone sit...didn't do anything else....it downloaded just like the G2x.
When considering which phone, do I think about that slowness...in comparison to say....the Touch problems, Black screen problems....and reported rebooting....sure...thats why I'm testing them side by side.
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And, as I'm sitting here....the G2x just did its first reboot. this kind of tells me...well... lets wait a week....and see.
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Got the G2x Wednesday, set up and I would say 95% good out of the box, let the battery drain, factory reset, factory reset, factory reset (kinda like Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice ), kept my hands off while if fully charged, went all the way thru setup....
Little to no backlight bleed, fast speedy, did have the strangeness of it filpping between Wifi and 4G.. couple of reboots and freezes.. one strange battery drain...nothing systemic, just random..
Friday afternoon I said to heck with it, rooted (1-Click) and froze the T-Mobile AppPack, WiFi Calling and ONE of the two My Accounts (froze the 1.0 that was in it, left the 5.04 it updated from the market with), used AdFree to stop the annoying ads...
AND SMOOTH AS SILK, Since hen solid, no reboots, no freezes, no battery pulls... been using it heavy ever since Friday and loving it...
.. but this morning I notice I have a stuck white pixel on the bottom edge of the screen... NOT visible on black, only on a solid screen color. Tried the pixel fixers (let one run for 3 hours), no joy.
Now, I'm torn, return a smoothly running, no rebooting, speed deamon with one stuck pixel for the unknown.. or keep it and deal with the stuck (it's not really that obnoxious, it's on the very edge of the bottom of the screen)...
(this was a phone order, so have to wait for them to ship me one)
If it was me, i would keep it.
don't risk it... too many horrible bleeding backlight issues.. mine is pretty bad but I have no reboots no lag n no freezes so I'm sticking with it
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My g2x has terrible backlight bleeding, 1/3 is brown, and it's totally useless stuck in a boot loop, so it really could be worse. Every T-Mobile in New York was closed today, so I've gone over a day without a phone, and I JUST got this thing
rashad1 said:
My g2x has terrible backlight bleeding, 1/3 is brown, and it's totally useless stuck in a boot loop, so it really could be worse. Every T-Mobile in New York was closed today, so I've gone over a day without a phone, and I JUST got this thing
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I'm sure u have factory reset right?
vol and power?
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Do a factory reset, if that doesnt work then just return it.
I rooted my phone too, and cleared off the Tmobile spam- no more reboots either, regardless if im using it for hours or not. Battery seems to last all day and I didn't do any factory resets.
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I'm sure u have factory reset right?
vol and power?
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Doesn't do anything for some reason
redfarsi said:
Do a factory reset, if that doesnt work then just return it.
I rooted my phone too, and cleared off the Tmobile spam- no more reboots either, regardless if im using it for hours or not. Battery seems to last all day and I didn't do any factory resets.
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That's my only option, I was gonna exchange it anyway because of the severe screen bleeding
Not to hijack but how did you get adfree to work? It seems to work and says everything is fine but ads still show up. What am I doing wrong?
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Got the G2x Wednesday, set up and I would say 95% good out of the box, let the battery drain, factory reset, factory reset, factory reset (kinda like Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice ), kept my hands off while if fully charged, went all the way thru setup....
Little to no backlight bleed, fast speedy, did have the strangeness of it filpping between Wifi and 4G.. couple of reboots and freezes.. one strange battery drain...nothing systemic, just random..
Friday afternoon I said to heck with it, rooted (1-Click) and froze the T-Mobile AppPack, WiFi Calling and ONE of the two My Accounts (froze the 1.0 that was in it, left the 5.04 it updated from the market with), used AdFree to stop the annoying ads...
AND SMOOTH AS SILK, Since hen solid, no reboots, no freezes, no battery pulls... been using it heavy ever since Friday and loving it...
.. but this morning I notice I have a stuck white pixel on the bottom edge of the screen... NOT visible on black, only on a solid screen color. Tried the pixel fixers (let one run for 3 hours), no joy.
Now, I'm torn, return a smoothly running, no rebooting, speed deamon with one stuck pixel for the unknown.. or keep it and deal with the stuck (it's not really that obnoxious, it's on the very edge of the bottom of the screen)...
(this was a phone order, so have to wait for them to ship me one)
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mobilehavoc said:
Not to hijack but how did you get adfree to work? It seems to work and says everything is fine but ads still show up. What am I doing wrong?
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- Rooted
- Ran it
- Power off/on (how to you reboot this puppy anyway?)
No more ads
Don't know what else to say
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Doesn't do anything for some reason
That's my only option, I was gonna exchange it anyway because of the severe screen bleeding
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you have to hold it for about ten seconds fyi
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I would return it, create a backup of what you have currently before you exchange it so you can keep the same settings. Wait until a couple of days before the exchange period is up go to the store and say I want to exchange it I have this dead pixel ask the rep to open a new phone so you can test it for defects like lcd bleed/dead pixel. The reason for waiting until a couple of days before the exchange most stores will replenish there stocks and maybe(i would hope) you will have one that is less defective.
Yeah I'm confused too. I ran it and rebooted but the ads are still there.
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- Rooted
- Ran it
- Power off/on (how to you reboot this puppy anyway?)
No more ads
Don't know what else to say
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Berat said:
I would return it, create a backup of what you have currently before you exchange it so you can keep the same settings. Wait until a couple of days before the exchange period is up go to the store and say I want to exchange it I have this dead pixel ask the rep to open a new phone so you can test it for defects like lcd bleed/dead pixel. The reason for waiting until a couple of days before the exchange most stores will replenish there stocks and maybe(i would hope) you will have one that is less defective.
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Ordered it over the phone, so can't go in to the store and look for a good one, it's whatever they send me.
Peace,
I'd say keep it. Look at it as aa custom LCD job. Ha! All seriousness, you will get use to it, but as soon as you the first battery issue you will be kicking yourself.
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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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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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
I got my charge as a replacement for my fascinate like many others. befor i do anything i wanted to give the phone a few days on stock to make sure everything works fine. So far the only thing i noticed was sometimes it lags when i hit the power button to turn the screen on. Sometimes it flashes a static filled screen for a split sec before home screen loads. also some times it takes a sec for my screen to come back on after i lower the phone from my face so i can hang up. Is this just a little minor known issue others are having or is there something wrong with my phone possibly? Phone is all stock, fully bloated and the only apps ive installed are xbox live stats and google googles (coolest app ever). I doesnt do it all the time but it happens frequently enough to notice it. I can normally recreate it if i hit power button to turn screen off and let it sit a few mins then hit the button again to turn it back on.
When running completely stock, I experienced the same 2-3 second delay. Now that I am on EE4 with a custom kernel, the delay is closer to 1 second.
NotATreoFan said:
When running completely stock, I experienced the same 2-3 second delay. Now that I am on EE4 with a custom kernel, the delay is closer to 1 second.
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did you ever see black/white lines or static? I only ask because if its a common thing that most have exp then its really no big deal. ill root and flash to help fix the lag. But if its not then i would like to get it fix asap. Other then that i havent seen any other issues yet.
I see the lines and"static" on mine when the screen comes on. Not every time though.
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Undzis said:
did you ever see black/white lines or static? I only ask because if its a common thing that most have exp then its really no big deal. ill root and flash to help fix the lag. But if its not then i would like to get it fix asap. Other then that i havent seen any other issues yet.
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I have seen it on occasion. It's much less noticable on a custom kernel and ROM.
Undzis said:
did you ever see black/white lines or static? I only ask because if its a common thing that most have exp then its really no big deal. ill root and flash to help fix the lag. But if its not then i would like to get it fix asap. Other then that i havent seen any other issues yet.
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I have that on mine too.
(Out of the box EE4 stock)
Thanks for posting everybody. It seams like its a common issue then. I just wanted to make sure it wasn't just mine or that i needed to return it due to some kinda of defect. Nice to know a custom kernel will fix it for the most part. Thanks again guys. This phone is so much nicer then the fascinate
I set a lock pattern on my phone, and I haven't seen the screen flicker once since. I'll switch back to the puzzle lock and see if it comes back....standby.
*update* switched back and still no flicker. Maybe that's the ticket.
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I have it on two replacement phones I got through amazon . White lines for a split second . I got it replaced through verizon because both of the others had a dead glowing red pixel after about a week. The one I got from verizon works great I would get it replaced asap before u get the glowing red dot of doom
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So for a few minutes after boot the touch screen works fine, if I use the keyboard to navigate I can keep it alive for about 30 seconds then it won't respond, lights for the home, back, menu, and search keys flicker on and off on their own. Running Cyclonic, never had an issue with it before, just started a few days ago. Any ideas on how to fix it? Or should I just get a new phone?
The Chosen Bum said:
So for a few minutes after boot the touch screen works fine, if I use the keyboard to navigate I can keep it alive for about 30 seconds then it won't respond, lights for the home, back, menu, and search keys flicker on and off on their own. Running Cyclonic, never had an issue with it before, just started a few days ago. Any ideas on how to fix it? Or should I just get a new phone?
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try restoring a backup then flashing the newest touchscreen update in the development thread
Still pretty buggy, it works more, but still not too responsive.
I had a problem that started like this. Eventually it just stopped.. Took it to Sprint because they claimed they could "fix" it. Nogo. Insurance covered it for free tho.
= Free phone. Just took two days. bam. Still frustrating run around. Fat chick cut me in line at the store. >:-(
THEsunnypiglets said:
I had a problem that started like this. Eventually it just stopped.. Took it to Sprint because they claimed they could "fix" it. Nogo. Insurance covered it for free tho.
= Free phone. Just took two days. bam. Still frustrating run around. Fat chick cut me in line at the store. >:-(
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Might just do that, Although I have been thinking about just getting a new phone since my contract is about up.
I've been having problems with my touch screen recently, it is just randomly unresponsive.. I also have a dead spot about 3/4 of the way up the screen, about as wide as my pinky all the way across the screen. It is quite annoying and frustrating because I have to constantly rotate my phone to be able to touch certain links or options. Isn't the Shift EOL?
bilgerryan said:
I've been having problems with my touch screen recently, it is just randomly unresponsive.. I also have a dead spot about 3/4 of the way up the screen, about as wide as my pinky all the way across the screen. It is quite annoying and frustrating because I have to constantly rotate my phone to be able to touch certain links or options. Isn't the Shift EOL?
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Yes the Shift is scheduled to be EOL. But for everyone having touch screen issues. If you try a few different fixes, and they do not work. Then your next step should be to RUU back to stock. If it resolves the issue your golden. If that still doesn't resolve the issue, then it's time to take it back to Sprint. But at least this way your Stock Unrooted so they cannot blame it on something you did. Some Sprint centers, or even third party centers will not touch the device if it's rooted.
Actually there's been a dead zone for touch in my shift since I got it. And because of a whole bunch of crazy mishaps I got screwed it off insurance.. It's been less than a year, does HTC have a one year warranty like most phone companies?
Yes they do. But make sure when you take it in it is NOT ROOTED. Or they will insist it was something you did.
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Yes the Shift is scheduled to be EOL. But for everyone having touch screen issues. If you try a few different fixes, and they do not work. Then your next step should be to RUU back to stock. If it resolves the issue your golden. If that still doesn't resolve the issue, then it's time to take it back to Sprint. But at least this way your Stock Unrooted so they cannot blame it on something you did. Some Sprint centers, or even third party centers will not touch the device if it's rooted.
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Thanks, I'm going to RUU back to stock.
Let us know how it goes.
It didn't doe my dead spot the last time but I'll give it another try tomorrow, if it solves some of the other weird problems I'm having I'll be happy
back to stock last night, and today the screen completely failed
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back to stock last night, and today the screen completely failed
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Damm that sucks. Time to take it back to Sprint.
Well I had the opposite effect, I RUU'd back to Froyo (cuz it was already on my computer) did all the OTA updates and rerooted, and my problems seem to be fixed.. Should have done it awhile ago but my laptop is sketchy right now.. Easiest way to know if you gotta take it in or not plus you're back to stock so you can take it in.. try it if you're having touchscreen problems
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Well I had the opposite effect, I RUU'd back to Froyo (cuz it was already on my computer) did all the OTA updates and rerooted, and my problems seem to be fixed.. Should have done it awhile ago but my laptop is sketchy right now.. Easiest way to know if you gotta take it in or not plus you're back to stock so you can take it in.. try it if you're having touchscreen problems
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Glad it worked for you .