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Phone keeps powering down?

So my just powers off, doesn't matter what state the battery in. It does not reboot. It just turns off. I have no idea what is causing this and I have been running this setup for awhile now without problems.
ROM: BAMF Stripped 1.7
Kernel: leanKernel 1.92x
Any ideas?

engagedtosmile said:
So my just powers off, doesn't matter what state the battery in. It does not reboot. It just turns off. I have no idea what is causing this and I have been running this setup for awhile now without problems.
ROM: BAMF Stripped 1.7
Kernel: leanKernel 1.92x
Any ideas?
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You're burning up the CPU from overclocking it?
Asside from that obvious first, thought. I'm leaning more and more towards the fact that these sd cards are having issues wiping the info off of them. You know, the one that comes with the phone that's 32GB.
I've noticed that with mine I keep having issues seeing partitions and wiping old information off of the sdcard for that matter.
I won't delve to much in to details but I know for a fact that a couple of times that I've told my phone to wipe info from the sdcard, it leaves stuff behind and i tshows when I boot up in to my freshly installed ROM what ever it may be at the time.
I've even gone as far as booting in to gparted only to see that it doesn't see the partition...

thewebsiteisdown said:
You're burning up the CPU from overclocking it?
Asside from that obvious first, thought. I'm leaning more and more towards the fact that these sd cards are having issues wiping the info off of them. You know, the one that comes with the phone that's 32GB.
I've noticed that with mine I keep having issues seeing partitions and wiping old information off of the sdcard for that matter.
I won't delve to much in to details but I know for a fact that a couple of times that I've told my phone to wipe info from the sdcard, it leaves stuff behind and i tshows when I boot up in to my freshly installed ROM what ever it may be at the time.
I've even gone as far as booting in to gparted only to see that it doesn't see the partition...
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I have caught it saying that the SD card was inaccessible but I don't see why that would make it power down. I lowered the overclock back down to 1.4ghz to see if it helps.

Just curious.. but are you running the "new" radio that came out with the OTA update? (Obviously not the official OTA, but the leaked version? and no I don't mean GB radio).
Hubby's phone started doing this after he got the OTA. I wasn't even rooted at the time but the new radio started causing his phone to shut down. Mine which was rooted and had received the leaked and rooted version of the OTA was rebooting at random times throughout the day.
This weekend I flashed them both back to the previous radio (Combo #2 in the obligatory radio post) and they've been running ever since with no shutdowns or reboots.

engagedtosmile said:
I have caught it saying that the SD card was inaccessible but I don't see why that would make it power down. I lowered the overclock back down to 1.4ghz to see if it helps.
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I have mine set to 1.4. There's no reason besides for epenus to really go over that IMO. You don't want to burn the CPU up. Even at 1.4 you need to find out if it likes to be undervolted or uber undervolted as well. Mine was happy with uber undervolt then on the next couple kernels that came out that changed to the undervolted so..
That part is a crap shoot. The sd card is deffinately causing some funky behavior IMO. Probably not shutting down like you said but funky things none the less and I really wish I could get a better handle on it.
I had a program the other day on my computer that seen the partitions fine and now none of them do that I try. I don't know if I'm using the wrong app now or what...
I'm busy getting ready to move in to a house right now though so I'll get to it more later I suppose for now I'm chilling on GB.
I agree with Sam as well a little I suppose but Sam, factory resetting the phone is supposed to fix the new ota update issue or atleast it did for my wifes phone. That was per HTC's advice that we tried that with hers and hers is unrooted not even touched and it stopped it so..
Some people say it didn't work for them but that's neither here nor there..

thewebsiteisdown said:
I have mine set to 1.4. There's no reason besides for epenus to really go over that IMO. You don't want to burn the CPU up. Even at 1.4 you need to find out if it likes to be undervolted or uber undervolted as well. Mine was happy with uber undervolt then on the next couple kernels that came out that changed to the undervolted so..
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I play a lot of PSX on my phone and the few FPS helps sometime. Also helps with the audio becoming choppy.
And yes, this is the leaked radio but I have been using it since day one. I lowered it to 1.4ghz and I think was it. The rise in temperature outside probably wasn't helping.

engagedtosmile said:
I play a lot of PSX on my phone and the few FPS helps sometime. Also helps with the audio becoming choppy.
And yes, this is the leaked radio but I have been using it since day one. I lowered it to 1.4ghz and I think was it. The rise in temperature outside probably wasn't helping.
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Sweet glad I could help. You should thank me and Samxxx .

thewebsiteisdown said:
Sweet glad I could help. You should thank me and Samxxx .
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It happened again last night so it wasn't the OC afterall, I am on the stock radio now.

Happened again with stock radio, I'm out of ideas as to what is causing it.

engagedtosmile said:
Happened again with stock radio, I'm out of ideas as to what is causing it.
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Mine did this a couple times. I read some stats and realized it was reading the battery as dead when it would happen. So I took the battery out and made sure it was in firmly and correctly, made sure the battery door was on tight and it never happened again.

Is the phone actually powering off or is it just not waking up? If its not waking up then its just undervolted to much. I would try another kernel that's not as undervolted.
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dlongb13 said:
Is the phone actually powering off or is it just not waking up? If its not waking up then its just undervolted to much. I would try another kernel that's not as undervolted.
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Powers off completely.
I think I found the issue, it's the hardware. If I put any pressure on it or if it bends a little, it will power off like its shorting out. (Happens mostly in my pocket while sitting.) Going to talk to verizon about it.

Bad thing is you don't like to use the thank you button so I won't be helping you any more at this point.

thewebsiteisdown said:
Bad thing is you don't like to use the thank you button so I won't be helping you any more at this point.
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lol okay.
heres your thanks.
Thanks.

My phone seems to be having a similar issue. I'm running BamfGingerRemix 2.1, the MR2 radio, with Nerozehl's Dream Kernel, overclocked to 1.4Ghz, and with swap enabled. The low clock speed is 368.
I have no idea what is causing it, but I'm pretty sure the phone is actually off. I have to do a battery pull before I can get it to boot. This has happened 3 times over the past 3 days. If it happens again, I'm going to call myself from my roommate's phone to see if it is truly off.
I know it isn't from the battery being too low because last night after I got it rebooted, the battery was at 99% (it was on the charger when I tried to wake it). I'm hoping this isn't a sign of something bad coming to my phone.

I've heard some people call this the sleep of death? I'm on aosp (both cm7 and OMFGB) and I've seen this a few times. Werid eh?
Edit: I'm on the 402w1 radio
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My phone would also not wake up a few times when I was running various BAMF Roms - I should note that I have only run their ROMs since rooting the phone. It seemed to happen a few minutes after sending a text, not every time but randomly. I haven't changed any of the defaults regarding overclocking, so it would seem strange if that was the reason. I also don't know if it was off, or if it just wouldn't wake up because I had to pull the battery to get it running again.
However, I have been running the newest 3.0 RC3 for a couple of days and haven't seen it happen at all.

[Q] Phone turning off randomly twice a day using Android Revolution 1.1.7

Here we go:
As of update 1.1.7 of mike1986's Android Revolution ROM I experienced a strange issue:
My phone just randomly turns off at least two times a day. I'm not talking about a reproduceable error, since my phone only showed an unresponsive black screen (waking it up by pressing the power button didn't work, too), when I was carrying it in my pocket. I thought at first it was an SOD issue like with the early Android builds for the HD2. But today my phone just literally turned off before my own eyes while I was checking my mail. I wasn't even able to turn it on anymore without performing a battery pull. I was confronted with this issue the third time just a couple of minutes ago. I even did a full wipe and reflashed the ROM (I know, I'm just a Junior Member, but trust me, I know how to this properly), before this happened - again.
Should I just revert to an older version of the ROM or wait for an update? I don't want to just sit around and do nothing about it.
Any help is much appreciated!

Please search the Android Revolution Thread before posting next time.
A lot of people are having these issues. Just install a different kernel and that should fix the problem or go back to 1.1.5 or 1.1.6. I'm waiting for 1.1.8

adam_deluxe said:
Here we go:
As of update 1.1.7 of mike1986's Android Revolution ROM I experienced a strange issue:
My phone just randomly turns off at least two times a day. I'm not talking about a reproduceable error, since my phone only showed an unresponsive black screen (waking it up by pressing the power button didn't work, too), when I was carrying it in my pocket. I thought at first it was an SOD issue like with the early Android builds for the HD2. But today my phone just literally turned off before my own eyes while I was checking my mail. I wasn't even able to turn it on anymore without performing a battery pull. I was confronted with this issue the third time just a couple of minutes ago. I even did a full wipe and reflashed the ROM (I know, I'm just a Junior Member, but trust me, I know how to this properly), before this happened - again.
Should I just revert to an older version of the ROM or wait for an update? I don't want to just sit around and do nothing about it.
Any help is much appreciated!
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Hi,
This is a kernel issue.
Try flashing the kernel in my sig using CWM.

Dacoit said:
Please search the Android Revolution Thread before posting next time.
A lot of people are having these issues. Just install a different kernel and that should fix the problem or go back to 1.1.5 or 1.1.6. I'm waiting for 1.1.8
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I did. Thing is, I'm still a Junior Member, so I'm not allowed to post the experience I had or ask questions about it. I know, it's a ROM-specific question which belongs in the thread of the aforementioned ROM, but asking someone out of the to post it for me would have been about just as much annoying. Still, I'm sorry.
Still, it seemed somehow that no one reported the exact situation, as there were different solutions proposed. But - as I said - I couldn't even add anything to the discussion, since I'm not allowed.
I hope, it didn't disturb you too much.
Regards

Thanks for the quick (and hopefully helpful) reply.
I have to wait and see, if it works for me, but if you say so, there must be something true about it.
Anyway, thanks again!
Regards
EDIT: The UI runs pretty smoothly now and my WIFI and mobile data are not lagging anymore. It MUST have been the kernel.

adam_deluxe said:
Thanks for the quick (and hopefully helpful) reply.
I have to wait and see, if it works for me, but if you say so, there must be something true about it.
Anyway, thanks again!
Regards
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Hi,
It worked for me,and I've had no black screens since.

Yes, reverting to RC Mix 2.3 solves many glitches IMO. Should do the trick while waiting for a better version.

How to track down reason for reboot?

During the last couple of days I've had seemingly random reboots. How could I find the reason for this?

apex84 said:
During the last couple of days I've had seemingly random reboots. How could I find the reason for this?
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Hi,
Try switching kernels.
New 0.2.6 is HERE

thanks for the answer but I'm running faux's AOSP kernel for CM7. Also the reboots didn't start after flashing a new kernel, I've been running 0.2.5b2 since Nov 20 (updated to 0.2.5b3 today - still reboots) but the reboots started sometime during the weekend.

ok I think Viber is the culprit. So no ideas on how I can find out if it really is Viber?

I have the same problem. I tried the stock rom, S-on... and I still have this problem...

apex84 said:
During the last couple of days I've had seemingly random reboots. How could I find the reason for this?
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Try to look with ES file explorer through your phone storage for /proc/last.kmsg. It should hold clues as to your last unexpected reboot.

mf2112 said:
Try to look with ES file explorer through your phone storage for /proc/last.kmsg. It should hold clues as to your last unexpected reboot.
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There's no such file.

I couldn't view it in ES, I use Root Explorer.
It's in the system folder>proc> then open last.ksmg as a text file.

crisdu13 said:
I have the same problem. I tried the stock rom, S-on... and I still have this problem...
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Did you install any apps after you restored to stock ROM? Was wifi enabled or were you on 3G at the time? What ROM, radio, and RIL do you use (before restoring stock ROM)?
Phantogenic said:
I couldn't view it in ES, I use Root Explorer.
It's in the system folder>proc> then open last.ksmg as a text file.
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I also used Root Explorer but there is no last.kmsg file. I've also searched for last.kmsg with Root Explorer.

apex84 said:
During the last couple of days I've had seemingly random reboots. How could I find the reason for this?
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Hey
I've actually had the same issue! So I think it started with the OTA HTC update that went through sometime last week. Since then I've noticed my phone just randomly restarts by itself all the time (like 3-5x in a day). Ive also noticed that the phone is getting very laggy especially while using certain apps like facebook or Messages and then sometimes I think it just restarts out of low memory resources. never had this problem before the OTA update! Glad to know that I'm not the only one.
Now if we can just figure out how to go back to the good 'ol days....

W1LDC4TZ said:
Hey
I've actually had the same issue! So I think it started with the OTA HTC update that went through sometime last week. Since then I've noticed my phone just randomly restarts by itself all the time (like 3-5x in a day). Ive also noticed that the phone is getting very laggy especially while using certain apps like facebook or Messages and then sometimes I think it just restarts out of low memory resources. never had this problem before the OTA update! Glad to know that I'm not the only one.
Now if we can just figure out how to go back to the good 'ol days....
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I've been running CM 7 since mid September though. So in my case it's some other cause.
I'm thinking it has something to do with networks. Because the majority of the crashes occur when I'm away from home/not stationary. I haven't been able to catch a crash with logcat since it almost never crashes (2 in total) while I'm at my computer. So now whenever I'm at the computer it is connected via USB and logcat is running.
Also the crashes very rarely (once or twice maybe) occur while I'm using the phone. Most of the time it crashes or has already crashed when I press the power button to wake the phone.

yeah. not sure.. id agree with everything youre saying about my crashes as well. Except i am running stock, no root. So, we'll see.

apex84 said:
There's no such file.
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It may not be there unless there was an unexpected system crash/reboot. I have had my phone "hang" for some time until I gave it the three finger salute, but it didn't actually crash as such.
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turns on and reboots

need some help it just reboots randomly and is getting quite annoying :/

toxicpaulution said:
need some help it just reboots randomly and is getting quite annoying :/
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With all the great info you provided I am sure someone will be able to help

well i read earlier that someone had problems with the android.process.media has stopped... thats the problem about after a minute of it pooping up my phone just resets. no need to be a **** about it

Without info you aren't going to get any good help. A rebooting phone could be caused by many issues. So far you have given us an error. This is still very little to go on. And now since you resorted to name calling I doubt you will get much help.

toxicpaulution said:
well i read earlier that someone had problems with the android.process.media has stopped... thats the problem about after a minute of it pooping up my phone just resets. no need to be a **** about it
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That error could be cause by no less then 100 different things. Welcome to a development site. You have to provide all the needed info before we can help. With the info you gave me I would suggest to flash to a stock rom and stay there until you understand a little bit more about what your doing. I see no rom, radio, ril, mods, recovery, it flashing info at all.

zelendel said:
That error could be cause by no less then 100 different things. Welcome to a development site. You have to provide all the needed info before we can help. With the info you gave me I would suggest to flash to a stock rom and stay there until you understand a little bit more about what your doing. I see no rom, radio, ril, mods, recovery, it flashing info at all.
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That's what i was thinking, but i was accused of flaming by a guy in the Captivate forums today, so i bit my tongue

i just flashed the absolution rom and it again crashed on me and i did wipe the cache and system before installing the custom rom.

and it reboots in the middle of typing or on standby >.< it is quite irritating to be honest

Rebooting
This is caused with a bad flash, radio/ril mismatch, and other programs that have been reinstalled from a backup. I would also suggest re-flashing to a stock rom, and see if it still does it, and if not I would look at getting a new rom. You also can reinstall the one you are running and then add the apps back one at a time to see if it is generated by them. Also I suggest going back to the dev thread and make sure you have the correct radio-ril combo. Search-Research and you will find the root cause.

toxicpaulution said:
and it reboots in the middle of typing or on standby >.< it is quite irritating to be honest
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The absolution Rom was having some issues with battery and themes tweaks in the absolution tools. If you happened to change any of those that is probably the problem.

Random Reboot
well instead of starting a new thread I'll tap onto this one. I am also experiencing random reboots. My phone will reboot regardless if you are using it or not.The reboots can be as far apart as a couple of days or as frequent as 4 times a day. I am running a stock Gingerbread OS.(AT&T) The phone is not rooted. The phone is as stock as possible. The only apps on the phone are the ones that are pre-loaded by AT&T. I have changed the battery with a new OEM HTC battery. I replaced the SD card. I have also replaced the battery door.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks

Its the battery. I had mine reboot at 96% and 48%. Replace the battery.
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I changed the battery twice

Random Reboots

So after the JB update I too had the random reboots while in the dock and charging I did all the usual, and cold reboots etc etc, but after reading in Atrix about there issues with ICS custom roms where it was noted that reboots stopped if you removed you external memory (or any memory cards come to that)
So I tried it, and now it doesnt do random reboots.....not sure if this will help anyone but might just make one irritation go away

deech said:
So after the JB update I too had the random reboots while in the dock and charging I did all the usual, and cold reboots etc etc, but after reading in Atrix about there issues with ICS custom roms where it was noted that reboots stopped if you removed you external memory (or any memory cards come to that)
So I tried it, and now it doesnt do random reboots.....not sure if this will help anyone but might just make one irritation go away
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Can you give more informations, please.
What's model ?
If it's a TG, the better solution for you, it's to contact ASUS for an exchange.
You're not alone => Census TF300TG / TL 3G failed

it's the TF300t just normal bog standard machine, not rootd or unlocked, happened after the JB update, reported it in the JB issues thread, but wrote this after testing it after reading about the Atrix's similar issues after a custom ICS....
Since removing the sd cards from both dock and pad not had any more random re-boots, will try to see if it's one or other of the slots causing it.

deech said:
it's the TF300t just normal bog standard machine, not rootd or unlocked, happened after the JB update, reported it in the JB issues thread, but wrote this after testing it after reading about the Atrix's similar issues after a custom ICS....
Since removing the sd cards from both dock and pad not had any more random re-boots, will try to see if it's one or other of the slots causing it.
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I'll have to test this out since I have 2 MicroSD cards inserted into my TF300T right now with the newest JB release. It appears that my tablet is having the same issues as I've seen with custom ROMs on phones with too much running the background. I wish I had root, since I could trim what apps are running but that'll have to wait for later.

deech said:
it's the TF300t just normal bog standard machine, not rootd or unlocked, happened after the JB update, reported it in the JB issues thread, but wrote this after testing it after reading about the Atrix's similar issues after a custom ICS....
Since removing the sd cards from both dock and pad not had any more random re-boots, will try to see if it's one or other of the slots causing it.
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CrimsonKnight13 said:
I'll have to test this out since I have 2 MicroSD cards inserted into my TF300T right now with the newest JB release. It appears that my tablet is having the same issues as I've seen with custom ROMs on phones with too much running the background. I wish I had root, since I could trim what apps are running but that'll have to wait for later.
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The best you can do it's to installed the new kernel that you will find in my index (click in my sig )
Apparently it could solve the problem with these random reboots

philos64 said:
The best you can do it's to installed the new kernel that you will find in my index (click in my sig )
Apparently it could solve the problem with these random reboots
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Thanks. I'll verify that I have the same kernel version as v10.4.2.17, which I updated to recently. I've read that a lot of people have issues with the power button, but since I don't, I believe that it is something within JB. The odd part is that I've seen this exact same issue in Android since 2.2. Maybe its my power user ways...

This drove me crazy on my TF101... so I gave up and got the TF300T. After the first day it started random rebooting.... I was PISSED!!! :crying: After searching for and answer I came across a thread on another forum that suggested a fix was to install an app called "WakeLock" and set it to "Partial" .... 2 months later not one single reboot since I installed it. :good:
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImV1LnRoZWRhcmtlbi53bCJd

Riptide9 said:
This drove me crazy on my TF101... so I gave up and got the TF300T. After the first day it started random rebooting.... I was PISSED!!! :crying: After searching for and answer I came across a thread on another forum that suggested a fix was to install an app called "WakeLock" and set it to "Partial" .... 2 months later not one single reboot since I installed it. :good:
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImV1LnRoZWRhcmtlbi53bCJd
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Thanks! I'll test it out thoroughly & see how it goes.

CrimsonKnight13 said:
Thanks! I'll test it out thoroughly & see how it goes.
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I installed the program last evening ,got a reboot 5 hours later.
Running overclocked at 1600Mhz .(governor "interactive")

ejssje said:
I installed the program last evening ,got a reboot 5 hours later.
Running overclocked at 1600Mhz .(governor "interactive")
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OCing can make a reboot happen due to overheating. Have you tried just doing stock speed?

I had reboots all the time when the dock was connected. I updated to the latest firmware two days ago and have not rebooted since. I also installed WakeLock set on partial and it seems to help.