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Hi All,
I have a mt4g which is rooted with S=Off. I switch between the Sense launcher and Launcher Pro Plus. Usual apps on the phone, not too many.
For last week or so, I have been seeing that sometimes the phone gets really really laggy and Norton Util tells me that the CPU is 100%.
Also, I think most of the times, when this happens, I see a Sync icon up top. I do not sync a lot, just 2 GMail Inboxes and weather (every 6 hours). But I do see that Sync icon most of the times when this lagging happens.
I have tried removing apps, but this still seems to be a problem. I have see somewhere that turning the USB debugging to ON has helped many, but did not work for me.
I tried CM7 RC1 when it was out, but didnt like it (stock camera etc...) and I restored back to my stock ROM. Could this have done something?
Thanks
Ravneet
On your home screen hit menu key. Go to settings. Select accounts and sync. See what all is listed there. Chances are something with sense is constantly syncing.
Disable everything from syncing. See if the problem goes away. If so turn on one thing at a time until you find the culprit.
Hope that puts you in the right direction.
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Have tried that. When I go there nothing is synching. Strange.
I have tried to remove all accounts from synch but still see the problem.
Went into recovery and wiped the cache about a hour ago. So far so good. Hope it stays this way.
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I've noticed that there are apps that as soon as i download them, and open them that my cpu will go to 100% until I reboot my phone. System panel is a good app that isn't too obtrusive that will tell you exactly what app is doing what.
Have you installed anything new lately?
I uninstalled everything new.
Moreover I think every time this happens the battery is less than 30%. Maybe in low battery profile there are some apps which are over utilizing the CPU.
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There's a couple threads like this. The stock Rom seems to have issues running rooted. Best bet would be to flash a different rom
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Turn on USB Debugging... See if that does anything
USB debugging is set to ON.
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@NicGraner: Why would the stock ROM have problems with being rooted?
I am still having this problem. Uninstalled everything that is not important.
The phone just becomes unusable and I have to reboot. Un-installed Watchdog Lite too, as I thought since it is monitoring, it is taking up some CPU in background too.
No widgets on the home screens.
I guess I am gonna do a full refresh using the PDxxx.zip and go back to stock stock and then see what happens. not sure if I will lose my root once I do that.
Try the royal glacier rom it's solid stable and the sh!t
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/2/stop-t-mobile-from-being-bought-by-att/.......
I returned 5 phones for this exact problem, then I finally got one where the usb debugging trick actually worked. Before that I was just using OSmonitor from the market to see when I was hitting 100% then I would have to yank the battery as that was the only thing that would make it stop.
When I got this new phone I installed os monitor and waited for it to happen again, which it did, then I turned on usb debugging and watched my cpu usage graph drop to 0%. SUCCESS! Unfortunately since this was my 6th phone this solution seems to be the exception rather than the rule.
I did a lot of poking around on google trying to fix this and found a lot of people with different results. Try disabling t mobile sync and go to the myaccount app in the market and uninstall the updates. If that doesn't work try getting a new sim card and sd card, or just keep returning phones until t mobile offers to send you a g2x...
Also if you search around you'll see that this isn't just a problem with the mt4g. I found multiple threads where this happens on the nexus one, and several galaxy s phones. I really hope google is aware of this.
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@johnsmith970: Thanks for the info. I will try calling TMO tonight and see what they say.
I am really bugged by this now. The phone gets totally unusable once this happens.
They will say to do a factory reset. Every tech support person I talked to told me to do that. This didn't solve the problem for me at all. It still exhibited the same symptoms on a fresh reset and not even signed in to google.
I would advise calling htc support just to let them know you are having this problem. Sending back a half a dozen phones per customer can't be good for anyones wallet or their peace of mind.
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I have no idea why the stock rom doesn't like being rooted it's just what's been said and the solution which is most widely given (and mostly worked unless theres an underlying problem) is to flash a custom rom.
OK! I have more information for anyone interested.
I am tracking processes now in OS Monitor app from Market.
Most of the times it is the bluetooth daemon (bluetoothd) that goes bonkers. I was connected to my GPS in my car while driving, and when I came out of the car...the bluetoothd is going bonkers...looks like it may be trying to 'find' the device it was connected to. At the same time logcat2 process is also utilizing 30+% of the CPU.
I turned off Bluetooth and both the processes went away
So let me see if this sticks for couple of days.
Thanks
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I have no idea why the stock rom doesn't like being rooted it's just what's been said and the solution which is most widely given (and mostly worked unless theres an underlying problem) is to flash a custom rom.
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I wasn't even rooted.
If you want to keep stock rom this is what I did and its absolutely solid.
Install this stock rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042586
After installing this rom flash faux123 first time kernel. After its all booted up reboot back into recovery and flash faux123 cfs rc3 kernel. I have my cpu set at 1200mhz and everything is gravy.
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Am I the only one who's got worse battery life since the update?
I keep my brightness set low, bluetooth and GPS are off. My mail and Twitter are set to update manually. Weather updates every four hours, and I use only a few widgets (the weather clock and a few that toggle settings). I've got a solid LTE signal.
Before the update (and even after the 2.11.605.3 Gingerbread update that I'd got before Verizon and HTC pulled it), I could take my phone off the charger when I woke up, use it moderately, and still be in the green when I'd put it back on the charger at bed time. If I used it a bit more, maybe I'd be in the yellow, but I'd never had a problem going 18 hours or so on a single full charge.
Since the update, though, my phone can't get through a day without recharging in the middle. Even if I don't use it. Just sitting on my desk, untouched, I'm losing about 11% an hour.
Chances are the phone will re adjust through battery cycles. Also there are power saving options now if you go to the power setting. The efficiency setting works very well. Other than that I would wait a little longer before going about any tinkering.
And one more thing. You don't have a task manager do you? If so get rid of it. Android is incredibly efficient on managing its ram and tasks.
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LTE? You're running 4G all the time? I wouldn't make it past late afternoon if I didn't toggle the LTE off most of the time and use CMDA (3G).
I'm stock and also having horrible battery life since the last update. Like 5 hours worth of battery with little use before I'm in the yellow. I'm giving up on 4G and switching over to 3G for good... maybe that will last longer as it did in the past
I'm tempted to do a factory reset
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I'm stock and also having horrible battery life since the last update. Like 5 hours worth of battery with little use before I'm in the yellow. I'm giving up on 4G and switching over to 3G for good... maybe that will last longer as it did in the past
I'm tempted to do a factory reset
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If my assumption is wrong on your knowledge of factory resets, i apologize and i'm not trying to insult your knowledge of these phones. That being said, factory reset won't allow you to revert to pre 605.5 software, as it just wipes the data completely and you stay on the same 605.5 you are on. If you are rooted already, make a backup and flash back an older release of the software that you are happy with. If you aren't rooted, now is a good time and then to revert back to past software haha
Hmm..sounds like someone should get an extended battery.I have one and never had a problem before or after gb.
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If my assumption is wrong on your knowledge of factory resets, i apologize and i'm not trying to insult your knowledge of these phones. That being said, factory reset won't allow you to revert to pre 605.5 software, as it just wipes the data completely and you stay on the same 605.5 you are on. If you are rooted already, make a backup and flash back an older release of the software that you are happy with. If you aren't rooted, now is a good time and then to revert back to past software haha
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Insult not taken... I'm well aware of what a factory reset is. And I don't care to root - been rooted before. Battery was much better before... so I figure its probably an app causing the drain - not playing nice with the update. A reset could remedy that.
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holla420 said:
Hmm..sounds like someone should get an extended battery.I have one and never had a problem before or after gb.
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Unfortunately, I don't care to have that over grown tumor on the back of my phone. My battery has been fine before so I know it's possible to use the stock battery and have it last throughout the day.
Lol well suit urself.I don't kno why a lot of people hate it.I mean besides the phat ass on the back it last 16+ hrz.but Wat ever floats ur boat
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And one more thing. You don't have a task manager do you?
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Nope. Never have, never will. I'll give it a few more days and see if, as you suggest, the battery doesn't readjust.
LTE? You're running 4G all the time? I wouldn't make it past late afternoon if I didn't toggle the LTE off most of the time and use CMDA (3G).
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Yep. The area I'm in (just east of Pittsburgh) seems to have good coverage. I've never had to manually turn off LTE, and until the last update, I've never had trouble making it through the day.
Hmm..sounds like someone should get an extended battery.I have one and never had a problem before or after gb.
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Unfortunately, I don't care to have that over grown tumor on the back of my phone. My battery has been fine before so I know it's possible to use the stock battery and have it last throughout the day.
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I'm with mdeblaz. Getting through the day on the stock battery hasn't been an issue until the update. And I'll buy a new phone before I buy a ginormous battery for this one. I've had a couple of HTC phones now, and the Thunderbolt has been the most problematic for me. Maybe I'll sell it back to Verizon and get the Rezound. If the battery issue doesn't clear up on it's own, it's either going to be new phone or (for the first time since I started using Android phones) flashing a new ROM.
Anyone know a good Gingerbread ROM for the Thunderbolt that has Sense 3? I know I'm a minority, but I keep buying HTC phones because I actually like Sense.
BAMF Forever 1.09.
You may have an issue with the camera taking pics, try clearing data from the camera app. Like having a new phone for me.
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collije said:
BAMF Forever 1.09.
You may have an issue with the camera taking pics, try clearing data from the camera app. Like having a new phone for me.
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That one looks pretty good. Is LTE working in it? Is it ok to use over the current stock software? Any guides for noobs who have never even rooted, let alone installed a custom ROM?
mikeszekely said:
That one looks pretty good. Is LTE working in it? Is it ok to use over the current stock software? Any guides for noobs who have never even rooted, let alone installed a custom ROM?
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Some advice for noobs. Read read read. Do your homework. Read through the guides and walkthroughs on this forum (mainly in the development section). Learn now to root and learn how to recover BEFORE attempting to mod your phone in any way. Learn how to setup and use ADB.
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And it seem its cycling through 3g, 4g, 1x, again. Why can't HTC get this right wtf.
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As killa just said do read.
Going root is probably the only way to fix the thunderbolts stock problems.
I have had mine rooted since it was rootable and I have been loving my phone. I also use the stock battery and can get over 18 hours daily with wifi on at all times, lte and GPS when I'm not home. Those are the wonders of custom kernals and setcpu . I run AOSP but I have ran sense and Bamf forever is definitely the way to go for sense.
Good luck.
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I'm having no problems with data connectivity on 2.11.605.5 perhaps your area is having network problems...
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It seems when I press the home button or just press "back" enough times to end up at home, the screen displays the HTC logo for a time then actually gets to the home screen. It's almost as if it's rebooting every time I go home, but music applications continue to play.
I am not rooted nor have I installed any custom firmware on my sensation. Is it just a lack of RAM?
seems like the sense UI is restarting. do u have installed any launcher ?
I have not installed any custom launchers.
is this not a common issue among sensation owners?
maybe I need to flash a custom rom that's more optimized...
Happened to me as well (so far, I've only seen it twice since buying the device (XE) 3 weeks ago). I'm on the stock ROM.
It seems when there are too many apps active, which require too much RAM, Android unoads Sense from memory.
You check what you have installed and running (not only in Task Manager, but also in the "Running Services" tab of the application manager.
This is very common; it's just an aspect of Sense. Some ROMs do it more than others but they all do it to some degree. I see it happen most often when you're running a lot of apps at the same time and then hit home.
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I have started getting this recently, I assume it came with an alleged "upgrade".
The really useful people at HTC told me it was my fault for installing applications and suggested I do a factory reset.
As stated above, if you kill some apps, it seems to stop it.
I have also, with my limited ability tried to stop some stuff from loading.
If there was a guide somewhere to managing what loads, I think that would help a lot with this problem.
It's because there's not enough memory for it, forcing it to be closed and restarted. Rather common on these phones, and either you need nothing installed on the phone, or just use a different launcher that doesn't take as much memory to run. As soon as I changed launcher it runs perfectly. As soon as I change back the problem resurfaces.
android memory will auto shut any other program when the current program does not have enough memory...
Get spare parts and set the autokiller option to normal
I suggest you root and add (all the way at the bottom) line "ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1" (without the quotes) to build.prop in /system
Problem solved.
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no doubt there are many users on here who are quite happy to root their phone, or prepared to install "Spare Parts".
At my level of ability, I would appreciate being given information as to how to control this behaviour. I think the solution lies in being able to prevent some applications from running automatically on start-up and in effectively, that is, permanently, shutting down applications. I find that using task killers, the applications start running themselves again.
it does seem to me that the android system has a serious defect as no consumer is going to tolerate a situation where, every time one wants to carry out a task on the phone, one has to wait approximately 30 seconds. The level of documentation supplied with the system is quite atrocious.
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no doubt there are many users on here who are quite happy to root their phone, or prepared to install "Spare Parts".
At my level of ability, I would appreciate being given information as to how to control this behaviour. I think the solution lies in being able to prevent some applications from running automatically on start-up and in effectively, that is, permanently, shutting down applications. I find that using task killers, the applications start running themselves again.
it does seem to me that the android system has a serious defect as no consumer is going to tolerate a situation where, every time one wants to carry out a task on the phone, one has to wait approximately 30 seconds. The level of documentation supplied with the system is quite atrocious.
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ballyhooo, I think you and I are on the same line on this.
There's definitely a bug there and I think HTC should be aware of it!!
I don't see the point for HTC to let everyone down the "root" avenue ... or may be I'm missing something.
How could we take it further?
All the Best
You do realise you don't need to be rooted to change launcher, right? It's as simple as going to the market and picking one you like.
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I know, but reading the various posts I understood it was one strong step toward fixing this ...
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It's only installing one app, the only other alternative would be to rip sense out of the phone or somehow increase it's memory!
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Ok understood. I'll give it a try. Thanks
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It's because there's not enough memory for it, forcing it to be closed and restarted. Rather common on these phones, and either you need nothing installed on the phone, or just use a different launcher that doesn't take as much memory to run. As soon as I changed launcher it runs perfectly. As soon as I change back the problem resurfaces.
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BTW which one are you using?
Adw or another one?
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I'm using spb shell 3d, but any other launchers will also work.
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Hi people,
I'm have a terrible issue with my battery of the HTC Sensation.
When I first updated to ICS, the battery life was good, it even took longer to run empty then with Gingerbread.
But for the lasty month the battery drains very quickly!! In about 5 hours all of the battery is empty,. and I need to charge it.
I haven't been using the phone differently than before, I just use it the same.
Even buying a new battery doesn't work. So there must be something wrong with the OS I think, or a bad app.
When the phone is fully chardes before I go to bed 01:00 AM, the battery will be at 50% at 07:00 AM (when doing nothing)
Things I've tried:
Remove all apps
Removing/formatting Micro SD card
Buying/using a new battery
I haven't tried resetting the phone, because I don't want to lose all my whats app messages, many of them are important.
I know whats app makes a database, but I do not know how te recover it after a phone reset.
Does anyone have any tips or tricks in how to solve it?
Any help would be appreciated!
Have you checked your settings to see if any are draining it? I go pretty far to save battery. I turn off sync except for email. I turn off all led notifications, I turn off keyboard feed back , I turn my backlight to custom and make it dim. (The backlight can take a lot of juice) I turn off animations. And basically look over my settings and see where I can save. I'm getting pretty good battery life now. It also depends on rom and kernel. Some are better for battery than others. Maybe you want to try a different kernel to see if that will help? If your not rooted try the settings and juice defender app. See if that helps. You can get it at the play store .
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If your messages are that important, you really should learn to back them up. I don't use whatsapp, so I can't help there. But I do use SMS Backup & Restore and Save MMS to preserve important messages/pics when I reflash.
Just backup your messages and reset/reflash. Something is obviously going wrong in your OS, so it's better to start clean IMO.
rawrfische said:
If your messages are that important, you really should learn to back them up
Just backup your messages and reset/reflash. Something is obviously going wrong in your OS, so it's better to start clean IMO.
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Hi, thanks for yor reply, but it's not the sms messages, they can be deleted, that's not my problem. It's only whats app, and it has a database, but no manual on how te restore on a new phone or something.
I really want to reset/refash, but I don't know how I can flash the HTC software again, and second, Its the messages from whats app I want to keep. But can you tell me how to set everything back? of reset/reflash? Then I know that part, then all I need to do is find somewhere on how to restore the whats app database afterwards
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Hi, thanks for yor reply, but it's not the sms messages, they can be deleted, that's not my problem. It's only whats app, and it has a database, but no manual on how te restore on a new phone or something.
I really want to reset/refash, but I don't know how I can flash the HTC software again, and second, Its the messages from whats app I want to keep. But can you tell me how to set everything back? of reset/reflash? Then I know that part, then all I need to do is find somewhere on how to restore the whats app database afterwards
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Google is your friend, whatsapp messages can be backed up and restored easily.
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Hi, thanks for yor reply, but it's not the sms messages, they can be deleted, that's not my problem. It's only whats app, and it has a database, but no manual on how te restore on a new phone or something.
I really want to reset/refash, but I don't know how I can flash the HTC software again, and second, Its the messages from whats app I want to keep. But can you tell me how to set everything back? of reset/reflash? Then I know that part, then all I need to do is find somewhere on how to restore the whats app database afterwards
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Is this relevant? Sounds really tedious.
http://beta.whatsapp.com/faq/questi...roid::how-do-i-restore-messages-from-a-backup
Could anyone tell me witch kernel is better for battery life?
1. faux 008b4
2. Bricked 1.36
3. Firmware 3.33
Rom is ARHD 6.7
Bricked.
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Bricked.
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Bricked 1.31 or 1.36?
Not the kernel affects the battery life its the governor....
Install bricked latest version and aroma installer will tell you what saves your battery life (btw if u use a power saving governor ur phone will become choppy if you are on ics.... Most likely)
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Why are our sensations rebooting like crazy these days?At first, I thought it was just my phone,but soon realized everyone has the same issue.
No matter what ROM I install, my phone turns off randomly. Whats going on? Someone please help if they have a solution cos I am seriously beginning to hate my sensation.
It has been about a year since most sensations were bought...
That's 500 charging cycles and for some batteries that's enough
Take your battery out and see if it got swollen or some liquid oily marks are visible, or even tiny silvery cracks.. those indicate the battery is dying.
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Raven2k said:
It has been about a year since most sensations were bought...
That's 500 charging cycles and for some batteries that's enough
Take your battery out and see if it got swollen or some liquid oily marks are visible, or even tiny silvery cracks.. those indicate the battery is dying.
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Could this reboots be caused by bad radio or firmware? I am getting them too, pretty often and the story is same - different roms, nothing changed.
Have you tried This or This?
bosslabs said:
Why are our sensations rebooting like crazy these days?At first, I thought it was just my phone,but soon realized everyone has the same issue.
No matter what ROM I install, my phone turns off randomly. Whats going on? Someone please help if they have a solution cos I am seriously beginning to hate my sensation.
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Need more information. Are you overclocking too high? Undervolting? Flashing back and forth between kernels without reverting some of the files they change? Mixing 3.32/3.33 firmwares and ROMs? Matching radio/RIL combos? Restoring old data through Titanium Backup? There's a whole bunch of stuff that could cause reboots TBH.
Have you tried running stock (firmware, kernel, ROM, radio) for a few days to see if the reboots keep coming? If they do, then it's your hardware and you should look into warranty if you still have one. If not, then it's something you're doing during your setup process.
I've just been running rooted stock ICS lately and my phone has been incredibly stable. I did get some reboots last week, but it turns out they were caused by the recent update to Google Maps. I uninstalled the updates and the problem went away.
Had mine a year and never had reboot issues!
You know what I love most about this thread?
The complete lack of usefull information like logcats, last_kmsg, and other logs as well as kernel info, firmware info, UV status/OC status.
@OP get those things then we can help more
My guess is you've updated your gmaps. Anything that uses any oart of gmaps/location service is fubared on the last update.
Thanks guys for the replies. Well as suggested I have formated my sd card,super wiped (using ARHD superwipe script) and installed the viper 1.1 ROM.So far no reboots, and I will not update google maps.Have been changing ROM's like crazy, so this must have messed up my phone. I will post logcats and other info if I get reboots now.
Again thanks for all your inputs guys, was about to throw away my phone.
Upgrade your battery to the anker battery. Its like £11 from amazon.co.uk
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8 quid, received today. Anker from Amazon UK.
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That problem was driving me nuts every time I used maps or navigation. Uninstalled the update and all was well again.
-I updated latest Gmap and my xe reboot issue too, i use titanium backup restore to previous Gmap and problem is gone..
-Anyway it's time for me get an Anker Battery as spare...