Lately, I've noticed my SGS4G randomly reboots itself. I'm not exactly sure why, I haven't changed anything about my phone since the latest Valhalla version came out, and it never rebooted itself when I first flashed the ROM.
I have CatLog (logcat reader) and aLogcat, but I'm not exactly sure how to use them to be able to tell what happens to my phone just before it reboots itself. There are so many lines that I don't know which one to look at. Can anyone please provide some assistance? My biggest worry is my phone rebooting or shutting itself off at night, and my alarm not loading properly, causing me to miss class in the morning.
adobrakic said:
Lately, I've noticed my SGS4G randomly reboots itself. I'm not exactly sure why, I haven't changed anything about my phone since the latest Valhalla version came out, and it never rebooted itself when I first flashed the ROM.
I have CatLog (logcat reader) and aLogcat, but I'm not exactly sure how to use them to be able to tell what happens to my phone just before it reboots itself. There are so many lines that I don't know which one to look at. Can anyone please provide some assistance? My biggest worry is my phone rebooting or shutting itself off at night, and my alarm not loading properly, causing me to miss class in the morning.
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What kernel is that running? I think (I might be wrong) it's bhundven's subtly modified stock. The versions past beta 2d (for me) have that issue. If that's the kernel it runs, go check the dev section for bhundven's kernel.
Yup, I have his latest kernel, v0.1.1-rc1. I'll try to downgrade to beta 2c and see if the reboots stop. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Yup, I have his latest kernel, v0.1.1-rc1. I'll try to downgrade to beta 2c and see if the reboots stop. Thanks for the suggestion.
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I reverted back to beta 2d and it's working well thus far. Good luck
I've actually seen this a lot on stock builds both out-of-the-box froyo and official gb. Have customers bringing these back constantly for this crap!
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I've actually seen this a lot on stock builds both out-of-the-box froyo and official gb. Have customers bringing these back constantly for this crap!
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This happens to my girlfriends stock gb. Can't figure out why. I'll try taking it back to t-mobile and see if a new one helps.
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This happens to my girlfriends stock gb. Can't figure out why. I'll try taking it back to t-mobile and see if a new one helps.
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That's normally what ends up happening when they bring it in :/ I've tried almost everything short of taking their phone and flashing stuff on it (because obviously that's not something a retailer can do lol)
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Seems like the problem, for me at least, was Bryans latest kernel I was using. Downgrading to beta 2d stopped the reboots so far, I've been up since 8am and now it's 3pm. I'll post back tonight for further results.
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That's normally what ends up happening when they bring it in :/ I've tried almost everything short of taking their phone and flashing stuff on it (because obviously that's not something a retailer can do lol)
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And she won't let me.
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Alright guys, it seems that the problem was for sure Bryan's latest kernel. I haven't noticed my phone reboot once today (unless it ninja'd the reboot). Thank you, stephen.
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Alright guys, it seems that the problem was for sure Bryan's latest kernel. I haven't noticed my phone reboot once today (unless it ninja'd the reboot). Thank you, stephen.
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No worries. Glad the problem is solved. I'm back on his latest kernel for testing. I've only been on it for a few hours, so I'm going to give it a day or two to see how it goes.
The thing that gets me is that the kernel worked perfectly fine from the time I flashed it up until a couple of days ago. I'll reflash the latest version in a few days to see if I can see what's triggering the reboot.
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The thing that gets me is that the kernel worked perfectly fine from the time I flashed it up until a couple of days ago. I'll reflash the latest version in a few days to see if I can see what's triggering the reboot.
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raver nor myself have been able to reproduce this issue. i normally run pandora and android irc all day. not to mention i brick my unbrickable moded phone a lot (lately); when i do i flash sms kj6 one-click, flash bootloaders, flash v0.1.1-rc1+, wipe to factory, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, reboot, let the phone sit for a half hour. This allows time for the main OS's cache to build. I usually charge to 100% before flashing and plug it back in while it sits for the half hour.
After that I manually re-configure my phone settings and TB restore my apps (not my data, just the apps).
I dont trust system settings/data being restored across different roms.
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Hi Bryan
I enjoy your latest kernel 3.1 beta for the past 2 days (on HebrewValhalla ROM) and it's simply awesome.
I only had problems on 2d. 2c has been great as well.
To me, it seems that all reboots ppl were getting were related to Black Valhalla tweaking more than to your kernel.
Anyway, f#k it, if someone is not content let him flash other old kernels, i think you're doing a sacred work here.
You deserve a bier house.
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Hi Bryan
I enjoy your latest kernel 3.1 beta for the past 2 days (on HebrewValhalla ROM) and it's simply awesome.
I only had problems on 2d. 2c has been great as well.
To me, it seems that all reboots ppl were getting were related to Black Valhalla tweaking more than to your kernel.
Anyway, f#k it, if someone is not content let him flash other old kernels, i think you're doing a sacred work here.
You deserve a bier house.
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My reboots were not attributed to Valhalla Black as I never loaded it. I reverted to beta 2d and the phone was stable. I'm back on his latest beta after a factory reset to see if it helps. Thus far, I am OK but I want to give it a few days to make sure.
I agree that Bryan's work is great. Unfortunately I think Bryan is leaving or is gone already. His kernel thread in the Dev section is closed & his signature indicates he's leaving. I wish him the best.
Sigh...it just randomly rebooted. So it seems that a factory reset doesn't help the issue.
I will be reverting to beta 2d again shortly.
Lol, wtf @ the signature. Seems rather childish. Anyway, I have exams for the next few days, so I'm gonna wait until those are done to wipe everything and try the latest kernel over again.
The problem just may be our phones. I'm sure there are hiccups in the manufacturing processing while the hardware is being compiled, so I doubt all of our phones are exactly the same. We may be that "lucky" few, Stephen.
Give me logs, don't give me logs. Can't reproduce, you're doing it wrong. I'm leaving
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Not that i don't admire Raver's work, but, has anyone got reboots on a non-Raver ROM ? I think he's power tweaking the ROMs, for sure he's done it in Octane.
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Not that i don't admire Raver's work, but, has anyone got reboots on a non-Raver ROM ? I think he's power tweaking the ROMs, for sure he's done it in Octane.
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Yes, I have. I got a new phone and did the 2.3.6 update via Kies Mini then put Bryan's kernel on top of it. When I go back to beta 2d, it doesn't happen. I'm not sure what the deal is.
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is there a stock rom that can be flashed to just put the phone back in its original form? im planning on returning my phone and the unroot is super simple, but idk how to get back to the stock rom.
why are you returning?
ROM Stock NANDROID Restore Froyo 2.22 Rooted LG-P999-V10f 4-23-2011
This was like 6 posts down the page.
put in clockworkmod backup folder and restore than use super one click to unroot, and factory reset. T-Mobile will never know:
Stock T-Mobile Rom: Restore In CWM
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why are you returning?
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i know that the kinks will be worked out eventually but this phone isnt even stable for me on the stock rom, just gonna get something more stable for the time being, i cant handle having a glitchy slow phone, especially when its suppose to be as good as this phone is.
edit: also im looking for an actual rom not a nandroid backup, something i just flash from the sd card like any other rom, i've had stock roms to restore for every phone ive had, its just convenient to be able to flash back to stock for returns and repairs
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i know that the kinks will be worked out eventually but this phone isnt even stable for me on the stock rom, just gonna get something more stable for the time being, i cant handle having a glitchy slow phone, especially when its suppose to be as good as this phone is.
edit: also im looking for an actual rom not a nandroid backup, something i just flash from the sd card like any other rom, i've had stock roms to restore for every phone ive had, its just convenient to be able to flash back to stock for returns and repairs
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the nandroid backup i provided would be as if your flashing. there are no extra apps. you just restore and than you unroot and factory reset. did you try eagleblood rom it makes the phone better than what it truly is. i was about to return and i tried that rom and its amazing.
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the nandroid backup i provided would be as if your flashing. there are no extra apps. you just restore and than you unroot and factory reset. did you try eagleblood rom it makes the phone better than what it truly is. i was about to return and i tried that rom and its amazing.
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i didnt realize how easy the nandroid thing was, but yeah i tried eagles blood rom, it was nice, it ran like stock without bloat and had a few cool color changes, but i still got the lag on my lock screen, randomly my audio files stop working til i rebooted and just other random lock ups with videos.
its a shame cuz i love the way the phone looks, and i might kick myself in the ass for returning it someday, but right now i just dont wanna wait for those kinks to get worked out, cm7 has alot of work ahead before its stable on this phone, and some of the issues im not even sure if cm7 can fix since they seem universal.
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i didnt realize how easy the nandroid thing was, but yeah i tried eagles blood rom, it was nice, it ran like stock without bloat and had a few cool color changes, but i still got the lag on my lock screen, randomly my audio files stop working til i rebooted and just other random lock ups with videos.
its a shame cuz i love the way the phone looks, and i might kick myself in the ass for returning it someday, but right now i just dont wanna wait for those kinks to get worked out, cm7 has alot of work ahead before its stable on this phone, and some of the issues im not even sure if cm7 can fix since they seem universal.
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Try returning for another unit. Nandroid works wonders. I use it all the time
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The lag on the lock screen is one of many things that will be fixed in the 2.3.3 update due later this month. Every preview that I watched before this phone was released said that this phone was meant to run 2.3.3. I guess they wanted to beat HTC out with duel core so the released it with 2.2. Watch the video on this link g2x running 2.3.3. This is the nature of any phone when first released. There will be bugs. Besides going out and just getting a different phone may not be so easy. Since this phone runs vanilla android it is a lot easier to update.
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Sorry here's the link http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.co...d-23-gingerbread-video-release-date-soon.html
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scooter247 said:
Sorry here's the link http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.co...d-23-gingerbread-video-release-date-soon.html
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This hasnt been leaked beyond that guy has it?
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Moved to proper forum.
scooter247 said:
The lag on the lock screen is one of many things that will be fixed in the 2.3.3 update due later this month. Every preview that I watched before this phone was released said that this phone was meant to run 2.3.3. I guess they wanted to beat HTC out with duel core so the released it with 2.2. Watch the video on this link g2x running 2.3.3. This is the nature of any phone when first released. There will be bugs. Besides going out and just getting a different phone may not be so easy. Since this phone runs vanilla android it is a lot easier to update.
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Not 2.3.x but 2.4. They rushed it ahead of that. Will wait for that unless there is a real good OC lv kernel for 2.3 and not stock/modded stock.
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Noob question??
I've had the HTC Evo 4G for the last month and a half, and before I even purchased it, after talks with old friends of Jailbroken iPhones I had decided I was going to jump into modding headfirst when I got my smartphone, and since that day I've flashed, downloaded, backed up, and restored more things than I could count, learned how to swamp myself out of bricks, learned which kernels sucked and which ones didn't, etc...all the typical XDA stuff.
My girlfriend has a Nexus S 4G that she got 2 weeks afterward, and she has absolutely no interested in the development side of the phone, she wouldn't learn what AOSP meant if you paid her a dollar, but she wants her phone to be awesome. I am trying. HOWEVER...I haven't found success flashing a kernel over any custom rom on her phone YET! I have flashed the stable CyanogenMod7.1 as well as assorted nightly builds, MIUI, the one and only sense rom the Nexus can run properly, and that's all went over fine, but every kernel i've attempted flashing thusfar (Trinity, TalonAce, v7 snap kernel, Nexus Netarchy kernel, and a few others) have either stuck me at a splashscreen that wiping the dalvik and cache partition would not fix, or locked me at the initial black screen with the google logo and lock underneath for indescriminate amounts of time...essentially a brick, not a bootloop. This is the first time i've felt I am truly at a point where no amount of research and reading will be able to empower me to help myself so...help a n00b out here?? Am I doing something wrong??
She is currently running a themed MIUI build 110280 with the stock kernel. Anybody run into this problem or one similar yet? I looked and looked for a thread and found nothing..
Very impatient bump
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Very impatient bump
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flash the rom, flash the gapps(if needed), flash the kernel, then boot. be sure its a latest rom build, because most of the kernels are updated to support the latest android versions. also, if it doesnt boot, sometimes pulling the battery for 3 minutes then sticking it back in and booting helps. if that doesnt work, try flashing the rom and gapps, booting, then back into recovery to flash the kernel separately. dont use rom manager, flash in recovery.
Did all of the above before posting this. Trust me if it as something that simple I wouldn't be here lol
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Did all of the above before posting this. Trust me if it as something that simple I wouldn't be here lol
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have you tried a different rom?
try this kernel, its one of my favorites. and its miui compatable http://morfic.euroskank.com/simka/TEUV-S22-04102011.zip
its underclocked at 880mhz, undervolted for great batter life, and the gpu/bus is overclocked to 220mhz(10%) for performance. this little 880mhz kernel runs like its overclocked to 1.2ghz.
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Did all of the above before posting this. Trust me if it as something that simple I wouldn't be here lol
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also, flash this dalvik-wiper.zip before flashing the kernel. if you are using clockworkmod recovery, it doesnt completely wipe your dalvik, this will http://goo.gl/lgO1v
try matrix rom...come with matrix kernal...its the best in my opinion!!
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Are you guys serious?? Read the OP...
I have tried different roms, yes, several, and different kernels to flash. It's not an issue of performance or anything, just that I can't get the dang kernel on the phone in the first place. The link for the dalvik wiper wont help me either, as, like I've already stated, I am using Amon-Ra
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Are you guys serious?? Read the OP...
I have tried different roms, yes, several, and different kernels to flash. It's not an issue of performance or anything, just that I can't get the dang kernel on the phone in the first place. The link for the dalvik wiper wont help me either, as, like I've already stated, I am using Amon-Ra
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a few things..
first off, you havent stated anywhere that youre using Amon Ra. 2nd, Amon Ra doesnt make a recovery for the nexus s, i know that because hes a friend of mine. next, instead of saying that youve tried it already, try it again, things change. also, you dont have to be rude about it, just trying to help YOU. which leads me to.. see ya, im not going to waste my time and try to help you
Wanna bet? I could take a pic of me in the recovery on Nexus S easily right now.
then post it troll
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Eh, whatever, your posts still weren't helpful in either case...I didn't ask for your rom and kernel preferences, I asked about a hard/software malfunction of some sort. I know what kernel and what rom i'm going for, what I CANT figure out is how to get past this brick wall. Maybe you missed the "impatient" part in the bump, whereas my newness kept my post about the recovery from going through (only 1 per 5 minutes, apparently...didn't even notice). Anyone else that actually went through this problem wanna give it a shot?
@esteway
Never been a troll a day in my life. I've been on xda constantly for the last month seems like, but I've never even been inclinated to join this forum, let alone troll in it. And now the one time I need help no one else either has the problem or knows how to fix it. My recovery makes no difference whatsoever, if I had a modded recovery that isn't either clockwork or amon ra like my cousin has (although I don't know how in the world he got it) my problem still remains. If you can't help me, beat it. You're the one trolling, you weren't even in our conversation.
Youre the one saying u can post the pic so.... prove it. As for your problem I never herd of that issue.
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it could be an amon ra recovery that someone ported or built from source, thats possible. it is open sourced, and most recoveries are based on it. but if it is, id flash another recovery because the one you have would be out of date. since you havent tried that, you should try. both clockwork and twrp recoveries are good.
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it could be an amon ra recovery that someone ported or built from source, thats possible. it is open sourced, and most recoveries are based on it. but if it is, id flash another recovery because the one you have would be out of date. since you havent tried that, you should try. both clockwork and twrp recoveries are good.
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ANYTHING is possible on these phones if given enough time and attention, and I'd assume anyone who frequents these forums as often as either of you do should know that much, so thank you simms. I've seen a modded or black market version of almost every app i've ever downloaded lol I don't say no to anything being possible in android userspace
Anyway, twrp? I've never heard of that one before. Is it more fully functional than clockwork? I'll be trying it out. I'll try ANYTHING out, I just want this to go away...I feel like the only one who has ever run into this problem
Here's the tread to twrp http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196500
It is a bit different than clockworkmod mod but give it a try see if it fixes your problem.
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I'm getting the very same thing (no matter what ROM/Kernel/Wipe-Cache-Then-Flash combo I try, nothing gets past the Google splash). I'll try that too.
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I'm getting the very same thing (no matter what ROM/Kernel/Wipe-Cache-Then-Flash combo I try, nothing gets past the Google splash). I'll try that too.
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Make sure u don't have a bad download. That will make u get stuck on the Google logo
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Hello. I recently purchased a SIII from eBay and got it activated today. The first time they booted it up at the Verizon store I noticed what I thought was an unlock icon towards the bottom of the screen (which I am no longer seeing).
Once the phone was activated it performed a system update to the latest OS release. Now that I have got the phone home it keeps randomly rebooting and then it will get stuck in a boot loop. I pull the battery, it will boot as normal, and then it will randomly reboot again. I have performed a factory reset/data wipe but that did not help.
I did search a bit on here but didn't see anything similar to what I'm experiencing. Any ideas on what my issue is? Thanks in advance for your help.
My GS3 randomly reboots too, I am running SynergyROM with ziggys kernel, seems like a lot of people have problems with this phone.
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My GS3 randomly reboots too, I am running SynergyROM with ziggys kernel, seems like a lot of people have problems with this phone.
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That's not true at all.
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That's not true at all.
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Have to agree. Sure there might be a couple people that have had problems, but the overwhelming majority of people are quite pleased with their handsets.
Sounds like the phone was rooted. If it had a custom rom and you took the ota verizon update, that could cause problems.
Edit. Wrong link.
Corrected link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Would serve well to save above link.
If you want to stay on stock rom, follow instructions on section #6.
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My GS3 randomly reboots too, I am running SynergyROM with ziggys kernel, seems like a lot of people have problems with this phone.
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Imho, r73 with ziggy is one of the most stable builds around.
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Sounds like the phone was rooted. If it had a custom rom and you took the ota verizon update, that could cause problems.
Edit. Wrong link.
Corrected link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
Would serve well to save above link.
If you want to stay on stock rom, follow instructions on section #6.
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Thanks for the info. I really appreciate it. I followed step #6 from the link you provided and the phone has been up for over an hour without rebooting. So far so good!
Well I spoke to soon. It just rebooted again. I'm starting to think that it must be hardware issue. I guess I should go back to the seller to see if they'll take the phone back..... :-/
I just loaded the latest OTA and it seemed to make the random reboots more frequent.
When you say "loaded" are you just flashing a stock ROM or did you Odin back to stock?
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When you say "loaded" are you just flashing a stock ROM or did you Odin back to stock?
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I did the ODIN back to stock (using the ROM that was in step #6 of the above link). After that booted the phone up and it indicated there was an OTA available. I downloaded that (about 30 Mb); performed the update; and then the phone seemed to start the random reboots more frequently.
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That's not true at all.
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Have to agree. Sure there might be a couple people that have had problems, but the overwhelming majority of people are quite pleased with their handsets.
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I didn't mean that everybody has problems when I said a lot and maybe it isn't "a lot" but I have seen numerous people posting on here about there problems whether its random reboots or screen flashing/flickering or w/e it may be and not just here I know a few people with this phone (my wife, father, brother, mother in law, and myself.) And I have had 2 problems with this phone, random reboots and WiFi never wants to connect and my wife has the sim card issue, my dads phone has problems with screen and WiFi, idk what the deal is. That's 3 phones out of 5 that has problems and idk if the sim card issue even counts but still.
I'm not saying this is a bad phone or anything, other than these issues it has been a great phone the best phone I have ever owned.
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I am having a lot of reboots and lags/freezing of apps. Is there a way to get the previous build? I had no issues with that build.
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I am having a lot of reboots and lags/freezing of apps. Is there a way to get the previous build? I had no issues with that build.
Thank you
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Did you flash the latest from the previous Avatar ROM? If yes, you should still have it on your phone, don't you? Good rule is not to delete ROMs until you know the next one works.
No, lesson learned. I actually had gone all the way back to stock, wanting to give gb a try again, but the wifi was awful and rely a lot on wifi. So, I went all the back to jb and flashed the latest avatar.
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No, lesson learned. I actually had gone all the way back to stock, wanting to give gb a try again, but the wifi was awful and rely a lot on wifi. So, I went all the back to jb and flashed the latest avatar.
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Well 3.5 is pretty stable. I would do a reset, flash it again per OP instructions and let it settle. Do a factory reset, wipe cache and Dalvik and not a dirty flash.
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I did that in the beginning. I have never done a dirty flash. Though on some roms, they can be buggy. I accept that, not complaining. I will consider reflash with a clean start.
3.5 is my stable version right now. I'm working on version 4.5
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Ok, thanks, looking forward to new version. I did another complete wipe and relfashed and I am still having lags and random reboots/stuck on boot logo happening after reflash.
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Ok, thanks, looking forward to new version. I did another complete wipe and relfashed and I am still having lags and random reboots/stuck on boot logo happening after reflash.
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Are you using 3.5
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Yes, though I just downloaded your latest version. I will try it and let you know how it goes. I do love this rom. Love the battery and love the themes.
So I am posting this for a coworker. A little background on me, I have been rooting and romming since my Droid X (what a pain that was) so I like to think that I am not too noobish and know what I am doing. I currently have a GS4 rooted and rommed running Hyperdrive and I love it, no issues at all.
A coworker came to me with a stock, bloated up GS3 and wanted me to unlock and root it. I took an afternoon and did it for him, installed TWRP and ran a backup of the stock, rooted rom and said have a field day looking into flashing roms and kernels and such. He started reading up on it and got around to flashing CarbonROM (used to run it on my Gnex, loved it). After a few hours, he texted me and said he was getting reboots. The first thing that came to mind was maybe he forgot to wipe everything or something, so I instructed him to factory reset a few times and make sure it gets wiped clean. He did and reflashed and still was getting them. He then tried LiquidSmooth. Same results...I then instructed him to try going back to a TW based rom and he tried out Hyperdrive. Still same results. I tried to do some searching and I am out of ideas. I saw that sometimes Nova launcher can throw fits which I did install on there for him, but the last few times he said he was not using it. We tried a few different kernels as well, still no luck. Should I try and get the phone back to a stock, unrooted state and retry? Or is it a defective device maybe? It WAS a refurb sent back from Verizon as he was having issues a few weeks back and they had to send a replacement. Should I unroot it and get it to stock and have him return it? Any help would be awesome.
I'd say use odin to flash stock and see if he has any more reboots. If he does its defective. Even now I think its defective.
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I'd say use odin to flash stock and see if he has any more reboots. If he does its defective. Even now I think its defective.
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My thoughts exactly. I think I am going to give that a try. Thanks. Any other ideas appreciated too.
What kernel is he running?
I find certain kernels don't work well with my phone and will cause random rebooting.
My advice is to flash a different kernel.
Peace
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What kernel is he running?
I find certain kernels don't work well with my phone and will cause random rebooting.
My advice is to flash a different kernel.
Peace
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This is the coworker. I had originally used the stock kernel, then switched to Zeus. Both kernels had the same issues. Ended up unrooted it and finding a whole slew of problems with the stock phone. Brought it back to be replaced with a new device. No refurbs allowed.
Also, what version of carbon is he using? I flashed 1.8 and it did a lot of random rebooting. 1.7 is more stable.
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I was using 1.8. I think I had around other issues with Carbon beyond why issues my phone has in general. For example, as I am typing this, the screen is wigging out with random flashes like it's going to crash. Yay.
Tip for the future: beware of refurbs....
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