I got my G2X last week and of course had to root it and load the latest CM7 nightly but after i did this anytime the screen would timeout it wouldn't come back on. The buttons lit up and there was a little light escaping the four corners of the screen but that was all.This problem continued every time the screen would timeout so eventually i just set the timeout to 30min until i could diagnose the problem.Anyway my last phone was a Nexus One([probably doesn't make a difference) and I used the same memory card that i had been using in the Nexus One for the last three years to root and run my apps on the G2X.
This usually isn't a big deal because we do this all the time but I decided to see what would happen if i tried to load CM7 and run apps from a fresh memory card so I did the experiment and it worked no more BSOD even when i try to get one. I'm not sure if the other card had an issue or what because as I said it worked just fine in the Nexus but it was the problem for the G2X. Maybe since it had been in the Nexus so long it dint want to cooperate with any other phone who knows but I figured i would pass this along because I've been seeing a few people with this problem and I thought this could help everyone out.
To be honest, I believe its the battery.
I have 3 G2X batteries. 2 Stock and the big 3000mah one.
I had to use the big one for a few days because I needed this phone to last long without charging.
I went back to a Stock battery. I have 2 so I just picked one. And it went Black Screen of Death every time it charged. It froze my phone constantly and the phone also got very very hot. Felt like my phone would melt.
I really got pissed and tried the other stock battery. And...... its fine. I haven't had Black screen of death, no crazy overheat when charging, and really the phone is stable. I'm shocked honestly.
I'm willing to say at this point its the battery. I've used the big 3000mah and I never had the Black Screen happen to me on it. But I hate using that huge battery because its so big. Also, because my phone isn't in a rubber case when using that monster battery, so I feel like my phone is unprotected.
I really believe the hardware issue is inside the charging circuits and the battery in use.
I'm on CM7 Nightly by Kang. I don't flash that often anymore. Its the Jan 13 ROM I think.
Just stating what I've seen happen to me. Its the battery/charging circuits. I might get Black Screen of Deaths, but with the other crappy battery, it happened at least 2 times a day.
I never got this but I have got random reboots on MIUI....That's all
To me the battery ic chips are bad that controls the voltage at what level.. pior battery quality assurance led g2x ****ty performance.. iam myself looking to buy new battery..
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I had a few bsod prior to flashing and a few after flashing...HAVENT had one since replacing the stock battery. This is all i know.
Flashing faux's CM7 kernel seems to of fixed the freezing during charging for me. Going on 1 week now without problems
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When i first got the phone from my friend to check out. popped my sim card in it i would get a freeze every few hours or 10 times in 5 minutes some times a full day and nothing. Got mad at it reflashed CM7 on it and played with it a little on wifi put it on my desk and forgot about it for a dar... went back and noticed it still had not froze so far im on day 3 with out haveing any issues at all with the phone not a single freeze or reboot.
So its been going on three days. im giving it one week with no sim card in it to see if it freezes. Using the phone as normal over wifi at home... and using the hotspot on my vibrant to use the G2X to make calls with groovIP and text with google voice. along with normal use of the phone like taking pictures/facebooking/emails ect.
any thoughts on this?
I agree on the battery not playing nice with rest of hardware. Just got 2 hyperion 1800mah's and now my phone has locked up more than 5 times on 3 different roms. Just like undervolting and instability issues. I have owned 4 G2x's and I have 5 different makes/specs of batteries. Also, I've owned both early and late model versions of the phone. The battery is definitely the weakest link
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The cheep Chinese 3500mwh battery i picked up has had 0 locks/bsod
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The cheep Chinese 3500mwh battery i picked up has had 0 locks/bsod
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I've noticed that too,on stock battery got them all the time tho...
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Personally, I think it's caused by several different problems. I've been using the same battery since the phone came out and the only time I've had this happen is using Faux kernel, even after reflashing a couple times. Flashed Trinity ELP over it and it was fine. *shrug*
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I've noticed that too,on stock battery got them all the time tho...
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Yep my 15 dollar battery hasn't let me down yet either
Pin it to Win it.
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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
Had the g2x since launch day, loved the speed, size, etc. Never had a single reboot (actually did once or twice while charging in the first few days), screen bleed and had fairly good battery life to boot with fairly heavy usage. What more can you ask for, right?
So fast forward to today...i was in the middle of typing a text and battery died, I was at 1%. So I plug it in, turn it on and then it got really hot and non stop rebooting only while on the charger. Taking it off the charger would stop the reboots, plug it in again reboot cycle again within minutes (no sound to warn me its rebooting, no start up animation).
Eventually when it was on the charger the battery icon looked really weird, it was completely white with 2 circular arrows in it, never seen that before, anyone know what that means.
After a while the phone cooled down and has now been charging for he last hour with no rebooting. I did call Tmo and they are sending me a new battery and handset.
I am unsure what to do, keep mine since it appears to be fine now or keep the replacement items. I am not rooted completely stock with minimal apps installed.
I really, really dont feel like setting up all my prefs again and reinstalling apps. One thing is for sure i am seriuosly considering the HTC sensation now. Had the MT4G before and it was great, so my perception of HTC is high.
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Had the g2x since launch day, loved the speed, size, etc. Never had a single reboot (actually did once or twice while charging in the first few days), screen bleed and had fairly good battery life to boot with fairly heavy usage. What more can you ask for, right?
So fast forward to today...i was in the middle of typing a text and battery died, I was at 1%. So I plug it in, turn it on and then it got really hot and non stop rebooting only while on the charger. Taking it off the charger would stop the reboots, plug it in again reboot cycle again within minutes (no sound to warn me its rebooting, no start up animation).
Eventually when it was on the charger the battery icon looked really weird, it was completely white with 2 circular arrows in it, never seen that before, anyone know what that means.
After a while the phone cooled down and has now been charging for he last hour with no rebooting. I did call Tmo and they are sending me a new battery and handset.
I am unsure what to do, keep mine since it appears to be fine now or keep the replacement items. I am not rooted completely stock with minimal apps installed.
I really, really dont feel like setting up all my prefs again and reinstalling apps. One thing is for sure i am seriuosly considering the HTC sensation now. Had the MT4G before and it was great, so my perception of HTC is high.
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If you don't notice any problems, keep it
The same thing happened to me this morning
Battery health status OVERHEAT
took off battery cover, i powered off through menu, powered back on through button
WHITE BATTERY REFRESH LOGO followed by media scan
Working as good as ever, and actually my battery life is a little better
Get a new battery asap. Yours is bad if it's overhearing during charge.
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Get a new battery asap. Yours is bad if it's overhearing during charge.
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im kind of in the same boat as the op but not as bad on the overheating. how do i get a new battery? i bought from amazon and its past the return period.
My opinion of LG is really low. First the sd card slot died on my Optimus T and then numerous problems with my returned G2x. I hate to say it, but the grass is definitely greener on the HTC side right now. I will be checking out the sensation if permaroot happens.
yup, mine did the same thing. all was good for a month or so then boom my battery just freaked out. I wrestled with it a few days then last night it went from 100% - 0% in 6hrs while powered off. It's the battery. Get a new one.
Mine doesn't reboot...it just shuts off. Won't turn back on until I yank the battery. Only issue happens like once a day. But ill point out I'm now pissed Droid x gets gb Friday and I'm still using froyo...granted.by choice because I refuse to use a leak.
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My opinion of LG is really low. First the sd card slot died on my Optimus T and then numerous problems with my returned G2x. I hate to say it, but the grass is definitely greener on the HTC side right now. I will be checking out the sensation if permaroot happens.
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Not to change subject here but permaroot doesn't do much if the bootloader is locked. Gaining root doesn't mean custom roms or mods. You'll be able to use Titanium Backup but so what.
Also, back on topic. There are lots of reports that the batteries are bad and if it is over heating I'd definatly replace it.
Tmo sent me a replacement G2x after I thought I fried mine. I fixed it eventually by flashing several CWM recoveries. The replacement had nasty screen bleed. Needless-to-say I sent the replacement packing.
I was using my phone all day yesterday like usual I let my battery die all the way before charging again and today for some reason my battery is dying quickly.
Took off the charger at 6 am and it is now 11am and I have only 50% usually I have 70% or so. I hope my battery is not crapping out on me... I guess Ill find out in the next few days maybe this is just a fluke... I hope...
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Not to change subject here but permaroot doesn't do much if the bootloader is locked. Gaining root doesn't mean custom roms or mods. You'll be able to use Titanium Backup but so what.
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Good thing it's not gonna be locked then eh?
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/htc-decides-to-unlock-bootloaders-moving-forward/
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Good thing it's not gonna be locked then eh?
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/05/htc-decides-to-unlock-bootloaders-moving-forward/
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It is locked and HTC said this policy applies only moving forward. Which means future phones. There is no word about existing phones yet.
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I am on my third G2x. From the day I received the last one(3 weeks ago) it has been rock solid(NO reboots-no screen freezes- no dropping data connections). Two days ago I bought a router and decided to use wifi in my home. Since hooking it up and running the G2X on it I find that I have reboots-screen freezes and oh yes data connection dropped (numerous times)I guess the wifi is just not meant for this phone. 3 weeks of happy usage and bam!! wifi in the house. I have also had apps changing settings without my doing so( never happened before wifi usage<) Also now the Gps is even worse than before.Been running it without the wifi and still getting the same issues now. Oh how I wish I had just stopped after the second one and asked for refund. This could (and probably will be eventually) a super super phone. I just don't know if I have the patience to wait . I just ordered an Asus Transformer which will be here on 5/31/11, maybe playing with it will soften my stance on how I view the G2x at this moment. Anyone else had the wifi situation?
I'm rooted with cwm. I have random freezes but it appears to only be random kernels. As well as only certain versions of android. Once the gb update comes out, I'm sure alot of our problems will clear up...
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My sensation has a very bad habit and I would like to ask you guys if you know why it is happening..
My phone shuts down about once a day and then when it is turned back on the battery has dropped about 20 - 35 %.
I have taken few screen shoots of the battery level and they are attached with this thread.
Im not using any other ROMs or anything like that. I have taken about Juice Defender which I used for about 2 weeks.
I know three others Sensation users and they have never experienced something like this.
I have asked the sales people and the technical people and they have no idea and say that this is prob some app that I have put on but I havent put anything on it that can mess this up.
Any solutions ?????
wow, I've never seen any android phone do that, have you tried restoring to factory settings and then trying it out?
It could also be something HTC needs to fix on your particular phone, so I might contact them about it.
First I wanted to ask if someone knows the answer to this but if I dont get any answers I will do that and see what will happen.
Try uninstall juice defender. I had it last time for 3 days. Nothing it do unless harm my mobile data 3G connection connect & disconnect & battery life goes crazy up & down!!
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juice defender is not for gingerbread devices
yeah i agree i think your best bet would be to uninstall any apps that have to do with the battery and see what that does.
if that doesnt work restore it
I have uninstalled everything and i did that before all the images that I attached above. I have over 10 pic like the once above.
Thanks for the advice I will wait a little bit longer before restoring it.
Does it a shut down or a restart?
if it shuts down, so that you must press the power button to turn it on again, it's the same problem i had, and maybe still having...
This problem became stronger and stronger (did shut down 4-5 times a day at the end, but always with "low" battery, <65%)
I've returned my device to HTC and they sent it back with no failures found
after 3 days the problem appeared again. Then i bought a new battery (a original one), since then phone didn't shut down except one time, but that could have been the new kernel i flashed . So I'm very confidently that this was the failure.
My phone shuts of and does not restart. So I guess it might be the same fault as you had.
Yes I would take it back and demand for a new one or you can contact HTC and they will charge oh about $250. But first contact tmo customer service first and see if they will replace it with a new one that way you won't have to pay $250 to htc . Your sensation shouldn't be rebooting on its own oh by the way make sure you demand a replacement they may try to get get out of it good luck
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I had the same problem, I recalibrated the battery 3 times one after another (is it english? lol). The problem has improved but continued.
So I tried that [MOD] Battery jumping and accurate reading Fix 2.3.x.
Since I had the problem that 2 or 3 times in 2 weeks.
If I buy a new battery does it will fix it?
(Sorry for my bad english!)
I have the same problem too. I tried everything. I tried factory reset , flashing new roms, talking with htc but i cant fix this. It still randomly turns off. I think only new battery can solve this. One guy said that he buys new battery and 1 month passed still have no problem. So i ordered anker battery. I hope new battery solve this...
I have a theory here.
Difference kernel will give difference control and usage of current and voltage signal. Therefore if you are using wrong kernel for a long time, maybe it will damage the hw especially small small ic which very sensitive and cause it to malfuction which cause shutdown or restart and in the end burn etc.
Just my 2 cent and please ignore me if im wrong.
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Ok now your talking what kernel are you useing I'm useing a faux kernel v2.6.35.14-bricked -v1.2-gpuoc [email protected]#6 and lve had know problem's fast smooth you should check it out you can't go wrong with a faux kernel
I put my phone to charge last night at 11 pm and i left it near my pillow, than at around 3 am i woke up and touched my phone and it felt like it was burning, it felt like a stove not just a little hot, i could barely hold it because my hands were burning, i unplugged it and put it on the floor and took out the battery and left it there until 8 and now im afraid to charge it, i wonder why it overheated while charging :/ what should i do now call T-Mobile and ask for a replacement G2X?
Whitehawx MIUI 1.12.02
Faux 0.46
Lay it on its face while charging if it's setting on cloth or anything like that seems like it ventilates through the back. Mine got up to 118 one night no problems after it cooled
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Either your hands are the most sensitive to mankind or you are exaggerating or your phone is toasted. I suggest rebooting the phone after you plug it in to charge. Something I usually do and never have an issue with overheating.
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Give T-mobile a call and get a replacement (If they will even allow it) If not get another battery. Friend of mine who talked me into getting this phone had that same problem. He had 2 batteries and 1 would overheat and get hot. once he changed to the other, things worked fine. But with all the problems that I have read that some others have with this phone, it wouldn't surprise me if you had some kind of hardware failure.
Though I have yet to see a problem with this phone. So..
Happened to me before.
This has happened to me with every single custom roms I have run on the phone. If I use either the stock 2.3.3 gingerbread rom or lotherius' tsugi rom based on stock 2.3.4 then this doesn't seem to happen.
im gonna call them and get a replacement plus my g2x has very bad screen bleeding all 4 corners and in the middle - right of the screen it looks horrible :/
it happened again, it shuts off when its charging and it gets really hot to the point where i have to unplug it and leave the battery out of the phone for a few minutes to let it cool down
The other day my sensation just stopped (like the battery was pulled out) when I started flipboard. I turned it on and it booted up fine but then just died again like 5s after loading completely, kind of just kept doing that after a couple more restarts.
I figured it was the rom so wiped and reinstalled. It then booted and worked fine for a day but then it did it again so I figured it could be a corrupt rom so wiped again and installed a different rom but same thing again after using it for a few hours.
I then thought it might be the battery so pulled the battery out and wiped the battery stats. Seemed to work fine for a couple of days but it crashed again today (when I ran flipboard too but it doesn't seem to be just f/b that kills the phone).
I've been on the latest firm ware for well over a couple of months. Using bruces cyanogen mod x mainly and arhd aswell.
I'm only running 1350 max cpu o/c but previously i've run at 1500 and not had a problem.
I've just bought my fiance an XE so I will try her battery and see if it still crashes but other than that does anyone have any idea what it could be?
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The other day my sensation just stopped (like the battery was pulled out) when I started flipboard. I turned it on and it booted up fine but then just died again like 5s after loading completely, kind of just kept doing that after a couple more restarts.
I figured it was the rom so wiped and reinstalled. It then booted and worked fine for a day but then it did it again so I figured it could be a corrupt rom so wiped again and installed a different rom but same thing again after using it for a few hours.
I then thought it might be the battery so pulled the battery out and wiped the battery stats. Seemed to work fine for a couple of days but it crashed again today (when I ran flipboard too but it doesn't seem to be just f/b that kills the phone).
I've been on the latest firm ware for well over a couple of months. Using bruces cyanogen mod x mainly and arhd aswell.
I'm only running 1350 max cpu o/c but previously i've run at 1500 and not had a problem.
I've just bought my fiance an XE so I will try her battery and see if it still crashes but other than that does anyone have any idea what it could be?
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I would suggest that it is a battery issue as well,since the same thing is happening across multiple ROMS.
There is also the suggestion that a piece of card or something to jam the battery in its casing.
Yes it is the battery I had the same issue what you need to is fold a peace of paper in a thin line oh I would say one centimeter wide and one inch in length and when you take out the battery you will see three contacts you will place the paper just to the right at the bottom and when your ready to put the battery back in you will need to place the heel meaning the end that makes contact with the prongs first so it would be the heel that go's in first and then toe and it should fix the problem but I suggest that you buy another battery
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What exactly do you mean by 'it crashes'?
If you mean it just shuts off completely, then the 2 posts above are likely the answer.
If you mean it freezes up but remains powered on, it's another issue.
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What exactly do you mean by 'it crashes'?
If you mean it just shuts off completely, then the 2 posts above are likely the answer.
If you mean it freezes up but remains powered on, it's another issue.
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In my OP I stated that it was "like the battery was pulled out". Whilst I suspect the battery (more that it could be faulty) it isn't loose at all, in fact it's very snug as it is but i'll try wedging it in even firmer and see how that goes.
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In my OP I stated that it was "like the battery was pulled out". Whilst I suspect the battery (more that it could be faulty) it isn't loose at all, in fact it's very snug as it is but i'll try wedging it in even firmer and see how that goes.
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Hi,
If it's snug, then you should not jam it in.
You may damage the pins.
In some phone it is obviously loose.
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