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[Q] help freezes on restart and power off

i flashed the ics leak with odin and rooted it and now it wont restart or power off i have to do a battery pull. it freezes on the power off screen. it doesnt seem to affect anything else its just very anoying. does anyone know how i can fix this?

it is a known issue with ics, the search feature is ur friend . Only known fiz right noe is either a)quickboot app from market, or b)14 toggle mod for ics

Or hold power for 12 seconds.
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I have this issue when running the deodexed/zipaligned version, but not the straight Odin flash.

Just need to keep wiping & reflashing. I didn't have this problem on my first or fourth flashes, but I did on my second and third flashes.

I had this problem along with the dead home and search buttons. I did a factory data reset and everything is fine. The only recurring issue is the the mms app freezing when attempting to delete a thread.

Frogacuda said:
I have this issue when running the deodexed/zipaligned version, but not the straight Odin flash.
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Same here.
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Phone restarting it self then vibrating over and over. (ics builds)

this just started happening on the new sky ics (real thing) build, and now on superlite-mx 5.1.. ill press a button and even somtimes just pulldown notifcation bar and it will restart and vibrate over and over till i press the power button to restart the phone

Girn said:
this just started happening on the new sky ics (real thing) build, and now on superlite-mx 5.1.. ill press a button and even somtimes just pulldown notifcation bar and it will restart and vibrate over and over till i press the power button to restart the phone
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Sounds like left over data, bad download, bad flash, or a combo of those

Girn said:
this just started happening on the new sky ics (real thing) build, and now on superlite-mx 5.1.. ill press a button and even somtimes just pulldown notifcation bar and it will restart and vibrate over and over till i press the power button to restart the phone
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I'm going to make a shot in the dark and ask if u have uclcl5 installed as ur radio. If so I causes major flash issues for me on a fresh rom install. So much so I have to flash cla4 first, then a new from, then cl5 again to get it to work

icenight89 said:
I'm going to make a shot in the dark and ask if u have uclcl5 installed as ur radio. If so I causes major flash issues for me on a fresh rom install. So much so I have to flash cla4 first, then a new from, then cl5 again to get it to work
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No im using cla4.. I followed all steps and did superwipe. Why is it still bad flashing?
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Girn said:
No im using cla4.. I followed all steps and did superwipe. Why is it still bad flashing?
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sometimes for no reason band corruption occurs. I suggest the following in can
factory reset 3x
format system 3x
wipe dalvik cache 3x
dark side 2x
Odin back stock
reboot twice
Odin can
dark side again
flash custom rom
I had similar problems to you and this looking procedure cured them.

I have the same problem with my fiancée phone which I am on right now. Shuts off and starts repeatedly vibrating on a stock non rooted phone.... I never got around to rooting this phone, unless she did it and didn't tell me.but assuming this isn't rooted what do I do?

mistaashby said:
I have the same problem with my fiancée phone which I am on right now. Shuts off and starts repeatedly vibrating on a stock non rooted phone.... I never got around to rooting this phone, unless she did it and didn't tell me.but assuming this isn't rooted what do I do?
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Could be a sticky power button
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StolenVW said:
Could be a sticky power button
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That
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Pull the battery plug in the USB cable and put the battery back in. Charge it. Mine did that when the batt died. Wouldn't even charge etc.. gotta trick it into booting then leave it for a while let it charge. Wipe battery stats if your rooted cwm etc...
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Sky ICS 4.2F-4.5A stalls in reboot

Anyone one else experiencing a stall when rebooting using SKy ICS 4,2F-4.5A?
If I reboot either from CWM or from using the drop down or the power button, the phone hangs up with a black screen and all the LED buttons lit up? Then I have to hold the power button down to do a hard reboot.
I have reflashed numerous times and have come through numerous updates and this one issue persists.
Anyone?
Rogers
Kernel RUXLF3
Update 4.2F - 4.5A
Radio:UCLF5

No problem here. You have installed busy box, fixed permissions, and the usual stuff?
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I got the exact same issue, busy box installed, permissions fixed. Tried flashing everything again didn't solve it, kernel etc.
The only thing I didn't try is radio, are you using rogers radio as well?
Also it happens if I just try shut down the phone.

Try doing a backup in cwm, then just immediately restore that backup... often fixes that problem for me on sky ics.

kishke said:
I got the exact same issue, busy box installed, permissions fixed. Tried flashing everything again didn't solve it, kernel etc.
The only thing I didn't try is radio, are you using rogers radio as well?
Also it happens if I just try shut down the phone.
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I got it resolved but only by fluke. Flashed 4.2-5b as well as the CYMBALINE kernel (an attempt to resolve bluetooth connection issues) and now everything boots fine.
Thanks

I flashed the kernel without it being solved. I did the backup+restore and I think it seems to have fixed it, I'll do some more checking tomorrow kinda late here but thanks!
Btw after you flashed 4.5a you didn't need to flash b

Had the same problem after doing a fresh 4.2 R2 base install. I let the phone fully cache (5 mins or so) and I tried rebooting to CWM to flash the 5A update and the phone hung on shutdown and my cap lights stayed lit up. I realized I forgot to install busybox after 1st boot-up per the OP instructions. So I held power button for 10secs, rebooted, installed busybox and it rebooted fine into CWM to flash update. Weird, never seen that before.
DudelePOWski said:
Anyone one else experiencing a stall when rebooting using SKy ICS 4,2F-4.5A?
If I reboot either from CWM or from using the drop down or the power button, the phone hangs up with a black screen and all the LED buttons lit up? Then I have to hold the power button down to do a hard reboot.
I have reflashed numerous times and have come through numerous updates and this one issue persists.
Anyone?
Rogers
Kernel RUXLF3
Update 4.2F - 4.5A
Radio:UCLF5
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Running Rogers ICS stock here rooted and busybox first, then flashed the modded UXCLF3 Kernel, hangs on the Rogers animation and the touch keys stay on whenever I try to shut down or reboot the phone, have to pull the battery all the time, trying the Backup + Restore route now, hope it works otherwise I'll have a brick and a phone that won't turn off

howlingmoon12 said:
Running Rogers ICS stock here rooted and busybox first, then flashed the modded UXCLF3 Kernel, hangs on the Rogers animation and the touch keys stay on whenever I try to shut down or reboot the phone, have to pull the battery all the time, trying the Backup + Restore route now, hope it works otherwise I'll have a brick and a phone that won't turn off
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It worked for me, worst case you can hold the power key for 10s to turn it off.
The issue me and I think also the other guy had was black screen and touch key lights.

DudelePOWski said:
Anyone one else experiencing a stall when rebooting using SKy ICS 4,2F-4.5A?
If I reboot either from CWM or from using the drop down or the power button, the phone hangs up with a black screen and all the LED buttons lit up? Then I have to hold the power button down to do a hard reboot.
I have reflashed numerous times and have come through numerous updates and this one issue persists.
Anyone?
Rogers
Kernel RUXLF3
Update 4.2F - 4.5A
Radio:UCLF5
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This has been answered in the dev thread. Here is the solution . You need to flash it with cwm touch. I have no idea why but with cwm the older cwm you get hung up rebooting or shutting down. It will also hang when fixing permissions. I have also read that twrp was working also.
Cwm touch can be found here half way down the thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704630
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I had it and I'm using cwm touch 5.8.1.3 .

if all else fails check the md5 checksums of all downlads, or redownload and check its md5, use touch cwm or as sean is using it now twrp recovery, and read my sig

kishke said:
I flashed the kernel without it being solved. I did the backup+restore and I think it seems to have fixed it, I'll do some more checking tomorrow kinda late here but thanks!
Btw after you flashed 4.5a you didn't need to flash b
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I went from 4.5a update (fresh base install) to 5b update.

[Q] AT&T bootloop or suddent reboot

Hi, i have been looking for answers on the forum, and i learn new things but not how to fix this or what is causing it.
I have buyed i997 from a reseller. He sayd it doesnt work because it have bootloop, but i thinks that is not too much problem getting it working again, so i started searching for the pc drivers n software, then i find here in the forum the stock rom with and without root, i tested them both with odin and the bootloop stills present. I wipe cache and do a factory reset but it keep bootlooping, then think maybe if i update to latest AT&T rom, but no luck.Sometimes the phone just start and theres no bootloop but its very rare and most of the time when i get to the lock screen or setup manager suddently a gapps or something crash and my phome freezes and reboot. I flashed the carbon-jb-v1.6 and suddently it worked fine, no more bootloop and everything smooth,no crashes etc.. then i installed Facebook app and when i was ttyping a message the phone froze up and then restarts, and the bootloop came again, and im stuck on it, and when i pass it, which is very rare, i start typing info in the startup manager and the phone freezes and reboot.. I wipe/format cache, dalvik, factory reset, formated system and data before and after flashing the carbon rom again and it keeps bootlooping. Somebody have similar problems or know how to fix it?
Thanks
P.d. sorry for my bad english.

jakov.90 said:
Hi, i have been looking for answers on the forum, and i learn new things but not how to fix this or what is causing it.
I have buyed i997 from a reseller. He sayd it doesnt work because it have bootloop, but i thinks that is not too much problem getting it working again, so i started searching for the pc drivers n software, then i find here in the forum the stock rom with and without root, i tested them both with odin and the bootloop stills present. I wipe cache and do a factory reset but it keep bootlooping, then think maybe if i update to latest AT&T rom, but no luck.Sometimes the phone just start and theres no bootloop but its very rare and most of the time when i get to the lock screen or setup manager suddently a gapps or something crash and my phome freezes and reboot. I flashed the carbon-jb-v1.6 and suddently it worked fine, no more bootloop and everything smooth,no crashes etc.. then i installed Facebook app and when i was ttyping a message the phone froze up and then restarts, and the bootloop came again, and im stuck on it, and when i pass it, which is very rare, i start typing info in the startup manager and the phone freezes and reboot.. I wipe/format cache, dalvik, factory reset, formated system and data before and after flashing the carbon rom again and it keeps bootlooping. Somebody have similar problems or know how to fix it?
Thanks
P.d. sorry for my bad english.
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the most inexpensive solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912599

qkster said:
the most inexpensive solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1912599
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Thanks man, but you think it can be the power button? When i unplug the battery and put it again the phone doesnt turn on or something, and when it boot up when i lock the screen with the power button it works fine. I set the cpu governor to conservative and since yesterday i didnt have any problem, but sometimes the phone reboots when typing, i think its someting with the processor or when the phone have little ram or something.
Thanks.

jakov.90 said:
Thanks man, but you think it can be the power button? When i unplug the battery and put it again the phone doesnt turn on or something, and when it boot up when i lock the screen with the power button it works fine. I set the cpu governor to conservative and since yesterday i didnt have any problem, but sometimes the phone reboots when typing, i think its someting with the processor or when the phone have little ram or something.
Thanks.
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If you ran the phone on complete stock GB or FROYO and you are getting boot loops, it may be a hardware issue.
One of the few things that will give you boot loop with the samsung logo while using the phone is the power button.
Either way, it's no big deal to open it and clean it up to see if the problem goes away.

qkster said:
If you ran the phone on complete stock GB or FROYO and you are getting boot loops, it may be a hardware issue.
One of the few things that will give you boot loop with the samsung logo while using the phone is the power button.
Either way, it's no big deal to open it and clean it up to see if the problem goes away.
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Thanks bud, I will try cleaning the button. Also I want to ask, is there something to log everything when the phone start? Or something to test the hardware functionality?
Thank you for your time

post number #112
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548&page=13

qkster said:
post number #112
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548&page=13
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Thank you, the post its the number #122

jakov.90 said:
Thanks bud, I will try cleaning the button. Also I want to ask, is there something to log everything when the phone start? Or something to test the hardware functionality?
Thank you for your time
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Bootlog Uptime will keep a record of all boots from an Android OS perspective ... It will also track crashes... It won't track events outside of a complete restart (i.e. power button bootloops.. But those are pretty obvious when they occur)
For hardware testing, try Z Device Test... That won't tell you about the buttons though... If your screen turns on without pressing power button or from any other standard event (like receiving a text or a phone call), or the phone restarts by itself, time to get cleaning..
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Zen Arcade said:
Bootlog Uptime will keep a record of all boots from an Android OS perspective ... It will also track crashes... It won't track events outside of a complete restart (i.e. power button bootloops.. But those are pretty obvious when they occur)
For hardware testing, try Z Device Test... That won't tell you about the buttons though... If your screen turns on without pressing power button or from any other standard event (like receiving a text or a phone call), or the phone restarts by itself, time to get cleaning..
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Hey thanks, that was very useful.. i risky miself to do a stock flrom flashing with pit checking the Nand erase all option in Odin 3.07, and the random reboots are gone :laugh:. Now i have one question, Do i need an special kernel for JB 4.2.2? i plan to flash the Carbon-jb-v1.6 rom but i dont know if i need another kernel

I'm glad to hear you solved your issue.
For JB, use the kernel provided with the rom.
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[Q&A] [CM 10.2]

This is the Q&A for the unofficial CM 10.2 for the SGS4G.
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Is it just me or is fix permission missing from CWM.

So, apart from GPS not working, as far as you know everything basic is working well?
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getochkn said:
Is it just me or is fix permission missing from CWM.
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Yeo, it is. I didn't touch anything related to the recovery except the recovery fstab that I must update to b compatible w the new JB so idk if I have to do anything else to have that feature back or it was CWM by default then, I will find out bout it soon.
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So, apart from GPS not working, as far as you know everything basic is working well?
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You can say so
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Damn... I thought there was a chance GPS would somehow be possible I'm starting to think its wishful thinking... Come on samsung
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getochkn said:
Is it just me or is fix permission missing from CWM.
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I believe koush decided to throw away the fix permissions button in CWM because he said it was largely placebo effect and had no real purpose anymore.
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Thanks for all the solutions and answers that I have collected from users around here, I have been able to update the OP for the FAQ (post 3) in the main thread. So either a question is answered here or not, please also have a look over the FAQ @ post 3 in the dev thread to track down the answered common questions, thanks .
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so do you know if external mics work on this Rom?

Ok guys i have flashed near every rom this phone has ever had and never ran into a bootloop problem. So i had CH 10.2 on my phone for 2 days with no hiccups. Then today after letting my phone die completely "battery death" i pluged it in and now it keeps bootlooping and i cant get it into recovery if i hold down volume down + power it loops at the galaxy s 4g starting screen. If i let it go of the power button at the correct time it just bootloops. anyone have any ideas?

http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/

Vismis said:
Ok guys i have flashed near every rom this phone has ever had and never ran into a bootloop problem. So i had CH 10.2 on my phone for 2 days with no hiccups. Then today after letting my phone die completely "battery death" i pluged it in and now it keeps bootlooping and i cant get it into recovery if i hold down volume down + power it loops at the galaxy s 4g starting screen. If i let it go of the power button at the correct time it just bootloops. anyone have any ideas?
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The Recovery Is Volume Up + Volume Down + Power Button
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1234west said:
The Recovery Is Volume Up + Volume Down + Power Button
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Ok if i hold that combo it loops the galaxy s 4g splash screen if i hold the combo then let go of the power button at any time during the splash or right when it turns to black then it just normally boots into the Cyanogen boot screen then sits there spinning for going on 2 hours then i just pull the battery any ideas?

Vismis said:
Ok if i hold that combo it loops the galaxy s 4g splash screen if i hold the combo then let go of the power button at any time during the splash or right when it turns to black then it just normally boots into the Cyanogen boot screen then sits there spinning for going on 2 hours then i just pull the battery any ideas?
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Battery Pull. Hold Vol Up + Vol Down + Power. Whenever The Samsung Galaxy S 4G Splash Screen Comes On, Let Go Of The Power Button And Keep The Volume Buttons Held Down. Should Take You To Recovery
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OMG YES!!! I have no idea what i did but i pressed the combo when i plugged it into my computer and it looped the battery screen twice then went straight into CWM recovery did not go through the splash screen like a normal CWM recovery start but whatever i got to remove the rom and flash the new Slim Rom . Anyone have any idea what could have caused this just so i know what to or what not to do in the future ?

Try using adb
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To get to CWM recovery on this ROM, simply download 'Quick Boot' application and use it to get to recovery. It works.
Apex launcher crashes as well. I think issue is ROM related. Also, ROM is very heavy, I couldn't find why.
Edit: ROM is snappier after using CM performance features and letting cache do its work.
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jeffreylin_ said:
That's not very helpful if you can't get past the CyanogenMod splash though.
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I got through the splash screen on 1st try.
You should check if you worked according to ROM instructions.
I usually always format system as well as wipe everything twice before flashing any new ROM.
I was referring to :
1. the lack of recovery button on power menu.
2. The inability to use hardware keys to get to recovery after flashing this ROM.
Heimdall One-click (in download mode) and try again.

You're right - I missed that option in developer features - it's called 'advanced reboot options'.
I'd suggest you get to download mode - one click heimdall and reflash this ROM after dowble wiping dalvik, cache, and format system.

I've flashed numerous ROMS to my phone before but have never ran into a problem like this.
-I went back to stock
-flashed CM7, as recommended from the OP
-downloaded and flashed CM10.2 but it gets stuck around 75%
I've been on this thread, and the rom thread as well as waiting a bit, hoping to find a solution or it figures itself out. Nothing! Is it unsafe to pull my battery when its at 'Installing update' (75%) for an extended period of time?
Also, i am on CWM 5.0.2.8
Thanks

I flashed it from ICS (Ultragen) and had no problem.
You can try that as well.