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Just talked to a friend from vzw, he told me that if something happened he will hook me up with a replacement for my tbolt.
I've been using gb radio since the 1st day it was leaked, i have no problems on my phone, just some random FCs but that's given.
Since we don't have a solid demographics on how many people got bricked, Im going to take the risk and see if i get bricked.
This morning i just got into a bootloop but looks like its just the battery giving false stats. Its been more than 6 hours now in my external charger and i assume battery doesn't hold charge anymore, Im going tommorow to vzw to have it replaced.
Question is, will logcat be enough to monitor my phone in case i got bricked so i can pull some important data regarding how it happen?, that way we can find a clue on how to fix a radio-bricked tbolt.
Have you cleared battery stats under cwr advanced?
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Wow. Very cool that you're willing to do this. Looking forward to seeing what you find out.
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From what I've read, that's not possible as the bootloop happens even booting into recovery.
kudos to you. I would not do it. Thats a 600 dollar risk you are taking there.
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Yes i have cleared my battery stats. My previous battery is now dead. I think i discharged it too much, now its not holding any charge. My phone still runs on gb bamf and loving my lockscreen. Will let you know if i get bricked.
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i too am sticking it through, im too in love with this to revert back.
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kudos to you. I would not do it. Thats a 600 dollar risk you are taking there.
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Lol you obviously didn't read his post. No risk involved.
I hope someone could shed a light to my questions.
1st. How does the radio firmware work on our phone? Does it work like a driver where it acts a mediator between the roms(software) to the phone's hardware.
2nd. What are the possible trigger to recreate the bootloop of death? There are some cases that my phone overheats because of non responsive apps and ever since i flashed on GB rom there i times i can feel my phone hot, which could be the case from some of the boot loop victim that they fried something inside their phone.
3rd. What are the chances that same bootloop of death could also occur in froyo radio? Just because vzw officially released the radio doesn't mean it has same risk like the leaked GB radio. It is like how HTC manufactured the phone, they tested most of it but some are still lemons.
Everything is in theory right now, there are no fix because it happens in random and the reason is still unknown. I'd choose to participate for the fix instead of waiting for someone to figure out the fix. We all do take a bold step in rooting our phone, flashing different roms, putting our faith on the battery that it wouldn't fail during the flashing process. Once we modified our phone from its stock settings we acknowledge the risk, and that risk is the one of the few factors the fuels the development of the rom/kernel community.
I've noticed several repacks of the GB radio:
http://www.multiupload.com/HU471CMQI0 ----
MD5: EE2A824E51CB148A2256F93E30A3B9F9
http://www.worldofjohnboy.com/dhemke17/ROMFiles/PG05IMGGB.zip ---- MD5: fda2a314975dd829b4e3611ecc8cfa13
PG05IMG_gingerradio.zip <- from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082001 links alread removed. This is the same radio from androidpolice.com----
MD5: 52DD83AA40E30186C9FBEFAFD1BAB534
For the record, i flashed mine with the MD5: EE2A824E51CB148A2256F93E30A3B9F9
right now im using das bamf 2.0-5 running on imoseyon_leanKernel_v2.5.4GBtest6
Im keeping a close watch on my temp running on "extreme settings" 1.4ghz extremely undervolt.
SetCPU profile set to minimum setting when temp goes more than 97F
I just called verizon 611. My phone is not bricked and still functioning properly, but i told the operator that my phone constantly reboots( I pretended that my phone was bricked), i was passed to higher level tier support and they said they will be sending a new phone to me and there will be an extra envelop where i need to put my old phone to return to them. The call only took me 10-15 minutes and I believe VZW is aware that Tbolt has this issue even if its GB or the stock froyo rom.
i reverted back last night but i will def be back once things are more stable.. i already miss it
Ok, I've been having this problem, ever since I first wiped my batt stats. I've never had this problem with any other phone, and I've had a few, evo, G2, mytouch and so on... well, the phone wont sleep when its plugged in, it sleeps like normal unplugged.... dunno what the heck it is... ive flashed every rom just about, and every one has yet to fix it. I've searched... asked... and nothing....
also, I wipe everything on any new rom, i've redone wiping the batt stats. ive used the app. and No, stay awake is unchecked in settings. Could it just be the phone?
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Ok, I've been having this problem, ever since I first wiped my batt stats. I've never had this problem with any other phone, and I've had a few, evo, G2, mytouch and so on... well, the phone wont sleep when its plugged in, it sleeps like normal unplugged.... dunno what the heck it is... ive flashed every rom just about, and every one has yet to fix it. I've searched... asked... and nothing....
also, I wipe everything on any new rom, i've redone wiping the batt stats. ive used the app. and No, stay awake is unchecked in settings. Could it just be the phone?
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Did you have this problem when it was stock?
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Ok, I've been having this problem, ever since I first wiped my batt stats. I've never had this problem with any other phone, and I've had a few, evo, G2, mytouch and so on... well, the phone wont sleep when its plugged in, it sleeps like normal unplugged.... dunno what the heck it is... ive flashed every rom just about, and every one has yet to fix it. I've searched... asked... and nothing....
also, I wipe everything on any new rom, i've redone wiping the batt stats. ive used the app. and No, stay awake is unchecked in settings. Could it just be the phone?
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No, I did not have this problem when it was stock. But im pretty sure i didnt have the problem after i rooted, only untill i wiped the batt stats. I didnt go through the whole process, normaly you charge to 100% wipe the stats, then drain to 0% and recharge with no hick-ups. Well, i charged it, wiped stats, drained it, then only charged to like 40% before i had to unplug it, then i noticed when i got back home and started charging again it was doing this. And havent fixed it since. Thanks for responding.
And no. I do full wipes and manual app loading , i completely redo the whole rom each time, sometimes ill wipe manualy
format-sys
Format-data
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Sometimes 3 times.
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No, I did not have this problem when it was stock. But im pretty sure i didnt have the problem after i rooted, only untill i wiped the batt stats. I didnt go through the whole process, normaly you charge to 100% wipe the stats, then drain to 0% and recharge with no hick-ups. Well, i charged it, wiped stats, drained it, then only charged to like 40% before i had to unplug it, then i noticed when i got back home and started charging again it was doing this. And havent fixed it since. Thanks for responding.
And no. I do full wipes and manual app loading , i completely redo the whole rom each time, sometimes ill wipe manualy
format-sys
Format-data
Etc.
Sometimes 3 times.
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Well, I've wiped my battery stats, and many others have too, and this problem doesn't happen, so unless you somehow wiped something other than the actual .bin file, I think that may be coincidental. I've never drained my phone to 0%, so I guess my battery calibration attempt wasn't a pure one either, so I don't think that would have anything to do with it.
It sounds like you aren't a rookie when it comes to flashing, so, I personally don't know what else it could be.
Only thing I would possibly do, if I were in your shoes, is try flashing back to stock, if you haven't tried that already. I don't know if that would be any more effective than trying any other alternative roms, like you've been doing, but...
Hopefully somebody else can give you some better ideas...
Well thatnks for thinkin with me anyway, im all out of ideas, i dont see how flashing to stock would fix it, unless something went wrong during bubbys method, i might try re-rooting again, it wouldnt even be a big deal if it didnt take 4 hours to charge rather than 1&1/2hr. Well we will see what happens i guess.... Thanks for tryin though
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Well thatnks for thinkin with me anyway, im all out of ideas, i dont see how flashing to stock would fix it, unless something went wrong during bubbys method, i might try re-rooting again, it wouldnt even be a big deal if it didnt take 4 hours to charge rather than 1&1/2hr. Well we will see what happens i guess.... Thanks for tryin though
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No problem.
Just remember, you said you didn't have this problem when it was stock. The only way to put your mind at ease, if you're out of ideas, is to get it back to PURE stock, the way it was when it was problem free.
Then, if it still does it, you'll know it's something with the phone itself.
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No problem.
Just remember, you said you didn't have this problem when it was stock. The only way to put your mind at ease, if you're out of ideas, is to get it back to PURE stock, the way it was when it was problem free.
Then, if it still does it, you'll know it's something with the phone itself.
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I guess I see what your sayin, isnt there an RUU that I can run, plug in my phone and flash it back to stock?
cus this is just kinda weak, I also have wifi problems, only with AOSP roms, any sense roms do just fine, ive tryed radios, apn settings, etc..
thanks though.
BAleR said:
I guess I see what your sayin, isnt there an RUU that I can run, plug in my phone and flash it back to stock?
cus this is just kinda weak, I also have wifi problems, only with AOSP roms, any sense roms do just fine, ive tryed radios, apn settings, etc..
thanks though.
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Yes. There's a link to it in the stickied guide in the general section.
Or you can download bubbys simple root program, run it so the program extracts its temporary files, find that temp directory, pull the PD98IMG.zip out of that directory, get it to the root of your SD card, and flash that through hboot. This is not pure, pure stock, because its rooted and all, but I can tell you it behaves identically, aside from being rooted, to how my phone did when it was bone stock.
Though getting the RUU in the stickied guide might be quicker, I've just never used it personally, and I grabbed the stock image via the bubby method above for myself, just in case... Haven't had to use it yet, but its nice to have.
well, I downloaded bubbys one click again, I could not for the life of me fine that pdimg, so i went ahead and re-rooted, still no luck, same thing different day, i dunno what to do, starting to think about calling the warranty center... thanks for all the help though, it was worth a shot.
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well, I downloaded bubbys one click again, I could not for the life of me fine that pdimg, so i went ahead and re-rooted, still no luck, same thing different day, i dunno what to do, starting to think about calling the warranty center... thanks for all the help though, it was worth a shot.
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You have to run it so it will extract it's files, then search for PD98IMG.zip on your computer, it should find it.
Well, if you go the warranty route, just make sure to put it back to stock and s-On, first.
Forget it.............
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?
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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?
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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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For the last week or so have been getting random shutdowns, especially when swithching from GSM to 3G.
But Ive started to notice random battery percentages, changing all the time, dropping 20% at start up.
Anyone else??
Cant wait to order a Anker 1900 this week...
DjLukeW said:
For the last week or so have been getting random shutdowns, especially when swithching from GSM to 3G.
But Ive started to notice random battery percentages, changing all the time, dropping 20% at start up.
Anyone else??
Cant wait to order a Anker 1900 this week...
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try this post it may work .... if u still have this issue ..good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610232
musa91 said:
try this post it may work .... if u still have this issue ..good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1610232
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Stop suggesting this as a cure for every problem anyone has on any ROM.
Your advice is going to screw someone up badly.
You are suggesting he changes half his firmware, a technique only proven not to screw up OrDroid ROM and well proven to screw up pretty much every other ROM, but you've ignored that he is using Android Revolution HD.
Your firmware swap has been specifically proven to louse up ARHD. So don't suggest people try it!
Plus, he's not having any of the issues that swapping HBoot versions will supposedly cure. You've done testing on how HBoot versions affect battery temp only. You can't suggest that people try it to fix battery calibration and reboot issues. There has been no testing on that. And trying a firmware hack to fix things it's been untested on is really risky.
DjLukeW, the first thing to try is a full battery calibration to see if that helps with the screwy battery percentages. It'll take a few days / charge cycles to cure it if it will work at all.
I'm betting the reboot on network swapping is not related. Does it happen when the network automatically switches? Or when you physically change it from GSM to 3G?
Either way it sounds like something is either screwy with the ROM or the radio.
I'd try reflashing the 3.32 firmware with the radio again. AND ONLY THE 3.32 RADIO AND FIRMWARE, NOT THE 3.12 FIRMWARE HACK THAT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED. Maybe something got wacky when you put it on the first time. That will let you keep the ROM and settings in tact.
If that doesn't work, try reflashing the ROM and see if there's a glitch from a borked install.
DjLukeW said:
For the last week or so have been getting random shutdowns, especially when swithching from GSM to 3G.
But Ive started to notice random battery percentages, changing all the time, dropping 20% at start up.
Anyone else??
Cant wait to order a Anker 1900 this week...
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It helps to know what rom and kernel you are using...
Hello guys, im just new here and i have a little problem on my phone which is the battery...
Whenever i get to 50% or half of my battery percent it drains so much faster than the other half (100% - 51%)
I havent tried calibrating yet but im about to try it today, it drains 1% like every 20-30 secs.. my phones model is lenovo a7000-a and rooted.. any ideas? thank you in advance
hyakuya said:
Hello guys, im just new here and i have a little problem on my phone which is the battery...
Whenever i get to 50% or half of my battery percent it drains so much faster than the other half (100% - 51%)
I havent tried calibrating yet but im about to try it today, it drains 1% like every 20-30 secs.. my phones model is lenovo a7000-a and rooted.. any ideas? thank you in advance
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The battery is beginnig to break down and fail. Replacement is the only fix, eventually it will get worse then quit on you.
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The battery is begging to break down and fail. Replacement is the only fix, eventually it will get worse then quit on you.
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Thank you, ive done calibration and seems to fix it a little, i think its just the device miscalculating the actual percentage of the battery, what do you think? Also to be specific , i just finished flashing a rom from lollipop to marshmallow back to the last version of lollipop .. problem doesnt seem to occure before i flashed :/
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Thank you, ive done calibration and seems to fix it a little, i think its just the device miscalculating the actual percentage of the battery, what do you think? Also to be specific , i just finished flashing a rom from lollipop to marshmallow back to the last version of lollipop .. problem doesnt seem to occure before i flashed :/
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It would have been better if you had provided that information when you first posted. If you want help with issues, it helps for us to know the things that have been done to the device that potentially caused the issue.
Don't just say "I'm having "this" issue". This implies that the issue is a random issue that started on its own and not something you did to cause it.
It's better to say "I did "this" to my device, now my device is having "this" issue". This implies that something that you altered is causing the issue.
Failing to post the details we need about the situation leads to inaccurate or incorrect answers. It can even lead to receiving incorrect answers that don't help or answers that might make things worse for you.
If you flashed a ROM and then this started happening then yes, the battery may be out of calibration.
If it had started doing this on its own then I'd say it was the battery.
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