I got my sgs2 about a month ago and its been like a dream, battery lasts for a long time phone runs ultra smoothly no glitches and nothing weird has been happening, but these last few days its just been really weird.
1) it started randomly going into driving mode, i dont even know how to activate it or what it does, but i think its draining my battery
2)When i was watching a tv show on my phone it thought that there was an hdmi cable connected and wouldnt let me hear anything through my headphones. i exited it several times but it still though there was a cable connected. Then i went straight home and quit it from the task manager and it worked with the headphines but that might have been a coincidence.
3)When i connect the charger it takes a while to realize that its charging and sometimes stops charging and says that the battery is too hot or too cold but when i feel the phone it feels completely normal.
4)When i connect the usb cable, other than taking a while to realize that its connected to a charger it doesnt realize that its a usb so i cant transfer files with my computer which i do often
5)I pressed home before and it took me to some sort of clock which i imagine is for a dock but i have no such thing
6) Even after using the phone for a while and using several apps the android os has used 59% of my battery, when usually its the display that uses about 30 or 40%
none of these things had happened before and now they randomly started all at once, i havent downloaded any shady apps so i doubt its malware
any ideas?
thanks
Are you using a stock firmware or custom?
Have you tried resetting back to factory default?
camiloorozco said:
I got my sgs2 about a month ago and its been like a dream, battery lasts for a long time phone runs ultra smoothly no glitches and nothing weird has been happening, but these last few days its just been really weird.
1) it started randomly going into driving mode, i dont even know how to activate it or what it does, but i think its draining my battery
2)When i was watching a tv show on my phone it thought that there was an hdmi cable connected and wouldnt let me hear anything through my headphones. i exited it several times but it still though there was a cable connected. Then i went straight home and quit it from the task manager and it worked with the headphines but that might have been a coincidence.
3)When i connect the charger it takes a while to realize that its charging and sometimes stops charging and says that the battery is too hot or too cold but when i feel the phone it feels completely normal.
4)When i connect the usb cable, other than taking a while to realize that its connected to a charger it doesnt realize that its a usb so i cant transfer files with my computer which i do often
5)I pressed home before and it took me to some sort of clock which i imagine is for a dock but i have no such thing
6) Even after using the phone for a while and using several apps the android os has used 59% of my battery, when usually its the display that uses about 30 or 40%
none of these things had happened before and now they randomly started all at once, i havent downloaded any shady apps so i doubt its malware
any ideas?
thanks
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seems like majority of your problems are linked with the micro USB port, try resetting your phone and see if that helps. This is weird though.
It happened once to me on my sgs but that was because I inserted the charging pin without realising it was wet but it went back to normal a few days later and I changed my charger.
i was also starting to think it would be a micro usb problem,
would a factory reset fix it?
if so how would i back up my apps so that i have the same apps with the same progress on them, is it even possible?
or should i just wait and see if it goes back to normal?
I am also having this issue now. I've tried a factory reset with no effect. The phone is now largely unusable. Did you get a resolution? If so, how?
im having the same problem too .. wish it's just a software issue!!
the problem solved itself after a couple of days, i took out the battery and left the phone alone for about a day and after it worked fine again, not sure if it was the time or leaving it without battery but its working normally again
I'm having this exact problem - phone switches into driving mode, then says MTP is connected - then it switcheds to a strange lock-screen I have never sen before. It's really strange. I flashed a nandroid backup from a few months back and still the problem is there. I'd flash back to stock and send it in - but I can't connect to Odin via USB because of the problem. Is there anyway to convert a Stock rom to a CWM flashable file?
I'm desperate to get this sorted.
Experiencing the same. Has anyone a proven solution for this?
My phone, sorted itself out - should I say my wife sorted it out - by mistake. What I think she done was hold down the home button, and then pressed the power off button together and held them untill the phone switched off. When my phone came back on again - she had somehow removed the -Exclamation Triangle of the kernel counter and removed the problems from this post - that I'd been experiencing for abouyt 5 months prior.
Go figure - I now have a SGS2 that works beautifully again and has also had any kernel counter and Custom Rom flashing notifications removed altogether. I wish I knew why this worked, as I'm sure their are many who would like to remove the Triangle without a jig.
The other option that seeemd to work for other people was to clean the MicroUSB port of the device with a dry, clean toothbrush - though this did nothing for my problem. Good luck -I know how frustrating it is.
Help Please
Guys, I am Facing the EXACT same problem.
1.Driving mode on/off automatically
2.Showing a lockscreen which shouldn't have existed on this planet.
3.Hanging up unconditionally. Have to restart phone.
4.Sudden "mtp connections" and because of that "Media Scanner"
I own a Galaxy note just 1 month old! I was so angry that i wanted to sell this. But i couldn't adapt to any other smaller screens so, guess ill try fixing this.
1.It definitely is something related to usb port (Since i cannot charge my phone, i use an external charger)
2.Took my beloved to a samsung service centre, they said phone is waterlogged and showed me the motherboard, saying"IC MIGHT be damaged"
3.Cost for repair - $200
4.Cannot afford that. I am guessing they were bluffing cause i saw the shiniest motherboard ever
5.Please fix this, or ill be stuck with a Nokia 500 !!
6.I can, however afford changing the usb connector, anyone successful with that?
Edit: Did my homework and found out that its definitely a usb port problem. Solution:Clean the usb port. Ill try try it and get back to you ppl. Oh and about 20% of the world's population is facing the same problem.
Edit(2): SOLVED!!!
1. Turn Off phone
2. Remove battery.
3.Take a Brush with hard bristles(Toothbrush/Artist's Brush)
4.Take a pin.
5.Take your own sweet 15mins to perfectly clean the micro usb port using the brush. Nicely and Tidily, give all possible strokes to flawlessly remove any dirt in there.
4.Then take your pin(Be careful here) and gently insert it into the gap between that small metallic micro slab and the bottom part of the usb Connector and gently move it up, VERY GENTLY!!!
5.Clean the battery's charging plates using a cloth, i used my own T-Shirt.
6.Put battery in and REBOOT.
7.Clean the charging pin of the charger using the safety pin/Brush or both.
I have it on for 15mins and no problems. Removed and put the charger again and again, still no problem. After waiting for 1 week, i am able to charge it using its charger! Now lets see whether it lasts......:-/
Edit(3): So, my phone acted up again last night, with driving mode and car dock. I used the pin solution, No problem till now. its Peacefully charging. Bah! it really is annoying
Edit(4): Now, its been 24 hours since my last solution, and phone hasnt acted strange. I guess after another 12 hours ill rule out the permanent solution. Which i used.
same here
Well.. I'm having similar issue. Battery drain and random driving mode/voice search sometimes. It all started after last OTA update and rooting without changing a ROM to custom. I've clean out USB port and no result. Maybe it's time to scan system with AV or unroot device...
eihwazz said:
Well.. I'm having similar issue. Battery drain and random driving mode/voice search sometimes. It all started after last OTA update and rooting without changing a ROM to custom. I've clean out USB port and no result. Maybe it's time to scan system with AV or unroot device...
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The problem is the stock firmware
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
Phalanx7621 said:
The problem is the stock firmware
Sent from my SGH-I777 using Tapatalk 2
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I've loaded CM9 on my international Galaxy Note and the car mode still pops up randomly all of the time.
ckeswar critics,
davearose said:
I've loaded CM9 on my international Galaxy Note and the car mode still pops up randomly all of the time.
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I had the same issues 2 weeks after i bought my galaxy s2. Took it to Samsung customer care and they replaced the micro usb port. Haven't had a single issue since.
PS: Try to dry out the port and the phone if it is a water logging issue. I used a hair drier to do that. Luckily the tab that indicates water damage hadn't changed colour.
Had same issue with my Samsung Galaxy Note - randomly going in and out of driving mode, used a dry, soft toothbrush to clean out the USB Charging port, so far so good.
Make sure to flick the bristles of the toothbrush back and forth with your thumb first as you might see a lot of dust fly off of it.
Don't use anything hard like a pin or needle as you might scratch the contacts.
archer2009 said:
Had same issue with my Samsung Galaxy Note - randomly going in and out of driving mode, used a dry, soft toothbrush to clean out the USB Charging port, so far so good.
Make sure to flick the bristles of the toothbrush back and forth with your thumb first as you might see a lot of dust fly off of it.
Don't use anything hard like a pin or needle as you might scratch the contacts.
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Same here with my gs2... Resolved the issue using some contact spray on my micro USB port.
camiloorozco said:
I got my sgs2 about a month ago and its been like a dream, battery lasts for a long time phone runs ultra smoothly no glitches and nothing weird has been happening, but these last few days its just been really weird.
1) it started randomly going into driving mode, i dont even know how to activate it or what it does, but i think its draining my battery
2)When i was watching a tv show on my phone it thought that there was an hdmi cable connected and wouldnt let me hear anything through my headphones. i exited it several times but it still though there was a cable connected. Then i went straight home and quit it from the task manager and it worked with the headphines but that might have been a coincidence.
3)When i connect the charger it takes a while to realize that its charging and sometimes stops charging and says that the battery is too hot or too cold but when i feel the phone it feels completely normal.
4)When i connect the usb cable, other than taking a while to realize that its connected to a charger it doesnt realize that its a usb so i cant transfer files with my computer which i do often
5)I pressed home before and it took me to some sort of clock which i imagine is for a dock but i have no such thing
6) Even after using the phone for a while and using several apps the android os has used 59% of my battery, when usually its the display that uses about 30 or 40%
none of these things had happened before and now they randomly started all at once, i havent downloaded any shady apps so i doubt its malware
any ideas?
thanks
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It's just a software problem, the reasons might be:-
1) you might have opened and closed some huge apps randomly and very rudely..
2) You are low on space on the internal MMC Card
3) Your phone might be performing the restarting apps re scheduler
Solutions:-
1)Factory Data reset will not help as the cache section might be corrupt.. neither the android 3e will help...
2) a)Use odin and download the Latest firmware package from Sammobile's Website.
b) for tutorial on flashing, go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2488942.
c) Do not touch the phone after processes and restart was observed...
d) Again get into download mode and re flash the same Firmware again...
e) Restart the phone holding the HOME key, (it won't do anything by itself)
f) it will surely fix your Phone
3) Message me if any problem persists...
avaneesh3 said:
1. Turn Off phone
2. Remove battery.
3.Take a Brush with hard bristles(Toothbrush/Artist's Brush)
4.Take a pin.
5.Take your own sweet 15mins to perfectly clean the micro usb port using the brush. Nicely and Tidily, give all possible strokes to flawlessly remove any dirt in there.
4.Then take your pin(Be careful here) and gently insert it into the gap between that small metallic micro slab and the bottom part of the usb Connector and gently move it up, VERY GENTLY!!!
5.Clean the battery's charging plates using a cloth, i used my own T-Shirt.
6.Put battery in and REBOOT.
7.Clean the charging pin of the charger using the safety pin/Brush or both.
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I registered on this forum just to say that this is a great solution. It looks like my phone is saved now
Hope it will not happen again.
its a HTC sensation XE vodafone
Whenever i plug in my headphones and i start listening to podcasts/music after either about 10 minutes to an hour the phone goes hay wire
what i mean by this is it starts to ring people for a second and then hang up and it starts up other podcasts and songs
it does this until i usually restart the phone or unplug my headphones
could it be dirt IN the phone or what?
the rom i have now is cygenomod and before that it was elegacia rom so i dont think the actual rom is the problem
i might be wrong though
any ideas
maybe the paint at the 3.55 mm socket got worn off and the headphone jack is touching that ..i remember this causing the phone to reboot too
how would gone go about fixing it?
sending it in for a repair?
Hear me out. I now this has been brought up in various forums, and trust me I have searched them all. I just have not seen anyone speak of the exact scenarios I have experienced. At least not together.
So I have 2 Nexus 5's, a 16GB and a 32GB. My 16GB has no issues at all with the random shutdown\reboot running L up to 5.1. My 32GB however exhibited issues immediately after upgrading to the 5.0.1. During the initial update it barfed and went in to a boot loop, even in Fastboot. I eventually got it back up and running and rolled all the way back to 4.4.4 and then stepped up to each new version up to 5.0.1 then 5.1 once it was official. Still experiencing the shutdowns and reboots under certain circumstances.
I have noticed 3 things that appear to cause the issue:
1st Wi-Fi - With Wi-Fi On it happens repeatedly when entering or leaving a new wireless network. With Wi-Fi Off I can go days without issue.
2nd 3.5mm Audio Cables - Jump in my car, fire it up, plug in to my stereo and poof, it reboots. Possible its just cheap audio cables??
3rd Car Chargers - I have only seen it with car chargers, but if I have it plugged in during a drive it will randomly reboot or power off. If I have it plugged in with the car off, as soon as I turn it (the car) on my phone reboots\shuts off.
Appears to be some impedance change on specific types of load or something. I am no electrical engineer so I could be way off. One thing I have noticed that I know others have as well, is that when a reboot\shutdown happens the battery drains like crazy. But I have also noticed that if it is plugged in to a power source between two back to back episodes that it charges super fast while it is down. I'm talking 25-30% increase in a matter or 2-3 mins.
So with Wi-Fi off, and good headphones plugged in I can go all day listening to music and it works like a charm. Bluetooth does not seem to be an issue, as I have my Moto 360 paired all day too. Running with Wi-Fi off, not plugging in to my car for audio or power I have not had a reboot\shutdown for 3 straight days.
I have seen some say its software, some hardware. Some say factory wipe, clear cache, etc. Send it in and get a new one (this one is out of warranty). Or download official and start from scratch. I've done these, and still it persists. Tried other ROMs as well. Have not gone down the route of different Kernels. Given that Wi-Fi is on one board, power on another I would assume its not hardware. Then again since I have flashed, and reflashed between official and custom ROM's I would say it is. At a loss. Willing to try anything, I really like this phone.
This might be a cracy solution.
As I experienced the same random reboots on 5.1, I worked myself through the usual process: hardreset, reflashing the rom and so on. Even called google for RMA, which got green light as they couldnt find the issue either.
Turned out my new case pressed too hard on the on/off-button, shame on me. Figured it out in time fortunatelly.
If theres no solution for you , send it in directly to LG. They repair it and hopefully the price wont be too high. Good luck!
W.O.P.R said:
Hear me out. I now this has been brought up in various forums, and trust me I have searched them all. I just have not seen anyone speak of the exact scenarios I have experienced. At least not together.
So I have 2 Nexus 5's, a 16GB and a 32GB. My 16GB has no issues at all with the random shutdown\reboot running L up to 5.1. My 32GB however exhibited issues immediately after upgrading to the 5.0.1. During the initial update it barfed and went in to a boot loop, even in Fastboot. I eventually got it back up and running and rolled all the way back to 4.4.4 and then stepped up to each new version up to 5.0.1 then 5.1 once it was official. Still experiencing the shutdowns and reboots under certain circumstances.
I have noticed 3 things that appear to cause the issue:
1st Wi-Fi - With Wi-Fi On it happens repeatedly when entering or leaving a new wireless network. With Wi-Fi Off I can go days without issue.
2nd 3.5mm Audio Cables - Jump in my car, fire it up, plug in to my stereo and poof, it reboots. Possible its just cheap audio cables??
3rd Car Chargers - I have only seen it with car chargers, but if I have it plugged in during a drive it will randomly reboot or power off. If I have it plugged in with the car off, as soon as I turn it (the car) on my phone reboots\shuts off.
Appears to be some impedance change on specific types of load or something. I am no electrical engineer so I could be way off. One thing I have noticed that I know others have as well, is that when a reboot\shutdown happens the battery drains like crazy. But I have also noticed that if it is plugged in to a power source between two back to back episodes that it charges super fast while it is down. I'm talking 25-30% increase in a matter or 2-3 mins.
So with Wi-Fi off, and good headphones plugged in I can go all day listening to music and it works like a charm. Bluetooth does not seem to be an issue, as I have my Moto 360 paired all day too. Running with Wi-Fi off, not plugging in to my car for audio or power I have not had a reboot\shutdown for 3 straight days.
I have seen some say its software, some hardware. Some say factory wipe, clear cache, etc. Send it in and get a new one (this one is out of warranty). Or download official and start from scratch. I've done these, and still it persists. Tried other ROMs as well. Have not gone down the route of different Kernels. Given that Wi-Fi is on one board, power on another I would assume its not hardware. Then again since I have flashed, and reflashed between official and custom ROM's I would say it is. At a loss. Willing to try anything, I really like this phone.
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Tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2821576 ?
Infinite104 said:
This might be a cracy solution.
As I experienced the same random reboots on 5.1, I worked myself through the usual process: hardreset, reflashing the rom and so on. Even called google for RMA, which got green light as they couldnt find the issue either.
Turned out my new case pressed too hard on the on/off-button, shame on me. Figured it out in time fortunatelly.
If theres no solution for you , send it in directly to LG. They repair it and hopefully the price wont be too high. Good luck!
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I use a CruzerLite case, does not cover the power button, and I have had the case on my 16GB as well, so I "believe" this would not be the issue. Then again I might as well try to run it outside the case for a while just to see what happens.
I might have to go down the LG route, really hoping not to though as I have heard the cost is pretty high. Would rather then just save the money for a new device.
beekay201 said:
Tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2821576 ?
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I have not yet gone down this route. I did read this one, but didn't see it applying directly to my issue. Then again, what could it hurt.
W.O.P.R said:
I have not yet gone down this route. I did read this one, but didn't see it applying directly to my issue. Then again, what could it hurt.
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My point exactly.
I had this problem since I bought the phone last December. The first phone I got had the static noise when the screen is off, so I got it replaced. The second one had the same issue but it kept restarting so I got it replaced again. Third one I got still had the static noise, but I decided to keep it, since its the third phone and all three did the same thing. does anybody experience the same issue?
my battery also only lasts a day, with only about 2-2.5 hrs screen time. most of the battery drain comes when the phone is on standby, it drains like 5%/hour overnight or whenever im not using it. Video is quite old, and I now have android 6.0.1. battery issue is still there, still drains pretty quickly. phone is stock btw.
Here's the video link
another weird thing is that, if I plug a 4 wire audio jack(with microphone) and not connect the other end to anything, it doesn't detect it. is that normal?
it could be looking for loops in the jack to detect a connection but, just want to know if its the same for everyone.
Lastly, if I put a normal 3 wire audio jack, it fluctuates in detecting if there's a headphone connected or not. here's a video on how it does it
I have a px3 unit and something weird is happening. Let's say I turn off the car, get out, lock it and everything. After some time the radio will start to turn itself on for about 10 seconds or so and then turn off again. If I leave volume on the louder side, sometimes I can hear it on the driveway at night.
It also, you guessed it, drains my battery. Recently I left my car for a few days and when I got back it couldn't start.
It's Renault Megane III btw.
Um, help?