Sorry for the length, but its a complex issue, it least its a bit entertaining ... if your not me.
My Sensation took a random fall last week while charging, It just happened to be that it landed on the usb cord and damaged the port. To give you some idea of the extent of the damage the plastic piece internally that has the pins was bent/broken. It obviously would not charge after this event.
I have a second battery and external charger so it was little more then a minor inconvenience to swap batteries twice a day for a few days until I could look into getting the phone replaced/repaired. For the next 4 days the phone worked flawlessly. I took the phone into a reputable repair location and they replaced the MicroUSB port for $45. Since then however I have had a series of issues that are randomly triggered as described below in point form.
1> After getting the phone back I used it for the rest of the day and then went to charge it. It charged for 5-15 minutes, then would stop charging. If I unplugged it and plugged it back in, it would charge for another 5-15 minutes, and stop charging again. After the second cycle I started trying various other charging parts: I tried a different HTC branded cable, different HTC branded wall adapter, a non-HTC branded charger (that worked fine previously), Tried charging with the USB port of my computer, tried power cycling the phone multiple times. None of these had any effect on the charging cycle so I swapped batteries and charged externally. When that battery died I tried charging with my regular HTC charger again and it completed the charge cycle with no issues, Since then I've swapped batteries again and it charged that battery with no issues, so definitely not a battery issue. The non-charging issue has happened a few other times as well, details in the following points.
2> The next day the went to sync my contacts and offload some SD card content. When I connected the phone the computer detected the phone and I chose to sync, its like it attempted to sync a few times before actually completing the sync, the software would say syncing, for a few seconds then disconnect, syncing then disconnected, after 3-4 cycles it stayed connected for a minute or so and the sync completed. Then as soon as it finished the software said disconnected and it hasn't be able to reconnect since. Now when I plug it in, it starts charging but no dialog box prompts for the usual (mass storage, charge only, USB tethering, etc). Computer sees it as a unrecognized USB device. Obviously I have rebooted both the phone and computer multiple times, still no data connectivity. I also tried a different computer that my other HTC device gets synced to and it also does not cause the phone to prompt for what type of connection.
Later that day I turned the screen on to find it saying no SD card was installed, weird... I rebooted, still no SD card found. So I shut it off, removed the SD card, blew it out with compressed air, reinserted and its been fine since.
3> The next day I noticed the phone died rather quickly, I was on the road so I swapped batteries and then I figured out why, after it finished booting up and I turned the screen off a few seconds later the screen turned back on and it waited at the lock screen, I would turn it off, it would turn back on, we had this argument for a solid 15 minutes off and on, off and on I also tried multiple reboots with no effect. Eventually it stayed off started working like normal. it was random times when it would turn on, sometimes 2 seconds sometimes a minute or more. When I would unlock the screen it would be at one of two places, either at the HTC locations app telling me to turn on GPS or with a prompt asking me to choose an action: either Dock or TuneIn (not sure how these are remotely related apps)
4> I keep my auto-rotate off but that night I was browsing with maxton (using the phone in portrait mode, but laying in bed so the phone is in landscape) and it kept rotating. I checked the setting and sure enough auto-rotate was off, but it insisted on rotating. I toggled auto-rotate on then off again, still kept rotating. Frustrated I plugged phone it, and went to sleep, it charged and in the morning it was not auto-rotating, acted as if nothing had happened.
5> SINCE THAT: the random screen turning on issues, charging issues, and rotation issues have each reoccurred a couple times sometimes independently sometimes in combination with each other.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Today the phone worked fine all day, I played games, surfed internet, sent email, charged it, talked on it, etc. Then tonight while talking it started randomly turning off/on, loading Locations, or asking about dock/Tunein, meanwhile jumping in and out of rotate because I was laying down (auto-rotate still off ). This caused it to jump in and out of speaker mode and the other party I was talking too got a real earfull of my feelings for the phone. I eventually left it on speakerphone in the dock mode and finished the call. 5 minutes later the call was done and the phone acted as though nothing was wrong. (At this point I felt like the phone deserved to be the star in a Steven King novel)
A couple hours later I went to charge it and it was doing its charge for 5 minutes, stop. Unplug/plug-in and charge for 5 more mins etc. This argument went on 4-5 times and it still charging now about an hour later.
So here is the question: Do you think this is something to do with the replaced USB port or the process of replacing it, or is it perhaps a corrupt OS? Keeping in mind that it was fine after the fall, no issues until the port repair. I'm running ARHD 6.0.4, I wanted to upgrade to 6.0.8 to rule out OS before going back to the service store, but Mike's link for the firmware upgrade is still down so I'm stuck for the moment, but I don't want to wait too long before going back to them. (if someone has the 3.33 ARHD firmware/radio please PM me I have ad ftp server you can send it to)
Reasons why I suspect/hope possible corrupt OS:
All the issues seem to be potentially software related.
I removed the SD card and SIM when they had the phone for repair, they most likely booted it up without the SD, perhaps there was some system files that corrupted when SD wasn't present?
Prior to the fall the phone had a couple occurrences of software issues relating to the SD card. twice in the last 3-4 months I lost ability to read the SD card but each time it was rectified with a reboot. Also ever since flashing ARHD 6.0.4 I I have had no bluetooth functionality. I could turn it on, but had no control panel to search for other devices or make the device discoverable, so there was definitely a software issues relating to that, I never used BT so it wasn't a big issue.
I'd really appreciate some thoughts, or 3.33ARHD firmware
Thanks in advance
Zenon
zenon1823 said:
Sorry for the length, but its a complex issue, it least its a bit entertaining ... if your not me.
My Sensation took a random fall last week while charging, It just happened to be that it landed on the usb cord and damaged the port. To give you some idea of the extent of the damage the plastic piece internally that has the pins was bent/broken. It obviously would not charge after this event.
I have a second battery and external charger so it was little more then a minor inconvenience to swap batteries twice a day for a few days until I could look into getting the phone replaced/repaired. For the next 4 days the phone worked flawlessly. I took the phone into a reputable repair location and they replaced the MicroUSB port for $45. Since then however I have had a series of issues that are randomly triggered as described below in point form.
1> After getting the phone back I used it for the rest of the day and then went to charge it. It charged for 5-15 minutes, then would stop charging. If I unplugged it and plugged it back in, it would charge for another 5-15 minutes, and stop charging again. After the second cycle I started trying various other charging parts: I tried a different HTC branded cable, different HTC branded wall adapter, a non-HTC branded charger (that worked fine previously), Tried charging with the USB port of my computer, tried power cycling the phone multiple times. None of these had any effect on the charging cycle so I swapped batteries and charged externally. When that battery died I tried charging with my regular HTC charger again and it completed the charge cycle with no issues, Since then I've swapped batteries again and it charged that battery with no issues, so definitely not a battery issue. The non-charging issue has happened a few other times as well, details in the following points.
2> The next day the went to sync my contacts and offload some SD card content. When I connected the phone the computer detected the phone and I chose to sync, its like it attempted to sync a few times before actually completing the sync, the software would say syncing, for a few seconds then disconnect, syncing then disconnected, after 3-4 cycles it stayed connected for a minute or so and the sync completed. Then as soon as it finished the software said disconnected and it hasn't be able to reconnect since. Now when I plug it in, it starts charging but no dialog box prompts for the usual (mass storage, charge only, USB tethering, etc). Computer sees it as a unrecognized USB device. Obviously I have rebooted both the phone and computer multiple times, still no data connectivity. I also tried a different computer that my other HTC device gets synced to and it also does not cause the phone to prompt for what type of connection.
Later that day I turned the screen on to find it saying no SD card was installed, weird... I rebooted, still no SD card found. So I shut it off, removed the SD card, blew it out with compressed air, reinserted and its been fine since.
3> The next day I noticed the phone died rather quickly, I was on the road so I swapped batteries and then I figured out why, after it finished booting up and I turned the screen off a few seconds later the screen turned back on and it waited at the lock screen, I would turn it off, it would turn back on, we had this argument for a solid 15 minutes off and on, off and on I also tried multiple reboots with no effect. Eventually it stayed off started working like normal. it was random times when it would turn on, sometimes 2 seconds sometimes a minute or more. When I would unlock the screen it would be at one of two places, either at the HTC locations app telling me to turn on GPS or with a prompt asking me to choose an action: either Dock or TuneIn (not sure how these are remotely related apps)
4> I keep my auto-rotate off but that night I was browsing with maxton (using the phone in portrait mode, but laying in bed so the phone is in landscape) and it kept rotating. I checked the setting and sure enough auto-rotate was off, but it insisted on rotating. I toggled auto-rotate on then off again, still kept rotating. Frustrated I plugged phone it, and went to sleep, it charged and in the morning it was not auto-rotating, acted as if nothing had happened.
5> SINCE THAT: the random screen turning on issues, charging issues, and rotation issues have each reoccurred a couple times sometimes independently sometimes in combination with each other.
FOR EXAMPLE:
Today the phone worked fine all day, I played games, surfed internet, sent email, charged it, talked on it, etc. Then tonight while talking it started randomly turning off/on, loading Locations, or asking about dock/Tunein, meanwhile jumping in and out of rotate because I was laying down (auto-rotate still off ). This caused it to jump in and out of speaker mode and the other party I was talking too got a real earfull of my feelings for the phone. I eventually left it on speakerphone in the dock mode and finished the call. 5 minutes later the call was done and the phone acted as though nothing was wrong. (At this point I felt like the phone deserved to be the star in a Steven King novel)
A couple hours later I went to charge it and it was doing its charge for 5 minutes, stop. Unplug/plug-in and charge for 5 more mins etc. This argument went on 4-5 times and it still charging now about an hour later.
So here is the question: Do you think this is something to do with the replaced USB port or the process of replacing it, or is it perhaps a corrupt OS? Keeping in mind that it was fine after the fall, no issues until the port repair. I'm running ARHD 6.0.4, I wanted to upgrade to 6.0.8 to rule out OS before going back to the service store, but Mike's link for the firmware upgrade is still down so I'm stuck for the moment, but I don't want to wait too long before going back to them. (if someone has the 3.33 ARHD firmware/radio please PM me I have ad ftp server you can send it to)
Reasons why I suspect/hope possible corrupt OS:
All the issues seem to be potentially software related.
I removed the SD card and SIM when they had the phone for repair, they most likely booted it up without the SD, perhaps there was some system files that corrupted when SD wasn't present?
Prior to the fall the phone had a couple occurrences of software issues relating to the SD card. twice in the last 3-4 months I lost ability to read the SD card but each time it was rectified with a reboot. Also ever since flashing ARHD 6.0.4 I I have had no bluetooth functionality. I could turn it on, but had no control panel to search for other devices or make the device discoverable, so there was definitely a software issues relating to that, I never used BT so it wasn't a big issue.
I'd really appreciate some thoughts, or 3.33ARHD firmware
Thanks in advance
Zenon
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Wow long post XD OK I think your best bet would be to flash a stock ics rom. As it Is essentially the same as arhd ( I believe mike trys to keep it as stock as possible) if you keep getting the issues take it back and say to them. Just make sure they don't know you have changed the firmware in case they try to say You have messed it up and refuse to fix it. Worst case scenario I imagine would be if they damaged the board during the repair, but it definitely could be all software related. So flash stock rom and test for 2 days. If fixed then flash up to mikes update when its up if not then off to the repair shop for an argument
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Wow long post XD OK I think your best bet would be to flash a stock ics rom. As it Is essentially the same as arhd ( I believe mike trys to keep it as stock as possible) if you keep getting the issues take it back and say to them. Just make sure they don't know you have changed the firmware in case they try to say You have messed it up and refuse to fix it. Worst case scenario I imagine would be if they damaged the board during the repair, but it definitely could be all software related. So flash stock rom and test for 2 days. If fixed then flash up to mikes update when its up if not then off to the repair shop for an argument
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Thanks for taking the time to read it, I know it was super long.I bought the phone with ARHD 5, but had glitches so I read and figured out how to update it to 6.0.4, so my knowledge is really limited to that of ARHD. Following your recommendation I have been doing some reading and I'm still a bit confused. If I flash the stock ROM and I going to lose my root and s-off which I need will need to move back to an ARHD ROM later?
It seems that I have seen more then one stock ROM in the posts I was reading about reverting back, so I'm unsure what one I should use, and will I also need to downgrade firmware and radio to go back to the stock ROM as well? I'm currently running 3.32.401.3CL309896 firmware, and 11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M
Perhaps you can suggest a post that will give me instructions and all relevant files I need to revert back, preferable in such a way that I can just move back to a custom ROM later without worrying about all the preliminary work to make the phone ready
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Thanks for taking the time to read it, I know it was super long.I bought the phone with ARHD 5, but had glitches so I read and figured out how to update it to 6.0.4, so my knowledge is really limited to that of ARHD. Following your recommendation I have been doing some reading and I'm still a bit confused. If I flash the stock ROM and I going to lose my root and s-off which I need will need to move back to an ARHD ROM later?
It seems that I have seen more then one stock ROM in the posts I was reading about reverting back, so I'm unsure what one I should use, and will I also need to downgrade firmware and radio to go back to the stock ROM as well? I'm currently running 3.32.401.3CL309896 firmware, and 11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M
Perhaps you can suggest a post that will give me instructions and all relevant files I need to revert back, preferable in such a way that I can just move back to a custom ROM later without worrying about all the preliminary work to make the phone ready
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1. The current ARHD rom is 6.8.0 and iirc its super stable ..try it and see
2. flashing stock rom ..will restore everything to stock (recovery and rom and obviously root will be gone too ) but SOFF wont/cant be changed ..so you can just flash a 3.33 firmware then a custom recovery and then rom pretty much ..remember SOFF is all that is needed and literally you can change anything
3.right now the current firmware you have is sufficient to update to ARHD 6.8.0 but if you still want to flash 3.33 ..check here
4.for flashing firmware and ARHD rom ..check the stickies in sensation general section ..there is a dedicated thread for this process which was excellently written by joaquinf
I actually work in a repair shop like the one you visited, and I can tell you, it is NEVER our intention to damage the phones more, HOWEVER replacing a charging port requires quite a bit of heat to be applied directly to the Main Board, and occasionally, RARELY, this has adverse effects on the board. Not saying they DID damage it, and definitely not saying they wanted to damage it, but it can happen from time to time. Ive seen it myself.
If changing the software doesnt help, they should have some sort of warranty (we do) and they can try to troubleshoot it or put a different port down, as it may be shorting something out
ganeshp said:
1. The current ARHD rom is 6.8.0 and iirc its super stable ..try it and see
2. flashing stock rom ..will restore everything to stock (recovery and rom and obviously root will be gone too ) but SOFF wont/cant be changed ..so you can just flash a 3.33 firmware then a custom recovery and then rom pretty much ..remember SOFF is all that is needed and literally you can change anything
3.right now the current firmware you have is sufficient to update to ARHD 6.8.0 but if you still want to flash 3.33 ..check here
4.for flashing firmware and ARHD rom ..check the stickies in sensation general section ..there is a dedicated thread for this process which was excellently written by joaquinf
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Thank you for the info and especially the link to 3.33 firmware, since Mike's link is still down. That was really the one piece I was waiting for before moving forward. I know 6.8.0 is compatible on 3.32 but because of my missing BT I wanted to upgrade the firmware before applying the new ARHD in the hopes that it fixes my previous existing BT issue along with the rest of my current headaches. I am familiar with joaquinf's dedicated thread it was what I initially used back when I upgraded to 6.4.0. Very well written and a great help :good::good:
I believe I will try for the 6.8.0 upgrade as my first attempt then stock if that is still giving me issues. I'll post back in a couple days with the results.
nickL0V3 said:
I actually work in a repair shop like the one you visited, and I can tell you, it is NEVER our intention to damage the phones more, HOWEVER replacing a charging port requires quite a bit of heat to be applied directly to the Main Board, and occasionally, RARELY, this has adverse effects on the board. Not saying they DID damage it, and definitely not saying they wanted to damage it, but it can happen from time to time. Ive seen it myself.
If changing the software doesn't help, they should have some sort of warranty (we do) and they can try to troubleshoot it or put a different port down, as it may be shorting something out
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Thanks for you input. The thought that they did this intentionally never crossed my mind, I'm sorry if it at all came across that way. There were very accommodating and professional to deal with, and I'd be happy to recommend them as I truly believe this was a unfortunate side effect of the repair. By trade I'm a electrical engineer so I know all to well what the processes required to carry out the repair and the inherent possible risks involved, I considered doing the repair myself, but due to my schedule I thought it was easier to pay someone else to do it. Whatever the cause its unfortunate, but one thing is for sure, If I had of put the phone on the floor and not the night stand I wouldn't be sitting here now figuring out answers.
Lastly:
If anyone reading this is in need a repair shop in Hamilton ON Canada PM me I'll be glad to send you their information.
Thanks again!
Just an update for anyone who googles this and wonders what the results were. In the two days following my last post a couple weeks ago my phone continued to experience the random issues I described, however after those 2 days all issues disappeared and the phone worked fine. After three days of perfect functionality I flashed the 3.33 firmware and ARHD 6.8.0. The phone worked fine for one more day and then the same random issues, started resurfacing, but with much less frequency. So that brings me back to believing there is definitely something up with the physical repair. The issues are very spuratic, and I often get 1-3 days with no issue and then the phone starts spazzing out in any number of ways, for some random time. I don't find reboots or anything specific fixes it, other then just letting it spaz out until it returns to normal. Sometimes a drop of about 18" onto a solid surface such as a table or wood floor stops its spazzing, but at that it sometimes stops spazzing for 10 minutes, sometimes 1-3 days... which continues to make me think there is a short or bad connection somewhere.
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I was carrying my phone and i dropped it, and now it won't turn on. Well i plug it to my computer and then i pressed the on button and it turns on but it gets to windows screen and reboots and does this over and over. BUT if i unplug it doesnt turn on anymore.
I've flashed it a couple of time but the last time i flashed it was back to the stock alltel rom because I wanted picture messages to come through.
I've reflashed it again and it goes through but when you unplug it. It turns off again.
So, when did you drop it? Like, right after you flashed a gsm rom onto a cdma phone (or vice-versa, not sure what alltel is, though I suspect it's cdma). Is dropping the phone even relevant to the story, or is flashing the cause of the re-boot cycles? You need to be a little more clear. By that, I mean, what did you do immediately before the re-booting started? Flash, or drop?
I suspect you need to go back to the stock rom and you'll be good to go. If dropping is the cause, go back to stock, and if it's still broken, send it in for repairs/warranty/insurance or whatever.
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So, when did you drop it? Like, right after you flashed a gsm rom onto a cdma phone (or vice-versa, not sure what alltel is, though I suspect it's cdma). Is dropping the phone even relevant to the story, or is flashing the cause of the re-boot cycles? You need to be a little more clear. By that, I mean, what did you do immediately before the re-booting started? Flash, or drop?
I suspect you need to go back to the stock rom and you'll be good to go. If dropping is the cause, go back to stock, and if it's still broken, send it in for repairs/warranty/insurance or whatever.
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Yup, Alltel IS CDMA.....
If it works while connected to the computer then you might have broken the battery-phone connection...or who knows. I'd definitely send it back if it is tstill in warranty.
Good luck.
Okay, i flashed it like 6 hours earlier to droping it, no i don't have warranty on it.
so i flashed it with back to the stock rom
then i dropped it 6 hours later and it keeps rebooting only when i have it plugged in but it wont turn on without it being plug.
You haven't answered whether or not you flashed a GSM ROM to your CDMA phone.
Can you see physical damage?
Oh, idk why but i typed something wrong, i've had this rom forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42741 the alltel one since yesterday, and i dropped it today, After i dropped it put the battery back on but it didn't start up so i pluged it to my comp and it started up so i did hard reset while i had it plugged up to the computer and it didn't fix it.
*NOTE it can only start up (well try to start up but reboots) when i have the cord pluged up as soon as i take it out it wont start at all.*
So, i figured since it will only start up when i have a power source and reboots it might have a booting problem. So i reflashed it with the same rom i posted a link to..
I still have the same problem
Also i have no warranty bought phone from a friend.
*Also no damage just battery poped out when it got dropped*
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Oh, idk why but i typed something wrong, i've had this rom forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=42741 the alltel one since yesterday, and i dropped it today, After i dropped it put the battery back on but it didn't start up so i pluged it to my comp and it started up so i did hard reset while i had it plugged up to the computer and it didn't fix it.
*NOTE it can only start up (well try to start up but reboots) when i have the cord pluged up as soon as i take it out it wont start at all.*
So, i figured since it will only start up when i have a power source and reboots it might have a booting problem. So i reflashed it with the same rom i posted a link to..
I still have the same problem
Also i have no warranty bought phone from a friend.
*Also no damage just battery poped out when it got dropped*
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So before you dropped it it was working fine on the stock Alltel ROM?
If that's the case, its probably physical damage, although the constant restarts would indicate a software issue.
Make sure your battery is getting a good connection.
It may just be a damaged battery.
Yes, it was working fine, I got a spare battery at home so i'm gonna try that, but ya the restarting make me think a software problem cause its getting power really from the computer port.
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?
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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.
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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
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Phalanx7621 said:
The problem is the stock firmware
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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.
My phone will randomly turn off out of nowhere. Earlier today I had 17% battery and it just turned off instantly. I turned it back on and had 87% battery. About 10 minutes later it instintly turned off again and when I turned it on I had 25% battery. It's getting really annoying. I never had this problem before, nor have I ever dropped it.
Is there something wrong with the pins on the back of the case or something?
Thanks in advanced for the replys.
Hypercore said:
My phone will randomly turn off out of nowhere. Earlier today I had 17% battery and it just turned off instantly. I turned it back on and had 87% battery. About 10 minutes later it instintly turned off again and when I turned it on I had 25% battery. It's getting really annoying. I never had this problem before, nor have I ever dropped it.
Is there something wrong with the pins on the back of the case or something?
Thanks in advanced for the replys.
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Hi,
A little information is always useful when seeking help.
ROM,
Radio,
Kernel,
Mods,
Themes,
I have the same issue, my phone turn power off randomly, sometimes on high percentage of battery and sometime on low level, some days it works fine and some days it happen 5 or 6 per day , the weather so clod now so i'm sure it's heating
my phone info:
Android Version: 2.3.4
Kernal Version: 2.6.35.14
Rom: Android Revolution HD™ 3.6.8 XE | 4.1.8 Sense 3.5
Any Help will be appreciated
Thanks
tantan911 said:
I have the same issue, my phone turn power off randomly, sometimes on high percentage of battery and sometime on low level, some days it works fine and some days it happen 5 or 6 per day , the weather so clod now so i'm sure it's heating
my phone info:
Android Version: 2.3.4
Kernal Version: 2.6.35.14
Rom: Android Revolution HD™ 3.6.8 XE | 4.1.8 Sense 3.5
Any Help will be appreciated
Thanks
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nvm................
i had this same issue, for me it helped to move all my apps back to my SD card and reformat my sd card. Since then it happend once again and that was after i dropped my phone and my sd card unmouted. but besides that occasion havent had it for about a three week now.
might be related to moving apps to sd card, not sure do if this actually started the problems for me.
I m on stock ROM and i live in europe
I've got the same problem since about a week, phone randomly turning off. Though never when i'm using it, alsways when the phone is in standby mode, including the strange battery level jumps. I thought it was an app so i did a hard reset, but the turning off remained. I switched from Sense to Launcherpro, still no change.
My phone runs on stock rom, 2.3.4, Sense 3.0, Kernel 2.6.35.13
This weekend i'll backup my SD-card and reformat it, if this helps i'll let you know.
Try a new battery
My battery's only 6 months old!?
Noppe said:
My battery's only 6 months old!?
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Mine had 2 months
Mains said:
Mine had 2 months
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Been there, done that; problem still exists... I have tried a new battery new software (factory reset and hard reset in the repair centre), boardsap, other simcard, other sd card... The problem still is there, I am trying to get a new phone. The problem is the phone ... My question is is this only a normal sensation problem or is this also a problem on the Sensation XE?
My phone is starting to show the same symtons again. Overnight it also has shut down. So i guess the sd format did not get rid of the problem. But on my phone it definitively made it less frequent. As before the format i had it 5 times a day and now i have it once a 2 days. Probably will get worse overtime as the last time i had it.
snah65 said:
Been there, done that; problem still exists... I have tried a new battery new software (factory reset and hard reset in the repair centre), boardsap, other simcard, other sd card... The problem still is there, I am trying to get a new phone. The problem is the phone ... My question is is this only a normal sensation problem or is this also a problem on the Sensation XE?
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Let me know if u succeed, i contacted HTC today and they told me to factory reset my phone. Not looking forward to that, do. Might do it next week.
forgot to ask, did HTC give u those out of warranty our did u buy them yourself?
Let me ask you a question. Have any of you polished your covers to chrome? I have had the same issue of my phone turning off in my holster, but only when I have my polished case on it. When I put my spare one that has not been touched, the phone works flawlessly. Not sure if there is some weird static buildup that is shorting the phone. Also, to get it to turn back on, I have to pull the battery first.
I had the same problem on my Sensation, turning off randomly (not reboot). And the battery would display wrong reading once it is back on. Initially I thought this was due to bad rooting or a custom ROM issue, I restored back to stock and right there on the language selection screen on first start and without the SD card, it went off. That made me sure it was a problem something else. I thought then it would be due to bad charges in the battery, used different charger to charge, didn't work, then I replaced the battery, somehow the problem stopped and when I insert back my old battery the problem still didn't come back. I don't have an explanation to this behavior. It works fine now.
That sounds weird, I didn't polish my back to chrome... And I also do not need to pull my battery to turn it back on. A few times I had that it turned of and it would directly turn of again after it was restarted (home screen loaded). The only way to get out of that was to hook it up to the charger.
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It's really odd. I can't even use the phone any more.
When I turn it on, as long as the screen stays on it will not turn off.
Once I lock it and put it in my pocket, about 40 seconds later it shuts off. This isn't just powering down, it just instantaneously shuts down. I also can't turn the device back on no matter how many times I press power, I have to physically pull the battery and put it back in to turn it on.
One more thing to add: My girlfriend smacked my phone out of my hand once accidentally and the case doesn't click in. It stays in place but if you hold the case and attempt to take it off it falls off. I'm thinking it could possibly be a problem regarding the pins, but from what I know the pins only control the screen.
Edit: One last thing, when it's connected to my computer and being charged it never shuts down.
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I had this same problem two days ago. Left work and my phone just shut off while in my pocket. I was running sense-o-maniac Desense 3.5. It continued this behavior for the next day. Also my battery was showing random charge percentages. There were two issues"
1. I was had used the battery calibrator app from the market to erase my bat stats - problem - it kept erasing my battery stats.
2. I was using set CPU and after reading many dev forums about such issues, I realized that setting the idle below 384 mhz, it causes the phone to random reboot.
Once I conducted a complete wipe and flashed MIUI I was good. no issues.
My Suggestion: Try a complete wipe, then Android Rev HD wipe, then reflash, Wipe cache, Davlick Cache, Fix permissions, then reboot. Drain the battery, then recharge to 100% and wipe bat stats
TMO US Sensation 4g
Baseband:10.56.9035.00P_10.14.9035.01_m
Kernal: 2.6.35.14-Bricked-v1.5-ondmnd-1536-192.show-p1984
ROM: Sexy MIUI 1.12.9.01
2nd factory reset and reformatting the microSD did not solve my problem...
@anari101: I'm a big fan of custom roms, but currently my sensation's still running a stock rom. I'd rather not void the guarantee at the moment by flashing it as the phone isn't functioning properly. If i can't fix this problem without flashing a custom rom, i can return it to HTC and hope for a repair or a new device/battery...
Anybody got any other ideas?
i also dont want to root a phone that might have problems.
I did not do any factory reset yet, but the problem is comming back now i have once a day it just shuts down. The last time when i picked it up and pressed the power butten the screen was white for a split second. However if i look at my history of battery monitor widget it stopped recording an houre earlier. clueless to why this happens.
If your phone is rooted, I agree with anari - use current widget and battery calibration to re-calibrate your battery. Let phone charge all the way and then some like another 2 hours. Use battery calibration to get rid of batterystats.bin. Let battery completely drain (Hopefully it doesnt shut off in the process). Definitely seems like something is wrong with your ROM's battery settings.
If you dont have your phone rooted. Have you received any updates lately? If a factory reset didnt help - go to your local Tmobile and just have them ship you a new phone. Not worth dealing with the issue and they can get you a new phone within a couple days.
EDIT: If you have NOT factory reset your phone. You can try to copy all data off your SD card, reformat it. Insert it, let the phone recognize and set it up then add everything back on. If that doesn't work, factory reset (after using Astro to backup all apps). If THAT doesnt work, go get a new phone.
I am having this same problem. Mine always happens when I take my phone out of my pocket after it's been sitting for a while. It also seems that my battery is always around 30-40 percent. It will unlock then just turn off. I turn it back on and after about 30 seconds it turns back off. The only way I can get it to stay on is plugging it in to the charger for a couple of minutes after turning it on and it won't do it again for a while. I don't know what it is but I'm thinking battery or SD card.
Hey everyone, thanks for looking at this and hopefully helping me out. I'm new to rooting my phone and installing new roms and stuff, but I researched about as much as I could for about a week before I even rooted.
Now I've moved on and installed a new rom (CM7). Before installing I used clockwork and formated the /system, /data, /cache, and dalvik. At first everything was ok, but after about 15 minutes it turned off. I read up on battery problems, so kept my phone plugged in all weekend (got up to 4.196V-ish, with 0mA in or out) then deleted the battery file, rebooted, unplugged the phone and let it drain completely (even while it still had a charge it would turn off randomly but I figured it would be ok). After it was completely drained I completely charged it again and it still randomly turns off.
At first I thought maybe it was just the rom, but no one else seems to have the same problem as me (that I can find), so I downloaded an ICS rom to try that. Same problems. So far I have done the following to try and find out WTF is going on...
Installed Elixr to see battery drainage (sitting at main screen doing nothing its roughly -8mA, but right after boot or opening a program it jumps to -300mA to -480mA)
Done NUMEROUS battery pulls (with and without deleting the battery config file)
Switched ROMS
Any help would be amazing
PS: Before rooting or flashing a new mod my phone would shut off on its own, but only once a week, maybe. Now it turns off as soon as I unlock my sim card. However, it doesn't turn off at all if I have it plugged in.
spcclark said:
Hey everyone, thanks for looking at this and hopefully helping me out. I'm new to rooting my phone and installing new roms and stuff, but I researched about as much as I could for about a week before I even rooted.
Now I've moved on and installed a new rom (CM7). Before installing I used clockwork and formated the /system, /data, /cache, and dalvik. At first everything was ok, but after about 15 minutes it turned off. I read up on battery problems, so kept my phone plugged in all weekend (got up to 4.196V-ish, with 0mA in or out) then deleted the battery file, rebooted, unplugged the phone and let it drain completely (even while it still had a charge it would turn off randomly but I figured it would be ok). After it was completely drained I completely charged it again and it still randomly turns off.
At first I thought maybe it was just the rom, but no one else seems to have the same problem as me (that I can find), so I downloaded an ICS rom to try that. Same problems. So far I have done the following to try and find out WTF is going on...
Installed Elixr to see battery drainage (sitting at main screen doing nothing its roughly -8mA, but right after boot or opening a program it jumps to -300mA to -480mA)
Done NUMEROUS battery pulls (with and without deleting the battery config file)
Switched ROMS
Any help would be amazing
PS: Before rooting or flashing a new mod my phone would shut off on its own, but only once a week, maybe. Now it turns off as soon as I unlock my sim card. However, it doesn't turn off at all if I have it plugged in.
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Well, if you were having this issue before the rooting took place, this very well may be hardware related. There are a few things I recommend before the dreaded unroot and send back to manufacturer route (assuming the phone is under warranty still). It's been proven or at least shown that battery calibration (the whole charge to 0Ma and then fully discharge and then recharge) is a pipe dream.
I would first say find out if the CM7 ROM you're using is OCing or UVing, while you may see some people OCing to 1.3 or higher and UVing -75, not all phones are created equal in capabilities and some phones will randomly freeze/turn off if they don't like your OC and UV settings. I would also suggest flashing a different ROM to see if this problem persists. Cleardroid is what I recommend just to get an idea if it is in fact a OC or UV problem as I believe cleardroid is set up to default stock settings.
You can also try a new battery, I have heard/read/seen that bad batteries can cause reboots. Again though if this was an issue you were sometimes experiencing before, you may have hit the tip of the iceberg on a hardware issue and its finally starting to show now. Hope this helps.
spcclark said:
Hey everyone, thanks for looking at this and hopefully helping me out. I'm new to rooting my phone and installing new roms and stuff, but I researched about as much as I could for about a week before I even rooted.
Now I've moved on and installed a new rom (CM7). Before installing I used clockwork and formated the /system, /data, /cache, and dalvik. At first everything was ok, but after about 15 minutes it turned off. I read up on battery problems, so kept my phone plugged in all weekend (got up to 4.196V-ish, with 0mA in or out) then deleted the battery file, rebooted, unplugged the phone and let it drain completely (even while it still had a charge it would turn off randomly but I figured it would be ok). After it was completely drained I completely charged it again and it still randomly turns off.
At first I thought maybe it was just the rom, but no one else seems to have the same problem as me (that I can find), so I downloaded an ICS rom to try that. Same problems. So far I have done the following to try and find out WTF is going on...
Installed Elixr to see battery drainage (sitting at main screen doing nothing its roughly -8mA, but right after boot or opening a program it jumps to -300mA to -480mA)
Done NUMEROUS battery pulls (with and without deleting the battery config file)
Switched ROMS
Any help would be amazing
PS: Before rooting or flashing a new mod my phone would shut off on its own, but only once a week, maybe. Now it turns off as soon as I unlock my sim card. However, it doesn't turn off at all if I have it plugged in.
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I guess the issue is with the battery itself. Try getting a new battery. I heard some guys experiencing the same and sorting things out replacing the battery....
Leave the charger plugged in. If it doesn't reboot then that will let you know most likely it is the battery.
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Leave the charger plugged in. If it doesn't reboot then that will let you know most likely it is the battery.
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That was my thoughts exactly. However, if the ROM or kernel or whatever is set to shut off the phone at a certain reading of discharge from the battery, ie -500mA, this could also be the problem.
I thought it could have been a problem with the phone as well, but before it would shut off on its own MAYBE once a month. 90% of those I attributed to overloading the phone, closing facebook, opening the internet, starting to load a webpage then open a new txt I just recieved while the phone was still vibrating type things.
Now it still feels like it's just quitting on me, it never turns off while the screen is locked or while its charging. So far after the new ROM it has shut off when I place a call, when I receive a call, clicking on a notification, opening the messaging app, clicking download in the market, and my favorite when I unlock it from sleep.
I will download a different rom right now and try it. Just to double check this is what I've been doing to install a new rom... I boot my phone into recovery (vol- and power), go to recovery from the boot screen (opens clockworkmod), scroll down to mounts and storage, have it format /system, /data and /cache, go back to wipe data/factory reset, then install zip from sdcard, select the rom and go... I know some roms require inspiremod, should I still install this if I'm USING an inspire??
Thanks for the input guys, I really appreciate it
If it does turn out to be the battery or you just decide to get a new one to test it out. I recommend these, they are awesome and the only thing anyone should try besides HTC factory replacements. Good luck and I hope this works out for you.
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i only skimmed this. but cleaning battery contacts can help also check the side door, sometimes that can cause issues as well. air can out everything and clean metal contacts with rubbing (ipa) alcohol.
So I installed cleardroid. Once again everything worked fine for the first 10-15 minutes and then the shutdowns started again, always when making the phone do something (unlocking, clicking a notification, opening a program, etc) but never when the phone is charging.
I'll clean off every bronze or gold contact I can find but I think I might be fighting a lost cause lol. Three different ROMS, all with the same problem leads me to believe its a hardware issue. Since all the chips in these phones are all small and use multilayer boards I won't be able to replace anything myself so I see a new phone in my near future.
Thanks guys!
If it doesn't do it when its chargeing then it is the battery. I had bought my inspire from someone and it was having those issues ordered a new HTC stock battery from newegg for like $12 and has been working perfectly since then and honestly if you want the best battery rom absolution is the rom you should check out. It's a non sense rom but again I'd just buy a new battery. I had mine timed it'd reset at 92% 74% and 49% xD
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So I installed cleardroid. Once again everything worked fine for the first 10-15 minutes and then the shutdowns started again, always when making the phone do something (unlocking, clicking a notification, opening a program, etc) but never when the phone is charging.
I'll clean off every bronze or gold contact I can find but I think I might be fighting a lost cause lol. Three different ROMS, all with the same problem leads me to believe its a hardware issue. Since all the chips in these phones are all small and use multilayer boards I won't be able to replace anything myself so I see a new phone in my near future.
Thanks guys!
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hmm, I would say try a new battery before getting a new phone. Worst case scenario is that you spent $15 to learn you need a new phone as opposed to spending $100+ on a new phone...this is of course assuming you want to keep the inspire and not just looking for a reason to get upgrade ahaha
I agree. It still sounds like a battery issue.
I would agree this definitely sounds like an internal short in the battery. Sounds like it's shutting off whenever it gets a significant load on it. Try a new battery first.
I had a similar issue though I was tweaking the CPU. Learned my lesson.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App
Yeah, Id bet money that its a bad battery. I had this same exact issue with my Inspire. If it shuts off more in low reception areas but it isn't shutting off when plugged in, its definitely the battery. I would try to find someone with an Inspire and try switching them batteries and see if it stops.
If I tried to use the flash with my camera, the phone would shut off. My phone would randomly reboot or turn off. ATT told me they had "some" bad batches of batteries. My phone was still under warranty so ATT sent me a new battery. All the problems went away!
The battery door on the Inspire becomes wonky the more you open it, I was having a problem like yours, new battery and new door has me going good.
Hello
Yesterday I was trying to migrate to a 32GB SD card from a 8GB SD card and I thought I had bricked my HTC Explorer (I don't recall what I did or what happened, but I was running Flyrom v4, and the phone all of a sudden wouldn't turn on) - I was getting 3-7 vibrations and nothing else when I tried to power the device on. I found a thread here about resolving the same issue on a Wildfire S and I mistakenly flashed the rom linked in that thread, following the instructions in that thread, not realising I should be using a rom for the Explorer (if a similar rom exists?).
I'm not even sure what was described in that thread worked but my device suddenly turned on again after following that advice - something like copy the rom to the SD card, wait 2-3 minutes whilst holding vol up+power, then press vol up, then wait another 2-3 mins.
I've now gone back to a locked/unrooted official rom state by using the RUU for the HTC Explorer because I thought doing so would resolve the issues. However since I've done what I did to try to resolve what I thought was a brick, but even before using the RUU, I've developed further problems with the phone.
What is currently happening is that the phone is heating up more than usual, especially while on charge via USB, and thus the battery stops charging, due to the inbuilt safety feature - the phone gets incredibly warm all round, even on the screen, it didn't before.
Also this morning when my battery did have some charge left in it (approx 50%) the phone would turn itself off after about 3.5 minutes and I had to pull the battery and reinsert to get it to boot up again.
I'm not sure why the phone is now heating up so much or what is/was causing it to turn off after 3.5 minutes.
I've tried checking CPU frequencies, suspecting the Wildfire rom I flashed messed with the firmware somehow at a level that hasn't been resolved by using the RUU, using SetCPU (device is not currently unocked/rooted so I can't set anything) but they seem normal, at 600/480 (this is what they've always been at since I got the phone?!), with governer on "ondemand" and the other option on "deadline".
I hoped flashing the RUU rom would resolve the problem(s) but it hasn't.
I don't have another battery to test (nor funds to buy one), but I don't see how it could be a battery fault when the whole phone is getting warm and everything was fine yesterday.
Please could someone advise me on what could be the cause of the issues I've now got with the phone and point me in the direction of a fix for these two issues (probably 2 parts of the same big issue), if there is one, as I can't use the phone unless it's plugged in via USB, which effectively renders it useless.
Really hope someone here can help otherwise I will either need to buy a new battery, or as I suspect will be the case, a new phone, and I have funds for neither.
Thanks in advance.