Okay so this is ROM independent, and has been happening over the course of 2-3 months (with varied roms and many wipes). What will happen is that when I unlock the phone, rarely, (I'd say 1 in 100 times, maybe more) the touchscreen won't work. Usually if I leave it alone for a while, when I go to unlock it, it works again. But usually, I'll have to force reset the phone and then it'll work. It is nearly imposible to recreate this problem, it just randomly happens. My phone doesn't have water damage, and only has some nicks on the cornes from small drops. Anyone know what is happening?
This is a known bug with s2w, some reports also say underclocking/overclocking/undervolting is causing the issue too. Either way, it's well known and there's no fix at this time except for disabling those features or going back to stock kernel.
Ah thanks, had no idea
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There has to be something causing it that I'm not doing.. I mean how can I have 3 g2xs (first I scratched, second a tiny spec of dust, now third) with no reboots or sleeps of death? Yet others can't get one that doesn't..
I never use bluetooth, wifi calling, or ever have data syncing, maybe theres a feature that people use daily like bluetooth (just using that as a example) thats causing it. So the ones using this future are getting the reboots....
This reboot thing just is word to me and I feel if we figured it out this phone would be the **** (although mine is, minus blacklight bleed) and we could be half way happy again..lol
Sorry just wondering how I got 3 so far and no reboots, although I've only had my third for 2 days... Anyways, good day all... I love my g2x...
P.s. I don't buy lg knows the issue. I mean by now a update should have been pushed.. If its software that is..
I haven't had a reboot either
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This is my second one and also have never had a reboot. The second one does have really bad bleeding though so I'm going for a third one
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No reboots or problems with mine. When I was in the store buying mine a lady brought hers in and said that it was rebooting all the time. I was kind of sketchy on buying it then. But I bought it and I kind of assumed it was a user error. But I am happy with it coming from a My Touch 3G to the G2x.
My first G2x had major reboots but no screen bleed. pulling the battery every hour irritated me and i felt like I was breaking my battery cover every time I pulled the battery so I opt to exchange it. Fortunately, the second one I got works like a charm, no reboots but has very minor screen bleed. I'd sacrifice a minor screen bleed over constant reboots and freezes.
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I had mine since day one and it has never rebooted.
The only reboots/SoD I has was using the leaked GB rom using the stock Froyo kernel.
Stock 2.2 based roms and CM based roms work fine.
I've had 3 phones already because of the screen. Never had a reboot.
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First phone rebooted constantly. Second phone hasn't rebooted at all since I got it. Same software, same everything. Both exhibited light bleed but the second one is slightly better. Might keep it
I went through 2 of them with the reboot problems, in fact, I did a complete restore back to factory with NO apps installed and I still got the reboots within less than an hour from the time that I wiped.
That having been said - I miss this phone! Why? I have no idea LOL!
If it can be figured out what the problem is I'd love to get my hands on another one!
I am on my third one. The first two had constant reboots and black screen freezes. The one I have now (third one) for 9 days had been rock solid. Then yesterday I got a screen freeze and about 12 hours later I got another one. Then this morning it frooze on the alarm and luckily I was awake and did not oversleep. About an hour ago I got a reboot and now realize it has been rebooting longer than I had realized. I use Run Manager and I had thought it was turning its self off, but today I realized that the device had been rebooting and thats why Run Manager would be off and no record of the exercise. It seems as if it just reboots randomly. I have tried it with Cardio Trainer with same results. Oh man I have 5 days left to decide whether to just return it or accept another replacement. If the SGSII was not coming out fairly soon I would definitely keep it. Just read in another thread here that devs are far and few between other devs are starting to avoid this device. Do not know how true that is, just stating what I read. Decisions Decisions
I want to try and establish the extent of this problem. Is everyone getting it eventually or should I return the phone? Please do not reply if you have had the phone for a day and not had the problem. It seems to only appear after a few days. It took 4 days for it to happen to me.
Having the exact same problem. It's when you're trying to unlock it while not in your hand. Really annoying. Also couldn't answer a call once when I had it in my pocket before, I assume the latter had something to do with heat, as it was pretty hot that day.
Anyone else?
Iv had mine since May 19th . I had loads of problems and had my first sensation replaced after just a few days. My second sensation had some memory problems till I did a factory reset and now its spot on. But I have never had any unlock problems.
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I've had my sensation for two weeks now... I have had no problems at all with it. It's going great for me so far! (touch wood)
No problems at all with my sensation (since 26th of May)
I have had mine since 19th too and no problems. Other than odd signal drops sometimes
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I have had mine since 19th too and no problems. Other than odd signal drops sometimes
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Same here.
Think I may return mine then. Just thought the problem may be inevitable but it looks like it might not.
Quick question for those with the screen problem... Do you have a plastic case, one of those that sit round the back cover? Have you also tried cleaning with a microfibre or other such cloth?
No case or anything, stock ROM. A reset has got rid of it for the moment but for other people it seems like it just comes back again and gets worse. Screen is clean. Has been cleaned just to check. Reset fix and delayed onset suggests a hardware issue to me.
Got mine on 20th May. Not a single problem at all. Used it already also during a trip abroad. Great handset, the best I have ever had! (The only issue is the locked bootloader which makes it impossible to Root and thus not able to use Mybackup Pro and some more apps)
Question for those who have not had the problem. Do you reboot your phone often (full power off). It occured to me that the reason some people may not have seen the problem is because it is rebooted (which seems to help) before it occurs. If you have had your phone on without a reboot for a week I think it is safe to say your phone is not effected.
+1 to having nothing but reception now and again
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Question for those who have not had the problem. Do you reboot your phone often (full power off). It occured to me that the reason some people may not have seen the problem is because it is rebooted (which seems to help) before it occurs. If you have had your phone on without a reboot for a week I think it is safe to say your phone is not effected.
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My current up time is 347 hours, according to battery stats. That's about 2 weeks. Before that, it was about a week. My phone has never crashed or rebooted by itself. I only rebooted because I ran out of battery.
more than 2 weeks now..now problems whats so ever with the screen or the lock !
My Sensation's touchscreen developed issues after about a week. The problem affects not only the lockscreen but also the scrolling in the application drawer (and elsewhere) and typing.
Changing the lock screen to anything that loads from the microsd seems to slow it down or render it unresponsive. Ie.. the photo album lock screen. Micro SD may be too slow or faulty.
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Same here.
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+1
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It only happened to me once, but I was using an external battery charger that also had a usb port on it for charging the phone at the same time. It was for my Mytouch slide, and only if the phone wasn't in my hand. Using the charger I got with the phone I have yet to have the issue even when it wasn't in my hand.
Do the people that have this issue also have the wobbly screen issue where if you press the left or right side of the screen it compresses a little bit then bounces back?
Don't ask why but try doing the following:
- Settings -> Sound -> Haptic Feedback. UNCHECK (turning it off)
- Settings -> Language and Keyboard -> Android Keyboard Settings -> Vibrate on KeyPress. UNCHECK (turning it off)
I've had good results since doing this without changing anything else, phone has been more stable and no random reboots or freezes yet. Theory is due to the custom driver/vibrator used in the LG G2X (per CM7 team) there's a memory leak or some bug that over time causes the phone to reboot/freeze.
Why I think this:
- A few times in the last few weeks it froze was when a notification came in (GMail, SMS, etc.) that would have caused the phone to vibrate but instead of doing so it just did the SOD. Know this because I have a XOOM with me (3G) and emails come to both XOOM and G2X same time
- If I leave everything on, after about 2-3 days of use the vibrations start getting wonky with some lasting longer than they should or just not doing it properly
- Had a similar issue with CM7 on my Verizon Incredible where vibration issues would eventually lead to a reboot/freeze
NO GUARANTEES THIS WORKS. But I wanted to share and get more feedback. Please make these changes and then restart so its fresh. You don't need to disable vibration alerts, just the haptic feedback and keyboard vibrate.
Please post your feedback. Thanks.
I dont have reboots and never have those on...I'm gonna turn em on and see what happens..
I just turned mine off as suggested... I am on my 2nd G2x and am experiencing reboot issues already. I will keep you posted after a couple days on the results.
Thanks for posting this potential fix.
Had these off ever since I got the phone, haptic feedback gets really annoying. Will put them on and see what I find
I have had those on and had no reboots.
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I have had those on and had no reboots.
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Might be related to hw. The vibrator in the phone is a piece of hw so maybe some versions have problems and some don't. I know while my Incredible had vibration problems on CM7 others didn't with same exact software.
I wanted to see more if people getting reboots benefitted at all from these or not. It you don't have reboots at all this post is irrelevant.
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Might be related to hw. The vibrator in the phone is a piece of hw so maybe some versions have problems and some don't. I know while my Incredible had vibration problems on CM7 others didn't with same exact software.
I wanted to see more if people getting reboots benefitted at all from these or not. It you don't have reboots at all this post is irrelevant.
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It might have more to do with the software. I've used the stock ROM, the leaked 2.3.3, and Cyanogenmod, and all three use different vibration models. The 2.3.3 was particularly bad, CM7 is probably the best.
Bought my G2x on the 9th( So, hello! I'm new ) and everything was great until... yesterday actually. Had a bootloop and had to factory reset, then it locked up later. Then today it locked up and I pulled the battery and just now it didn't come on when I tried to unlock it.
So... I'm trying this. Hopefully it works. D:
If not, I'm gonna have to get a replacement or something. I'll be back with a follow up, some time.
For those of you who try this, please update here after a day or two. I am likely to let T-Mobile switch my phone out to a Sensation today so I may not have a G2x to play with any more. I really like it and if there is a simple fix I'd be willing to give it another go.
Trying it now
I haven't had it reboot on me since I did a factory reset last week...
I'm going to turn off the vibrate settings as described in the first post. I'll come back in a few days to respond if I've had any reboots, freezes, etc.
EDIT: I'm also going to reboot after changing these settings just to make sure they "stick" and the phone is "fresh".
Day 1, no freezes.
I charged the phone and it didn't freeze either...
It's Day 2 now and I'll let you know how this goes down as well.
I haven't had either of these options checked since I first got the phone. I have a reboot approx every 1-2 days and a freeze every 3rd time.
Another strange thing
It's been over a day and a half after I've turned off the haptic feedback settings described by OP and no reboots or freezes yet. Even while using wifi calling and heavy camera use and very heavy picture uploading directly from phone to picasaweb.
Something else strange that happened to me before that could be related to the vibrate software/hardware is when some one called me it would vibrate and ring like normal but after sliding the green arrow over to answer it stopped ringing, answered the call just fine, but the whole time while talking the motor continued to vibrate in the two pulse way it normally does! Has anyone else had this happen!?
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I haven't had either of these options checked since I first got the phone. I have a reboot approx every 1-2 days and a freeze every 3rd time.
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Try wiping your dalvik cache as I've posted in a separate thread.
worked for me. 2 days no problems
day/charge 2 and 3... everything is going well.
Nowadays many users are complaining about hardware problem they noticed with our fit...I solved 4-5 queries but still everyday I see someone post about it...so thought i would make a thread here to let everyone know...
PROBLEM:
Power key not working/It reboots phone after just pressing/Its totally dead etc etc...
SOLUTION:
I had this problem 3 times and first time when I went to service centre i dropped my fit at their door only and whoilaaa!!!...It became normal...they told me that if we do the same i.e. hit the phone on power key it becomes fine...Well its just a kind of loose contact we can say...
So if you face such problem dont waste your money, time & energy in care center...just hit the phone gently (be cautious screen can break too ) on wall or hard surface and it will be fine...
Press thanks if this solved your problem...
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Reserved for more hardware problems...
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Thanx for this bro!..
Though I had this problem about 4-5months back!..thanx to our FB group for their support its fine now!
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Some more hardware problems:
1. The back panel is no good. Dropped the phone once, and the side hinges have forever remained broken to the extent that I can't use phone without a case.
2. Earpiece is too low, no matter the rom/kernel
3. Idk about others, but my Wifi modules are glitchy. Ever since I bought my phone, I've always faced wifi switch on>error.
On some roms, it gets solved by soft/hard rebooting, some roms it just doesn't work.
Logcat comes clean all the time.
4. I have a total of 4 dead/distorted pixels. Not noticable easily, but it still bothers a lot of time.
5. Frequent disconnection of 2g/3g.
Again, I think this is a defective radio module, aa I've changed my rom/kernel/baseband/network provider; but my network switches itself off on rather frequent intervals.
Sometimes solved by "Restart Connections", sometimes by a soft reboot.
That's it, I guess
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Some more hardware problems:
1. The back panel is no good. Dropped the phone once, and the side hinges have forever remained broken to the extent that I can't use phone without a case.
2. Earpiece is too low, no matter the rom/kernel
3. Idk about others, but my Wifi modules are glitchy. Ever since I bought my phone, I've always faced wifi switch on>error.
On some roms, it gets solved by soft/hard rebooting, some roms it just doesn't work.
Logcat comes clean all the time.
4. I have a total of 4 dead/distorted pixels. Not noticable easily, but it still bothers a lot of time.
5. Frequent disconnection of 2g/3g.
Again, I think this is a defective radio module, aa I've changed my rom/kernel/baseband/network provider; but my network switches itself off on rather frequent intervals.
Sometimes solved by "Restart Connections", sometimes by a soft reboot.
That's it, I guess
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Except 3rd one all are here in my phone too...why so cheap back panel for our phone idk
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The wifi error just disappeared forever after changing baseband and flashing janas rom , I turn my wifi on and off over 20 times per day !! No errors
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The wifi error just disappeared forever after changing baseband and flashing janas rom , I turn my wifi on and off over 20 times per day !! No errors
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Wifi Error for me when screen goes off and wifi On.
Frequent disconnection of Wifi!
USB Data Transfer Problems
Ever wondered why your pc/laptop is unable to recognize/detect your device inspite of properl drivers and different cables....
Ans:- Charging IC ...replace it( in my case it worked)..
My wife and I both have the VZW M8, hers is stock and mine is stock rooted. A lately we've both been having issues with the touchscreen getting crazy.
While texting, the gesture typing trail will show up on screen when we aren't using it. Easily fixed by turning that off. However both phones are having issues with phantom touches or complete unresponsiveness. Turning the screen off and then on after a few fixes it briefly, rebooting and letting it sit off for a bit works as well. Just trying to type this up I've had to continuous issues.
Can't do my daily crossword puzzles because it jumps around the board constantly and that's bull****. Anyone else having problems or ideas as to how to fix this?
Well I spent some time on the phone with a tier 2 tech from Verizon. He claimed that it may be leftover data from when I restored my Google contacts...
I humored him and factory reset without anything syncing it restoring. It still happened.
Any ideas at all?
i am having this same exact issue and it is driving my crazy. I have done a factory reset, gone back to stock rom and no luck yet. Beginning to believe it's hardware related but don't know what might have caused it, and these phones are so hard to tear apart that i'm afraid to do so.
I have the same issues, its random. Start typing and its like multiple taps all over the screen. Really annoying
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