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I've only had the phone for less than 24 hours and I'm ready to send it back. Someone help me out please.
My phone keeps shutting down randomly. I rooted, installed CWM (Yes the nvFlash), Installed Evils ROM from the dev section.
The phone shut down right before bed last night and it must have done it sometime through the night because I had to restart it in the morning. Today it turned off a couple of times and my logical thought was that it was the ROM.
I switched over to EaglesBlood 1.0.5 hoping it would be a little more stable. It took a little longer, but it still shut completely off.
Nevermind the battery life I just want it to stay on. I'm no genius, but I'm pretty decent with ADB and terminal if I can fix it. Let me know if I'm overlooking something.
this phone has several issues. check the rest of the forums. what you are experiencing is one of them and it only gets worse from here.....
unclemik9 said:
this phone has several issues. check the rest of the forums. what you are experiencing is one of them and it only gets worse from here.....
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I've read most of the issues. I was hoping there was a way to fix it. I talked to a customer service rep at the Tmo store today. He said there is supposed to be an update released by the end of the month.
I rooted so I never have to worry about releases. Usually Cyanogen and his team are all over this kind of stuff. (Cue G1)
I really wanna know why it's doing it and how to fix it.
You by chance have an app that flashes the home buttons as a notification? When I deleted that, my random shut offs dropped...
Is it shut down? Or is the screen black? I get the occasional black screen... if you hit the power button the screen gets a little brighter... if it's that you can just do a hard reboot, power+volume up
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Okay I think this will help out. I'm been trying different ROM's for a couple of weeks now in an effort to get this to stop this is what's happening.
1. The phone shuts off completely and you need to pull the battery out to get it to turn on with the power button.
2. The phone turns off during a call or during use and starts up again with the boot animation.
3. Shuts off while charging in the middle of the night or while on the car charger.
What app needs deleted or removed? How do I do it? I'd like to post the solution up for anyone having this same problem.
BobbyDukes707 said:
You by chance have an app that flashes the home buttons as a notification? When I deleted that, my random shut offs dropped...
Is it shut down? Or is the screen black? I get the occasional black screen... if you hit the power button the screen gets a little brighter... if it's that you can just do a hard reboot, power+volume up
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Download this Rom. It is based off of the GB update from LG and lets you keep root. It may solve your problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158513
pdxmatts said:
Download this Rom. It is based off of the GB update from LG and lets you keep root. It may solve your problem. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158513
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I'm flashing this ROM now. I'll try running it for a few days and see if I get any improvements.
I hit the thanks button. I'll post what happens.
I am getting the same problem with my G2x randomly and whiles its charging and I have tried roms CM7 Nightly, EaglesBlood, Trigger, and MIUI but all start shutting off sooner or later. Tell me if that rom fixes yours.
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It's a hardware problem unfortuantely
strung said:
It's a hardware problem unfortuantely
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So should I send for another phone? Or try fixing this one?
strung said:
It's a hardware problem unfortuantely
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not necessarily. never had a single reboot until the new baseband and rom combo I am running now. now i seem to lock up every time i take the phone off a full charge in the morning.
Another company to add to the "I will never buy a phone from this manufacturer again" category.
Kevc44485 said:
Another company to add to the "I will never buy a phone from this manufacturer again" category.
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If you added a company for every time they had a flawed product, you'd end up making your own electronics.
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I've had my G2X for about a month, and have been experiencing the common issue where my phone randomly shuts off and the only way to get it to turn back on is to pull the battery.
I've installed the GB update, that didn't fix it. Factory reset didn't help either.
Has anyone successfully fixed this issue on their phone? If so, what'd you do? Is there any chance that rooting my phone would correct the problem?
Sorry if there was a post about this, I couldn't find anything talking about if anyone's been able to fix the problem.
Thanks
yes... the onlyhh way to fix the problem is to root! nvflash clock work mod recovery, then flash eagle blood 2.3.3 rom and it is perfect...
Thanks, this did indeed seems to do the trick. Not a single reboot so far after 2.5 days.
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My G2X actually restarted on its own today. It was the first time since the first few days I had the phone over a month-month and a half ago. Wasn't really a big deal, lol. It comes back on.
Have been playing with this phone for 3 days now and haven't had any issues (I did install xboarder's stock rooted version). Minor screen bleed is the only issue.
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Finally, someone (dmaniscool) who can say they switched to an xda dev'ed ROM and got rid of the lock ups. I've posted many times asking if anybody ACTUALLY FIXED a problem (specifically the battery pull lock up); I got no responses, and someone finally stated it. Great. Next time my wife's G2x locks up, I'm rooting and putting a ROM on it.
Thank you dmaniscool
-Bob
so, PLEASE dmaniscool, occasionally update this thread with your lack of lock-ups, or if you get a lock-up. PLEASE!!!
Thanks,
-Bob
namklak said:
so, PLEASE dmaniscool, occasionally update this thread with your lack of lock-ups, or if you get a lock-up. PLEASE!!!
Thanks,
-Bob
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Will do, so far so good! I had no experience with rooting, and was able to figure it out looking at the guides available on the forum. It kind of looks intimidating, but it's not actually very difficult.
By restart does everyone mean just shuts down? Mine never restarts, it will just shut off.
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RZJZA80 said:
By restart does everyone mean just shuts down? Mine never restarts, it will just shut off.
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Mine did both actually, shut down and restarts. But mostly just shut downs, which required a battery pull to power back on.
My 2 will do both - but I think the "shut-off" is a lock up, because the longer I leave it locked up, the less battery I'll have after I do a battery pull.
8 days of both phones not locking up by doing one restart per day per phone.
Since I raised the minimum CPU speed to 389 from 216, I have far fewer sleeps of death
You don't wanna know where this was sent from.
I've tried every ROM and kernel combination possible and nothing actually fixes these problems for me.
Wow this post was scary at first, I had a thunderbolt and no matter what. RUU, Different ROMS, Stock, Kernels, Radios. Changing all that didn't matter it still turns off constantly and doesn't turn back on till I do it meaning no text or calls, basically same as having a phone on silent all the time without even having the luck chance of pulling it out while ringing.....
I am on miui x.26 (whatever kernal that comes with it) and have over 40 hours of uptime. I haven't had a crash yet, I just manually restart every couple of days because I'm weird like that.
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Well 6 days into it and I've had a total of 2 shutdowns. I don't know if it was a coincidence, but both times were after being outside when it was ~90 degrees out.
This is still much improved, I used to get 3-4 per day on average.
I'm using Eaglesblood 2.3.3. I'm thinking of trying MIUI because it's so nice looking.
For me I did a battery replacement the first time directly from T-Mobile and the phone continued restarting on me. I was just about to request a replacement phone from T-Mobile until I recently purchased a different brand of battery containing the same specs as the stock battery and to my surprise no overheating and definitely no restarts. I feel that the restarts and lockups are due to faulty batteries shipped out with the phones. I'm suprised no one has mentioned this.
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Do you mind sharing what brand battery you purchased?
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Wow, I told the CostCo kiosk girl I was having lock up problems and I had my grandkids with me. She took my phone and pulled the battery - at the same time my grandson stated he had to go to the bathroom NOW. She either looked at the battery or something on the phone under the battery. I didn't have time to ask. She didn't really comment and gave me my phone back.
Hmmmmmm........
-Bob
ok so do they know what exactly is causing the shut downs or reboot on this phone? i just got mine today and it was pre installed with gingerbread and idk if there is root for the gingerbread build yet. i just want root but no custom rom for me. i love the stock rom. it kicked the crap out of my sensation 4g as far as speed goes in everyday use.
Im having an issue when my phone gets hot the touch screen starts pushing everything im on vanilla new version i even flashed icbinb,octane and it still happens any ideas i tried diffrent setting in tegrak and same thing if i hit the power button when its messing up and i hit the power button to onlock the phone it will stop for a while then it starts up again any ideas would be appreciated
What do you mean by "pushing everything"?
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Its start pushing buttons everywhere on the screen like my finger is doing it
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Its start pushing buttons everywhere on the screen like my finger is doing it
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Are you over clocking? When did the problem start? What, if anything, did you do to the phone (flash from stock Froyo to another ROM, over clock, etc.) prior to the problem?
Ok when i got the phone new it was doing it then i attempted to put gingerbread bootloaders in but i failed lol i had icbinb gb with no cwm and had the rainbow screen and the problem went away for a couple of weeks till i got the gingerbread bootloaders correct then i flash icbinb gb rom and it started doing it again
With oc and no oc uv and no uv it still does it
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Ok when i got the phone new it was doing it then i attempted to put gingerbread bootloaders in but i failed lol i had icbinb gb with no cwm and had the rainbow screen and the problem went away for a couple of weeks till i got the gingerbread bootloaders correct then i flash icbinb gb rom and it started doing it again
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If it was doing it when you first got the phone I'd say it's a hardware issue. Any chance you can flash it back to stock & return/exchange it?
No i got this phone from ebay a private seller
Sounds like an issue that software can't fix.
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Sounds like someone knowingly sold you a bum sgs4g...sucks. If it only happens when it gets hot then you need to keep it cool...screen brightness down, wifi off etc...I agree with the previous posts that it sounds like a hardware issue, if the battery is getting super hot you might get lucky with a new one that doesn't set off the crazy screen problem. Battery ain't cheap though....
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htaak said:
Sounds like someone knowingly sold you a bum sgs4g...sucks. If it only happens when it gets hot then you need to keep it cool...screen brightness down, wifi off etc...I agree with the previous posts that it sounds like a hardware issue, if the battery is getting super hot you might get lucky with a new one that doesn't set off the crazy screen problem. Battery ain't cheap though....
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He could also try replacing the screen. It would probably cost a lot in total.
I dont think its the battery cause i use my battery from the vibrant and same thing the battery dont get hot just the touch screen but like i said before when i flashed the wrong gb kernel the problem went away then I fixed the gb the right way with CWM and now the problem started again
Even if you don't have a warranty, Tmobile will still send a replacement, buy there will be a fee. This is a defect. You can go to Samsung directly if you get a bad rep.
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Hope you can help.
Today in the morning, I wake up and see that my phone was stuck at the google logo. I removed the battery but after put it again, the phone didn't start. No google logo, no recovery screen, nothing.
Does anyone know an alternative method to start (resurrect) this thing?
Model: i9020a
ROM: AOKP JB M1
Kernel: Marmite 6.7
Are you able to load fastboot using the power and vol up button?
digitalguy13 said:
Are you able to load fastboot using the power and vol up button?
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Nop. There is no response at all.
jpvalenz said:
Nop. There is no response at all.
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Remove the battery for a while. While the battery is out, plug the phone in with both AC and USB charging.. this will help you see if it's a defective battery
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Remove the battery for a while. While the battery is out, plug the phone in with both AC and USB charging.. this will help you see if it's a defective battery
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No, this also didn't work.
Hmm.. I'm really not sure how to help
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Hmm.. I'm really not sure how to help
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What is curious is that whatever button combination you use, there is no response at all. And the phone was working without problem only a couple hours before. Even if I plug, there is no battery charging image.
Battery's dead?
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What is curious is that whatever button combination you use, there is no response at all. And the phone was working without problem only a couple hours before. Even if I plug, there is no battery charging image.
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Aw man and I thought I had it bad... lol. Good luck with this!
I would try getting your hands on another battery though. I don't think the phone would boot up without a recognizable battery whether it had enough power or not. Maybe someone that actually knows can say... Either way I'll try it with mine tomorrow (mine boots into fastboot and recovery at least) and let you know
Looks like trying out another battery might be the only next logical step. No response even when plugged in for charging indicates a possible battery issue.
hey...
you got a similar condition with my phone...
dont know what to do now...
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Hope you can help.
Today in the morning, I wake up and see that my phone was stuck at the google logo. I removed the battery but after put it again, the phone didn't start. No google logo, no recovery screen, nothing.
Does anyone know an alternative method to start (resurrect) this thing?
Model: i9020a
ROM: AOKP JB M1
Kernel: Marmite 6.7
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I had read a lot of forums that said that with the JB upgrade (any type: AOSP, OTA, etc), after some time, theirs phones gone dead as well. Seems there is some problem with the bootloader that affect the mainframe (motherboard?). No one has been able to resolve this problem.
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I had read a lot of forums that said that with the JB upgrade (any type: AOSP, OTA, etc), after some time, theirs phones gone dead as well. Seems there is some problem with the bootloader that affect the mainframe (motherboard?). No one has been able to resolve this problem.
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So you are saying that Jelly Bean bricks the Nexus S? Where have you read this? It seems like a very serious accusation/assumption.
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I had read a lot of forums that said that with the JB upgrade (any type: AOSP, OTA, etc), after some time, theirs phones gone dead as well. Seems there is some problem with the bootloader that affect the mainframe (motherboard?). No one has been able to resolve this problem.
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interesting.....anything to back this up....
Maybe a jtag could resolve your problem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecp8jKmm48k
Mine is doing the same thing. At least it turns on to the Google screen if I remove the chip labled sandisk. Its also the card that has the nfc contacts. Any solution yet?
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I had the exact same thing happened to me. I installed a custom jb ROM (I was already using an earlier version of the same rom) and I noticed abnormal battery drain and in a few hours it died completely. No response at all. Tries different batteries, chargers, everything. I tried sending it in to get it fixed but I was told they found corrosion on the board which was true so it would coat 450 to fix! But I know for a fact that wasn't the reason why the phone was completely unresponsive. I went to wind to get it fixed and the guy told me that they've been getting a crap load of nexus s devices back for the exact same reason. This coincided with the jelly bean upgrade. There's definitely an issue happening with the upgrade but Google or Samsung aren't saying anything.
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When I long press the power button and choose shut down it does not shut down. It restarts. If I choose shutdown a 2nd time, it will then actually shutdown
Strange, never heard of this. This is a constant trend? I suppose if I were in your shoes I'd do one of two things:
1) Factory reset
2) Use Fastboot to unlock the bootloader and then flash the factory image via fastboot again
Although, I am not sure either of these options will solve the problem they are the first two steps I would take to resolve it.
Had this once!
Happened to me a little earlier too...
I bet in every one of these cases the phone was plugged in and or charging...yes or no?
Ive had it happen to me too, but it was plugged in
The phone is still stock and it wasn't charging
mobileboost said:
The phone is still stock and it wasn't charging
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Don't worry, my new N5 does exactly the same, as I just found out 10 minutes ago. Seems like a new and glorious KK 4.4 bug to me.
Valynor said:
Don't worry, my new N5 does exactly the same, as I just found out 10 minutes ago. Seems like a new and glorious KK 4.4 bug to me.
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Mine does exactly the same! I hope it is a K4,4 bug as well.
Mine works ok and powers off
Mine does this too every time. Not plugged in to charger or anything.
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mine does this once in a while also...
Mine did this the very first time I tried to shut it down after getting it on release. However it has behaved correctly ever since.
I had this yesterday as well, I'm glad I found this thread because I thought something was up with mine, hopefully they'll fix it in the next update.
can anyone that is having this frequently check whether just after one of these reboots there is a file in /proc called last_kmsg?
thanks!
P.Mobile said:
mine does this once in a while also...
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ditto
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ditto
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This happens to me quite frequently as well. Glad I am not the only one..
4.4.1 I can smell it coming!
same here.. with 4.4.2 too =(
mobileboost said:
When I long press the power button and choose shut down it does not shut down. It restarts. If I choose shutdown a 2nd time, it will then actually shutdown
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It automatically turns on after I shut it off'',,'it's annoying
Long pressing the power buttton for about 10 seconds is the same as a battery pull afaik, so not sure this a bug.
the described issue happened to me a few times but I'm sure is due to the case I have - basically the power button is re-pressed and the phone turns on after being shut down. other than that never used power off too much after going custom rom - most of them have a reboot option and the phone is pretty much on 24/7.