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So I've been an atrix 2 user for a few months now and its a great phone...Its rooted and I just updated it with the latest ota update and kept the root and all of that good stuff. But one problem that I have been having with my phone for the past month or so is that my phone will heat up like CRAZY! Then restart and then it wont let me use it. The power button doesnt let me turn the phone on...nothing. The only way I can wake my screen is by putting the power chord in and that just lights it up it doesnt let me use the phone. It shows that everything is functioning in the background I still receive messages and my apps update ect. but I cant use me phone. It goes through this cycle for about an hour then completely kills my my battery after it runs its course. I have no idea whats wrong with my phone. Can anyone help or have any suggestions? Anything would be appreciated!
Sounds to me that you need a new phone. Is it through att? You may need to do a warranty exchange.
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Yes it is from AT&T I had to do the same thing with my original Atrix, but I traded up for the atrix 2
That doesn't sound good... the OG Atrix had a couple problems with that but I've never experienced it on the A2. You should try for a warranty exchange... look at the noob thread and flash the fxz, apply the OTA update and then take it to AT&T.
Yeah I think thats what I'm going to end up doing...this especially happens when I'm listening to music on my phone it loves to freak out on me. I'm just starting to have my doubts about Motorola because my original Atrix gave me problems and I so desperately hoped that it would be fixed in this version. Is it just bad luck I got 2 phones from motorola that both freak out on me? or is it me?
I'd say bad luck.
I've had 4 A2's and, while none of them were perfect, none of them had overheating problems.
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Yeah I think thats what I'm going to end up doing...this especially happens when I'm listening to music on my phone it loves to freak out on me. I'm just starting to have my doubts about Motorola because my original Atrix gave me problems and I so desperately hoped that it would be fixed in this version. Is it just bad luck I got 2 phones from motorola that both freak out on me? or is it me?
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My A2 is my first Motorola. I have an htc and two samsung phones and my A2 is by far more stable than any of my previous phones. I would say you have just gotten two bad phones. Do what you want to but i would stick with Motorola. Just giving my two cents.
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Try cpu master pro and change governor to ondemand.
It works on my a2.
The major problem for me now is sometimes signal dissapear.
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kojitabe said:
Try cpu master pro and change governor to ondemand.
It works on my a2.
The major problem for me now is sometimes signal dissapear.
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Interesting if the problem is the governor...
Also for a free way to change the governor use ROM Toolbox (free) and go to CPU Sliders.
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I really appreciate all the feedback from everyone, what I did so far is that I flashed the stock FXZ file back to my phone then updated and seems to be working like a charm buy I still think its too soon to say how its really doing. Instead of second guessing myself I think Im going to get a fresh A2 today hopefully and I won't have any problems like this again! Thanks to all the help from everyone!
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drummerkid_167 said:
I really appreciate all the feedback from everyone, what I did so far is that I flashed the stock FXZ file back to my phone then updated and seems to be working like a charm buy I still think its too soon to say how its really doing. Instead of second guessing myself I think Im going to get a fresh A2 today hopefully and I won't have any problems like this again! Thanks to all the help from everyone!
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I would also take a good a good look at the apps you use, some apps leave themselves running and take some good resources, and can cause your phone to overheat because of this. take a look at the resources in use from settings --> applications, go to the running apps tab, do this when the phone is hot and see what apps are taking a good bit of resources. Just a thought, as I have had this issue before, not on the exact phone I am on now, since I found the offending app and did not reinstall it the last time I got a replacement of this phone.
I wish I could check it when my phone gets hot, but when it gets to that point my phone boots me out. Not letting me touch it at all :/
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Apparently the systempanel app (paid version in the market) can identify which apps were running when your phone rebooted, won't tell you whats causing it but may get you close. I dunno how to use th app very well though but I heard good things.
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I've started having this problem today as well. Two days ago I noticed a very quick drop in battery level to almost nothing after going below 50%. Same thing yesterday and today. Today was the first day that I noticed the severe overheating.
I'm using the SCv5.1 ROM. I've been using it for about a month without trouble, but any chance that's the cause? I'd love to not need to return the phone to ATT.
The only time I experienced these symptoms was after restoring an AtrixBlaze ROM.
Flashed back to stock w/root, then OTA. Restored a backup of RebelROM. No problems since. Was very concerned for a day that it had some how damaged the phone.
I've been through Iphone, Palm Pre and HTC, this phone beats them all except for WebOS which was the software on the Pre. That was an amazing OS with a lot of potential.
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Using Jimbridgman's advice above, I looked at some of my apps. I had been using Green Power Premium (paid) and it just updated a few days ago. I disabled it and have not had an issue since, but I have yet to go through an entire power cycle.
I bought my Atrix 2 in India yesterday. Everything works like charm except the earpiece. The voice I get from the other party is so shrill that I need to keep my phone away from my ear to understand what they are saying . There are 4 settings in all to change the voice quality of the earpiece but it seems they are of no use. On the last setting, I can even hear my own voice from the earpiece. Also, when I tap my phone around the 3.5mm jack area, I hear a sound that makes me feel that something is loose inside. Is it a known issue or a bug or its just me who’s facing this? What’s the way out? Thanks in advance.
Hey so after a few days of the new update running OK I started having random reboots! I noticed on a few other sites people complaining about the same issue of reboots multiple times of the day! Just wanted to let everyone know a possible solution to the issue! I have went through multiple FDR's and did come to the conclusion that the random reboots for my phone were associated with a new update to the chrome browser and were easily fixed by uninstalling new update and telling it not to automatically update so hope this helps anyone who may be having the same issues!!!
Well so much for that after trying everything its back to rebooting again? I love my phone but seriously considering putting it against a wall!!!
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Hey so after a few days of the new update running OK I started having random reboots! I noticed on a few other sites people complaining about the same issue of reboots multiple times of the day! Just wanted to let everyone know a possible solution to the issue! I have went through multiple FDR's and did come to the conclusion that the random reboots for my phone were associated with a new update to the chrome browser and were easily fixed by uninstalling new update and telling it not to automatically update so hope this helps anyone who may be having the same issues!!!
Well so much for that after trying everything its back to rebooting again? I love my phone but seriously considering putting it against a wall!!!
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Never had that issue with the new update. Try doing a factory reset or try the new fast boot files to start fresh. Not sure why chrome would be an issue.try the chrome beta version but I suspect chrome had nothing to do with the reboot just a bad initial update.
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Fixed!! I hope!!!
Finally broke down done a fast boot to the new files all is working seems OK anyway know in a day or 2!!!
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Finally broke down done a fast boot to the new files all is working seems OK anyway know in a day or 2!!!
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My Wife's phone is doing the Random Reboot thing since the 4.1.2 update as well. I did a Factory Reset on it and it still does the same thing.
I suspect an application is doing it? Because I put the phone in Safe Mode and it never rebooted while in Safe Mode.
But I have No Idea of how to tell which app is doing it, other than to uninstall a random app after every reboot to find out which one it is.
But I would like to try this fast boot option? I know how to get the phone into fastboot, but which files are you redoing? What exactly are your doing ?
Have the same problem. I have done:
SBF 4.1.2
FDR
WIPE
Even tried running a parallel rom with safestrap (bakatang)
The chrome thing did not work
Keeps freezing. Seems the problem is way worse when having the phone play some music.
I am just about unlocking the thing and SBFing back to 4.1.1 but not really interested into unlocking the bootloader. That would be the last choice for me.
If someone knows of some way to fix this, please help, this used to be a great phone...
No problem here with the sfr rom... used for over 1 month now and no problem and my system is always fast...
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I've been running some tests for about a week now since I got my RAZR and the results are interesting... I've had lockups and reboots multiple times a day, most often while doing something involving sound i.e. listening to music or playing a game or video. I've tried stock and custom 4.1.2 ROMs and custom 4.2.2 ROMs and it persists so I'm inclined to say its either bad audio software or faulty audio chips. This is everything I've done:
1. turning off sounds (keeping phone on vibrate/silent) pretty much eliminates the random lockups/reboots I got from receiving multiple texts or calls at once. I noticed if I bombarded the phone and made it ring a lot it gave the same results as listening to music but if its just a text or email or call here and there during regular use it the phone works fine.
2. Listening to music, either streamed or local from phone/SD storage and through headphones or speaker, would cause skips and audio cutting out. After a few minutes of this the phone will lock up completely and reboot itself. Strangely enough it happened only rarely or not at all while streaming music via bluetooth to a stereo.
3. I don't think its anything kernel related or if it is its not causing visible errors or wake locks. My battery seems to be just fine through all this.
4. I have tried multiple music/video players, put my SD card with music in another phone and the music plays fine, stock ROMs with nothing disabled/removed still has the issue, custom ROMs debloated and modified also have the issue. I think I've just about covered every base I can as an end user to track down what's causing it but I'm open to suggestions.
I have a replacement scheduled so I will see if that fixes it, I have seen this problem reported quite a few times all over the interwebz but there are also a lot of people not having the issue either so idk. If there are any Devs or anyone skilled in android-fu that can read logcats I will be more than willing to get those for you. Sorry for the essay everyone lol
tl;dr Like others I have freezes and reboots from what seems to me to be an audio software/hardware problem, either built in or from the 4.1.2 update
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I am almost sure is kernel related bc I did not have problems in the 4.1.1 sw.
If someone that has an unlocked bootloader could install 4.1.1 from an sbf and tell if the problems are gone, would be great!
here is the sbfs: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/vanquish/list.php
here is the bl unlocker: http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/
u have to be rooted here: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/15208-root-motochopper-yet-another-android-root-exploit-412/?pid=244281#entry244281
I am not doing that bc I do not use custom roms so dont want to unlock BL. If someone has, this could help much. It is different from using safestrap, because safestrap uses the same kernel, from what I read.
barbaroja said:
I am almost sure is kernel related bc I did not have problems in the 4.1.1 sw.
If someone that has an unlocked bootloader could install 4.1.1 from an sbf and tell if the problems are gone, would be great!
here is the sbfs: http://sbf.droid-developers.org/vanquish/list.php
here is the bl unlocker: http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/
u have to be rooted here: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...roid-root-exploit-412/?pid=244281#entry244281
I am not doing that bc I do not use custom roms so dont want to unlock BL. If someone has, this could help much. It is different from using safestrap, because safestrap uses the same kernel, from what I read.
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I have seen reports that the problem persists even on 4.1.1 but I am unlocked and rooted on stock 4.1.2 so if I get time I can give it a try
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I have seen reports that the problem persists even on 4.1.1 but I am unlocked and rooted on stock 4.1.2 so if I get time I can give it a try
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When I was at 4.1.1 phone was near perfect.
If you are unlocked, please do check. I am debating whether to unlock or not just bc of this. Today it has resetted at least a good 20 times or so.
Thanks for helping!!! Waiting for your results!!!!
barbaroja said:
When I was at 4.1.1 phone was near perfect.
If you are unlocked, please do check. I am debating whether to unlock or not just bc of this. Today it has resetted at least a good 20 times or so.
Thanks for helping!!! Waiting for your results!!!!
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one solution that has worked for me is silencing the phone or putting it on vibrate and I haven't had a freeze or reboot in almost 2 days... the problem seems to me to be related to audio/sound and not listening to music or watching videos along with silencing ringtones has put a stop to it which kind of confirms my suspicions... I will try and flash back when I can but it'll need a day or 2 of field testing to confirm if its a solution
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I can confirm that audio stuff just does worse to the phone. However, I have not had your luck when silencing. Keeps rebooting no matter what. Please let us know when you do.
barbaroja said:
I can confirm that audio stuff just does worse to the phone. However, I have not had your luck when silencing. Keeps rebooting no matter what. Please let us know when you do.
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looks like a negative on the SBF, tried to restore 4.1.1 and it failed halfway through the flash, now won't turn on... working on reviving it... I really need to replace this thing as its been nothing but a PITA since I got it
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wow that sucks. I recall reading somewhere that you could actually downgrade your software version if you have an unlocked bootloader.what is the error you are getting? Tried using RAZR utility 1.1? Won't it turn on at all? Maybe a discharged battery? Hope we can solve it
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wow that sucks. I recall reading somewhere that you could actually downgrade your software version if you have an unlocked bootloader.what is the error you are getting? Tried using RAZR utility 1.1? Won't it turn on at all? Maybe a discharged battery? Hope we can solve it
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got it revived with Mattlgroff's new 1.2 utility, was able to force it to fastboot mode... the problem seemed to be some kind of partition error, I tried redownloading the sbf files thinking it was a bad file and got the same error so idk what it is since I'm on stock unrooted 4.1.2. My bootloader is already irreversibly unlocked so that won't be a problem lol but I am a n00b to RSD Lite and Moto devices so I'll tinker with it more when I get some free time
edit: I did have a Maxx HD way back at launch for a month or so running stock 4.1.1 and it ran perfectly, so my idea is its kernel/codec/software related. Hopefully a custom ROM (or hell even stock) with Hashcodes Qcom kernel will fix the issue we're having
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I talked with vzw service, the assistant said that 2% of the phones were having this issue, wich for this kind of technology is a pretty big number of phones. Suuggested to send it to Motorola but since its rooted its almost sure not to be replaced by them. What is strange is that not everyone is having this issue. I would be almost sure Motorola is going to release a fix for this, but would not count days. Getting kind of frustrated with this phone I used to like so much. Thinking of going the htc route bc this is getting unbearable.
Any news in this? Anyone tried a new ROM that could solve this? Or even a fix?
... or just everyone had another phone lying aroud...
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Any news in this? Anyone tried a new ROM that could solve this? Or even a fix?
... or just everyone had another phone lying aroud...
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My wife & I both have this phone and still are constantly being rebooted. This is even after the software update. I have been wiped, factory reset, and everything possible, but I've not called for a replacement yet. Normally I havea worse luck with those.
Wife used to love this phone, now she hates it and hates we changed from AT&T to Verizon since we have no backup Verizon phones. At least we could take the sim out and go to the iPhone that's floating around the house when the phone went to pot before. Makes me really hate suggesting that we go back to Moto phones since that's all that I've used on Verizon.
Wonder if big red will get the new HTC One....
Tried flashing the MR-4 sbf, but did not solve the issue.
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Tried flashing the MR-4 sbf, but did not solve the issue.
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If an sbf didn't solve it then it's a hardware problem.you guys are definitely in the minority with this reboot issue.go get a warranty replacement.this phone and moto in general are solid phones.
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Hey,
I seem to be having several problems after the recent 4.1.2 update (all stock VZW, no rooting, mods, etc.)
1. Very laggy, particularly when coming off the lock screen. Even doing simple things, like opening the list of ringtones for selection generates significant lag
2. Significant decrease in battery life. Prior to 4.1.2 I was able to get 2-3 days standby/light use. Now I'm getting just a little over a day.
Is anyone else experiencing this? If so, how did you fix it? I'm reasonably well versed in Android, but I haven't tried to flash/update/change any Motorola devices before. I've rooted/modded a few older devices (Nexus One) -- but nothing since.
Thanks!
-- Dan
I think you should check your wakelocks. I'm experiencing a lot wakelocks on my Razr HD since update, specially with Google account. Use BetterBatteryStatus to check it.
Cpudan80 said:
Hey,
I seem to be having several problems after the recent 4.1.2 update (all stock VZW, no rooting, mods, etc.)
1. Very laggy, particularly when coming off the lock screen. Even doing simple things, like opening the list of ringtones for selection generates significant lag
2. Significant decrease in battery life. Prior to 4.1.2 I was able to get 2-3 days standby/light use. Now I'm getting just a little over a day.
Is anyone else experiencing this? If so, how did you fix it? I'm reasonably well versed in Android, but I haven't tried to flash/update/change any Motorola devices before. I've rooted/modded a few older devices (Nexus One) -- but nothing since.
Thanks!
-- Dan
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You need to update using rsdlite and the fasboot files. It'll fix you right up.
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Yeah, I was reading that in some of the other threads. So I went ahead and bit the bullet and did it --- what a difference! It's significantly faster than before, probably better than out of the box. Since I was at a clean state I went ahead and rooted the phone, the new method worked great!
I'm not sure what went wrong with the update. The only thing I can think of that was "less than optimal" -- I was in Australia on a foreign carrier when VZW sent me the 4.1.2 update. I had to download the update over the carrier's (very slow) 3G (HSPA+ wasn't available at the time.) Maybe that caused the problem?
-- Dan
Cpudan80 said:
Yeah, I was reading that in some of the other threads. So I went ahead and bit the bullet and did it --- what a difference! It's significantly faster than before, probably better than out of the box. Since I was at a clean state I went ahead and rooted the phone, the new method worked great!
I'm not sure what went wrong with the update. The only thing I can think of that was "less than optimal" -- I was in Australia on a foreign carrier when VZW sent me the 4.1.2 update. I had to download the update over the carrier's (very slow) 3G (HSPA+ wasn't available at the time.) Maybe that caused the problem?
-- Dan
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No. I took the ota and mine was sluggish also.
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No. I took the ota and mine was sluggish also.
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I'm experiencing a lot of issues too. Not super sluggish I think, but battery is bad, lots of sync wakelocks, phone heats up quickly and battery doesn't last that much. I live in Brazil and received the OTA from my carrier, but it's a service version. Should I give it a try and flash it? How the procedure works?
I did that also, but over time MotoBlur takes back over and slows it down, I just flashed CM10 and this phone flies now!!!
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Tethering
The only time I experience lag is when I am tethering to other devices. My phone gets really sluggish when tethering.
Any advice?
I installed the 9.18.79 update on my rooted with stock rom razr maxx hd. The only change i made to stock apps was the sqlite tether mod hack. I used voodoo ota rootkeeper and it worked fine, so I still have root. I do not have unlocked bootloader. Anyway, after that update, it keeps freezing and restarting. Doesn't matter what app, every 5 min to half hour, even when i'm not using the fon it will restart. Very annoying! Is there a fix for this or a way to uninstall update?
If you unlocked your bootloader I would say a factory reset would be worth a try. This way your phone is refreshed to pure stock. You will lose root but with an unlocked bootloader that doesn't matter because getting root back is easy.
If your bootloader is still locked, a data reset will cause you to lose root (edit: after posting this i am second guessing if a data reset will lose root. It might not. It had been so long since i have done that i can't remember. Lol) and there is no confirmed way of getting it back. Of course, if your phone is basically unusable with constant reboots, I think I would rather have a working phone without root than what you are currently dealing with.
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It's not unlocked and the update fixed the exploit to unlock it I didn't think I needed it unlocked anyway. I just wish I knew if vzw or a dev will come out with a patch for this so called update.
Mine is doing just about the exact same thing. I upgraded it on Saturday and it has rebooted more times than I can count. I hogs battery now too. I could get an easy 3 days before, I am no power user, the last 2 days I've used over 50% battery and have not done a thing. I used the OTA rootkeeper as well to keep root. I hardly have any apps frozen with Titanium Backup, unfroze them all, I'm running Nova Launcher. Funny thing is I did the exact same thing on my wife's phone with no issues. Hers is rooted too, stock ROMs. I was totally happy with the stock ROM, so I have not ROM'd this phone yet, want to now cuz it sucks but going to have to wait until I can root again. I tried wiping cache in Titanium and a couple times in the stock recovery. Did nothing.
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Wife says she has had problems keeping her bluetooth connected in her car, she said it disconnects frequently now. She just has a stock Lexus radio which worked flawless. DAmn you Verizon, these phones were AWESOME prior to this update, burn in hell haha!
I wiped cache in stock recovery as well
Is there a way to sbf the original stock file back to the fon? I've used sbf on a number of droid x but thats been awhile.
I have the exact same problem as OP, but the period between reboots can be as high as 2-3 days. Anyone have any idea what is actually wrong? Did they program in a random reboot to make us want to upgrade to the Droid Maxx?
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If you unlocked your bootloader I would say a factory reset would be worth a try. This way your phone is refreshed to pure stock. You will lose root but with an unlocked bootloader that doesn't matter because getting root back is easy.
If your bootloader is still locked, a data reset will cause you to lose root (edit: after posting this i am second guessing if a data reset will lose root. It might not. It had been so long since i have done that i can't remember. Lol) and there is no confirmed way of getting it back. Of course, if your phone is basically unusable with constant reboots, I think I would rather have a working phone without root than what you are currently dealing with.
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No, a FDR does not remove root.
Glad I have not updated yet. Matter of fact I froze the updater so it won't update.
well if fdr won't lose root with locked bootloader, i might try that, tho i'm pretty sure it won't help.
Well, I just did the data reset. Didn't lose my root. Reinstalled all of my apps with Titanium and will see if the lockups go away and if the battery life gets back to where it was prior to the update.
Still freezes and reboots. I guess I'll start removing apps and widgets to try and pinpoint. This sucks, was such an awesome phone prior to this ghetto upgrade.
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Did fdr, still reboots.
I've deleted all widgets and still froze and rebooted. So, I ditched Nova launcher and went back to the stock launcher and so far so good. My wife runs the stock launcher and has had zero issues and I upgraded both phones at the same time. Both phones are rooted. I liked Nova a lot, but like stable phone better.
Will report back after more saddle time with stocker.
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Not the launcher locked up again. Gonna do the sbf I think, but not sure when I'm gonna have time in the next couple days. Bought the phone at BB because it was cheapest there and they basically said sorry no goon squad warranty nothing we can do. Gonna explore other options and call Verizon and ***** and see if I can get a warranty replacement somehow. Fingers crossed.
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I'm having random freezes after the update. No reboots. I'm 100% stock. This is happening at least twice a day. Does anyone have any idea what's going on? Is it the update because I never had this issue before the ota. It also seems to happen after or during a call.
mcaspe1, I feel your pain. There is a utility on here to go back to 9.16.6. I did that and my phone is back to being awesome. I also read a thread over on droidrzr or something like that where you can use RSD Lite to flash the new radios, which I did too. FYI I called Verizon this morning and the phone has a factory 1 year warranty. I *****ed about the battery life and the constant freezing and restarting with the new software and they are sending me a new phone. If you don't want to mess with the utility to get you back to the old stuff, which is SUPER EASY, then call Verizon and tell them the new update version you got sucks ass. It could not have been easier. Note, if you didn't do a factory reset they will tell you to do that first.
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mcaspe1, I feel your pain. There is a utility on here to go back to 9.16.6. I did that and my phone is back to being awesome. I also read a thread over on droidrzr or something like that where you can use RSD Lite to flash the new radios, which I did too. FYI I called Verizon this morning and the phone has a factory 1 year warranty. I *****ed about the battery life and the constant freezing and restarting with the new software and they are sending me a new phone. If you don't want to mess with the utility to get you back to the old stuff, which is SUPER EASY, then call Verizon and tell them the new update version you got sucks ass. It could not have been easier. Note, if you didn't do a factory reset they will tell you to do that first.
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Thanks for the info. I tried deleting a few apps which I thought could be causing it. If that doesn't work I'll definitely either flash back or call VZW. Thanks again.
Here's the link to the utility to get back to the old software and to root it, did it 3 times so far now! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307439 I did options 1 & 3.
Here is the link to the instructions to install radios via RSD Lite: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/22925-snatched-that-sheezy-soak-update/page-7#entry320685 Instructions are about halfway down, worked fine for me on the 9.16.6 to get the 15P radio.
Already got the notification from Verizon that my replacement shipped! I hope it still has 9.16.6 on it so I can unlock the bootloader after I see the shenanigans these new updates are doing to phones!
Before I started all of the flashing, I tried going back to stock launcher, unfreezing every app in Titanium Backup, killing every widget, clearing cache, and a factory data reset. I flashed back to 9.16.6 and it was all good for a few days, so took the update and it started locking up and rebooting again within 10 minutes of constant use. Must be something with the hardware that update doesn't agree with on some phones, because I think flashing the stock 9.16.6, then taking the update, and only installing tapatalk from the market and still having lockups, ruled out any apps I had running. The sucker would freeze when trying to set ringtones and check system versions and using chrome and tapatalk.
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Here's the link to the utility to get back to the old software and to root it, did it 3 times so far now! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307439 I did options 1 & 3.
Here is the link to the instructions to install radios via RSD Lite: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/22925-snatched-that-sheezy-soak-update/page-7#entry320685 Instructions are about halfway down, worked fine for me on the 9.16.6 to get the 15P radio.
Already got the notification from Verizon that my replacement shipped! I hope it still has 9.16.6 on it so I can unlock the bootloader after I see the shenanigans these new updates are doing to phones!
Before I started all of the flashing, I tried going back to stock launcher, unfreezing every app in Titanium Backup, killing every widget, clearing cache, and a factory data reset. I flashed back to 9.16.6 and it was all good for a few days, so took the update and it started locking up and rebooting again within 10 minutes of constant use. Must be something with the hardware that update doesn't agree with on some phones, because I think flashing the stock 9.16.6, then taking the update, and only installing tapatalk from the market and still having lockups, ruled out any apps I had running. The sucker would freeze when trying to set ringtones and check system versions and using chrome and tapatalk.
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Well, Just had another freeze and now I'm fed up. Nothing I've done has helped. I'll revert back so I can have a working phone. I called and have a replacement coming. Thanks for the info. I have posted on the Motorola owner's forum regarding this. They are now aware.
A fellow poster, "Bertil", on the Motorola owners website has indicated they believe that turning off smart actions and clearing the application will stop the screen freezes. Says its been a week without any problem. I figure I'll try it out until my replacement comes tomorrow. I'll report back.
Here is the link. https://forums.motorola.com/posts/dd28537543?page=2
Rooted my droid RAZR and haven't had any problems with it until just this morning where the screen all of sudden zoomed in, it made everything huge and I can't undo it, I've checked all the screen setting and there all normal, I still have the stock ROM and kernel as well
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Rooted my droid RAZR and haven't had any problems with it until just this morning where the screen all of sudden zoomed in, it made everything huge and I can't undo it, I've checked all the screen setting and there all normal, I still have the stock ROM and kernel as well
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You've already asked this question in another thread so I will close this thread.