Boot Loop, sort of... - AT&T LG G3

I'm having a weird issue that literally just started yesterday. First of all, I didn't do any changes yesterday before this occurred. Anyway, my G3 just started freezing, then rebooting randomly, BUT that's not all! When it tries to reboot, it flashes the LG screen, and SOMETIMES makes it to the AT&T screen....and even, sometimes makes it all the way booted up. But, at any point, it can/will reboot and start the process all over. I read on another site that it could be a battery going bad, but I only trust XDA. So, could someone chime in with some help or info pointing me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance,
Ontabok

same issue i am having ..i thought about the battery thing so i pulled it out and put in a fully charged one and no bootloop..but now 3 hours later and 85 percent left on battery and bootloops have started again..btw other battery was a 20 percent when changed it out for fully charged batt..so im just as lost trying to figure it out

Ontabok said:
I'm having a weird issue that literally just started yesterday. First of all, I didn't do any changes yesterday before this occurred. Anyway, my G3 just started freezing, then rebooting randomly, BUT that's not all! When it tries to reboot, it flashes the LG screen, and SOMETIMES makes it to the AT&T screen....and even, sometimes makes it all the way booted up. But, at any point, it can/will reboot and start the process all over. I read on another site that it could be a battery going bad, but I only trust XDA. So, could someone chime in with some help or info pointing me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance,
Ontabok
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Sadly that sounds like a hardware issue

hyelton said:
Sadly that sounds like a hardware issue
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How can I figure out what part of the hardware could be causing this? Is there a diagnostics or something I can use? I've tried factory reset (multiple times), LG Flash Tools to flash previous version, and the strange thing is it may not even make it through the process without restarting again. It's been rooted, but I've never had a problem until this. I never deleted anything.

Ontabok said:
How can I figure out what part of the hardware could be causing this? Is there a diagnostics or something I can use? I've tried factory reset (multiple times), LG Flash Tools to flash previous version, and the strange thing is it may not even make it through the process without restarting again. It's been rooted, but I've never had a problem until this. I never deleted anything.
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Not really other than swapping out parts. If using flash tool won't work and it won't go back to stock then it's definitely a hardware issue.
What percent does it get too before rebooting? If 80% that's normal. If before it's definitely a hardware problem.

hyelton said:
Not really other than swapping out parts. If using flash tool won't work and it won't go back to stock then it's definitely a hardware issue.
What percent does it get too before rebooting? If 80% that's normal. If before it's definitely a hardware problem.
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I can try Flash Tools again. Maybe it just didn't take. I just noticed another thing. When it's trying to boot, if the notification light flash when the LG screen is on, it will load. But, if it doesn't flash, then it will just go black, then flash the LG screen again.

Kameirus said:
same issue i am having ..i thought about the battery thing so i pulled it out and put in a fully charged one and no bootloop..but now 3 hours later and 85 percent left on battery and bootloops have started again..btw other battery was a 20 percent when changed it out for fully charged batt..so im just as lost trying to figure it out
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Yeah. It's really weird. It seems to do it less when the battery is charged, but if I get down to 40-50%, it could go into a loop that runs the battery into the red. Also, it seems to heat up around the power button when it's stuck in the loop. And, to top it off, my software update popped up yesterday. I've been anxiously awaiting Marshmallow for a while, but I'm afraid to update because of boot-looping right in the middle and bricking the whole thing. I already have a bricked G2 due to something weird that happened while trying to update to Lollipop. I'm going to the AT&T store today, I think. I'll let you know what I find out. Maybe, it can help you.
Thanks,
Ontabok

hyelton said:
Not really other than swapping out parts. If using flash tool won't work and it won't go back to stock then it's definitely a hardware issue.
What percent does it get too before rebooting? If 80% that's normal. If before it's definitely a hardware problem.
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Ok. So, first of all, sorry for the long wait on a reply.
I did manage to get through a factory reset, but it still is doing the boot loop. I'm going to take it in to AT&T today. You can see my reply above to see more info. I unrooted everything and factory reset, but it still loops. I think it's a problem with the phone. I may have to go to LG, depending on what AT&T says.
Thanks for the help!
Ontabok

So, final update. I had to go into the AT&T tech store. I was having the random boot loop for about a week, then, on Saturday, I got the Demigod green screen. I had went in the day before and ordered a new battery, but I couldn't find any information on the green screen error. I took it in and they immediately (after checking for rooting) replaced it (warranty). They said they had never seen/heard of this screen. They had to actually Google it to see if it's attached to rooting. (It's not) Anyway, so I'm back in the saddle with a brand new phone. ?
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Also, thanks for the replies!
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ok so my g/fs g3 just started doing this. updated to mm about 3 or 4 days ago. was doing fine. haven't changed anything software wise. completely stock. no root.
what is really odd is that it doesn't loop when plugged into a power source. take it off the charger= insta loop ...
hoping a rom might solve the issue but from the sounds of the replies maybe that isn't the case.
any help greatly appreciated. i've not owned this phone myself or i would already have it rooted and custom recovery..
is there even a root method for MM? recovery?
i'd love to see if its a software issue. the phone worked swell before the update...
im trying to get to the bottom of this tonight if i can my g/f has a final tmr early in the morning and i'd like to make sure she has a phone to go with her. prob send her with mine if i can't get this working. but thats less than ideal PM if you've got anything i can try or links to get me started... i'll be reading in the mean time...

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Reboot Issue App Installation Related

Reboot is everywhere on this forum and I did have a problem with it in the beginning. Owning the phone for three weeks now and I can honestly say that the reboot issue just went away.
The reboot issue may be related to installing new applications. The first week I owned the device I constantly downloaded new applications from the market, and next thing you know I get a reboot whenever I charge my phone.
So I did something different after restoring it to factory setting. Every time I download a new application I re-started my G2X and never had the reboot issue again.
I have read that most of the reboot complaints arise from the first few days after owning the device. So what do most people do after getting their phone during the first week? Download applications! Try re-starting your device after you install a new application from the market and see if you still get the reboot the next time you recharge the device.
I gave the G2X some time, and for me to get acquainted to it, and I can honestly say that I'm loving it more. Reading this forum only made me paranoid that this device is simply faulty, but giving it a chance to do its job simply made it more and more amazing everyday.
m918v said:
Try re-starting your device after you install a new application from the market and see if you still get the reboot the next time you recharge the device.
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My opinion is strictly comprised from anecdotal evidence but I believe the reboots to be more dual-core/battery related. I don't think they're currently handled correctly in the system. I honestly don't believe there is anything that we can do on our end until LG releases the updates.
Could be. I do NOT have reboots on my phone running CM7. The battery driver is stupid so one minute the phone will say 39% then dead the next. But the phone was legitimately dead and wouldn't boot without a charge.
I've had mine on for 5 days before I broke down and flashed the latest CM7 nightly.
I don't run any crazy software that I didn't on my Nexus One or other. If I do download something, I'll play with it and uninstall it.
Here is my list:
Word Feud
Kingdoms Live
XDA Premium
Launcher Pro
WiFi Explorer
Rom Manager Premium
SiMi Clock
i havent had a reboot since rooting and freezing tmobile bloatware. its been weeks.... still running stock
uploder said:
i havent had a reboot since rooting and freezing tmobile bloatware. its been weeks.... still running stock
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Do you run beautiful Widgets?
Same battery driver problem
player911 said:
The battery driver is stupid so one minute the phone will say 39% then dead the next. But the phone was legitimately dead and wouldn't boot without a charge.
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I recently got a phone off craigslist so was really tensed abt the reboot problem. Didn't have any reboot issue while charging (I used the charger i use for G2 rather than the stock one as i heard complaints). But as said above, i left the phone at 49% in the night. Got up in the morning and then used it for 3hours straight and guess what.. the status still said 48%. And then when i was using suddenly i got a battery low popup for a fraction of second and then phone went down. As said above, couldn't get it to start at all unless i charged it. So is there a way to fix this with out rooting and all that stuff?
Aneelll said:
I recently got a phone off craigslist so was really tensed abt the reboot problem. Didn't have any reboot issue while charging (I used the charger i use for G2 rather than the stock one as i heard complaints). But as said above, i left the phone at 49% in the night. Got up in the morning and then used it for 3hours straight and guess what.. the status still said 48%. And then when i was using suddenly i got a battery low popup for a fraction of second and then phone went down. As said above, couldn't get it to start at all unless i charged it. So is there a way to fix this with out rooting and all that stuff?
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As of right now, no. That's the big issue most of us are having.
Aneelll said:
I recently got a phone off craigslist so was really tensed abt the reboot problem. Didn't have any reboot issue while charging (I used the charger i use for G2 rather than the stock one as i heard complaints). But as said above, i left the phone at 49% in the night. Got up in the morning and then used it for 3hours straight and guess what.. the status still said 48%. And then when i was using suddenly i got a battery low popup for a fraction of second and then phone went down. As said above, couldn't get it to start at all unless i charged it. So is there a way to fix this with out rooting and all that stuff?
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Have you tried calibrating the battery?
m918v said:
Have you tried calibrating the battery?
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No. How do we do that? Mine is not rooted. Still running stock android without a sim card as im waiting for my unlock code ..
The calibration i know is let it die and charge it to 100%.. But even while charging , the battery % doesn't give the right info unless i remove and replug the charger in multiple times.
mobilehavoc said:
Do you run beautiful Widgets?
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I do and haven't had any rebooting issues.
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I guess somehow my G2X decided to act out on me for some reason. Woke up this morning with the phone off after leaving it charging all night, then the reboot cycle started. I didn't know it was this bad when it does happen. The only changes I did that I can think of was that I played a lot of games yesterday. I did notice the back near the camera heating up after maybe 10mins of playing, and was also on the phone for awhile.
I love this phone, and I'm impressed with the hardware aspect of it, but it tested my patience with the rebooting. I was actually scared for a bit that I won't be able to have any phone for the day.
If this continues I'm pretty sure this is going back. Just happy I have three months with costco for an exchange. Waiting for the release of GB, and hoping they also have a fix for the reboot issue. If the HTC Sensation does hold up with no issues then exchange it is. Yikes

Phone wont stay shut off?

Hello again everyone, im here with another new problem. Out of the blue.
This is what happens.
-Phone is on
Hold down power
Shut off
-Phone shuts off screen goes blank
5 seconds pass
-Phone boots up... never touch a thing....
WTF?
It will not stay off, no matter the rom, I pulled the batter,SD,SIM nothing will shut it off unless i pull the battery.
I've downgraded the phone with the ace hack kit, ive re-rooted. nothing. I've searched, nothing. Anyone out there got a clue? Cus I dont.
FYI:when the phone rebooted after it flashed the downgrade during re-rooting, the alarm was going off and had the snooze button and everything, no matter what it wouldnt go off. but I just went on with the root process and now its gone, but the phone still wont stay off, something just screwed up!
That's hilarious, and I don't mean that literally. I am laughing though, kind of. Why? Because the same thing just happened to me last night. I know I said the exact same thing you said, possibly more. I have been on the same rom for a week and the only thing I have done was update a couple of apps from the market last night. Nothing else was done. Suddenly I can not power off the phone, it simply shuts off for five seconds and then reboots. I have wiped, restored, and tried flashing and the issue still persists. I am heavily researching and experimenting on what could be the cause for this issue. If I figure it out I will be sure to let you know.
Wolf_2 said:
That's hilarious, and I don't mean that literally. I am laughing though, kind of. Why? Because the same thing just happened to me last night. I know I said the exact same thing you said, possibly more. I have been on the same rom for a week and the only thing I have done was update a couple of apps from the market last night. Nothing else was done. Suddenly I can not power off the phone, it simply shuts off for five seconds and then reboots. I have wiped, restored, and tried flashing and the issue still persists. I am heavily researching and experimenting on what could be the cause for this issue. If I figure it out I will be sure to let you know.
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Lol that is funny, what apps did you update?
I also have a problem with charging the phone and not sleeping, i was starting to think that it was just finaly getting worst
The only apps that were updated were Battery Monitor widget, Elixir, Xfinity TV, and one more which I can't remember right now. If you do get your phone to shut off, which I have been able to do twice, it may not wish to power back up, which is what mine does now also. (Laughing hysterically now.) Just pull the battery out and put it back in and it will power up. My feelings are that this may have been caused by some kind of update. Possibly from the market or from ATT. I have tried three different roms and it is still doing the same thing. I am about to wipe and restore the phone back to stock and see if it does it still. I will keep you appraised.
Wolf_2 said:
The only apps that were updated were Battery Monitor widget, Elixir, Xfinity TV, and one more which I can't remember right now. If you do get your phone to shut off, which I have been able to do twice, it may not wish to power back up, which is what mine does now also. (Laughing hysterically now.) Just pull the battery out and put it back in and it will power up. My feelings are that this may have been caused by some kind of update. Possibly from the market or from ATT. I have tried three different roms and it is still doing the same thing. I am about to wipe and restore the phone back to stock and see if it does it still. I will keep you appraised.
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I dunno, I already did that and it did nothing, but I guess its worth a shot for you...
And I dont have any of those apps
If I find something I'll post here
/me shrugs
I am very confused by this, but I will have to try a restore to stock to see what happens. I do find it strange that two different people had this happen to their phones at about the same time and day. I will let you know how things progress later.
Edit: What version of Clock Work Mod recovery do you have installed and which rom were you running? Trying to go through the variables with this issue.
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I am very confused by this, but I will have to try a restore to stock to see what happens. I do find it strange that two different people had this happen to their phones at about the same time and day. I will let you know how things progress later.
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Yeah it is odd, could be coincidence, could be related, dunno, I dont see how it could be an ATT update when nearly all the roms here have that function disabled. Then again maybe you know something I don't
What did you do to get it to turn off finally? I dunno if I wanna try now that you said it wouldn't turn back on.
Also, what rom where you on when it started, I was on CM nightly #121 or maybe #120 I forget
I just happened to come across this in the general section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145495
no fix though
I am restoring an old rom and I will try changing the date as someone suggested to see what that does. If it does not work then I will have to wait until later tonight to return the phone to stock and go step by step from there.
Wolf_2 said:
I am restoring an old rom and I will try changing the date as someone suggested to see what that does. If it does not work then I will have to wait until later tonight to return the phone to stock and go step by step from there.
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Could this have something to do with partitioning the SD card? I think i remember reading that clockwork bricked some phones, is that true?
I believe CWM did have some problems partitioning before. Not sure if it still does. It seems like I have found a fix for myself. I turned off automatic system time and date and reset the date to January 2012. The phone seems to be working like it did before this occured. I will wait until tomorrow and change the date back to automatic and see if the power issue shows back up, but for now it seems ok.
Edit: I changed the time and date back to automatic and it is working like it should again. Did you get yours working again or is it still having problems?
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I believe CWM did have some problems partitioning before. Not sure if it still does. It seems like I have found a fix for myself. I turned off automatic system time and date and reset the date to January 2012. The phone seems to be working like it did before this occured. I will wait until tomorrow and change the date back to automatic and see if the power issue shows back up, but for now it seems ok.
Edit: Did you get yours working again or is it still having problems?
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This worked for me also.
im still having this phone wont shut off issue as well. i have set it to the same date as u and turned off auto and it still just reboots when trying to turn it off
Try leaving automatic off for a whole day. Then see if it is still having this problem. Also replied to pm but try this first to see if it gets past it and works..
willdo thanks a bunch
BAleR said:
Hello again everyone, im here with another new problem. Out of the blue.
This is what happens.
-Phone is on
Hold down power
Shut off
-Phone shuts off screen goes blank
5 seconds pass
-Phone boots up... never touch a thing....
WTF?
It will not stay off, no matter the rom, I pulled the batter,SD,SIM nothing will shut it off unless i pull the battery.
I've downgraded the phone with the ace hack kit, ive re-rooted. nothing. I've searched, nothing. Anyone out there got a clue? Cus I dont.
FYI:when the phone rebooted after it flashed the downgrade during re-rooting, the alarm was going off and had the snooze button and everything, no matter what it wouldnt go off. but I just went on with the root process and now its gone, but the phone still wont stay off, something just screwed up!
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I had that problem, but it was the car app. I had to disable it in the settings.
seems this keeps happening more and more to people. i still have yet to solve my issue
well i retried setting the date on the phone but this time i chose 1/1/2011 and now the phone stays off when i turn it off which is nice but now i have to deal with having the wrong date

Emancipation boot loop

Running Emancipation A1 for weeks now. Love it. Runs smooth, support is top notch. All of a sudden, I'm stuck at the Samsung logo boot loop. I can't even get into CWM recovery mode to wipe and reflash. Didn't download or change any settings.
Downloading necessary files to go back to stock. In the meantime, if anybody has any suggestions, I'm all ears. Going to be a long night I guess.
If you used a crt on mod, the last 5-10 pages on the main Eman thread may address this problem.
Thanks. No, I didn't install the CRT on mod that was provided. Very strange, because the rom has been running flawless for quite some time. I'm downloading the Heimdall one click file now.
A little nervous at this point. Yes, I've flashed a few Rom's, and flashed a few modems, but never had any problems.
Holding volume up and down Anne pore won't get you to recovery?
If that's the case, you might need to get into download mode and start from scratch via heimdal or Odin
Yeah, can't get into recovery holding up/down volume buttons. I downloaded heimdall, and went back to stock. Not I'm experiencing same problem. Phone continuously rebooting. Can't connect or even get into download mode. Also tried a different USB cord, just to make sure. No difference.
Yikes.
Well this pretty much sucks. I think I went back to stock. The phone booted up briefly enough for me to go into settings and see that it was running a stock version of the software. What it was I can't remember. Probably 2.3.6 just like the post says it will revert to. However, I cannot do anything when I power on now. The phone is stuck in at the Samsung logo and will just flash and flash and flash. Can't get into recovery or download mode. Nothing.
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Well this pretty much sucks. I think I went back to stock. The phone booted up briefly enough for me to go into settings and see that it was running a stock version of the software. What it was I can't remember. Probably 2.3.6 just like the post says it will revert to. However, I cannot do anything when I power on now. The phone is stuck in at the Samsung logo and will just flash and flash and flash. Can't get into recovery or download mode. Nothing.
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is the battery charged?
do you have a jig to force a download mode?
may have to go back thru th q/a thread for similar problems...there's quite a few
If its doing that, it could be a hardware issue. Might need to take it in if you are still under warrantee.
qkster said:
is the battery charged?
do you have a jig to force a download mode?
may have to go back thru th q/a thread for similar problems...there's quite a few
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battery charged. in fact I have a couple batteries charged, just in case.
not sure what you mean by whether I have a jig to force a download mode.
I'll search through the threads. I'm pretty fed up at this point. Also tired, which isn't helping.
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If its doing that, it could be a hardware issue. Might need to take it in if you are still under warrantee.
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I got the Infuse the first weekend it came out, which I think was last May. So I think I'm technically under the 1 year warranty. I also have the Insurance on it. Not sure if that will help.
Well, this didn't have a very happy ending. After playing around with the phone last night trying to revert back to Stock, the phone suddenly stopped working. Wouldn't turn on at all. Tried different batteries, different USB cords, nothing. Replacement on it's way from AT&T free of charge (since I was still under warranty). Refurbished no doubt.
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Well, this didn't have a very happy ending. After playing around with the phone last night trying to revert back to Stock, the phone suddenly stopped working. Wouldn't turn on at all. Tried different batteries, different USB cords, nothing. Replacement on it's way from AT&T free of charge (since I was still under warranty). Refurbished no doubt.
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The ending sounds happy to me. This issue could have happened out of your warrantee...that would have been sad. Hope your are back up and running soon.
Yes, it's bittersweet. Because I really had the phone functioning well and looking the way I wanted. But like you said, it was under warranty, so I can't be all that upset. Just trying to make it through the 4-5 days without having a phone.

Random Shutdown..slightly different view on this problem

Update 14/09/2012
Ok, I don't think what I had in mind helped. On 13th, I had multiple shutdown while trying to use cameras and today had multiple shutdown while on the phone to someone.
Think I will try doing something with Firmware next, now have a feel it might be the cause. I have no idea what is wrong, so just going to give with anything really. Will report back soon.
Update: 13/09/2012
After a complete drain the first time, by booting into recovery and bootloader (just want to remind everyone that this is because I can't make my phone boot). Then I left it on charging for the whole night, and I did this through wall charger NOT USB. I think I read it somewhere that they recommended this when calibrating your battery. Then the next day got 1 random shutdown, then I used it until it is completed drain again. Then followed by another full charge using wall charger. Today I have been using it for 6 hours and 21 minutes, haven't had a single problem. I don't know how not doing this would cause the phone to shutdown, but doing what I did seems to be working so far. I can actually rely on it for something now, say important phone calls.
Here was my reply to elvisypi:
Just to answer your question, it would random shutdown (not so much reboot) at anytime, at any battery percentage. I could do be doing anything, using any app, sometimes when I am not even using the phone.
I don't think it's a hardware/battery/ROM/kernel problem, I tried to say that it is a combined problem caused by flashing a phone too many times maybe or too often in a period of time. Also I was just about to update saying that calibrate battery does help. I had no reboot so far and this is only the second full charge and full drain I did.
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Original post 11/09/2012
After reading kushXmaster's post (click here) about how to add an object to help the battery stay in position (or get better connection), I found evidence that my issue was different. Before anyone ask, yes I have tried kushXmaster's idea, and no it did not work for me.
Ok, this is what I found. I had this problem not only with my current phone (htc sensation) but also with my previous phone (htc desire). So now thinking about it, it can't be the hardware problem. Cos the same problem happening to 2 different phones is pretty unlikely, not impossible, but very unlikely. The other thing was that my phones (both) didn't do this at the start when it was new, and it has only been like this a few months later (since I rooted it). For those who already guessed, yes I believe it's the flashing phones which is messing it up. However I don't know the reason or understand what is wrong with the phone. I have tried wipe battery stats and calibration, nothing worked, the only thing I found was when I go back to Sense 4 roms the problem seems better, but it is still there.
The last and most important reason why I am don't think this is a battery or hardware problem, is that my phone boots into bootloader or recovery with no problem (no reboot or shutdown). But when i tell it to boot normally it decides it hates me and turns it self off.
I am currently experiencing this problem, my phone is in recovery and I am waiting for battery to drain completely. Then gonna do calibration from there, hopefully this will work. I will keep you guys updated. Also if anyone has suggestions please leave a comment, and also let me know if anyone else is in the same position, good luck!
If you want to drain your device battery faster or more nicer way put screen timeout to never and like this you can still use your phone normal and drain the battery aswell just a little tip
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
shahkam said:
If you want to drain your device battery faster or more nicer way put screen timeout to never and like this you can still use your phone normal and drain the battery aswell just a little tip
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
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If I could get it to turn on then I have a lot of ways to drain it quickly, but like I said it won't boot without shutting down before I could do anything. I turn it on, and I see the lock screen then bam it is shut down again.
lavafire said:
If I could get it to turn on then I have a lot of ways to drain it quickly, but like I said it won't boot without shutting down before I could do anything. I turn it on, and I see the lock screen then bam it is shut down again.
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Ohhh sorry didn't get that
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
To drain battery.. switch on wifi and bluetooth.. thn use 3g for 20 mins.. u will drain compltly
Sent from my HTC Sensation using xda premium
lavafire said:
After reading kushXmaster's post (click here) about how to add an object to help the battery stay in position (or get better connection), I found evidence that my issue was different. Before anyone ask, yes I have tried kushXmaster's idea, and no it did not work for me.
Ok, this is what I found. I had this problem not only with my current phone (htc sensation) but also with my previous phone (htc desire). So now thinking about it, it can't be the hardware problem. Cos the same problem happening to 2 different phones is pretty unlikely, not impossible, but very unlikely. The other thing was that my phones (both) didn't do this at the start when it was new, and it has only been like this a few months later (since I rooted it). For those who already guessed, yes I believe it's the flashing phones which is messing it up. However I don't know the reason or understand what is wrong with the phone. I have tried wipe battery stats and calibration, nothing worked, the only thing I found was when I go back to Sense 4 roms the problem seems better, but it is still there.
The last and most important reason why I am don't think this is a battery or hardware problem, is that my phone boots into bootloader or recovery with no problem (no reboot or shutdown). But when i tell it to boot normally it decides it hates me and turns it self off.
I am currently experiencing this problem, my phone is in recovery and I am waiting for battery to drain completely. Then gonna do calibration from there, hopefully this will work. I will keep you guys updated. Also if anyone has suggestions please leave a comment, and also let me know if anyone else is in the same position, good luck!
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If you get random reboots, shutdowns, than don't even bother to calibrate the battery. It has nothing to do with the calibration. Tell us more info, how do the reboots happen, how often, what are you doing when it happens, etc. It could be a kernel/ROM problem, charger, battery, hardware. Pls give us more detailed info
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Ohhh sorry didn't get that
Sent From My Sexy Sensation.
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No problem, appreciate the help :good:
elvisypi said:
If you get random reboots, shutdowns, than don't even bother to calibrate the battery. It has nothing to do with the calibration. Tell us more info, how do the reboots happen, how often, what are you doing when it happens, etc. It could be a kernel/ROM problem, charger, battery, hardware. Pls give us more detailed info
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Thanks for the tip, but tbh if i know all that I don't really need to be asking anyone. For example, if it is a ROM problem, i just change ROM. The problem is that I don't know the cause and it seems to be everything and anything, it will shut down at different length of time, sometimes when it just starts, others 30 seconds after boot has completed. I am not looking for a solution, I am more wondering what everyone else has experienced when they say they have random reboots or shutdown, because after tones of research no one has provided anything that fixes my problem.
Just to answer your question, it would random shutdown (not so much reboot) at anytime, at any battery percentage. I could do be doing anything, using any app, sometimes when I am not even using the phone.
I don't think it's a hardware/battery/ROM/kernel problem, I tried to say that it is a combined problem caused by flashing a phone too many times maybe or too often in a period of time. Also I was just about to update saying that calibrate battery does help. I had no reboot so far and this is only the second full charge and full drain I did.
I had a same reboot problem and tried the kushXmaster's trick with the business card and did not worked for me either, at the beginning…
There was no reboot or shutdown in bootloader mode in my device either. When I flashed new firmware and ROM the problem was gone, but only for few weeks. I tried multiple ROMs also, but always with the same result. This is why I was skeptic with the business card battery fix also.
But then I read kushXmaster's thread again and put an alu foil as shown by Shreyas Jani and pulled the ground pin as described by StuartTheFish. I still do not understand what happened, but my phone is working perfectly more than a month now, without restarts and shut downs. I do not know which solution helped (not sure if I placed a business card correctly before). But I do not want to experiment with this anymore. I did not even removed a battery cover since that time and I'm glad it is all working now.
Hope this helps.
prgab said:
I had a same reboot problem and tried the kushXmaster's trick with the business card and did not worked for me either, at the beginning…
There was no reboot or shutdown in bootloader mode in my device either. When I flashed new firmware and ROM the problem was gone, but only for few weeks. I tried multiple ROMs also, but always with the same result. This is why I was skeptic with the business card battery fix also.
But then I read kushXmaster's thread again and put an alu foil as shown by Shreyas Jani and pulled the ground pin as described by StuartTheFish. I still do not understand what happened, but my phone is working perfectly more than a month now, without restarts and shut downs. I do not know which solution helped (not sure if I placed a business card correctly before). But I do not want to experiment with this anymore. I did not even removed a battery cover since that time and I'm glad it is all working now.
Hope this helps.
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I experienced exactly what you experienced, when i flash a new ROM it is ok for a while. Then just gets to the stage where it happens again. I also tried almost every single ROM I could find, only sense 4 seemed to help but still didn't solve this problem completely.
Thanks for the help, really useful. If what I am trying now doesn't work then what you suggested will definably be my next hope. Cheers!
Edit: I know what you mean, if it works that back cover is not coming off.
same as you
I experience now typically the same problem as yours.
Did changing firmware helped? And how to do this?

Random restarts

Out of nowhere my phone started to restart randomly to the point when it looks like a boot loop. Also I have noticed that those boot loops occurs when my battery is below 50% and when I'm charged to 100% I can boot but after 3-4 minutes it goes to restart anyway. Also when I have turned off WiFi, GPS and BT there are no more reboots so far but I'm not able to turn on back WiFi, GPS or BT unless I will pull battery out and put back and turn on them back quickly but then I'm getting back those random restarts.
I'm on a stock but rooted Lollipop with TWRP.
I saw some threads with similar issues and were related to a battery but in those cases phones stay up when were charged or a battery pack and mine has still if is connected to the wall or a battery pack.
Any clue what is going on?
Thanks
OK now I'm not able to get to the Factory Reset screen (Power + Vol Down). Any clue on that?
Also when I try to flash stock it goes for about 6% and stops saying something like can't change to download mode.
Is this phone dead?
Also when I try to flash stock it goes for about 6% and stops saying something like can't change to download mode.
Is this phone dead?
So now I have issues to get started that phone. Mostly goes into boot loop mode (LG logo, LED flashes few times and reboots). Sometimes it goes beyond LG logo - to AT&T logo and reboots there. When I pass that I have a luck and I can get phone to work but I need to disable WiFi, BT and NFC.
Also I have got into MiniOS and run that ATT testing tool which came all passed except one - OTG or something like that failed.
Any help?
I think android modification is dead man. There's a bunch of junk devs that release crap that isn't even worthy of being flushed down a toilet, then provide no help to users with problems. At best they tell you that it's your fault then ignore you.
Wish I could help. I'm having a similar problem on CM13. After a few dozen posts asking for help with 0 replies, I've decided you now modify your software entirely at your own risk and if something goes to hell you either have to install a different ROM or buy a new phone.
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I think android modification is dead man. There's a bunch of junk devs that release crap that isn't even worthy of being flushed down a toilet, then provide no help to users with problems. At best they tell you that it's your fault then ignore you.
Wish I could help. I'm having a similar problem on CM13. After a few dozen posts asking for help with 0 replies, I've decided you now modify your software entirely at your own risk and if something goes to hell you either have to install a different ROM or buy a new phone.
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try a new battery @TheNetwork @Scyzor
I ran into those constant bootloops on every ROM I tried, including when I factory restored to KitKat unless the phone was plugged in. I got a new battery (then recently replacing that one with a newer & good 6,800mAh for under $20 because it drains way too fast) & bootloops stopped.
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TheNetwork said:
I think android modification is dead man. There's a bunch of junk devs that release crap that isn't even worthy of being flushed down a toilet, then provide no help to users with problems. At best they tell you that it's your fault then ignore you.
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I think this is sad but true :\ All PROs are gone to different phones or newest releases and only LG G3 fanboys left with bunch of "supporters" from Asia. Anyway I'm going to dump LG and will wait for new Google Nexus.
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try a new battery @TheNetwork @Scyzor
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Zahr said:
I ran into those constant bootloops on every ROM I tried, including when I factory restored to KitKat unless the phone was plugged in. I got a new battery (then recently replacing that one with a newer & good 6,800mAh for under $20 because it drains way too fast) & bootloops stopped.
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I have got two batteries week ago. One original replacement (3000 mAh) and some OEM (3500 mAh) - both were failing into boot loop until I will get to be lucky enough after full charge over the night and boot to the system and leave it as is but last Tuesday my screen started to fade away instead of turning off and after that it went again into boot loop.
But I don't have any problems booting into recovery (TWRP) or DL mode. Strange...
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I think this is sad but true :\ All PROs are gone to different phones or newest releases and only LG G3 fanboys left with bunch of "supporters" from Asia. Anyway I'm going to dump LG and will wait for new Google Nexus.
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This happens with all phones as devs are like anyone else. They upgrade their devices and focus on the new device. Some sell their old device to offset the cost of the new one. Development takes time and many of these individuals have lives outside of development. They have jobs and/or families. What they do is for the fun of it and so they can get more of what they want out of Android. If they share it, then that is up to them and does not mean they owe support to those who choose to use their ROM(s). The fact that a development site lets non developers use ROMs that are uploaded is a privilege and I'm thankful for it. I'm not a developer but have been able to use info from here to get more of whst I want from my phones.
Strange problem. Battery full, no problems there. After getting mad about sdcard not being recognized, even with cm 12.1 , I decided to install cm 6.01 rom(marshmallow) nightly. Installed, changed launcher to nova prime, right gapps, and installed kernel auditor. Downloaded xposed for marshmallow, rebooted, everything was fine(or so I thought). Two days later, coming back from store, looked at my phone and hit power, to get it out of sleep. That's when everything went wrong. It didn't come back, and no pressing of the power button did anything, I had to battery pull. I rebooted to twrp, and over the next week tried to get it right. Uninstalled cm 6.01 nightly, and put xneon rom on it. Same problem persisted, no boot to the os, or partial boot to the lockscreen. I knew the phone wasn't hard bricked, since twrp was still working, and phone wasn't shutting down to no response. Whenever I tried to boot into the os' , it would still get stuck on startup, though. I read all of the advice to return to stock, using flashtool, or lgup, going into download mode, everthing that I could read up on, and implement. I ran to best buy, and ordered a huawei 5x, and said to myself, I can't fix it. Well, today, I said why don't I short the battery pins, and repeatedly press the power buttons, at the same time( because when i put the battery in, even after 10~15 seconds, it would boot to the lg logo, then fade to non-responsive again). Viola! it booted into the os' , and didn't shut down to unresponsive condition(no power button action, and ultimately, battery pull). It seems everthing was fine, until I used the browser, then condition came back. Battery pull again, and it's working now, haven't shut it down since, so I adjusted the display off time to 30 min. , and turned off power saving modes. I don't know if it's truly fixed, but I thought my phone was going to my archives history drawer(all my other phones still work, but they're underpowered, old os' phones). It may still go there, once I pick up my huawei, but I'm glad to see it still living. Is there some type of time out I'm not aware of? or a shutdown by internal fuse, or reset that's built into the firmware? I've heard of bad screens with this, but didn't think that was the problem, since, when in twrp, it never shut down to being unresponsive, and when twrp shut off screen, it would come back, even after hrs of it on. I want to know if the bootloader has anything to do with this, and by shorting it, cleared the emmc.
I have made a video how it looks on my LG G3:
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Is there flashable CWM for D850? I have heard that TWRP is creating those issues from the video.
Well, based on some articles it looks like a hardware issue mostly related to the overheating and "cold soldering joints". Based on that article most of LG phones may experience that issue:
http://www.androidauthority.com/lg-v10-bootloop-problem-711334/

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