So my son and I recently moved to Pixel 4a's... Him from a Nokia 6.1 and me from a Pixel 3A XL (screen cracked, otherwise would have stayed with it for a while)... And we both have used Android Auto for years with no major issues, so we are pretty familiar with it. He has a launch model and mine just arrived a couple weeks ago after some time waiting for it to come back into stock from Google.
Both of us in two different vehicles (a Ford and a Hyundai) have the same issue we have not seen before... Android Auto works most of the time just fine, but randomly just acts like someone is connecting/disconnecting the cable rapidly, at the top of the display in the car it shows "Android Auto detected" then the normal display flashes back and forth a few times a second and continues until the USB cable is disconnected. If you reconnect the cable immediately, the cycle usually continues, but if you wait a few minutes or reboot the phone, things work for a while again.
We have tried new cables, with/without case, and clearing data on the AA app, but it still seems to happen totally randomly. Sometimes you can go a couple hours, other times only a few minutes before it occurs again.
Anyone else seeing this issue?
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Hi all,
I would really appreciate some help with my issue on the HTC One S. I've been looking for a solution for weeks now and still don't have a clue on what it could be happening.
The PROBLEM is this: sometimes my One S turns off suddenly. Next, I turn it on but it is very likely to do the same again in a few minutes. If I am lucky, it turns on and works for a while (which can be from hours to days), but if I'm not, the phone is completely dead (not even responding to charge and no matter how I try to boot it) for hours or even days. Finally, I get it again to life when I see it starts charging the battery (always from zero... even if it died at 80% battery).
I had a video on youtube to show you what it happens. What a pity I can't post it here cause of xda-developers rules!
Do you guys have any idea if this could be a battery issue/software issue or anything else?
Additional information:
-Glass is broken (phone works perfectly) but didn't have this issue for one month since the incident.
-Phone has been working now for 2 weeks (it will do it again... I'm quite sure)
-I dropped the phone into the snow a few days before it started to act like this, but dried it quickly.
Sounds like faulty battery or faulty battery connection. That would require opening up the device and either replacing or reconnecting the battery.
Thanks, it is always good to have a second opinion, two minds always think better than one
Just in case anyone else would like to give his opinion, this are other (maybe) useful symptoms: phone reboots in the middle of the night, or, if already turned off, it turns on (and off again sometimes) by its own. Also, sometimes, just before turning off, screen freezes for 1 or 2 seconds. The phone has its bad and good days (thankfully good days are more frequent as time passes), but, in its bad days, it turns off many many times and sometimes it doesn't even completely reboot, I just see first screen then nothing.
Also I have been using car chargers not from HTC in the same while the phone used to have this behaviour (like the Kindle car charger). Actually, once, while using one I bought on eBay, I got a message saying something like "phone has been disconnected from charger to avoid damage".
What could this mean? Battery fault can make this? I appreciate any similar experience or opinions
Bateries are durable now days, I'm afraid that the snow got into your phone and caused a short circuit on motherboard.
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I had the Nexus 5 since launch and its been working fantastically well until it suddenly shuts down by it self in the last couple of days now
As soon i start the camera app, snapchat, watch you tube or listen music (with screen off). The phone goes blank, shuts down and refuses to boot back unless i plug in the mains usb cable which is absurd as the battery was around 60% and clearly there was enough power left. Strangely the phone forgets all my saved wifi passwords and have to connect manually each time the phone shuts down.
I have tried all assortment of troubleshooting methods such as upgrading and downgrading from KitKat to Lollipop , cleared the cache and running though safe mode and calibrating the battery but the problem stills persists
I did replace the screen back in November 2014 and it was work fine until this week.
I have opened the back casing and checked for anything that might be loose but i cant see anything wrong with the components.
I believe the battery is failing and want to know if i can resolve it from any other methods i haven't tried yet. I will be ordering new battery for nexus 5 and see if it solves the problem.
You might have punctured the battery when removing it when replacing the screen
Hear me out. I now this has been brought up in various forums, and trust me I have searched them all. I just have not seen anyone speak of the exact scenarios I have experienced. At least not together.
So I have 2 Nexus 5's, a 16GB and a 32GB. My 16GB has no issues at all with the random shutdown\reboot running L up to 5.1. My 32GB however exhibited issues immediately after upgrading to the 5.0.1. During the initial update it barfed and went in to a boot loop, even in Fastboot. I eventually got it back up and running and rolled all the way back to 4.4.4 and then stepped up to each new version up to 5.0.1 then 5.1 once it was official. Still experiencing the shutdowns and reboots under certain circumstances.
I have noticed 3 things that appear to cause the issue:
1st Wi-Fi - With Wi-Fi On it happens repeatedly when entering or leaving a new wireless network. With Wi-Fi Off I can go days without issue.
2nd 3.5mm Audio Cables - Jump in my car, fire it up, plug in to my stereo and poof, it reboots. Possible its just cheap audio cables??
3rd Car Chargers - I have only seen it with car chargers, but if I have it plugged in during a drive it will randomly reboot or power off. If I have it plugged in with the car off, as soon as I turn it (the car) on my phone reboots\shuts off.
Appears to be some impedance change on specific types of load or something. I am no electrical engineer so I could be way off. One thing I have noticed that I know others have as well, is that when a reboot\shutdown happens the battery drains like crazy. But I have also noticed that if it is plugged in to a power source between two back to back episodes that it charges super fast while it is down. I'm talking 25-30% increase in a matter or 2-3 mins.
So with Wi-Fi off, and good headphones plugged in I can go all day listening to music and it works like a charm. Bluetooth does not seem to be an issue, as I have my Moto 360 paired all day too. Running with Wi-Fi off, not plugging in to my car for audio or power I have not had a reboot\shutdown for 3 straight days.
I have seen some say its software, some hardware. Some say factory wipe, clear cache, etc. Send it in and get a new one (this one is out of warranty). Or download official and start from scratch. I've done these, and still it persists. Tried other ROMs as well. Have not gone down the route of different Kernels. Given that Wi-Fi is on one board, power on another I would assume its not hardware. Then again since I have flashed, and reflashed between official and custom ROM's I would say it is. At a loss. Willing to try anything, I really like this phone.
This might be a cracy solution.
As I experienced the same random reboots on 5.1, I worked myself through the usual process: hardreset, reflashing the rom and so on. Even called google for RMA, which got green light as they couldnt find the issue either.
Turned out my new case pressed too hard on the on/off-button, shame on me. Figured it out in time fortunatelly.
If theres no solution for you , send it in directly to LG. They repair it and hopefully the price wont be too high. Good luck!
W.O.P.R said:
Hear me out. I now this has been brought up in various forums, and trust me I have searched them all. I just have not seen anyone speak of the exact scenarios I have experienced. At least not together.
So I have 2 Nexus 5's, a 16GB and a 32GB. My 16GB has no issues at all with the random shutdown\reboot running L up to 5.1. My 32GB however exhibited issues immediately after upgrading to the 5.0.1. During the initial update it barfed and went in to a boot loop, even in Fastboot. I eventually got it back up and running and rolled all the way back to 4.4.4 and then stepped up to each new version up to 5.0.1 then 5.1 once it was official. Still experiencing the shutdowns and reboots under certain circumstances.
I have noticed 3 things that appear to cause the issue:
1st Wi-Fi - With Wi-Fi On it happens repeatedly when entering or leaving a new wireless network. With Wi-Fi Off I can go days without issue.
2nd 3.5mm Audio Cables - Jump in my car, fire it up, plug in to my stereo and poof, it reboots. Possible its just cheap audio cables??
3rd Car Chargers - I have only seen it with car chargers, but if I have it plugged in during a drive it will randomly reboot or power off. If I have it plugged in with the car off, as soon as I turn it (the car) on my phone reboots\shuts off.
Appears to be some impedance change on specific types of load or something. I am no electrical engineer so I could be way off. One thing I have noticed that I know others have as well, is that when a reboot\shutdown happens the battery drains like crazy. But I have also noticed that if it is plugged in to a power source between two back to back episodes that it charges super fast while it is down. I'm talking 25-30% increase in a matter or 2-3 mins.
So with Wi-Fi off, and good headphones plugged in I can go all day listening to music and it works like a charm. Bluetooth does not seem to be an issue, as I have my Moto 360 paired all day too. Running with Wi-Fi off, not plugging in to my car for audio or power I have not had a reboot\shutdown for 3 straight days.
I have seen some say its software, some hardware. Some say factory wipe, clear cache, etc. Send it in and get a new one (this one is out of warranty). Or download official and start from scratch. I've done these, and still it persists. Tried other ROMs as well. Have not gone down the route of different Kernels. Given that Wi-Fi is on one board, power on another I would assume its not hardware. Then again since I have flashed, and reflashed between official and custom ROM's I would say it is. At a loss. Willing to try anything, I really like this phone.
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Tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2821576 ?
Infinite104 said:
This might be a cracy solution.
As I experienced the same random reboots on 5.1, I worked myself through the usual process: hardreset, reflashing the rom and so on. Even called google for RMA, which got green light as they couldnt find the issue either.
Turned out my new case pressed too hard on the on/off-button, shame on me. Figured it out in time fortunatelly.
If theres no solution for you , send it in directly to LG. They repair it and hopefully the price wont be too high. Good luck!
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I use a CruzerLite case, does not cover the power button, and I have had the case on my 16GB as well, so I "believe" this would not be the issue. Then again I might as well try to run it outside the case for a while just to see what happens.
I might have to go down the LG route, really hoping not to though as I have heard the cost is pretty high. Would rather then just save the money for a new device.
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Tried http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2821576 ?
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I have not yet gone down this route. I did read this one, but didn't see it applying directly to my issue. Then again, what could it hurt.
W.O.P.R said:
I have not yet gone down this route. I did read this one, but didn't see it applying directly to my issue. Then again, what could it hurt.
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My point exactly.
Several days ago my phone starting dropping battery much faster than usual. While I am at work I barely touch my phone and some days I will only use 15% over an 8 hour period. This suddenly increased to about 40-50% a few days ago. I tracked it down to the bluetooth being enabled or not. My bluetooth has been always-on for the last several months without an issue. Now I can see the battery discharge rate increase immediately when the bluetooth is turned on. I've attached a screenshot showing the problem. I had the bluetooth off in the morning and you can see the slow discharge. I turned it on for several hours and you see the steep discharge until I turned it off again and the discharge levels out. It was not connected to anything during the entire day. Does anyone have any idea why this would suddenly happen? I am going to have to turn off my bluetooth when not in use until I figure this out.
Ugggh, the more I have this phone, the more I'm starting to dislike it. I'm having the same exact issue as you! I actually wiped the phone and it's been good for about 3 days, but just today I'm back again with BT killing my battery. Plus, now there's a new OTA today, but I don't know if I wanna take it since it may cripple the phone even more and maybe kill my chances of rooting one day (if OG5 is ever rooted). Tempted to sell this damn thing and go back to an S5.
Not sure if you're still having this issue, but I wiped the phone 3 separate times and each time it resolved the issue for a few days, but then randomly would start acting up again. I wear a Pebble, so disabling BT isn't really an option. Got tired of resetting, so I went to Verizon and a replacement is being shipped to me this week. Still not sure what the cause of the issue is/was since it was flawless for 6 months....
A couple days ago, my (OEM firmware) 3a started randomly restarting even when it was just idle in my pocket. The only thing that I had recently changed on it was to connect some new JBL Endurance Peak II true-wireless earbuds, which I used for a couple of activities. However, even doing a "Forget" on them didn't fix the reboots, so I ended up doing a factory reset and installing a subset of my previous apps to see if I could find the culprit. It ran OK for over 24 hours, so this morning I connected the earbuds again and used them for about an hour with no problems, then put them away. A couple hours later, my phone has just done a spontaneous restart again!
Does it make sense that connecting a BT device could do something like this? The buds are a new product where left & right can operate together or alone, so maybe something different there. Any ideas??
My next thought is to do another reset and this time wait for several days before reconnecting them, or maybe at that point I'll assume they're the cause and return them while I'm within the 14-day return window. Or maybe a newer phone (Pixel 5) might take care of it?