Just bought it last week. The phone did this on the 1st and second day i had it, but hasn't don't it for the last 3 days. Bestbuy said I can exchange it, but do you guys think its worth the hastle? (contacts, apps settings will be gone). Could it have just been an app acting funny, but now its ok (perhaps its got something to do with leaving on GPS or wi-fi?)...what do you guys recommend?
Also, some people have complained about gps issues, but i have not had any issues, locks in seconds. Is this a hit or miss thing? If i exchange it, could i be stuck with that problem? I live in vancouver...maybe it has something to do with location? Thanks
I have same problem..I have two Samsung Vibrant..just got them few days ago and both shuts off automaticallly...
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Hi all,
my hero crashed every now and then, i'm not sure what causes this. This really annoys me, because taking out the hero battery is a hassle. It happens like this:
- hero is in sleep mode for some time
- i can't wake it up anymore, doesn't react to any hardware button input. Screen stays black.
- i can't softreset
- only taking the battery out will help out.
Now i want to know who the culprit is, and use a logfile app. My problem is following:
will the logfile app help me at all, AFTER the crash has occured and i reboot the phone? Will the logfile have entries from BEFORE the last startup, or is everything lost by rebooting my device?
Thanks,
shahpur
Shahpur, I have this problem and when I called HTC Europe they said they have never heard of this happening. You press every button and nothing happens. You don't know it's off because the screen is in sleep anyway!! And like you the only thing that gets the phone back is taking the battery out. And then it comes on again. I initially took sim and battery out when it happened, but after it's happened a few times I now know you only need to take the battery out which is a pain, because no buttons will wake the phone when it dies. They said it is probably a hardware problem and not software so a reset or upgrade of ROM will not make any difference and want about 3 or 4 weeks to repair phone, which is not even 2 months old.
Has anyone else had this problem yet? The phone just dies until you take battery out.
I've done 2 factory resets but nothing helps, and I don't want to send it back for a repair.
How often does yours do this?
hmm i would say it happens sporadically every now and then, maybe once a week or so.
But this is definetly not an hardware issue. If the OS fails to respond after getting into sleep mode, i can't imaging that this is a hardware fault which works flawlesss otherwise. I never had any problems with the hardware buttons when working with the device so i think this has to be software od OS related...i have a lot of 3rd party apps and i think it has to do with them...
I will not send my device back because:
you cant easily reproduce this bug, so i'm pretty sure that the repair center will not be able to reproduce and fix this issue. Therefore you might get the same device back, or another device which may also have any other problem like dead pixels, LED problems and so on.
Since my hero is working perfectly and has no other issues besides this annoying bug, i will wait for the next android update and hope that this will help the system get more stable...
well they said I was the only one that reported it and as I am in the UK and you are in Germany I doubt this is true. But I would be interested to hear if anyone else has reported this issue. It's really annoying, I get it every few days, and on Monday twice in one day. It's not where I am as it has happened in 3 different locations, but I don't have any 3rd party apps, or any apps downloaded, so it is not that I'm sure. Have you done the new update and had the problem since then as well as before the update?
i think i had the issue already with the old firmware, and the new firmware didn't fix it too. My device also crashed twice yesterday...
interesting to see that your device crashes without any 3rd party apps...so i think the best way to dig deeper, is to check the logfiles.
hope somebody can answer my logfile app question, so i can find out what was the last task before the device crashed.
Yep, there are no added apps on mine, yet........ So, don't worry about them, It's the phone that you and I have. But we are in the minority. I was offered a reconditioned by Orange, but I don't want a second hand phone with more problems like you say
Just as a matter of interest, what happens if you call the phone when it is in this state?
Regards,
Dave
Well it's dead/off, so answerphone......
Sorry to bump this thread, but I am also having the same issue. Did anyone manage to resolve this issue?
Me too!
I'm having the same issue and it seems to be happening more often. I have sent an email to HTC but no reply yet.
Any fixes?
Mine is a SIM free purchase from Play.com
in my case it was most definetly a 3rd party app which caused the crashes. Since i have like 40 apps installed i'm not sure anymore which one was the culprit, but it seems like i have either uninstalled the app or a recent update fixed the problems.
i didn't get any freeze for many weeks now.
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Got an email back from HTC advising a Hard Reset. Did this last night and no more crashes so far. Fingers crossed
I've reset mine maybe 4 times in 4 months, but I still get this problem
Any update from anyone on this little running saga of the invisible offs?
Hi everyone I preordered on the first day and I got one of the first batches I guess. Well up until a few days ago everything went well with the phone. But 2 days ago i put my phone in my pocket at work and 4 hours later I pull it out during lunch break and my phone was completely erased. It went back to stock asking for me to enter my google account. At first i thought that launcher pro was closed and i was back at the original home screen but everything was actually erased. I couldn't believe it. I never had this happen on any of my previous phones.. So I reinstalled everything and the same thing happened the next day but this time my phone was on and launcher pro kept force closing and it was stuck in a loop. Then i went to reboot and the phone was completely erased again. Is this apart of that rootkit chip that i have been hearing about? I havent even tried the temp root. When I think about it i have just started using launcher pro a few days ago. Could that be the problem? For now I wont use launcher pro and see what happens and I will keep yall updated. And thanks for any help that you can provide.
LAWL.... and the NAND strikes back.... if it happens consistently thatn it might be time to exchange for another oner
That happened to me once too. I also thought it might have been an adw launcher issue. Ive been back to the standard launcher for about a week now without any issues, but I dont really know if that was the problem
I don't know if Launcher Pro might be the problem. That was probably the first thing I installed when I received the phone. I haven't had this happened to me and I'm using the Visionary temp root.
ok so far since i dont have launcher pro installed everything is working fine no reboots today from what i can tell.
I had the same exact problem. I go to sleep, wake up to look at my phone to send a text.. and all of my text are removed. This happened yesterday, I was soo mad I contacted Tmobile and they told me some stupid stuff like get a sms backup.. I just paid 300 dollars for a phone, which was no problem, but we as customers shouldn't have to backup our text every 2 days.. that is redic to me. I am the type of person that likes to keep my LOGS of my text so I really like having them there even from my old G1 3 years ago I try to keep them. old pictures that girls send me via text I want to keep that.... and keep in mind I don't use launcher pro just because of the problems i've been hearing it has. SO this happened on a Stock, never tried the temp root tmobile G2. crazy huh? and I don't have insurance on it, so I am kinda put in a bad position. ANy suggestions? it's past my 14 days. Keep in mind I REALLY love this phone though, just that was too much for me. I don't want to go to sleep and wake up with every text removed ever again. Oh and I get random reboots.. prolly 2 a day. HOpfully this update I am hearing about from androidspin will stop all those problems.. is it me or does the G2 seem to have worst reception than the G1? sorry for the long message, just wanted to vent to other G2 users.. I love the phone though, best phone ever if working correctly
Try waking with no software on your phone. That happen 36 hours after getting the phone. Did a recovery and everything came back With the exception of all my personal stuff. Funny thing is whatever happened In the middle of the night fried my sim. Everything is good now going on 2 weeks. I absolutely love this phone.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
My gf has palm Pre + on AT&T, and the thing keeps loosing, or adding time randomly. In the last two days alone it has lost it's way 8 times
We've shut down the network time, and the normal culprit but it is just going crazy atm, and only 2 months on this phone to boot.
So has anyone else had anything remotely similiar to this, and how did you handle it?
clock sync might work, i got it from the app catalog
First of all, hi to everyone, i am new to the forum.
So i am a new owner of a Nexus 4, i have it for about 2 weeks. It's rev11, came with 4.2.2 out of the box, and it is completely stock and not rooted.
I didn't have any crashes or anything weird to indicate something is wrong with the phone in this time. And 2 days ago, i woke up at 12 instead of 9 i had my alarm, and the phone was not responding to unlock the screen and wake up. After some time pressing the power button it rebooted. So i though something temporary. I searched it here and is something known, sleep of death. I was not charging the phone btw. So i went my day using it again normally, and the next afternoon, i again try to unlock it to check something and see the time and again the same thing. Holding power button turned it on again after some tries. I didn't have to connect charger to reboot it as in some other cases i read, nor my battery percentage was any different or abnormal after the reboot.
But 2 days in a row can't be coincidence. The last app i installed before i noticed it is battery widget reborn.
So my question is, what is causing it? An app bug? I can restore to factory settings and it will stop? An OS bug? So we have to wait for android 4.3 for possible fix? Or a hardware issue? Because if it is hardware, i think i can still send the phone back and get a replacement, but this will leave me without a phone for 2 weeks maybe
Any help on this? From a little search on the forum most of cases seems to be an issue with apps undervolting the cpu while on standby or custom roms and custom kernels, but i am completely stock, and no app is doing anything to my cpu, i haven't enable something like that, and possibly without root even if i wanted it would not be possible.
Had this happen when I bought my phone back in January. It started happening probably mid-Feb and I probed through a ton of the internet and these forums for answers. The only thing I was left with was to call Google customer service and return the phone and replace it with a new one. So far, 2 months and never a SoD.
Provided you grabbed this from the Play Store:
Google customer service was very understanding and set me up with a code to buy a new phone off the Play Store and place the hold on my account. That new phone came in 3 days and I packaged up the old phone and sent it back with the labels Google provided and my account hold was removed in 4 days. They email you all the documents and UPS labels - you just do the rest. Most hassle-free return I have had and I deal with NewEgg RMTs quite often and I thought they were great...
and for reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2077148
Fusion.Coil said:
Had this happen when I bought my phone back in January. It started happening probably mid-Feb and I probed through a ton of the internet and these forums for answers. The only thing I was left with was to call Google customer service and return the phone and replace it with a new one. So far, 2 months and never a SoD.
Provided you grabbed this from the Play Store:
Google customer service was very understanding and set me up with a code to buy a new phone off the Play Store and place the hold on my account. That new phone came in 3 days and I packaged up the old phone and sent it back with the labels Google provided and my account hold was removed in 4 days. They email you all the documents and UPS labels - you just do the rest. Most hassle-free return I have had and I deal with NewEgg RMTs quite often and I thought they were great...
and for reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2077148
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I bought from amazon uk, through a marketplace seller, but brand new. So they can't instantly ship a replacment since it is not officially sold from amazon, but it was fullfiled from amazon, so i can get a refund but i have to send it back and then re-order. This is quite the hassle. But on the thread you posted, i read multiple people saying that even the second or third phone they got back from RMA from Google still does that. So maybe is a software issue instead of hardware? Any other ideas to try before i go through the return and refund route?
Will a factory reset help in any way?
Or if i unlock bootloader, reflash the stock image, is it possible that this will fix anything? I mean is it possible to have a corrupted install of 4.2.2 on my device?
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I bought from amazon uk, through a marketplace seller, but brand new. So they can't instantly ship a replacment since it is not officially sold from amazon, but it was fullfiled from amazon, so i can get a refund but i have to send it back and then re-order. This is quite the hassle. But on the thread you posted, i read multiple people saying that even the second or third phone they got back from RMA from Google still does that. So maybe is a software issue instead of hardware? Any other ideas to try before i go through the return and refund route?
Will a factory reset help in any way?
Or if i unlock bootloader, reflash the stock image, is it possible that this will fix anything? I mean is it possible to have a corrupted install of 4.2.2 on my device?
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As stated in the other thread, turn off WiFi. If you get a replacement, chances are you will still have the problem. A new thread didn't need to be started for this. You should have posted in the thread referenced.
How i fixed the Nexus 4 SODs
Same issue here with my Nexus 4. When connected to Wifi, with Android 4.3, every two days (more or less) it suffers a SOD.
And this is how I solved it: First, turn Google Play Store auto updates off. Second, install the 'Wake My Android Pro' app from the Play Store and set it to 4 minutes, Auto StartUp and Low Wake (and remember to use the 'back' button to save the preferences). No SODs for a week!
In November I had bought 2 Samsung Galaxy S5's from Walmart through Straight Talk. One for me and my Wife. They worked perfectly until about the middle of March, and my Wife's phone had kept restarting non stop whether she was on it or not. Sometimes more than once in a 30 second span. Then one day it didn't do it for about 2 days.. then MY PHONE starts doing it. Non stop all throughout the night and just die from battery drainage. I eventually contact Straight Talk to do a swap for a different one since I still had warranty. It takes them about 10 days total for me to get my replacement. The entire time my phone was sent out my Wife's never restarted or acted up once. I get my replacement yesterday and mine phone is running great and hers tonight just RESTARTED ON IT'S OWN. I'm very confused because it seems are phone's are making one another restart? I have heard problems of the S5's restarting for no real reason at all, but why would hers be doing it only when I had gotten mine back up and running? I'm seriously out of answers and tired of this restarting issue happening. We have tried factory reset, freeing up space, deleting all apps, safe mode, clearing cache often, and the problem still persists. If anyone could help, I would be truly thankful!