Should I factory reset? - Streak 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I have done my first rom upgrade on my two week old streak and it seems to be running quite well other than a couple of issues such as battery life and some of my iphone optimised movies being unplayable.
I'm guessing a factory reset is advisable?
Will this wipe my sd card?Do I need to backup all components of my system as seperate processes (ie data,contacts,apps,music etc),or is there a strramlined process I have yet to discover that some kind soul could direct me to?
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Hell's the matter with this phone?

I used to be a on a stock KG2 carrier specific ROM until i realized the battery was unbearable and thus flashed to the stock KI3 ROM
"GT-I9100_XEU_I9100XXKI3_I9100XXKI3_I9100XEUKD1" specifically with the "CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KI3-v4.1-CWM4" kernel; things were great including battery life, performance (HSPA performance was a tad worse than the stock KG2 but nothing major), however, I would randomly get these restarts every now and then -which, knowing Android and the fact that it wasn't stock and all, were understandable- but recently I tried these new batteries (Anker 1900mAh) for the GS2 and well as soon as I tried them (both), the phone went into a boot loop (not just rebooting without booting up but it would load everything, including homescreen and media scanning etc and then restart - continuously).
Thankfully I had made a nandroid backup of my phone right before trying then new batteries and well even after restoring that or reflashing the KI3 ROM/kernel etc it still won't fix the issue.
Is there any solution besides wiping and factory reset? Took me months to set up my phone and I really can't afford to take a hit.. again.. (had issues with custom ROMs before and had to wipe it all) and no.. I don't even have a Titanium backup (up-to-date at least - perhaps a way I could still make that with this reboot issue? ..could make things easier).
Check out the various random reboot threads.
Might not be anything at all to do with your software.
Could be hardware like battery terminal connections etc.
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I've heard about phones doing these kind of things when used with bad third party batteries that could be whats happening. I would only stick a samsung battery into the precious galaxy s2 for fear of it combusting.

[Q] Reboots with flashing lights - possible overheating

Hi all,
I know this has been discussed before but I haven't seen any solution yet so here is my attempt.
My streak is rebooting with flashing lights. This almost exclusively happens after I've been playing a game for ~20 minutes or watching a movie for ~40 minutes. After that the graphics freeze for a fraction of a second and the lights flash and the streak reboots. Streak can boot (while draining 10% of battery instantly) but it will still reboot after it has loaded everything. I have to remove battery and presumably let it cool down for a few minutes before booting it up again into usable state.
It has also rebooted before on weird occasions like sitting on my desk charging or installing an application from market, but those were very seldom. Playing a game or watching a movie is a fail-proof way of crashing the streak.
This has happened on variety of systems from official 1.6, official 2.2, official 2.2.2, DJ 1.6, DJ 1.9, and most currently DSC 7.1. They are all wonderful ROMs, but none of them prevent this from occurring.
I replaced my InnerSD (using the cutaway method) with 4GB class 10 Kingston hoping it might be the problem but the problem persists.
I tried throttling back the speed below 800Mhz but makes almost no difference. Just takes a little longer to reboot loop. Some time ago I tried monitoring the temperature and it didn't go above 32 degrees Celsius while it still bootlooped.
So I am currently out of ideas of an "easy" repair. Is there any repair that comes to your minds? I wouldn't mind completely disassembling the streak for this purpose. (Dell will not accept my device...I confirmed and only afterwards I replaced the InnerSD)
Thanks for any suggestions.
having the same issue...
my streak runs fine... then suddenly the LED's start blinking a few times, and the phone reboots...
while playing games, making calls, surfing net....
anytime!
i am using a 1gb sdcard at the moment.
internal is 2gb, obviously...
the last few weeks i have flashed 345, 351, 360, 366, 407 update packages, nothing helped...
have flashed over 10 custom roms time and again, nothing helped...
have underclocked my device, did not help....
i mean i have tried my best in trying everything that i thought could help...
but nothing yet...
so i think, ultimately, is my mobo gone??
or any other way to know what is wrong??
thanks
alokated said:
having the same issue...
my streak runs fine... then suddenly the LED's start blinking a few times, and the phone reboots...
while playing games, making calls, surfing net....
anytime!
i am using a 1gb sdcard at the moment.
internal is 2gb, obviously...
the last few weeks i have flashed 345, 351, 360, 366, 407 update packages, nothing helped...
have flashed over 10 custom roms time and again, nothing helped...
have underclocked my device, did not help....
i mean i have tried my best in trying everything that i thought could help...
but nothing yet...
so i think, ultimately, is my mobo gone??
or any other way to know what is wrong??
thanks
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try getting yourself a new battery... and then flash longhorn 2.7 and do all wipe data / wipe dalvik cache / factory reset and see if it helps
deysmacro said:
try getting yourself a new battery... and then flash longhorn 2.7 and do all wipe data / wipe dalvik cache / factory reset and see if it helps
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considering getting a new battery....
i tried one off another streak...but that barely helped...
i had longhorn 2.8 and 2.9.1 on different times....
but let's see....
also, considering upgrading my internal memory to 8gb
alokated said:
considering getting a new battery....
i tried one off another streak...but that barely helped...
i had longhorn 2.8 and 2.9.1 on different times....
but let's see....
also, considering upgrading my internal memory to 8gb
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try longhorn 2.7 first ...
and while you are at it.. get a 8gb class 10... it will sure improve the phone performance
deysmacro said:
try longhorn 2.7 first ...
and while you are at it.. get a 8gb class 10... it will sure improve the phone performance
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definitely...
shall do that....
any way to know if the mobo is faulty??
I sounds like you might have a rogue app. When was the last time you did a factory reset.
tenorntex said:
I sounds like you might have a rogue app. When was the last time you did a factory reset.
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have done that a few times... from the dell recovery menu right?
or shall i do it from the settings options?
alokated said:
have done that a few times... from the dell recovery menu right?
or shall i do it from the settings options?
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from the streakmod recovery... do wipe all / wipe dalvik cache / wipe data
and in dell recovery ... factory reset...
that should give fresh and clean feeling
deysmacro said:
from the streakmod recovery... do wipe all / wipe dalvik cache / wipe data
and in dell recovery ... factory reset...
that should give fresh and clean feeling
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I do that every time that I flash another rom...
was trying to downgrade to update 111 today lol... resisted that temptation!!!
i have tried everything. nothing helps.
couldnt obtain another battery, but i seem to be running out of patience now!!!
i have another streak, white colour, that has a broken screen, and i am considering swapping the lcd's so i have a fully functional white streak (sexy!!!) and a for-parts (lol) black streak....
is it worth the effort? doing it myself, given i have slight experience in opening up a couple of old nokia devices...
and i am also considering replacing the internal 2gb sd to 8gb....
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Dell-Streak-Teardown/3512/1
should i??
thanks...
Bledula said:
Hi all,
I know this has been discussed before but I haven't seen any solution yet so here is my attempt.
My streak is rebooting with flashing lights. This almost exclusively happens after I've been playing a game for ~20 minutes or watching a movie for ~40 minutes. After that the graphics freeze for a fraction of a second and the lights flash and the streak reboots. Streak can boot (while draining 10% of battery instantly) but it will still reboot after it has loaded everything. I have to remove battery and presumably let it cool down for a few minutes before booting it up again into usable state.
It has also rebooted before on weird occasions like sitting on my desk charging or installing an application from market, but those were very seldom. Playing a game or watching a movie is a fail-proof way of crashing the streak.
This has happened on variety of systems from official 1.6, official 2.2, official 2.2.2, DJ 1.6, DJ 1.9, and most currently DSC 7.1. They are all wonderful ROMs, but none of them prevent this from occurring.
I replaced my InnerSD (using the cutaway method) with 4GB class 10 Kingston hoping it might be the problem but the problem persists.
I tried throttling back the speed below 800Mhz but makes almost no difference. Just takes a little longer to reboot loop. Some time ago I tried monitoring the temperature and it didn't go above 32 degrees Celsius while it still bootlooped.
So I am currently out of ideas of an "easy" repair. Is there any repair that comes to your minds? I wouldn't mind completely disassembling the streak for this purpose. (Dell will not accept my device...I confirmed and only afterwards I replaced the InnerSD)
Thanks for any suggestions.
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you need to do a streakflash, and if you finish you must do fastboot mode and download _n0p_ DSC ROM and tools. only DSC 1.5 that most the bug fixed
gamalrizaldi said:
you need to do a streakflash, and if you finish you must do fastboot mode and download _n0p_ DSC ROM and tools. only DSC 1.5 that most the bug fixed
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Any success on this?
I just got my Streak 5 out of the bottom of the it's grave (just a forgotten drawer) but it was there because I had the same problem.
it looks much better then the galaxy Note 2!
overheating streak
Try this ..... take out the battery , wrap your streak up in a plastic bag and put it in the freezer for ten minutes , my streak wont do anything unless it is frozen to under 24.4c . no fastboot or recovery , it boots up and performs perfectly until it reaches 24.4c then it goes unstable .

Official OTA ICS Upgrade is a Complete Disaster

I apologize if this thread is a tad redundant, but I believe it goes beyond your run-of-the-mill glitches that one might post about in the ICS Bugs thread.
I got my OTA upgrade about 10 days ago, and since then my RAZR has been utterly useless.
The biggest problem is an obvious issue with power management. With GB I used to get almost a full day of heavy use. Now I get 2 hours, 3 if I'm lucky. I often find that the phone is extremely hot, as if the processor and radios are running at 100% for no reason.
Perhaps worse than that, it takes infinitely longer to charge than it used to. As in, 5+ hours to go from 0% to 100% -- and that's while the phone is powered off. Powered on, it'll take even longer.
I've experienced issues with almost every app, and with some I've had literally no success whatsoever. Facebook freezes half of the time before even loading up. The stock Browser will freeze a few times a day. Alarm Clock Xtreme freezes whenever I try to edit an alarm. Neither the stock Gallery nor third-party image apps will load up any of my photos without freezing. Google Talk won't initiate video chats. The list goes on and on.
Moreover, the phone will often just freeze outright. Sometimes the screen won't light up, regardless of how many times I press the power button. Sometimes the phone gets stuck on the home screen, and responds to nothing. Sometimes the phone becomes unresponsive, although pressing the capacitive buttons still triggers haptic feedback. Because of this, several times a day I just hold power+down to shut it off the hard way.
At this point, I actually avoid using it. It's that useless. It's more burdensome than it is helpful. It sucks because, when it's working, everything is really smooth and the ICS interface is really cool. I can tell it would be awesome, if only it worked.
Has anyone experienced such madness as this?
FYI, I'm running:
Android version 4.0.4
System version 6.16.211.XT912.Verizon.en.US
Baseband version CDMA_N_05.11.01PLTEDC_U_09.11.00
Kernel version 3.0.8-g29cf5e7, [email protected] #1
Build number 6.7.2-180_DHD-16_M4-31
I can't believe they would release something so unstable.
And yes I've gone into recovery and wiped the cache partition several times to no avail.
I admit there are some issues with the battery and heat and bugs, but i have not experienced any freezing with the stock browser or any program really, alarm clock extreme and it works for me, I don't use the Facebook app often but the few times i have, no real issues sometimes it lags trying to update. I will say thay the market SUCKS or play whatever they call it. Maybe you got a corrupt OTA file or something is wrong with your update installation. Maybe try doing a factory reset, i know that sucks to do but i do it before every OTA and im not really experiencing any of the software issues you are experiencing. If that doesn't help, root it and use the razr 1.7 utility to reinstall the system files.
Did you try to wipe the device (factory default)? It helped in my case.
Sent from my XT910
If you wana solution to some problems without wiping the phone, boot into recovery and wipe the cache, fixed my battery and a few other problems, It doesnt remove anything you have done, also it eliminated my lagg problem.
abw1987 said:
I apologize if this thread is a tad redundant, but I believe it goes beyond your run-of-the-mill glitches that one might post about in the ICS Bugs thread.
I got my OTA upgrade about 10 days ago, and since then my RAZR has been utterly useless.
The biggest problem is an obvious issue with power management. With GB I used to get almost a full day of heavy use. Now I get 2 hours, 3 if I'm lucky. I often find that the phone is extremely hot, as if the processor and radios are running at 100% for no reason.
Perhaps worse than that, it takes infinitely longer to charge than it used to. As in, 5+ hours to go from 0% to 100% -- and that's while the phone is powered off. Powered on, it'll take even longer.
I've experienced issues with almost every app, and with some I've had literally no success whatsoever. Facebook freezes half of the time before even loading up. The stock Browser will freeze a few times a day. Alarm Clock Xtreme freezes whenever I try to edit an alarm. Neither the stock Gallery nor third-party image apps will load up any of my photos without freezing. Google Talk won't initiate video chats. The list goes on and on.
Moreover, the phone will often just freeze outright. Sometimes the screen won't light up, regardless of how many times I press the power button. Sometimes the phone gets stuck on the home screen, and responds to nothing. Sometimes the phone becomes unresponsive, although pressing the capacitive buttons still triggers haptic feedback. Because of this, several times a day I just hold power+down to shut it off the hard way.
At this point, I actually avoid using it. It's that useless. It's more burdensome than it is helpful. It sucks because, when it's working, everything is really smooth and the ICS interface is really cool. I can tell it would be awesome, if only it worked.
Has anyone experienced such madness as this?
FYI, I'm running:
Android version 4.0.4
System version 6.16.211.XT912.Verizon.en.US
Baseband version CDMA_N_05.11.01PLTEDC_U_09.11.00
Kernel version 3.0.8-g29cf5e7, [email protected] #1
Build number 6.7.2-180_DHD-16_M4-31
I can't believe they would release something so unstable.
And yes I've gone into recovery and wiped the cache partition several times to no avail.
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Data wipe, itll fix it. If you dont want to.do.that then root and wipe the cache and dalvik cache.
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AndroidGreg said:
If you wana solution to some problems without wiping the phone, boot into recovery and wipe the cache, fixed my battery and a few other problems, It doesnt remove anything you have done, also it eliminated my lagg problem.
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This is step 1... see if this fixes it... if not, full wipe.
Erik
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syrnett said:
This is step 1... see if this fixes it... if not, full wipe.
Erik
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+1
ICS is very different from GB, and Motonverizola tried really hard to get ICS to play well with existing GB cache data and GB settings. All of that stuff changed a LOT.
The problem isn't ICS: the problem is data conversion from GB to ICS.
Wipe the cache and dalvik. If that doesn't get it, then do a factory reset and set everything up again.
Mine runs for days with light use (1-3 hours a day), or a day+ with heavy use. It doesn't get hot, unless you mean that the other way. But that'd be kinda creepy.
Hi
This is my first post here at this forum and I'm not a Razr user but thinking about getting the Maxx because of it's hardware and big battery which fits my usage of a smartphone, I have a Galaxy S right now.
I have looked at some of the posts and screenshots of the battery usage on the new leaked/released ICS for the Razr and read about complains about the short lived battery and the devices that overheat, well, we had the same problem when GB has been released to the Galaxy S and that is all related to the Android OS app that is using the battery because it's got into a loop, this will not get fixed unless you make Motorola aware of the problem. I could be wrong but I think that is related to the dalvik-machine. Android OS should be using around a single-digit of the battery of all time (3%-7%), we don't have this issue anymore since Samsung fixed this bug in the later releases of GB firmwares.
A temporary fix of the Android OS is to reboot the phone when you can see that it's hijacking the battery, this is until Motorola fixes the issue.
I wish you all good luck and hope that you will get a better firmware soon.
Its always good practice to start fresh when accepting an update that big. Less variables = less problems.....
Id do a factory reset and start from scratch... that sux... i know, but so does a useless phone
Ics def wasnt all the hype.... but its also not that bad... just gotta start clean.
Good luck!
Complete disaster? How is it a disaster compared to my update? After the update I could no longer receive text messages, Consider the fact that I send a receive hundreds of text messages per day this is honestly the biggest cause of outrage I have with a flagship that can't perform even what a Nokia 6280 could, when I finally receive texts they come in 4 hours late and worse still, in DUPLICATES and I can't seem to find any solution to this as of yet. A factory reset fixes this for an hour at best but the problem suffices after that. Does anyone have a SOLUTION to this? Honestly driving me nuts
I agree with most others... do a factory reset. I always do after a major upgrade (and ICS is a major upgrade!)
Then check what apps you are putting on the machine; some cause issues. For instance, I put the new Starbucks 2.0 app upgrade on my phone yesterday - consumed battery like mad, phone ran hot (like cook-an-egg-on-it hot), runaway processes, etc. Turns out it was the new Starbucks app; after removing it the phone ran normal.
Otherwise I love ICS! So try the cache wipe; and if that doesn't help then do a factory reset and reinstall things. Takes time, but it saves in the long run.
Wow, this is crazy to hear. My update has been flawless but I did a factory reset after getting it. I bet if you did that it would fix 99% of your problems.
I also rooted after and now I'm running a cm9 rom. This is the best my phone has ever run.
Ultimately, even if you don't root you can fix most of these problems with a factory reset.
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Hold down the Home button to see what's running, download a task manager to see what's dominating the CPU. The phone won't get hot by itself, something is using up the CPU (like you said) if you don't want to factory reset you've got to figure out what it is. Rooting and setting the CPU governor to hotplug will save quite a bit in battery (shuts the 2nd core off when not needed).
I'm on a Canadian leak, the first day battery performance was terrible. By the 4th day, the battery lasted longer than GB
I concur with everyone here about the factory reset.
As other's have mentioned, going from GB to ICS is a major overhaul. I've read elsewhere what this really entails and it's not pretty. Suffice it to say, I backed up all my user apps and data (using Titanium Backup), saved off all other things that were on my internal SD card just to be safe and then applied the OTA update in stock recovery, wiped data and cache and rebooted. I then rooted, installed Safestrap and flashed Eclipse ICS v1.2 RC1 and restored my apps with TiBu.
I also tried stock ROM as well and restored my apps via TiBu.
In both cases, no performance issues nor forced closes. Runs like a champ.
I'm running the latest .214 leak and my battery life has improved over .211.
.214
Razr Maxx
I was having shorter battery life with the ICS .211 build and then updated to .214
My battery life is way better then it ever was with GB or ICS .211
I ran it the other day for 36hrs and 3 of it actually talking on the phone and had 20% battery life left.
It has currently been on for 4hrs 6 min and is at 90%. light email and phone use. I do have an IMAP email account that poles every 10 minutes with push for instant updates.
Mine is running fine after simple reboot
I am getting great battery life and my Razr Maxx is working almost flawlessly after the ICS OTA stock update. I just rebooted it shortly after the update when it was running hot and haven't had any problems since.
If .214 is even better, great.
Looking forward to Jelly Bean to get even more from my device.
Jeff
Was on the soak test and had the same battery problems. Only way to fix was via a factory reset. This did however fix all the problems.
Cant use motocast, it wont connect to my motocast on my mac. So i cant sync my media. How to solve this?
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Thanks for the replies everyone.
As mentioned I have tried booting into recovery and clearing the cache, but it doesn't help.
Some have suggested wiping the dalvik cache. However I don't see that as an option in the recovery menu. Do I need to root to have that option? Excuse my newness to this.
Worst case I guess I'll just have to do a factory reset
abw1987 said:
Thanks for the replies everyone.
As mentioned I have tried booting into recovery and clearing the cache, but it doesn't help.
Some have suggested wiping the dalvik cache. However I don't see that as an option in the recovery menu. Do I need to root to have that option? Excuse my newness to this.
Worst case I guess I'll just have to do a factory reset
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Its under the advanced menu.
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[Q] CM 7.2 random reboots - Huawei u8160

Hello all.
As the title says, I've been having random reboot sessions on my phone lately. When these reboot sessions occur, the battery gets hot.
I'd like to give some more information about my situation:
I've been using CM7.2 on my Huawei u8160 for almost half a year now, without any kind of problems. Lately, the phone started rebooting randomly, especially during phone calls, making the phone almost useless. The reboots also occur when the phone is idle. These reboots drain the battery extremely fast.
I've been using CM7 with the V6 supercharger, as I said, for months without problem. When these reboots started happening, I reflashed the rom, doing a full wipe (clear cache, clear dalvik, format system, format data, factory reset etc.) , but that didn't solve the problem. I reflashed CM7 several times, with / without V6 supercharger, without deleting those system apps that are safe to remove (live wallpapers, update notify etc.). I also reflashed the stock froyo rom the device came with. None of these methods worked.
It is getting more and more frustrating, since they occur randomly, and I can't make a proper phone call, since it's almost guaranteed the phone will reboot during the conversation.
I tried formatting the SD card, using another SD card, resetting the battery stats, using a program on the market and the CMW Recovery - nothing helped.
Another thing I noticed (this may sound very stupid) is that the phone reboots more often when I'm outside (it's winter here now), or when I enter in a warmer place, or when the phone is in my pocket.
I asked an assistant from a nearby Vodafone store, she said that it is a software problem ( -.- ) and that the phone needs to be sent for service. I told her I've already reflashed the software, and she said I only did an update not a full soft flash (lol).
I would really appreciate if anyone could give some suggestions, or help me in any way.
I have also created an error report using the device specific setting menu included in the CM7 rom, which I am attaching here.
Help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
pneuma00 said:
Hello all.
As the title says, I've been having random reboot sessions on my phone lately. When these reboot sessions occur, the battery gets hot.
I'd like to give some more information about my situation:
I've been using CM7.2 on my Huawei u8160 for almost half a year now, without any kind of problems. Lately, the phone started rebooting randomly, especially during phone calls, making the phone almost useless. The reboots also occur when the phone is idle. These reboots drain the battery extremely fast.
I've been using CM7 with the V6 supercharger, as I said, for months without problem. When these reboots started happening, I reflashed the rom, doing a full wipe (clear cache, clear dalvik, format system, format data, factory reset etc.) , but that didn't solve the problem. I reflashed CM7 several times, with / without V6 supercharger, without deleting those system apps that are safe to remove (live wallpapers, update notify etc.). I also reflashed the stock froyo rom the device came with. None of these methods worked.
It is getting more and more frustrating, since they occur randomly, and I can't make a proper phone call, since it's almost guaranteed the phone will reboot during the conversation.
I tried formatting the SD card, using another SD card, resetting the battery stats, using a program on the market and the CMW Recovery - nothing helped.
Another thing I noticed (this may sound very stupid) is that the phone reboots more often when I'm outside (it's winter here now), or when I enter in a warmer place, or when the phone is in my pocket.
I asked an assistant from a nearby Vodafone store, she said that it is a software problem ( -.- ) and that the phone needs to be sent for service. I told her I've already reflashed the software, and she said I only did an update not a full soft flash (lol).
I would really appreciate if anyone could give some suggestions, or help me in any way.
I have also created an error report using the device specific setting menu included in the CM7 rom, which I am attaching here.
Help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Yeah, going to the store after flashing a custom ROM is rarely going to yield favorable results. Honestly, I'd try clearing app data and fixing permissions. What recovery are you using? When in doubt, wipe twice.
Jimmy_Christ said:
Yeah, going to the store after flashing a custom ROM is rarely going to yield favorable results. Honestly, I'd try clearing app data and fixing permissions. What recovery are you using? When in doubt, wipe twice.
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Yeah, I know that rooting void varranty and everything but the naive me thought maybe they can say something clever...
I tried clearing everything, formatting system, data, cache, everything, fixing permissions etc.
I'm using ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.x.
I am planning to buy a new battery because I observed it's getting really hot sometimes, and after the reboots occur, it's also really hot.
pneuma00 said:
Yeah, I know that rooting void varranty and everything but the naive me thought maybe they can say something clever...
I tried clearing everything, formatting system, data, cache, everything, fixing permissions etc.
I'm using ClockworkMod Recovery 5.0.x.
I am planning to buy a new battery because I observed it's getting really hot sometimes, and after the reboots occur, it's also really hot.
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The more time you devote to this the more you'll realize that most of the folks at the stores dont know much. It wont hurt to buy a new battery. Wipe the battery stats. Do you use a custom kernel? Ovetclocked? Underclocked? Played with the voltage tables?
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Jimmy_Christ said:
The more time you devote to this the more you'll realize that most of the folks at the stores dont know much. It wont hurt to buy a new battery. Wipe the battery stats. Do you use a custom kernel? Ovetclocked? Underclocked? Played with the voltage tables?
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Yeah, you're right...
I did wipe the battery stats, let it drain completely and did a full recharge. For the kernel, I don't really know much about these stuff (yet). This is the ROM I use : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1259739. Im my phone info menu it says 2.6.32.9-perf [email protected] #23 (no idea what this means) so I don't know if it's a custom kernel or a stock one. For clock values I use min: 30MHz max: 600MHz (which is the stock value if I'm not wrong). I don't know what you mean by voltage tables, I'd appreciate if you could explain that.
Thanks so far.
Well basically in a nutshell, voltage is the power sent to the CPU. Some custom kernels allow for what's called undervolting. Basically you're you're lowering the amount of power sent to the CPU, where in theory you'll achieve better battery life. However, this can be very dicey. I would not recommend playing with voltage tables until you're a bit more experienced. I asked because undervolting can lead to boot loops and seemingly random reboots. You're running a solid rom with cm7. If you didn't touch it, then that's the stock cm rom. Have you searched the forum thread?
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Jimmy_Christ said:
Well basically in a nutshell, voltage is the power sent to the CPU. Some custom kernels allow for what's called undervolting. Basically you're you're lowering the amount of power sent to the CPU, where in theory you'll achieve better battery life. However, this can be very dicey. I would not recommend playing with voltage tables until you're a bit more experienced. I asked because undervolting can lead to boot loops and seemingly random reboots. You're running a solid rom with cm7. If you didn't touch it, then that's the stock cm rom. Have you searched the forum thread?
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Yes, I haven't touched anything in the ROM I'm using currently.
I've been searching the forums for days before starting this thread, without success.
What I noticed about the reboots is that it occurs almost exclusively when making / receiving a phone call and when the phone is idle.
*edit: I forgot to mention that I'm using Segoe font, not sure if that makes a difference though. I have replaced almost every font in the /system/fonts folder (droid sans+bold+mono and even droid serif+bold+italic+bolditalic)*

Kies Back up Question

I have searched and cant get a definitive answer so here goes ... I've got my flame proof jacket on !
My phone is a stock s3 which I updated to 4.3. NOT rooted and everything is stock.
Im well aware of the issues as im struggling with horrendous lag and batteries lasting only 5 hrs and getting hot.
So I would like to do a full wipe and factory data reset.
I have backed up with Samsung Kies but will I loose things like angry birds game saves and candy crush game saves ... im on level 225 and would hate to have to start again.:silly:
How can I do a full reset wipe clean install whilst keeping my saves ??
Thanks
Well I personally have barely used Kies to backup my phone as it never worked for me but I think when you back your device up it allows you to choose to backup apps as well. If I were you I'd perform a nandroid backup from a computer or root and backup rom from recovery, but I think Kies should work if that is easier for you.
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