I've recently acquired a S2, with Stock 2.3.3 Rom.
I've encountered a strange problem: when the phone goes in standby mode (the lock screen appears), the screen turns off but immediately turns on again. Then it goes off, on again etc. So, basically, the phone cannot go to deep sleep and my battery drains very fast (and, the screen just keeps on flashing).
When the phone is plugged in mains power, the screen stays lit, it looks like it is just in standby mode.
It looks like there is some sensor stuck which re-awakens the phone constantly. There are no apps runnning, just a factory-clean phone. I've tried looking at sensor data to identify the problem, but have no idea what they should look like.
Does anyone have any idea how to proceed? Is there any way to force the phone in standby (or, force the screen to off)? Or can I identify what event is responsible for waking my phone all the time?
I have a similar problem with my HTC HD2 (both with normal and Android hack)
Anyone have a solution?
if you are not rooted maybe try going into recovery wipe everything and get the phone back to factory settings..before you do that of course back up your rom..see what happens..or maybe can you try and upgrade firmware either through kies or try an official stock rom based on your region through Intratechs thread and update using odin and see if that helps solve the problem?
or just call your local samsung customer care explain what the problem is and send it either for repairs or for an exchange
Had the same problem, Flashed intratech's stock Based on my region solved the problem.
I have a friend of mine having this issue, maybe he should try the same. Thanks msac =)
acefreakz said:
I have a friend of mine having this issue, maybe he should try the same. Thanks msac =)
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You welcome to. Just gave you more options above or you dont read
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
Related
I have CM 7.2 installed with CWM Touch Recovery.
My phone has about 1 year and since a few weeks ago I started to find my phone off or totally unresponsive (same as off, I can't say).
The only way to get it back is remove the battery and try several times to put it back while holding the power button down.
Sometimes it doesn't even work and I have to try about 20 times or more.
The phone is not hot and it happens (at least 100% of times 'til now) when is asleep and not during CPU "hard work".
I was wondering if someone has experienced this behaviour and hopefully found a solution.
Thanks
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
tatperson said:
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your reply.
I had some reboots trying CM9 and CM10 so I went back to CM7.2 which is great.
I then noticed that reboot didn't worked anymore (e.g. going to recovery mode caused sleep to death not restarting the phone).
Since a few days ago I started to experience the "sleep to death" and so I tried to flash a clean Neutrino to fix a potential SW issue.
The SOD frequency was even higher and the difficulty to restart the phone even more.
I want back again to CM7.2 and now I still have the problem but "only" a few times a day.
I believe is an hardware issue but I have no warranty anymore and so I have no idea how much I would pay to get new hardware components...
It's a pity, I was quite happy about everything else and going to stay with it for a long time (also thanks to XDA and Cyanogen Developers).
Cheers,
Max
tatperson said:
I believe you are experiencing the dreaded Sleep of Death.
If possible, try to flash a new ROM and see if it happens. If it continues, try to go back to stock and see if it still continues because if that's the case then its a hardware problem.
Sent from that Atrix.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
...since this morning, the phone is not turnig on anymore... at this point I believe is an hardware issue or at least I can't fix by flashing into recovery mode while is not booting at all.
Any advice?
Thanks
maxi2570 said:
...since this morning, the phone is not turnig on anymore... at this point I believe is an hardware issue or at least I can't fix by flashing into recovery mode while is not booting at all.
Any advice?
Thanks
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
By that you mean that the green led does not even light up when you try to switch on? Oh dear.. Might be a damaged Motherboard...
Sent from that Atrix... Motorola, where's my ICS?!
tatperson said:
By that you mean that the green led does not even light up when you try to switch on? Oh dear.. Might be a damaged Motherboard...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Exactly.. a few days ago I was able to reanimate the phone by trying several time to reinsert the battery while holding the power switch on.
After a few time, the phone was eventually booting.
Since this morning though, code blue... the seems to be dead.
The only life sign is when, 1 time out of several, I connect USB cable to the phone and the led turns green (fixed). That's it..
It stays green even if I disconnect the cable (battery should be charged) until I remove the battery.
I think this is pretty much every symptom I noticed, here for sharing.
Max
maxi2570 said:
Exactly.. a few days ago I was able to reanimate the phone by trying several time to reinsert the battery while holding the power switch on.
After a few time, the phone was eventually booting.
Since this morning though, code blue... the seems to be dead.
The only life sign is when, 1 time out of several, I connect USB cable to the phone and the led turns green (fixed). That's it..
It stays green even if I disconnect the cable (battery should be charged) until I remove the battery.
I think this is pretty much every symptom I noticed, here for sharing.
Max
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Those events from a few days ago (when you were still able to turn it on by performing battery acrobatics) should have been a red flag for you - sadly your phone was dying.
Seems now it's officially dead. Not much more you can do. You can take it to a service center, see if they can do anything, but don't hold your breath.
ravilov said:
Those events from a few days ago (when you were still able to turn it on by performing battery acrobatics) should have been a red flag for you - sadly your phone was dying.
Seems now it's officially dead. Not much more you can do. You can take it to a service center, see if they can do anything, but don't hold your breath.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm going to Motorola Service tonight, I'll share the result hoping that it may help someone else to avoid to brick the phone.
Thanks anyway for you interest, I love Internet for making possible to share even these little experiences with someone I most likely will never see in my life.
Max
Hello all, i have searched the forum for the past weeks now for a solution of the SOD (sleep of death), all i can find is new problems but no actual solution. But i think my GS2 is having more than just a sleep of death. It just doesnt tolerate my screen going of. From what i could find, most people have SOD when their device go into DEEP SLEEP. With mine, anything that causes the screen to go dark (e.g power saving during a call) crashes the phone. And it doesnt end at that, Getting the phone to reboot might take me up to 2hrs!!!! when i remove the battery and turn on the phone, its goes directly to CWM and selecting reboot, the screen stays dark and i have to repeat the process all over again till i get lucky (after about 2 hrs) for the phone to reboot (From CWM). Yes, i clear cache.
when the battery is below 30% the phone isnt such a diva, it still have this screen off pain in the a** thing, but rebooting isnt such a pain as when it goes dark and i have to reboot when the battery is at about 80-100%
-Am running CM9 along with the kernel it came with
-flashed different roms but all came with the same problem
-even unrooted and went back to original rom, but still had the same problem
-The phone was once repaired from water damaage. Including a battery change
-Since i started running CM9, while charging the phone, it doesnt get insanely HOT as when it was running original rom or any custom rom
-Downloaded wake lock to keep my phone always on, 24/7 so i kinda feel sorry for the phone as it is always on... and i miss my lock screen
please all u android gurus, help me out with this problem. I totally love this phone and its my first android.
All I can suggest is flash stock ROM, get rid of triangle on boot if you have it and go to service center.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
Well thx for the reply. As I mentioned, the phone had water damage before so the warranty is void as they can link any single fault to the water damage. I Also found a spartanian way to solve my problem. I play music on the background and take out the volume. So now my music is on an infinite loop!!! Now I can put my phone to sleep and the battery last way longer than leaving the screen on all the time.
But still, any other suggestions are welcomed.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
You tried a different battery?
TheATHEiST said:
You tried a different battery?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes. Before i thought it was a battery issue and bought a new battery
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
I have exactly the same problem as you.
I replaced usb port and battery, but still the problem.
For me it works better when the battery is low, than i'm able to send phone in to sleep and wake it up again, but while charging of with the 2000mAh Samsung batterie, the phone freezes in standby and i often can't get it running for a while. I also had your problem, that the phone boots into cwm sometimes.
Could you find a Solution? I also have no warranty and don't want to buy a new mainboard, it's to expensive.
Asaah said:
Hello all, i have searched the forum for the past weeks now for a solution of the SOD (sleep of death), all i can find is new problems but no actual solution. But i think my GS2 is having more than just a sleep of death. It just doesnt tolerate my screen going of. From what i could find, most people have SOD when their device go into DEEP SLEEP. With mine, anything that causes the screen to go dark (e.g power saving during a call) crashes the phone. And it doesnt end at that, Getting the phone to reboot might take me up to 2hrs!!!! when i remove the battery and turn on the phone, its goes directly to CWM and selecting reboot, the screen stays dark and i have to repeat the process all over again till i get lucky (after about 2 hrs) for the phone to reboot (From CWM). Yes, i clear cache.
when the battery is below 30% the phone isnt such a diva, it still have this screen off pain in the a** thing, but rebooting isnt such a pain as when it goes dark and i have to reboot when the battery is at about 80-100%
-Am running CM9 along with the kernel it came with
-flashed different roms but all came with the same problem
-even unrooted and went back to original rom, but still had the same problem
-The phone was once repaired from water damaage. Including a battery change
-Since i started running CM9, while charging the phone, it doesnt get insanely HOT as when it was running original rom or any custom rom
-Downloaded wake lock to keep my phone always on, 24/7 so i kinda feel sorry for the phone as it is always on... and i miss my lock screen
please all u android gurus, help me out with this problem. I totally love this phone and its my first android.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
If water damage happened recently (in the past month) I think your problem is water damage, because i think that when you took the phone on repair, they missed some spot cleaning the liquid on the board/under IC's (in the BGA), and now it started messing the circuitry. It has nothing to do with software, but there is one last thing you could try - JTAG... And i work in a service for repairing mobile phones .
Sorry if my English is bad.
Whenever a device goes to cwm upon reboot, software is misbehaving.
Keep on stock, plain stock.
If you like, you can use a nuke script to clean the device for custom ROMs leftovers.
Sent from the little guy
Hi Guys,
wifey is using a Samsung Galaxy SII, unrooted and on stock firmware.
All of the sudden today the phone went off this morning and she was not able to turn it back on. She charges it overnight, but nevertheless she had to put in on the charger to be able to turn it on. The phone was sort of hanging on the launcher screen, one more shutdown and then everything was fine.
With the exception of the WiFi. She can't turn it on. Doesn't matter from where I try it. Status bar or setting, the button goes green for a second and returns back to grey.
Any suggestions what we can try? Otherwise we have to bring it to the service center :crying:
linuxholgi said:
Hi Guys,
wifey is using a Samsung Galaxy SII, unrooted and on stock firmware.
All of the sudden today the phone went off this morning and she was not able to turn it back on. She charges it overnight, but nevertheless she had to put in on the charger to be able to turn it on. The phone was sort of hanging on the launcher screen, one more shutdown and then everything was fine.
With the exception of the WiFi. She can't turn it on. Doesn't matter from where I try it. Status bar or setting, the button goes green for a second and returns back to grey.
Any suggestions what we can try? Otherwise we have to bring it to the service center :crying:
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The service center option sounds good to me.
You might flash another stock ROM, or re-flash the current firmware to the phone.
And in recovery mode (shut down the phone, then press Volume UP + Home + Power buttons till the recovery menu appears), you can wipe cache, then rebot normally.
That will only delete the cache partition (and not your data).
Maybe that can help.
If not ... bring it to the service center for repair/replacement.
Good luck !
If it's never been anything other than a stock phone (I.E you've never run anything other than stock firmware/never rooted or messed with the phone), absolutely do not flash anything.
You've got a warranty, use it. The worst thing you could do would be anything that could void that warranty.
Thanks guys. For sure I will not root that phone or flash anything else than stock. All my phones/gadgets are on custom firmwares, but for my wife I prefer to keep it stock
Yesterday evening the wireless was back on, without doing anything. I found a thread related to the issue
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=28036
it seems that a lot of SII owners have faced this issue and it was hardware related.
For now I hope, it will continue to work. But when the WiFi fails once again, it must be the leaking battery, described in the link.
Secuence of events that happened BEFORE the problem started:
1-Had a working rom of CM7.2
2-Battery was going out too quickly (7 hours or so) therefore I tried wiping battery data
3-Charged the phone
4- Unplugged it, took a picture
Problem:
One hour later I realised it was turned off...
I turned it on again, it turned off soon afterwards
for a moment it had a problem turning on (it wouldn't go past the cm logo)
afterwards it was even worse; it turned off before even passing the first logo, I couldn't even get it to recovery mode.
Solution Attempt no.1
Tried to get it to stock rom with Odin.
I was able too... but the problem persisted in the new Rom.
Solution Attempt no.2
Tried to get another rom
My situation NOW
I'm back on stock Rom. If I leave my phone alone for like an hour or so it works for 20/30 secs before turning off... After that the problem gets worse till I cannot boot.
Any ideas guys?
How old is the battery? There are apps on playstore to check your battery, thats where I would start. It doesn't sound like a Rom problem, sounds like hardware.ie battery first. Gluck.
Sugartibbs said:
How old is the battery? There are apps on playstore to check your battery, thats where I would start. It doesn't sound like a Rom problem, sounds like hardware.ie battery first. Gluck.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can't have the phone on for 1 minute, forget about downloading and using an app from the store...
I don't know if it's a hardware problem since it happen really suddenly...and just the day after I resetted the battery stats ..... Maybe it is a hardware issue but I want to be sure I tested everything first
Hey, maybe you moved on but I was having the same issue on every ROM.. stock or not. being the detective I am I investigated and inspected.
One of my battery connecting pins is loose even though it's pressed tightly in the case any moderate amount of force or impact loosens it from the contacts.
My temp solution for you would be to add something to the back cover to apply enough pressure to keep the battery still or resolder the copper connectors. The first being easier.
Hit thanks if that helps.
Invest in a new battery. Simple solution.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app
Hello everybody!,
My name is Ferdi and usually if i need help i can find it somewhere on this forum but for this problem I searched the whole internet but couldn't find a thing about it
The problem:
Last week I turned off my S3. it went out for 1 second, suddenly after that the screen turns on again telling me: Downloading, do not turn of target.
So i didn't turn it off because i thought it was actually downloading. it wasn't downloading but it did manage to get my battery empty real quick.
When my battery was empty i tried to charge it at home but it didn't respond to anything (different chargers, connecting it to PC etc.)
I got a new battery thinking my Li-Ion battery had its best time, this new battery did wel and i was able to charge it when it was on.
after i put it off once more it showed the same "Downloading" message again and i pulled out the battery so it wouldn't get empty again.
Tried to reboot a minute later, S3 booted like it was supposed too.
Summary:
The thing is that I can only charge it when it's on.
Does anybody know what I can do to fix it because i turned it off again leaving the battery in it and the battery is now empty and the telephone does not respond to anything anymore.
Thank you very much in advance!
Kind regards,
Ferdi
For very strange reason your s3 is entering the download mode ! Try flashing stock firmware
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
chris_marsh said:
For very strange reason your s3 is entering the download mode ! Try flashing stock firmware
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 4 Beta
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for your quick respond,
do you think it is a pure software problem?
the main issue for me is that i can't boot it into download mode even now because it won't charge when it's off and the battery is down.
Charge your battery in an external charger or someone else's S3.
Download a full stock rom from sammobile and flash using odin, follow instructions from 'how to return to stock guide'.
Once stock then test charging function, if still the same then hardware fault - you'll need a service centre.