Good day all,
I've got an issue with my phone.
When I reboot my phone it starts acting like its connected with the PC and then its normal and then it thinks its connected again. This loop will maintain itself for around 5 min or so.. It also thinks that the battery is being charged sometimes. I've absolutely no idea whats wrong, so I've you guys can give my some help, then I will appreciate it very much!
Gr,
Leek.
Either you've got a HTC Touch & you're in the wrong forum or maybe you'd like to give us some details like rom/kernel/etc & them maybe we might be able to help.
Actually, I'll preempt those details & say if you're running a non-stock rom, re-flash stock back on to your phone & see if you can replicate these problems. Obviously if you have these issues on stock there may be a hardware issue, but if it only happens with a non-stock rom/kernel then there's obviously something with the rom/kernel causing you problems.
@MistahBungle
Excuse me, adapt my signature (couldn't find the edit function fast enough).
All the things you ask are there I suppose.
I've tried so far: Root my device and delete the battery data (was one of the options I read online).
Greets,
Leek
OK. So you're running stock (apart from root) & you're having problems. That sounds like it might be a problem with either the battery or the phone itself. Maybe try flashing the CFRoot kernel again (assuming you used CFRoot to root your phone ?).
Failing that, you could try going back to complete stock. Yes, I know CFRoot kernels are so close to stock it ain't funny, but given you're already running stock for all intensive purposes, these two options are the only things I can think of short of maybe trying another battery or sending the phone in for warranty service.
@MistahBungle can I ask you for your help about this?
Because I have absolutely no idea how I could flash the CFRoot kernel again..
Thanks!
Anyone that can lead me in the right direction?
I've used odin before, and I know how to install, but I've absolutely no idea what kernel version I've to install.
Greets,
Leek.
Kernel: 2.6.35.7-I9100XWKDD-CL161513
Build number: GINGERBREAD.XWKK2
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Ancient kernel running on rather recent OS build (that usually runns a kernel that's been updated two more times since the one currently running).
Not sure if that's causing the problem, but that's not a too good mix.
Newer kernel with older OS -> cool
Older kernel with newer OS -> uncool
@HellcatDroid
Aha, thats interesting!
So if I would install a later version like: GT-I9100_XWKK5 then It would be ok again?
As I said, I don't know if that's that cause, for all we know it could also be a hardware fault.
But it's surely worth a try.
Ive had this issue, it was because there was dust in the usb port which caused something in the phone to short out and cause a software issue. In the end mine wouldnt even charge, it would turn itself on straight after I turned it on. I had to get mine fixed at a service centre. Hopefully yours just needs a clean.
this is a hardware problem,suggest to fix it in the official repairment office.
one of my phone occured the very problem,and i sent it back...
@HellcatDroid,
Lets hope so, I'll give it a try this evening or tomorrow morning.
@bungknees.
I'll try and clean it this eve.
@lsnc
That won't be nice...
Question to you all. when I send my phone back, there need to be the offical ROM and kernel on it, am I right?
If this is true,
Could you guys please help me with this?
Greets,
Leek.
Well cleaned it later on, past weekend and surprisingly it stopped with initializing every time. But it is still rebooting itself when I turn my phone off. Any idea what causes itself to reboot? maybe a short circuit somewhere?
Guess what, after charging my battery and disconnection my charger, its still saying: "Battery completely charged, please remove the charger".
Whats this?
Greets,
Leek
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Hey guys, I've been having issues with my X10a's data connection. Tried the latest Wolf's gingerbread, and of course flashing down to a generic 2.1 which does seem a bit more stable on the connection but I'm hoping I can figure out the issue completely.
Basically, when the radio initiates a data connection the handset has a good chance of freezing up and plopping itself into a nasty little reboot. Now I've tried up and down flashes like I said, tried a new battery, SD cards and I'll probably resort to buying a new sim to test with to rule that last bit out too. Any help would really be appreciated. Here's some current info.
*Wireless seems to work just fine
*can make calls send texts
Carrier AT&T
Android Ver. 2.3.3
Baseband Ver. 2.1.71
Kernel: 2.6.29-00054-g5f01537
Thanks in advance for any help guys.
Maybe this can help:
Via recovery:
Wipe dalvik cache
advanced options-fix permissions.
greets
Tried it a couple times but it Didn't seem to help any unfortunately, thanks anyway.
Edit: I've set my phone to not use Data on the phone radio for the time being so I can still at least use wifi which seems to be doing just fine Calls work and text messaging works just fine too bizarrely enough. Another thing I'd like to note is that One dump log (that I unfortunately lost) from when I was testing to make sure it wasn't a heat issue both times seemed to point to some possible networking related aspect, NPARTS? or the like with some other stuff.
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i had problem too !!!
but solved now
goku16 said:
add me on gtalk [email protected]
i had problem too !!!
but solved now
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Added, any help is always appreciated, it's a bit weird how this issue is slowly starting to surface for multiple people at once.
Why add GTalk instead post it here so everybody can solve if it happens to them.
silveraero said:
Why add GTalk instead post it here so everybody can solve if it happens to them.
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Hopefully he'll open a thread about it here for everyone.
silveraero said:
Why add GTalk instead post it here so everybody can solve if it happens to them.
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cuz im not the expert @@
im afraid of making mistake as well?
so yeah, better in conversation but i got my phone work after 2 days of flashing back and forth @@
but anyway... will see how it go with the person i just helped, if it goes well then i ll start, if not then idk... will figure something out
Well, no luck with any 2.3.3 based android unfortunately so I down flashed to a 10a 2.1 build and that seems to run just fine as far as the radio is concerned, in the end I think there's just so many factors to muddle through hardware wise cables, sims, batteries yada-yada that i'll take this turn of fortune and wait to see if SE ever releases anything 10a specific on the assumption there may be an off chance it addresses some rare little quirk a few others and myself seem to have.
Sounds similar to my problem, maybe same solution... Every time phone is on charger and network is used, phone automatically rebooted after a little while. For me, this was same on all WB GB roms until now. But now, I am typing this and browsing XDA while charging and its not rebooting. I cant give you a guarantee but maybe phone just needs time to settle? Its been preyty good to me for a while now.
flash the phone in the weekend and leave it alone for like half a day or something^^
i leave it overnight and surprisingly wake up and see the phone is on without any lose of battery ( well, 1or 2% ) ^^!
Just an update on my progress. I was playing around with the phone last night, and had managed to get it to the stage of having the 2.3 update but without a sim. I charged it to 100% and then attempted to put in the sim card. It didn't like that very much and instead of going through the restart loop, it just would not turn on.
I flashed it back to 2.1 and i it worked again. Then i flashed it to 2.3 and it wouldn't turn on again. Flashed it back to 2.1 and gave up for the night.
This morning, i tried to put in the sim card in 2.1 and it worked!
I think on my next days off, (in 2 days) i will try and flash it to 2.3 and see what happens.
In reference to the posibility of a hardware issue, i did not smell any burning The phone has been running all night and the battery is not hot at all. In fact it is cold. It could still be a hardware issue, but I'm not getting any of the issues described in that thread mentioned execpt the restarting.
Yeah, it's seeming like our phones are in a little "Does not like 2.3" minority If I could decipher the hardware version stuff under the battery maybe that would offer some more clues up.
Yeah, it's seeming like our phones are in a little "Does not like 2.3" minority If I could decipher the hardware version stuff under the battery maybe that would offer some more clues up.
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Yeah, i'll take a picture of the the specs and post it up here in the next few days.
srsly guys... u need more than a day to flashing around to get it working.. especially the BB + kernel... as far as i can remember... because mine is x10a... i flashed the 2.1 generic FW and i have BB54... then i root + install xrecovery...
then i flash the 2.3 ftf via flashtool using the flashtool mentioned in Doomlord rooting method section ( because the xrecovery only working if u install through that version)
after flash, i leave it all night ( well because i felt to sleep while the phone still booting) in the morning i wake up and there it is... battery is nearly as full and phone running great with signal
then i root the phone via doomlord method + install xrecovery... then leave the phone for a while see if any reboot--- but none
so i start flash via xrecovery wolf's version... firstly on 3.5.... nothign else and leave it for half a day....
Yeah, that's what i plan on trying. The method of leaving it for a while after you have done something worked for my sim card issue.
do it on weekend yeah? or else u gonna get bored because otw to work the x10 keep rebooting =))
I use xperia x10a japanese docomo base. And i have the same problem
Any gingerbread rom get into boot loop once i insert my sim card. Without sim, it just works fine. What might be the problem, and how to fix it?
So far so good
I can confirm a very slow and steady pace works the best, Running Wolf's now and it seems stable so far, I'll keep an eye on it and give you guys an update in a while.
it will be fine.. just let it run without flashing anything ^^!
for a while
Hello!
Well... I have this phone since yesterday... I plugged to the computer with Kies, and well, a update was available... now the phone have Froyo and the aesthetics changed completely, it looks awesome.
But, the phone have this ANNOYING problem that, after using it... like 5~10 minutes of no activity, when I try to use the phone again it doesnt work... doesn't respond to any button, I have to take off the battery in order to restart it and that over and over again...
I've realized also that this happens when I'm using wifi, if I left the phone with wifi on this happens, without wifi seems to work fine.
Somebody have any clue what could be? there's little information about this issue in the internet...
I think I'm going to return it but I want to try everything I can do (without voiding the warranty) since the phone was perfect for what I wanted.
Thanks in advance!
Hey. I got the same problem here. It only happened a few times when I just had froyo that came stock on my galaxy 5 but I recently installed cyanogenmod 7 and now its happening everytime I put my phone down.
So I'm guessing it may be directly related to what rom is installed? I've heard about it happening a bit to people who have 2.1 installed to.
I dont know too much but it seems the only fix is to take out battery and turn on.
Sorry I can't help more. I hope somebody knows a bit more than me on this.
Think this is called something like the 'wifi sleep of death', something to do with the rom. i'd try change the rom and see if it still occurs
Thanks for the hints tho!, but I returned the phone... it seems that is a bug related to the update of the phone, since I know that with the out of the box 2.1 version it doesn't have that issue...
You know, the mobile carriers also do weird stuff to the roms... -__-
So sometime in the last week or 2, my I9300 started randomly freezing up and/or shutting off by itself.
it's usually a while after booting - i'll come to unlock it, and the LED will be showing Blue. Clicking any of the buttons doesn't do anything, nor does waiting a while.
Holding down the power button for a few seconds boot/reboots the phone though, and it works normally when it starts back up again - although after a while it will die again.
Sometimes it runs for hours, sometimes just minutes.
Occasionally, it will freeze up while i'm actually using it - the screen stays on, frozen in place, but the touchscreen and buttons won't do anything (although oddly, multiple clicks of the home button make the colours invert?).
Anyway, i thought this soundsed a bit like this 'Sudden Death' bug, but how do I know? I installed and ran the eMMC check app and it says:
Phone Model: Samsung GT-I9300
eMMC chip: Type VTu00M, Date 05/2012, CID 15010056545530304df1f900755f5f5f, FwRev oxf1
SGS3 Sudden Death? YES. Insane chip.
My question is - what does this mean? Do i have the problem and just need to make sure i run a kernel with the fix, or is the phone now broken and needs replacing/fixing?
If it does need fixing, do i need to revert it to stock ROM and run triangleaway or anything before i send it in, or is it fine how it is?
It's currently running crDroid 11.1 XXELLC, and it was at the time i started noticing the problem. I'm using Siyah 1.8.9, although i was using an earlier version before (can't remember what).
Same problem here... i don´t know what to do... today i make a lot of things to attempt to restore all but everything fail... i decided to talk with samsung and send the phone to repair, in a few days I hope to come to pick up the phone, I have to say that I had to pay 24 € for the shipping and after playing wait month or month and a half. is frustrating but hopefully come good repair.
One read the SDS thread . Two if you think you have the problem or a problem follow the how to revert to stock post and take to a service centre .
Freeze is more likely rom and or kernel .
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although oddly, multiple clicks of the home button make the colours invert AS IT SHOULD .
jje
thanks - have read the SDS thread and the stuff people were talking about there didn't really sound like what's happening for me, which is why i posted this thread.
I also thought that it sounded like the ROM or kernel, which is why I have now tried Siyah, tank, and boeffla kernel latest versions, as well as the foxhound, android revolution, and darky roms.
none have made a difference so far
I'm just looking for some ideas on what to do next - should i try reverting back to an Old rom/kernel, should i try a non-sammy based one, is it possible that my SD card is somehow causing the problem?
i didn't know that the multi-click thing inverted the colours - why does it though? it doesn't seem like something i'd want a shortcut to.
Wipe phone flash stock rom .
jje
Fixed it by moving from ELLA modem & wiping.
This thread is your solution : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2091045
so i wiped again and installed the MA2 modem - this made the freezing problem even worse so i wiped again and installed the ELKC modem.
this was on Monday and I hadn't had a single freeze until this morning, when it's frozen 4 times in the space of a few hours.
so i guess i'm flashing back to the factory image...
Lear95 said:
Fixed it by moving from ELLA modem & wiping.
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Hi,
First of all i want to thank you all that will read this and maybe try to help me. I love doing my stuff without help, so this post came after searching, and i didn't find anything close to it.
My S3 is 8 months old, and is a Grey edition. The phone itself did great, and did nothing to give me clues that have something wrong. No freezes, no glitches, since i bought it, stay on charger over night, wifi allways on, played almost everygame that i can get hands on.
1. is rooted, and is on 412, XEMC3/ baseband XEMB6, Adam Kernel 3.0.31
2. 16gb international version.
3. i think i was haveing 2-3 months that i didn't reboot my phone (wasn't necessary at all)
4. Last night, i sense a freeze comming, and i shutdown the phone.
The issue:
After i shutdown the phone, the fault apear: The blue led remain ON (solid).
Take out the battery, the led goes off, and stay off after inserting the battery.
Start the phone, the blue led goes on normaly and off after boot. Received emails, sms etc, led blinking normaly. No freezes, no glitches etc, phone works like shoud work.
Shutdown the phone again, and the blue led remains on after power off
Anyone face this issue? I just wanna ask before takeing radical actions like wipe, flash roms and maybe going to restore for warranty.
With anticipated thanks for any help,
Cristian
try wipe cache + dalvik cache + fix permissions + reboot... ?
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try wipe cache + dalvik cache + fix permissions + reboot... ?
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done that (wipe all dalvik, cache, etc).
The same behaviour, shutdown, the blue led remain on (solid - waited with the phone off 30 min.
The led remain on for the all tine, no blink, no fade, etc). Phone again working smothly.
Thank you for your advice
See return to stock for warranty how to in General .
jje
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See return to stock for warranty how to in General .
jje
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i know how to return to stock....but, my quetion is..this is a hardware problem, or a software?....the phone is working very very good and stable, except this anoing (that i know about it issue)
you'll know if you follow the guide in the thread
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i know how to return to stock....but, my quetion is..this is a hardware problem, or a software?....the phone is working very very good and stable, except this anoing (that i know about it issue)
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With the information given its virtually impossible to tell.....consider this:-
Any one of your apps could be causing this.
So, as jj suggested, return to stock, ... .does problem still exist? If not, then you have a start point and you will need to work back to where you are now, adding a few apps at a time etc
Just because you don't like the sound of a solution/ find it too arduous to implement a diagnostic process.....it doesn't mean it isn't valid.
I would say, in this case (as with many) returning to stock and starting from there is the quickest solution.
It will certainly differentiate between hardware/software fault.
Consider all this before you speak in a dismissive tone to someone who offers help
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With the information given its virtually impossible to tell.....consider this:-
Any one of your apps could be causing this.
So, as jj suggested, return to stock, ... .does problem still exist? If not, then you have a start point and you will need to work back to where you are now, adding a few apps at a time etc
Just because you don't like the sound of a solution/ find it too arduous to implement a diagnostic process.....it doesn't mean it isn't valid.
I would say, in this case (as with many) returning to stock and starting from there is the quickest solution.
It will certainly differentiate between hardware/software fault.
Consider all this before you speak in a dismissive tone to someone who offers help
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Im sorry and i apologize for my tone, wasn't my intention to offend any of you, especially that you try to help me.
I just wanna understand, why, shutting down the phone, still powering the blue led. It looks like a hardware failure, but is a strange one.
I will get a replacement phone, and get my s3 to stock, and maybe after that going to warranty.
The issue doesn't affect the phone functionality, but affects me mentally that i know about it.
Again apologies for my tone, and thanks for try to help me.
Best regards
No need to apologise to me, I do suggest returning to fully stock to try and eliminate hardware problem before doing anything else
To keep things simple, I had a cracked screen on the Ultra which was replaced last week. However now the phone screen is slow and unresponsive after about a minute of use (fast & like new after right turning on however).
Ive tried the mod tweak found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2522657
As well as the thermal screen calibration here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470070
There is no change with either mode. Cleaning with alcohol only works for a few minutes, and yes Ive removed the ASF for no change.
It should be noted that when booted at first minute or two, the touch inferface is quick and brilliant. After a minute or so it gets slower and remains so. Typing a text is a gruelling affair at that point,
Ran 4.3 android and updated to 4.4.4 and also no change in performance.
Does anyone have any ideas/ tips or pointers?
HELP!?!
An app with a memory leak?
Looks quite normal. RAM 1.1GB used; 600MB free.
Unless thats not what were talking about?
EDIT: might be up to something. using advanced kill on Go taskmanager EX and its seemed to do improve the situation in the short term. Will keep testing
Well got about that far thus far. The advanced kill works sometimes, but none of the apps look out of whack (from my basic knowledge anyhow)
Any help/ links in diagnosing a memory leak would be very appreciated.
Don't suppose you've got the Google now launcher? I had to uninstall as they introduced a memory leak in the last update.
Un updated it just in case.
Its tough as even watchdog lite isint detecting much. com.google.android.gms:snet at startup took 22% CPu but otherwise its steady.
Grr jezz I even did a factory reset to 4.4.4 and its still there. Would trying a custom rom help?
Well as an update manage to completely wipe and reinstall the OS. No change in performance however
Does anyone know if a faulty screen install could be to blame for this?
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Well as an update manage to completely wipe and reinstall the OS. No change in performance however
Does anyone know if a faulty screen install could be to blame for this?
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Could well be, but i find it strange that it acts normal again after a reboot? That alone indicates that it's something wrong with the software. I still hold a finger on a process gone wild. Do you have Recovery installed? If yes, re-flash the ROM or flash something else and see if that solves it. I would personally flash a stock ROM and flash it with Flashtool so you don't have to root or void any warranties, and it'll be the simplest thing to do in case the screen is still acting weird after flash, and you want to get it checked out again (since it most certainly will be a hardware issue at that point).
So, fire up Flashtool, download a complete stock ROM (TFT), flash it, test it. Is it working fine now? Sweet. Keep using the ROM. Is it still the same thing? Contact the repair center again and tell them what's up and please do tell them that you've already done a factory reset, since that's the first thing they'll do themselves. Do not tell them about Flashtool or any other hacks or tweaks. They'll probably blame you if they think that you're an XDA user. "Oh, so you've been playing with it, and you bricked it and wanna fix it for free, bla bla".
Ask if they can open the device again and check that everything is fine and that you haven't received a faulty panel.
Ive actually did a complete tft flash of the original xperia ultra software. No change whatsoever vs previous state.
Im increasingly suspecting a hardware issue. Could it be a poorly plugged in cable? Its random chugging/ smooth response is completely confusing...
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Ive actually did a complete tft flash of the original xperia ultra software. No change whatsoever vs previous state.
Im increasingly suspecting a hardware issue. Could it be a poorly plugged in cable? Its random chugging/ smooth response is completely confusing...
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Did you flash the exact same FTF that you've always used, or did you flash one from a different region? I would try the GPe ROM if i were you, just to be sure, but don't bother doing it if you're not rooted and ready to flash. Yes it can easily be a hardware issue, and you should probably contact Sony or your nearest service center.
As an update I tried installing a fresh tft flash of a different build but same issue.
Notably noticed that the notification light on the screen is not working at all, so currently looks like a hardware issue. Will keep updated for reference & visit a repair centre