I have two galaxy s2s. one is i9100 and the other one is i777 on at&t.
SoD happened once on each phone. The i777 was running stock gingerbread and the i9100 was running resurrection remix 1.9.1 with the siyan kernal I believe.
The screen just wouldn't turn on so I just pulled the battery out (is it safe for the phone?)
This doesn't happen often,well just once each on each phone as stated before, but it does bug me as it makes me think there's something wrong with my phones, and pulling the battery out doesn't seem like it's good for the phone.
I searched around the forum a bit and saw other people are having this issue as well. And not just the galaxy s2, but other phones too.
only sleep of death in almost 10 months of use is when i tried xwlp9.
so no its not common
It's fairly common yes, a lot of people running non-stock ROMs get this. I had this ~25 times on numerous Resurrection Remix ROMs, but since v1.9 I haven't had this issue fortunately. If it's causing you a big problem, try fixing permissions from CWM recovery, that seemed to make a big difference when I was having the problem.
SOD usually occurs when the kernel UV the CPU or GPU a little to much. Not every device is the same and not handle same kernels, UV values etc
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From the sound of it, it seems to be a software problem.
I got it on the i777 which wasn't running a custom rom. But I think it could be caused by that battery management app that I installed.
anyway, my main concern is that if there's anything wrong physically with the hardware. ( having the SoD caused by software problem is much easier to swallow as to it being caused by hardware problem, as I can just reflash the kernal, roms, factory reset, etc. )
and did removing the battery while in SoD mode damage the phone?
It's normally a firmware issue, or a conflict between an app & the firmware. You'd find it's pretty rare for an 'untouched' (I.E not modded) phone running stock firmware to have SOD's. And obviously if you're flashing custom firmware that's constantly evolving/changing, then sometimes you're going to get SOD's, tho with most well crafted firmware these are fairly rare.
I reckon I've probably had <10 in the 8 mths I've had my phone & I've been running non-stock firmware the whole time save for the week I got my phone, which is nothing when stacked up against all the mucking around I've with my phone.
Edit to add - One way you can test to see if SOD's you're having are possibly hardware related is to do a completely clean install of stock firmware & see if they still happen. If they don't, then it's obviously whatever firmware you were running. If they do, then it might be hardware-related. Re: your question about pulling the battery after a SOD, normally this shouldn't cause you any problems (it's sometimes the only way you can successfully reboot the phone).
The only known SOD issues on I9100 are the old 2.3.3 (don't remember which one) and the XWLP9 kernel.
Custom roms... well. No need to elaborate I guess.
Most of them have undervolted settings as default.
victorator said:
The only known SOD issues on I9100 are the old 2.3.3 (don't remember which one) and the XWLP9 kernel.
Custom roms... well. No need to elaborate I guess.
Most of them have undervolted settings as default.
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Im pretty sure i rooted my phone on the we with LP9 kernel. Since Sunday, I've had about 10 sods and never had one before... no doubt here as to what's causing it. I plan to change the kernel on the we and hopefully no more sod.
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Im pretty sure i rooted my phone on the we with LP9 kernel. Since Sunday, I've had about 10 sods and never had one before... no doubt here as to what's causing it. I plan to change the kernel on the we and hopefully no more sod.
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Or just flash the newer build. No SOD there.
wanewon said:
anyway, my main concern is that if there's anything wrong physically with the hardware. ( having the SoD caused by software problem is much easier to swallow as to it being caused by hardware problem, as I can just reflash the kernal, roms, factory reset, etc. )
and did removing the battery while in SoD mode damage the phone?
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How about this?
I answered your question. Read the edit I made to my post.
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How about this?
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I answered your question. Read the edit I made to my post.
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Thank you for the answer.
Since it's kinda hard to recreate the SOD. I'll reflash the rom and kernal and do a wipe and see if the SOD still happen
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Or just flash the newer build. No SOD there.
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Victorator, forgive my ignorance, but are you saying i should just flash the latest build, XWLPD, onto my fone rather than re-rooting it using a different kernel (i.e. CF-Root-SGS2_DX_SIN_LP9-v5.4-CWM5.zip) in order to stop the SOD?
Never faced such issues ever.
Sleep of death
Hi all, the SLEEP OF DEATH on android phones has even become worse; somebody said this issue is resolved in ICS 4.0.3; thats not true. As of now; i have a galaxy S2 i900, 1 month and 2 weeks old, running ICS 4.0.4 and I have been experiencing this problem lately and took back my phone for repairs last week, got back the phone yesterday and this morning the sleep of death happened 3 times in 1 hour. I took the phone for repairs again later this evening and i made it clear to them that problem still hangs around and i told them that if it comes back with the same problem, they got to give me a new one because it happens on some devices only and im dead serious because SAMSUNG knows about this issue very well and they do nothing. NOW CHECK THIS OUT: the new SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 features this disease too; i was in the queue with two S3 clients reporting this problem. Android is really bad at times; im moving to APPLE
Will keep you Updated
MALCOM
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Hi all, the SLEEP OF DEATH on android phones has even become worse; somebody said this issue is resolved in ICS 4.0.3; thats not true. As of now; i have a galaxy S2 i900, 1 month and 2 weeks old, running ICS 4.0.4 and I have been experiencing this problem lately and took back my phone for repairs last week, got back the phone yesterday and this morning the sleep of death happened 3 times in 1 hour. I took the phone for repairs again later this evening and i made it clear to them that problem still hangs around and i told them that if it comes back with the same problem, they got to give me a new one because it happens on some devices only and im dead serious because SAMSUNG knows about this issue very well and they do nothing. NOW CHECK THIS OUT: the new SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 features this disease too; i was in the queue with two S3 clients reporting this problem. Android is really bad at times; im moving to APPLE
Will keep you Updated
MALCOM
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bah bye
SOD
im having the same trouble with stock android 4.0.3 and know with
super nexus rom, the only way to solve it, is to use a program that
prevent phone lock, at the costo of more batery use
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darkm1st87 said:
im having the same trouble with stock android 4.0.3 and know with
super nexus rom, the only way to solve it, is to use a program that
prevent phone lock, at the costo of more batery use
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Could u please test something for me...because i am trying to solve this problem since a long time..
Could u put your phone while open screen on refrigerator for 30' .There is no fear of destroy the phone.I have test already 2 phones with sod and both are doing it with low temp.I want to see if it is sw or hd problem
tkrokod said:
Could u please test something for me...because i am trying to solve this problem since a long time..
Could u put your phone while open screen on refrigerator for 30' .There is no fear of destroy the phone.I have test already 2 phones with sod and both are doing it with low temp.I want to see if it is sw or hd problem
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Hi,
I'm also trying to solve this problem, since weeks.
My observations:
SOD happens most on higher battery status (e.g. more SOD's at 80% battery then at 20%
The Phone gets hot after SOD and also before the SOD comes.
While loading the Phone SOD's happen more often
The battery status drains rapidly while SOD (cause of the resulting heat)
My SOD's are independent of kernel, rom, firmware or what ever.
I think it's a hardware problem, but I've no warranty and what to solve the problem without changing the mainboard. It couldn't be a really defective of an important part, cause the phone works apart of this SOD-problem.
Maybe we could find out together howto solve these anoying sod's
Hey. Im trying to solve the SOD problem myself cause its been happening every day and its really annyoing since the phone isnt even a month old.
I got the newest cyanogen mod running.
The phones model is GT-i9100
Android is 4,2,1
I still have warranty on it, do you think I should go back to stock, go exchange my phone where I got it and see if the new one has SOD too or should I just try fixing it first.
Also apps I use constantly : go launcher and dragonvale
I have a 8 gb micro SD inside as well, dunno if that could cause this.
Hello all,
I've been experimenting with custom roms lately. First I tried resurrection since it got lotsa attention and then I tried sensation, all causing the same problem.
I was lucky to have a NAND backup so I quickly went back to my stock rom. But now I am wondering why are these roms causing heating problems but not the stock rom? Interestingly, many people are using them without any complaints.
I thought this might be a problem with my phone. I contacted amazon and asked for a replacement, they were nice to replace the product even after 3 months! (kudos to them).
But now I'm wondering if this will solve my problem. Moreover, I sometimes had heating while charging the phone, bolstering my thesis that the phone is faulty. Any ideas anyone?
you returned your phone for no reason!
If it works fine on stock, phone is fine.
Learn how to use custom roms, read how to flash each Rom in their thread.
Basically, modem and kernel are related to heat. Plus one needs to wipe his/her phone completely at least once before going to custom.
atifsh said:
you returned your phone for no reason!
If it works fine on stock, phone is fine.
Learn how to use custom roms, read how to flash each Rom in their thread.
Basically, modem and kernel are related to heat. Plus one needs to wipe his/her phone completely at least once before going to custom.
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Lol calm down! I've not returned it, I am going to replace it. I've had heating problems with stock rom as well, especially while charging. I've changed the battery, thinking the problem was the battery but it didn't help at all. Also today, after being back to stock rom, it still heats up even with simple tasks. So I assume there is some kind of fault.
It's normal for your phone to heat up. If it heats up its perfectly normal because the cores are working fine. If u got battery heating warnings or any other phone heating warning thats the problem and you should investigate =D
Hi
I recently updated my phone to nightmare v2 rom from wanam v7 and have been experiencing heating issues since moving to 4.2.2. I never had this issue on 4.1.2. Battery is still cold or normal tempreture but heat is coming from behind sim and sd card.
Has anyone else experienced this
Could this be hardware issue or just rom related.
Thanks
ruffnek786 said:
Hi
I recently updated my phone to nightmare v2 rom from wanam v7 and have been experiencing heating issues since moving to 4.2.2. I never had this issue on 4.1.2. Battery is still cold or normal tempreture but heat is coming from behind sim and sd card.
Has anyone else experienced this
Could this be hardware issue or just rom related.
Thanks
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You could try another 4.2.2 rom and see? if its still hot go back to 4.1.2. *If its not hot then, its definitely not hardware
I am going through the same situation, with a ROM in specific, and I am desepcionado for the purpose of work and great ROM but not to use it for a long time because they are just 4:0, and fry an egg in the skeleton.
Already changed the rom, and everything works good
ruffnek786 said:
Hi
I recently updated my phone to nightmare v2 rom from wanam v7 and have been experiencing heating issues since moving to 4.2.2. I never had this issue on 4.1.2. Battery is still cold or normal tempreture but heat is coming from behind sim and sd card.
Has anyone else experienced this
Could this be hardware issue or just rom related.
Thanks
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it gets hot in the same place on playing games or using data network for a long time. that's normal in any phone and that's not any hardware problem as already mentioned above. try the above suggestion and report back. good luck :good:
I use this rom too, and have no problem.
Try to re flash, now is there 2.1
☆ se lo leggi é perché l'ho scritto, con Tapatalk dal mio Galaxy S3 ☆
Jah bless you!!
Hey
I have been flashing ROMs over the past year. Not sure if its related but I eventually managed to almost blow up my battery (excessive bulging), and my phone started experiencing massive heat issues. (Though I think its predominantly due to bad charging habits)
Got a new battery but the phone still heats up with basic phone usage (browser,BBC app ) around the camera,though not as much as before and eventually the SIM card stops being detected.
The problem with the heating and sim card detection came first during MIUI Rom. Since then I have tried revolution and carbon ROMs and still the phone heats up and sim card stops being detected. I eventually need to restart the phone and wait for it to cool down before the SIM is recognised. (The IMEI is intact)
Sorry I dont have actual temperature ranges but even basic usage causes this. I can barely get through a call before the call drops due to the same issue.
Can you help me in understanding if this is a software issue - incorrect baseband?kernel?ROM issue?
Or if I have done permanent damage to my hardware when the battery bulged and the phone overheated?
I have a i9100 bought in India currently being used in UK on Revolution ROM XWLSW V4.0.
Thanks
My wifes phone(the one i now use) was the same using 4.0.4,so now i use 2.3.5 with speedmod and i never get any problems.
For me,it must be the hardware that doesnt like certain roms.
Have you tried Neat ROM lite?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569686
theunderling said:
For me,it must be the hardware that doesnt like certain roms.
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rebel24 said:
Have you tried Neat ROM lite?
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Thanks for your replies.
I haven't tried Neat. The issue first came in MIUI. I am inclined to think that had to something with this issue. I recently tried 4.3 based Carbon but absolutely the same issue. That made me think it's the hardware or something wrong with the sim tray.
Just keep trying different roms til your phone likes one of them.Different roms have different effects on each phone.
Just decide whats more important for you.
Yeah try NeatROM lite, as it's close to stock it might help you
Tell us how it works out
Last couple of weeks, with different ROMs I have a strange issue where the screen suddenly starts to flicker in within seconds the
battery drains to being completely empty.
I don't even have a chance to get into BBS and check what process is the culprit.
Any idea what might be causing this problem?
kalda01 said:
Last couple of weeks, with different ROMs I have a strange issue where the screen suddenly starts to flicker in within seconds the
battery drains to being completely empty.
I don't even have a chance to get into BBS and check what process is the culprit.
Any idea what might be causing this problem?
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Your ROM might be the issue.. Does this happens with all ROM or what? Which ROM are you using?
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Your ROM might be the issue.. Does this happens with all ROM or what? Which ROM are you using?
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This happens on samsung based roms like Neatrom, Imperium & ARHD
also happens with CM11 OMNI and SLIM.
tested all these roms with full wipe and clean install.
Could it be a bad battery ?
kalda01 said:
This happens on samsung based roms like Neatrom, Imperium & ARHD
also happens with CM11 OMNI and SLIM.
tested all these roms with full wipe and clean install.
Could it be a bad battery ?
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First check if this happens with stock ROM not the stock based ones.. And if same happens with complete stock than yes it can be battery issue.
Your battery is inflated? If yes, I think that you need a new battery
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Your battery is inflated? If yes, I think that you need a new battery
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Battery is not inflated at all.
kalda01 said:
Last couple of weeks, with different ROMs I have a strange issue where the screen suddenly starts to flicker in within seconds the
battery drains to being completely empty.
I don't even have a chance to get into BBS and check what process is the culprit.
Any idea what might be causing this problem?
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I was facing same issue...i change my battery as it has 2 years old. So i resolved.