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cwilkinson1998

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Recently my phone has just been restarting itself allot and it is getting very annoying. The phone would just be sitting beside me and the next thing I see is the Samsung boot screen. It never restarts when I'm using the phone. Just when it's standing by.

I was thinking an emergency firmware recovery through Samsung kies might work. But I'm afraid of losing my apps. If I do this will the apps be removed or will they be there just as usual?

Current android version that i have is gingerbread 2.3.3

Thanks for any help or advice in advance
 
cwilkinson1998 said:
Recently my phone has just been restarting itself allot and it is getting very annoying. The phone would just be sitting beside me and the next thing I see is the Samsung boot screen. It never restarts when I'm using the phone. Just when it's standing by.

I was thinking an emergency firmware recovery through Samsung kies might work. But I'm afraid of losing my apps. If I do this will the apps be removed or will they be there just as usual?

Current android version that i have is gingerbread 2.3.3

Thanks for any help or advice in advance
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Hi, common problem sadly, starts on Froyo & Gingerbread updates don't seem to cure it! Don't waste time with playing around with firmware etc..., nothing helps in the long run. Leaving your wifi on when not in use or out of range is the main culprit, so turn wifi off when not in use. Hopefully somebody somewhere is working on a proper fix, but until then............:( Graham (the 'thanks' button is easy to find!! ;))
 
Thanks for replying. I tried some things with wifi settings and when I turn the wifi sleep policy to never sleep the phone hasn't restarted since. Thanks again.
 
GrahamF said:
Hi, common problem sadly, starts on Froyo & Gingerbread updates don't seem to cure it! Don't waste time with playing around with firmware etc..., nothing helps in the long run. Leaving your wifi on when not in use or out of range is the main culprit, so turn wifi off when not in use. Hopefully somebody somewhere is working on a proper fix, but until then............:( Graham (the 'thanks' button is easy to find!! ;))
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Hi GrahamF,

Are you referring to the Sleep of Death issue with Froyo? I used to have that whereby the phone didn't restart, it just switched itself off when the wifi was on, but then upgraded to Gingerbread which seemingly cured it. I say seemingly, as although the phone no longer switches itself off when the wifi is on, it will exhibit the same problem as the thread starter, where it will just restart itself randomly, irrespective of whether wifi is on or not :\

Cheers
 
Cardboard said:
Hi GrahamF,

Are you referring to the Sleep of Death issue with Froyo? I used to have that whereby the phone didn't restart, it just switched itself off when the wifi was on, but then upgraded to Gingerbread which seemingly cured it. I say seemingly, as although the phone no longer switches itself off when the wifi is on, it will exhibit the same problem as the thread starter, where it will just restart itself randomly, irrespective of whether wifi is on or not :\

Cheers
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This is exactly my problem
 
Cardboard said:
Have you managed to find a solution yet cwilkinson1998? Im still struggling :(
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The only solutions I can find is all about flashing a new ROM, the last time I tried that I bricked the phone :(

I am looking, every few days I'd Google it to see what comes up.
We can only hope that Samsung will release an update that fixes this
 
My phone has started to do this now when Wifi is off, but I've noticed it doesn't do it when I turn Wi-Fi off then use the phone for ten or so minutes, then lock it.

It must be something to do with Wi-Fi drivers maybe??


We might be getting close to a solution here! :)
 
Im having EXACTLY the same problem as you cwilkinson1998 down to a T! But why is it just us two? If its a driver problem, then surely more people would have it.

Could it be a specific app that is messing things up I wonder?

Additional apps other than stock that I have are:

Bluetooth file transfer
Easy Battery Saver
Friendcaster
Flashlight
Handcent SMS
Bluetooth Volume
Compass
Locas Pro
Droid Runner
Endomondo
LG Camcorder Free
LG Camera Free
MyBackup
Opera Mini
Simple Calender Widget
3G Watchdog
Teamviewer
RAC Traffic
RunKeeper
Runtastic
ShopSavvy
Sky+
Wozzon

Do you have any of these? If so, then maybe whichever we have in common is messing up our phones??
 
Cardboard said:
Im having EXACTLY the same problem as you cwilkinson1998 down to a T! But why is it just us two? If its a driver problem, then surely more people would have it.

Could it be a specific app that is messing things up I wonder?

Additional apps other than stock that I have are:

Bluetooth file transfer
Easy Battery Saver
Friendcaster
Flashlight
Handcent SMS
Bluetooth Volume
Compass
Locas Pro
Droid Runner
Endomondo
LG Camcorder Free
LG Camera Free
MyBackup
Opera Mini
Simple Calender Widget
3G Watchdog
Teamviewer
RAC Traffic
RunKeeper
Runtastic
ShopSavvy
Sky+
Wozzon

Do you have any of these? If so, then maybe whichever we have in common is messing up our phones??
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From that list I have 3G watchdog, Opera Mini, Compass, Flashlight, Bluetooth File Transfer.

I don't think it it is an app because I'm sure other people have 3G watchdog on their galaxy ace and all the other apps we have in common don't run in the background.

But I'm glad to know I'm not alone with this problem!
 
Cardboard said:
BTW, in your XDA thread, you said you solved it with cyanogenmod 7.2. Are you not running that anymore? If not, why not??
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Cyanogenmod solved the constant pain of the phone restarting but after a while it began to 'not wake up' where it shows you the launch screen (Internet slang, 'Sleep of Death' or 'SOD') so I went back to stock ROM.

Tomorrow I have free time so I'm going to try Cyanogenmod again, only this time I'll do a full wipe, cache wipe and dalvik cache wipe so there is nothing getting in the way. I'll be using ClockWorkMod 5.

I'll let you know how I get on or if its solved this problem properly this time.

Just out of interest, what mobile network are you on? Most carriers modify the OS, and other people on the same carrier as me are having some problems with their android phones.


Thanks, Chris
 
Sorry about the late reply. On Friday I have cyanogen mod another go.

So far, no problems except for the odd lag. But it has only restarted once. (better than before!)

I think cyanogen mod does solve the problem but not 100% we still need to do more research into why it is restarting.
 
Cardboard said:
Im having EXACTLY the same problem as you cwilkinson1998 down to a T! But why is it just us two? If its a driver problem, then surely more people would have it.

Could it be a specific app that is messing things up I wonder?

Additional apps other than stock that I have are:

Bluetooth file transfer
Easy Battery Saver
Friendcaster
Flashlight
Handcent SMS
Bluetooth Volume
Compass
Locas Pro
Droid Runner
Endomondo
LG Camcorder Free
LG Camera Free
MyBackup
Opera Mini
Simple Calender Widget
3G Watchdog
Teamviewer
RAC Traffic
RunKeeper
Runtastic
ShopSavvy
Sky+
Wozzon

Do you have any of these? If so, then maybe whichever we have in common is messing up our phones??
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I removed the apps from my phone that we had in common. But it still restarts for me. But not as badly now with cyanogen
 
same issue

only recently started tho.


will factory reset after jellybean update next month and only install the apps i always use see if this sorts it
 
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