Help Problems w/ Gingerbread...

[wrebbitt]

The last time I recall my phone working good was back when I had Android 2.2. Updates since then have complicated my life.

With Gingerbread 2.3.3, I have the following problems...

- Camera software will not load, it shows a black screen and nothing else... not menu options
- When I make a phone call and the screen goes shuts off after a bit, I cannot turn the screen back on to end a call or hit any buttons if leaving a voice message and requires that I pull battery
- Phone freezes from time to time and requires that I pull battery

I would classify myself as a noob because I haven't done much with the phone. Yesterday, I tried to fix the problem by manually installing Gingerbread, because I thought the OTA update failed to install properly.

The manual install seemed to be successful, but unfortunately, the problems all remained. So on my phone, Froyo is buggy.

I should note that I have added a task killer and I use only 1/2 of my ram, so that shouldn't be the cause of any of the issues mentioned.

I wanted to try manually installing Froyo 2.2, but I can't for the life of me find it. It looks like the original links to 2.2 have been removed since later updates have come to pass.

I'd appreciate help in 1 of 3 ways..

1. Fixing Gingerbread issues

2. Reverting back to Android 2.2

3. Rooting my phone and flashing whatever will make my phone run great again

Thanks for reading and hopefully someone can help.

 

[Maris]

You didn't mention if you had tried a factory reset or not. It doesn't sound as if you have that many apps installed, so it shouldn't be too difficult. When you do that and sign back into your google account you should automatically get your contacts, emails, and apps downloaded to your phone. It sometimes helps to have clean installs of apps after you update to a new OS version. You should get rid of the task killer, too. Hope that helps you.

 

[razvan06]

You didn't mention if you had tried a factory reset or not. It doesn't sound as if you have that many apps installed, so it shouldn't be too difficult. When you do that and sign back into your google account you should automatically get your contacts, emails, and apps downloaded to your phone. It sometimes helps to have clean installs of apps after you update to a new OS version. You should get rid of the task killer, too. Hope that helps you.

Do this in case you have the "back-up" setting option on and synced with gugle lately.If not ,you have to reinstall all of them ...that's not a big deal ,but you will loose any saved data.

Now ...i recommend that you root your phone ! Why ? Well ...you get more then ever from your phone ,like speed and ways to tune your processor for speed or power conservation.

If you think about rooting the little one ,check out this : Nexus One: Full Update Guide - CyanogenMod Wiki

Note that if you choose to root ,you can install the CyanogenMod 6.1.1 (android 2.2) stable mod (no bugs) or the new "nighly" (CyanogenMod 7) that untill now has reached build #36 BUT still has some unsolved bugs like ...the call bug (lag while answering). I have the nighly ...it's fun to experiment ...and it's verry stable ,verry little bugs remaining.

Hope you make a decision that suits you best !

 

[wrebbitt]

You didn't mention if you had tried a factory reset or not. It doesn't sound as if you have that many apps installed, so it shouldn't be too difficult. When you do that and sign back into your google account you should automatically get your contacts, emails, and apps downloaded to your phone. It sometimes helps to have clean installs of apps after you update to a new OS version. You should get rid of the task killer, too. Hope that helps you.

Thanks for the reply... and sorry it took me so long to get to this. I did a factory reset last night and installed Gingerbread... unfortunately, all the issues indicated still remain.

I'm thinking I should either stick to the factory standard and not update or find Android 2.2. That was the last version I recall working without issue... I am debating rooting the phone, but I have no experience in this, so I'm hesitant given the cost of bricking it.

 

[wrebbitt]

Do this in case you have the "back-up" setting option on and synced with gugle lately.If not ,you have to reinstall all of them ...that's not a big deal ,but you will loose any saved data.

Now ...i recommend that you root your phone ! Why ? Well ...you get more then ever from your phone ,like speed and ways to tune your processor for speed or power conservation.

If you think about rooting the little one ,check out this : Nexus One: Full Update Guide - CyanogenMod Wiki

Note that if you choose to root ,you can install the CyanogenMod 6.1.1 (android 2.2) stable mod (no bugs) or the new "nighly" (CyanogenMod 7) that untill now has reached build #36 BUT still has some unsolved bugs like ...the call bug (lag while answering). I have the nighly ...it's fun to experiment ...and it's verry stable ,verry little bugs remaining.

Hope you make a decision that suits you best !

So...

Would you say that "nighly" (CyanogenMod 7) is a lot cooler than CyanogenMod 6.1.1?

I looked over the link you included and have some questions.

1. If I follow the steps on the site provided, I shouldn't brink my phone, correct?

2. There are two fastboot options to choose, which is best for me to use?
Android SDK or ADB Standalone

3. Installing Custom Recovery Image, there are two choices:

Amon_Ra's Recovery or ClockworkMod Recovery (which Clockworkmod has 2 options as well... 1st method - RomManager method, 2nd method - manually)

 

[razvan06]

Well i practically flash my phone every time a new build no. comes out ...and yes the nightly build of CM7 is better because it's android 2.3.3 ; so there isn't any problem bricking it even if you do not do one of the steps correctly ,but i advise you to do it correctly ,for the sake of your heart anyway )

I went for SDK and Clockworkmod ,i didn't have any opp. at first ,just went along with them and everything was fine.

After going with Clockwork or Amon_Ra ,the whole update process is verry simple ,if you have wi-fi you can download the rec. img. directly on the phone and install it with the ROM Manager or download it to your PC (make sure you have the "Hide extensions for known file types" option deselected in windows so you do not rename the image .zip yourself and it would be like : image.zip.zip) put it on the SD card and reboot into recovery (if you install cm7 you have a option to reboot into recovery ,nice ,eh ?) then choose the .zip you want to install and flash your phone.

And DO NOT WORRY ,none (or almost..) of us knew this stuff when we first rooted our phones ,we all need guides to get it through.

Have fun !

 

[wrebbitt]

Well i practically flash my phone every time a new build no. comes out ...and yes the nightly build of CM7 is better because it's android 2.3.3 ; so there isn't any problem bricking it even if you do not do one of the steps correctly ,but i advise you to do it correctly ,for the sake of your heart anyway )

I went for SDK and Clockworkmod ,i didn't have any opp. at first ,just went along with them and everything was fine.

After going with Clockwork or Amon_Ra ,the whole update process is verry simple ,if you have wi-fi you can download the rec. img. directly on the phone and install it with the ROM Manager or download it to your PC (make sure you have the "Hide extensions for known file types" option deselected in windows so you do not rename the image .zip yourself and it would be like : image.zip.zip) put it on the SD card and reboot into recovery (if you install cm7 you have a option to reboot into recovery ,nice ,eh ?) then choose the .zip you want to install and flash your phone.

And DO NOT WORRY ,none (or almost..) of us knew this stuff when we first rooted our phones ,we all need guides to get it through.

Have fun !

I'm not sure if you're familiar with this, but I hope you don't mind me inquiring.

So here is the thing...

I had some issues trying to unlock bootloader, but I got passed them and reached the part with the warning and confirming unlock.

Before I move forward, I thought I might try rooting "without" unlocking to maintain the warranty.

I saw 2 ways of doing this, one which requires opening the phone, augmenting battery and pulling SD Card and another way that doesn't.

For now, I'm trying to keep this simple, so I'm working with the latter based on the following tutorial...

[Tutorial] Root Without Unlocking (Alternative way for all ROMs Vodafone,Korean,US) - xda-developers

I'm stuck on step 6 (adb devices.... List of devices attached... "It shows nothing") and 7a (freenexus.bat.... error: device not found).

I can't figure out why it is not found. Let me start by noting a few things that will help narrow this down for you. I tried this run the above commands 3 different ways...

1. With phone loaded, USB attached and USB storage In Use. In the device manager I see: Disk Drives > Google, Inc. Nexus One USB Device. Result: error: device not found

2. With phone loaded, USB attached and USB storage NOT in use. In the device manager I see: Disk Drives > Google, Inc. Nexus One USB Device
Result: error: device not found

3. Bootloader (with 3 androids on bottom). It shows FASTBOOT USB. In the device manager I see: Disk Drives > ADB Interface > HTC Bootloader
Result: error: device not found

I'll also note that I have tried updating the USB drivers, but it notes I have the best drivers already... the debugging mode is activated and... if I enter the command fastboot oem unlock, the phone is recognized and gives me the warning and option to proceed with unlock.

So this is where I am at... I can't figure our why I can't move forward with rooting without unlocking bootloader. Any experience with this?

 

[razvan06]

Does youre phone got the official version of android (gri40) or the voda-crap one ? cause mine had the voda one.

 

[wrebbitt]

Does youre phone got the official version of android (gri40) or the voda-crap one ? cause mine had the voda one.

Yes, I did get the official GRI40 Android update.

I also did manage to root my phone (losing the warranty), but the problems with the phone remains.

 

[BurnCK]

My friend had the camera issue with a Nexus One he bought second hand. Tried updating the phone, rooted and flashed custom ROM, but still the camera wouldn't work (black screen then FC).

Found quite a few people with the same issue when I did a Google search, but no definitive solution to fix it.

In the end had to take the phone back to the shop and get another.