Root so glad i have root with backups

[Bperry]

Ok so I bought a new battery for my epic, it came with a wall charger. So I plug the battery into the wall charger and wait for the light to turn blue for a full charge.

It does and I plug the battery into phone and it would not boot up. It kept getting stuck on the loading screen. I am running midnight v5 and don't think it is any fault of the rom as it worked perfect for a month.

Anyways I plug the battery in and bam, bricked phone. So I panicked for a min and then booted into CWM3 and did a restore if a backup and boom just like it was.

I wonder why the new battery would do that? High voltage cleared ROM maybe? Idk but am so happy I had root with a backup.

 

[altimuh]

...I plug the battery in and bam, bricked phone...

Just to clarify, you didn't brick your phone. Otherwise you wouldn't have been able to flash your backup through CW, or ODIN (another option you would have had to fix your phone in your case).

What brand/and mAH battery did you get?

I don't have an answer to your question, but I'm glad you made a backup - I think more rooted users could/would benefit from doing a regular backup!

 

[Bperry]

OK semantics on the bricking phone. I know a true brick = a paper weight but it wasn't loading up

These are the batteries
Amazon.com: Laza 2x Battery + Travel Charger for Samsung Sprint Epic 4g, Galaxy S, Fascinate, At&t Captivate, At&t Focus i917, T-mobile Vibrant, ATT Focus i917, I9000, I897, T959: Cell Phones & Accessories

They work great now. Last a while too.

I don't know why a battery would do that either, maybe a coincidence who knows.

I will defiantly be making regular backups.

 

[altimuh]

Are you running any particular rom? If so are you running one with journaling off?

The reason I ask is, perhaps you pulled your battery just before the phone actually shut off - if so you could possibly run into some issues trying to boot the phone up.

 

[Bperry]

I am running Midnight v5

I am not sure about the journaling, and yeah I could see me doing that.

I dont think so but I'll remember that for the future

 

[droid newb]

I now run midNIGHT ROM 5.2 with journaling on so I don't have to worry about this kind of thing. Glad I made that change!

 

[altimuh]

I now run midNIGHT ROM 5.2 with journaling on so I don't have to worry about this kind of thing. Glad I made that change!

Speed comparison between on/off?

I've noticed a decline from v4.1/4.2 to 5.2 in Quadrant and Smartbench... not sure why... But like many others - i gotta have the latest version!

 

[taekwondo4ever]

I now run midNIGHT ROM 5.2 with journaling on so I don't have to worry about this kind of thing. Glad I made that change!

Okay, compared to Syndicate, how is your battery life on midNIGHT?

 

[droid newb]

Speed comparison between on/off?

I've noticed a decline from v4.1/4.2 to 5.2 in Quadrant and Smartbench... not sure why... But like many others - i gotta have the latest version!

I haven't noticed a difference. I have a buddy who is an IT guy and who has his own computer business. Big droid fanatic. He says those quadrant scores don't mean much. Fluff is what he calls them.

Okay, compared to Syndicate, how is your battery life on midNIGHT?

Again, I haven't noticed a difference at all.

I'm running midNIGHT 5.2, journaling on with the upgrade & the [Theme][ACS] 4/16/11 Black Alien V1.3.7 EC05 New Boot Anima Added - xda-developers . My phone performs magnificently and battery life is fantastic for this area...very poor signal in my office building drains it a bit faster but outside of the office it's not a problem.

The only problem I have with the theme is my stock email app won't work. I haven't seen anyone else say it's a problem though. Anyway, I just use the gmail app for now and it's working fine.

 

[taekwondo4ever]

I haven't noticed a difference. I have a buddy who is an IT guy and who has his own computer business. Big droid fanatic. He says those quadrant scores don't mean much. Fluff is what he calls them.



Again, I haven't noticed a difference at all.

I'm running midNIGHT 5.2, journaling on with the upgrade & the [Theme][ACS] 4/16/11 Black Alien V1.3.7 EC05 New Boot Anima Added - xda-developers . My phone performs magnificently and battery life is fantastic for this area...very poor signal in my office building drains it a bit faster but outside of the office it's not a problem.

The only problem I have with the theme is my stock email app won't work. I haven't seen anyone else say it's a problem though. Anyway, I just use the gmail app for now and it's working fine.

Okay that was the very last thing that kept me from flashing it. Gonna flash it when I get home later on today. Syndicate just threw another hissyfit and I am doing a restore as I type this. Just not worth it. I don't even use the stock email app anyways. Thanks for the info.

 

[droid newb]

Okay that was the very last thing that kept me from flashing it. Gonna flash it when I get home later on today. Syndicate just threw another hissyfit and I am doing a restore as I type this. Just not worth it. I don't even use the stock email app anyways. Thanks for the info.

I'm sure it will work fine for you. And to be clear, the ROM doesn't cause the stock email issue...the theme I am using with it is the issue.