Hi guys, as a lot of people now confirmed to me that it solved their problems complete when they switched to the GPE Firmware i think it is a good thing to write all that in a little own thread so not every user has to spam for the same bugs in all Android N Rom Threads.
First of all, YOU NEED TO HAVE S-OFF to flash Firmware files!!!
Using the GPE Firmware can solve the following bugs (thats no guarantee there can still be bugs in the Rom+Kernel):
-In Call Sound problems
-Camera Problems
-Mobile data problems
-wifi problems
-battery problems
Those bugs where already existing when the first Android 6 (M) Roms came to our M7 and with Android 7 (N) its still the same. But, those bugs are mostly present while using a Custom Rom on a Sense Firmware and they are nearly complete gone when you use the GPE Firmware.
Thanks to the Slim Jim Guy we have everything we need already here in the Forum. And please be that nice just give him a thanks for his thread as it helps us all a lot. Here is his Post and here is the direct download of his complete prepared Firmware without recovery and boot img GPE Firmware Download. It will delete nothing from your device, just changes the Firmware.
This Firmware is complete different to the one from HTC and is newer because Google provided much longer official updates for the m7 GPE than HTC did for the usual version.
Changed OP for complete Firmware file from Slim Jim Guy (thanks to maciclazar for this information)
just a little bump as a reminder haha
So if I understood right, it's better to have gpe firmware if I have a nougat ROM even if my phone is not GPE?
JustElisha said:
So if I understood right, it's better to have gpe firmware if I have a nougat ROM even if my phone is not GPE?
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You can flash the GPE Firmware on any device thats not from a provider with CDMA radio like Verizon devices.
saturday_night said:
You can flash the GPE Firmware on any device thats not from a provider with CDMA radio like Verizon devices.
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I just have to flash it in twrp or S-OFF is required?
JustElisha said:
I just have to flash it in twrp or S-OFF is required?
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Like written in OP "First of all, YOU NEED TO HAVE S-OFF to flash Firmware files!!!"
@saturday_night I was using that firmware from Santod040's thread for months until I realised it was not full firmware.
The full GPE firmware is located in this post by Slim Jim Guy. It is full firmware containing hboot, radio and everything else and will turn you phone in full GPE device and the best thing is it fixes random reboots on nougat and marshmallow roms.
Edit: Never mind. Found the answer I was looking for.
maciclazar said:
@saturday_night I was using that firmware from Santod040's thread for months until I realised it was not full firmware.
The full GPE firmware is located in this post by Slim Jim Guy. It is full firmware containing hboot, radio and everything else and will turn you phone in full GPE device and the best thing is it fixes random reboots on nougat and marshmallow roms.
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Exactly, link of post #1 is the black hboot 1.54 only
Would this work for Android N ROMs with the international variant? Running Xenon 7.1 ATM.
Not sure what's wrong. I've flashed GPE firmware, got a new battery, still phone does this awful thing Could be mainboard problem? How can I test motherboard?
Thanks
umbyka said:
Not sure what's wrong. I've flashed GPE firmware, got a new battery, still phone does this awful thing Could be mainboard problem? How can I test motherboard?
Thanks
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What ROM are you using right now, how did you get S-OFF?
Yesterday I've turned back to stock GPE 5.1, hoping that it's a ROM problem, but still my phone shuts down by itself, even at 90%. S-OFF I gained a few years ago, in 2014 I think. Rumrunner if I remember right.
@umbyka are you able to completely drain the battery to zero, then, without powering the phone back on, connect it to a charger and let it charge to 100%?
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@umbyka are you able to completely drain the battery to zero, then, without powering the phone back on, connect it to a charger and let it charge to 100%?
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Yes, I'm able. So..I did turn back to 5.1 GPE, full stock, seems that, with this ROM, everything is normal. Didn't mention, that with all N ROMs the phone went so hot, that it was almost burning, but with 5.1 GPE it doesn't. I did this HTC said battery calibration, with both volume buttons + power button for 2 minutes also. Hopefully it's not a mainboard issue after all...
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Yes, I'm able. So..I did turn back to 5.1 GPE, full stock, seems that, with this ROM, everything is normal. Didn't mention, that with all N ROMs the phone went so hot, that it was almost burning, but with 5.1 GPE it doesn't. I did this HTC said battery calibration, with both volume buttons + power button for 2 minutes also. Hopefully it's not a mainboard issue after all...
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How's the camera performance? How often does the purple hue come?
zeeBomb said:
How's the camera performance? How often does the purple hue come?
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This is a hardware problem and not software related. When HTC made the first OTA Updates the device became too hot during the update process so that some camera modules got a little damage which caused this purple pictures. If it wasnt repaired under guarantee the only way for you to get this fixed is replace the camera module.
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This is a hardware problem and not software related. When HTC made the first OTA Updates the device became too hot during the update process so that some camera modules got a little damage which caused this purple pictures. If it wasnt repaired under guarantee the only way for you to get this fixed is replace the camera module.
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right...but what exactly would the camera fix be if i flash gpe?
So, I haven't been around for a while now, but I'll share with you the problems I have :
Even with GPE ROM phone shuts itself down sometimes even at 70% battery, sometimes it lasts till 20%. When it shuts down itself, turning it back on seems to get a problem. Normally it should get back on with all my settings saved, I mean background, ringtones, etc., but it starts with a message : Android is optimising apps..., and when it boots up finally, everything is gone. I mean background, ringtones, passwords. So, anybody has a clue what's going on?
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So, I haven't been around for a while now, but I'll share with you the problems I have :
Even with GPE ROM phone shuts itself down sometimes even at 70% battery, sometimes it lasts till 20%. When it shuts down itself, turning it back on seems to get a problem. Normally it should get back on with all my settings saved, I mean background, ringtones, etc., but it starts with a message : Android is optimising apps..., and when it boots up finally, everything is gone. I mean background, ringtones, passwords. So, anybody has a clue what's going on?
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Did you clean flash everything including firmware? If yes, that sounds like a hardware damage
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I recently bought this Nexus off eBay and it worked fine.
Owner said it had problems with the SD card, but it seemed to be working, for they said it wouldnt read, when it does.
Anyway, it had cyanogen mod 6.1.1 on it, and I hate the setup...so i changed roms. That was a success, but when i flashed a sense rom thru clockwork(most updated) it said:
E:Error in /sdcard/N1Sensation_v0.4.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
Now, when i flash any roms, whether it says it installed correctly, it doesnt change anything. Now it's stuck at the 4 color x with the unlock icon. Any advice is good advice!
In my hboot, it says:
*** UNLOCKED ***
NEXUSONE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.35.0017
MICROP-0b15
TOUCH PANAL-SYNT0103
RADIO-5.00.00.04
Oct 12 2010, 14:33:16
HBOOT
Etc. Etc. Etc.
Thanks for any help!
Edit: I fixed the issue with why it failed, was my fault, didnt partition the card...but i was flashing a stock rom and it said complete and when i rebooted it stayed at the X and then powered off. Since then has never turned on. I don't know what to do. Nothing will turn it back on. I have a universal charger that charges the battery and it said the battery is full. I need help!
Ok lets see here try this plug in the charger then pull the battery place it back in wait a few seconds and repeat until you see the splash screen (the static X). This could get the phone to at least boot.
But just to check did you flash a radio in all that stuff??
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Ok lets see here try this plug in the charger then pull the battery place it back in wait a few seconds and repeat until you see the splash screen (the static X). This could get the phone to at least boot.
But just to check did you flash a radio in all that stuff??
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That did not work. I work at a cellphone repair store, but im yet to open it up. But i flashed a sensation rom...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083035
After then i got stuck on the X
Then i used... well i cant find the link, but it's PureGoogleMod.
From what I saw, there was no radio or kernal being flashed. I just know i flashed a rom, it said completed, then went to the X, rebooted, but never turned on. And ive tried other batteries.
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That did not work. I work at a cellphone repair store, but im yet to open it up. But i flashed a sensation rom...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1083035
After then i got stuck on the X
Then i used... well i cant find the link, but it's PureGoogleMod.
From what I saw, there was no radio or kernal being flashed. I just know i flashed a rom, it said completed, then went to the X, rebooted, but never turned on. And ive tried other batteries.
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Try flashing CM7. Also...before you do...you may want to search for a format.zip from a member named temasek. It'll wipe your phone...clean. Real clean. Then flash CM7. try that.
also....those sense roms sometimes take at least 5 minutes to boot. Sometimes it'll stay on the X screen for 5 minutes or it'll stay on the bootanimation screen for 5 minutes. FYI.
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Try flashing CM7.
those sense roms sometimes take at least 5 minutes to boot. Sometimes it'll stay on the X screen for 5 minutes or it'll stay on the bootanimation screen for 5 minutes. FYI.
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I can't flash anything. Phone wont react to anything anymore. Hoping one of my family members can fix it. But if I get it on I will try that.
I am pretty sure i waited long enough, but who knows. I didn't partition my card, which may have been the problem. And also it was S-On....which i thought was odd when it had a custom firmware.
Unlock bootloader. Flash recovery. Boot into recovery. Wipe everything. Flash rom.
Why do you guys keep suggesting software stuff when it's probably a hardware problem he can't get the phone to boot up so he can't do any of that.
Although there is one thing I want you to try before your family take a crack at it to take it apart and what not, it's a long shot but it's your last chance if it's software. Hold down trackball and press power keep holding trackball for another 5-10 seconds (better to long then to short) then connect it to the computer via USB you could see a popup notification saying that it's looking for driver software if you do then it's software and we need to reflash everything and might need to unlock the bootloader. Now if you don't see a popup notification I would still go check in the device manager and check for an unidentified device probably in other (it should be extracted so that you can see it).
If this doesn't work then sorry but I think it's a brick
Because in order to find out if its truly a hardware problem you need to try every software fix first.
Op mentioned nothing of trying fastboot as well. Software fix is free hw is not. That is why we suggest software fixes.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
Let me remind you guys, THE PHONE WONT TURN ON AT ALL REGARDLESS OF WHAT I DO. I can post a YouTube video to show everything. It'd be very random for it to be hardware because it just turned off and will not turn back on. If there is any software like an RUU out there, that would help, if not, ill have to buy a bottom piece and warranty it out. But I'd feel bad because that isn't the right thing to do.
I don't expect you guys to fix it and I and very thankful of your help! But the phone won't turn on at all. So telling me to flash roms doesn't work. Imagine it as flashing a rom with the battery out of your phone. I am wondering if there's an adb way or something to get it to turn on and restore to stock?
With all that said, any help is amazing help and I am very grateful that this isn't a post I have to bump! Thank you so much, when I go on the PC, ill thank the helpful posts
Sent from my (finally) permanent root Sensation 4G
Then it is a brick if it won't turn on at all. The entire getting stuck at the x thing confused me to think it was powering on.
You have me confused sir, I'm not quite sure what good it is your looking for a RUU for. If the phone truly won't turn on/go past the X screen and you have it on a charger with no LED notification, then the phone is bricked. When you said you flashed a Sensation rom, I truly hope you just meant a Sense rom. If you can still get to the bootloader screen then you are not bricked and should retry everything from scratch.
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When you said you flashed a Sensation rom, I truly hope you just meant a Sense rom.
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Sensation based, but it was a Sense rom
Confirmed it is bricked.
Sold on eBay for $100
Bought for $77
Semi-Winning.
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It's a very odd one in landscape they light up, in portrait mode they don't. Well, when I noticed that problem I immedeately flashed framework-res.apk - didn't fix so I remembered when I went to recovery they did light up, so did I and started counting seconds while it loaded into it but they didn't light up. So is this some kindo of physical damage? Landscape uses obviously different LED's, it ruins the niceness from that phone, when bottom bar is dark At the moment i was using Nik's Trinity 2.0 rom and i'm using it so far.
Can you guys provide some help, it will increases my love to the phone substantially.
Therefore my phone will be shiny and elegant again!!
I don't think you need to worry that it's a physical damage... If that was the case landscape buttons would be dead aswell. I wish I could help you but why not just flash an official rom and start over? I think running an HTC rom should fix the buttons at least...
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I don't think you need to worry that it's a physical damage... If that was the case landscape buttons would be dead aswell. I wish I could help you but why not just flash an official rom and start over? I think running an HTC rom should fix the buttons at least...
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Yes I would agree that you need to try a stock HTC ROM before you blame it on the hardware.
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Yes I would agree that you need to try a stock HTC ROM before you blame it on the hardware.
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Yes, but they worked in recovery earlier
henrylife said:
Yes, but they worked in recovery earlier
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When you boot in recovery, it is not using the custom kernel that your ROM is using. In order to rule out hardware, you need to check the phone using the stock HTC IncS kernel and a stock ROM.
Installed CM 7.1 nope didn't work and tried a load of kernels...
So how do i take that apart?
henrylife said:
Installed CM 7.1 nope didn't work and tried a load of kernels...
So how do i take that apart?
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get back stock to test whether it is working,cm7 wasn't stock though..
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Tapatalk
Don't lose root.... newest stock will up date your h-boot
I don't want to know to stock I know how these lights work. They depend on framework-res.apk and on kernel. Ok well stock may change but it's 5% reasonable. Is there some kind of diagnostic tool out? A fastboot one will be great.
UPDATE: 2 days ago I used my phone as router and it was charging, so yesterday I did disconnect my phone and saw lights worked. While in bus they started blinking
(like dying bulb) and few minutes ago i barely saw them and then everything was dark again. Sometimes they get revived for some time and process is under loop again
I'm trying to remember, it occured after attempts to get it charge, Incredible S usb dock doesn't work properly so i crumpled it a little bit and finally it turned on. First notice were the lights, and after heavy charge they got somehow revived. I want to see this panel with my own eyes, can someone put disassemble guide please?
I'm pretty sure new backlit is quite expensive but unfortunately Physical damage it is.
It should be ROM's problem?
Maybe flash another ROM or restore stock ROM.
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It should be ROM's problem?
Maybe flash another ROM or restore stock ROM.
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Nah, it shouldn't
I recently finally got a ROM to my HTC one successfully...I am on the Cyanogen mod.
However, like the ROM i istalled previously, my phone keeps rebooting randomly after a couple minutes or just a minute of being on and operating flawlessly.
any fix to this? Ive read around, i dont think this is the same as bootloop?
Also, my phone has no service or ability to activate my phone after, how to on that?
ONE THING:
I may/may not have (i did) accidentally flash a ROM designed for a GSM phone to my phone....COuld that have caused this problem???
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I recently finally got a ROM to my HTC one successfully...I am on the Cyanogen mod.
However, like the ROM i istalled previously, my phone keeps rebooting randomly after a couple minutes or just a minute of being on and operating flawlessly.
any fix to this? Ive read around, i dont think this is the same as bootloop?
Also, my phone has no service or ability to activate my phone after, how to on that?
ONE THING:
I may/may not have (i did) accidentally flash a ROM designed for a GSM phone to my phone....COuld that have caused this problem???
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This could indeed be your problem
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This could indeed be your problem
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so should i relock and reflash stock RUU and rom to it?
Edit: It works, it seems. service is back and it isnt rebooting (yet). Time to try reloading the correct ROMS
Hello guys i have a serious problem with my phone, i had it on 4.4.2 but then a notification of an ota update came up with the 4.4.3 version i installed it with no problem at all but then when i tried to turn on my wifi it took more time to activate that it ussually do but never turned on, just tapped the icon again in the quick settings menu but the same happened it lights green as ussual but it blinks for a while and never turn on please help guys im desperate, i've tried everithing i know, i want to clarify some things that might help you to help me, the phone is rooted so it is S-OFF and since i dont live in america by this time i had to simlock the phone, for those who dont know it is a method that make the phone to work just using the gsm network, i did it to use the phone with the carrier of the country where i live and it worked on the 4.4.2 & it still works on the 4.4.3 but i dont know if that have something to do with the problem im facing, i hope there's someone of you that can help me! Thanks!!
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Hello guys i have a serious problem with my phone, i had it on 4.4.2 but then a notification of an ota update came up with the 4.4.3 version i installed it with no problem at all but then when i tried to turn on my wifi it took more time to activate that it ussually do but never turned on, just tapped the icon again in the quick settings menu but the same happened it lights green as ussual but it blinks for a while and never turn on please help guys im desperate, i've tried everithing i know, i want to clarify some things that might help you to help me, the phone is rooted so it is S-OFF and since i dont live in america by this time i had to simlock the phone, for those who dont know it is a method that make the phone to work just using the gsm network, i did it to use the phone with the carrier of the country where i live and it worked on the 4.4.2 & it still works on the 4.4.3 but i dont know if that have something to do with the problem im facing, i hope there's someone of you that can help me! Thanks!!
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I experienced the same thing when I took the OTA. Big ole wifi calling update killed my wifi! Sprint wanted me to bring it to the repair center....screw that. It just so happened that it was the same day RUUs started surfacing, thank god! If I were you I would check out O.M.J.s thread as he has posted RUUs for h/k and also non h/k sprint devices. Run the RUU and you'll be good, then go from there.
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I experienced the same thing when I took the OTA. Big ole wifi calling update killed my wifi! Sprint wanted me to bring it to the repair center....screw that. It just so happened that it was the same day RUUs started surfacing, thank god! If I were you I would check out O.M.J.s thread as he has posted RUUs for h/k and also non h/k sprint devices. Run the RUU and you'll be good, then go from there.
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when on wifi, my phone does not deep sleep, is this a known issue?
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I experienced the same thing when I took the OTA. Big ole wifi calling update killed my wifi! Sprint wanted me to bring it to the repair center....screw that. It just so happened that it was the same day RUUs started surfacing, thank god! If I were you I would check out O.M.J.s thread as he has posted RUUs for h/k and also non h/k sprint devices. Run the RUU and you'll be good, then go from there.
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So you are suggesting that i should backup my stuff and re flash the 4.4.3 by clean install of the RUU? Not the ota but yes the complete RUU rom? What about the rooting and the S-OFF i will lose it ? I guess
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So you are suggesting that i should backup my stuff and re flash the 4.4.3 by clean install of the RUU? Not the ota but yes the complete RUU rom? What about the rooting and the S-OFF i will lose it ? I guess
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If you run the RUU you'll lose root but not S-off.
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when on wifi, my phone does not deep sleep, is this a known issue?
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Not sure, probably true though. My phone has better battery life running on lte than wifi. I was always under the impression being on wifi you were supposed to get better battery life.
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Not sure, probably true though. My phone has better battery life running on lte than wifi. I was always under the impression being on wifi you were supposed to get better battery life.
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I figured out the issue was that I disabled WiFi optimization which caused the wakelock, as soon as I enabled it, device would sleep on wifi
I'm using mi3 with Euphoria-OS 0509 version. My phone will suddenly shutdown itself even the battery is full.
I tried re-flash this ROM, but no help.
It happens every time when I use the phone in no time. But It won't happen when charging.
Maybe there's a problem on your phone's battery. Try to bring it on a service center.
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I'm using mi3 with Euphoria-OS 0509 version. My phone will suddenly shutdown itself even the battery is full.
I tried re-flash this ROM, but no help.
It happens every time when I use the phone in no time. But It won't happen when charging.
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What do you mean by "suddenly shutdown itself"?
Do you see 1) the closing down routine? Or 2) does the phone simply not respond to pressing the power button?
If it's 2), plenty of ROMs exhibit the "screen OFF death", where the phone is actually still active but you can't get the screen to light up. try flashing another ROM. Paranoid Android is the most stable ROM for me.
If it's 1), still try flashing another ROM, and it it is still closing down, it's a hardware issue (hopefully battery), so service centre time.
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What do you mean by "suddenly shutdown itself"?
Do you see 1) the closing down routine? Or 2) does the phone simply not respond to pressing the power button?
If it's 2), plenty of ROMs exhibit the "screen OFF death", where the phone is actually still active but you can't get the screen to light up. try flashing another ROM. Paranoid Android is the most stable ROM for me.
If it's 1), still try flashing another ROM, and it it is still closing down, it's a hardware issue (hopefully battery), so service centre time.
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In my case, my phone's screen will suddenly frozen while I'm using, and turn off itself. I need to hard reboot the phone. I used flashed this rom few months ago and change to PAC rom, no such problem until I flash this rom again, all roms were clean flash and the battery was calibrated. So I think it might be the hardware problem.
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In my case, my phone's screen will suddenly frozen while I'm using, and turn off itself. I need to hard reboot the phone. I used flashed this rom few months ago and change to PAC rom, no such problem until I flash this rom again, all roms were clean flash and the battery was calibrated. So I think it might be the hardware problem.
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Well, if the phone was OK with a different ROM, that implies your current ROM is the problem - try another one.
I recall having had the same behaviour in the past, when I was trying a lot of ROMs in quick succession - so I don't know which one(s) it was.
All the same, it doesn't sound like hardware/battery. Make a Nandroid backup in recovery, then flash eg PAC ROM or Paranoid Android - wait a day before adding all your apps etc - and see if you get that issue again.
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Well, if the phone was OK with a different ROM, that implies your current ROM is the problem - try another one.
I recall having had the same behaviour in the past, when I was trying a lot of ROMs in quick succession - so I don't know which one(s) it was.
All the same, it doesn't sound like hardware/battery. Make a Nandroid backup in recovery, then flash eg PAC ROM or Paranoid Android - wait a day before adding all your apps etc - and see if you get that issue again.
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OK, I got some conclusions, and it might be a hardware problem.
First, I replaced the battery with same ROM, it still got SOD.
Then I flash Omni, PAC, Euphoria-OS, all got SOD like before.
So I return to MIUI, no SOD, but I got random reboots and sometimes Wi-Fi will disconnect itself even in its range.
Now I'm using Ivan's AOSP, still got random reboots and Wi-Fi problem.
And now I need this phone to work because I don't have a backup, waiting for new Nexus!!