[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] androjim:
Hello There

I have been following xda from my O2-Atom days and only recently registered in the forum after buying this phone., Never asked a question before as i always thought Searching and finding is a good option.And , Yes I do believe The user Manual and FAqs are there for a reason.

But this time since this issue has not happened to many people and not a single workable solution has been found so far, thought of sharing my experience.

This apparently started with CM9 . I have used multiple alpha version of CM9 ( till alpha 6) .All these time i have faced only the know bugs . So recently i have changed my SD card from an existing 8GB to 32GB( both class 4) and used for a while. Initially the CM9 went into a blank screen and only the softkey will blink if i press on the menu button, everything else was unresponsive.

Removed the battery and worked fine.

Then out of the blue came the next warning ( after few hours) " Encryption Unsuccessful - Reset Android . After doing so the phone went to the set up process and started afresh.

This happened multiple times and thought of going back to Stock. Did a full clean install from KPE->KPQ and did a full wipe as well. Now the phone was OK for about 3-4 hours. Then suddenly started rebooting.

Next thing i know the phone went to the initial setup window and i have to select the locale and other settings.

All my call entry/sms etc are gone. All the installed applications(user installed as well as system ) where intact. Then again after few hours ( sometimes) minutes the phone will go berserk and reboot and go to the setup screen. Most of the time it happens when the phone was kept idle.

I have tried different STOCK firmware from KPQ,KP3 KPU multiple times and even tried restoring an older nandroid back up of KP3 and KPQ. All the time the same happens. Sometimes instead of going to the setup screen it just boot-loop.

Kept the phone without rooting or installing any custom kernel etc... no respite.

Finally thought of sending the phone to the Samsung service center. My phone is more than an year old and definitely out of warranty.

Then came the Value pack . So before sending the phone to the service center installed the value pack.

This time i wants to do some isolation of programs/features in case any of the rouge programs( may be at a specific Memory location) causing the problem.

1. Started with no SIM at all. Phone was OK for few hours.

2. Connected to the Wifi network. Instead of using my default google id, used a secondary id ( want to check if something is caused by google backup)

3. Inserted a a different SIM . (disable the data connection). worked well for a full day without any issue.

4. started installing few apps.kept the phone for another day ( no reboot )

5. after 4 days inserted by original SIM. so far so good.

6. added the original google acount ( still disabling the backup option )

7. Enabled the Data connection. Both 3G as well as Edge. No problem.

8. Enabled the google syn ( contact, google+ etc) --- Still holding on

Today is the Seventh day without any random reboot. The only thing i have not checked so far is the Google Maps/Latitude.In between i had one reboot that was during a Hangout session in Google+.

All this test carried out by inserting my original SD card ( 8GB)

So far the phone is not rooted or installed any custom kernel.

I hear that people complain about Valuepack being so lagging. So far in my experience it is not that bad. It may not be the fastest kid on the block ,But much better than some of the ROMs i have used.

If the root cause of the problem is because of a corrupted memory area,then the new Valuepack is not using that area.

Another possibility is Samsung might be using a new driver for the SD access.

One of my friend friend works for Samsung and responsible for writing the device drivers for their Mobile platform , so i know the level of testing these guys do on these drivers :)