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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peadarog:
I had this problem today for the first time. I was just reading the xda app when it happened.

I was not charging the phone at the time.

I don't have spotify installed.

I have never accessed movie-maker.

I think the browser might also have been open at the time with the lab features turned on.

Another open app. that was open is an extremely simple one called Next Train Ireland.

I do have the volume fix installed. Initially, I thought it might have something to do with that.

I have no intention of losing my lovely GN for the sake of a bug! -- Unless it starts to happen every day...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luxferro:
All you guys should send emails to samsung and google, and start a bug post on Android - An Open Handset Alliance Project page or whatever is the correct place to post bugs for google to look at.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dai_griff:
Mine is in a sleep of death now.

I was running the battery down and noticed it had gone off. Can't get it back on now. Same fault as the other day.

TBF I have installed loads of stuff on it and I am thinking that when I finally do get it to wake up I will wipe it (and movie maker) and install stuff bit by bit and keep an eye on this thread!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] case0:
If it makes you feel any better I haven't experienced this issue once, and I reckon the vast majority of people haven't either.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AMoosa:
i didn't have the problem for the first 5 days of owning the phone. Installed light flow and it happened twice in one day. Uninstalled light flow and it hasn't happened since. Guess what I think it is...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AmesCell:
I've had mine since Friday with Lightflow and haven't had the sleep of death. Actually it wouldn't sleep for a solid day and I thought it was Lightflow, but all of a sudden it was sleeping like it should again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BiGMERF:
mine happened twice in the last 24 hrs! uninstalled lightflow and waiting to see what happens not.. noticed a huge battery drain also when it happened today
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Evostance:
Did a wipe and it's fine. I don't think this is ICS related. More so a dodgy app
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gambiting:
I did a wipe two days ago and didn't have that problem again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffreyng:
it happens to me 3 times in 6 days. i left the phone on charge with the screen on. all in sudden it goes off...do we have a solid explanation on this issue?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BiGMERF:
did you at any point have light flow installed?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andrewpmoore:
I've not had a sleep of death and if anyone ever has a dodgy version of lightflow on their phone it's me (being the dev of the app)

If you've rooted your phone, don't try and let lightflow take control of "s6e8aa0" in general settings. That's probably the led for controlling screen light.

But other than that the apps isn't really doing anything too fancy, just using some alarm managers to trigger cycle changes and using the standard android API calls to control the led.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffreyng:
nope, not at all. all the app i have is listed here. maybe people should list out the apps they have so comparison can be done???

LIst of apps:

astro & astro pro

autocad ws

beautiful widgets & animation addon

google body

Chp1 Narita city (a japanese learning app)

chrome to phone

Commbank

convertpad - unit converter

Cookbook

Documents to Go

dropbox

dungeon defenders: second wave

ebay

ebuddy

facebook

genial writing & pro license

HJ (a japanese learning app)

HVAC

iSilo

Japanese vocab word search

jogguru (japanese)

LinkedIn

google maps

MX video player pro

Optus myaccount

NOVA2 HD (thou doesn't work)

Order and chaos (thou doesn't work)

printer share and premium key

pulse

realcalc

rockplayer

simeji (japanese input)

skype

swiftkey x

switchpro widget

translate

transport info

tripview

voice recorder

whatsapp

xda premium

zinio

and two more japanese software

this is it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dunetails:
ran a test last night,rebooted my phone but didnt leave it on the wall charger.Didnt go in to the sleep of death during the night
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] garysargent:
Above is the overlap of apps I have installed - not many! I've only had the sleep of death once so far though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] andrewpmoore:
I've just had my first sleep of death. The only app I've recently installed that crosses over with the others is Swiftkey X, but I've not idea if this has anything to do with it. I actually didn't have lightflow installed at the time (it's on and off my phone all the time)

I tried hooking the phone up to ADB to see if there was anything happening in the background, but it wouldn't even link up - it just said that no devices were found.

I don't really see how any app could cause such a failure. Battery drain yes, get hot yes if it's keeping the CPU full in use, but to stop the whole system when the apps are sandboxed seems really odd.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] rock7632:
I just had my first sleep of death. I was in tapatalk when it happened. Haven't installed light flow yet
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Danny80y:
This is by far the nicest handset available.... This isn't the only OS with small issues. I am SOOO happy with ICS its really nice! I haven't had one issue yet that I would even "quallify" as an annoyance...besides any of these issues are present in any other Samsung handset. TOTALLY worth the money!!:D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] BiGMERF:
i uninstalled light flow, few days back and bver had the issue again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
My phone has completely gone comatose

Removed battery and tried powering back up but no luck.... Help!!!

Sent from my Motorola Xoom
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffreyng:
i experienced another sleep of death last night. i left it in charging with the screen, wifi and a webpage on. i woke up in the middle of the night and found out the phone has gone SOD. It also feel hot at the back next to the camera.

Now i suspect the SOD has something to do with the overheating as two/three time the phone gone SOD when it's in charging with wifi & webpage on.

i'll probably try to have it charged in the night with the screen and all connection off. will see if it makes any difference.

also, this happened after i've un-installed the swiftkey x. i guess it's nothing to do with app installed??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Skysurfer69:
Both times this has happened to me it's been through computer charge...

Still trawling through the threads though. Just sayin'...

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Nothing to do with OTA, I'm still waiting on mine...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffreyng:
I don't think anything to do with how u charged it. it happens to me when i charge it with wall charger.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
I've experienced the SoD on my G2x and Asus Transformer and they both boiled down to the kernel I was using (stock meh). Has anyone tried using PaulOBriens custom kernels?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adda41:
Yeah this has happened five times now. It's just happened again, just a moment ago. I just picked the phone up and then the screen went off. Thought it had gone to slept, but no display after holding power button for awhile . Wasn't charging it and battery life was at 68% when it happened. I've just video tape it for evidence, just incase I need to return it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dunetails:
interestingly I used a different wall charger (not the crappy one in the GN box) and my phone didn't die while charging over night.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Taggard:
Happened to me twice in the week I have had it. Both times while charging with a charger that came with the Nexus One dock. Still charging with that charger and hasn't happened in two days.

And I don't like the term "sleep of death", as it happened to me while I was using it, not when I put it to sleep, and there was no sleep animation or sound.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] l1233799:
Yipe, happened to be twice so far. And both times were recharging overnight via the wall socket
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] l1233799:
It happened to me again last night. I think I know whats happening. When using the wall charger the phone near the camera tends to heat up (I was using the clock app at the time), so could it be an heating issue. I sense a series of experiments coming along.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mcgon1979:
Happened to me second time in a week. Phone was being used by me, but also plugged into PC charging. Battery pull required again.

:(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zandreius:
I can't help wondering if this is a software problem or a hardware one...

The guys with the custom ROMs have this issue too? But even then it can be ICS itself.

I mean it's ok (let's say) if it is software, because will be resolved in the next updates, but if it is hardware... hhmmm, should I pay 600 EUR on a device with a known hardware bug? 'Cause I would really need fast and stable smartphone with a good screen resolution.

It cannot be ordered here, where I live now, so i don't have it yet and this bug and the lack of microSD slot makes me hesitate. A lot.

All the best.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mcgon1979:
I'd be almost certain its a software glitch. Some sort of crash. My HTC Desire used to reboot itself sometimes when I was using it. My old Nokia N82 and N73s even hung a few times, and they are reliable. I cannot imagine it being a hardware issue. touch wood.

Also, I would expect that there will be an android update within 3 to 6 months with urgent fixes that are being discovered in the first 3 months of widespread use.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dmhardy:
After I did the wipe to unlock my GN I started getting the SOD regularly every night. Uninstalling apps didn't fix the problem.

So I did a factory reset of and it has never happened again.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MrJaffro:
I'm just going to list out the key points of when I've had it happen..

I've experienced this twice in the past couple of days.

Had the gn for 9 or 10 days before the issue first came about.

Did have the OTA update a few days ago.

Do not have light flow installed.

Was not charging on either time it crashed, have charged from the plug every night since purchase.

First time I didn't pull the battery for over an hour after (I was at work), the phone was very hot when I did get the time - so much I made a comment about the heat to my friend who has an S2. When it happened just now I did note it felt hot near the camera, but it wasn't so bad as before, and that was before visiting this thread!

The first time it was in my hands while on twitter. Green dashed vertical lines as someone previously described. Yes I do think these two incidents are related purely on the relatively close timing.

Someone else mentioned the battery suddenly drops in charge. See attached picture. If the battery really is having a sudden discharge then I suspect this might go towards explaining the heating up!

The only things I can think I've changed in the past few days are screen brightness to auto and the OTA. Few silly apps as well, games, not running.

ps - just registered as I wanted to contribute. seriously awesome people here :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MysteriousDiary:
Has anyone tried to run stability test ( https://market.android.com/details?id=com.into.stability ) for a longer time while it is on charger?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zoetrope:
I've had this happen twice, but at least in my case, I know the culprit. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several applications, I've narrowed it down to JuiceDefender. I have used JD to enable several different stock and customized profiles, but each time ~ 1 to 2 hours after installation, I get the Sleep of Death with JD installed, and no SoD w/out JD. I've seen wildly different experiences with SoD on the boards here, and it looks like a nasty bug but I can't glean any info on a particular culprit. JD is dead to me now, unless they mention this specific bug in their forums and address it specifically. I'll look around in the market for something else.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akalias1981:
I've also had the issue a couple of times myself with Juice Defender, but it is doing such a good job of fixing my battery life (15+ hours with JD installed, <10 hours without, Android OS as the culprit) that I'm reluctant to get rid of it. Hopefully the developer will acknowledge this and fix the incompatibility.

Would be nice if Android OS didn't run riot without JD installed though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nbeebe24:
I must have a magical device because I'm not experiencing any of the bugs other users are reporting. My GN is a huge change from my Nexus S, which had SOD's and reboots everyday.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] superfunhappydi:
Same, thankfully.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Sulley:
I've had this issue twice in the last few days. I've had the phone since launch day and the problem has only happened since the OTA update. Both times the phone was charging from a PC.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mdh007:
Just happened to me while driving, it's only the second day I have the phone :(.

Charged it via USB on my macbook last night. Taking out the battery didn't help, pretty scary. I had to boot it into fastboot (volume up and down + power) and reset the phone via Clockwork Recovery to get it back on.

UPDATE: Just happen to me a second time while the phone was charging.

This is twice in 48 hours... Ridiculous! I'm wiping and reinstalling the OS.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Skysurfer69:
This is my list of overlapping apps
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] myxor:
I had the same problem with the sleep of death.

the problem was in combination with Lightflow and can be solved as described here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=19856001&postcount=40
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scangwinnett:
Like others, I'm seeing the problem as well but I've never installed Lightflow, I believe it may be unrelated to the problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ssss25:
I am a new user having this issue:

1- I got my phone about 9 days ago, and only got the update on day 5. I did experience the problem before the OTA. So it's not OTA.

2- My issue didn't happen while I was using the phone yet, it happens after. I basically leave my phone, and grab it to do something, and it just doesn't come back up. I don't know if it's on but hung, or totally off. I had to remove and insert battery. it also was not on charging. I don't recall the phone being very hot.

I had a bunch of aps, I guess to compare to the list that was listed:

- Astro

- Maps

- Facebook

- Documents to Go

- dropbox

- ebay

Never has lightflow or Spotify.

Since then I had reset my phone. I

only

installed Facebook and a program called "Signal Alert" to monitor my 3g (as I have some 3g problems which I want to check if it's normal).

I won't install anythign else until I see if the problem comes back. I want to see if it's a software or hardware.

Thanks,
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] myxor:
There may be another reasons for the problem, but mine was related to Lightflow and the control of the display sensor.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Scared the living hell out of me! I was just reading Wired, on phone, and it wouldn't wake up. Remembered this thread and poped the battery out. F@#%!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] l1233799:
For me it only dies when I do the following:

Wall charger overnight with the clock app on but dimmed (if you know what I mean). In the morning when I wake up I have to pop the battery out.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maybelying:
I've had this issue as well, twice in the last 24 hours (which is exactly how long I've owned my GN).

First time happened while it was connected to my laptop via USB, couldn't wake it or force it to shutdown by holding the power button, so had to pull the battery.

However, it happened a second time just a little while ago, and in that case, it had been in my pocket. I simply pulled it out and it wouldn't wake, had to pull the battery again.

In both cases, the indicator light was pulsing with the normal white indicator so I probably had an email or such notification, but not responding to anything.

One thing I've noticed on my phone, and this could be completely unrelated but I'm trying to narrow down causes, is that Google Maps appears to be sucking a lot of battery, despite the fact that I haven't even launched it. In 10 hours since charge, Maps has used 15% of my battery. Now, I do have location services etc. activated, but that still seems extreme. I never saw this type of behavior on my N1.

Just wondering if anyone else has seen that. As I said, could be unrelated, but I'm also thinking that if there is something wrong happening with Maps causing it to use that much charge, maybe it could be triggering the Sleep of Death?

Or maybe I'm way off.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] smacman:
The good news (if you can call it that) is that given how widespread this issue is, it is almost certainly software related. Fingers crossed for a timely fix...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nickparrin:
I have the same sleep of death problem. sometimes pulsing white notification light, sometimes not. it happens a few times a day. really, really frustrating.

First I thought it was Facebook, then spotify, then twitter, but that does not seem to be the case.

I have narrowed it down to having my work exchange account synchronized, maybe something with the security profile being pushed to the phone or just the e-mail program itself. Either way my phone seems to stable now, I'll report back in a few days.

Can anyone else confirm my theory about it being exchange support / mail in ICS on the galaxy nexus?

Oh and I'm using an european version of the galaxy nexus. both standard English (United States) as my local language have the same SOD problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maybelying:
I'm using exchange via touchdown, not using the built in exchange capability, so I'm not sure if that's a direct cause. But then, I don't have the problem occur nearly as often as you do, so who knows...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ssss25:
Update to my last note... I didn't get the issue while I was browsing... where the screen kind off got lines for few seconds, then phone goes dead. Initially I thought its just when sleeping and when i try to wake up.

Also, I had reset my phone to factory, and installed no apps just to test if it would happen with minimal apps. The issue still occurred. So i really think it is os issue or some app from google, or ... I really hope not.... a hardware issue.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stigato:
happened to mine 5 or 6 times in the past 12 days, when browsing, listening to music, or downloading game data.......I can't reproduce it by myself, just random.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeffreyng:
previously i mentioned i'm having this problem 5-6 times in 2 weeks. but since about a week ago it hasn't occured.

I didn't uninstall any apps. but i did monitor and manage the heating on the phone. when i feel the back of the unit start warming up when i'm using it for internet or something else during charging, i'd just place it down on a hard surface to let it cool down. since then i have not (yet) getting this sod issue.

i've been thinking if this has anything to do with overheating???? did anyone have any idea if this could be the cause???
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jss42:
I've had it happen after about an hour following a charge with almost no use, so I'm not sure it was heat related. I've had it happen twice in the last week, no apparent link. Once overnight while it was charging and once while it was in my pocket doing nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] technogecko6:
I've had this issue happen the past three nights. Each time it occurs while my phone is connected to AC power charging with the alarm clock in screen saver app in "dim" mode (imagine it being docked... except instead of actually having a dock, it is laying on a slanted surface back down).

At first I thought it could be a rogue app, so last night I decided to restart the device before going to bed to see if it would still lock up, and it did.

The list of running processes before I went left the device to charge over night:

Settings (1 process)

Facebook (1 process and 1 service)

Spotify (1 process and 1 service)

WidgetLocker (1 process and 1 service)

Google Services (1 process and 2 services)

Media (1 process and 1 service)

Exchange Services (3 processes and 1 service)

Maps (1 process and 1 service)

Android Keyboard (2 processes and 1 service)

Pretty minimal for the most part, though there are a few custom ones there that could in theory be the cause... but the feeling I get from this thread as of late seems to make me think it may be an overheating issue rather than an app issue.

Perhaps tonight I'll try leaving it on charge screen down with the battery cover off, lol...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jss42:
Ok, just happened again, and when I powered it back on, as I think someone else noticed, the battery dropped by about 20% immediately.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stigato:
I noticed too. Every time I turn on the phone after freezing, the battery dropped, more or less, even 20%. Maybe something wrong with battery management?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jss42:
Could this be a battery issue? Would explain why it doesn't appear to affect everyone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deezid:
Had the same a few minutes ago (after playing reckless getaway for a few minutes), battery went about 20 %, too :(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scangwinnett:
I don't think it's a battery issue. I think that whatever is happening when the screen goes black is causing the battery to drain very quickly (since I've noticed that the phone gets very warm until I pull the battery, implying that the hardware is busy doing something).

-- Gordon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peadarog:
It happened to me today for the first time in a few weeks. And yes: a 20% drop in the battery and a warm phone...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] klauskjelstrup:
I've had this issue once, (only had the phone 2 days), it happened when I was using Spotify, the phone was freezing and when it went to sleep I could not wake it up again. Had to remove battery and boot it up again. I felt tje heat too....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] phb5000:
Sleep of death happened twice today. The first I simply pulled out the battery and put it back in and it worked fine again. About an hour later it happened again. I pulled out the battery again, but this time it refused to start up again.

I have tried taking the battery out and putting it back in multiple times. It has been charging for about 3-4 hours now. Still nothing. Holding the power button has no effect. It seems like it is completely dead.

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

FYI: everything is completely stock (not rooted, original rom, etc).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Luxferro:
I just had my first sleep of death after using my phone for over a week. The clue I might have is I left an email notification (white led) sitting for a while without clearing it. In that time I got an additional email and a Google voice text.

I tried to reproduce it by emailing then texting myself. But didn't let them sit other for an hour or more. So who knows if it has anything to do with it.

Kinda funny how some people link it to light flow but others dint have it. But a few had it happen with notification led lit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] klauskjelstrup:
Seems to me like the Facebook app is killing it... Do all of you have the Facebook app installed?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maybelying:
Nope......
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] klauskjelstrup:
Hmm.... but you maybelying.....?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] maybelying:
Good point, but not in this case...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
I feel left out. Only had the issue once so far and pulled my battery right away.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] peadarog:
No Facebook installed here... I did have an error from track alert app when I restarted the device...