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[Vibrant General] side357:
I'm new you the Vibrant and not very techy at all, so what is the purpose of the recovery mode, other than the obvious term?

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[Vibrant General] kmdub:
Obviously you don't, or else you would not have clicked the clearly marked title hoping for something. I mean...really?

Well why did you click on the post, read it, then try the stated method? Did you have any hope? Or, were you looking forward to being frustrated? Really man? Really?

Bottom line: I don't think the OP promised any "magic" fix or claimed it would certainly help all Vibrant users. I took it as he/she was hopeful to be able to contribute something to the community believing it might help. I wish the posts where people are complaining about other people's posts (hardware locks, Froyo, etc.) would stop. Stop clicking.
[Vibrant General] oka1:
Did work for me

Did work for me Oddity in the system I guess

Thanks for the find:):):)
[Desire General] Ireas:
Hello,

i have a problem with FN, which does not allow me to install that game.

My friend, who also uses android, lend me his credit card for buying that game (don't worry I paid him back lol)

So he also bought FN with the same CC, so my suspicion is that I'm being blocked for this game (as he buyed that game first), could something like this really be?
[Desire General] RevoWution:
Did you buy it first or did your friend?
[Desire General] GANJDROID:
So, his card is linked to your gmail account?

Sent from my HTC Desire
[Desire General] Ireas:
Yeah, he bought it first and after then I bought it with his card. So yes his card is bounded to his and mine gmail account.

And FYI he doesn't have any download issues.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bloopblah:
My phone keeps on randomly rebooting. Is anyone having the same problem?
[G2 and Desire Z General] chrimage:
I am experiencing this problem too.

It rebooted once when I was using the Camera (Youtube HD Video mode)

Once When Trying to open Gallery.

And once while just sitting here on my desk at work.

I want to love this phone so bad! I really like it so far though, and the keyboard issue is def. not a problem for me, and I think it's probably a design flaw rather than a manufacturing "defect" considering there are no springs. It is very hard to recreate the hinge problem while holding it naturally, including at a 45 degree angle in bed.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tankmorph:
I also have had a few reboots and also media server force closes while running other apps. Never had these issues with my N1. Luckily I still have it. I'll give it a few more days and probably end up returning this G2 and going back to the N1.
[G2 and Desire Z General] chrimage:
I have been waiting for a good QWERTY phone with a fast CPU and a WVGA, passed on the nexus one and kept my G1. After running CM6 on my G1 (usable but sloooow) there is no going back for me after using the G2.

I sure hope this is something fixable in a firmware update
[G2 and Desire Z General] brentcizek:
Does it reboot all the way to the white htc screen or the grey tmo g2 screen? Mine does it to the tmo screen and seems to only happen when the phone has been sitting for awhile and I pass through an area with no reception and when I hit reception again is when it happens. Almost like its turning itself off but stays on enough to look for signal and then turns back on. I only say this because on my drive I know the spots where I lose service and the phone does the reboot in those spots. Anyone else?
[G2 and Desire Z General] adrake400:
Yea I had this happen today when roaming in nw ohio I think it may have started after taking pics of my niece. I also have a problem with the memory card it says it mounted read only and none of my pics or anything show up in the gallery.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Lcsglvr:
The incredible used to randomly reboot. I believe that was due to when there was low signal. It was fixed with an ota.
[G2 and Desire Z General] chrimage:
It goes to the G2 logo screen.

I have also had two occurrences of it being stuck at that screen and the power button not responding to long press or anything, only solution was to remove battery.

That would make a lot of sense, I'm at work right now and my signal is very weak here, goes in and out all the time.

What about others who are experiencing this problem?

Also, I am using a Class 6 A-Data 8gb microsd partitioned for ext3/swap/fat (not the included card), and so far each time it has rebooted the USB cable was plugged into a PC (for charging only, no debug or mass storage)

I wonder if any of this matches up with others who are having issues?
[G2 and Desire Z General] brentcizek:
Mines always happened not plugged in and has never gotten stuck.
[G2 and Desire Z General] johnaltman1978:
g2 reboot and mulitple force closes

i am getting the reboot issue also, it seems to be random when i am opening an app or going in to basically anything. also i am getting multiple force closes in basically all apps. i did a master reset and going to reload all apps and such and see if that fixes anything.
[G2 and Desire Z General] JoshHart:
Could be something you have installed too I remember some people having this problem when nexus first came out and they built a list and narrowed it down
[G2 and Desire Z General] gjvah:
There's a thread on Tmo forums about this issue, the guy fixed it by transferring his number to the new sim card that came with the phone. If you haven't tried it, give it a try.
[G2 and Desire Z General] brentcizek:
I updated my sim and haven't had any reboots yet
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheMan42:
For what its worth, my N1 reboots occasionally, randomly when I may be doing something. Happening ever since I got it. Maybe sone kind of exception happening in Android?
[G2 and Desire Z General] rex450se:
I have transferred my sim also and am still having this problem. It was after going through a no signal zone, which sucks because I am in hotels and places where I have no signal all the time.

Victor
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheSystemHasFailed:
Thanks for this tidbit. I called Tech Support and had my phone number moved to the SIM that came with the phone. Probably a long-shot, but what the hell...

:cool:
[G2 and Desire Z General] oldsk00lz:
Well, after 2 hours on a fresh charge, I sat my phone down for 15 minutes. When I picked it up it was dead (black screen). Had to pull the battery.

Seemed to be a weird fluke. Did have another reboot, though it felt Android related versus hardware.

-oldsk00lz
[G2 and Desire Z General] brentcizek:
So it rebooted on me this morning in a spot with perfect reception. I was trying to open the xda app but it wasn't opening...almost like I didn't have any data. Fishy fishy..
[G2 and Desire Z General] funkadesi:
Mine actually rebooted twice on me, both at random times.

1st occurence - I was listening to pandora, skipped a song while the loading circle was going on, I tried to go back to the home screen and it did take me there but than rebooted all of a sudden - It went straight to the G2 gray screen with the T-mo logo

2nd occurence - again I was listening to iheartradio app, trying to switch to a different but it rebooted back to the t-mobile gray screen ----- i think iheartradio is not tailored for android 2.2 yet, so i thought it could be the culprit.. since it only supports upto 2.1 in the market.

but yea nothing else as of now... hopefully it wont happen again.
[G2 and Desire Z General] tonyfate:
This happened to me for the first time today. I was on the web, pressed the home button and scrolled thru the screens to get to my widget and it froze on me and rebooted to the t-mo g2 launch screen.. it actually stayed there for a good 2 mins so I pulled the battery and rebooted after and it was fine.. is this an on going problem that'll be fixed soon? i hope?
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
This also happened to me while playing "Angry Birds" - the phone just went black then the T-Mobile G2 screen came on... Happened twice from what i can remember, pretty annoying if you ask me...

Not sure if this is due to some apps that i've got installed or what but i hope there's a fix soon...
[G2 and Desire Z General] sclui56:
Mine happened 3 times. Before I loaded the phone up, I did a factory wipe just in case. At any rate, I am running identical apps from my N1, so nothing really new.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pak256:
Mine rebooted for the 1st time this morning. It was in my pocket in the car and when I took it out it was on the gray g2 screen. I had just gotten home from class where I had no signal which seems to match up with most people.
[G2 and Desire Z General] daveezy:
Both of these things keep happening to me, a lot actually. I ended up formatting my sd card with a sd card adapter and it fixed the problem, but it tends to keep happening, making me format it again. And I get about 3 reboots a day, if its due to no service I'm screwed because I NEVER have service in my house. :(
[G2 and Desire Z General] TL24:
Yeah from the looks of it it only happens you have no reception... I have no reception at work and that's when my G2 kept on rebooting randomly... so I turned on Airplane Mode and voila - issue resolved.

I just hope we have a long term fix soon so that we don't have to turn on Airplane Mode.
[G2 and Desire Z General] stevencpoynter:
I've been having this issue as well, although mine might be due to a low battery (haven't had the time do do a full on charge since I picked the phone up today). I'm currently using my older SIM, planning on Xferring to new SIM this week.

Another problem, don't know if it's related or not...but every so often my wifi will drop and i'll receive an "error" message under the enable wifi setting in the phone...read about this happening on a lot of moto droid phones post froyo update...think it's software related?
[G2 and Desire Z General] kevdawg:
I think there are two types of reboots that occur.

1) Freezing when you're using it and then rebooting.

2) Rebooting when not using it all (maybe due to low reception as I am seeing that as well)

Thoughts?
[G2 and Desire Z General] SuperDave81:
Mine just rebooted for the first time. It was in my pocket in my G1 case, not being used. I am using my old SIM.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Blueoval24:
Just happened to me today as well. At work, and I barely get any reception. I get 3 bars if I set it down and point it a specific direction and get zero when I decide to pick it up. Just went to the grey Tmobile screen.
[G2 and Desire Z General] zuludelta9:
this just happened to me like some of the users in the first page like that Droid problem.

1) low reception, reboots to G2 screen (flickers) keeps rebooting.

2) still on old sim from Blackberry (dunno if that matters)

was browsing app market for Toggle Settings app realized wifi was down (someone turned off router) and was on little to no reception.
[G2 and Desire Z General] charlieton:
i'm getting the same thing. it happens at least once or twice every 2 to 3 days. today 3 times alone. it happens regardless of what i'm doing or not doing.

i've reset to factory settings twice and it solves nothing.
[G2 and Desire Z General] gabrielsalgado:
mine, suddenly froze 2 times in a row....then i try to reboot and it got stuck in the G2 screen blinking, i freak out and pull the battery, then when starting nothing happen, just the screen buttong light up, nothing else, i freak out again and pull the battery, waited like 3 minuts, and started, everything work fine....i hope they fix that in a update
[G2 and Desire Z General] recharged95:
Well, even with my battery mod (foam tape), I finally got the issue once today. battery was at 50%, not much running in the back ground. Had to remove the battery and it's been fine since. Sounds like a software issue.
[G2 and Desire Z General] FiendGSP:
I have also had the Reboot issue, both the the TMO G2 screen and the white HTC screen.

All the reboots I have experienced the phone was not active and just sitting on my desk. I am on E and the reception isn't perfect, but useable.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Foo_Blyat:
I'm going on 24 hours uptime with 15% battery left and I haven't had a single reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z General] canib:
First two and a half days I had it, no freezing or rebooting. Today I started messing with Facebook app for first time and when loading up someones picture my signal dropped and it rebooted to HTC logo and booted back into android.
[G2 and Desire Z General] fryrice8850:
mine did the same thing this morning and my phone was at full charge!!!??

anyone called tmobile on this issue? We should all call and make it a known issue for them
[G2 and Desire Z General] joebobjoe:
Yeah there's something not right about this phone. I love it still, but it seems buggy. I think HTC made some less than ideal mods to its build.
[G2 and Desire Z General] MCbrian:
Disable autobackup/restore?

Have any of you experiencing random reboots, etc. tried what this guy at T-Mo G2 Forums suggested -- disabling autobackup/restore...and the other details he mentions?
[G2 and Desire Z General] userfriendlyme:
I must say i love the phone but i have also experienced random rebooting especially the first day or so after getting the phone. the first day of full use my phone rebooted 3 times and then actually froze one time where i had to remove the battery. Day 2 i had maybe one or two reboots. I will try some of the steps listed above see if that prevents it from happening again im sure once the phone is out a little longer if enough experience the issue and update will be released.
[G2 and Desire Z General] magnafides:
I'm basically in the same boat as you, and it happens to both G2s on my family plan. I've also had shutdowns in addition to reboots. Android didn't restore/auto-install any apps on either of our phones, so that isn't it.

I'll be shipping these back to T-Mobile tomorrow; back to our MT3Gs I guess.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jedthehumanoid:
How long is the bootup time on this phone? I'm concerned about the random reboots but if it's only going to happen occasionally and the boot time is not too long, I can probably live with it until the OS is updated. It's probably because of JIT.
[G2 and Desire Z General] elusivebyte:
I can jump on the random reboot wagon now. :( It happened for the first time yesterday. I clicked on the Foursquare icon to launch it and it stayed orange and never launched, then poof, gray G2 screen.

Today I was out hiking and using an app named Endomondo. It's for exercise. It uses GPS to record your track. I was looking at the map screen and left the screen on but stopped looking at it actively. When I looked at it again I couldn't move the map around. My phone had become completely unresponsive. I couldn't hit the power button, any of the capacitive buttons, or anything. I had to pull the battery. I even tried giving it a good minute and a half to recover. This is more of a lock up than a freeze.

So after rebooting I re-opened Endomondo and it couldn't get a GPS lock for 10 minutes. And the cell tower positioning had me in one spot the entire time. The app said I had moved 0.00 miles in 10 minutes of hiking. And then it suddenly rebooted to the G2 screen. :(

After it booted again I finally got a GPS lock after a minute. I was in the woods, so it can take a little longer.

This was a couple hours ago and I haven't had any GPS issues since then.

Edit, I just realized, that just before it locked up I had no signal. I was finally getting around to getting Tasker and I searched the market but then had no signal. I was in the middle of the woods, so that's understandable. So I gave up and went back to hiking. Then the freeze occurred. I just read on reddit that having a low signal is correlated with the random reboots. (Not sure about with lockups, but it could be related.)
[G2 and Desire Z General] Elmobane:
I've only had it reboot once and it only did it after I installed Launcher Pro. What Launcher is everyone using when it reboots?
[G2 and Desire Z General] zuludelta9:
I am using LauncherPro Plus v0.8.1.0 as well. What about you guys?
[G2 and Desire Z General] TCDroid:
Reboots here as well

I've been having reboots as well... Another thing i noticed was when i make a call on roaming i have signal then when the call connects the phone shows i have The X and no service but the call is still active and i can talk.. then when i disconnect the call it flashes out of service area... IDK why i always jump on the 1st batch of phones to ship.. it always best to wait a few weeks then buy...:(
[G2 and Desire Z General] magnafides:
Stock launcher. For the record my reboots seem to happen in low-signal areas...

Today while my phone was sitting on my desk @ work it rebooted 7 different times while just sitting there. Towards the end it started doing this weird thing where the screen would flash white on top of the G2 boot screen, like a strobe. Odd...
[G2 and Desire Z General] asko1981:
I've been having reboot issues since day one. I've done factory reset a few times and without any apps installed was still getting random reboots. It happenes while not doing anything with the phone, phone is just sitting there. I'm now on my second g2 and still get the reboots. This needs to be aknowledged by tmobile asap. There is a long thread on tmobs forum about this.
[G2 and Desire Z General] borodin1:
I'm using ADW launcher. Have random reboots in the low signal area as well. This is certainly a low-signal problem.
[G2 and Desire Z General] E Double:
I've had my G2 for a week and I guess it rebooted about 5 times over that time. I use launcher pro, and I first thought the reboots were because of the launcher, but I now think that the reboots are related to signal strength and type of network I'm on. Quite often its happened when I'm switching from 4g to edge or back. I'm coming to this phone from a series of dog pile vibrants, so as long as the phone does what I want it to do 98% of the time I can forgive the occasional reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Dalamak:
Mine has done it twice, once rebooting to the recovery screen, no clue
[G2 and Desire Z General] oldsk00lz:
Hey guys,

After another freeze, I was able to actually connect via ADB. The shell was working fine.

Anyways, I did a logcat, and I saw the attached code looping.

http://pastebin.com/DV3uVYJg

It just keeps looping on these audio logs.

Any thoughts?

Anyone else get logcats similar or different than this?

-oldsk00lz
[G2 and Desire Z General] borodin1:
Mine just rebooted again 3 times in the row, again in the low signal area. Here's something to munch on: I was listening to some music and, once it rebooted, sound came out all borked. I use MusicMod (by Eliot Stocker) but that shouldn't matter since it uses default Music Player internals, just a better skin and I've never had problem with it on my G1. Anyway, it took a manual reboot for sound to be OK again.

Anyone else experienced anything similar?

I am really worried about this isssue. I have 2 G2s, that's quite an investment ($400) and quite a commitment (2years). I'm not sure I want to take a chance waiting for T-mobile to fix it. I have another week, hopefully we'll hear something OTA or get a permanent root. Otherwise, this may not be a phone for me.
[G2 and Desire Z General] pmstc:
Just thought I should mention that this weekend I took a road trip through an area where I went without a signal for about an hour. I had navigation and music playing to my car's headunit over a2dp, and the phone rebooted to the G2 screen.

Then, on my trip back, I was using the same things, in the same area, and my phone's screen went black. I had to pull the battery in order to reset it, nothing was working.

Those are the only instances in which my G2 has reset or died, and I've had it since last Sunday.
[G2 and Desire Z General] manintheboat:
I'm also having reboots when the phone has no signal
[G2 and Desire Z General] fryrice8850:
Has anyone went back and get their G2 replaced because of this?

I am going to give tech support a call today and see if they can exchange it for me. I only had the G2 for a week. Also I wonder if they will be giving me a brand new one or some referb
[G2 and Desire Z General] MCbrian:
I wonder if they'd even have any refurbished units yet since it's been out for less than 2 weeks. :confused:

Unless...maybe they take units that have already been returned for "random reboots", check them out ("Don't see nothin wrong with this one") wipe the fingerprints off, and re-distribute them...to different people who request exchanges because of random reboots. ;)
[G2 and Desire Z General] fryrice8850:
hmmm...lets hope its a higher chance of them sending me a brand new one in box...if not i may have to ask if i can do a in-store exchange. I pre-ordered mine
[G2 and Desire Z General] robothouse:
I too am having issues with reboots, some locking the device hard (remove battery to reboot scenario) and some going to the SIM card lock screen. I suppose more people are having this issue, but not noticing it if they do not lock their SIM card...

This was happening with my older myTouch SIM, also after a "master reset" and after upgrading the SIM to the one that came with the G2. It also happens with no downloaded apps (stock G2 device.)

My phone also lost data upon reboots randomly... once loosing my call log, and another reboot rendered the stock facebook app useless ("force close" upon trying to open the app.) Upon a reboot, my login info was wiped from the app. Scared this will continue to happen to more important apps in the future!

After spending over an hour on the phone with t-mobile support today, I was able to wrangle a replacement phone... talked with over 5 tech & service reps. Had to re-explain myself every time. They do not "know this is an issue" and it certainly isn't documented by t-mobile. They don't even share notes on the same phone call!

Multiple reps told me they had no "warranty replacement" stock, so I'd have to do the "buyer's remorse" warranty to get a replacement. They wanted me to send my phone back and wait up to 3 business days for a replacement. 5+ business days with no device? NO WAY!

I finally got a rep that guaranteed me a phone in the mail so I could keep using my current till the replacement came in, but I haven't received any shipping or order notification yet (now 4hrs later.) She also let me know it was definitely not a refurbished phone, but rather a new one, as I was wary about getting a "refurbished" G2 that's having the same issues mine is right now.

Love the device, just wish it worked as advertised. I'll try to update here when the new one comes in...
[G2 and Desire Z General] fryrice8850:
but it does seem that it only happens when there is no service for my reboots...but i want to exchange it anyways cuz i have a very loose hinge so i might as well go and see if i can get a new one. hehe
[G2 and Desire Z General] [hfm]:
I've only had this happen to me once, I was in a CVS at 6th and carmine.. came out and it was dead at G2 screen.

I'm surprised it hasn't happened more than once with the amount of times I get on the subway (read.. loss of signal..).

Maybe it's got something to do with wavering between multiple towers or something?
[G2 and Desire Z General] rdsport323:
I've noticed that even though my phone "reboots", if u check the uptime in the system settings about phone, it will show that its been up for hours and not reset after it "reboots". So technically, the phone isn't rebooting ?