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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epinion:
I got random boot only if I connect my phone to PC using usb cable.

Maybe it has a bug/"feature" with the new interface when we connect our phone with usb cable.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vazelos:
Same thing again... The phone had minimum (basic) apps installed

(file manager, task manager and was rooted). Everything was OK

until I decided to set the alarm clock. After I finished setting the time

the phone crashed. Maybe it was random, maybe not. I'll se how it

goes without having one active, although I doubt it may be the problem.

Does anyone know what's Sony Ericsson's policy regarding warranties?

Mine was bought in France and was a gift, so I don't have the receipt

of purchase and I live in Greece (I'm asking cause I heard from somewhere

that the warranty is only valid in the country where it was bought which is

rather strange).
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
that's actually true i think....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vazelos:
I talked to a friend's friend that works in a SE Service Point and unfortunately

it is true. No warranty coverage.. :(

I'll have to downgrade to 1.6 (if I find how to do that) and see if anything changes

or realize that it is in fact a hardware problem and take it for a check in SE.

New progress....

Downgraded the X10 to 1.6... Changed the product code to Greece Cosmote undranded

(which is my main Service Provider), cleared the previous info on the updater in my PC

which stated the phone as being German (???) and voila... 2.1 for Greece! I left it again

with minimum apps installed and charging all night long and the phone hasn't crashed at all.

I'll be monitoring it and will let you know if anything good comes out of this procedure...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
damn; & there isn't any way you can get warranty coverage?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vazelos:
I guess not, but for now I won't be needing it.

The phone has been steady as a rock..

No restarts, no problems whatsoever!

I hope everything will work out for you as well

my friend! :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
aaaiht nice:D keep in touch!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hania82:
My phone restart on a regular basis too. I still have android 1.6 on my phone in Holland with vodafone. I also happens a lot of times after i enter my pincode. And another reboot. 10 times in a row. It;s driving me crazy. I have to put my batery out of the phone for rest. And later it;s ok again. But it'happens a lot. Who can help me and the other people who have this problem. A site told me a taskkiller can be the problem. But I removed it. And no change.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tome_1:
I'm on UK 2.1 and I am experiencing not so random restarts or crashes. It can go for a whole day without crashing if i've just got it on and am not doing anything other than a few calls and some email or using mediascape for music. I can usually make it crash by running google goggles or layar. As others have said above when it's plugged into a PC it's worse and I will get completely random restarts. I do experience bouts of really bad reboot cycles but have not been able to replicate it reliably

I used to get it a bit when i was on 1.6 as well. Specifically when running layar or google navigation.

Needless to say..... it's a bit of a pain.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hemo1001:
i'm using 2.1 nordic on my x10 ...i have no problems... only 1 restart while using root manager.

but i notice the burning smell in the x10 and i don't like it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vazelos:
@tome_1 & @hania82

It looks like your problem is hardware related. Mine appeared only

after updating to 2.1 which as you probably have read a few

posts back has been solved by downgrading to a specific ROM of the

1.6 firmware and updating to 2.1 this time by changing the product code

to one of my country's generic.

@Artificial__

Tom I still don't have any problems after the process and see a much

smoother operation as well as battery life increase...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] truongtho039:
I got the same problem. My phone from Roger Canada, I think after i charged the batery full that will be better. let's try it
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
I see downgrading not as a solution;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] truongtho039:
solution for randomly restart

The best solution for now is flash phone by using Nordic version 2.1_2.0.A.0.504, it's available on XDA . I tried it and it work fine now.However, it got the same problem if many application working at the same time. I found the problem come from Ram memory not Battery as some people said.

good luck

let me know. If you have a better solution
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
Ram memory? explain please;)!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MeshJedi:
I've been haing this issue, and I think I just figured out what causes it, at least in my case, might not be the same for everyone.

whenever I put the phone down (unless I'm really gentle) it'll freeze/crash and reboot. same thing it I shake it the right way, and usually when plugging the USB in.

So check yoru phones if they reboot if you drop them from 1cm or so to the table. it seems to do it selectively though. it won't always happen, but every time it does freeze, it seems to be from being put down or if I "hit" it or jerk it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzf:
I have the same problem, don't know for sure but seems ok now I deleted angry birds game...

temp 35C

cpu: ok 0-50)

specs:

Undbranded X10i with Belgian ROM

edit:

Spoke too soon, crashed twice after opened google maps temperature is ok though, but the same burned smell at the back...

edit2:

I think it's battery temperature related, downloaded battery snap to monitor it.

put the contrast button off, it looks a lot brighter with 2.1 (maybe it helps)

deleted advanced task killer, read on some other forums it can cause problems
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devil_me:
lagging when using messaging

Hello I am from India n my phone's running on nordic 2.1.

I am having sever lag when running messaging application. The application opens fast but when sending message it stays on sending message and when i hit back button to the all Threads list it takes lot of time even then. It lags even when a new message has arrived and when I want to check. I am getting this problem after 5 or 6 days after updating.

I reflashed it again using SEUS. At first it was fine and experiencing problem now again after like a 5 or 6 days again. Tried removing major applications and also removing sd card but the lag stays. And continuos messaging leads to crash. I see "keypad" process eating a lot of cpu when the lag happens. Can anybody please help? Its so frustrating to flash it often and then backup/restore. Thank you
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epinion:
1. Try using messangging replacement such as handcent or chompsms.

2. Try using home replacement.such as ADW by anderweb or LauncherPro

3. Try to set your smsc using *#*#4636#*#* service menu.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devil_me:
Tthanks for the reply. BTW I just reflashed and rooted my x10 to global fw. lets see if it troubles me now.

1. tried handcent - Its laggy too.

2. I was already using launcher pro.

3. How to set it?

what does the 3rd thing does?? smsc??
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
this all is rlly weird....:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] epinion:
How many sms or apps do you have?

Number 3 is access by typing *#*#4636#*#* on your dial pad. It will show you another service menu. SMSC is Short Message Service Center. Usually will automatically retrieve. Try to set it manually. :-D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OmegaRED^:
Here's a experiment to try..

Get some app to check your battery heat.

Now use the phone like you normally would now.. keep an eye on the heat.

make a note of the highest temperature you reach.

Now remove your sim card.. play a game, watch a movie.. just use it how ever you can.

and post your estimates here.

lets compare.

With SIM: 52*C

Without SIM: 43*C

I would like to see if it has something to do with the built in modem.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] devil_me:
@epinion. I had around 18000 sms before. now after the reflashes it with global fw this time and i made a backup of my sms and cleared inbox to 0, rooted my device with JIT enabled and removed unwanted system apps too. Let me see if I see any change in the coming days now. Will post if I find any improvements. Thanks for caring. :)

Regards.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzf:
Found my problem the app advanced task killer causes my phone to reboot!

Worked fine before the update, very strange..

Tried Fastest Task Killer same problem still looking for a stable task killer

edit:

Found a possible stable task killer "Open Task Killer" great free app with auto kill function

For the people who need to enter their PIN after running task killer put the SE app "Backup and restore" in the ignore list, this causes it.

Hope this helps other users
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpedrinha:
I have the same problem. Including the smell on the battery.

But I have no idea where my phone is from. I bought it from e-bay and I'm in Brazil, how can I know where my phone is from?

2 days after updating to 2.1 I did a 1.6 update via PC Companion and since then my phone is rebooting. I hoped for 2.1 update to fix it but it got worse with time. I got to a point where it was impossible to use the phone, even after removing the battery and cooling both the phone wont stay on for more than a minute. I kept looking at the battery temp and it got to 40 celcius and crashed a few secs later. But I had reboots with 32 celcius too so I don't know if it's a battery temp issue.

But since I got this phone I had a problem with PlayNow force close alerts annoying me all the time. I found out that the problem was the auto date/time update via network. When I turned it off and set the date/time and timezone the problem was solved.

I tryed the same thing with this reboot issue and it got a lot better, but I still get around 6 reboots a day.

Maybe it will become a hardware problem because of the smell, but I'm pretty sure it's a software problem that is causing it or it was caused during the update.

The problem is that I don't have the warranty, so I can't pay a new motherboard, I ratter wait for any gingerbread android phone. So I'll keep trying to find a software fix for it.

First thing in mind is that there might be a bug regarding time zones. As soon as I find a Brazilian 2.1 ROM I'll try it. May try a general ROM too.

But first I need to find where my phone is from, how can I know that?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
i don't know; maybe you can check it by any id, or something inside your phone?

& this problem isn't caused by taskkillers;)!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
aaarghlll:(; my x10 still isn't back from repaaaaaaair:mad:!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jzf:
Update: No crashes since I deleted my taskkiller, seems it solved my problem!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dpedrinha:
I'm using TaskPanel X as taskkiller and it was crashing before it.

Actualy my phone started crashing right after updating it to factory default, I mean, external program caold be causing the crashes.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
Jap, mine 2... crashed after factory reset, so this must be hardware related
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zebmirza5000:
hey people.

i have a strange problem here. i got 2.1 lately and my phone just shuts off randomly almost when battery level reaches between 35-30 percent remaining. I tried reinstalling my firmware. Didnt work :( then i flashed the global 2.1 fw but of no avail :( i have been using my phone for like more than 6 months now. it was running perfect on 1.6 but problem only occured wid 2.1 and its just annoying i dont know what to do :( anybody got any clues? is this any hardware malfunction? i think its some battery fault maybe because phone runs perfect when the battery level is above 35%.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zebmirza5000:
Press these keys in sequence:

home

back

back

home

back

home

home

back

(a hidden menu will appear)

There you can find all the information about your phone.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalviking:
I have the same problem with my X10i. I have Android 2.1 update 1 Dutch version. Might wait for a response of SE...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
Hope it won't take as lang as it takes with me:s, dude.... it's 4 weeks now:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] arkedk:
I have the same problem.

I've noticed it halts in the browser sometimes then reboots.

And most recent when I was filming in HD it crashed several times, which is pretty annoying when you wanna capture something and is unable to do so because it crashes.

Initially I would think it might be a overheating issue?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
x10 back from repair.

What i told them needed to be fixed:

overheating components

What they did:

put a german ( i live in belgium, so WTF?) 1.6 (!) rom, & 'tested' it.

This one goes back to the shop...

damn, i could kill all those **********:mad:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
phone back in repair guys...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sopdogg:
My X10a was crashing 2-3 times per day on the Nordic 2.1 upgrade. Reflashed with LAM 2.1 update and haven't had any issues since.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ChrisMCP:
Same problem with 2.1 rogers :(
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony_C:
Did you install one of the battery saving apps?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vitorpellegrino:
My phone is barely usable. It keeps restarting like a dozen times in a hour when i try to connect it using usb. When it isn't connected, i can't access any website or try to use any kind of networked app that it keeps crashing at my face.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
Mine crashed when it waz to warm, when i was charging it; & when i was gaming! It must have to do something with tha hardware
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BONNIE_62-10:
Hey man i have the same prob frequent restarting its very annoying.

Android 2.1

build 2.0.a.0.504

if any news please tell us

and yes that burnt smell is there
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] apkhub:
I have the same problem.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx.varun:
Hey

My ph(unrooted) also had same prob. It restarted randomly... I rooted it .. Backup.. And restored back to factory settings... The ph started to hang again nd there4 again resetted to factory this time hell heppened i.e i was not able to start location services .. Ph got hanged up with force close location services ... WTF!!:-( ... Then i tried SE repair option .. The ph still got hanged up once but still better... Nw have unrooted it it zroot and made advance task kill to medium level nd now not killing any android service... Maybe this wud help.. Nt unhappy nw .. Help required..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
I've chatted with the SE customer support twice, they told me i need to install a task killer from the market. (which is b*llsh*t, & i also answered this by posing the following comparison: If you buy a new car, would you put a screwdriver in the motor so it wouldn't overheat?; the answer back was: if you don't want to do this, we're sorry, but we can't help you then )

-You don't buy a 500€ smartphone which isn't able to work without a takskiller, because it would overheat otherwise!

Mine is back in repair now for the second time, and i've embedded with the phone a very detailled problem-description, with solution (about the cpu & ram)

I think this is the only way to get a hardware-repairred phone back from SE. If you don't give them this info, they 'll just software reset your phone (what doens't solves the problem)

If I know more, i'll let you know, but i'm not so good in hardware, so i can't tell you guys what the problem exactly is....

I hope some pro's from xda can maybe tell us what exactly is goin' on...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
I got the same issues with my X10i. After updating to 2.1, my phone randomly restarting. Im in Abu Dhabi by the way. I flashed my phone into so many different regional firmwares now but still have the same problems. I changed my FW to Nordic first, then tried UK, Singapore, Phils, and some other regions but no changes at all. Now ive run out of FW to use. The phone is not so usable now. Cant even watch movies with it. Cant play Angry birds because it will surely reboot if you do.

I dont know when this issues will be fixed. I hope SE or someone here in XDA eventually figure-out the the problems.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rfg13:
random restart

have to confirm the same problem:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx.varun:
found sumthing...!

1. on unrooted phones

if using auto task kill disable it for sometime & disable startup auditor or ay prog interfaring with o/s and then see what happens... must be helpful

2. rooted phones

all above steps and aditionally u by mistake not killing any root access app. i.e superuser or busybox or any other... try these .. sumwhat helped me maybe works for you.. not 100% but made things better from worst..

if you have uninstalle any OS service accidently / intensionally try to reinstall those services ... sumtimes it does help!! get back with your results!! al t best!!:cool::cool:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
I had unrooted without taskkiller, and i had the problem; so it can't be that...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
Today, I reflashed my phone (again) using SEUS to UK firmware hoping to stop the "auto-crashing. After finishing the installation and opening my phone, suddenly restarted!!.. Has anyone notice that if you use PC Companion to repair the phone, it suddenly freezes and the option is to stop it.

XDA wizards, I hope that you can identify the problem on our phone. Will there be a solution? If none, then maybe we have to look another device.

Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
It seems se's hardware repair is the only option. If this doens't works, you'll get your money back
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
that only applies to people with warranty though

i have changed my housing so i cant send mine back i dont think
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
I dont think "hardware"is the problem. It runs fine when it was in 1.6. But then the 2.1 update came and the phone started to get ugly. Cant figure it out. Im hoping if SE releases a new update, the issue will be fixed. I hope so...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
i downgraded to 1.6 and it happened again though
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
ok now i dont think its the restarting problem

when i open a video its all flickering, i think the video chip might be my problem not this
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
It must be hardware; cause everyone has the same update & some have the crash problem, some don't....

Why it worked fine with android 1.6?

* I think because the 1.6 is not as heavy as the 2.1 which reduces the probability of crashing? I still think its the cpu and ram are making contact because it gets hot when heavily using the phone & this occurs into a reboot.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
& i'm srr; but i think the ones without guarantee are f'cked....:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
Then SE should release another update "2.1 lite" :) to avoid this annoying system crash. Well I guess I have to look for another Android phone. Any suggestions???
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx.varun:
bro u need to recheck figures... most of the phones workd well with 1.6.. even never crashed with 1.6.. nd secondly if its sum hardware fault then then how come whole os is working well bt certainly some processes only trouble.. nd its not always one process only gives some prob. but diff. tasks/processest at diff time... its 100% software fault.. some processes are unstable.. they need to be sorted asap... :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mehulkr76:
Yes some applications might be crashing. Like in windowsxp making it reboot
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
my phone crashes when i downgrade to 1.6 aswell though:mad:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
then why the hell don't we all have this problem ?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
Remember what SE told before giving us the update? "The 2.1 update will be release in batch as we have distributed different kits at different dates to different regions". Maybe our handset belongs to another "kit" which should be shifted or distrubuted supposed to be in another region?? That is why when we updated the phone, suddenly this issues came. In short, the updates that we get did not fit our phone based on this kit??

But I reflashed my phone too many time to other regions FW but still did not get the solution.

Dunno what is happening.....:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dx.varun:
Exactly Bro... Here the culprit lies... region specific is one of the prob. ...(bt global generic is also creating trouble dnt knw why) bt still certainly software issue..!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
I feel helpless guys. Yesterday night, the phone restarted more than 30 times even after removing the battery. Its ruining my day. I almost throw the thing. Im planning to visit a service center but I bet they will just re-flash the phone which I can do myself.

Lets keep our fingers crossed that maybe "someone" can do a remedy for this problem.:)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Artificial__:
Owkay; so the problem occurs from country to country?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
I am not realy sure.... If thats the case, debranding/rebranding the phone to other region's FW will solve the issue. But, I debranded countless times and still having the same problem.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony_C:
Not necessarily could be dependent on a previously unused HW function or sequence of instructions.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
i thought of the whole region kit crap to, but there is no way for me to get telstra x10a firmware back, no matter what i do it will not come back.

i've tryed the changing didgits in the prop file, but it doesnt work.

so unless someone can tell me how to get telstra ROM back i dont know what else i can try
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
X10a TELSTRA-AU NAM1 1234-4824	1232-4505 Telstra AU/Sensuous black

Got it from this site also, including all the regional firmwares. Click the below link to find the full listing of regional FW provided of course by XDA.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8934154
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tophergrace:
Be careful of my previously posted message about Telstra. I mentioned 2 different unit there. I shoul've posted it like this:

X10a TELSTRA-AU NAM1 1234-4824

Telstra AU/Sensuous black 1232-4505

But to be sure, just click the link I provided in the previous post
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aussiesausage:
i tryed 1234-4824 but it just re-isntalled generic lol

whats telstra AU/sensuous black/

thanks for this mate

not excactly sure which one im looking at here
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony_C:
Yes, the 1st number is the CDA, that is the number to use when editing prop file.

2nd number is the SI can use it to search the SE site to see if released