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[Droid Eris Android Development] Jolest:
I've had problems with occasional reboots. I also have enough resident apps running that I had to activate swap on the phone to keep from loosing a resident app every time I opened an app. The reboots seemed to decrease, both when I started to use swap, and when I went to a faster SD card...

Tazz, I've gotten the impression that you haven't loaded down your Eris with a bunch of resident apps. If that's correct, that could explain why you're not seeing the issue.

<speculation-mode>

Could something that should have a priority lower than the music players have been bumped to a higher priority and this (music skipping and reboots) is the fallout from that priority change?

Could the reboot problem be some piece of the system doesn't gracefully wait (maybe it doesn't know how to) when the system is tied up accessing the SD card?

</speculation-mode>
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
No I don't have any apps really...even in my tb. I really don't use many lol .......it confuses my friends y I have such high end phone like the tb.. and don't use it much haha...

But anyways that's what I said because its been said that gps works by itself.. so something must be interfering with it ...
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
If someone could tell me when exactly when this started.. I can go back and try to make some changes .. other then that. I don't know what to do lol I've tried everything I can think.of
[Droid Eris Android Development] Jolest:
Maybe check the priority of the SD-card driver vs other things in the system (GPS and audio driver in particular) and see how they compare...
[Droid Eris Android Development] Jolest:
Also, if you have source, you might want to look around in the SD driver itself to see if they're disabling interrupts at any point. If an SD card glitch and/or read delay can occur -while- interrupts are disabled, that could also explain some of what we're seeing.

Q: Does the Eris have a hardware watchdog circuit? If so, a long enough delay between watchdog resets could cause the phone to reset.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Mercys Fallen:
ok, dl'd and flashed v20 t3 yesterday, ran without much problems. Shopkick gps locked on to with like, ten feet of me. ( less scary than google's like two inches of me) Xda app got stuck on splash screen but that just happens sometimes. Battery drain was a little higher than usual but still went 23 hours and had 10% left with sorta moderate/heavy use ( mlb app gets alot of use). Music went fine, left gps on all day to see if that'd do anything weird (nope). For me I'll give it two thumbs up, not even nand'n back to v19 i'm running this one. :0)

Tazz I still want that asop link. >.< !!!!
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
see thats what confusing,, its not screwing up for everyone,, :confused: and i have a thread for the aosp ,, on first page bro
[Droid Eris Android Development] C.Hatfield:
GOOD NEWS THUNDERBOLTER CREW > ?!

http://gizmocrunch.com/android/6530-htc-thunderbolt-update-lte-3g-fix

Official HTC Thunderbolt Update Leaks: Fixes LTE/3G Hand-Off, Battery Too?

Tuesday, 19 April 2011 23:06 Samuel Miller

Good news folks. Verizon seems to have finally resolved the 4G LTE, 3G and radio issues with the HTC Thunderbolt, hopefully once and for all. In a recently leaked unofficial ROM for the HTC Thunderbolt, we find a number of fixes to Verizon's 4G Android.

Verizon HTC Thunderbolt update fixes:

New radio (version 1.16.00.402), Fixes to SQLite, GPS Location Services, LTE/3G handoff, Audio recording, Video playback and Proximity sensor drain.

Now if you happen to have a problematic HTC Thunderbolt then the above fixes should make your Thunderbolt much more tolerable. One of the biggest complaints with the HTC Thunderbolt was the 4G LTE / 3G hand-off where users who were no longer within 4G coverage areas and needed the device to automatically switch to 3G, would find it instead unable to do so until a restart. Well that's in the list. Another big issue has to do with poor battery life however we're not certain what exactly is the cause of that so if it was also related to the 4G and 3G radios, or even possibly the proximity sensor draining it dry, you may see a difference soon.

Hit the source link to download the unofficial ROM. And if you're not too familiar with doing this, we suggest sitting back and waiting for Verizon to roll it out officially. It can't be too far along now.
[Droid Eris Android Development] hoovnick:
Did you actively use an app like GPS status or Nav? Or did you just have gps on in the background? Cause I've had the gps on all day as well with no hiccups. But I had it reboot twice on the way to work this morning, actively using Nav while running Pandora and stock music player.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
well i just used gps to the doctors , 45 minute there 45 back and no hiccups at all ,,, and yes, i was testing so i had pandora radio on also
[Droid Eris Android Development] Mercys Fallen:
I almost never use Nav as I really know where im going all the time. Grew up here so I shouldn't need Nav, just wanted to see if it was gps itself marring this suckiness, I think jolest is onto something. Seems the only logical explanation. that the nav app and audio are fighting. Dunno why but thats why im not a dev. =P
[Droid Eris Android Development] hoovnick:
BLAST~!!!!!!!!!

This is soooooo mind boggling!
[Droid Eris Android Development] Mercys Fallen:
Tazz has the eris htc wished everyone had... lmao :0)
[Droid Eris Android Development] Jolest:
No. Tazz has an Eris with almost no apps installed. If he loaded it down with resident apps like what I have, I think he'd have a better chance of seeing the problems...

The Eris

I wish

I had would have 4 times the internal memory+storage so I wouldn't need to play games turning on swapping and/or using cache2cache.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Steve125:
Running v20 test 3. No problems. Thanks tazz!
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
Running v 20 adw test 3 and no problems. And no GPS issues. Works great thanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGeek007:
Looking back at what versions of GingerTazz I have used in the past, I installed:

GingerTazz 11

GingerTazz 14 ccn

GingerTazz 17

GingerTazz 19 - current

If I had to take an educated guess, I wasn't having the issues at 14 ccn, and I think I did have the issues at 17. I want to do some testing and see if I can get the new 20 test 3 to reset with a fresh wipe and install, and then go back to 14 ccn and see if I can get it to reset.

Also, need some tips on using aLogcat. If my Eris crashes, will it still save the logcat somewhere? If I reboot and run the app, the event that caused the crash won't be at the bottom of the log. Whats the standard procedure here?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
tazz downloaded a few apps,, about 10 ,, two music app,,, a few games ,,, and a few others ,,,oh and cardio trainer i think the name was,,, i flashed a rom so i forget ,,, still tryin a few things
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
thanx for the feedback ,,, so i guess u have a perfect eris like me :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
ok ill go back and download it and pull some files from it and see if it helps
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGeek007:
Ok, although I strongly suspect its something in the CM7 code thats doing it. I'm not familiar with ROM making, so unless you can pull the "GPS code" from an earlier ROM and put it in a newer one, I'm not sure anything can be done.

Damn, I really need to get into Android coding really bad. I miss writing programs.
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
Haha yeah I do. Nbd. But my phone just teared up a bit. It only took Verizon 6 tries. Ha
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGeek007:
Just thought of a few things regarding the GPS issue:

I have my Maps app (that Navigation is part of) moved to the SD card. I remember that Tazz put some SD card tweaks, but I haven't a clue if its related. My thought is that Tazz never puts enough stuff on his phone that he would need to move stuff onto the SD card. Thats something worth trying on Tazz's Perfect Eris (TM).

Also, we should rule out CPU settings, here's what I have mine set (V19 that does reset):

Governor: Interactive

Min: 245

Max: 710

I'm currently testing out my current GingerTazz install (v19) and am running Navigation and aLogcat. I'll see if I can get a few Logcat files with interesting errors on them.
[Droid Eris Android Development] beachbumdeac:
I flashed v20 test 3 and had a restart within 5 minutes of using Nav on the way home today. I was also using Google Listen to listen to a podcast (another audio conflict?)

For Geek007:

Governor: ONDEMAND

Min 245

Max 710

Hoping we can get this figured out as this is a perfect ROM otherwise.
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGeek007:
Ok, I was able to get my Eris to reset, however what made it reset within a few minutes, was I connected a Bluetooth headset to it (to listen to audio through) and started a podcast (played audio in the background). I ran aLogcat in the background with audio playing, and the Navigation app running in the foreground.

I need to go figure out how to retrieve the file from my phone, so unless someone is willing to briefly describe how to do so, I'm gonna go do a Google search.

Hopefully the Logcat file will have some revealing info for you Tazz!
[Droid Eris Android Development] hoovnick:
Ran a test on the way home

Nav(unmuted this time) + Pandora= loss of gps signal, phone unresponsive, then a reboot.

unable to grab the logcat
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
The hardest part is its not happening to everyone
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGeek007:
Ok, after some testing, it seems logcat files don't save from one power-on to another, meaning the file is overwritten when you power on your phone again. So unless there is some means of saving the logcat file right before it screws up (which is unlikely since the screen is unresponsive right before it resets) I can't get Tazz a useful logcat file.

So the object should be to get it to screw up while using the GPS, while looking at aLogcat, and find the relevant entries that might shed light on why its screwing up so bad.

However, to do this, I need a GPS app that is on all the time, even when the app is in the background. Navigation and GPS status don't do this, so I need a suggestion for an app that keeps the GPS on even when its in the background. This way, I can be listening to music, GPS on, with aLogcat in the foreground looking at the logs right before it screws up.

Any ideas?
[Droid Eris Android Development] beachbumdeac:
Are you sure Navigation doesn't do that? I've definitely used other apps while using Navigation and had my route keep tracking me
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
Pretty sure navigation does. Just don't hit end navigation when you hit the back arrow
[Droid Eris Android Development] beachbumdeac:
or just hit the home button and open another app.
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGeek007:
It doesn't appear to. The GPS icon goes away when Navigation isn't in the foreground, perhaps because the poor Eris doesn't have the memory or CPU to keep the large application Navigation in memory and running in the background.
[Droid Eris Android Development] beachbumdeac:
I'm doing it right now with aLogcat open... still have the GPS icon and the Navigation arrow up in my status bar.

Can't get the Eris to freeze, though. Of course...

Edit: and when it finally does freeze, I have the notification shade down. Ha!

Now for attempt #2...
[Droid Eris Android Development] beachbumdeac:
okay, so I know nothing about programming. I saw the log as it was freezing and I saw a bunch of "null" and "nativestart" and "runnable." it looked like a whole bunch of **** that wasn't supposed to be there.

Someone who knows more about this **** than me needs to do it and see if they can spot anything. Sorry I can't be more of a help.
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
so i just ran Pandora, navigation, alogcat, books, messaging, and something else forget what it was. for about 45 mins or so. and nothing happened. idk i'm trying to make it fail but it wont.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tj13:
I've had a similar problem for a few versions back. If I have BT on and run NAV my Eris will crash and reboot after a few minutes. So I don't think this is specific to this ROM. I am on one of the v20s, not sure which one.
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGeek007:
You didn't have a BlueTooth earpiece connected did you? It seems every time I get it to reset, I have my BlueTooth earpiece connected, or at least the BT radio on. Try turning on the BT radio and try again. EDIT: Nevermind, i just contradicted myself. Leave GPS running then run alogcat and see if you can copy down some of the errors it logs.
[Droid Eris Android Development] 8on3s:
20 t3

be trying the v20 test 3 tonight, I did have some strange connectivity issues other than that killer, this rom kicks some serous but.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Macrodroid:
Camera Zoom Fix

I found a fix for the Camera Zoom, though I'd share with the rest of the folks here... Copy this to your SD card and Flash in Recovery... You'll be back to 9X Zoom!

Enjoy! :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
That's looking like a bt issue
[Droid Eris Android Development] beachbumdeac:
yeah, mine's doing it without any BT connection (I never even turn BT on) and my log looked nothing like that.

How did you copy and paste it after it froze?
[Droid Eris Android Development] cu_shane:
@ everyone having problems: you may want to try reflashing the same rom you are using (deleting secure folder, wiping, the whole bit). I have had gps problems on a couple different revs of Ginger Tazz and I found that reflashing sometimes fixed it. It makes no sense to me. Maybe it has something to do with the way the setup process plays out?

Of course, I was only having gps problems -- I wasn't having crashes. So I don't know if reflashing would have fixed those.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
Well I'm uploading another test version... I'm hopeing This fixes it cuz I dunno what else to do..
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
here we go again,,,http://www.multiupload.com/EA36YKO5AK :confused:

ok this was tested by 6 people,, no one had issues,, hopefully it works for everyone else and get things back to normal around here lol this is sickening lol

Also added macrodroids camera fix now 9x zoom.
[Droid Eris Android Development] ILikeBubbles:
Yay!!! I'm sure it's perfect!!!

Sent from my Gingerbread flavored Eris by Tazz
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
Damnit... The tap camera fc is back ( insert curse word here). It wasn't before I uploaded it .. damn
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGratefulDead:
i flashed the camera fix and when i rebooted i got launcher fc's

then tried a restore to have it not work said do via adb

so i just reflashed rom, i did a dalvik wipe for camera fix idk what happened

did anyone else have that happen?
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
I never use bt i was just testing so i guess thats lucky for me. ha
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
i just typed as it as a new log came in.
[Droid Eris Android Development] pmafdahl:
No fc here! Smooth as butter.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
The camera ?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
That camera fix is in the Rom bro
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGratefulDead:
i know i forgot to say im using aosp gintazz
[Droid Eris Android Development] hoovnick:
FC on camera here, but i'm not worried.. I use camera360

Have yet to test nav and music....will try on way home.

seven....more....hours..... :(
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
Just flashed the new test. booting up now. i'll let you know if i have any problems shortly
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
I'll update it with the fix
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
I have a feeling that the fix for the camera fc is the sane fix for the 9x zoom so ta speak.. Im gonna test something but I'm guessing that the reason it was dropped to 2x because of the fc
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
I used the camera zoomed in to 9x and took a pic. no fc. looked at the alogcat came up with

04-20 11:31:14.632 756:0x2f4 E/camera ]

<PROFILE> mAutoFocusTime = 1599ms

[ 04-20 11:31:16.762 756:0x2f4 E/camera ]

<PROFILE> Snapshot to Thumb Latency = 3734 ms

[ 04-20 11:31:17.293 756:0x2f4 E/camera ]

<PROFILE> Snapshot to Snapshot Latency = 4247 ms

[ 04-20 11:31:18.442 93:0x83 E/QualcommCameraHardware ]

native_set_parm: error (No such file or directory): fd 13, type 2, length 4, status 0

[ 04-20 11:31:20.672 380:0x25f E/vending ]

[12] AccountManagerHelper.getAuthTokenBlocking(): Could not get auth token: android.accounts.AuthenticatorException: bind failure

[ 04-20 11:31:21.702 380:0x25f E/vending ]
[Droid Eris Android Development] drakko1980:
just a curious question, but the problem with the gps and pandora phone crash thing.... didn't the people having this problem say that they had both those items moved to the sd card for space reasons?... if I remember correctly, you should never put items in the sd card that rely heavily on system dependencies, or widgets... ie.. most google apps. Maps relies heavily on system dependencies, did you read the Permissions section of the app... I've been running v.19 and then v20 test 1 without maps in the sd, with pandora back and forth to my doctors 2 hours away with gps and pandora running for the duration of the time with no problem... I would suggest taking Maps or Nav(whichever you're using) out of sd and run it that way...:eek: I know, I know, you have too many apps...well unfortunately this is still an eris, Tazz has given us about the best you can get outta this thing, but there are still limitations to what can be done..get rid of some..:eek: lol :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
thats a good thought. i have my maps on my phone.
[Droid Eris Android Development] hoovnick:
I've got my Maps(Nav) and Pandora both in the /system/app folder with all the right permissions checked. v18 and all versions of test 20 (except for the latest) have resulted in a reboot...

I actually have no apps moved to my sd card, all on the phone. Only thing I've done is the cache2cache.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Emunny:
Good **** tazz no problems really with test 3 and my phones been on 32 hours wth 10 % left. You da man
[Droid Eris Android Development] Raikalo:
I get a FC whenever I try to 1) put a shortcut to Navigation on the home page or b) try to click the redirect link to install voice data for Navigation from the market.

When I long-pressed and added the shortcut that way, ADWLauncher crashed and opened every app on my phone, lol.

However, Navigation and GPS both work fine. The shortcuts are the only thing that doesn't work right.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Macrodroid:
Hey Bro,

What tap FC issue? I'm using the same libs from the fix, double tap either sets 1x or 9x zoom resolution, haven't had any FC's. When was the last version you put out without anyone having that problem?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
U should wipe becuz .I just tried all that and no issues
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
Dunno Man I double tapped the screen and it fc
[Droid Eris Android Development] Macrodroid:
Dunno what's happening... Mine doesn't FC. I called my wife and asked her to try it, hers DOES!? :mad:

Edit: Ok, now I get a FC! BUT, if you move the Zoom manually first (9x then back to 1x), then double tap the screen it works fine...

Let me look at a couple of things later, maybe there's another way around this...
[Droid Eris Android Development] Mercys Fallen:
Will that work on aosp?
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGratefulDead:
i flashed fix on aosp and got launcher fc's and couldnt do a nand restore tazz said hes going to update with fix
[Droid Eris Android Development] Mercys Fallen:
good thing to know before i flashed. ty ^.^
[Droid Eris Android Development] Zalatorisaurus:
Nice to see progress still being made for the Eris. This remains the best part of XDA in my heart.

Sent from my awesome sauce Incredible using Miui
[Droid Eris Android Development] Emunny:
Just wondering why sometimes I open settings or other menus and it doesn't show up than i gotta reboot to fix happens alot I've noticed
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
Dunno I just opened and All is good .. I'm starting to wonder if u guys should wipe.. there is something goin on.. as I state when I posted.. it was tested all day yesterday and this morning ...6 people .. no issues
[Droid Eris Android Development] Emunny:
I have been wiping and everything works fine its just that sometimes I open a menu up and it will open but wont show so I have to guess what to choose sometimes. Hmm weird
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
I did a test on my own. i flashed the 2.1 flashback rom. then i rerooted and didn't wipe anything and flashed the most recent test and i ran into issues with camera fc and the gps going in and out. so i did the flashback and a complete wipe of everything installed the most recent test again. and i'm having no issues with anything.
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
That's what I'm thinking .. Ty
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
I wipe everytime . That is Polly y I have no issues
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGeek007:
So you were having the GPS resetting issues, you flashed the stock ROM, re-Rooted, flashed v20 and now all is working fine?

Do you have a link handy to the stock ROM? If it works for you, I'd be willing to try it on my phone.
[Droid Eris Android Development] TheGratefulDead:
i also have this happen not very often though
[Droid Eris Android Development] drakko1980:
it's on the development section, Flashback Rom v2
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
I dunno.. u guys should not be haven this issues.. there are 3 other Rom using the same source and I see no problems ..and this doesn't seem to be happening to everyone so I'm lost.its kinda upsetting lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] mad5870:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=792026

that is the flashback. idk i hope it works.
[Droid Eris Android Development] drakko1980:
this has nothing to do with Tazz's rom, but my wife's eris has finally gotten the known "trackball" issue, i've had it for awhile, but was waiting for her's to do the same. Anywho, we called up verizon and threw a fit, they are sending re-furb eris's. Just a ?... does anyone know how many you have to go through before they throw a newer phone our way?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tazzpatriot:
2-3 I believe ..depends on how far into ur contract.. if u push hard enough u will get thru...***** til u can't anymore lol threaten to leave lol I always get new phones when I'm not happy
[Droid Eris Android Development] hoovnick:
I just recently did this, not as a test though, because I had to reprogram some things that I could only access on a 2.1 rom. I did everything you did, except I did a complete wipe, then nand restore to v18 and I had the gps issue then. I may try this again and do it your way, even though I hate completely setting up everything. :(