So I was on vacation this weekend, when me and my brother were going to switch sims for a bit so he could use his internet on my phone. Being an impatient sod, I clicked open the lock on the sim without powering down, because I knew that the phone powers off as soon as you do, and I'd done it before without issue.
So my brother puts his sim in the phone, powers up and the phone tells him there's no sim in there and reboots.
We give up with his sim, and put my sim back in there, thinking it just hates his sim or something.
Ever since I put mine back in there the issue is as follows:
I boot up, pass through both the AT&T and Windows Mobile Splash screens, my desktop appears (start bar, bottom bar and background only; no widgets on the desktop) for a second and then the phone reboots and goes through the same process until I remove the battery.
I have read about a guy (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2889988) who's phone would not come on at all when on battery power, and would reboot constantly on external power, and his problem was the battery. But mine reboots constantly both on both battery and external. So I don't know whether I should order a new battery or not.
Other option is maybe replace sim slot ($80 )? But I don't' see how I could have broken that since the sim was not removed while the phone was running, only the hatch was opened.
My phone is refurbished, and therefore has no warranty, so return and repair are not options.
Thank-you.
TL;DR
My phone reboots constantly on boot after I opened sim hatch while running. Might be battery? Sim slot?
Update:
I had the phone connected to my computer and booted with no sim card in and the phone booted up and told me I had no sim card in, but I could still make emergency calls; and then the phone shut off after about 10-15 seconds.
Edit:
Also just ordered a new battery for $15, in hopes it'll save me a big headache.
Constant reboot on AT&T Tilt
I have this same problem on two different Tilts. Both are Windows Mobile 6. The only common items are the SIM and the phones' lives (both are 2.25 years old). They reboot with or without the SIM inserted. It seems that doing anything that requires more than 2 minutes of the display on will reboot it or a phone call over 4-5 minutes.
Did replacing the battery help? Did you come up with another solution? Would upgrading the ROM to WM 6.5 fix it?
Thanks,
Cuong
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I've got two problems here. The first one happened a few weeks ago, the second one happened last night.
Ok first problem: my phone tells me to "insert sim card" even though one is already in there. I've tried everything: cleaning the sim card, cleaning the place on the phone where the sim card goes, bending the metal holder thing, putting numerous pieces of various types of paper in between the sim card and the metal holder, got a new sim card. I'm currently using the sim card in a razr phone, so it ain't the sim card. And I tried someone else's sim card in my phone and it didn't work either. Any suggestions?
Now the second problem is really serious: last night I installed Core Player on my phone and it installed fine and I watched a few videos using it. I've still got the phone connected to the computer through the usb cable. All of the sudden, it turns off. So I turn it back on, but it turns back off within 10 seconds. All it shows on the screen is "PDA Corner Ultimate". I've tried a hard reset and it doesn't work. I've tried 3 different batteries and that doesn't work either. Any suggestions?
Please help.
I think the next step would be to reflash the ROM, putting the OEM 6.1 back on it, Even if you have it now, just try reflashing it, its one step further then a hard reset.
I would have already tried that, but it won't stay on long enough for me to reflash it. The phone only stays on for like 10 seconds. It gets stuck in the splash screen.
I have an HTC HD7 with the second Mango beta on it, using T-Mobile in USA. It has been working normally for a long time. Today I received a carrier/GSM unlock code from T-Mobile, I put that code in, phone said it was good, put my T-Mobile sim back in the phone.
Now my phone reboots every 20 seconds. It will completely boot up, I will be able to load apps or use it as normal, then it will just turn off and start to boot up again. Same thing happens whether I try playing with it or just let it sit there for 20 seconds. Same thing happens if it is plugged in to the wall or my computer or is unplugged. Same thing happens with or without the sim card in it. The only way to get it to stop rebooting every 20 seconds is to pull the battery.
I have searched the forum and google and haven't found any solutions. Can anyone help?
EDIT: I have just noticed that the phone does this with the T-Mobile sim card or no sim card installed. With an At&t sim card the phone works fine.
Have you changed the SD card? this happened to me with the non oem 8GB SD card on Mango
I get random No SIM card detected on my phone. The problem is temporarily fixed when I turn off the phone, take the SIM out, put it back in, then turn the phone back on. Until it happens again. I'm on stock rom, phone is around 3 and a half years old. I don't have a different SIM card right now to try out. I did notice that it's more common when the phone is overheating, like when watching a video or sometimes while charging it gets kinda hot and no sim card pops up.
What do you guys think is the problem? SIM card or phone? And is there any way to fix it?
Thanks.
This is a continuation of a previous thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz2/help/phone-stuck-bootloop-tried-reflashing-t3835480
Before I returned my Xperia, I tried setting it up as a new phone rather than from a backup of my Verizon Samsung Galaxy S5 via Google cloud backups. The phone stopped crashing, but I was pretty much ready to return the device.
I returned my old Xperia XZ2 and got an identical replacement. The new phone has a different serial number and is an older revision (not sure if it's a bad thing). Firing the phone up, I tried logging in to my Google account and restored everything from backup minus apps. After I finished the initial setup, I popped the sim tray out and stuck it back in. Phone started bootlooping again until I reimaged it with Xperia Companion. Second try, I set it up identically to the first try without restoring from backup. Logged into same accounts and downloaded the same apps with same settings. This time, it doesn't suddenly lockup up and bootloop when I pop out the sim card nor when I plug or unplug a USB device or cable into the phone. This leads me to believe that it's a software issue when I log into my Google account and restore from backup. Out of sheer curiosity, I want to see if it's possible to pinpoint if it's Google's fault of Sony's fault, then submit some sort of bug report to get this issue fixed. I really can't give this phone a good review in good conscious because of the possibility of someone experiencing the same issue but without the technical knowledge to fix it.
Have you tried downloading the newest fw from FlashTool and just flash it via there?
FartyParty said:
Have you tried downloading the newest fw from FlashTool and just flash it via there?
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I currently have the bootloader locked at the moment. However, the Xperia Companion software automatically updated the phone to 51.1.A.11.51 (latest version at this time of writing) when I reimaged the phone. So basically, yes.
Did you try in safe mode?
Also did you try with an other sim card and/or sdcard?
niaboc79 said:
Did you try in safe mode?
Also did you try with an other sim card and/or sdcard?
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Safe mode would still have the same boot looping issue.
I haven't tried a different sim card, but a different SD card yields the same results. Actually, just popping the card tray out of the phone is just enough to trigger the bootloop issue.
patx35 said:
Safe mode would still have the same boot looping issue.
I haven't tried a different sim card, but a different SD card yields the same results. Actually, just popping the card tray out of the phone is just enough to trigger the bootloop issue.
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No if the bootloop is related to an app safe mode would help.
I think that the problem comes from something you did, twice the same issue isn't normal.
Check the sim card. Alos the sim tray, phone is supposed to reboot when you remove it, it seems that the captor or button or software think that you are continually removing the sim tray.
niaboc79 said:
No if the bootloop is related to an app safe mode would help.
I think that the problem comes from something you did, twice the same issue isn't normal.
Check the sim card. Alos the sim tray, phone is supposed to reboot when you remove it, it seems that the captor or button or software think that you are continually removing the sim tray.
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I think you misunderstood what I meant. When I do something that triggers the bootloop, such as either pulling the SIM tray out or unplugging the USB cable from the phone, the phone would hardlock for several seconds, then suddenly reboot without warning. The phone would then go into an infinite loop of "successfully" booting up into the lock screen, suddenly hardlocks a few seconds after booting (not enough time to even unlock the device), then suddenly shut off, then turn itself back on. Pulling the USB cable just triggers the bootloop. Pulling the SIM tray out would momententarly state that the SIM card is removed, then the spinning animation sudden freezes and triggers a bootloop. When I booted the phone into safe mode, it would still have the same bootlooping issue.
Also, I doubt that it's the SIM tray acting up; especially since they work fine if I don't restore from my Google account. I'm already using my phone for several days and it haven't started acting up again.
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I think you misunderstood what I meant. When I do something that triggers the bootloop, such as either pulling the SIM tray out or unplugging the USB cable from the phone, the phone would hardlock for several seconds, then suddenly reboot without warning. The phone would then go into an infinite loop of "successfully" booting up into the lock screen, suddenly hardlocks a few seconds after booting (not enough time to even unlock the device), then suddenly shut off, then turn itself back on. Pulling the USB cable just triggers the bootloop. Pulling the SIM tray out would momententarly state that the SIM card is removed, then the spinning animation sudden freezes and triggers a bootloop. When I booted the phone into safe mode, it would still have the same bootlooping issue.
Also, I doubt that it's the SIM tray acting up; especially since they work fine if I don't restore from my Google account. I'm already using my phone for several days and it haven't started acting up again.
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The sim card restart has every XZ2.
But it should not bootloop.
Hi guys since yesterday I have problems with my phone
the phone suddenly freezes over without being able to interact.
it restarts on its own but without ever starting the operating system in fact it shuts down and does not turn on again as if the phone had died.
the really strange thing is that the phone was fine Then suddenly he started making this mess.
Yesterday after so many hours of problems I managed to start the phone and now it works well but I am afraid that the situation will repeat itself.
the phone has the bootloader unlocked has root permissions, I followed the guides on this site.
But I have had this phone for two months now and these problems never occurred.
where can i start to understand what the problem is?
Mine suddently become all white, with the interface cut in half and moved up. i could do nothing. nor reboot nor shutdown.
after some minutes it turned back normal. i hope its color os bug and realme will fix it
It appears to be a firmware problem. We hope well.
Today did not give problems. This behavior is really strange, what can I install to understand the root of the problem?
I noticed that if the phone never goes into deep sleep mode the problem does not occur.
Now I am registering the log and as soon as the problem occurs again I go into detail to find out the real reason.
I'm trying to create an automatic script that is launched on the boot that practically never makes the phone sleep.
i'm really desperate the phone started to reboot itself.
I would like to try using a system log recorder but I realized that when I restart the phone these logs are not saved so it is impossible for me to verify the reason.
Can any of you help me out?
the phone freezes and then restarts.
Did you achieve any solution ?
No. I'm disperate.
Why don't you flash stock fw /recovery? Just to make sure it isn't an Hardware problem ?
I try but have this problem
https://forum.xda-developers.com/realme-x2-pro/help/bootloop-realme-x2-pro-rmx1931ex-t4089177
@westenlive
The problem appears only when you use data connection right?
If you try to switch off data and use wifi , you will not notice
The problem is because of the the operator, try another sim provider
Yes, in fact, that could be the problem because a few months ago removing the SIM card the phone did not give more problems
maybe you gave me the solution. I'll try
Ahmed Momtaz said:
@westenlive
The problem appears only when you use data connection right?
If you try to switch off data and use wifi , you will not notice
The problem is because of the the operator, try another sim provider
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I am now testing the LINEAGE it happened to me this I removed the SIM card and I installed the costum Rom, I made the various customizations and the phone never locked OR restarted.
I inserted the SIM card in the phone worked perfectly, then having messed up with luckypatcher I had to reinstall the Rom.
So I performed the same procedure with the SIM card inserted in the phone and already at the first start it was unstable with reboots.
Currently I have applied for a change of sim card.
As soon as it arrives I will try to remove the sim card Install from scratch The system is to insert the new SIM card only so I can have the mathematical certainty that it is the SIM card
I hope my experience can help someone
This problem seems true, my X2 Pro also faced same issue when enabling cellular data. The phone sometimes loses the signal or the app freezes and perform a phone reboot. X2 Pro is a mid-range flagship phone, and yet this problem should be solved before they start to sell the phone.
Yes this device has many software problems but hardware problems of this kind are not acceptable.
Practically mine has become unusable, as soon as I turn it on after a few minutes of use it start closing the apps by itself.
Then after AN intende use of 30 minutes it start to restart.
This phone is truly incredible
Next time buy ONE PLUS