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Shutdown issue

So I know first hand about the cappy's notorious shutdown issue. My first ever cap was quickly replaced due to this issue. My second one went about six months without a single shutdown. Then I bricked, sent to samsung for repair. They replaced the pba. When I got the phone back, I started running firefly rom. All of a sudden my phone would turn off and I would have to hold down power button for about 30 seconds to get it to turn on, or have to boot to recovery. I had a brand new cappy that I have had froyo and GB based roms on, and same prob. Replaced the new one, we'll c what happens. Question is, am I just really unlucky or are custom roms causing the prob? Is it possible the fix samsung did causes the prob in my old fixed phone? Old phone is a 1010, first new phone was an 1101, and newest phone is an 1102
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I have had a phone of 1008 build...it was working fine until I flashed Onix kernel and it started shutting down randomly...so I got it replaced from ATT...now I have 1007 build and not a single problem what so ever...
I am not sure abt the custom rom (as I had flashed almost all roms on that 1008 build phone with Speedmod kernel with no problem), It might be related to kernel, as I experienced in my case..

Seems simple enough.
Flash Rom.....phone experiences shutdowns.
Flash stock......shutdowns continue?

newter55 said:
Seems simple enough.
Flash Rom.....phone experiences shutdowns.
Flash stock......shutdowns continue?
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Almost seems too easy! I wonder why most people do not use this logic?

newter55 said:
Seems simple enough.
Flash Rom.....phone experiences shutdowns.
Flash stock......shutdowns continue?
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Yeah sherlock it does. Did for me atleast. I had get it replaced.
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Thanks for the sarcasm. You guys are really COOL. I just asked because sometimes I go several days without an issue. So to flash stock and check, and flash roms and check is a really drawn out process. Thought if I asked for others insight it might help. That's what this forum is for......right? Next time just don't respond.
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After flashing and reflashing and voiding my warranty many times over, I've begun to wonder the same thing. I think that some phones are more prone than others to encounter problems when running custom roms due to hardware inconsistencies between individual phones. My phone is a 1006 build and although I've never had a single stability issue with official I897 firmware and I897 source-built roms, when I run I9000-based firmware I notice a few quirks. If I'm running an I9000-based kernel, my rocketflash AC adapter won't charge the phone while it's powered off (ok, I can live with that, just kinda weird). For a while I used existz's Onix kernel and I would always experience sleep deaths and sometimes lock-ups while using the phone when I tried to overclock (even to just 1.2ghz with minimal or no undervolting), and sometimes even when I wasn't overclocking. Now that I'm trying to claw my way onto the 2.3 bandwagon, I'm having trouble finding a rom that doesn't have the charging bug (charges to 100% and then starts draining), though some people say this isn't actually an issue (apparently their hardware behaves differently than mine with the same firmware). So, is it the phone or the roms? Yes.

I had a brand new phone and experienced the shutdowns 2 or 3 times a day. I then flashed firefly and they stopped. I also tried gb and they came back. Now im back on firefly and they stopped again. For me at least the shutdowns are completely rom/kernel dependent. Also I noticed on mosaic the shutdowns happened more frequently on certain kernels.
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Thanks for letting me know ur experiences. Just thought it was weird that my phone that worked great for 6 plus months all of a sudden started shutting down after being fixed by samsung. I thought it was a rom, kernel issue. Sucks if firefly is the culprit cuz I like running it on my day to day phone, since I use GB roms on my other phone, and so far call quality sucks with them. Guess I'll try some other kernels with firefly and see how that goes. Thanks again.
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I only got shut down while on gb.. then flashed to, and stock still had situation, so wierd hu? (I'm back on gb, but going to cognition so tell you if changes)
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Careful with that cognition, from GB. It's got sbl.bin. Just in case u didn't know
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Cdub3 said:
Careful with that cognition, from GB. It's got sbl.bin. Just in case u didn't know
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The newer cognitions don't have the sbl.bin , becuase of people bricking...i know atleast as far back as 4.4.6
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good to know. thanks.

Hope u guys flashed the right modems, cuz that has created me some mad restarts on my early flashing days.Was so smart to flash kb1 on a i9000 kernel so go figure,when I tried to get a lock on gps I had neverending resarts.had to take sim out so that I could succesfuly start the rom again.Lesson learnd,read read and then read some more.

After flashing back to cognition I haven't had any shutdown issue... So till he gets newer gb rom I'm sticking with cogn.
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Phone rebooting and other problems. Help!

So I flashed Illuminance which is a KK4 or 2.3.5 ROM. It keeps randomly rebooting and that is only one of the problems. I can't send or receive MMS, even when my APN is set correctly, I had to install swype so it's some lame beta version that can't even spell properly. There are literally too many issues to post here. Can someone either tell me why all this crap is happening, or share with me a good ROM that is very STABLE with a great battery life! I don't even care if it's OCed, in fact, I would prefer one that is barely OCed or UCed at all. Then I don't have to worry about hardware damage. Thanks!

Well I'm not sure what's causing those problems but I'm on Darky's 9.5 ROM with the ZNKP1 modem and Darkcore 1.4_C kernel. gingerbread's battery drains are too much for me to "upgrade".
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RJ287 said:
So I flashed Illuminance which is a KK4 or 2.3.5 ROM. It keeps randomly rebooting and that is only one of the problems. I can't send or receive MMS, even when my APN is set correctly, I had to install swype so it's some lame beta version that can't even spell properly. There are literally too many issues to post here. Can someone either tell me why all this crap is happening, or share with me a good ROM that is very STABLE with a great battery life! I don't even care if it's OCed, in fact, I would prefer one that is barely OCed or UCed at all. Then I don't have to worry about hardware damage. Thanks!
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When you have issues like that first thing to try is reflashing the rom. Sometimes you just get a bad flash
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how good is the current ICS leak?

Should I stay with my LA6 until official ICS arrives? or is the current ICS leak pretty much it?
I have read that the leaks also increase the binary count, is it right?

im sticking with LA6 until a proper release of ICS is available, i got tired of flashing updates week in week out when i had my HD2 and only haviung certain things working
depends on if you can live with the current bugs or not

I'm having a few issues with the Chinese leak.
1.GPS issues cant get a lock (seems to be a baseband issue.
2. Names on my contact list have all changed to Chinese names lol. Strange one
For ultimate stability stick with LA6 trust me it's not worth the aggro
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For the Chinese leak, fast and stable except for one big problem: sleep of death nearly daily, so now in GB again.

I tried 3 ICS roms so far, and reverted back to Darky 3.3 each time...
(compatibility, chinese remains, root issues, unstable recovery, etc)
I hope there will be a stable AOSP version out there soon, Talk 4 is very good!
Why can't the Note be Google's flagship phone, ffs ? xD

i9000gt said:
I'm having a few issues with the Chinese leak.
1.GPS issues cant get a lock (seems to be a baseband issue.
2. Names on my contact list have all changed to Chinese names lol. Strange one
For ultimate stability stick with LA6 trust me it's not worth the aggro
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I am running the Chinese leak, gps locks for me, wifi works, phonebook names are in English and caller id also works, sod only when battery is low. So the outcome is different for different people. Been running it daily for 3 days now.
I did full wipe first, then loaded the rom through desktop odin without pit file. After that flashed the ZCLP1 over as chainfire version doesn't include modem. In regards to yellow triangle, cos it's ICS, just use triangle away app to remove triangle and reset counter to 0, no need for jig.
So far all working well for me. Also I run it at 240dpi, so I am using go launcher and exDialer as replacements. Some people have problems with default SMS, but cos I use go sms pre can't comment cos I have no problems. Lastly, WhatsApp also doesn't fc for me.
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No tethering, deal breaker for me.
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good battery life but few bugs as it first leak
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loonsy said:
I am running the Chinese leak, gps locks for me, wifi works, phonebook names are in English and caller id also works, sod only when battery is low. So the outcome is different for different people. Been running it daily for 3 days now.
I did full wipe first, then loaded the rom through desktop odin without pit file. After that flashed the ZCLP1 over as chainfire version doesn't include modem. In regards to yellow triangle, cos it's ICS, just use triangle away app to remove triangle and reset counter to 0, no need for jig.
So far all working well for me. Also I run it at 240dpi, so I am using go launcher and exDialer as replacements. Some people have problems with default SMS, but cos I use go sms pre can't comment cos I have no problems. Lastly, WhatsApp also doesn't fc for me.
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What baseband were u on to start with?
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little off topic but i dont believe samsung doesnt have a full working ics rom for n7000 from the beginning. i think they are just entertain us with the early ics rom samples. samsung and google want nexus to be the only ics phone on the market for a while longer.

I've been running the i9220 leak since it leaked. I've gotten a random reboot ONCE - it was actually last night. I was at 30% battery. I had just recently reflashed from mobile odin cause my /system partition was borked. I've had just random issues, but it's been a daily driver no problem.
No two chips are the same though - give it a shot - support chainfire and do it right via Mobile Odin. Hate it? Mobile odin back to stock and flash a new rom.
Just my 2cents.

Hello all. I am running the Chinese ICS leak right now as my daily ROM. It is very stable and VERY smooth. Trust me, I am a stickler for functionality, I wouldn't settle for something that keeps crashing all the time. My ROM is the Chainfire repack and you can GO HERE for a guide on how to install it correctly. You can also read some user reports. Give it a go!

acidburn89 said:
Hello all. I am running the Chinese ICS leak right now as my daily ROM. It is very stable and VERY smooth. Trust me, I am a stickler for functionality, I wouldn't settle for something that keeps crashing all the time. My ROM is the Chainfire repack and you can GO HERE for a guide on how to install it correctly. You can also read some user reports. Give it a go!
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Same here. I've been using the Chinese ICS leak (Chainfire version) and everythign has been smooth. Getting exceptional battery life as well.

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No tethering, deal breaker for me.
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Tethering works . At least after a fresh reboot , as is true there is some problems activating wifi that affects the tethering.

kromosto said:
little off topic but i dont believe samsung doesnt have a full working ics rom for n7000 from the beginning. i think they are just entertain us with the early ics rom samples. samsung and google want nexus to be the only ics phone on the market for a while longer.
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The conspiracy lol. I've been running the leak since release and haven't had a deal breaker problem yet. I've experienced screen of death a few times. Battery life is excellent and nova launcher makes it 10 times better. There's not a single thing that gingerbread did that I can't with ics.
My suggestion is to start fresh and leave your gingerbread titanium back ups uninstalled.
Only thing I'm missing is tablet mode.
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ICS is amazing on the Note, been using it for a few days.

good enough for everyday use but still quite far from a release candidate.

I've been using the ICS repack from day dot and I can't go back.
It's awesome for me and the performance is amazing in comparison to ever GB rom I've tried before.
Strangely I haven't had any of the issues people have been complaining about (gps, SOD etc)

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ajamils said:
Same here. I've been using the Chinese ICS leak (Chainfire version) and everythign has been smooth. Getting exceptional battery life as well.
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I wish there was a way to solve the godamn SOD. All I know it's affected by battery life, and the lower it goes, the more frequent it happens.

[Q] Shuts off at random

This is probably an old issue for some but it only recently started happening to me. I'm running SlimICS 4.0.4 on my Captivate (which is an awesome ROM), but lately, I'd say for around a month, the phone will shut off at random. The only way I can get it to boot past the AT&T screen is to plug it in. Any remedies for this or is my phone just on its last legs? I believe I upgraded in August, so I have another year to go yet before I can upgrade and I'm sure it's out of warranty so no returns/exchanges. I've tried a battery calibration tool, since I figured maybe the battery is getting old, but unfortunately that didn't work either.

Try upgrading your kernel, or whole ROM. sounds like a kernel issue. I'd recommend devil for ics.
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fractaline said:
Try upgrading your kernel, or whole ROM. sounds like a kernel issue. I'd recommend devil for ics.
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Similar to how a KP will cause a Linux/Unix system to freeze or reboot? I'm fed up with it, it died mid-text with a 72% battery level... I may try CyanogenMOD since I'm somewhat familiar with it from using a previous version.

I just wanted to follow up on this. I figured since the phone was acting up and everything was backed up to my external SD card I didn't have much to lose by re-flashing it. I tried Doc's Master ICS, which worked briefly and crapped out. I then flashed back to bone stock OEM, stock bootloader, not rooted, etc... and it seemed to be working a little better, but unfortunately the freakin thing did it again numerous times. One ATT support call later and they're sending out a new phone.. I've read up on the random shutdown issue and found that phones under a certain number IMEI have had issues. Here's hoping I don't get another one out of the same batch.

dreamersrevenge said:
I've read up on the random shutdown issue and found that phones under a certain number IMEI have had issues.
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This bug
found on the phones released
before November 6, 2010 with IMEI below
352982040855394.
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[Q] Flickering galaxy note screen!!!!!

Hi all 1st post so be gentle I've recently started to notice my screen flickering and then suddenly my reception would drop out any one experienced anything like this?

Also I'm on Cassies ICS v8 rom with abyss kernel if that is any help

It may be due to bad battery try replacing the battery
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Have you tried taking the battery out and then insert the battery switch your phone on then turn off then start it up after 5 minutes if that does not work its the battery how old is the phone
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My phone does this when battery is critically low, i believe it's just trying to suck the last bit of power.
There's also a bug in early ics which causes weird glitches which disappear after locking / unlocking screen
Maybe it's time for a rom upgrade some nice features in the new jb leaks
Or try switching to hydracore kernel, abyss is a bit dated now
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azzledazzle said:
My phone does this when battery is critically low, i believe it's just trying to suck the last bit of power.
There's also a bug in early ics which causes weird glitches which disappear after locking / unlocking screen
Maybe it's time for a rom upgrade some nice features in the new jb leaks
Or try switching to hydracore kernel, abyss is a bit dated now
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Hi is the hydracore kernel safe as I need to use triangle away and I don't wish to brick my phone or can you advise a safe kernel to use with triangle away?

badshah4u said:
Have you tried taking the battery out and then insert the battery switch your phone on then turn off then start it up after 5 minutes if that does not work its the battery how old is the phone
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Hi the phone is nearly a year old is it time for a new battery?

Hydracore is double safe and is probably the best available custom kernel for the Note.
And as for the battery, It should last more than a year even for extreme users, But... Theres no harm in having a spare one, Especially when you're out and about, you can pick them up for cheap so its worth considering.
Anyway, Switch kernels (and maybe ROMs too if you're interested) and see if it makes things improve

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Hydracore is double safe and is probably the best available custom kernel for the Note.
And as for the battery, It should last more than a year even for extreme users, But... Theres no harm in having a spare one, Especially when you're out and about, you can pick them up for cheap so its worth considering.
Anyway, Switch kernels (and maybe ROMs too if you're interested) and see if it makes things improve
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Cool I will try that and report back let's not hope for a brick....

I dont think it will stop after changing the rom... im on jb and still face the issue...
This is already been discussed... its due to low battery level... so ur phone display flickers when ur phone tries to use the remaining amount of energy left...
If ur battery doesnt last longer with each cycle then i think u need to replace ur battery

Triangle away worked great on hydracore thanks. Can any one advise which rom to use for best battery life, and got a replacement Anker battery on the way

for a good stock looking ICS ROM, try CleaNote, its made by the same dev as the hydracore kernel and they work perfectly in harmoney together.
its super smooth, fast, stable and great battery life.
If you want to try JB, id recommend RocketRom v3 or TMT 5.0, Both are excellent with great devs too (RRv3's dev has just left ) they have all the great jb features and are stable, sometimes there is a little lag and the occasional bug, but these are based on leaked firmware so its to be expected.

azzledazzle said:
for a good stock looking ICS ROM, try CleaNote, its made by the same dev as the hydracore kernel and they work perfectly in harmoney together.
its super smooth, fast, stable and great battery life.
If you want to try JB, id recommend RocketRom v3 or TMT 5.0, Both are excellent with great devs too (RRv3's dev has just left ) they have all the great jb features and are stable, sometimes there is a little lag and the occasional bug, but these are based on leaked firmware so its to be expected.
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many thanks will check them out are they all ok to install withe the hydracore kernel?
whats the PARANOIDANDROID rom like?

Yeah, all roms can be used with hydracore except the new Touchwiz jellybean.
Paranoid android is great its definitely worth testing the only thing is u lose spen gestures and apps, but there are alternatives in the market.
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azzledazzle said:
Yeah, all roms can be used with hydracore except the new Touchwiz jellybean.
Paranoid android is great its definitely worth testing the only thing is u lose spen gestures and apps, but there are alternatives in the market.
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Hmmmmm might have to give that one a miss then....