Hi guys,
I'm pretty new to the forum, but I've been playing with this phone over the last 2 years. I tried everything to fix the sleep of death, but the only solution I found was to use Captivate Keep Alive. That app drained way too much battery in a short period of time so I was close to giving up until all I did was update my phone, problem solved.
I rooted my phone with SuperOneClick, then installed Cyanogenmod 10 (Nightly) with Devil3 Kernel along with the necessary gapps. Then, I downloaded the app SuperSu, installed it. Lastly, I disabled SuperUser and just kept SuperSu working. Interestingly enough, my phone hasn't turned off in three straight days. Not sure how this fixed my almost 2 year problem, but it worked. Hope it helps everyone else!
Just to add: My phone was updated with a new rom everytime a new release came out. Sleep of Death occured about every hour or so, worst SOD case I've ever seen on a captivate. Just sharing how serious my SOD on my phone was. So happy it lasted three days without a shut down!
ryunbaik said:
Hi guys,
I'm pretty new to the forum, but I've been playing with this phone over the last 2 years. I tried everything to fix the sleep of death, but the only solution I found was to use Captivate Keep Alive. That app drained way too much battery in a short period of time so I was close to giving up until all I did was update my phone, problem solved.
I rooted my phone with SuperOneClick, then installed Cyanogenmod 10 (Nightly) with Devil3 Kernel along with the necessary gapps. Then, I downloaded the app SuperSu, installed it. Lastly, I disabled SuperUser and just kept SuperSu working. Interestingly enough, my phone hasn't turned off in three straight days. Not sure how this fixed my almost 2 year problem, but it worked. Hope it helps everyone else!
Just to add: My phone was updated with a new rom everytime a new release came out. Sleep of Death occured about every hour or so, worst SOD case I've ever seen on a captivate. Just sharing how serious my SOD on my phone was. So happy it lasted three days without a shut down!
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Hi
So you want to say SuperSu fixed your SOD?
What are the other settings of Devil kernel? Could you please share them
thx!
Yes more info would be nice. Right now I am fighting with my phone SOD about 5-8 times per day. Sucks.
as for me I keep "Captivate Keep Alive" till 70% of battery
then it turns off ..
My battery last about a working day - so it is somehow could be called "fine"...however I would prefer to NOT use wakelock progs....
I'm using Devil kernel too and Lanight ROM.
So please tell us more details: ROM version, kernel version, kernel settings ....etc...
Sorry for late response!
Sorry for the late response guys.
I thought it was the rooting to cm10 and SuperSu that did the trick, but apparently after rooting the phone, I started downloading all the Apps that I wanted to make my phone look cool. As silly as it sounds I installed World Weather app for clock and weather... oddly enough this thing keeps my phone from going to sleep. I realized this because after uninstalling it, going for a different look, I downloaded Rings Digital Weather and my phone started to turn off every 30 minutes again. Let me know if it works for you guys... cuz seriously this was the last thing I would've turned to to fix my phone
Hey fellas, new to modding. Have a samsung captivate. Cutting right to the chase.
So i got this phone about 1 week ago. Used the stock ROM (2.3.5) for about 2 days. Then flashed CM 10. Then flashed CM 10.1. Now today flashed "Captivating (Xperia)" ROM. I've been facing one single problem in all the ROMS (That i didn't notice in the stock ROM), the colors are not proper in the custom ROMS. Like, pixelation (on a big level) at the regions where screen's black region meets any coloured region. (I know, difficult to understand & difficult to explain as well, so i've attached 2 images to show it).
I first noticed it on the CM 10 boot animation. It was highly pixelated at edges (both inside & outside the ring). Ugly to look.
& i know that it's not the resolution problem. (My friend is using the SGS 2, flashed CM 10.1 last night, has crisp clear graphics, same res & larger screen than captivate)
It's present EVERYWHERE. In bootanimation, wallpapers, videos, apps, etc. wherever black meets any color.
What is it.? How to fix it.? Is it any soft problem or a hardware problem.?
P.S. Going to setting -> advanced -> Color Tuning -> & setting-
Red - 1.000 (Default value)
Green - 1.000 (Default value)
Blue - 1.000 (Default value)
Red Gamma - -40
Green Gamma - -40
Blue Gamma - -40
does solve it a little, still the problem is there.
Moreover, it doesn't solve the prob of the bootanimation.
What to do.?
I have followed the same path from GB to CM10 to 10.1.
Never had any color shifting or LCD problems in months of use with CM. At one point I get a yellowish tint on a Semaphore kernel. I restored an earlier CM10.0 and the problem never repeated itself.
Do you have the problem on straight, stable CM10.0?
When you got the phone on GB, did it have the Corn kernel? What were the settings in Voodoo color? That might help you understand how to tweak JB settings.
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Hey fellas, new to modding. Have a samsung captivate. Cutting right to the chase.
So i got this phone about 1 week ago. Used the stock ROM (2.3.5) for about 2 days. Then flashed CM 10. Then flashed CM 10.1. Now today flashed "Captivating (Xperia)" ROM. I've been facing one single problem in all the ROMS (That i didn't notice in the stock ROM), the colors are not proper in the custom ROMS. Like, pixelation (on a big level) at the regions where screen's black region meets any coloured region. (I know, difficult to understand & difficult to explain as well, so i've attached 2 images to show it).
I first noticed it on the CM 10 boot animation. It was highly pixelated at edges (both inside & outside the ring). Ugly to look.
& i know that it's not the resolution problem. (My friend is using the SGS 2, flashed CM 10.1 last night, has crisp clear graphics, same res & larger screen than captivate)
It's present EVERYWHERE. In bootanimation, wallpapers, videos, apps, etc. wherever black meets any color.
What is it.? How to fix it.? Is it any soft problem or a hardware problem.?
P.S. Going to setting -> advanced -> Color Tuning -> & setting-
Red - 1.000 (Default value)
Green - 1.000 (Default value)
Blue - 1.000 (Default value)
Red Gamma - -40
Green Gamma - -40
Blue Gamma - -40
does solve it a little, still the problem is there.
Moreover, it doesn't solve the prob of the bootanimation.
What to do.?
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As for I can see with the pics, your gamma is off the hook. That's not by default though, there's something that was changed. Did you play with Voodoo or color settings before and after flashing?
Did you try going back to stock and reflashing? (clean flash)
Did you try using different color temperature? (cold, warm, normal)
I see you reduced your gamma by quite a lot but there should be a better solution. Unless you have some overpowered digitalizer lol. Which brings me to think, was the screen replaced?
First off, the phone came with the official samsung 2.3.5 gingerbread ROM. At that time, i didn't notice any such issues (so i guess i can conclude that they were absent at that time).
Then i put in the speedmod kernel. Flashed cm10 (stable). Had this colour problem. I've now had this color problem ever since i flashed cm10.
On an unrelated note, m getting very poor battery life. I charge the phone till 100% (I've been leaving it at charging overnight since the last 2 charges, still the problem persists), & i remove the charger at about 7 in the morning. No music. A little (& very light) gaming (temple run, subway surfers, etc) for about 30 minutes total throughout the day. Screen brightness at lowest at max times during the day. very little calling. very little messaging. Oh, & NO cellular data connection (No GPRS, EDGE, 3G or anything for internet). Only wifi. That too for around 1 hour total. & still my battery goes flat to zero in about 12 hours (or even less). Is this normal.? I don't really remember how my battery was at the stock ROM, but it's like this on CM 10. Is this normal at all.? Is there any way to check battery.? Is it just a bad battery.? Or is this just the normal battery life of this phone.? (Cuz i read samsung galaxy S review on gsmarena, which is basically the same phone, & it manages to squeeze out around 3.5 days of battery life under their tests, which include pretty heavy usage with 3g enabled all the time)
& no, i got a new phone. So i really don't think the screen was replaced. Is it possible i was cheated through the dealer somehow.? I got it over at ebay.in.
M gonna flash stock ROM in a few hours. M currently downloading this one. Is this the correct one.?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
M confused, in settings now (in cm10), it shows Baseband version - I9000UGKG3. That ain't correct. Right.? How to know which stock rom i have to flash now.? I forgot to check my stock rom's baseband. I have to use the phone in India over the Indian baseband.
EDIT: Oh & i didn't change any settings (or any voodoo settings) for any kernel or anywhere at all. i noticed that colour problem in CM 10 boot animation. Many times. Then played around with display settings in cm10.
ishandigipunk said:
First off, the phone came with the official samsung 2.3.5 gingerbread ROM. At that time, i didn't notice any such issues (so i guess i can conclude that they were absent at that time).
Then i put in the speedmod kernel. Flashed cm10 (stable). Had this colour problem. I've now had this color problem ever since i flashed cm10.
On an unrelated note, m getting very poor battery life. I charge the phone till 100% (I've been leaving it at charging overnight since the last 2 charges, still the problem persists), & i remove the charger at about 7 in the morning. No music. A little (& very light) gaming (temple run, subway surfers, etc) for about 30 minutes total throughout the day. Screen brightness at lowest at max times during the day. very little calling. very little messaging. Oh, & NO cellular data connection (No GPRS, EDGE, 3G or anything for internet). Only wifi. That too for around 1 hour total. & still my battery goes flat to zero in about 12 hours (or even less). Is this normal.? I don't really remember how my battery was at the stock ROM, but it's like this on CM 10. Is this normal at all.? Is there any way to check battery.? Is it just a bad battery.? Or is this just the normal battery life of this phone.? (Cuz i read samsung galaxy S review on gsmarena, which is basically the same phone, & it manages to squeeze out around 3.5 days of battery life under their tests, which include pretty heavy usage with 3g enabled all the time)
& no, i got a new phone. So i really don't think the screen was replaced. Is it possible i was cheated through the dealer somehow.? I got it over at ebay.in.
M gonna flash stock ROM in a few hours. M currently downloading this one. Is this the correct one.?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
M confused, in settings now (in cm10), it shows Baseband version - I9000UGKG3. That ain't correct. Right.? How to know which stock rom i have to flash now.? I forgot to check my stock rom's baseband. I have to use the phone in India over the Indian baseband.
EDIT: Oh & i didn't change any settings (or any voodoo settings) for any kernel or anywhere at all. i noticed that colour problem in CM 10 boot animation. Many times. Then played around with display settings in cm10.
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Oh god I hope I'm not too late. The Odin you've downloaded is a old version and contains froyo bootloaders.
You'll want Odin KK4 without Bootloaders to get back to stock.
If you already flashed the other one, you're most likely back on froyo or Eclair. You'll need Odin KK4 with Bootloaders to get back to stock GB.
As for the dealer, yes, it's possible that the phone isn't actually new or that the screen was replaced.
BWolf56 said:
Oh god I hope I'm not too late. The Odin you've downloaded is a old version and contains froyo bootloaders.
You'll want Odin KK4 without Bootloaders to get back to stock.
If you already flashed the other one, you're most likely back on froyo or Eclair. You'll need Odin KK4 with Bootloaders to get back to stock GB.
As for the dealer, yes, it's possible that the phone isn't actually new or that the screen was replaced.
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Phew. Thank god i've crossed my FUP limit & have an epic slow internet connection right now.
the file was still downloading. Otherwise i would've flashed with that. Thanks for the warning man.
Anyway, do u think stock ROM will solve the battery problem.?
Saw this page too..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Do i need to flash "I897UCKK1" "Without Bootloaders" .??
EDIT: Oops. Sorry. Just read your complete message. Downloading that file now. Thanks.
ishandigipunk said:
Phew. Thank god i've crossed my FUP limit & have an epic slow internet connection right now.
the file was still downloading. Otherwise i would've flashed with that. Thanks for the warning man.
Anyway, do u think stock ROM will solve the battery problem.?
Saw this page too..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Do i need to flash "I897UCKK1" "Without Bootloaders" .??
EDIT: Oops. Sorry. Just read your complete message. Downloading that file now. Thanks.
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Battery problems are user specific, not ROM specific. I'd highly suggest you get BetterBatteryStats to see what's draining your battery. Also, after flashing, it does take a couple full battery cycle to get the best outta your battery.
BWolf56 said:
Battery problems are user specific, not ROM specific. I'd highly suggest you get BetterBatteryStats to see what's draining your battery. Also, after flashing, it does take a couple full battery cycle to get the best outta your battery.
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Hmm. Alright. But.. Really.. I've read some reviews.. (& also, i've written my usage above, is that even real.? Cuz a few weeks ago i was on motorola Defy+ & i could easily get 2 days of battery life at heavier usage than my current usage) & according to reviews, m supposed to get even more battery life on captivate.! That's why i was asking. Cuz gsmarena claims it gets 3.5 days of battery life under normal average load (Which m not even putting on it most of the time.!) & with 3g ENABLED.! (which m not enabling at all, infact no data connection via sim, only wifi, that too very less). Still just 12 hours of battery life.
Anyway, flashing stock ROM soon. Will use that for a week i think. To test out my phone. Then will see what to do.
EDIT: Another (& probably the most important) question.! Will the device still stay unlocked after flashing it back to stock ROM (i bought it factory unlocked)
the i9000 baseband is correct for cm10 captivatemtd build. captivate is a variant of galaxy s series, as is i9000.
that isn't to say that you should go flashing an i9000 rom.
captivate lacks several pieces of hardware that are in other galaxy s phones.
ishandigipunk said:
Hmm. Alright. But.. Really.. I've read some reviews.. (& also, i've written my usage above, is that even real.? Cuz a few weeks ago i was on motorola Defy+ & i could easily get 2 days of battery life at heavier usage than my current usage) & according to reviews, m supposed to get even more battery life on captivate.! That's why i was asking. Cuz gsmarena claims it gets 3.5 days of battery life under normal average load (Which m not even putting on it most of the time.!) & with 3g ENABLED.! (which m not enabling at all, infact no data connection via sim, only wifi, that too very less). Still just 12 hours of battery life.
Anyway, flashing stock ROM soon. Will use that for a week i think. To test out my phone. Then will see what to do.
EDIT: Another (& probably the most important) question.! Will the device still stay unlocked after flashing it back to stock ROM (i bought it factory unlocked)
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Unlock is permanent so you don't have to worry about that.
Getting 3.5 days with data enabled is nearly impossible with how old the phone and battery is. That would mean no sync, extremely low brightness, no widgets, no GPS/location access, perfect signal (4 bars) at all time and absolutely no gaming.
I would personally get about 2.5-3hrs on screen with my cappy, that was with data, sync, auto brightness enabled and medium usage. Back when I didn't have data though (Froyo days, with Firefly ROM), I would get at least 2 days with medium usage.
You gotta keep in mind that if that gsmarena is on a old firmware, he has about a 1/4 of the features CM has right now and well, more features = more battery drain. Also, battery highly depends on your apps/widgets, the more apps that sync, the more drain you get.
One last thing, CM isn't the only 4.2 ROM out there, feel free to try a few of them.
BWolf56 said:
Unlock is permanent so you don't have to worry about that.
Getting 3.5 days with data enabled is nearly impossible with how old the phone and battery is. That would mean no sync, extremely low brightness, no widgets, no GPS/location access, perfect signal (4 bars) at all time and absolutely no gaming.
I would personally get about 2.5-3hrs on screen with my cappy, that was with data, sync, auto brightness enabled and medium usage. Back when I didn't have data though (Froyo days, with Firefly ROM), I would get at least 2 days with medium usage.
You gotta keep in mind that if that gsmarena is on a old firmware, he has about a 1/4 of the features CM has right now and well, more features = more battery drain. Also, battery highly depends on your apps/widgets, the more apps that sync, the more drain you get.
One last thing, CM isn't the only 4.2 ROM out there, feel free to try a few of them.
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Alright. Right now m back to stock (2.3.5). Will keep this ROM for a few days. Check out the battery life. The max battery life i can get out of it.
& i don't know if the colour problem is still here in this ROM, but.. i really can't see it anymore. So gonna play around with this ROM. Thank you for your help people.
Oh.! Now i understand it.! M getting what is commonly called "Black Crush".!
Here's a video demonstrating it (In galaxy note & comparing it with a normal captivate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8aIGeLERg
That's why my screen colors were problematic.! & maybe still are problematic. Although i don't think m getting the black crush at THAT level. Any way to solve this issue.? :\
ishandigipunk said:
Oh.! Now i understand it.! M getting what is commonly called "Black Crush".!
Here's a video demonstrating it (In galaxy note & comparing it with a normal captivate)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a8aIGeLERg
That's why my screen colors were problematic.! & maybe still are problematic. Although i don't think m getting the black crush at THAT level. Any way to solve this issue.? :\
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First time I hear about this so I dunno if there's a fix or not (other than getting another digitalizer).
BWolf56 said:
First time I hear about this so I dunno if there's a fix or not (other than getting another digitalizer).
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M not gonna get a new digitalizer for it. Definitely not. I bought this phone just for general usage plus listening music. The colour problem has almost vanished ever since i flashed the stock ROM. The battery has also considerably increased.
I will live with the colour problem if i have to. It won't be worth buying a new digitalizer & replacing the old one.
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M not gonna get a new digitalizer for it. Definitely not. I bought this phone just for general usage plus listening music. The colour problem has almost vanished ever since i flashed the stock ROM. The battery has also considerably increased.
I will live with the colour problem if i have to. It won't be worth buying a new digitalizer & replacing the old one.
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After your testing, feel free to try another custom ROM, maybe other than CM this time and see if you get better results.
BWolf56 said:
After your testing, feel free to try another custom ROM, maybe other than CM this time and see if you get better results.
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Okay. will do.
just confirmed another thing. I just flashed cm10.1 (directly from stock)
Now, I can see the color prob. only in the videos though. not images. anyway, it's confirmed new w.. the problem is not there on the stock ROM, but present in the cm 10, 10.1, n the xperia ROM.
n I've also noticed changing gamma values (all to -40) will reduce the prob by a large margin. dunno what the issue is here.
anyway, flashing semaphore kernel with voodoo colour settings now. will post the result in a few hours (or maybe tomorrow morning). all of your help is really appreciated.
EDIT: Flashing with the semaphore kernel with voodoo settings made it much worse. It made that colour problem MUCH MORE noticable. I mean i could literally see thousands of flawed pixels in every frame.!
Will stick with CM 10 stock kernel.
My brother's galaxy note have been facing serious sod problems since he bought the phone at Nov 2012. After he faced it the 1st time , he sent to SC and got it back. After 1-2months the problem came again and he asked for my help. I persume it was because the malaysian firmware of the ICS was somewhat unstable from what i read from forums here and there. So i changed the firmware to JB duno from which country when it came out in MAC. After a week or so. The problem reappeared . So I just decided to root and chnge the kernel and also the ROM. Changed the ROM to a stock rom and a kernel. Still the problem persist. I'm out of options. Went to the ****ty SC and the idiots just factory reset the phone and give u back. BUNCH OF RETAR*S . (sorry for my languange)
Hope someone here may help me out with my problem. Thanks a million :laugh:
Check all the apps you have installed maybe you find the bad one whose causing it as you have mentioned it comes after sometime of installing a fresh rom and have you tried any aosp rom maybe that will fix the issue
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abhinav quietly brilliant said:
Check all the apps you have installed maybe you find the bad one whose causing it as you have mentioned it comes after sometime of installing a fresh rom and have you tried any aosp rom maybe that will fix the issue
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I just installed an aosp rom (PA) and I hope it fixes the problem. Well I've seen the amount of apps installed in the note and its jst a quarter the amount I have in the Galaxy S2 and my S2 works like a charm. The note has been giving me headache ever since I got it from my brother. Hope this does solve it , if not I guess its something else maybe hardware
Phone sod twice on paranoid android. FML! Guess im visiting SC tmrw again.
Same problem with me..
My Note 1 has SOD since 1st time bought it..
be patience to install JB --> still SOD
change kernel to SpeedMod 5.3 --> SOD again
change kernel to PhilZ --> sometimes SOD
I have read many information that related with SOD in galnote 1, my opinion it is related with hardware too.. sometimes
or it is related with kernel... it can not wake from deep sleep..
anyone have another better suggestion to cure this ?
if u're using pure stock rom still facing the same problems then definitely is hardware issues！
if ur device still under warranties suggest bring to SC ask them do a thorough check on it n let them know what's going on actually...
Yes, I use stock ROM still has SOD,
so it's hardware issue for sure...
but I will keep the phone for now because sometimes SC doesn't give solution to this..
psywarx said:
Yes, I use stock ROM still has SOD,
so it's hardware issue for sure...
but I will keep the phone for now because sometimes SC doesn't give solution to this..
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Yeah and they will give your phone back only doing a factory reset lol
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I too get this SOD once a week on my GT-N7000
Phone status when this happens:
stock JB(earlier ICS), non-rooted, data connection, wifi, GPS, bluetooth all disabled. Battery mostly above 80%.
Gmail, Google+, Facebook and all other social n/w apps disabled (yes, i am an oldtimer )
During SOD, if a third party calls my number, he hears it ringing, but my handset is dead as dodo (quite dangerous as the calling person may think i am not answering it)
i used to get this when it was on ICS and still getting it after i upgraded to JB.
Most of the time, SOD occurs during wee hours in morning ( i used battery monitor app that logs battery stats every 10 minutes to check the time when this happens).
Sometimes it occurs when the phone is in my jeans back pocket. phone needs a 10 second press on pwr switch to restart it.
Turning off the "power saver" mode seem to reduce the probability of SOD.
i have taken this phone to SC and they re-flashed the JB.
i told the SC chap that i have already done this and couple of factory resets, but he said that they do "much more" than just re-flashing through kies like calibrating camera, bluetooth )
does anyone in the know, know if this is indeed true ?
Thanks
-mprab
updates...
After 2 days of re-flashing at a samsung authorised service center, i got SoD 2 times in a period of 12 hours.
once last night and second time when i was traveling to office.
Last night i installed some bare-minimum apps back after waiting 2 days for any SoD to happen in "stock" condition.
Well.... i did not pay 30K to use the GNote as just a phone, so installed some basic apps (Battery monitor, Bangalore BMTC, RealCalc, GPS Test, ES File explorer and a first time app StatusLogger)
phone went dead at 1:00 am in morning and as usual there was no wakeup alarm.
phone was warm to touch when it was lying dead. The battery which was 96% at 00:30 AM had gone down to 54% at 7:00 AM.
Status logger did not show any loss of GSM signal which might have resulted in phone transmitting at higher power/hunting for signal etc.
The "radio" seemed working, because when i made a call to the dead phone from my landline, i could hear the phone ring instead of expected "phone is switched off" message i was expecting.
So this has to do with application processor going in some infinite loop.
Uninstalling all apps is NOT an option.
anyone know if we can establish any debug connection to phone and know what the hell CPU is up to in this situation ?
any processor logger that will periodically log all the processes running on phone ?
SOD resolved... not a single one since 6 months.
Hey guys, just wanted to share this info with you, I had SOD's like anything and did all freakingly possible things right from flashing roms to kernels, speed up CPU, banging my head in front of the dumb witted morons at samsung service... to get rid of that pain. What helped me was an app called "WAKELOCK" by darken which is merely 72kb in size but works wonders, not a single SOD after that. What u need to do is.... it has a list of presets that makes sure your cpu stays up. You need to select the preset called "partial wake lock" which is at no. 4, and viola...
It ensures that the CPU is running. No SOD ever after. Also, you need to make it autorun on boot from the options. Yea, it does eat up batter a bit more but its definitely manageable. I still need to charge my note only at night.
Just to be sure, I uninstalled it and guess what, SOD returned. So, do try it, I hope it helps...