ICS boot problem

Dreamboxuser · Feb 27, 2012

K so the upgrade file is being downloaded ok. Did you have your dock connected when you flashed the upgrade?
Could be a conflict with old firmware vs new firmware (speculation).

I would try superwiping (assuming you are using CWM) the tab and start back from the beginning. (down near the bottom of the post I suggest using the full wipe but clear off your internal SD card first microsd is untouched)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1245892

Edit: Some people have used this workaround ..... disabling deep sleep using a no sleep widget

more info on this here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1517133
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1518552

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Kyonz · Feb 27, 2012

I'm a bit confused as to this, mine was having huge issues with freezing and rebooting but since it's last boot it seems very stable and quick - I'm not going to test my luck by rebooting it again but it seems like such a weird issue.

Is there any difference reported by those that have flashed the ww rom as opposed to the us one? (I've been having issues under the ww one)

knoxploration · Feb 27, 2012

Kyonz said:
Is there any difference reported by those that have flashed the ww rom as opposed to the us one? (I've been having issues under the ww one)

I've experienced the boot loop on the US rom once, so far.

horndroid · Feb 27, 2012

Kyonz said:
Is there any difference reported by those that have flashed the ww rom as opposed to the us one? (I've been having issues under the ww one)

I flashed the WW version. No boot problems at all.
People need to make sure they are doing a COLD REBOOT after upgrading to ICS.
Mine was sluggish immediately after upgrading so I did a cold reboot and everything has been fine and stable ever since.

jparity · Feb 27, 2012

horndroid said:
I flashed the WW version. No boot problems at all.
People need to make sure they are doing a COLD REBOOT after upgrading to ICS.
Mine was sluggish immediately after upgrading so I did a cold reboot and everything has been fine and stable ever since.

Sorry for my ignorance... but what's considered a cold reboot?...

A. Complete show down, go take a shower, come back and power up the device.

B. Hold down power till the screen goes blank, then power it on.

C. Hold down Power + Vol Down, and select to boot from the android partition.

Thanks!

Edit: I've down A and B and still experiencing random reboot and stuck Asus loading screen. I have just powered on the device using method C. Fingers crossed I'm rid of RR for good (seriously doubtful)...

horndroid · Feb 27, 2012

jparity said:
Sorry for my ignorance... but what's considered a cold reboot?...

A. Complete show down, go take a shower, come back and power up the device.

B. Hold down power till the screen goes blank, then power it on.

C. Hold down Power + Vol Down, and select to boot from the android partition.

Thanks!

Edit: I've down A and B and still experiencing random reboot and stuck Asus loading screen. I have just powered on the device using method C. Fingers crossed I'm rid of RR for good (seriously doubtful)...

It just baffles me that you hadn't tried a cold boot.
Did you even try removing all your apps and widgets?

jparity · Feb 27, 2012

horndroid said:
It just baffles me that you hadn't tried a cold boot.
Did you even try removing all your apps and widgets?

Yes, I have performed a factory reset after updating to ICS.

So what exactly do you mean by cold boot?

horndroid · Feb 27, 2012

jparity said:
Yes, I have performed a factory reset after updating to ICS.

So what exactly do you mean by cold boot?

So you have currently 0 downloaded apps and widgets running right?
Why the f haven't you googled how to do cold reboot already?
Now this is when I realize I am just wasting my time.

vicw · Feb 27, 2012

jparity said:
Yes, I have performed a factory reset after updating to ICS.

So what exactly do you mean by cold boot?

That's a perfectly reasonable question to ask, I think. I just got into that subject since the problems after the ICS update. My understanding is it just requires holding down the Down Volume and Power buttons, until you see the white text show up in the upper left hand corner. The icon should also indicate that it is doing a Linux Cold Boot. I've done that several times, with no improvement.

I think the most coherent posts in this thread are #17-20. They were written in some detail, and I found them quite helpful.

I don't believe any of us really understands what the problem is at this point, and although I'm prepared to do the Factory Reset, I don't have a bit of confidence it will help the situation for me. Right now I'm going to cool my heels, and just cope with this for a bit, waiting for some indication that ASUS has acknowledged the problem and has a firmware update coming soon to resolve it.

All of the flailing around we are doing is entertaining, and keeping us busy, but I haven't seen anything yet that looks like a true solution to what shows every evidence of being a firmware bug.

Dreamboxuser · Feb 27, 2012

If you can get into recovery you can save your machine.

The only time to panic is if you turn it on and nothing happens.

Edit: some people have found that the problem is he tablet is going into deep sleep and not waking up. Try the keep awake app or never sleep app. that seems to reduce the problems

Kyonz · Feb 27, 2012

Dreamboxuser said:
If you can get into recovery you can save your machine.

The only time to panic is if you turn it on and nothing happens.

I tell you what dealing with the NVflash recovery and such makes me love Samsung and HTC all the more...

Dreamboxuser said:
some people have found that the problem is he tablet is going into deep sleep and not waking up. Try the keep awake app or never sleep app. that seems to reduce the problems

This is what i'd been trying before it started working without rebooting so I'm guessing that I've turned off sleep and that was in fact what was causing it to crash. I hope Asus release a bug fix soon - tablet flies on ICS.

flipado · Feb 27, 2012

I have the same problem, i had 2 days without any reboot but now my tablet rebooted 1 time on standby
Another problem of the update is now no longer does the method of the smartass cover

Dreamboxuser · Feb 27, 2012

I went from Spark ICS to Honeycomb (TW then US then WW all stock with stock recovery was experimenting trying to get the update earlier- TW and US failed because my tab is originally WW so when i went to that it popped up right away but i rooted put in CWM and decided to go with the CWM version) then Flashed the WW ICS then went to Revolver.

I have to say CWM has saved my ass more times than i can count. If you have the option i suggest Wiping all and flashing the FULL ICS update. I personally have not encountered any issues (Yet) and am happy with the results.

So if you do have CWM might as well try.

cmit37 · Feb 27, 2012

I have a US tf. I found that I was getting random reboots at the tune of almost once an hour. Never had the problem with hc so I did a factory reset. Random reboots had stopped for a bit however this morning it wouldn't wake up so had to do restart it.

Since then I've had 3 reboots with two stuck at the Asus screen. I hope Asus fix it however I am still glad they released ICS.

Orillian · Feb 27, 2012

G+ App was causing this due to an ever increasing number of force closes to me last week when I updated. Uninstalled and re-installed the G+ app and after a reboot. it's been rock solid since Thursday night (23rd of Feb). My kids have been draining it almost dry playing Gem Miner 2 on it all weekend, and no FC's or random reboots since.

The only issue I have is the fact that the dock does not wake the tablet up on key press anymore. Rock solid and fast. Lot's of apps have been updating as well, which can't hurt.

I forgot to mention. I think this issue is caused by an ICS incompatible app that is failing while doing update/notification checks. G+ was doing this to me, but not always failing with a Force Close error message. So if your having this kind of issue look at the apps you have that push notifications, and see if any are unresponsive or failing (sometimes silently).

O.

fldude99 · Feb 27, 2012

How do you uninstall a system app like Google +? I assume you're rooted?

Garrafone · Feb 28, 2012

I have the random boot problem, in my case, it only happens at night, and when i wake up and end the boot problem, the battery was drained from 80% to 30% for example. Im on official ICS OTA, no root, directly stock.

I dont know what the tablet was doing when its on the boot problem trying to boot android, but this screen drains the battery

timscha · Feb 28, 2012

I installed ICS on friday. After one day it reboots and I have a bootloop. Only a "hardreset" (I pressed the power button a long time) helps and all working again. Now using Revolver ROM all looks good so far...

Dany XP · Feb 28, 2012

Asus answer

I got a reply from Asus this morning and i can see they are aware of the problem.

"Dear customer,
yes, a new ugrade will be released these days that will solve the different problems ICS gave.
Best regards,
Customer Care Asus
---------- Original Message ----------"

dbargel · Feb 28, 2012

Thank's Dany XP....very very much

Now waiting for patch

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