[Info][WIP] LET's FIGURE OUT the sleep of Death!!!! [NOT A ROM]

pitfuze · Jul 26, 2011

Aryantes said:
Very interesting. I will try this today. My screen timeout is always set to 2 minutes or 1 minute.

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On another note. when I am logging via ADB, I can't get SoD to happen reliably. Same as running Terminal.

As soon as I stop logging, SoD instantly. So the act of piping these logs to another file is preventing the tablet from sleeping.

Any other ideas for retrieving logs?

My SODs had subsided for a few days since removing Wizz. Nothing running as a widget that updates from remote left. However I just got another after playing with web/IP camera programs.

(btw, more SODs, like every couple hours, when I was using ADW Launcher.)

Would your logging trouble indicate that using the logcat live wallpaper would keep SOD away? And if not, then where does that wallpaper store the log while displaying? Might there be any quantity of log remaining? If the SOD still occurs with it running, would the last image of the wallpaper show anything useful?

Aryantes · Jul 26, 2011

pitfuze said:
My SODs had subsided for a few days since removing Wizz. Nothing running as a widget that updates from remote left. However I just got another after playing with web/IP camera programs.

(btw, more SODs, like every couple hours, when I was using ADW Launcher.)

Would your logging trouble indicate that using the logcat live wallpaper would keep SOD away? And if not, then where does that wallpaper store the log while displaying? Might there be any quantity of log remaining? If the SOD still occurs with it running, would the last image of the wallpaper show anything useful?

If you can prevent the thing from going into sleep mode, it will never SoD. This sleep mode is the one where pressing the keyboard dock unlock button doesn't wake it anymore. Different from screen timeout.

Since I have a running process that is actively writing to disk, its likely that this is preventing it from sleeping, until there is some period of inactivity in the log.

I guess it would be a workaround, run something in a terminal that just does something forever.

The log files are already written to disk, but we're just writing it to another location as well.

If I recall, some of these logs are deleted upon bootup. (could be totally wrong here) so it might be necessary to constantly copy before crashing.

Got one more log.
http://pastebin.com/jsy9Zvup

EP2008 · Jul 27, 2011

Got another two... both happening shortly after I connect the tablet to the dock. So I either use the tablet in full dock mode or throw away my keyboard... neither option is looking good.

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chrisjm00 · Jul 27, 2011

I've had one already, and only had this TF since Wednesday. Mine did it when fully charged, still on the charger. I went to wake it up and it had shut itself down. Only Widgets I have are beautiful Widgets, one screen with maybe a dozen icons. Has anyone found a common factor to all of this? Rooted, unrooted, what apps people are using and so on? What are the charge levels when this happens? Oh yeah, I don't have the keyboard dock and still got it.

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Aryantes · Jul 27, 2011

chrisjm00 said:
I've had one already, and only had this TF since Wednesday. Mine did it when fully charged, still on the charger. I went to wake it up and it had shut itself down. Only Widgets I have are beautiful Widgets, one screen with maybe a dozen icons. Has anyone found a common factor to all of this? Rooted, unrooted, what apps people are using and so on? What are the charge levels when this happens? Oh yeah, I don't have the keyboard dock and still got it.

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I've not tested on an unrooted device.

I do get the sleep of death on a fresh install of a prime rom, or any other rom.

In other words, install rom, leave every single setting at default, get SoD soon thereafter. Then I try playing around with settings to see if they make a difference but it seems to always happen.

Now testing the lower screen timeout.

If you get this problem often, then try grabbing a few log files from the instructions posted a few pages back. Hopefully glitterballs is still around.

david_ag · Jul 31, 2011

I was getting Sleep of Death issues after rooting, and overclocking my TF. I had overcloked it to 1.6 Ghz. I scaled that back to 1.4 Ghz, and I've had zero SOD issues anymore.

Hope it helps!

Aryantes · Aug 1, 2011

I upgraded to HC 3.2 using Prime 1.7 alpha and had no more sleep of death issues for a few days.

Now, I am using Prime 1.7 beta and still have no SoD.

I hope this is a cure!

gee one · Aug 2, 2011

I did some unsavory flashes with nvflash and I get the SOD every single time!

I think it goes into APX mode too, but have to wait until I get home again to verify.

Is there anything I should check to add another data point before I try reflashing with something more normal?

This was on "stock" unrooted rom that I rooted. I think it had SOD with the "stock" version. Stock was a mkodded 8656 OTA flashed through a modded CWM and probably a low battery.

sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision

Disket · Aug 3, 2011

Been getting SOD since I got my TF on 3.1. Still getting it after updating to stock 3.2 and also after rooting it. One thing I noticed is that it never gets SOD when docked and charging. Other times, it's random. Mostly when undocked, at least for me.

gee one · Aug 3, 2011

I ran fix permissions in CWM, which seemed to help. Before, it was SOD after every screen timeout.

I also noticed, before I fixed permissions, whenever I would click on a link in an email (gmail and stock asus/android) the screen would get dim. I don't have a default browser set, so I would expect it to pop up a dialogue box. After fixing permissions, it worked as expected.

Disket · Aug 3, 2011

gee one said:
I ran fix permissions in CWM, which seemed to help. Before, it was SOD after every screen timeout.

I also noticed, before I fixed permissions, whenever I would click on a link in an email (gmail and stock asus/android) the screen would get dim. I don't have a default browser set, so I would expect it to pop up a dialogue box. After fixing permissions, it worked as expected.

How long have you gone without SOD since fixing permissions?

techbeck · Aug 3, 2011

Never had sleep issues myself. On Prime 1.6 and working great. I didnt root using the PURE method since CWM never EVER would install. In fact, when I ran the CWM bat file, it said it installed but messed up the ROM and stock recovery. So I had to ODIN back to stock.

I ended up installing Prime 1.4 which rooted my phone and installed CWM. Then I updated to Prime 1.6.

republicano · Aug 3, 2011

i was happy about my tf101 Till i read this post, i didnt know SOD happend, i have all those background data services off except the one required for the market,disabled automatic updates for my widgets, have it in auto brightness and i use wifi alot, done this since i got this (1 week) and no issues so far, not rooted on 3.2.screen timeout 30 secs, and auto rotate disabled.
i have system panel on to record my data for abnormal signs,no issue so far

gee one · Aug 3, 2011

I spoke too soon, it's still SOD'ing.

fonze73 · Aug 3, 2011

No SOD after RMA

I sent mine in for RMA because of the SOD issue, started doing it while I was on a business trip. They replaced a "daughter board" (and the LCD due to a stuck pixel). I have not had any problem since. Running stock 3.2. I have a B4O unit.

Henry

EP2008 · Aug 3, 2011

fonze73 said:
I sent mine in for RMA because of the SOD issue, started doing it while I was on a business trip. They replaced a "daughter board" (and the LCD due to a stuck pixel). I have not had any problem since. Running stock 3.2. I have a B4O unit.

Henry

I'd be curious to know how that fixed the SOD issue, since it's common with every Android tablet running all versions of the Android OS.

If it is a hardware issue, this will be the last ASUS product I'll be getting - with light bleed, dock battery drain (apparently a hardware issue), speaker problems and now SOD (apparently a hardware issue), it's not worth the money for "dollar store" quality.

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Jedi223 · Aug 3, 2011

For the people interested. (and what this thread was intended for before people spammed all over

)
Here are a bunch of crashdumps from my (badly SOD'ing) transformer.

All completely random and all mentioned 'fixes' have no effect whatsoever.

EP2008 · Aug 3, 2011

Hey Guys, looks like Toshiba has fixed the SOD issue on their tablet - what's wrong with ASUS?

http://www.androidcentral.com/updat...mpaign=Feed:+androidcentral+(Android+Central)

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gee one · Aug 4, 2011

OK, I reflashed to a sane image and the SOD is gone completely. I never had them before I flashed the franken-file, so I think it was either a bad flash because of a low battery or just incompatible bits and pieces rammed together with nvflash.

Disket · Aug 4, 2011

gee one said:
OK, I reflashed to a sane image and the SOD is gone completely. I never had them before I flashed the franken-file, so I think it was either a bad flash because of a low battery or just incompatible bits and pieces rammed together with nvflash.

What do you mean by 'sane image' and 'franken-file'?

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