Do any ROMs fix the shutdown problem?

[dchawk81]

I tried to search but alas Tapatalk isn't very good at that.

I bought a Captivate via eBay. Before I press to return it, is there a fix or ROM that fixes the dreaded random shutoffs? I tried resets and the GB Serenity ROM but alas I'm still encountering it...rather frequently. Every hour or less it'll shut off. So, other than the battery draining Captivate Keep Alive app...is there a real solution?

 

[Garyth]

barring anything physical with your phone .. I have not had any sleep deaths or random reboots since switching to Fusion-CM-ICS-beta. It used to be a chronic issue with my phone.

 

[dchawk81]

Thanks for the fast reply Garyth. I'll give it a go.

 

[mrhaley30705]

I've heard the aosp roms seem to help the problem (this includes the ICS roms). They use different drivers than Samsung roms.

 

[dchawk81]

So far, so good. Data is consistently faster as well. Thanks again!

 

[dchawk81]

Hmm. Still getting random yet pervasive shut downs.

 

[capocaccia]

I believe this was a known hardware issue as well. There is a thread around somewhere will effected build numbers.

 

[dchawk81]

I saw that thread and don't believe mine is in the range. I'll be calling the seller tomorrow anyway.

 

[cfmarque]

Not sure if you are in the same boat as me, since the IMEI of my phone does fall into that catergory of the "recalled" phones, but since it was out of warranty by the time I saw that post, they wouldn't exchange it at the store.

At any rate, here's what I've gone thru:
Back in the Froyo times, I "think" CM7 fixed the issue, but I was too fidgety at the time so I was always trying new roms so I don't remember 100% if that was true or not.

I read somewhere that this could be caused by the battery shifting around due to temp changes as it charge/discharges, and that you should put some electrical tape or whatever to make sure your batt. made good contact. Didn't work for me at all.

So finally what fixed the problem was Captivate Keep Alive app, it's in the market.

First I tried it with two ICS roms: ICSSGS and Fusion, with Platypus and IcyGlitch kernels. The app work fine with a setting of 85%, but I was getting "charge death" as well, which I've never had before.

So now I've rolled back to KK4 (Serenity ROM) with the latest Corn kernel, and for some reason I have to set the app to 80% charge but works.

There'll be definitely an increase in battery drain, but for me it hasn't been that bad.

 

[crt60]

I used to have that problem when I first got my cappy, had froyo KB1 on it, and it would randomly shut down. Eventually when I got into hacking the android, when I finally updated to newer bootloaders, the problem went away. Though I can't recommend flashing bootloaders, since you can hard brick your phone if unsuccessful. Just saying that's what seemed to solve the problem for me.

 

[vaickiballs]

I've heard the aosp roms seem to help the problem (this includes the ICS roms). They use different drivers than Samsung roms.

Can anyone confirm this?

I used to have that problem when I first got my cappy, had froyo KB1 on it, and it would randomly shut down. Eventually when I got into hacking the android, when I finally updated to newer bootloaders, the problem went away. Though I can't recommend flashing bootloaders, since you can hard brick your phone if unsuccessful. Just saying that's what seemed to solve the problem for me.

But what bootloader fix that to you?

 

[Trekfan422991]

Mine only rebooted randomly once when on eclair. Haven't had a problem in gb or ics.

Posted from my ICS'd Captivate

 

[capocaccia]

That would help if eclair wasn't completely useless.

Sent from my Samsung Captivate running Team ICSSGS 4.0.3

 

[dchawk81]

I tried Captivate Keep Alive. Even it didn't work. A replacement phone is on its way. The IMEI was actually affected, but I didn't realize at first because I only looked at the last digits. Apparently was a really early build. The seller photographed the new IMEI before shipping it out so I could verify.

 

[vaickiballs]

I have Dark Knight's 4.0.4 ROM since 2 weeks ago.

At the moment, and I hope it remains 0 reboots.

Just wanna share with you, is up to you to try it....


http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501615


By the way, with this ROM also I got the best Quandrant Benchamark score (2400) without overcloking...

 

[dchawk81]

I'll keep that in mind but I got a replacement that works really well. I ended up getting it from another seller though.