[Q] Bluetooth works but suddenly causes bootloop. Is this due to faulty firmwares?

[AbhishekS]

Hey guys, I bought a Galaxy Nexus almost a week back but as its not launched officially in India its not under warranty and so I can't get it replaced.

Out of the box it came with ICS. Everything was going fine including Bluetooth file transfers. But the phone went to a boot loop (stuck at boot animation) when I tried to activate Bluetooth. Mind you that Bluetooth had been working fine, I got this issue all of a sudden.
I went into recovery mode and recovered my phone but all data was lost.

Later I updated to official stock ICS. Again the Bluetooth worked fine for few days and later suddenly went into a boot loop. I recovered my phone but this time too lost all my data.

Now I'm obviously very scared to use Bluetooth. Some people say that its a faulty firmware and I should flash another firmware.

What shall I do? Could this really be a firmware issue? And if yes then which firmware shall I flash and how to flash?

Currently I'm on stock JB on my GSM GNex which is unrooted and has a locked boot loader.

 

[Petrovski80]

Hey guys, I bought a Galaxy Nexus almost a week back but as its not launched officially in India its not under warranty and so I can't get it replaced.

Out of the box it came with ICS. Everything was going fine including Bluetooth file transfers. But the phone went to a boot loop (stuck at boot animation) when I tried to activate Bluetooth. Mind you that Bluetooth had been working fine, I got this issue all of a sudden.
I went into recovery mode and recovered my phone but all data was lost.

Later I updated to official stock ICS. Again the Bluetooth worked fine for few days and later suddenly went into a boot loop. I recovered my phone but this time too lost all my data.

Now I'm obviously very scared to use Bluetooth. Some people say that its a faulty firmware and I should flash another firmware.

What shall I do? Could this really be a firmware issue? And if yes then which firmware shall I flash and how to flash?

Currently I'm on stock JB on my GSM GNex which is unrooted and has a locked boot loader.

Never heard of this. With all data lost, do you mean the /sdcard partition as well?

 

[AbhishekS]

I'm sorry I didn't get you. GNex doesn't have a SD card slot, right?

 

[Petrovski80]

I'm sorry I didn't get you. GNex doesn't have a SD card slot, right?

Correct. That's why I said partition.

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[AbhishekS]

Well this is my first Android so I don't know much about partitions.
Well when I wipe my phone / factory reset, ALL my data gets removed including images, music, videos, contacts, messages, calendar events, 3rd party apps, etc.

 

[AbhishekS]

Someone please help.

 

[wapski]

Bluetooth Boot Loop

Im having the same problem.. Please let me know if you found a solution.. I'll give you update if I find one myself..

The list of Android units that I have encountered this was with
2 units of Asus TF101G and 1 unit TF300T

My TF101G was fixed when I installed a Custom ROM (Revolution HD)

I'm open to rooting my phone but not to unlock the bootloader to keep the warranty..

Hard Reset fixed it but after a few days when I activate the Bluetooth it will start with the Boot Loop.. It's very frustrating to install apps and everything.

Perhaps is it related with the files I installed?

 

[Petrovski80]

Afaik, bluetooth radio is controlled by the baseband. What version are you guys using?

 

[wapski]

Im currently using TF300T

Asus Official WW Jellybean ROM

I think It's not related with the JellyBean coz I expereienced it with ICS before when Im using TF101G

 

[AbhishekS]

The baseband of my GNex is I9250XXLF1. I am on official JB (4.1.1) on yakjuxfw.

Please help me, this is really annoying and I'm very scared to activate Bluetooth now.

 

[Petrovski80]

The baseband of my GNex is I9250XXLF1. I am on official JB (4.1.1) on yakjuxfw.

Please help me, this is really annoying and I'm very scared to activate Bluetooth now.

You are on the latest baseband and Android version. And since you are completely stock and the problem also manifested itself on ICS, I'm going to say you are probably having a hardware issue there.

 

[AbhishekS]

That's really sad to hear. And as the GNex is not available officially in India, I can't get it replaced either.
BTW you said 'probably', what can be the other possibility?

Well I too have something to elaborate. Both the times (on ICS and JB), the problem occurred while activating Bluetooth from Notification Toggle (downloaded from Play Store). It's not that whenever I used Notification Toggle did the problem occur. Several times Bluetooth successfully got activated using Notification Toggle.
So as much as I feel that it could be a problem of Notification Toggle, I feel that the opposite is possible too.

Another thing is that I had downloaded a paid app for free from a torrent website. Tapatalk to be precise. Many of my friends suggested that and I wanted to try it out and so downloaded it from torrents. On both bootloop occasions, that 'pirated' copy of Tapatalk was present in my phone.

Now I have purchased Tapatalk, uninstalled that pirated copy, uninstalled Notification Toggle and now I just tried three Bluetooth transfers with my system (2 send and 1 receive) and they took place perfectly. Is it possible that the pirated copy of Tapatalk was causing the issue?

I know it's not ethical and even against the XDA rules to discuss about such pirated copies but I didn't want to hide anything when asking for a solution to my issue.

 

[akash3656]

That's really sad to hear. And as the GNex is not available officially in India, I can't get it replaced either.
BTW you said 'probably', what can be the other possibility?

Well I too have something to elaborate. Both the times (on ICS and JB), the problem occurred while activating Bluetooth from Notification Toggle (downloaded from Play Store). It's not that whenever I used Notification Toggle did the problem occur. Several times Bluetooth successfully got activated using Notification Toggle.
So as much as I feel that it could be a problem of Notification Toggle, I feel that the opposite is possible too.

Another thing is that I had downloaded a paid app for free from a torrent website. Tapatalk to be precise. Many of my friends suggested that and I wanted to try it out and so downloaded it from torrents. On both bootloop occasions, that 'pirated' copy of Tapatalk was present in my phone.

Now I have purchased Tapatalk, uninstalled that pirated copy, uninstalled Notification Toggle and now I just tried three Bluetooth transfers with my system (2 send and 1 receive) and they took place perfectly. Is it possible that the pirated copy of Tapatalk was causing the issue?

I know it's not ethical and even against the XDA rules to discuss about such pirated copies but I didn't want to hide anything when asking for a solution to my issue.

If the problem happens again, I think you have to return it to where you purchased it from as it may be a hardware defect. Let's just hope it doesn't happen again. And I know you mentioned India does not officially sell the Galaxy Nexus. All the best!

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

 

[kanded]

and yes, it happened to me too. Its bootloop, then i took the simcard out, then power on again, but takes a long time, only X logo for more than 10 minutes. Then its going to menu. Then, well, i check the settting, turn on the bluetooth again, bump ! it happened again.

FYI, device not rooted, bought three days ago, and its LOCKED.

 

[AbhishekS]

and yes, it happened to me too. Its bootloop, then i took the simcard out, then power on again, but takes a long time, only X logo for more than 10 minutes. Then its going to menu. Then, well, i check the settting, turn on the bluetooth again, bump ! it happened again.

FYI, device not rooted, bought three days ago, and its LOCKED.

Is the problem solved for you? If yes, then how?

 

[AbhishekS]

@Kanded: Can you please tell whether it's solved or not?

 

[Paresh Kalinani]

The same problem with me!!

Not just in the GNex, it also happens with me in my HTC One V.. I can't find a fix anywhere on the internet? There's no one who can tell why this happens? I change ROMs but still it happens in every ROM! :crying:

I use Bluetooth for a few days... and BOOM! on one day it suddenly goes into boot loop....

 

[AbhishekS]

That is exactly the issue I face, exactly the same.

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