HTC Hero restarts itself multipletimes

[XxdejavuxX]

It has been going on for 30 minutes now this is the longer I have ever seen it going. i have tried to remove the battery and hold the power button to drain the energy out but when I boot it again keeps restarting. yeah i think it is allergic to the update lol.

 

[tonksnatcher]

Well I wiped, ran the .5 RUU and rooted this morning and all went well with the rooting but I am still having the reboot issues as before. Not as often but still there none the less. I didn't have time to flash any of the custom ROMs yet though so I will have to try that tomorrow.

With that said, any suggestions on which of the plethora of Roms out there I should try? All I really want is a stable version of 2.1 with Apps to SD, Wireless tether, and be able to remove some of the bloatware.

By the way I followed the xda link for rooting with 2.1 and it was very easy, and I am definately not an advanced user, considering it has taken me 7 months to get the nerve to root.

thanks again

 

[XxdejavuxX]

I removed the Advanced task killer and Anti virus and still every time I click on sprint navigation now it restarts. ( just a reminder I have already reinstalled the 2.1 software before twice the problem came back) I'm uninstalling app by app to see if any thing changes. Also i can't access Applications-> manage applications still.

 

[XxdejavuxX]

I don't want to jinx it but so far after i removed "Barcode scanner" i can access sprint nav and manage applications. I will update if phone does not restart anymore or if it does. stay tuned.

 

[tonksnatcher]

For what its worth, after rooting I haven't had any time to load any apps yet and it still did it to me, although mine seems to only happen when I wake it from sleep. I have also only sync'd google and facebook nothing else yet.

 

[beezy]

I don't want to jinx it but so far after i removed "Barcode scanner" i can access sprint nav and manage applications. I will update if phone does not restart anymore or if it does. stay tuned.

Hope that works out,got my fingers crossed for you.

For what its worth, after rooting I haven't had any time to load any apps yet and it still did it to me, although mine seems to only happen when I wake it from sleep. I have also only sync'd google and facebook nothing else yet.

Your phones seems to not like the 2.1 update either.lol
My HoneyBun roms are almost the same as stock just have wifi tether built in.

 

[XxdejavuxX]

And the latest update is that it started to restart itself again when i try to open Sprint navigation which I use a lot. I uninstalled a couple more apps and it stopped doing it for a while, however later on it started again( it only restarts once now, not multiple times). I did disable the GPS and the phone does not randomly restart anymore. The problem is that I need the GPS function. I turned it back on and it happened again . I went into Applications-> manage applications ( since I can access it now) and deleted the data for anything GPS or location based but the problem did not go away. I running out of ideas now but I have isolated the problem to the GPS. I could just go and get another phone from sprint, but what is the fun of that? I like troubleshooting and I'm not giving up until I find the problem. feel free to drop any idea, thanks!

 

[oluvinu]

hi beezy420 ,
i flashed my SPIRNT HERO to icedhoneybun v2 . the phone randomly restarts and shuts off and i mean from the beginning . it does it 1 a day it seems . the phone is in standby with the screen black it got a text and instead of the two vibration indication i got 1 vibration and the led lit. i hit the end key to light up the screen and did not work i hit it a few times and the other keys on the phone . then i held the end key and the phone turned on. the led was still flashing while the phone screen was black or the phone was off i don't understand it seems very strange almost sprint stock quality. any option?

 

[beezy]

hi beezy420 ,
i flashed my SPIRNT HERO to icedhoneybun v2 . the phone randomly restarts and shuts off and i mean from the beginning . it does it 1 a day it seems . the phone is in standby with the screen black it got a text and instead of the two vibration indication i got 1 vibration and the led lit. i hit the end key to light up the screen and did not work i hit it a few times and the other keys on the phone . then i held the end key and the phone turned on. the led was still flashing while the phone screen was black or the phone was off i don't understand it seems very strange almost sprint stock quality. any option?

I would say try a re-flash,but to save you time i would redownload and then wipe and flash you might have got a bad download.If that doesn't work then sing out in my rom thread(don't want to jack the OP's thread)also it helps me keep track of problems and anyone that might have or has had the problem can chime in.

 

[tonksnatcher]

After rooting, installed honeybun v2.lite, and haven't had any of the reboot issues since. Thanks beezy.

 

[pszman]

Hero restarts when using navigation

I purchased my Sprint Hero in March 2010 and a few weeks after I installed 2.1 it was restarting itself every time I tried to use a navigation program (Sprint or google). I took the phone to the local Sprint shop and they gave me a new phone with 2.1 pre-installed and it worked for 2 weeks and now I have the same problem again, any ideas??

 

[lancehart]

Are you using the FourSquare app? I've been having a similar problem over the past week with reboots every time I use a GPS app. I reset to factory default, reloaded my apps bit by bit and had no problems for 36 hours... until I reloaded FourSquare and used it, seemingly with no problems.

Next time I tried to use a GPS app... the reboots started all over again on all of them.

I'm suspecting there may be a conflict between the latest version of the FourSquare app and Sprint / HTC's version of Android 2.1.

I reset my hero to factory default again nearly 48 hours ago, reloaded all my apps EXCEPT FourSquare and so far so good...no problems at all.

I'll give it another couple of days then maybe download a different App that uses GPS like WeatherBug or something to see what that does.

 

[lancehart]

This is a repost from my other thread about GPS related reboots, but the good news is...

I’ve finally found the solution… it was posted at another site, but I lost the URL to give credit. Seems this odd GPS problem has been hitting quite a few people with different handsets, but all running the Sprint version of 2.1, most likely with the .6 OTA update that prevents rooting.

The fix is very easy… I’ve had it running successfully with all my GPS apps back on again for the past 24 hours with no problems on my HTC Hero.

The fix is easy… but you will need the MSL Code for your phone.
It’s easy to get, you just have to call Sprint (*2) and ask for it.
If they ask why, just tell them you’ve been having GPS problems and you need it to use the GSP Reset code.

Write down your MSL Code for safekeeping and possible future use.

Open the dialer and punch in

##GPSCLRX#

A popup window will open asking for the passcode, so enter your MSL code here.

About 10-15 seconds later, it will finish and ask for permission to reboot the phone for the changes to take effect.

Reboot and your done… problem solved.