My EVO 4G LTE DIED STRIKE 3 And I am OUT

[secretmethod70]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died

Interesting, I just experienced a similar problem last night. I assumed it was because I went on an app installation binge and had 350+ apps installed when the restarts started happening! (I know, there's no way I need all those apps, but coming from the OG EVO where I was constantly out of space I just couldn't help but try to take advantage of my 2GB!)

I managed to do a factory reset, though I couldn't get it to work through the settings menu. If I managed to get to the factory reset option before the phone restarted, it would take forever to register my press on the confirmation button and then it would just restart before performing the reset.

I was happy to discover, though, that power+volume down at boot still brings up the bootloader screen and I performed the factory reset there. The phone seems to be working fine now, so I'm hoping it was just a problem with one of the apps I installed (though I don't see how). It's not that I was out of space either; I still had 500mb free (most apps were moved to phone storage)!

 

[midmofan]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died

Interesting, I just experienced a similar problem last night. I assumed it was because I went on an app installation binge and had 350+ apps installed when the restarts started happening! (I know, there's no way I need all those apps, but coming from the OG EVO where I was constantly out of space I just couldn't help but try to take advantage of my 2GB!)

I managed to do a factory reset, though I couldn't get it to work through the settings menu. If I managed to get to the factory reset option before the phone restarted, it would take forever to register my press on the confirmation button and then it would just restart before performing the reset.

I was happy to discover, though, that power+volume down at boot still brings up the bootloader screen and I performed the factory reset there. The phone seems to be working fine now, so I'm hoping it was just a problem with one of the apps I installed (though I don't see how). It's not that I was out of space either; I still had 500mb free (most apps were moved to phone storage)!

I have seen a few posts that say there is a known issue with other ICS phones where if you move too many apps to the internal "SD" card (phone storage) it causes problems. If this is true its a big problem since you cant move apps to the real SD card.

 

[secretmethod70]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died

I have seen a few posts that say there is a known issue with other ICS phones where if you move too many apps to the internal "SD" card (phone storage) it causes problems. If this is true its a big problem since you cant move apps to the real SD card.

Wow, that's a major issue if true. And you've heard this may pertain to all ICS phones? Can you link to anything about this? I'd love to read more.

If that issue does exist, I hope they're working hard at fixing it. It's not like I need 350+ apps installed, but at the same time I should be able to use the storage that's available to me. When most of those apps are games and other things that don't run in the background, there really shouldn't be a downside so long as I leave a reasonable amount of free space as well.

Oh well, I'll just be glad for now that I can finally install all the apps that I truly do want, without worrying about space and having to pick some apps over others like I did with my OG EVO!

 

[kmmill00]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died

I'm having problems with my 4g LTE taking 20 to 30 seconds to load the home screen when coming from an app. It's happening more and more frequently.

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OK, I can't help you, but I would like to know where you got your wallpaper. I love it!

 

[Judynnnn]

Nova> sense

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[midmofan]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died

Wow, that's a major issue if true. And you've heard this may pertain to all ICS phones? Can you link to anything about this? I'd love to read more.

If that issue does exist, I hope they're working hard at fixing it. It's not like I need 350+ apps installed, but at the same time I should be able to use the storage that's available to me. When most of those apps are games and other things that don't run in the background, there really shouldn't be a downside so long as I leave a reasonable amount of free space as well.

Oh well, I'll just be glad for now that I can finally install all the apps that I truly do want, without worrying about space and having to pick some apps over others like I did with my OG EVO!

https://www.google.com/search?q=evo+lte+too+many+apps+on+sd+card&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a


this takes you to the google page, having trouble doing the direct link since AndroidCentral i having an issue right now with a rogue malware warning

 

[jlo8720]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died

could easily be a heat issue.

 

[jfenton]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died UPDATE~ NEW REPLACEMENT NOW DEAD

Just this afternoon picked up my shiny new replacement from Best Buy...totally new shipment which had just came in. I added no apps and 15 minutes later the first random reboot. It rebootted7 times in two hours and then just t turned itself off and won't come back to life.

No...the battery isn't dead.

Plug it into any charger and the charging light doesn't come on.

Seriously....this is frustrating.

 

[bklynsytlebaby]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died UPDATE~ NEW REPLACEMENT NOW DEAD

Just this afternoon picked up my shiny new replacement from Best Buy...totally new shipment which had just came in. I added no apps and 15 minutes later the first random reboot. It rebootted7 times in two hours and then just t turned itself off and won't come back to life.

No...the battery isn't dead.

Plug it into any charger and the charging light doesn't come on.

Seriously....this is frustrating.

i smell BS!!

 

[k000]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died UPDATE~ NEW REPLACEMENT NOW DEAD

please get another phone. no one can help you. I mean this in a friendly way get some other device. bad luck or whatever, maybe someone else will get luckier with next one you could pick up

 

[dmmarck]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died UPDATE~ NEW REPLACEMENT NOW DEAD

Just this afternoon picked up my shiny new replacement from Best Buy...totally new shipment which had just came in. I added no apps and 15 minutes later the first random reboot. It rebootted7 times in two hours and then just t turned itself off and won't come back to life.

No...the battery isn't dead.

Plug it into any charger and the charging light doesn't come on.

Seriously....this is frustrating.

You, my friend, have prodigiously terrible luck.

 

[nikiva101]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died

Yes it does, I was really frustrated. Then I went to best buy and they said they would fix it!! I said nope, ill wait for another one.

 

[shadowhawk2020]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE Just Died UPDATE~ NEW REPLACEMENT NOW DEAD

At least you got a replacement. The camera in my wife's LTE doesn't work right and they won't replace it until their preorders are filled.

 

[jfenton]

2nd NEW REPLACEMENTFIXED THE ISSUE IT APPEARS

Received my 2nd replacement this morning (3rd EVO) frrom another store 100 miles from the first BB as I was visiting up there.

This one is Hardware Version 3 whereas the first two were version 2 and everything works perfectly so far.

 

[crxssi]

Re: 2nd NEW REPLACEMENTFIXED THE ISSUE IT APPEARS

Received my 2nd replacement this morning (3rd EVO) frrom another store 100 miles from the first BB as I was visiting up there.

This one is Hardware Version 3 whereas the first two were version 2 and everything works perfectly so far.

Interesting. I didn't even notice the "Hardware Version" until now. Mine is also a version "3". Makes one wonder what the differences are between 1, 2, and 3... and how many are in the wild. I will start a new thread on it...

 

[Darknightdug]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE DIED 2ND REPLACEMENT NEW HARDWARE VERSION FIXED

Same thing happening to me. Random reboots. Did a factory reset once I finally got it to come back to life but still having same issue and I have hardware version 3.

 

[abdnach]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE DIED 2ND REPLACEMENT NEW HARDWARE VERSION FIXED

Hey guys,
So I'm on my second Evo 4G LTE (first one had 3g connection problems, but no matter) and all of a sudden, the phone just powered down while I was using it last night. So, throughout the night and when I woke up, I keep trying to turn on the phone and it doesn't respond. I even tried plugging it in overnight and it won't charge (light won't turn on). Anyone know what caused this??

I'm waiting for Best Buy to open in 2.5 hours so I'm hoping I can at least get some of my info off the phone before I exchange it. Anybody know of a temporary solution.

No matter how long I hold the power button it doesn't respond. Sometimes, (about 3 out of 20 times) it will power on and go through the boot screen animation. Once it gets to the lockscreen, I barely get to do anything when it turns off again. Also, as I said earlier, the charging light doesn't come on no matter what I do unless it does the little bootup I just mentioned.

Any help to get it on to get my info will be truly apprecaited. TIA.

 

[jfenton]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE DIED 2ND REPLACEMENT NEW HARDWARE VERSION FIXED

Same exact issues I experienced on my first two units.

 

[abdnach]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE DIED 2ND REPLACEMENT NEW HARDWARE VERSION FIXED

Same exact issues I experienced on my first two units.

Were you able to figure out a way to power it on to get your data off of it? I can't even get to the bootloader screen!!

 

[k000]

Re: My EVO 4G LTE DIED 2ND REPLACEMENT NEW HARDWARE VERSION FIXED

I don't know what was my 1st Evo's h/w version, replacement I got two days ago (due to camera issues onfirst) is version 3, never paid attention until this threaad title was changed.

FWIW - my earlier version never ever self rebooted, but yesterday morning my new version 3 phone rebooted at least 3-4 times in one hour without any prompts from me, except one when I was trying to turn in it, screen didn't come up and I just tried couple times and it started coming up and rebooted it self. Other 3 times it just randomly decided to reboot itself.

It hasn't happened in last 18 hours while I was on the phone.

makes me wonder if there are some app installs/upgrades happening in the background that force reboot it.