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C901 "freezing" and unable to start - anyone else? |
ehamiter
Joined: Dec 04, 2009
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From: Tennessee, USA
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I've had the C901 for less than a month, and although I love the phone in general (and really enjoy taking photos with it) there has been a recent problem with it that is making it unusable. At random times during the day, it will refuse to turn on. I'll take the battery out, wait 30 seconds, put it back in, and try to turn it on. The blue lights will come oon- and stay on. It does not progress further than this. Usually after taking the battery in and out about 10 times (and some random cursing) it will generally come back on, and be fully operational. Some times, it will say "Update available" which I will then apply. But it makes no difference, because at some point in the next several hours, it will revert back to being "dead."
I've googled for solutions on this, and it seems to be a sore point on some C902 models (A200 platform?) as well. Since the C901 is not that popular, I guess, there are fewer results. The suggestions all seem to be reflashing the phone's firmware, which I have done a few points over the past few days. It works, but the original problem remains.
Has anyone else had this "freezing" issue? It's extremely frustrating, and I don't think the company I bought it from is going to give me a replacement, even though it's only been a month. Looks like I should have bought an extended warranty.
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Junz
Joined: Jul 31, 2008
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From: INA
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Never get this problem since i got this phone 7 months ago.
Try to reflash your phone again and turnoff update service from phone. 
Nexus 4 + C901 |
Bonovox
Joined: Apr 13, 2008
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Yes reflash and as regards to c902 i never had any problems with mine
Phone?? What phone?? |
ehamiter
Joined: Dec 04, 2009
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From: Tennessee, USA
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I did and it seems to be running decent now... (crosses fingers) |
mriley
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
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From: UK
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How did you re-flash it? I need to do the same for my k800i
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ehamiter
Joined: Dec 04, 2009
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From: Tennessee, USA
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I followed the A2 tutorial in the firmware section. I think my phone was either super messed up, or something went wrong, because it's supposed to take 10 minutes, and it took like 10 seconds. But whatever I did definitely changed it- maybe it just erased the last half-upgrade it failed through.
I can tell it is different though, because when I updated it last, you could set the brightness as dim as 50%, and after I did this flash, it went back to pre-update levels of only being able to dim it 60%.
After I did this I got a window pop up asking if I wanted to check for updates. I clicked no in a hurry.
2nd day, and it is still running, so I am fairly sure this is fixed. Hopefully I won't be back here in an hour replying that it's broken again!
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Bonovox
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Glad its sorted. For now
Phone?? What phone?? |
plankgatan
Joined: May 20, 2007
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From: Sweden fur alle
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On 2010-01-12 08:54:21, mriley wrote:
How did you re-flash it? I need to do the same for my k800i
ever heard about SEUS ???? or davinci ????? or wotan server ?????
or the best place of all TotalGSM.....cheapest...best client...etc.
[ This Message was edited by: plankgatan on 2010-01-12 16:03 ] |
Bonovox
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Yes i have used SEUS and Davinci 
Phone?? What phone?? |
ehamiter
Joined: Dec 04, 2009
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From: Tennessee, USA
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Well, I'm writing the reply that I was dreading. It's back to being broken again. I don't think I successfully flashed it the firs time since it went so fast-
After I add the main and the fas files to A2uploader, hit flash, then connect the phone while holding C, it connects and says CID ### and something else, then just "ready." What else do I need to do? I looked everywhere for a united states / north america CID custom file but can't find one anywhere. |
mriley
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
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From: UK
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maybe its teh version of A2 uploader, i had problems finding working version for my c901.
try clicking file system tool and see if your phone can connect, make sure anti-virus is off
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ehamiter
Joined: Dec 04, 2009
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From: Tennessee, USA
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I'll try again tonight.
So irritated that this is having this problem!! |
mriley
Joined: Oct 03, 2009
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From: UK
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try this version mate
http://www.4shared.com/accoun[....]1/61e9c724/sharing.html?rnd=82
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ehamiter
Joined: Dec 04, 2009
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From: Tennessee, USA
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@mriley, thanks, i'll give that a shot tonight when i get home.
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ehamiter
Joined: Dec 04, 2009
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From: Tennessee, USA
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I found a solution. I looked in the phone info that was given by the A2 Uploader and matched up what was there and chose that way. Turns out the phone originally had a customized Indonesia set and was an apac_anz fs. It was definitely different this time and so far it seems to have been a success. I'll wait and see if it lasts more than a few days. I'm not going to upgrade it because I'm paranoid it will mess it up again.
Oh, let me add one thing- mine would only work properly if I held the 2 and the 5 down at the same time instead of the C. This loaded an alternate bootloader that worked whereas holding C resulted in an error in the fs system.
Edit: Bah humbug, it is still borked. SE warranty still covers it, so it is being shipped off to let the professionals fix it. I think it's a hardware issue. They say I'll get it back in 10 business days, so until then I'll make do with an old phone that takes horrible pictures but you can actually talk on it! SE customer support was pretty good, by the way.
[ This Message was edited by: ehamiter on 2010-01-14 17:54 ] |
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Posted: 2010-01-11 16:06
