As I told you.. I switched on a Samsung Galaxy S2 :)
I thought about keeping the HTC just for testing my apps on a different
device but eventually it was useless.
As soon as I connected the device on the USB port... puff.. function
reboot() { reboot(); } :)))
2011/8/12 Per <[email protected]>
> Update:
>
> I had my app running for hours yesterday while charging, with the
> Desire kept cool by sitting on top of a small CPU-cooler-like fan.
> Noisy, but cool.
> When I switched off the fan, the Desire rebooted within 3 minutes.
>
> Also, no reboots in flight mode.
>
> Bugger.
>
>
> On Aug 11, 1:55 pm, Per <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Oh dear.
> >
> > Though I'm sort of happy that I'm not to blame this time, this is
> > horrible.
> >
> > I tried a few experiments not involving my app, and sure enough,
> > loading the poor device a bit (music, youtube, navigation at the same
> > time) works fine off the charger, but inserting the charger invariably
> > reboots the thing within minutes. Sometimes it even reboots while
> > recovering...
> >
> > Turning off WiFi/Data has no effect.
> > Flight mode seems to help, but that's not really a good option :)
> >
> > I'll try cooling the device by a fan or something, just to confirm
> > that temperature really is the cause.
> >
> > The thread you pointed to also discussed Froyo as a possible (partial)
> > cause.
> > I tend to suspect the 2.1->2.2 update to worsen the problem, I don't
> > remember seeing this a year ago (when I was making a similar app).
> >
> > thanks,
> > Per
> >
> > On Aug 11, 10:54 am, Nico Balestra <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > I think this is related to a known problem affecting the HTC Desire.
> >
> > > Apparently it happens when the CPU gets hot, which is very likely for
> > > intensive operations.
> > > See this:
> http://androidforums.com/desire-support-troubleshooting/78992-htc-des...
> >
> > > I had an HTC Desire and it was rebooting all the time as soon as I
> attached
> > > the phone to my USB cable and starting an application via Eclipse. The
> same
> > > was happening when I was browsing the web or playing Angry Birds :)
> >
> > > Eventually.. I've got a Samsung Galaxy S2!!
> >
> > > Hope this help,
> > > Nico
> >
> > > 2011/8/11 Per <[email protected]>
> >
> > > > Does anyone know of (reproducible) reasons for device reboot?
> >
> > > > My app-under-development will run for hours if the device is not
> > > > charging, but with USB connected it will reboot, usually within
> > > > minutes. No exceptions shown, just a reboot.
> >
> > > > The app has one activity, which (via a WakefulIntentService [from
> > > > CommonsWare]) sets up alarms that will trigger at different intervals
> > > > (4mins to half a day). The alarms are cancelled when the activity is
> > > > destroyed.
> > > > When an alarm goes off, a BroadcastReceiver starts a
> > > > WakefulIntentService, which pulls some data from a server and saves
> it
> > > > in a file. That service starts another service, which provides a
> cache
> > > > of the data in the file to the activity. The start of the cache
> > > > service is afaik the simplest way of providing a simple notification.
> > > > It is most likely already running, as it is bound by the activity.
> >
> > > > This could most likely be done smarter, but it seemed like a fair
> > > > compromise when I want the app to work offline, too.
> >
> > > > Does anyone know of an interaction between USB/charging and
> > > > wakelocks / alarms / services ?
> > > > Logcat does not provide much help. Seems that the log is cleared at
> > > > reboot.
> > > > Any hints for debugging this apart from logcat (will adb bugreport
> > > > provide more history than logcat?)
> >
> > > > Just for the record, I have seen the device (HTC Desire running 2.2)
> > > > reboot when it gets hot (hot environment, lots of voice/data traffic
> > > > while or just after charging), but it's running pretty cool in this
> > > > scenario.
> >
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