I bought my HTC Arrive about two weeks ago and thus far I have been through 2 devices (I also had one with a bad volume button and one that would randomly reboot) that would randomly shut down in the middle of the night. I did not have them plugged in but when I woke up they were off. I powered the devices on without hooking them up to power and they both would have well over half the battery left. On the second device the first night I did not install any applications and only setup two of my email accounts (I didn't even open marketplace, zune or xbox) and it did not shut down. For the second night I re-downloaded all my applications and transfered some music from my computer. The next morning the device was powered down again and when powered on had about 90% of the battery left. I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this and if it is software related or if I somehow managed to get two bad phones with the same problem back to back (plus two other bad phones with other problems).
htc arrive shuts down during the night
- Thread starter Jetface
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I had mine power down once...I'm pretty sure i had a critical battery alert and missed it though. I've not experienced any random shut downs though
gibbyhome
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This should never happen,
since you are on your second device I would look at how you are changing your device ?
are you using the plug that came with the HTC ? are you using a car charger. I would try to look at things out of the norm..
this is very strange since the devices not shut down or reboot .. it might just not like the power cord or something that you might be over looking ..
good luck
since you are on your second device I would look at how you are changing your device ?
are you using the plug that came with the HTC ? are you using a car charger. I would try to look at things out of the norm..
this is very strange since the devices not shut down or reboot .. it might just not like the power cord or something that you might be over looking ..
good luck
coasterfreak212
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I'm using the plug that came with the phone, I think it was the one that came with the second phone. Like I said the first night with this phone I didn't download any apps, add music, or anything like that. I just added my two important email accounts and left it at that. When it didn't shut down after that first night I reinstalled my applications and then added some music from my computer. It is also only shutting down in the middle of the night while I sleep. During the day it is rock solid with no restarts or shut downs.
Just an update this last night I plugged the device in and my alarms did go off in the morning so the device wasn't shut off. However, before I went to bed I had Zune music paused and when I woke up the now playing list was cleared entirely. Which leads me to believe either the phone reset or it powered down but since it was plugged in it powered back on. Unless the Zune now playing list clears after a certain number hours of not being used, does anyone know if that is the case?
It definitely doesn't clear. At least I haven't had that happen to me yet. Sounds like the battery may be loose,check that and clean the contacts
if no improvement then u may have a defective device(always at least 1 or 2 in the bunch). I once thought my arrive was defective because the bottom buttons would stay lit whenever the device was powered on but after seeing it like that in a few videos I'm now thinking otherwise.
if no improvement then u may have a defective device(always at least 1 or 2 in the bunch). I once thought my arrive was defective because the bottom buttons would stay lit whenever the device was powered on but after seeing it like that in a few videos I'm now thinking otherwise.
I just preformed a system reset to get everything back to the way it was when it got it. It was suggested to me that perhaps an application I downloaded could be causing it and figured it was worth a try. Just added back my emails and I'll put some music on it and try that tonight. If it doesn't shut down I'd say that is a good sign that it is one of my 3rd party apps causing all the shenanigans.
As far as the battery goes I'll check it but I would think if it was loose I'd be experiencing the problem during the day when it is being moved around more. Rather then at night when it has been sitting on my nightstand for more than a couple hours.
As far as the battery goes I'll check it but I would think if it was loose I'd be experiencing the problem during the day when it is being moved around more. Rather then at night when it has been sitting on my nightstand for more than a couple hours.
gibbyhome
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I know...I've never had this bad of luck with any tech thing I've done (and I've built 3 computers). I have to agree with you about the app stuff in theory none of the apps should be causing it since they get "tombstoned". As far as plugging it in I have left it unplugged twice. Once before I installed any 3rd party apps, just added email accounts that time it didn't turn off over night. The second night the only thing that changed was that I added back my applications and music, and the next morning it was off when I woke up (I noticed because the alarms should have been going off, luckily I don't depend on just the phone alarms
). Both nights it had a full charge before I went to bed. The night it turned off I hit the power button and it booted up with roughly 90% of the battery left.Last night I plugged it in and left it that way while I slept, in the morning the alarms went off. However, I had some Zune music paused and I noticed that it was no longer in the drop down controls (as in no music controls at all). Which makes me think that one of two things happened. One, it just rebooted. Two, it shut off like it did before but since it was on power it turned back on.
As far as the wireless sync goes, I did have it setup for the two nights that it turned off. However, I did not have it hooked up to my wireless network (or the wifi even on for that matter). So I don't know if that could be the problem.
It's just all very weird...the only online stuff I've been able to find that was similar was this forum post.
Which is why I figured I'd reset back to the beginning and this time not add any 3rd party apps and then just add enough music that it will for sure be using the microSD card.
gibbyhome
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Jetface,
maybee you just listen to too much heavy metal LOL
JK
I would bring the phone back again or have you tred calling microsoft zune support? I have and they are pritty good but they might do alot of what you have all readdy done
good luck, I really love the OS its to bad your having these problems ..
maybee you just listen to too much heavy metal LOL
JK
I would bring the phone back again or have you tred calling microsoft zune support? I have and they are pritty good but they might do alot of what you have all readdy done
good luck, I really love the OS its to bad your having these problems ..
After my reset I added my email accounts and then transferred some music from my computer. Left it on my computer till fully charged and then left it unplugged while I slept, when I woke up it was still on and had not reset (I left some Zune music paused and it was still there). For last night I added back a few 3rd party applications and again charged the phone to full on my computer and in the morning it was still on and had not reset (again left Zune music paused).
So it's looking promising that the reset fixed my problems. I'll be slowly re-adding my applications over the next day or two just to make sure it isn't one of the applications that had caused it. So far I'm loving the OS though and I can't wait to start coding for it
So it's looking promising that the reset fixed my problems. I'll be slowly re-adding my applications over the next day or two just to make sure it isn't one of the applications that had caused it. So far I'm loving the OS though and I can't wait to start coding for it
VernonEL
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Success!
Glad to hear that things seem to have worked out for you!
It is things like this that can really turn people off to the new OS. I applaud you for working through it and not giving up!
One simple question:
Glad to hear that things seem to have worked out for you!
It is things like this that can really turn people off to the new OS. I applaud you for working through it and not giving up!
One simple question:
Does the Arrive have a removable microSD card? I may have just missed that fact.
One simple question
It isn't removable unless you want to open up the phone and void the warranty, but if you check the link in the post I talk about the microSD in, some htc surround users were having trouble with their internal none removable microSD cards.
VernonEL
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jasqid
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gibbyhome
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The last group I added earlier that morning was:
Amazon Kindle
Amazon.com
Halo Waypoint
IMDb
Netflix
ShopSavvy
Microsoft Tag
None of them should be causing a problem I would think considering all but ShopSavvy is by big name people. Either way I ended up going in and swapping out for another new one. I also started thinking and on the very first one that had a volume button issue I had installed all these apps and it didn't have any problems for the three days I had it.
gibbyhome
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