Reboot / Restarting on my 640XL

[xsodaxmachinex]

Hello all,

I am not sure if that has been happening to anyone else that has a 640 XL or not, but my 640 XL has been reboot/restarting when I place my phone down on any surface on random occasions.

I am not sure if it is a battery connection issue or something else wrong with the phone and it doesn't happen all the time when I put my phone down laying down on it's back. I have tried placing it gently or sometimes it might get places a bit hard on a surface it will restart the phone. Anyone else have this problem?

 

[Derausgewanderte]

Hello all,

I am not sure if that has been happening to anyone else that has a 640 XL or not, but my 640 XL has been reboot/restarting when I place my phone down on any surface on random occasions.

I am not sure if it is a battery connection issue or something else wrong with the phone and it doesn't happen all the time when I put my phone down laying down on it's back. I have tried placing it gently or sometimes it might get places a bit hard on a surface it will restart the phone. Anyone else have this problem?

wow, that is odd. No such issues on two 640 XLs here. Did you open it to make sure the battery sits in tight? If the battery gets disconnected for a split moment it could cause a reboot. Hope it's something simple like that.

 

[xsodaxmachinex]

I did try and make sure it was tight in there and I thought it in the correct place. Maybe there is something a bit askew inside. I will have to check again and get back to the post later.

Edit : looks like the battery was seated properly and didn't notice anything on the side that way around the battery and the contacts for it. Maybe it is something on the side (like a loose wire) or something else silly. Not sure if it would be worth a warranty issue or not, I have only had the phone like 2-3 months.

 

[Derausgewanderte]

I did try and make sure it was tight in there and I thought it in the correct place. Maybe there is something a bit askew inside. I will have to check again and get back to the post later.

Edit : looks like the battery was seated properly and didn't notice anything on the side that way around the battery and the contacts for it. Maybe it is something on the side (like a loose wire) or something else silly. Not sure if it would be worth a warranty issue or not, I have only had the phone like 2-3 months.

if this happens frequently (I know you say "not all the time") then I'd say definitely try to get it replaced before it's too late and it doesn't boot up anymore.

cheers

 

[tcbbct]

Yep...happens on my AT&T 640XL as well, maybe 1-3 times a week. It's not like I'm slamming it down either. I have an Evocel case (nice case, BTW) on mine.

 

[Cim04]

Trying to observe mine too. I installed "WP Uptime" and found out it restarted once while I was sleeping, around 12:00 PM. Checked Automatic updates and made sure that it was disabled. And then there was a time it restarted 2 times while charging (Made a proper restarted and it became stable). Those were the only instances I found so far for the past 1 to 2 weeks. Do you think I should have it replaced? But how can I prove it to the seller if it is that seldom?

 

[Derausgewanderte]

Trying to observe mine too. I installed "WP Uptime" and found out it restarted once while I was sleeping, around 12:00 PM. Checked Automatic updates and made sure that it was disabled. And then there was a time it restarted 2 times while charging (Made a proper restarted and it became stable). Those were the only instances I found so far for the past 1 to 2 weeks. Do you think I should have it replaced? But how can I prove it to the seller if it is that seldom?

I don't think you need to worry yet. It really depends on what you had running and it may be related to a specific app etc.
Also, not sure if you are running W10M preview or 8.1 update 2. that would make a difference too.

If this happens a couple times a week consistently I'd start to worry about it. 3 times is nothing to worry about yet.

 

[Cim04]

I don't think you need to worry yet. It really depends on what you had running and it may be related to a specific app etc.
Also, not sure if you are running W10M preview or 8.1 update 2. that would make a difference too.

If this happens a couple times a week consistently I'd start to worry about it. 3 times is nothing to worry about yet.

I wish there is an event logger to determine what caused it. Whether an app or hardware issue

 

[Cim04]

Just an update: I noticed that my phone gets notification of "Network+: New Sim" and asks to configure it. Lately, I noticed that it gets no signal and reboots at the latter. Tried the Sim Cards on a non-LTE android phone and there were no network issues.

Configured "Highest Connection Speed" to 3G for a day and it did not reboot. There was one time as I switch the data connection data back and forth, it rebooted.

Any advise on this?

Took reference on some findings on the following:
http://community.ee.co.uk/t5/4g-network/Nokia-Lumia-920-Invalid-SIM-then-No-Service/td-p/5424
http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-1020/234817-1020-just-rebooted-no-reason.html

Update 2:

Signal seems to be not the main issue as I get restarts right after hard reset, startup and 2G signal today

 

[Arizona Willie]

It should NEVER restart on it's own ... NEVER ... if it did it twice a week I would definitely want it replaced. Something is defective. Never heard of WPuptime before but I will look for and it check my phone but --- to my knowledge --- it has never rebooted on it's own.

 

[Arizona Willie]

Found wpuptime in the Store but it says "please run in Windows 8.1"

Is it safe to run in W10 anyway?

 

[Cim04]

Found wpuptime in the Store but it says "please run in Windows 8.1"

Is it safe to run in W10 anyway?

I just realized that the best to verify if your phone restart without installing an app is to put a sim lock code on your phone. So that if your phone restarts, it would ask you to put the Sim Lock code.

Update 3: Final test
Removed SD card, all Sim Cards and it still reboots. I guess I have to contact Nokia Care now *pffft*

 

[Cim04]

I am surprised that Microsoft Care Drop Off care points are now closed! I am being forced to go to the main office about 100 KM away. I used the Field Medic App and it captures the Feedback logs to be sent to Microsoft. Upon checking, the logs show "OS Crash 000000109" on the last 4 reboots, "OS Crash 000000D1" on 2 reboots and "OS Crash C000021a" on 2 more reboots.

I do not see articles pertaining the error codes on Windows Phones. But on desktops, they refer to driver updates. How can we correct drivers on Windows Phone...?