N810 sometimes reboots itself spontaneously once in 1-2 days

[skatebiker]

Since months I have that my N810 sometimes freezes and reboots during operation, just randomly, once in 1-2 days and sometimes even a few minutes after a deliberate reboot.
So I reflashed the device (which gave a considerable cleanup even after restoring my settings and reinstalling my favorite applications) and reformatted mmc2 (due to an allocation error which is discussed extensively in this forum).
And the problem still is there I noticed these random reboots again with the same frequency.
Or has the N810 a deliberate automatic reboot cycle by design ?

[Matan]

When you say "reformatted", do you mean repartitioned? Since if you only format the existing partitions, you don't solve the problem.

[skatebiker]

When you say "reformatted", do you mean repartitioned? Since if you only format the existing partitions, you don't solve the problem.
Yes, I repartitioned it in order to get all blocks within range as told in the discussion. I checked it and it was OK.

[silvermountain]

The one I have now is doing the same thing.

[skatebiker]

The one I have now is doing the same thing.

So bringing back to a Nokia service point ?

[JayOnThaBeat]

Mine did that only while I had screen rotation installed (search: mysterious shutdown".

I have been told that that couldn't have been the cause, but once i reflashed, i set my nit up exactly how i had it EXCEPT for the rotation, and it hasn't done it since.

[geneven]

And if you add the rotation back now (techs never leave well enough alone), does the crash come back?

[JayOnThaBeat]

And if you add the rotation back now (techs never leave well enough alone), does the crash come back?

I wouldn't even dare... I'm just an end-user :D

I didn't see a real need for it anyway, it made everything weird.

[silvermountain]

So bringing back to a Nokia service point ?

Reflashing it tomorrow when I get the cable. If I still have issues with it the seller has promised a refund. If so, I'll take the refund and do a buy.com purchase.

[penguinbait]

Is the swap or virtual memory enabled? When apps use up all the memory it can crash the system. You should enable swap or virtual memory in the control panel if you have not already.

[lm2]

i stopped booing from sd and don't get nearly as many reboots.

[skatebiker]

Is the swap or virtual memory enabled? When apps use up all the memory it can crash the system. You should enable swap or virtual memory in the control panel if you have not already.

Swapping is enabled and the problem occurs even 1 minute after a fresh (deliberate) reboot.

[maxmozes]

Nowadays this is a common known issue with a Nokia N810 tablet. I encountered it 5 months ago - sometimes it restarted 1-3 times a day, sometimes 1-2 times a week, and sometimes worked pretty well without this problem. I reflashed it several times - it worked week or more without problem, I didn't install another applications, but in spite of this the issue came again.((((( There is a Bugzilla post with a known issue called BUG 3415 / you can visit it too - here is the link: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3415

[skatebiker]

Nowadays this is a common known issue with a Nokia N810 tablet. I encountered it 5 months ago - sometimes it restarted 1-3 times a day, sometimes 1-2 times a week, and sometimes worked pretty well without this problem. I reflashed it several times - it worked week or more without problem, I didn't install another applications, but in spite of this the issue came again.((((( There is a Bugzilla post with a known issue called BUG 3415 / you can visit it too - here is the link: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3415

I read this report, but the symptoms do not appear on my tablet. After a standby it works normally after shifting the unlock key. Everything works normally and then .... it freezes a few seconds and reboots itself. This takes place a few times per week.

[maxmozes]

........................and seems to happen A LOT less when a terminal is opened with something like `while [ 1 == 1 ]; do sleep 1; done` running.


That really works!!!!)) I tried this method and there wasn't any reboot of my
device. It's supposed to reboot itself for 3-4 times - but my Nokia is still
working properly! Maybe it's some kind of salvation of the problem!
Original from: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3415#c54

[maxmozes]

I made the steps described in the last bugs post (https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3415) and nowadays N810 works without any problems! Maybe it will come back soon - but now everything is just perfect. You can try this simple way too, if you are still encounter this problem.:)