On Nov 23, 2009, at 12:04 PM, Dianne Hackborn wrote: > Use "adb logcat" right after the boot to see in the log why the system > crashed. Apps of course should not be able to make this happen, but > sometimes there are bugs.
Unfortunately, I was out and about when the crashes happened, so had no logcat access; specifically, I was at the vet, waiting for my doggy to finish getting her shots, and (appropriately enough) trying to catch up on this mailing list. As a random data point, the crashes happened simultaneously with my losing signal (the back half of the vet's office has really poor reception on any cellular provider I've ever been with); as soon as that happened, Gmail would nose-dive and send the poor Droid into a reboot. I'd come back, get signal, resume reading... when signal went away again, boom, so did the OS. However, I mentioned the crashes really only to back up the 'crashing on a Droid might not be your app's fault' statements in this particular conversation. I certainly don't expect a solution in this thread. ;) In my usage experience so far, the Droid does seem less stable at times than my HTC Dream. And this doesn't seem to be the fault of the third-party apps, as frequently the issue occurs with built-in apps (Maps, Gmail, Browser are three of the four that have tanked the Droid on me while out-and-about, with Facebook being the fourth), so I suspect the issues with such crashes may indeed be hardware. If you see a ton of crash logs for your app on a Droid, I'd worry. If you only get one or two, right now I would suspect faulty devices before suspecting your app. > Also I thought I heard somewhere that some Droids had memory problems, so you > might want to consider seeing about having yours replaced if it is crashing a > lot. Yeah, I'm planning to go in later this week and exchange my poor sick Droid, or at least have them look at the device. I am planning to do a factory restore first, just in case, but I'm not holding my breath given the reports on the Verizon and Motorola forums. :P -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
