I was at lacrosse practice today and right before practice I was listening to my music on my phone and then I put it away in my bag, after practice I went over to my phone and for some reason it downloaded an APK with a weird and quite long name, I was curious as I did not give it permission to download anything and I clicked the APK and the app was named "Sexy girls"(Lawl.) so I clicked cancel and deleted the APK off my phone, that was really weird though, does anyone else have a similar issue? I even have Lookout enabled and I thought it would be able to stop something like that, do you think I have a virus? After scanning the results came back clean except on AVG where it said my SuperUser app was a virus, which I highly doubt.
Any ideas/comments would be wonderful :]
And before you ask, no I wasn't watching any porn on my phone...
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I just recently got the vibrant and got the OTA the same day, the gallery freezes about half the time, and about half of the time that it freezes i have to pull the battery, i cant get to task manager or put the phone to sleep and wake it up.
I searched google and there are alot of links regarding it but i didnt find any that gave any ideas to fix it.
I searched this forum and nothing came up. Anyway, I have a class 6 card, the gallery on my nexus is very quick and has never frozen, so it is definitely the phone.
In my experience with the g1, MT3g, N1 and now this vibrant, any time ive received an OTA it has come with costs, it always brings fixes and features but also causes new problems, large and small. So I dont doubt what I found while searching, that the gallery issue is a result of the recent OTA for the GPS fix. Anyway, its kind of silly that this awesome, technologically advanced device freezes when you open up one of the native apps. But can we do anything about it? And if not, is it likely that Samsung will address it in another OTA? thanks
edit: ive also just recently had my phone just turn off every day or so, and it wont power back on until i pull the battery. Maybe these 2 issues mean i have a defective device? Or is this par for the course with the tmobile galaxy s?
Overclock your phone to only run at 800-1000MHz. It completely solved this for me, 400-1000MHz still hiccups.
thank you, yet another reason to root i suppose...
So no way to fix that with stock phone? =(
heygrl said:
Overclock your phone to only run at 800-1000MHz. It completely solved this for me, 400-1000MHz still hiccups.
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overclock huh,, i never tried i am there is a link here let me go look or how did u do it
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That is odd, I've never had my gallery freeze or my phone reboot... Are you sure you don't have some rogue app? Perhaps you should factory reset and start fresh? Do you have any "junk" apps on your phone (stupid apps)?
I had a freeze on opening gallery right after the JI6 was released. I think it was trying to recreate the thumbnails from scratch and download pics from my Picasa acct.
Happened one time only and I actually had to pull the battery since it went unresponsive. Never had a problem after that.
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perhaps unmount and remount the INTERNAL memory card. I've done this before just because I saw it as a suggestion and it recreated my gallery.
I having the same issue. I am ready to delete it and use a different app. Is that possible?
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I having the same issue. I am ready to delete it and use a different app. Is that possible?
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If you're rooted you can probably remove it.
I have tried factory reset so I don't think its a rogue app. I got the ota the day I got the phone so I can't compare before and after. If some people aren't having the issue period maybe a warranty replacement would resolve it. Of course, if we do end up getting froyo maybe that's something that will improve. Love the phone either way, I just get fed up with stuff like gallery freeze, random reboot, GPS issues, etc... stuff that i would think shouldn't get past product testing.
OP, this is discussed at the thread below. (use the search next time)
You are not the only one having this issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805784
Quick Summary:
- Even with the removable card blank, the Gallery still have the same issues.
- I did a complete wipe and still have the same issues.
- I cleared data through System Settings which recreated thumbnails and other data, still have the same issues.
androidmonkey said:
OP, this is discussed at the thread below. (use the search next time)
You are not the only one having this issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805784
Quick Summary:
- Even with the removable card blank, the Gallery still have the same issues.
- I did a complete wipe and still have the same issues.
- I cleared data through System Settings which recreated thumbnails and other data, still have the same issues.
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Wow i am so sick of reading some loser tell somebody to "search next time". You'll be so very relieved to know that I actually did search, and all i found out is that you dont have any friends. But honestly I did find your thread, however it didnt seem to me to be on point with what i wanted to ask specifically. Your post says that "watchdog" told you your gallery is a "resource hog" and that you have to kill it. I dont know what watchdog is, nothing told me anything i just cant get into my gallery app very often, so that didnt seem applicable. Also, i got ji6 the day i got my phone so putting the gallery issue in the context you did ("since ji6 update") didnt mean anything to me, i dont anything about this phone pre-ji6 update. All I know is that my gallery app sucks, your thread was a bit technical for me to be able to apply to my particular issue
Anyway, now my gallery freezes every single time i initially try to open it, i have had to pull the battery 6 times in a row, it works after the pull. This has been my favorite android phone (of 4) but now i just want to set it on fire and run over it with my car. I guess Samsung and Android arent interested in making their $600 products work, does anybody know how i can fix my phone so that it does what it is supposed to? Also im not rooted which i assume probably makes it impossible for me to fix? thanks for any help.
DMaverick50 said:
Wow i am so sick of reading some loser tell somebody to "search next time". You'll be so very relieved to know that I actually did search, and all i found out is that you dont have any friends.
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Hello there!
I'm having a somewhat curious issue with my Samsung Galaxy SII phone: almost each time I turn the screen on from sleep, I get the "Feint requires an internet connection running to work...etc. etc. etc.".
I removed all games I knew brought OpenFeint with them, and scavenged around the phone to avoid it coming back to me....yet it constantly does, and I'm actually beginning to fear this OpenFeint "daemon" (or such) is actually draining my battery more and more (to the point I'm actually forced to charge it back twice per day....).
I'm on 4.0.3 stock rom, not modded since I haven't finished paying the phone yet, so rooting is out of the question....I was thinking about taking a backup and a hard reset, but I'm more than scared of loosing something, so I was hoping for a way to trash the darn OpenFeint out of the phone without having to re-initialize the phone itself....
Any word of advice, there? (Can provide additional details on the way, if needed.... )
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Save your contacts using kies or google sync and back up any files you want using app like titatium back up.
then do a factory reset, that will remove any user data including any problem files.
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Save your contacts using kies or google sync and back up any files you want using app like titatium back up.
then do a factory reset, that will remove any user data including any problem files.
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Thanks, Cosmic Blue, but, as I said, I'd like to think of this solution as a "last resort" (I'll keep in mind the suggested steps, though, )....anything else I could/should try before this, to nail the issue down?
Sorry no other way since Openfeint has installed itself in several needed files.
Short of factory reset, there is a very slim chance of deleting it without rooting the phone, as any app that can get rid of it requires root access.
OpenFeint faced has been accused of computer fraud, invasion of privacy, breach of contract, etc. so I am not surprise of the annoying stuff you're receiving. I managed to get rid of it when I upgrade to JB, for your case you may want to try this (sorry, can't post link yet):
1. Ensure you have a data connection, like 3G or Wi-Fi.
2. Start up a game with Openfeint support and hit the score or Openfeint tab.
3. You should now be in the Openfeint webpage.
4. Hit the menu button on your phone and select the settings tab.
5. Scroll down and hit the REMOVE ACCOUNT tab.
6. A second screen will pop up and you have to confirm your decision to remove your account.
Openfeint will be a thing of the past soon (they're gonna shut their servers down) but meanwhile you can use a file explorer app and delete the openfeint folder in your internal sd.
Hope that helps
Thanks xdanoober and bi11ie,
I had already tried deleting any openfeint account I might have unavertedly subscribed, but, of course, I could not connect to the darn server itself....:cyclops:
Yesterday, after writing my answer to this topic, I also tried deleting the OpenFeint folder itself as suggested. I actually zipped a copy before, to see if the contents matched any auto-respawn of the same...so far so good....the phone has been sitting quietly since this morning, and I'm still around 50% battery....let's see how this goes...will report back in a pinch.... :fingers-crossed:
A small update, 24 hours later: battery life slightly improved, I still see the Feint message,now and then, soI guess I'll pack my things and go for the harsh treatment.
Btw, does anyone know some kind of savegame backup app?I'd hate having to play again all my videogames...
Yet another update:I uninstalled "Elemental" and Feint messages seem to be gone for good: apparently, the game had an "exclude Feint" option....which did not work at all!!
Will monitor the situation for more developments....unfortunately,now that Feint has shut down, this issue will plague almost all Feint-supported games: they will try to log in to Feint servers at least once...and fail miserably, thus starting a battery-costing loop....:banghead:
Ok,we can flag this as SOLVED.
No Feint messages in more than 24 hours.Battery working slightly longer. Yay!!
Summing up the results, it was all Elemental's fault. A pity, since the game was funny to play....
Thanks you all for your suggestions.
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A small update, 24 hours later: battery life slightly improved, I still see the Feint message,now and then, soI guess I'll pack my things and go for the harsh treatment.
Btw, does anyone know some kind of savegame backup app?I'd hate having to play again all my videogames...
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The best backup app there is is Titanium Backup. You can find it in the Play Store (there's a free and a paid version) and your phone has to be rooted. You won't lose your data if you root your phone, so you can root your phone and then back everything up All the progress you've made in your games will be saved and you'll be able to restore it. Go for the Pro version because the guy who made Titanium Backup is amazing!! We should all buy him a :beer: !
I have not found this anywhere else, so I finally have to ask.
When I receive a phonecall, the phone rings. I answer the phone, put it to my ear, then suddenly the stock music player starts playing a song. I have to go into the app and pause it every time. When the phonecall is over, the app closes itself.
My first attempt was to try and see what options were on in each app, but there doesn't seem to be anything related to something like this in either music players or the phone app. I went ahead and just disabled / uninstalled ANY music-related apps (player, pandora, winamp...) and tested it, and it still happens! How can the app run when frozen?
I'm really at my wits end here, can anyone offer any insight?
Sounds like a bug with the model of your phone. If you are running on a rooted phone I would recommend freezing the default music player and trying another player. On my phone I ended up freezin the app and installing a player then moved the app just installed to my system apps folder that way it stays there on a reformat. Hope this gives you some ideas...sorry I cant offer a fix. Keep me updated.
tuck my napkin in my shirt coz im mobbin' like that.
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Sounds like a bug with the model of your phone. If you are running on a rooted phone I would recommend freezing the default music player and trying another player. On my phone I ended up freezin the app and installing a player then moved the app just installed to my system apps folder that way it stays there on a reformat. Hope this gives you some ideas...sorry I cant offer a fix. Keep me updated.
tuck my napkin in my shirt coz im mobbin' like that.
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Ah yea, forgot to mention this was total stock.
But that's the thing, it is disabled! I had disabled it through the applications manager. And it still happens. Just wild. Not gonna root+TiBu+Freeze yet, so we'll have to see.
Ill see if i can find a fix. If you have headphones in does in still autoplay?
tuck my napkin in my shirt coz im mobbin' like that.
I'll try to keep this sweet and short... I accidentally downloaded some random .apk whilst browsing on my phone, but I did NOT have it installed, and Lookout promptly labeled it as a threat. Anyway, since then, I got kinda freaked out, as a seemingly new service popped up on my phone (it was only running about 25 minutes compared to everything else running 7+ hours) which was called Google Secure Element Messaging. The service or whatever is com.google.android.apps.sem, and the actual apk is GSEM, as noted in the title.
I'm making a thread on it because I can't find a SINGLE piece of information on this thing, and hopefully this'll help anyone else who is looking.
So... what the heck is this thing?
Anyone?
OK So A Long Time Ago My Tab Has Been" Automatically Rooted" by itself, I don't know if someone rooted it but it seems impossible Cuz that tablet is hidden on our cab and almost no one is using it, and I'm the only person who is techy guy so Im the only one who know how to root,so I'm unexpectedly happy to see its rooted without doing some they called "Hard Rooting Process" But I am wrong after that day I am seeing that the tablet is downloading suspicious file by itself and also download apk by itself and installing it even Don't install from unknown sources setting is checked, Its downloading some weird app icons and ad icons and more Suspiciously it downloads Sexy Girls Or Naked Girl Pics, It Even Download por* apps so It really freaks me cuz I'm the one they will thought that download it, but after some few days I noticed it that it became slower having some freezes and Also it download APus Launcher without my permission to install it, and much worst is that it post "False News" on the facebook account that is logged to that device (Just Like Kobe Bryan Dies etx.) and in every post it tags all of my friends which result some of my friends and Hating me cuz of that, they wont even believe that im not the one who posted it,THhe tablet was been hide for several months after that I Charged It And Opened It, Seems Fine But The Freak in Annoying Ads Pop Up is there and Also weird notification ads from softwares I even don't have so I checked my device if its rooted just to make sure but it surprisingly become "No root access" I smile for a minute and reformatted my device hoping it became What it looks like when I open it in first time But After I reformat it, Pop Up Ads Appeared Again, Weird apps popups Appearing And Its Pretty Annoying, Also Avg(Antivirus) is detecting Several Apps as Malware But whenever i try to uninstall it, It shows as PreInstalled even tho there is no virus before my android tab become rooted, Xda comes to my mind as i always read to forums that if you have problem to your phone xda is there to help, hope you can help me xda, Pls I want my device to Become Normal Again