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I'm returning my LG Optimus 2x for a refund due to sleep of death issues and was thinking about getting the Galaxy Ace....but then I read here on XDA that the Galaxy Ace suffers from the dreaded sleep of death as well!
I use wifi a lot, so this has got me really worried. With the Optimus 2x the problem seemed to be related to wifi also and it drove me up the wall. Is there any chance that this issue has been fixed in any recent firmware update on the Galaxy Ace?
davew said:
I'm returning my LG Optimus 2x for a refund due to sleep of death issues and was thinking about getting the Galaxy Ace....but then I read here on XDA that the Galaxy Ace suffers from the dreaded sleep of death as well!
I use wifi a lot, so this has got me really worried. With the Optimus 2x the problem seemed to be related to wifi also and it drove me up the wall. Is there any chance that this issue has been fixed in any recent firmware update on the Galaxy Ace?
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With Cyanogenmod 7.1 , yes it has been fixed . (IMHO)
With Cyanogenmod 7.1 , yes it has been fixed . (IMHO)
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Thanks for the reply.
I'm more interested intially in how the stock firmware is working if anyone knows.
davew said:
Thanks for the reply.
I'm more interested intially in how the stock firmware is working if anyone knows.
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stock firmware is pretty good if u ask me. rite now im still using zckpa. almost similar to cm with advance call setting feature. moreover currently it had the loudest sound volume of all ace roms. but the problem that still haunted stock rom is sod.
I should mention that in the month that I had it, I rooted my O2X and installed every ROM I could get my hands on (stock and otherwise) and nothing solved the sleep of death problem.
I'm not really enthused about the idea of buying another android phone and having to go through all that just to get the wifi working. I want it to work flawlessly out of the box.
davew said:
I should mention that in the month that I had it, I rooted my O2X and installed every ROM I could get my hands on (stock and otherwise) and nothing solved the sleep of death problem.
I'm not really enthused about the idea of buying another android phone and having to go through all that just to get the wifi working. I want it to work flawlessly out of the box.
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Some fixed their problem by setting the WiFi sleep policy to Never .
Other didn't .
Some fixed their problem by setting the WiFi sleep policy to Never .
Other didn't .
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That doesn't sound very promising at all :-(
I guess I'll have to keep looking for my next phone.
well, u can just buy device that were known to not have any sod whatsoever on them. spare u the headache of trying to solve that problem
I had manuellt sod before and
installed xwkpo stock and now i dont have it anymore..... I hope... been one week now
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well, u can just buy device that were known to not have any sod whatsoever on them. spare u the headache of trying to solve that problem
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Yeah, that's pretty much it. I won't touch anything that has reported SOD issues with a bargepole, so I've ruled out the Galaxy Ace for now.
Will wait till all the new phones come out ready for Christmas I think.
davew said:
Yeah, that's pretty much it. I won't touch anything that has reported SOD issues with a bargepole, so I've ruled out the Galaxy Ace for now.
Will wait till all the new phones come out ready for Christmas I think.
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Speaking from a personal view i think you should rethink. The ace is a wonderful phone. The feel and look are unmatched. Cm7 is easy enough to install, and to be fair you should consider it for any phone you buy. It will inprove the life of your phone and increase the abilitys of it. All android phones work in essence the same. Not with cm, its your call but be informed first. Every phone has its querks, you could end up with something worse.
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Speaking from a personal view i think you should rethink. The ace is a wonderful phone. The feel and look are unmatched. Cm7 is easy enough to install, and to be fair you should consider it for any phone you buy. It will inprove the life of your phone and increase the abilitys of it. All android phones work in essence the same. Not with cm, its your call but be informed first. Every phone has its querks, you could end up with something worse.
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The O2X was a wonderful phone and I would have been happy with it -but- it crashed 10 times a day or more. There are O2X owners out there who never had a single problem with their phones so I guess I was unlucky.
I could easily go down to phone house and grab a Galaxy Ace at lunchtime, but I am absolutely sh1t-scared that it has the same defect as the O2X I just returned. I just don't want the hassle, there's no rush - and I'm sure there will be some nice phones out in time for Christmas. The Galaxy W springs to mind
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The O2X was a wonderful phone and I would have been happy with it -but- it crashed 10 times a day or more. There are O2X owners out there who never had a single problem with their phones so I guess I was unlucky.
I could easily go down to phone house and grab a Galaxy Ace at lunchtime, but I am absolutely sh1t-scared that it has the same defect as the O2X I just returned. I just don't want the hassle, there's no rush - and I'm sure there will be some nice phones out in time for Christmas. The Galaxy W springs to mind
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Well to be fair sod on galaxy ace is on all of them to my knowlage. Its wifi related. Cm7 fixes it completely, but i understand your consern. The only otherthing id say in its defence is it in thory can be overclocked to 1300mhz maybe even 1500mhz stable. The kernel isnt out yet, but im confident with such great devs on the ace it wont be long. And lastly if your looking to mod the ace community is already established, its frustrating to buy the latest phone and watch others with lesser phones doing things your cant yet. Im honestly not trying to convince you, im just completely inlove with my ace. The last phone i liked this much was 8years ago. Would hate to see you miss out. Im an ace fan and i can do nothing but recomend it.
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Sure, its a good phone at a very good price. Looks nice too. There are two things going against it in my mind though: no 720p video recording and a low-res screen. Still, I'll have to pay at least 100eur more to get those features.
So is it really fair to say that all Galaxy Aces have sleep of death on stock ROM?
with the O2X you have at least some chance of getting a working handset, plenty of people say they never had the problem.
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Sure, its a good phone at a very good price. Looks nice too. There are two things going against it in my mind though: no 720p video recording and a low-res screen. Still, I'll have to pay at least 100eur more to get those features.
So is it really fair to say that all Galaxy Aces have sleep of death on stock ROM?
with the O2X you have at least some chance of getting a working handset, plenty of people say they never had the problem.
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Yeah, all of them. Takes 10minutes to flash. As for the screen i would say this. . . It may not be hd, but you find another screen this bright and clear. Ive had an iphone with the same def, a nokia 5530 with higher def and a lg gt540 again the same def and not one looked this good. Its the best ive seen. Ace is epic. . . With cyanogen its legendary! You know best thing you can do is go in the shop and ask for a demo, bet you walk out with it in your pocket.
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You know best thing you can do is go in the shop and ask for a demo, bet you walk out with it in your pocket.
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Not if there's even a chance of buying something that might have BSOD issues
Think I've got all the info I need now - thanks everyone. I'm going to wait for the Galaxy W to hit these shores next month.
davew said:
Sure, its a good phone at a very good price. Looks nice too. There are two things going against it in my mind though: no 720p video recording and a low-res screen. Still, I'll have to pay at least 100eur more to get those features.
So is it really fair to say that all Galaxy Aces have sleep of death on stock ROM?
with the O2X you have at least some chance of getting a working handset, plenty of people say they never had the problem.
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No, i have stock gingerbread 2.3.3 on my ace and it has no SOD issue, if you update to gingerbread officially it fixes the SOD issue as many people have found out.
No, i have stock gingerbread 2.3.3 on my ace and it has no SOD issue, if you update to gingerbread officially it fixes the SOD issue as many people have found out.
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Interesting - anyone else found the GB update to resolve the issue? from what I've read this wasn't the case for everyone.
Anyway, the Galaxy W is coming out in a few days, I think the extra cost would be worth it to get a higher res screen and 720p video recording. Plus it's 1.4ghz processor, better for games. So long as the GPS performance is better than the old Galaxy S this will be my next phone...though the Galaxy Ace is definately prettier it's cheaper for a reason
For me, versions KPN, KPO and KPT are the only ones which solves SOD issue. I think that issue is solved with all latest versions (2.3.3 and 2.3.4)
Hello guys!
I am able to pick a new android phone through my insurance, since I dropped my HTC Desire HD in water
And so I am thinking about a white Galaxy SII, but I am wondering if it's worth it?
Will we be seeing an official ICS update for the phone soon?
Is there an MIUI port for the phone?
Which other phones could be a good pick?
Thank you
hey mate you,re talking about the best of the stuff just go on
if you don,t like wait the xperia S
Sebz4n said:
Hello guys!
I am able to pick a new android phone through my insurance, since I dropped my HTC Desire HD in water
And so I am thinking about a white Galaxy SII, but I am wondering if it's worth it?
Will we be seeing an official ICS update for the phone soon?
Is there an MIUI port for the phone?
Which other phones could be a good pick?
Thank you
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Well you are asking on the Samsung Galaxy SII forums if it's worth getting this phone i think it's safe to say everyone will say yes.
There are leaked ICS ROM's on here but they are not 100% stable, most people at this stage thought we would have ICS for our phone but we're still waiting and at this stage it's anyones guess when we'll get it, im not even bothering to think about it anymore.
Yeah as far as im aware there is an MIUI post for this phone although im not 100% i don't really bother with MIUI.
Which other phones could be a good pick?
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No other phone is as good as this even the Galaxy Nexus, this phone remains the king of smartphones so to conclude yes highly recommended.
PS - Assuming you do get this phone and come on here be sure to search the forums for any questions
go for it as i did although btye DHD is a great device the GS2 is in another class and you will know once you get it, also touch wiz isnt as bad as some make out . Running stock atm rooted and just reading and learning until i decide which rom to flash unless ofcourse official ics turns up
Hi,
Is anyone else experiencing this, or does anyone have a solution?
For some reason i'm not expereincing the full thrust of performance the Galaxy S3 has to offer.
The home screens 'jolt' when moving left to right, but the more annoying thing is that widgets (like the weather etc) KEEP disappearing and reloading (doesnt take long to reload, fine, but still! Galaxy S2 didnt do this!)
This was all noticiable in the 'TouchWiz' Launcher, so i thought i would try another launcher... Nope, same thing!! Apex, Launcher Pro, GO Launcher etc..
Also, some apps crash, more than the occasional crash you would experience on the S2.
It also freezes up on my for about 10 seconds before reloading the widgets/icons...
I've gone down SO many routes. Its definetly not that theres too much running, because i find myself closing apps through task manager ALL the time, more than i should need to ...But even with NO apps running, same thing
I just dont get, does anyone have a solution or could shed some light on WHY this is happening? I've hit a brick wall for trying to stop this and am hoping that its not just a 'dodgy device'!
Thank you to whoever responds...
Def sounds like a dud there. Try going into Apex launcher and tick the setting to keep the launcher in ram. Ive heard loads of problems about TW reloading itself after running things like the web browser and gaming :/
Dude just flash custom rom....or latest stock rom.
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Dude just flash custom rom....or latest stock rom.
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Shouldn't NEED to be flashing anything, mine was sheer awesome out of the box.
All I've done was flash the insecure kernel... which is the same just adb etc. enabled, and rooted.
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Dude just flash custom rom....or latest stock rom.
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Does the Omega 4.0 ROM work on the o2 Network?
Apologies if this is a dumb question :/
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Does the Omega 4.0 ROM work on the o2 Network?
Apologies if this is a dumb question :/
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yes
AndyGalaxy said:
Does the Omega 4.0 ROM work on the o2 Network?
Apologies if this is a dumb question :/
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Networks do not matter with custom ROMs, as long as you are flashing a ROM for the right phone i.e. the international version, and not the north american version. (which you don't need to worry about yet because it's not out yet)
Check if you have Power Saving turned off. It throttles the CPU making scrolling etc noticeably slower.
Mine loads the weather widget coming out of S-Voice. But other than that never misses a beat. Smooth even when using 90% of its ram.
Did a test of its speed and its above the Asus prime easy, so sounds like you have an issue.
AndyGalaxy said:
Hi,
Is anyone else experiencing this, or does anyone have a solution?
For some reason i'm not expereincing the full thrust of performance the Galaxy S3 has to offer.
The home screens 'jolt' when moving left to right, but the more annoying thing is that widgets (like the weather etc) KEEP disappearing and reloading (doesnt take long to reload, fine, but still! Galaxy S2 didnt do this!)
This was all noticiable in the 'TouchWiz' Launcher, so i thought i would try another launcher... Nope, same thing!! Apex, Launcher Pro, GO Launcher etc..
Also, some apps crash, more than the occasional crash you would experience on the S2.
It also freezes up on my for about 10 seconds before reloading the widgets/icons...
I've gone down SO many routes. Its definetly not that theres too much running, because i find myself closing apps through task manager ALL the time, more than i should need to ...But even with NO apps running, same thing
I just dont get, does anyone have a solution or could shed some light on WHY this is happening? I've hit a brick wall for trying to stop this and am hoping that its not just a 'dodgy device'!
Thank you to whoever responds...
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Similar issue with my phone... through I have not yet copied my songs and data... but exactly the similar problem...
same here
Man same thing here - only been 4 days since i bought my gs3 and i'm having issues.. i was running a benchmark when i saw cpu it said 1000MHz and max cycles 1400MHz i think we got a gs3 without exynos system - like they did with galaxy s2 had the i9100G model. Of tjis is the case and i find out i'm gonna spend any ounce of energy i have getting it replaced. The worst thibg is the browser cant handle videos on youtube. Performance is pathetic and weirdest tthibg i didnt have flipboard pre loaded on my gs3. Even now im on my gs3 and the browser wont let me fix "thing" that i wrote in the previous sentence. Totally shud have gotten htc one x
you all can flash latest version which should help with launcher redraw ... and after that do a full hard reset: *2767*3855#
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Man same thing here - only been 4 days since i bought my gs3 and i'm having issues.. i was running a benchmark when i saw cpu it said 1000MHz and max cycles 1400MHz i think we got a gs3 without exynos system - like they did with galaxy s2 had the i9100G model. Of tjis is the case and i find out i'm gonna spend any ounce of energy i have getting it replaced. The worst thibg is the browser cant handle videos on youtube. Performance is pathetic and weirdest tthibg i didnt have flipboard pre loaded on my gs3. Even now im on my gs3 and the browser wont let me fix "thing" that i wrote in the previous sentence. Totally shud have gotten htc one x
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I'm not having these issues. YouTube in browser is fast and no problems editing.
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Not having any issues. Suggest you uninstall apps and track down what's causing you pain or take it back. There is nothing wrong with this phone. If you are having slow performance obviously a quad core phone may I suggest an iphone.
Yeah I'm being a prick but common sense and a bit of troubleshooting will teach you a life skill.
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This did the trick for me. Also upgrading your firmware would also help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27476986&postcount=39
Edit: phone is now running sweet with above patch and WanamLite, but will give Omega a try soon.
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Same for me
The thing is that a big company that is trying to resemble other competitors cant release a product that will act that way and call it their flag ship.... Most of the owners wont twik it. the phone its a big draw back for me and disappointment... Really miss my s2 some times. Its one thing to pile new features wether they work or not and make the product worse than its predecessor. Big big disappointment. Happy with the screen, battery and looks though will wait for a proper Rom or Google clean products that are to come.
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The thing is that a big company that is trying to resemble other competitors can release a product that will act that way and call it their flag ship.... Most of the owners wont twik.ittwik.its a the phone its a big draw back for me and disappointment... Really miss my s2 some times. Its one thing to pile new features wether they work or not and make the product word than its predecessor. Big big disappointment. Happy with the screen, battery and looks though will wait for a proper Rom or Google clean products that are to come.
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Your S2 has had a years worth of development and optimization. I bet you'll say the same about your S3 when we're all using the S4.
I completely agree with the guy. My most common activity on my phone is browsing whilst listening to music, and this phone just can't hack it. Waaaay too regular cut outs, I'm pissed off.
Remove all bloatware and corresponding background services, get a good kernel (Franco r5 is great), you'll find phone is much better, in a few months, it will have moved on loads and will be so much better
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Yall are the odd ones out then. my phone was actually VERY VERY good at multi tasking out of the box. i could surf the web, play my music, and watch a movie with super video....and never get redraws, or hickups, leave apps open and keep going......i could not get it to do any lagging unless you speaking of the micro stutter in home screens. which is gone now with a custom rom and a few misc things here and there.
yall seem to keep wanting to blame it on the phone.....i dont quite understand this.
I have the GS2 for Sprint and I just got the new 4.0.4 update - I'm not happy. I was excited to get it, but after using it for one day I was less than thrilled. They have really retarded the ability to move quickly through the phone, LOTS of screen animations and transitions are added and really do make things much slower as the screens pops around on you and places buttons in different locations. I want these turned off ASAP. I went to the developer menu and "turned them off" as I was instructed from another website, but that didn't do a damn thing. Every menu change has a cute little animation adding time and lagging my muscle memory screen presses. The phone is laggy now, it wasn't before, at all.
Anyone else share my strife or know how to fix my issue?
Thank you
I totally disagree...since 4.0.4 firmwares have started to come out, i even managed to stay on stock firmware for a couple of weeks without flashing custom ones. S2 can take care of animations without lag.
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drowsy1982 said:
I totally disagree...since 4.0.4 firmwares have started to come out, i even managed to stay on stock firmware for a couple of weeks without flashing custom ones. S2 can take care of animations without lag.
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Well, you "managed to stay on it for a couple weeks" implies that eventually you didn't like it.
I Don't have lag with the animations, I have lag with nothing happening, and THEN whatever it is I was going into pops up.
Test - right now I hit home screen and it takes about half a second, going into anything takes the same amount of time. This sounds rather trivial, but when comparing to the way it originally operated I think we're talking about a set back.
I'm not opposed to switching to another rom, but I've gotten to the point in my life where I use my phone enough for actual work that I don't have the time. Ideally, I would like the old ROM back, and rooted removing the bloatware.
I will do some research to see if I can achieve my goals, I just wanted to see if someone had an answer for my questions and see if I could avoid the issue altogether and get over the "Facebook layout" syndrome.
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I have the GS2 for Sprint and I just got the new 4.0.4 update - I'm not happy.
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Anyone else share my strife or know how to fix my issue?
Thank you
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You're in the forum for the i9100, a phone that doesn't even work on Sprint.
The Sprint Galaxy S2 is the Epic 4g Touch.
No matter what phone , wether the original i9100 or the sprint one , things at first may seem slow , til everything is caching and stuffs ... Do a factory reset or format /data and /cache .. Would defenitly make a difference..(if it still lags try to disable the animations and transitions OR activate the force GPU and see)
I didn't post this in here, it got moved. I think...
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I didn't post this in here, it got moved. I think...
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You just posted another in here. Still the wrong forum. So I'd say you did post in here. Go to the Epic 4g Touch forum I linked above before you irrevocably damage your phone.
Yeah welcome to xda.If you dont like stock rom/update then flash a custom rom.
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First post on here so no angry clever devs saying I'm posting in the wrong place
Anyway, I'm sort of new to rooting, I know what pretty much everything does, and enjoy flashing my S3. I've had CM10 for a while now, and am currently on the latest 2nd of December nightly build of CM10. Works fine. Tonight I've flashed the 4.2 camera with photosphere and stuff, because I have a thing for the Galaxy Nexus. And due to this love, I really want to get the virtual buttons on the bottom of the screen (the ones that are on a little bar) and I want the actual Nexus ones, the 3, not the search and menu and stuff. I've searched on here already and cant find anything. I tried flashing this one earlier and just got stuck in a boot loop. This always happens every time I try flash the buttons. I've read that its not as simple as just dumping onto the S3, but can anyone help me flash them onto the international i9300 Galaxy S3 on CM10? I really want to try it out.
Any help is appreciated
Cheers
Here you go mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33382561
im what Willis was talking about
sharingan92 said:
Here you go mate
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33382561
im what Willis was talking about
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Thanks so much! It worked and looks so cool!:laugh: