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PLEASE NOTE: This patch addresses application force closes on newer google maps applications (5.5-5.7) running on gingerbread-based ROMs for the ERIS. This does not address reboots/restarts (see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1157099 for progress on this other problem)
After extensive testing on CondemnedCM7 V15, I believe that the Navigation force closes many of us experience on the newest maps version is fixable (at least on Condemned's ROM; GSB users report that problems still remain) by rolling back google maps framework files to a version used for Android 2.2 ROMS. I have been testing since last week and have not had a single navigation force close. My longest test was 1 hour 10 mins with multiple reroutes and no force close. One known issue, Map application (not navigation) will unexpectedly close (that is, will not offer a force close but will shut down) randomly while using the search box. I have not been able to consistently reproduce this
I am attaching two zip files flashable from AmonRa Recovery if you would like to try the fix. The first replaces the current maps framework with the froyo framework. The second rolls back the change to the latest gingerbread framework.
If you are using maps 5.2 which CS included in the system apps for v15 and are happy with the result, then you do not need to flash this file. If you would like to use the newest maps app (5.7), you may wish to try this.
In theory, this fix would work on an AOSP or Cyanogen gingerbread ROM, so if folks on other devices are having similar problems, they may want to try.
Good luck everyone!
NOTE: this is repeated from CondemnedSoul's CM7 thread. The attachments can be found there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15978440&postcount=535
Thanks for everything your doing on this issue.
I upgraded to 5.7 and flashed the patch. Ran Nav for 30 minutes and all was fine. Not sure when I can test longer but if I do I'll let you know the results.
Only got to run Nav for another 30 minutes today but she worked flawlessly again.
Glad its working for someone other than me!
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I can't believe no one else is trying it and letting you know their results.
I guess were the only ones who care, our at least, the only ones who get lost
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I guess were the only ones who care, our at least, the only ones who get lost
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Or the only ones that use that ROM lol
Lol!
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Maps 5.8 is out. I'll be testing to see if 1) the navigation patch is still needed, and 2) if it still works. Stay tuned...
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klobkelosh said:
Maps 5.8 is out. I'll be testing to see if 1) the navigation patch is still needed, and 2) if it still works. Stay tuned...
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Have to go get it myself.
klob, will upgrading to 5.8 overwrite the fix files, or should I have run the unfix before upgrading?
Either way all I did was upgrade and so far Nav has been running for 40 minutes. Not driving anywhere, just have Nav running while I'm in the house.
Upgrading maps app will not affect the fix, so if you want to find out if it works with stock gapps, you'll need to flash the unfix. Also, bftb0 on the gsb thread has demonstrated that desktop navigation is not a good test for force closes. I'd get it on the road to be sure.
My commute starts in about 15 minutes. I'll report back soon...
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Update: it seems google had fixed whatever was misbehaving in maps 5.7. No force closes on my commute.
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I got to use Google Nav today and it wasn't the best. After 5 minutes it went shut off, just shut off and phone went to sleep. Opened Nav back up and after 14 minutes the map locked, never updated/moved, tough screen commands still came up along with menu but nothing worked. Rebooted and applied the fix that klobkelosh posted earlier and it didn't change anything, screen keeps freezing. This is all after full wipe and flashing latest CS v16 vanilla with 5.8 Maps.
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I got to use Google Nav today and it wasn't the best. After 5 minutes it went shut off, just shut off and phone went to sleep. Opened Nav back up and after 14 minutes the map locked, never updated/moved, tough screen commands still came up along with menu but nothing worked. Rebooted and applied the fix that klobkelosh posted earlier and it didn't change anything, screen keeps freezing. This is all after full wipe and flashing latest CS v16 vanilla with 5.8 Maps.
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Odd. I just full wipe installed ccm16sth with 5.8 maps and navigation worked fine. One thing I did was disable text to speech, maybe that's the culprit? You can disable by renaming system/lib/libtts.so.
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You can disable by renaming system/lib/libtts.so.
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I don't have that file, got libttspico.so and libttssynthproxy.so.
Sorry, its the libttspico.so file
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GPS files the culprit?
Not sure if this will help but today running GSB 3.8 ODEX with Maps 5.8 (no framework mods.) my phone completely restarted in the middle of a walk. The thing is that I was not using Maps nor Nav. I WAS using TrackerBooster, an app that uses GPS to measure my walking distances. So maybe this is more related to GPS files than it is to Maps or Nav. As you can tell I am not a developer, so this may be all one and the same. Just thought posting it might lend a clue. Thanks for all you guys are doing to figure this out!
aceof89 said:
Not sure if this will help but today running GSB 3.8 ODEX with Maps 5.8 (no framework mods.) my phone completely restarted in the middle of a walk. The thing is that I was not using Maps nor Nav. I WAS using TrackerBooster, an app that uses GPS to measure my walking distances. So maybe this is more related to GPS files than it is to Maps or Nav. As you can tell I am not a developer, so this may be all one and the same. Just thought posting it might lend a clue. Thanks for all you guys are doing to figure this out!
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I tried Telenav with the same force close issue too
Sir_Eagle said:
Only got to run Nav for another 30 minutes today but she worked flawlessly again.
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Something I noticed... making me wonder if it's memory allocation issue... after a reboot, going right into Nav, it still force closes but not until 30+ minutes,
If I haven't rebooted in a while and have been running other apps like, gmail, exchange, facebook, and the going driving with NAV the reboot happens right away
OK - I'm starting to think I'm the only person that has this issue as I haven't seen it reported..
Sometimes, my Photon won't launch apps. Apps that are already running continue to run and I can switch back and forth between them, but trying to start a new app, it just doesn't start! Fix has been to either reboot, or have it go to sleep and wake it up 15 minutes later and try again. I've had it do this while a system task manager was running, so could see that there was plenty of free memory (RAM) available..
This includes launching apps from apps that are already running. i.e. - sometimes the browser doesn't launch from a search query. (mostly though pressing an icon on the STOCK launcher doesn't launch it..)
Anyone else see this?
-mark
Yeah mine seems to do it every once in a while too. I noticed that if you open the task manager and kill the market then whatever app your trying to open will end up opening up right after the market closes.
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One of the reasons, I took mine back to the Sprint Store. When they fix it, I may buy it again... otherwise, my OG Evo is perfectly fine.
I can't believe more people aren't experiencing this. I do have LauncherPro installed but I don't think that's the reason. I can recreate this all the time. After installing an app through Market, I randomly can't open apps from the home screen.
Nothing happens unless I force close the Marketplace.
Any input on this?
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I can't believe more people aren't experiencing this. I do have LauncherPro installed but I don't think that's the reason. I can recreate this all the time. After installing an app through Market, I randomly can't open apps from the home screen.
Nothing happens unless I force close the Marketplace.
Any input on this?
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The new market is absolute crap in my opinion, way to many FC's with it and it just doesn't do what it needs to. If I can go faster than it can download, select, etc then it needs to be reworked, also I get a lot of packet errors, have to download apps two or three times just to get it to install.. Great idea but it needs a patch bad!
I wouldn't see why this is a reason to take the Photon back and go back to an Evo, I mean the Evo is a cool phone but the hardware on it is sub par compared to this phone. I used to have one, and it doesn't even hold a candle. But to each their own.
-DJ
I have only had this happen a few times I was told that it is associated with the battery manager settings if you don't use performance it can cause issues that was what was causing the muted audio issues the battery management settings put it on performance and I don't see the issue.
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I have only had this happen a few times I was told that it is associated with the battery manager settings if you don't use performance it can cause issues that was what was causing the muted audio issues the battery management settings put it on performance and I don't see the issue.
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I just noticed my battery mode was set to Nighttime Saver. Hadn't even looked at this option. I went ahead and changed it to Performance Mode and will see if it happens again.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Mine does it too. After the update that just came out it seems to do it less now.
Just started having this issue today. App launches and others won't launch unless you kill the "hanging" app or the market.
I have no idea if this is a bug in blur or some kind of hardware defect (memory). It seems to be a software issue.
Problem persists after complete hard reset and app cache clear.
I'm using an 8 GB Samsung class 2 microSD card (from old Evo 4G). It has been reformatted.
Other symptoms: Back button and select widgets become unresponsive.
App count at time problem started: 72
yeah i have the same issues. not sure how to fix it. Usually a reboot does it but man i hate to reboot it all the time.
Could you list any changes, apps, app counts, microSD card, or settings your Photon has?
Mine is working smoothly after redoing my Photon for the 2nd time, reformating the microSD card via the phone, keeping my App count below 70, setting the Battery mode to Performance, and not installing Bump or Sensorly.
Still trying to narrow down the issue but it's looking like it's software related.
still happening
Is this problem still happening to anyone's phone?? It's starting to get really annoying, I tried a hard reset twice on two different photons and the problem's still occurring.
I fixed this by installing the automemory manager. Details in my thread called lag be gone.
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Details here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273297
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sweet thanks I'll go ahead and give it a try.
Hello, I have some data issues. I'm on Onecosmic's ICS Port Android 4.0.3 RC2 and it happened me before on some stock ROMs. Pictures on some apps won't load, market and youtube, and HD widget won't load weather. I'm trying everything on Wifi, have connection, can download from market, play yt clips, but can't this annoys me.
Can anyone help me?
I'm using Samsung Galaxy I900
Thanks
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I've found that doing force stop, clearing the cache and data, and possibly uninstall updates then restarting the Market app will fix stuff like this.
From time to time the Market app seems to get confused and with frequent, silent updates it isn't easy to know what the state of the app is. Doing these steps will put it back to stock before having it jump to the newest version. In just about every case I've seen this gets images back and things working again. There's no downside to doing this process that I've seen... all of your paid apps and backups remain once all is working again.
Thanks for the reply, but didn't help. I think that has something with my wireless network, not a big issue, but little annoying.
my both droid phone and PC can't load market's images, too >_<
Had this happen to LG Optimums Black and the only way i could fix the problem was to re-flash the stock ROM. Hope this can help.
I recently found the newest version of Weatherbug Elite but when i try to install it just and after waiting for about 20 seconds (seeming like it installs) it says Application Not Installed. Any way to trouble shoot this? I downloaded the version a couple times from different sites and it doesn't seem like its the download. I recently wiped my phone quite a few times so im sure its not my phone but just a setting. Anyone give me some hints on how to fix?
This isn't a free app and discussion of warez is not allowed here if thats what you are talking about when you refer to different sites. Either switch to the free version or buy it from Google Play.
I do not appreciate your accusation of stealing an app. My lack of explanation might have prompted it however your approach could have been better. I changed my Gmail account a year ago and instead of purchasing it twice I have just been downloading it. I'll figure it out myself.
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I recently found the newest version of Weatherbug Elite but when i try to install it just and after waiting for about 20 seconds (seeming like it installs) it says Application Not Installed. Any way to trouble shoot this? I downloaded the version a couple times from different sites and it doesn't seem like its the download. I recently wiped my phone quite a few times so im sure its not my phone but just a setting. Anyone give me some hints on how to fix?
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There might be a .Odex file of the app in data/app. Delete and try.
All,
I am running rooted stock 20s debloated on my H932 which is activated on Cricket. In the last couple days my Settings app keeps force closing and there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. This started after I plugged in ear buds and attempted to activate Quad DAC. The phone froze and I had to restart it. Settings will now force close no matter what part of Settings I'm in. Typically I can go in change a setting, but within a few seconds (sometimes before I can make a change and sometimes after) Settings force closes.
Based on some posts I've read in various places I've done the following:
*cleared Settings data (not reset permissions)
*cleared dalvik & cache in TWRP
*deactivated & deleted non-OEM G8 dark theme and rebooted
*deleted apps installed around the time this started happening and rebooted
*wiped dalvik & cache and dirty reflashed stock 20s debloated.
None of this has solved the problem. I'm wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem and found a solution or has a clue that about what might be causing it. I haven't touched any apps updated by Playstore, but am wondering if it's rolled out an update that might cause this.
Feedback welcomed.
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UPDATE:
I've not been able to figure this out. Starting from scratch installing apps one by one and could find no direct correlation. It doesn't begin happening after a specific app, but must be related to some combination of apps at work. I noticed one time it happened right after adding a Google account which I quickly deleted. That helped for about 30 min and then it was back.
The only thing that seems to be consistent in letting me know the problem is about to start is that in settings when I click on Apps & Notifications, it tells me I have 0 apps installed. When I click on Apps it shows all my apps (about 90). As soon as I exit the list and sometimes before Settings starts force closing.
I departed stock for Havoc for a bit and then came back to stock and the problem came back. The good news is I've now moved on to COSP which seems super solid and smooth. I may come back to stock when stock Pie comes out for the H932, but that's only if COSP develops issues.
I added this update in case anyone else stumbles across this thread with a similar issue. I haven't found an answer.
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I had a similar problem but it was when I was trying to use any option from within setting and it was caused by the google camera app, probably because I had 3 different versions on my phone lol!
I was using the LG camera app & one of the modded Gcams with night sight when I was on stock. If I go back to stock I'll have to check and see if that was the problem.
Thanks
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