I have a Milestone X which is the same hardware as the Droid X. I am running stock gingerbread, rooted with some of the stock apps frozen. Sometimes my phone will start getting really slow and after a little while it will slow to almost a standstill before "crashing" and going directly to the startup animation. The problem tends to occur more often when the phone hasn't been rebooted for a while but it sometimes will occur within a couple of hours of a reboot. I have a LOT of apps installed but not a huge number that run in the background. Is there a good way to determine which app is the culprit short of uninstalling most all of them and starting over? Are there any apps in particular that cause problems? I use Go Launcher, SwiftKey X, notification toggle and Tasker to name a few. Also if another thread might solve my problem refer me there. I can't go to a custom ROM right now because I don't have a Peoples Wireless SBF file to reflash with if I have a problem. Thanks for any help.
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Same problem here bro on my sam galaxy 5...and i can understand how frustrating it is....i am also in similar condition...running 2.1eclair (well,yeah) rooted
Please let me knowif u get any permanent solution....though one way i have figured out is to freeing the memory by uninstalling apps...review your app list and uninstall the ones which are not really used....it gets tough sometimes but what to do
PS:since u have it rooted,make a backup of the app on sd card,in case u need it immediately any app and dont have time to download
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It's the stock firmware. The Droid/Milestone X have never been very stable. You may want to look into flashing a custom Rom.
Well I uninstalled a bunch of apps and my phone seems a little faster. As for the custom ROMs is there any way for me to backup my current phone ROM so that I can reflash without an SBF? I plan on talking to my carrier and seeing if they will give me the SBF, if I get that I will definitely try some custom ROMs.
Another question, how do I tell which ROMs are safe as far as not changing my wireless radio settings to another carrier? Are there any good ICS ROMs for the DX?
Thanks for the help.
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You can do a Nandroid backup to save your settings, but you will need to SBF before you flash the backup. Just look up flashing Rom Milestone X on youtube.
If you check the section for your phone here you can find the Roms that are compatable with your phone.
my suggestion : try to change the rom. or try supercharger script
I also do experience this, but I think I'll search for a remedy of this here in the forum.
As far as a supercharger script, and I am running v6 supercharger. I found a "generic" Milestone X sbf, does this sound like it would work? Has anyone used it? Can I flash a SBF without changing my radio settings? I read something about being able to do that using Linux and sbf_flash. I'm trying to get to the point where I'll have a SBF safety net so I can try some custom ROMs. Thanks for the help.
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I have an LG-P509 from T-Mobile. Recently, I flashed the Megatron ROM, but was not able to unlock my "new P500". (Calls and sms worked fine, but no 3G and the phone was no longer listed as a T-Mobile device.) I cannot be without 3G service, so I reflashed the Nand backup from my original stock setup without wiping anything. Expecting the LG splash I was surprised that my phone is still running Megatron and is still listed as "P500".
What specific files are responsible for identifying a phone to a specific 3G carrier? It seems that my phone is now a "mash" of two different ROM's. I am OC'd and running just fine even though I may not be running as efficiently as possible. Any ideas or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I would like to isolate the files needed for my phone to stay on T-Mobile and copy them into custom ROMs for convenience (and the challenge).
Thank you!
Brian
I have the same phone as you, but Im running mik's cyanogen port and ive never had the problems your having. I've never ran megatron, but I've ran several others as well and always had 3g. Your carrier and stuff like that comes from your sim card, not any files on the phone. You should give miks cyanogen mod a shot.. just make sure to follow his instructions, and wipe everything first.
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That is what I thought, but when I loaded Megaton my phone was locked. I'm going to try a few T-mobile Roms & see what happens. As long as I can learn without making a brick...
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Yes you can root with z4 root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953 and i also suggest you install a custom recovery and ROM here http://tablet-crunch.blogspot.com/20...overy-rom.html I am overclocked using Setcpu at 806mhz on megatron ROM it is a safe way to root and put in custom ROM i dont know about your phone but even rooted with setcpu it wouldnt overclock past 600 the best kernal to use is this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929941 its very fast and fixes the touch screen bug
I posted this for someone else but it will work for you I sugest using milsos Cyogen Mod 7 for your Rom here is the link please be sure to read all instructions and its not my fault if you **** your phone up http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=946354
My complete phone history is as follows:
Z4Root - Successful
Thundurg Recovery v1.2.1 - Successful
Nand Backup + .android secure - got the .img to prove it
Complete wipe & SDCard format
Flashed Megaton - Successful
Opening the T-mobile My Device app results in a locked phone message. Browser will not connect to the internet. Phone & SMS work correctly.
Restored the original Nand backup from adb shell.
Phone is still running Megaton & is listed as a P500. I can overclock to 806 with no problems.
There has to be a certain file or set of files that makes the words T-mobile display at the top of the notifications.
I'm going to flash a different Rom this afternoon to see what happens.
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Hi all, I don't think most Vibrant users worry about it (at least from what I've seen), but do you worry about losing your baseband/EFS partition/IMEI info when flashing?
For those of you who don't know or forgot, basically some flashes can result in a generic IMEI number and you SIM card would no longer be readable under any custom ROM. You would then have to ODIN to stock and stay there forever, as that is the only way your SIM would be readable.
I know this was a problem a while ago when CM7 or MIUI was flashed, but is it even worth worrying about anymore?
Hopefully someone can inform me and others about the issue. Thank you for your time!
I'm not cause I got my efs backed up. Plus AOSP ROMS are no longer tedious to flash..just flash like any other rom. Though odining back to stock is the only way to leave AOSP I don't really care.
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Hey laylovj,
So we only have to ODIN to stock if we're going from an AOSP rom to some non-AOSP ROM? (How common are these?)
Also, I remember hearing that if we want to go from Gingerbread (specifically CM7) back to Froyo we'd have to ODIN. Not true?
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Hey laylovj,
So we only have to ODIN to stock if we're going from an AOSP rom to some non-AOSP ROM? (How common are these?)
Also, I remember hearing that if we want to go from Gingerbread (specifically CM7) back to Froyo we'd have to ODIN. Not true?
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Yea...there are three for us VIbrant Owners...
You need to Odin back to stock w/ repartition checked if you want to go back to Sammy based roms coming MIUI and any other CM7 based ROMs.
That's great to know, thanks so much for the info laylovj.
Anyone else?
I think i backed up my efs at some point but i dont worry about it too much... at one point, flashing kernels in gb, i lost.my baseband i had 'no imei' according to my phone... i odined to stock and now im back on cm7 texting 24/7 so idk
... itd prob be aa good idea to have a backup
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Why worry now? I could understand worrying when we were toying with fire--i.e. early voodoo, etc. But almost all roms now are easily flashed and provided you follow instructions to the tee, you will have no problems.
TheSneakerWhore said:
Why worry now? I could understand worrying when we were toying with fire--i.e. early voodoo, etc. But almost all roms now are easily flashed and provided you follow instructions to the tee, you will have no problems.
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I couldn't stand it if I lost my IMEI and was stuck on a stock, Touchwiz ROM. That's the only reason I worry.
younix258, I do have a backup of my EFS folder, but I guess ODINing to stock will also fix the problem like it did for you. Good to know.
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I lost my IMEI a long time ago while flashing an unlocker or maybe CM7. I have this generic IMEI that has been working every since though with all the ROMs. Even Tmobile can't identified what phone I am using but they haven't shut down my service probably because I am paying $200 a month on 3 lines,.
Hmm, I wonder how often that's the case though.
From http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859914,
"In case you screwed your IMEI by playing with the nv_data.bin and you are experiencing issues like:
Fake IMEI (usually 004999010640000)
Unable to download apps from the market
Unable to unlock your SIM card using your PIN
Weird apps are downloading automatically from the market
Blinking SIM card icon on the top tray… ETC"
So I'd definitely like to avoid losing my IMEI, even if everything seems to be fine without it.
I saw that there was a similar thread in the Epic 4G forum, but I wanted to make sure before I start trying something that might mess up the phone even further. My wife's vibrant will start having everything force close on her after a few weeks. This has happened on 2 or three different ROMs, and I'm not sure what's causing it. I saw the similar thread where it might be related to "journaling", but we don't change her battery out at all or even reboot the phone that often, so I'm not sure if its the same issue. I've done a reset of her phone a few times, but I'm on a GB ROM so it doesn't go completely back to factory. Should I try to ODIN to stock? Any ideas why this happens? Thanks in advance.
Try fixing permissions in CWM first and see if that helps.
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Fix permissions worked for a while, but not anymore. Everything's force closing again. Will the journaling fix help?
Anybody have any ideas? Gonna wipe then install a newer ROM, but I want to make sure this doesn't happen again.
Only titanium the "necessary" apps that you wanna keep your data from. Then uninstall it - often I find that this helps for some odd reason.
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chairhome said:
I saw that there was a similar thread in the Epic 4G forum, but I wanted to make sure before I start trying something that might mess up the phone even further. My wife's vibrant will start having everything force close on her after a few weeks. This has happened on 2 or three different ROMs, and I'm not sure what's causing it. I saw the similar thread where it might be related to "journaling", but we don't change her battery out at all or even reboot the phone that often, so I'm not sure if its the same issue. I've done a reset of her phone a few times, but I'm on a GB ROM so it doesn't go completely back to factory. Should I try to ODIN to stock? Any ideas why this happens? Thanks in advance.
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Get into recovery:
wipe dalvik
wipe cache
fix permissions
reboot
wait 10 mins reboot into recovery again
fix permissions
reboot
open rom manager [worth its weight in gold!]
fix permissions
reboot
Thats what I did with my cm7.1.0.1 but I also installed eugenes streamline 110411 ver and [knock on wood] havnt had any more issues with fc's.
And yes even if you follow the installs to a "T" some of us still have the FC issue!
Good luck!
3 weeks later and I'm back to square one. I'll try the above, if it doesn't work, i'll have to wipe and reinstall. thanks. What's eugene's streamline?
Id flash to stock, flashing different roms wont help if theres a ghost in the machine, what launcher are you running...touchwiz sucks on my wimpy replacement phone.
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Id flash to stock, flashing different roms wont help if theres a ghost in the machine, what launcher are you running...touchwiz sucks on my wimpy replacement phone.
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MIUI's launcher. I'll probably try flashing to stock soon. :-(
No go. I'll have to look into Eugene's streamlined 110411
ok just for future sake, 3 rule's of flashing,
it's better to reinstall your applications manually then to trust titanium when bouncing between roms with different frameworks, versions, partitions, etc.
always flash from stock unless your updating a weekly rom ie cm7/miui
after flashing power off screen and have a cup of coffee/beer/shower. give the OS time to do all it's background configurations and setup.
now if you follow those 3 rules you "should" have no real issues.
Hi,
I have an Atrix4g international (Uk retail) which is rooted and unlocked. Until about a week ago I had been running Aura ROM with a days 1.45 kernel. This was all good but I experienced some 3g data problems.
In the end I got fed up of not being able to download pictures when I received an mms and decided to flash back to my original rom. Once done I thought maybe the over clock 1.45 kernel would work with the stock ROM. It didn't and failed but I then noticed my wifi showed error where it usually said connected.
I reflashed my stock room from my recovery backup and it started working ok again. Both times I flashed my recovery it said error with recovery but the phone details read as it did before when it had the original ROM as it was bought.
Since doing I this I have noticed my phone being really laggy.... I also noticein advanced task killer that I never seek to have more than 80mb free ram.
I checked this against task manager and titanium backup and they seem to agree with the figures tb actually said I was using 100% at one point.
I even tried a factory reset fearing the hard brick stories.
I have wiped the davlik and cache and perfomed a factory wipe from recovery mode
Looks like I have a problem..
Anyone got any ideas on how to rectify this.... Is it likely to be anything to do with partitioning???
You atrix geniuses out there are my last hope so I thank you in advance for any wisdom.
Are you using the stock Gingerbread ROM from your carrier? If so, it sounds like you might need to flash a kernel that has the international RAM fix. Try downloading and flashing this if you're on stock Gingerbread.
http://faux.androidro.ms/Atrix-GB-Kernel-024r-ext4-1.00GHz.zip
That's the 1Ghz kernel made by faux123 for Gingerbread ROMs. After you flash that check to see that you have more RAM available.
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Thanks a million!!!
jadwv2210 said:
Are you using the stock Gingerbread ROM from your carrier? If so, it sounds like you might need to flash a kernel that has the international RAM fix. Try downloading and flashing this if you're on stock Gingerbread.
http://faux.androidro.ms/Atrix-GB-Kernel-024r-ext4-1.00GHz.zip
That's the 1Ghz kernel made by faux123 for Gingerbread ROMs. After you flash that check to see that you have more RAM available.
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You absolute diamond!
Thank you so much.... Perfect fix 556mb ram free and phones running as fast as a priest being chased out of the playground.
You guys on here give priceless advice (most of the time so glad peeps like you take the time to help peeps like me...
Magic!
I'm sorry but I saw the title and just heard this in my head....
Lag city chick, lag lag city chick.... (Tyga - Rack city... stupid song)
Don't ask.
Glad to see you've solved your problem though
Knock on effect??!!
Although I now have many many more rams than an Afghani goat hearder this process has thrown up another problem. The same error message is showing up where it usually says connected under wiring settings and wiring will not activate or connect.
Yes I was trying to flash back to my stock rom (via cm rom manager-reboot into recovery-restore.....)
Ok so the story continues...
after receiving your advice I flashed the file you linked to. And as I reported ram was up dramatically but then when I tried to connect to wifi it wouldn't. I went to settings -wireless settings- checked wiring on check box to turn it on and underneath in grey writing it threw up the message "error" where it usually says "connecting..." or "connected" etc
I went back through cmrm to recovery mode and did the wipe data-wipe cache-restore rom again but did not reflash the file you linked... checked wifi and worked but ram had gone again.
Went back into clement and went through whole process in one. Ie factory data wipe-wipe cache-restored ROM-flashed file you linked to....
Set up phone again checked wifi and still shows error. But my rams are back...
???? Puzzled!
Dont suppose you have an idea whats going on?
tehrules said:
I'm sorry but I saw the title and just heard this in my head....
Lag city chick, lag lag city chick.... (Tyga - Rack city... stupid song)
Don't ask.
Glad to see you've solved your problem though
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Thats strange cos thats what I was thinking when I wrote it... lol
Problems not yet entirely solved though..... :-(
Desperation is now setting in
Just an update... and help to solve this is really appreciated.
I have trawled the site and others regarding wifi error.
People seem to suggest its a number of things either hardware or software flashing kernels roms radios wifi fix zips etc etc
I can confirm my problem is not hardware.
I flashed back to aura and wifi function is back. And rams up to normal.....
but I have the original problem I cannot send or download pictures when received via mms.
Is there a fix for this?
I assume not and so therefore would like to ask the question does anyone know of a Stock ATRIX international (uk) retail Rom that is compattable with an ATRIX international (uk) retail phone that has been rooted and unlocked.
For some reason my recovery must be corrupt and is giving me jip.
Maybe someone knows why my recovery isn't working and knows how to fix it?
Thanks all in advance...
When I had the problem with wifi reporting just "error", I fixed it by just redownloading the kernel and reflashing it. Maybe try another recovery if that doesn't work, but I don't know why it wouldn't. :|
The wifi problem is most likely the kernel. Since you are on Aura now though with no data or MMS I would recommend changing your APN settings. Try googling the correct APNs for your carrier and changing them under Settings>Wireless and Networks>Mobile Networks>Access Point Names.
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Dcskeete said:
I assume not and so therefore would like to ask the question does anyone know of a Stock ATRIX international (uk) retail Rom that is compattable with an ATRIX international (uk) retail phone that has been rooted and unlocked.
For some reason my recovery must be corrupt and is giving me jip.
Maybe someone knows why my recovery isn't working and knows how to fix it?
Thanks all in advance...
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Why dont you try Nottachtrix if you want a blur based rom, or Neutrino for a cm7 based rom?
What recovery are you using? If you arent using Romracers recovery, try flashing his and seeing if his recovery fixes your problem.
If there is already a thread for this then sorry but i couldnt find any....
Was wondering if anyone has tried using it or is using it.reason asking is because im having a radio issue with it.it connects to 3g at first then i either wind up losing data connection or losing signal alltogether even tho im in a full signal area.It really does this when coming off wifi.
I have tried using airplane mode and that seems to help to a point but most of the time i wind up having to reboot it inorder to get my signal and data back.Is anyone else having this issue or ran it and had the issue? is there a fix for it or something i need to do on my end to stop this?
I am currently using J.Y.Daddy's GSM patched CM9 (17/05/12 build). I personally have not had any issues regarding the radio, and my connectivity for both 3g and wifi has been fine.
I think this is a fairly common problem for some people, so perhaps you can try asking in this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1552166
I think we should get as much info as we can about all handsets that have this problem, then keep an eye out for any commmon elements that could be the cause.
I am using a XT910 (Asia.retail stock rom on purchase...unsure as to HK region or other as I lost that nandroid backup after a corrupt drive), I have updated my fastboot file to the most recent Asia.retail I could find (the non HK one from memory), and I live in Australia (in case that matters).
Which fastboot are you using, and GSM or CDMA?
Hope I can help.
Im using cdma....stock rooted verizon with bootsrap touch....
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Hmm, ok, as we do not have the XT912 in my country, I may not actually be the best for advice here.
I have a feeling that the majority of the radio issues are with the CDMA phones. If you are on stock rooted, then I think it is safe to say that the fastboot files won't be the issue here. Where abouts did you get your copy of CM9? Is it from the site itself, or here on the forums?
Only other thing I can think of is that I think I vaguely remember reading somewhere that the razr bootstrapper app was causing some problems with some users.
Have you heard of/tried using SafeStrap as an alternative? IIRC it is another version of a reboot recovery which is exclusive to the Verizon XT912 and many people who reported issues after flashing roms with bootstrap did not encounter the same errors with SafeStrap.
When I get home from TAFE I will try to find the links where I got this information from and provide some more help! CM9 is a fantastic rom which I cannot recommend enough, so let's try and figure this out!
Yes i have originally used safe strap v1.9..i have the same problem with aokp.ive wiped 4 times before install n still same problem.
Could it be not wiping enough or right places cause when i had my sgII there was a custom wipe zip inorder to properly wipe the areas needed.they had said cwm had caused issues while using factory wipe data/cache...
Alot of people didnt know cm9 was even avalible.i love cm9 personally.have used it since my hd2 days...i know there is a patch to make cdma roms on gsm i wonder if there would be able to have a patch for gsm to cdma?
I have installed from stock rooted, eclipse,black ice....have tried everything i know of....miss my cm9
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