Galaxy S 3 Crashes when copying to clipboard!! Help! - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

About 2 days ago my galaxy S3 started crashing the app when i would i would copy something to clipboard in that particular app. Happened in messages, contacts, and I'm testing what other apps.
but no1 has figured out a fix yet. I am running go launcher and have a feeling that, that might be the issue. I really don't want to factory reset -_- but if I have to i will. anybody?

if you think that Go luancher maybe the issue, why not just download another launcher from the market and see if it goes away while your running that launcher ---- i would do this first instead of a factory reset.

the2rrell said:
if you think that Go luancher maybe the issue, why not just download another launcher from the market and see if it goes away while your running that launcher ---- i would do this first instead of a factory reset.
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just tried apex launcher, and even went back into touchwiz and the same problem occurs. ill hold down a message or a contact. press copy message text or whatever else, and the black screens and a FC. Stock browser and stock contacts. I tried copying text from an email, but the interesting thing now is if i go to long press in any composition field i don't get a past option. Just a "clipboard" option and pressing that doesn't do anything

Have you tried Wiping Delvik Cache and fixing permissions in CWM??

I had the same problem and a factory reset sorted it out....try doing it
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ptisam said:
Hi everyone,
I also had this problem, I found a solution without do a factory reset.
The app in question is TestService.
First you have to clean the directory /data/clipboard, delete everything in it with root explorer. After that, go to manage applications and find the app TestService, uninstall the updates.
After a reboot, copy/paste should work again.
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Try this before you do your factory reset, seems to have helped others with the same problem.

found the fix
I don't know how i missed this in my search (i know ppl hate that) but i found the fixed, worked after this and reboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28961696#post28961696

fixed?
numbah54 said:
I don't know how i missed this in my search (i know ppl hate that) but i found the fixed, worked after this and reboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28961696#post28961696
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What did you do? Having the same problem since last week. I hope you can help.

It will crash whatever you try to copy from. The factory reset was the only thing that fixed mine seeing as I didn't want to root my S III immediately.
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read the link, there's a fix in that forum for rooted users

same problem on tab
numbah54 said:
About 2 days ago my galaxy S3 started crashing the app when i would i would copy something to clipboard in that particular app. Happened in messages, contacts, and I'm testing what other apps.
but no1 has figured out a fix yet. I am running go launcher and have a feeling that, that might be the issue. I really don't want to factory reset -_- but if I have to i will. anybody?
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Same thing happening to me on my samsung galaxy tab. Started two days ago, as well. Samsung tech support told me to reset to factory. I don't want to, I have too many apps, picture, videos etc on my tab. BUMMED I read about stopping testservice. Did that, still no joy. Said to clear data/clipboard folder. I checked, and NO clipboard folder can be found in my data folder.

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[Q] Issues with the contacts on LPH ROMs

Hi, the truth is I´m having a little strange issue. First I thought it was a problem in a ROM. but after trying a few LPH ROMs and start removing things, I have concluded that it is the contacts syncro. I´ll try to explain myself a bit better to see if someone comes up with some solution.
If I install any LPH ROM (I tried 5 or 6 different) and I skip the gmail account, I have no problems in access to the contacts app or the phone one, but when I sync with gmail two things happens:
1. I can still go to the phone, from there to favorites and from there to all contacts. In this way, I see contacts perfectly.
2. But If I go to the contacts application The screen locks turns into to black, after that the phone application also crashes and I have to reboot.
I tried to correct permissions. Even with a cache cleaner (read that cleaning the cache of the contacts could help) but I'm pretty sure it will not be the correct way to clean the cache of contacts.
Let's see if someone comes up with a little something becouse I´m running out of resources ...
Thanks and best regards
Larpeiran said:
Hi, the truth is I´m having a little strange issue. First I thought it was a problem in a ROM. but after trying a few LPH ROMs and start removing things, I have concluded that it is the contacts syncro. I´ll try to explain myself a bit better to see if someone comes up with some solution.
If I install any LPH ROM (I tried 5 or 6 different) and I skip the gmail account, I have no problems in access to the contacts app or the phone one, but when I sync with gmail two things happens:
1. I can still go to the phone, from there to favorites and from there to all contacts. In this way, I see contacts perfectly.
2. But If I go to the contacts application The screen locks turns into to black, after that the phone application also crashes and I have to reboot.
I tried to correct permissions. Even with a cache cleaner (read that cleaning the cache of the contacts could help) but I'm pretty sure it will not be the correct way to clean the cache of contacts.
Let's see if someone comes up with a little something becouse I´m running out of resources ...
Thanks and best regards
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If you made a backup you can restore, did you?
ITRC said:
If you made a backup you can restore, did you?
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Yes... I did.
But I´m trying to know what´s the problem is... xD
Thanx
Larpeiran said:
Yes... I did.
But I´m trying to know what´s the problem is... xD
Thanx
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if you have back up your data etc....... You better flash to root stock, to see if problem solved. Then take it step by step on another rom.
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ITRC said:
if you have back up your data etc....... You better flash to root stock, to see if problem solved. Then take it step by step on another rom.
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
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I already did that too. I´m starting to think it´s a g+ contact issue

Gallery bug?

Okay here is the problem.. A few months ago, I'm still using original FW from Samsung (GB, 2.3.3).. And out of the blue, this problem occur in my gallery apps (see the red circle in the right;when I view that image, there are nothing to display..) The annoying thing is when I delete that file, it disappear for a moment.. But when I close the gallery apps and opened it again, the files come back again
So I decided to upgrade my FW using custom ROM and rooted my phone. And voila, the annoying thing was gone.. But out of the blue again, the problem came back, and now with another one (in the past there were two, but now become three) I'm just curious how to delete this files, because no matter what, it always come back, and I can't find it either using root explorer.. I know this problem may be solved by freezing gallery via Titanium and using another gallery apps in play store.. But I just wanna use Samsung stock gallery as my image viewer.. Anyone had the same problem with me? Thanks!
sometime i have this trouble, but i replace Gallery to Quickpic and it fixed
sunshean said:
sometime i have this trouble, but i replace Gallery to Quickpic and it fixed
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Yeah, I did that too before.. But I still think that original Samsung stock gallery was the best image viewer for me =P
One of my friends had the same problem, but the difference is he find that weird annoying thing in the gallery folder (I didn't know which one he used.. My files or root explorer or something else like that) and succesfully delete it.. But as I mention before, I can't find it through root explorer =(
Clearing Cache might help Settings > applications> All >Gallery > clear cache.
This problems occurs sometimes Aosp Gallery too !
Chairmansaab said:
Clearing Cache might help Settings > applications> All >Gallery > clear cache.
This problems occurs sometimes Aosp Gallery too !
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I can't click Clear Cache (it was not highlighted) or there is nothing to be cleared I think
still looking for the solution
check picasa or google + pics getting synced or somthing, i had that issue and i deleted the leftover pics from picassa or something dont remember
go in recovery mode and clear dalvik cache..
atifsh said:
check picasa or google + pics getting synced or somthing, i had that issue and i deleted the leftover pics from picassa or something dont remember
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I didn't have picasa or google +
rocky23 said:
go in recovery mode and clear dalvik cache..
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I tried this but the result still the same
mankind_18 said:
I didn't have picasa or google +
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thats what i thought but i didnt remember i once made something to try
anyway since than i never had this issue been 6 7 months
atifsh said:
thats what i thought but i didnt remember i once made something to try
anyway since than i never had this issue been 6 7 months
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Hmm.. Maybe the case was different in every handset.. In your case, maybe it can be solved by the method that you mention before.. But mine was different (maybe)

Help with yellow pages contact

Stock ICS, rooted
I still have the yellow pages contact as the first one. I can't delete it. I deleted all the yellow pages apps through TB. When I click on the yellow pages contact I get a black screen then freeze. "Unfortunately, Contacts has stopped" then something about TW launcher stopped. Finally get control back. Same thing happens if I try the contact again.
Help please without saying "then dont click on that contact"
had Go launcher then deleted it. I dont know if that has anything to do with anything but I thought Id mention it.
The contacts app is a touchwiz base so if you screw with it you screw with many other things. You're going to need to say exactly what you deleted, then ask for another member to send you that app.
A factory reset won't put back deleted apps. It only wipes data and resets all settings to default.
For future experiments use Titanium back up to freeze an app so you can see the effect of that.
rangercaptain said:
The contacts app is a touchwiz base so if you screw with it you screw with many other things. You're going to need to say exactly what you deleted, then ask for another member to send you that app.
A factory reset won't put back deleted apps. It only wipes data and resets all settings to default.
For future experiments use Titanium back up to freeze an app so you can see the effect of that.
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Only thing I deleted is the yellow page and att apps. Nothing else. All other contacts work. Its just the yellow pages contact that gives me issues.
Well, what are you looking for?
How to either get rid of the yellow page contact
Flash the Flapjaxxx UCLF6 rom over yours.
Is there a comparrison of ROMs? I dont want a troubleshooting nightmare. If anything I want the same or added functionality not reduced.
XDA is no longer worth my time.
hfam95 said:
Stock ICS, rooted
I still have the yellow pages contact as the first one. I can't delete it. I deleted all the yellow pages apps through TB. When I click on the yellow pages contact I get a black screen then freeze. "Unfortunately, Contacts has stopped" then something about TW launcher stopped. Finally get control back. Same thing happens if I try the contact again.
Help please without saying "then dont click on that contact"
had Go launcher then deleted it. I dont know if that has anything to do with anything but I thought Id mention it.
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Has nothing to do with Go Launcher.
The issue is that the YP is added by default now to the Contacts.apk file. It's just a shortcut to the Yellow Pages app that you uninstalled and so it freezes the phone when you try it.
There are several versions of the Contacts.apk file without the Yellow Pages link, but I haven't had success trying them yet on my UCLF6. I am seeing if I can decompile and recompile my own Contacts.apk without the entry. If I succeed, I'll update this and the following thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1528631
I deleted the contacts apk and odex and copied the contacts apk from this rom. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766933 No more YP in contacts! All seems to be working fine. You can probably pull the apk from Flapps rom as well.

showing i have got 1 new message when i aint

the message icon on the main screen and when u goto the apps menu is showing i have 1 new message when i aint
i have tried restarting phone, deleted all messages but its still there
anyone else had this problem or can help?
Delete the icon from you home screen and then put it back , should work.
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Motogp1 said:
Delete the icon from you home screen and then put it back , should work.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using xda premium
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i tried that a couple of times but its still got it showing as 1 new message when i aint
Try a restart
Emwhyk said:
Try a restart
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i have tried restarting it and clearing the data disabled it then enabled it again but its still the same
settings>applications manager>all>messaging>clear data
that should sort it out
saywhatt said:
settings>applications manager>all>messaging>clear data
that should sort it out
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thanks for the reply
I have tried that aswell but it still sais there is 1 new message when there aint
deleted all messages
deleted the icon and put it back there again
restarted the phone
already cleared the data in the messaging as you suggested
i dont know what else to try i am just baffled as to why this is still happening
buffblueyes said:
thanks for the reply
I have tried that aswell but it still sais there is 1 new message when there aint
deleted all messages
deleted the icon and put it back there again
restarted the phone
already cleared the data in the messaging as you suggested
i dont know what else to try i am just baffled as to why this is still happening
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that is very odd. i have experienced that a couple of times with UltimaROM and just did the above procedure i posted. have you tried wiping caches in recovery?
saywhatt said:
that is very odd. i have experienced that a couple of times with UltimaROM and just did the above procedure i posted. have you tried wiping caches in recovery?
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i did already try that but i just tried it again and still no luck
it doesnt show 1new message onthe lock screen but does on the home screen and when you click apps and can see all the apps
the only other option i can consider is re installing but i dont really want to do that if im honest
I had the same issue when I installed the Handcent widget and kept the stock messaging app. Here's what worked for me:
1) Go to Settings > Developer Options, and check "Do not keep activities". I'm not sure what this actually does (or how it affects other apps) so I unchecked it after it took away the message notification.
2) After a little while, the problem reappeared, so I found a free app called "SMS Cleaner Free" in the Play Store. That seemed to solve my issue permanently, as it hasn't reappeared since.
I'm not sure if one or a combo of doing both helped, but try it out and let us know.
JSCinSK said:
I had the same issue when I installed the Handcent widget and kept the stock messaging app. Here's what worked for me:
1) Go to Settings > Developer Options, and check "Do not keep activities". I'm not sure what this actually does (or how it affects other apps) so I unchecked it after it took away the message notification.
2) After a little while, the problem reappeared, so I found a free app called "SMS Cleaner Free" in the Play Store. That seemed to solve my issue permanently, as it hasn't reappeared since.
I'm not sure if one or a combo of doing both helped, but try it out and let us know.
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i just tried that aswell but the problemis still there
i text my phone from a diff number twice and on the lock screen it come up i had 2 new messageson the msg icon but when i went to the home screen it only said 1

Constantly Crashing

I have an issue that I cannot pinpoint the cause of figure out a solution to. Maybe someone here can help.
My Sprint G3 is always crashing and rebooting the launcher (phone doesn't turn off, just closes evwrything). I'd be in the middle of any app and it will randomly close every single app. The running apps page always displays after every crash. It's as if too much ram is being used, but it will happen even after a fresh phone restart and launching something simple like WhatsApp.
My phone is rooted via the Stump one click method. I don't have any type of rooted mods enabled, only Adfree. I use Nova launcher (paid & updated).
Is there some sort of event viewer that will log the activity of the phone so I probably someone here can see what might be causing the phone to crash? I'm tempted to Unroot and restore back to stock... But if I can avoid that, I'd greatly appreciate it.
Syph said:
I have an issue that I cannot pinpoint the cause of figure out a solution to. Maybe someone here can help.
My Sprint G3 is always crashing and rebooting the launcher (phone doesn't turn off, just closes evwrything). I'd be in the middle of any app and it will randomly close every single app. The running apps page always displays after every crash. It's as if too much ram is being used, but it will happen even after a fresh phone restart and launching something simple like WhatsApp.
My phone is rooted via the Stump one click method. I don't have any type of rooted mods enabled, only Adfree. I use Nova launcher (paid & updated).
Is there some sort of event viewer that will log the activity of the phone so I probably someone here can see what might be causing the phone to crash? I'm tempted to Unroot and restore back to stock... But if I can avoid that, I'd greatly appreciate it.
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If you're running ART that could cause that. Go back to dalvik and see if that cures it.
engine95 said:
If you're running ART that could cause that. Go back to dalvik and see if that cures it.
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I believe I'm still on dalvik as I never changed that setting.
Syph said:
I believe I'm still on dalvik as I never changed that setting.
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Maybe it's Adfree then. There's a special version that some people are using. It's in it forum somewhere. I'll see if I can find it.
In the meantime, uninstall it and see if it goes away.
engine95 said:
Maybe it's Adfree then. There's a special version that some people are using. It's in it forum somewhere. I'll see if I can find it.
In the meantime, uninstall it and see if it goes away.
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Thanks. I've reverted my adfree hosts file and uninstalled it. But I think the issue persists. If I try to use any app that clears cache, specifically Clean Master, when it's doing the scan of apps it'll crash midway through the scan. If I go to system settings > Apps & wait for all the downloaded apps to load the details, it'll crash there too.
This is the oddest thing.
Edit:
This visual may help. It's a video of me running Clean Master & seeing how it just crashes. I can replicate this issue every time like this, but the crashes are random when using other apps.
Link to video: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B9-N9bB35E-QdnY3Zk1FaW9EMXM/edit?usp=docslist_api
Ok, so I began uninstalling some apps that I thought may have been the issue... Which they weren't as the crashing still continues. I decided to reboot under safe mode and the problem occurs there too.
I honestly cannot recall if this began before or after rooting with stump. I may have to Unroot & factory restore. =/
Syph said:
Ok, so I began uninstalling some apps that I thought may have been the issue... Which they weren't as the crashing still continues. I decided to reboot under safe mode and the problem occurs there too.
I honestly cannot recall if this began before or after rooting with stump. I may have to Unroot & factory restore. =/
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I'm at a loss... The 2 things I mentioned can be the culprits, but not for you I guess. Some other ideas?
Did you uninstall Stump after getting root?
Have you froze or uninstalled any system apps/ priv-apps?
It might even be Nova is having issues.
That's all I got.
engine95 said:
I'm at a loss... The 2 things I mentioned can be the culprits, but not for you I guess. Some other ideas?
Did you uninstall Stump after getting root?
Have you froze or uninstalled any system apps/ priv-apps?
It might even be Nova is having issues.
That's all I got.
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Thank you for your help. Nova was one of the apps I removed. I did remove the stump app after rooting & did not freeze/remove any system critical apps/files. I'm also at a loss.
I would try a restore to stock as the final option. If that doesn't fix it then I dunno man.
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haoleflip said:
I would try a restore to stock as the final option. If that doesn't fix it then I dunno man.
Sent from my LG G3 via Tapatalk Pro
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I plan to do that this evening. Was hoping to not restore to stock... It'd always a pain setting up themes & apps again. Lol.
Syph said:
I plan to do that this evening. Was hoping to not restore to stock... It'd always a pain setting up themes & apps again. Lol.
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Pssh all of that stuff can wait and can be downloaded again. My main priority would be getting my phone working again lol
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haoleflip said:
Pssh all of that stuff can wait and can be downloaded again. My main priority would be getting my phone working again lol
Sent from my LG G3 via Tapatalk Pro
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Tried to unroot but the phone doesn't move past the "Firmware Update. Do not unplug the phone..." screen after holding Volume Up & plugging into the computer. I installed the drivers before hand. But the "CDC Serial" doesn't update. I attempted to manually update the driver by browsing for the folder, but no go.
I may end up having to go to Sprint and exchange the phone for another one.
Syph said:
Tried to unroot but the phone doesn't move past the "Firmware Update. Do not unplug the phone..." screen after holding Volume Up & plugging into the computer. I installed the drivers before hand. But the "CDC Serial" doesn't update. I attempted to manually update the driver by browsing for the folder, but no go.
I may end up having to go to Sprint and exchange the phone for another one.
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any updates? did you ever fix the problem?
thanks!
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any updates? did you ever fix the problem?
thanks!
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TL;DR version = Yes, I did fix it. Factory restore did the trick.
A few days after my last post the phone wasn't as bad as the video. It would still crash and reset but mainly after heavy app usage or when trying to clear app cache using any app like Clean Master.
Once my storage reached about 40% used and I couldn't clear the cache, I began to get constant Play Store error messages. No apps would update. I think it was error 483 or something close to hat number.
Since I couldn't flash back to stock because the drivers wouldn't install, I gave up and tried a factory reset. I nearly sh-t myself bc once I confirmed the restore, the phone didn't want to automatically reset per the instructions. I pressed the button multiple times and nothing. I pulled the battery and when I turned it back on, I got the initial screen with the "powered by android" and then black. It did not wanna do anything. Pulled battery again, same outcome. It left it for maybe 10min and still nothing.
I was ready to go back to sprint and see if I could exchange the phone. While researching the closest store, the phone beeped and the initial android setup screen appeared. This was about 25min of waiting on a black screen.
The phone is now back to working order and it's still rooted. There must have been a corrupt file that was erased/restored once the g3 decided to behave.
Syph said:
TL;DR version = Yes, I did fix it. Factory restore did the trick.
A few days after my last post the phone wasn't as bad as the video. It would still crash and reset but mainly after heavy app usage or when trying to clear app cache using any app like Clean Master.
Once my storage reached about 40% used and I couldn't clear the cache, I began to get constant Play Store error messages. No apps would update. I think it was error 483 or something close to hat number.
Since I couldn't flash back to stock because the drivers wouldn't install, I gave up and tried a factory reset. I nearly sh-t myself bc once I confirmed the restore, the phone didn't want to automatically reset per the instructions. I pressed the button multiple times and nothing. I pulled the battery and when I turned it back on, I got the initial screen with the "powered by android" and then black. It did not wanna do anything. Pulled battery again, same outcome. It left it for maybe 10min and still nothing.
I was ready to go back to sprint and see if I could exchange the phone. While researching the closest store, the phone beeped and the initial android setup screen appeared. This was about 25min of waiting on a black screen.
The phone is now back to working order and it's still rooted. There must have been a corrupt file that was erased/restored once the g3 decided to behave.
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Congrats!
My G3 is crashing in the similar manner as the video you uploaded.
Except that it only happens when I'm in office connected to office wifi with almost no cellular reception.
On top of that, as far as I could tell... only two apps are causing the launcher to crash... the game Clash of Clans and LINE.
Very very strange....

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