acore processes running amok on Jelly Bean - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've been flashing ROMs built on the latest code for Jelly Bean (4.1.1). (The phone is the Galaxy Nexus LTE.)
The battery has been draining fast and upon checking with OS Monitor, I learned that a bunch of android.process.acore processes, sometimes alone and sometimes with another, have been registering high CPU loads continuously until they run the battery down. They are Contacts Storage, User Dictionary, and DRM Protected Content Storage. (DRM is probably not an acore service but it is making trouble just the same.)
I tried winnowing down the problem by deleting the contact store data and resyncing while de-activating third party syncers like HacSync. I even tried cleaning up the contacts via Google on the web. The contacts number only a few hundred. Again, the processes up claiming huge load after the initial sync period.
I scoured the web for reports but have only found mentions dating back to Gingerbread or ICS involving Facebook. Facebook sync doesn't work with JB and again, I have disabled HaxSync.
I also froze User Dictionary with Titanium Backup but that did nothing to keep the process from running, even after a reboot.
Any ideas?
SOLUTION
I figured it out. Unchecking the sync contacts in the Google+ client fixed the problem.

Im just going out on a limb here but have you flashed a different kernel?
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Im just going out on a limb here but have you flashed a different kernel?
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Weapondrift, yes I have. IIRC I flashed to Franco kernel with each ROM. Do you think it is a kernel problem?

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Phone apk force closing after almost every call?

Running th3ory 1.6.5, phone apk fc almost every time I use it after call, sometimes the radio shuts down showing no signal? Any ideas?
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by any chance do u have facebook and twitter synced to your account? i heard one of these causes this problem. i used to have this same exact problem too but once i removed these syncing accounts from my phone it was fine
Ill give that a try. Thanks
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No luck, radio stills goes no service an phone fc's...
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Did you use titanium?
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No, I don't use titanium. I've tried all kinda things, no change.
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Do a full wipe. Data, cache, and dalvic. Check the md5 on the rom. Reflash. It's easier then trying to track down the bug.
I am having the same problem, and its driving me crazy. On BAMF 2.0.5 or 2.1, no problems, anything else and phone force closes on every call. Ive changed radios, stopped syncs, removed programs. Would really like some help to figure out what it is...
Have you tried aligning applications and fixing permissions. I was having similar problems and after doing those two things I realized my problems had disappeared. I'm thinking there's other issues there, but might as well take a shot at it.
I have tried, but i think i just figured it out. I removed twitter but didnt unsync the htc sense twitter. The force closing (now that I think about it) doesnt happen all the time, it just seems like it because its only when my wife calls me.
I unlinked her twitter account, and now seems to be working fine?
im having same problems. the radio does die out right when its crashing. could this have anything to do with this phones ability to do simultaneous data and phone? I will try to remove and unlink the twitter but I believe it was crashing with only my google account linked,
it appears to be sense 3.0 which is the problem for me. I wiped and flashed a senseless version and a sense 2.0 version and neither has the problem. On any rom with sense 3 or hybrid my phone dialer crashes upon calling?

[Q] Gmail App Freezes Phone ???

What can be the reason that when I enter gmail appon my phone, after 8 monts of normal use, it blocks my phone - screen blinks few times and than it turn of after some time !!!
Lack of information .
jje
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But this is what is happening, I don't know what to write more. It just shows 8 emails of inbox, I cant scroll, open or do anything with these. Only way to leave Gmail App is to click home button. Sometimes even that is not working. From time to time it looks like it refresh whole screen from left to right with same 8 emails. The phone is top part near camera becoming hotter during this. I am running official 2.3.4 GB.
First check if process Gapps is running or not.. Then..
Try resetting Gmail... Go to settings-> Apps -> all -> Gmail.. then clear cache/clear data... Launch Gmail again...
I've got pretty much the same problem on my S2, though it behaves a little bit different; the left to right refresh/animation is going totally crazy and when I try to leave the application using the home key it almost always opens itself again. Sometimes it doesn't refresh like crazy, instead the Gmail UI is totally unresponsive. I am running a CF-rooted stock 2.3.5 ROM (XWKI8).
EDIT: I've tried resetting Gmail, it didn't make any difference at all..
So, I am not alone. Hope someone will help. Cleared all cache and data settings, all the same. Even was taking battery of the phone for 10 mins - no result.
Is any other Google Apps running ok??. Can you sign onto gtalk properly?
What about YouTube.. Google reader etc... I am asking because.. Some background services need to be running properly for Google apps
Very very strange, my phone has started having this very issue as of today, too.
I've tried deleting the app's data, resets, battery removal, and even uninstalling and reinstalling the app (rooted).
I have no idea where to go from here, so I've since frozen the app..
Edit: Might be a known issue now:
http://lifehacker.com/5895595/gmail...oid-for-many-heres-how-to-get-your-email-back
I'm having exactly the same issue. Started yesterday.
Could be related to the fact that the Google search app was updated yesterday? Or the fact that I changed my Google password. Other Google apps fine
having this exact same issue, dont know what happened, been completely fine before yesterday :S
edit: im on a Nexus S but this post came when searching for a solution.
Good to know that I am not the only one having this problem. Let's just hope that Google releases a fix soon!
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having the same issue this morning on my Amaze 4g
Same problem here and I have a Galaxy Player 5. At first i thought it was because I flashed a custom rom , but this only started happening recently. Guess I have to use the stock email app in the meantime....bleh...
EDIT: checked out the gmail app from the market. clicked on user reviews and sort by newest. everyone is having this issue.
EDIT 2: the issue has been resolved, for me at least
Solved!!!
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[Q-ICS] Facebook too much CPU activity?

Since I'm on ICS I have this strange problem with the official FB client.
As Soon as i start FB my processor gets pumped up to the maximum of 1ghz. Even when i click the Home Button and start up Voltage Control i can see the processor is at max.
Only when i close FB (with task manager or long press back key on CM9) the processor goes down to 200mhz and stays there...
effect : as soon as i start FB and don't quit it right my battery will be drained in a short time..
Since the first ICS release I am googling this problem but can't find any information about this. Now I'm a little bit fed up with it, thats why i'm posting it here...does anyone else recognize this? is there a workaround?
thanks for the help...
check your battery info,get cpuspy to see what speed your cpu has been going at and the deepsleep and betterbatterystats for wakelocks etc
this guy has similar issue
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1571518
i already checked with all mentioned tools.
strange thing is there is no wakelock... it's only when screen is on but application is in background.
i have this problem on different ICS Roms. at the moment i am on cm9 and it is still present. when i check with "top" in terminal i can see that facebook.katana is at the top keeping the cpu pretty busy.
with samsung roms and the original samsung task manager i can see that it's always using over 50% cpu power.
i tried older versions. tried deinstalling. nothing helps.
i just dont know what it is doing in the background. cpuspy shows me that the cpu is mostly in 1ghz and deepsleep.
edit: i double checked and its also killing deepsleep. sometimes it enters sometimes not...
pmcee said:
Since I'm on ICS I have this strange problem with the official FB client.
As Soon as i start FB my processor gets pumped up to the maximum of 1ghz. Even when i click the Home Button and start up Voltage Control i can see the processor is at max.
Only when i close FB (with task manager or long press back key on CM9) the processor goes down to 200mhz and stays there...
effect : as soon as i start FB and don't quit it right my battery will be drained in a short time..
Since the first ICS release I am googling this problem but can't find any information about this. Now I'm a little bit fed up with it, thats why i'm posting it here...does anyone else recognize this? is there a workaround?
thanks for the help...
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Same here. I've Galaxy S2 and since update to ICS official firmware have i have this problem. I noticed that all rom that have as baseline official Samsung ICS have this problem, while other (e.g. CyanoMod 9) don't have. The only fix is to kill application from task manager.
Which is your device?
NothFlo said:
Same here. I've Galaxy S2 and since update to ICS official firmware have i have this problem. I noticed that all rom that have as baseline official Samsung ICS have this problem, while other (e.g. CyanoMod 9) don't have. The only fix is to kill application from task manager.
Which is your device?
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It happens to me on cm9 also... Every ICS Rom.
So No one has a solution for US?
Just to let you guys know that this also happens on my Nexus S with ICS 4.0.4 stock
In fact it happened also with Gingerbread... it started happening when Facebook made a major app overhaul to what is currently the new "user experience" for the past 4-5 months or so... that's when Watchdog which I have installed suddenly started complaining
Sorry for digging out this bit older thread, but have you found a solution yet ? I got the same problem since i changed to ics roms - first sammy leaks, then official, now nightlies. Tried wiping cache, dalvik, userdata, reinstalled app, ... to no effort.
Thinking about coding a facebook-killer widget. Take a look on this screens, 2 hours of cpu time for nothing...
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I just use Watchdog what normally complains about Facebook a few minutes after I stop using it. Then I just kill the process from within Watchdog.
Using the browser is fine though.. however some things don't work so well in the mobile browser version.
To me this problem is quite symptomatic however from what I read on the internet it doesn't happen all the time.. even sometimes for me it doesn't stay clogging the cpu but most of the times it does.
I guess they will fix it one day but I wouldn't hold my breath that it will be soon. I read that on the iPhone the way they designed the app is pretty bad (it's sort of a skin over the actual mobile website). For Android it might be the same..
That the facebook devs are coding big BS (sorry) is really known.
Can you provide me a link to the google play site of Watchdog ? Too many results, i don't know which one... thanks
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Here! This is the one I use
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zomut.watchdoglite
Thanks.
Which modem do you use ? I am on XXLPS, and afaik with XXLPQ i did not have the problem - will try at home
Edit: tried, the same with lpq...
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I'm using the XXLA2 radio that came with the yakju update. But I got the same problem with the XXKK6 yakjuxw radio
smells more like programmer error than phone configuration..
since i am using foxhound rom (sniper wolf), the facebook app (and same for all other apps that dont automatically close) is automatically ended when closed with the back button...
Seems that it's a problem with the official ICS ROMs. Try Friendcaster and see if that's any better.
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since i am using foxhound rom (sniper wolf), the facebook app (and same for all other apps that dont automatically close) is automatically ended when closed with the back button...
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Theres a funtion which kills a process if you hold the back key.
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Theres a funtion which kills a process if you hold the back key.
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even by closing with a short press on the back button it will end the process
i uninstalled facebook for this
friends caster is A LOT better than facebook app
personally I didn't like Friendcaster. It was smoother in operation that Facebook's official app but it had some quirks (now can't remember them but there were a few things you couldn't do as opposed to FB's official app). But what stopped me from using it was the extended awake times I was getting even without automatic refreshes set up.
Haven't got a single problem
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ICS Exchange Issues, any hope?

hi guys,
Hopefully this is the right forum but if it is not, i apologize. Anyway, i recently moved from a GB rom to ICS rom (AOKP and now on SHOstock2) and i have to say that i LOVE SHOstock. however, there is one issue that is shaping up to be a showstopper for me and that is the Exchange service that is killing my battery as well as giving me some other problems like push emails not coming through every once in a while. i did quite a bit of reading both here and on google and from what i can tell, the issue with Exchange service killing battery and misbehaving is actually a problem with ICS and not a particular rom. On GB, i used to get about 1-3% per hour drain and now i am at about 15% and i can see that mail.exchange is keeping the phone awake most of the time with a wakelock (unplugged at 6am today and i am seeing about 3 hours of wakelock).
i already tried some of the suggestions that are out there like removing the calender sync, deleting and readding the account, using different mail clients etc.. but all have the same exact result. am i screwed? do i have to go back to GB if i want to keep my Exchange?
while i am at it, anybody else notice some issues with Wifi switching? it takes me about 2 minutes to get data after i turn wifi off and i already tried 3 different modems including the latest leaked one.
thanks in advance.
I'm on AOKP and my exchange works just fine. No battery drain issues or anything. No issues with the wifi switching either. Unplugged for 4 hours so far today and at 94% right now.
Did you do full wipes between flashing?
No issue here with Exchange, I run my own server and do not use autodiscover for settings. No abnormal battery drain. However, I have read that some are experiencing drain and its normally due to configuration of the account on the device. What to change exactly, I'm not sure but double check your settings.
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yep, full wipe between flashes as well as cache wipe and delvik wipe.
nh5 said:
No issue here with Exchange, I run my own server and do not use autodiscover for settings. No abnormal battery drain. However, I have read that some are experiencing drain and its normally due to configuration of the account on the device. What to change exactly, I'm not sure but double check your settings.
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i triple checked my settings and they are actually identical to the settings that i had when i was on GB. this is such a weird thing since it happened both on AOKP and on SHOstock and i already tried different modems.
checkout enhanced email, otherwise ya definately do a full wipe backup your stuff, i had the problem then i formatted my internal sd card, and in ClockworkMod i wiped cache/dalvik/data fixed my problems right up
i am using Enhanced Email right now (i much prefer it to anything else i tried). i am doing a few more tests but if i can't get it to work, i am going to do full wipe and flash SHOstock again and see if it helped.
Rattles said:
i am using Enhanced Email right now (i much prefer it to anything else i tried). i am doing a few more tests but if i can't get it to work, i am going to do full wipe and flash SHOstock again and see if it helped.
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Were you having these issues on the stock email app? I've read that the calendar sync from enhanced email caused a big battery drain.
I did try the stock email and it was actually worse. Oh and I have Calender sync disabled in both email clients.
Rattles said:
i triple checked my settings and they are actually identical to the settings that i had when i was on GB. this is such a weird thing since it happened both on AOKP and on SHOstock and i already tried different modems.
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Is your phone abnormally warm? I had an issue with something not syncing correctly, so exchange was constantly trying to sync and killing the battery. I deleted the accounts and re-added, syncing things one at a time and it worked.
I run two exchange accounts, my work and personal, and I have no issues now.
Aokp here, not a single issue to report with exchange
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alright, i once again disabled all calender syncs and removed and re added the exchange account. with Enhanced Email, so far i don't see the exchange service acting weird so i will monitor it through the day and report back.
alright, another update:
after switching to enhanced email and disabling calender sync, i did a few more tests yesterday. i charged my phone to 100%, reset all the timers and left it over night. i woke up today to 94% battery and deep sleep was about 98% and there was only about 8 seconds of wake locks from email. it looks like everything is working as it should now but i will update again if the issue returns.
I sync my own exchange server as well as the one I administer from work. I too had random sync failures and drain using the stock Samsung email app included in shostock. The Samsung email app from GB was fine.
The ICS email app from CM9/AOKP works great. Only thing missing is sync scheduling. Quiet hours is a decent replacement. Looks like you found a workaround, just saying you're not alone.
Rattles said:
i triple checked my settings and they are actually identical to the settings that i had when i was on GB. this is such a weird thing since it happened both on AOKP and on SHOstock and i already tried different modems.
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I've had nothing but issues with the stock ICS Email/Exchange app, it won't recognize/authenticate me - no issues when using GB.
However, K9 and Touchdown both work fine. Touchdown works so well I was planning on buying it but now I read some reviews where they are not supporting rooted/custom roms so I may just stick with K9.
I have been on all of the versions of Shostock2 and I have not had any issues with exchange other than when I flashed V1 where I had exchange wake lock issues. I resolved it by wiping and re flashing and have had no issues since.
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No Exchange issues to report, un-modded yakju IMM76I OTA.
I work for a big corporation, so I connect to Exchange servers supported by corporate IT.
I'm currently on I9100XWLP7, but this is already the third ICS version where this happens randomly. I always did a full wipe before and after flashing, and I did not restore any Settings using Titanium Backup (in fact, restoring System Settings always causes trouble).
The Problem is not the application (K9, Social Hub, Android stock ecc.) you are using, but the stock Exchange ActiveSync implementation of ICS. This Problem also happens on some ICS 4.0.4 Nexus, so actually there is no hope for a decent solution with the current 4.0.3 on the SGS2.
Deleting and re-adding the accounts helps for some days, or even weeks, but eventually it will reappear.
I noticed that disconnections between the Server and the device seem to be crucial for this to happen. The last time I did a full wipe the SGS2 worked flawlessly for about one week, until we had a Problem with the HDSL in our company. After restoring the connection, the Problem reappeared and since them every now and then the SGS2 gets hot and I have a massive battery drain, no mather what Settings (even Default Settings don't work).
This does not happen on any device with GB.
Stopping the Exchange Services sometimes helps. They will be restarted next time you open the email app. If you are lucky, than it's solved for some hours, if not, it continues to cause massive wakelocks.
You described my symptoms exactly.
Do you know if Touchdown uses the same service or implemented their own?
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Touchdown works so well I was planning on buying it but now I read some reviews where they are not supporting rooted/custom roms so I may just stick with K9.
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Touchdown works for me on rooted and custom roms. It just became officially supported at work, and custom roms are explicitly included by my IT department.
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[Q] [Problem - ] sync is currently experiencing problems...it will be back shortly

I posted this in another forum, and no response. Hoping someone can help. Perhaps I missed an FAQ somewhere.
I searched and found the "sync is currently experiencing problems it will be back shortly" problem that others are experiencing, but most of the issues seem to be with the contacts. My problem is with the internet sync. See screenshot. Here's what I've tried:
- Searched this forum and Google
- Cleared the stock internet browser data / cache
- Factory reset on previous ROM and tried again
- Flashed another ROM (after full wipe)
- Since I use 2-step authentication, I tried disabling and re-logging in
None of those things worked. Everything is syncing fine except internet. I love the feature, but it is not a showstopper for me. It is important to understand the problem is in the Accounts & sync settings only, so swapping the browser shouldn't make a difference. {Edit: switching to Chrome browser didn't make a difference)
I am on ViperRez 1.0.3, stock browser. Previously, I was on Nils' Business ICS 4.0.3 Sense 3.6 which had the Google Now installed on it. The problem started when the Google Now servers wet down a few days ago. Since then I've had this internet sync problem. Not sure if that is related.
Is there anything I can reset? Any other suggestions? Any more information I should provide?
Needa916 said:
I posted this in another forum, and no response. Hoping someone can help. Perhaps I missed an FAQ somewhere.
I searched and found the "sync is currently experiencing problems it will be back shortly" problem that others are experiencing, but most of the issues seem to be with the contacts. My problem is with the internet sync. See screenshot. Here's what I've tried:
- Searched this forum and Google
- Cleared the stock internet browser data / cache
- Factory reset on previous ROM and tried again
- Flashed another ROM (after full wipe)
- Since I use 2-step authentication, I tried disabling and re-logging in
None of those things worked. Everything is syncing fine except internet. I love the feature, but it is not a showstopper for me. It is important to understand the problem is in the Accounts & sync settings only, so swapping the browser shouldn't make a difference. {Edit: switching to Chrome browser didn't make a difference)
I am on ViperRez 1.0.3, stock browser. Previously, I was on Nils' Business ICS 4.0.3 Sense 3.6 which had the Google Now installed on it. The problem started when the Google Now servers wet down a few days ago. Since then I've had this internet sync problem. Not sure if that is related.
Is there anything I can reset? Any other suggestions? Any more information I should provide?
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GOOGLE. and all it side add ons have alot of people and accts.. at any particular time a server can be experiencing maxamim capacity as im sure most of us has seen this happen on face book and good OLD myspace as well. its usually momentary but can last for days.. i get it alot for my email sync but im constantly syncing things.. my contacts too cuz i resync them everyfew days to make sure everythings in google and not just my phone.. hopefully youll see it come back soon.
Thanks, I've been waiting a week but I'll hang on and wait some more. Like I said, not a huge deal but it would be nice again to have that feature.
Have you tried turning that sync off and then back on?
Yes, I try that once a day. Happened on a freshly flashed rom. Just strange.
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I got this when I disabled my stock browser. the problem went away when I reenabled it. you might want to check whether you disable any google apps
I have the same problem but for gmail. Is there any fix? I am on nils 3.6. It's been like this for a month or so.
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Nappyloxs said:
I have the same problem but for gmail. Is there any fix? I am on nils 3.6. It's been like this for a month or so.
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Same issue (with browser) here. Fresh flash of cm10.1 jb v4.2.2 kindle fire first gen. So?

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