Hey, I was just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this?
Well pretty much, I've noticed that the time / clock within the status bar will start to lag behind the actual time of the device. This is more apparent when I'll turn on the screen, and view the lockscreen - the lockscreen clock will display a time that's "Correct" where as the status bar will display something that lags behind. This can range from a few minutes, to hours, in some cases.
For now, I've remedied this by changing the time settings from 12H to 24H and just leaving it there, and when it happens again, 24H to 12H...
Black XS
Unlocked Bootloader
Rooted
Rom: MooDeD ICS 90.6
Kernel: XSX 3.5
I'm not sure if it would be related to the kernel, but I suppose it might be worth taking a look into?
Attached, is a screenshot showcasing what I've just typed up.
Thanks for taking the time to read.
its a issue you can fix it with this tutorial! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDtnkc63RP0
Managed to isolate the problem to being most likely my carrier having a screwed up network time.
Remedy is to use "Built in clock".
Mod's can close this, thanks.
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First of all i would like to thank all you chef's for the great menu you provide
Tastes are incredibly smooth and you use fresh ingredients all the time
What else could i ask?
On the second thought i can ask something
I have become irritating asking the same question in differnet roms
Maybe it is a problem in my touch pro
Why does my clock lose synchronisation?
One moment all ok and suddenly time stays stuck...
I repair it and all is good again
But suddenly this happens again
An one more thing
In some roms while i use gmt+2 athens it changes it by itself in [email protected]@#@ something i cannot remember
Thank you for the time you took reading it and for the time you take making these great roms
p.s
Maybe there are more with the same problem
If there are please state it to see that i am not alone in this cruel world
Me too
I am also facing the same issue nowadays. I am using RRE23016v3Manila ROM version. This is a new issue i got after flashing this.
wrong clock too
I have the same problem too with the clock..and all the appointments'time becoming error too..
This issue is solved in Manila 2.1. You can also fix it with this.
Ok with time zone
But i do not lose 1 hour
I lose 20 minutes for example
it is not a timezone problem
I saw this answered by deksels in another thread. Here is deksels answer:
Originally Posted by deksels View Post
Please take a look at Start --> Settings --> Sounds & Notifications and then under missed calls or text messages you can find flash for ... in time
Clock gets out of sync
Like others here, I face the same problem. At a certain moment I will loose sync of time. The amount the clock is off varies per event.
It is not a DST issue, but something else.
It seems that it occurs randomly, but mostly after an event (alarm or reminder) occured.
Any one any suggestion what is happening here?
Although it is claimed that the issue has been solved with Manila 2.1, it is still occurring sporadically. The only way to fix it is to set the clock right in Settings -> Clock & Alarms. Just do not touch the big clock in TF3D ;-)
Cheers...
and when i touch it when i talk on phone???
lol that's what i thought it was the problem
Wrong clock
i also experienced the same problem...it's not about timezone or manila.i use energy rom 3.0...it's so irritating when you realize you are late for something important as the clock stuck at certain time..maybe i should buy a watch someday
baang43 said:
i also experienced the same problem...it's not about timezone or manila.i use energy rom 3.0...it's so irritating when you realize you are late for something important as the clock stuck at certain time..maybe i should buy a watch someday
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I'm having a similar issue and it's using 6.5 without Manila. The clock appears to stick and when I "tab" the power button to turn on the display, only then does it suddenly try to update the time on the display and it usually 1 - 2 minutes behind or forward on the Titantium/CHome Clock app than the "Top Bar" clock. This also causes issues when an alarm is set and goes off. Dismissing the alarm will sometimes cause the time to suddenly reverse one minute so the next minute, the alarm sounds again. This morning, it looped 3 times!
Been using the clocksync app from market. Using it to auto correct the time drift issue I keep experiencing.
Every time you hit the windows button and open that menu bar, the clock is fine. As soon as you close it your clock stops 'ticking' until the menu is closed usually causing up to 3 seconds of time drift, over the course of a day my time usually half an hour out at least.
Download the app and try opening and closing the menu and test it for yourself
Why does this happen? I'm happy using this app to resync time every few hours if I have to, just reporting this bug like a good tester xD
Edit: I can confirm that most interaction with the ui pauses the clock. For example, closing a menu or sliding down the notification bar.
ryannathans said:
Been using the clocksync app from market. Using it to auto correct the time drift issue I keep experiencing.
Every time you hit the windows button and open that menu bar, the clock is fine. As soon as you close it your clock stops 'ticking' until the menu is closed usually causing up to 3 seconds of time drift, over the course of a day my time usually half an hour out at least.
Download the app and try opening and closing the menu and test it for yourself
Why does this happen? I'm happy using this app to resync time every few hours if I have to, just reporting this bug like a good tester xD
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this was already known if you read the frx04 thread then you would know that everyone suggests you use clocksync because the clock is still bugged..
shatred said:
this was already known if you read the frx04 thread then you would know that everyone suggests you use clocksync because the clock is still bugged..
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Actually, this is the first time I've seen someone suggest that they've found a concrete way of reproducing the problem.
However, this is certainly not the only source of clock drift, since I get clock drift when my phone is just sitting there doing nothing. Nonetheless, the fact that it's reproducible will hopefully be helpful to some dev in running down the problem.
the clock is always off, when its sleeping or idle even when you are using it the clock is ALWAYS off a couple ms and those ms increase every second. so bassicly after 15min in life the clock on your phone thinks it have only been 14 mins.
Use clock sync people! its free downloadable from the market and you can set it to auto set time every 30min, 1 hour, 2 hours etc. i prefer every 1 hour as that is very accurate
i did not read it good sorry*
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Actually, this is the first time I've seen someone suggest that they've found a concrete way of reproducing the problem.
However, this is certainly not the only source of clock drift, since I get clock drift when my phone is just sitting there doing nothing. Nonetheless, the fact that it's reproducible will hopefully be helpful to some dev in running down the problem.
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I can confirm that menu open/close actions do cause clock drift. Not sure why ryannathan's menu takes so long to close. In my case, my menu closes a lot faster and the system clock loses only a few hundredths of a second each time (not a fixed amount, it is variable).
It's especially obvious when you are within ClockSync as the "offset" number increases in magnitude rapidly when you hit the menu button over and over again to repeatedly open/close it.
Edit: Looks like it doesn't help that we don't seem to have access to an RTC. I was curious to see how well the hardware clock was keeping in sync as compared to our system clock, but hwclock can't find an RTC to access.
Is there currently anyone working on this issue?
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Is there currently anyone working on this issue?
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i guess not, as most important things are worked on now like battery life, wake up, sleep and a stable running system.
shatred said:
i guess not, as most important things are worked on now like battery life, wake up, sleep and a stable running system.
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I think it's unreasonable to expect work to "kick off" in less than a day. It is probably bumped up in priority thanks to a reproducible scenario, however, it's a pretty deep-down bug so the people most likely to have the skills to work it are the ones working on power management right now.
(e.g. I have barely any clue where to even start with something like this, so I'll be sticking with my GPS work for now.)
Updated first post to include information about most interections with ui. Check the edit.
Can someone confirm this?
I purchased my SGS3 about 4 months ago from the middle-east.
I have a series of problems (possibly problems cause I am new to Android phones). I am listing them down here in hope that someone will tell me how to solve them.
The flash of blue
This happened once or twice about a month ago. Whenever I pressed the power button to unlock the phone, the complete screen went solid blue for a flash of a second and then I saw the flower on the home screen.
Is this a hardware issue ? Signs of failing hardware ?
The home screen redraw / lag issue
When I press the home button to exit an app, say Chrome, the screen re-draws itself. The icons take some time to show up back on the screen.
Initially I thought it was related to cache being full. However, cleaning it using ES Task Manager was of no help. The re-drawing continues.
I also disabled the SVoice on double-click home button. No
I saw a YouTube video which says that there is a bug fix but it is available only for UK phones.
Here is the video: /watch?v=5uYw3mVhiuY
Again, is it a failing GPU ?
The grainy screen
Title says it all. The screen seems to be grainy. The grains seems to be more visible under low brightness and on grayish backgrounds. I tested the screen using the screen tester that comes with ES Task Manager. When the color goes to whitish-gray, I can see the grains. They are in bands - horizontal and vertical.
Low quality display
This is not related to grainy screen. This is related to the pulling down of notification menu.
I happened to pull it down slowly while goofing around.
I noticed that the quality of the display gradually reduces as I pull it down. When my finger is near the last one-third of the screen, I see that blue color gets split into bands. A little further down, it looks like the background is some very low quality image.
The bit depth seems to be reducing, if that is a proper term.
Low RAM even on idle
Even when I use ES Task Manager to kill the apps, all I usually have remaining is 323 MB of the 800 MB of RAM that is there in the phone.
Why ?
Lag when opening settings
There is also a lag when I open different settings from settings menu.
If I click on the battery settings, there is a visible lag before the actual battery information pop up.
I know that was a lot of rant but being a beginner, I have no clue how to go about solving any of these.
Thanks for reading.
I hope you can help me solve most of these. If not, please let me know if I should return the phone to Samsung.
As for usage, very light use for casual gaming, web browsing, YouTube videos, reading books.
I haven't dropped the phone at all nor have I modded it in any way.
I have tested it using AnTuTu and it gives my phone 16000+ points. Does that indicate phone is fine ?
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
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JJEgan said:
Basics read first.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2344125
Critical you read the first two posts .
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So, sir, you are basically saying that I must root the phone ?
littleandroidkid said:
So, sir, you are basically saying that I must root the phone ?
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No i am saying read and understand the basics first .as you dont have a clue
Then search for your problems .
Or take the phone to s service centre and let them see multiple problems .
Though your warranty is initially with the seller Samsung warranty is an extra limited warranty .
littleandroidkid said:
I purchased my SGS3 about 4 months ago from the middle-east.
I have a series of problems (possibly problems cause I am new to Android phones). I am listing them down here in hope that someone will tell me how to solve them.
The flash of blue
This happened once or twice about a month ago. Whenever I pressed the power button to unlock the phone, the complete screen went solid blue for a flash of a second and then I saw the flower on the home screen.
Is this a hardware issue ? Signs of failing hardware ?
this happens for everyone no matter what! this just appears randomly and this isn't any problem so far!
The home screen redraw / lag issue
When I press the home button to exit an app, say Chrome, the screen re-draws itself. The icons take some time to show up back on the screen.
Initially I thought it was related to cache being full. However, cleaning it using ES Task Manager was of no help. The re-drawing continues.
I also disabled the SVoice on double-click home button. No
it depends mostly on the background processes! the less they are, the less the lag will be.
I saw a YouTube video which says that there is a bug fix but it is available only for UK phones.
Here is the video: /watch?v=5uYw3mVhiuY
this firmware is way too old buddy! it's 4.0.4! we are already nearer to 4.3! the XXEMG4 and the later firmwares are the latest and there is much less lag when you press the home button like redrawing of apps.
Again, is it a failing GPU ?
The grainy screen
Title says it all. The screen seems to be grainy. The grains seems to be more visible under low brightness and on grayish backgrounds. I tested the screen using the screen tester that comes with ES Task Manager. When the color goes to whitish-gray, I can see the grains. They are in bands - horizontal and vertical.
can't answer this! i have no such problems.
Low quality display
This is not related to grainy screen. This is related to the pulling down of notification menu.
I happened to pull it down slowly while goofing around.
I noticed that the quality of the display gradually reduces as I pull it down. When my finger is near the last one-third of the screen, I see that blue color gets split into bands. A little further down, it looks like the background is some very low quality image.
The bit depth seems to be reducing, if that is a proper term.
this never happened to me and never been reported so far.
Low RAM even on idle
Even when I use ES Task Manager to kill the apps, all I usually have remaining is 323 MB of the 800 MB of RAM that is there in the phone.
Why ?
more free ram? try rooting and use greenify
Lag when opening settings
There is also a lag when I open different settings from settings menu.
If I click on the battery settings, there is a visible lag before the actual battery information pop up.
never happened to me! can't answer this either!
I know that was a lot of rant but being a beginner, I have no clue how to go about solving any of these.
Thanks for reading.
I hope you can help me solve most of these. If not, please let me know if I should return the phone to Samsung.
As for usage, very light use for casual gaming, web browsing, YouTube videos, reading books.
I haven't dropped the phone at all nor have I modded it in any way.
I have tested it using AnTuTu and it gives my phone 16000+ points. Does that indicate phone is fine ?
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benchmarks vary second to second and they don't mean much.
have a good day :good:
Got the OTA update to L on my 6833. Yes, it has made the already smooth animation slightly smoother but otherwise what is there? The power widgets are gone, I had to install third party Power Toggles app. The new notification swipe down is annoying, having to swipe up when waking device is annoying. The status bar colors are inconsistent. The menus look childish looking.
Without being dramatic, did Sony take all this time to make sure it ran without crashing? Because I notice very few changes (not even improvements, just any changes) on the UI. I must be missing something.
more than that:
can only set one volume at a time.
either portrait or auto, you can't force landscape like in KK.
animations are fluid, but the functionality isn't. My opinion is, if the device has extra power that it can use to make things animate, slide and fade all over the place, better to put that extra power into making the device perform faster. Anyone here who prefers prettier animations instead of faster functionality?
low resolution screenshots in the recents screen. wat. Seriously... wat? Also, the way they've made it it is faster to just go to the apps screen and open whatever app i want, instead of waiting for the recents screen to load and then scroll awkwardly through the programs... Also, you can only see three recent apps. On a device with 6" of screen. three. think about it.
Also... what is the point of having screenshots, anyway? icons are faster, easier to distinguish, take fewer resources and smaller area on screen.
I agree fully on the recent apps screenshots. The blurry images are embarrassing and don't at all go with the clean/sharp theme of everything else. I don't understand why they've made it low res, can't be for performance given no restraint or need anywhere else. Bizarre!
There is over-prettying. For example, the stupid screen swipe up to unlock (after hitting the power button already), the sparkles are just so unnecessary, it is one of the few places the phone actually seems to struggle pulling off the effect.
At the moment my biggest problem is with Yahoo Mail. The account does not seem to auto-sync despite all the settings being correct and even when I force the sync manually the notifications don't show. I've uninstalled and reinstalled, most likely Yahoo to blame, their webmail is always breaking but never ever had a single issue before with KK. This is problematic because it is effectively no longer push email, I have to manually check 50 times a day.
My biggest annoyance is the inability to reclaim the Google search bar area in the Home Screen. I don't want that search button, why can't I use that space, and why a stupid dot to represent the pages of the Homescreen when I only have 1.
Is there actually anything different/new on the backend? My issues aren't severe enough to go back to KK (yet) but seeing what I see, I would have no problem whatsoever buying an Xperia Sony will not upgrade beyond KK.
jess91 said:
Got the OTA update to L on my 6833. Yes, it has made the already smooth animation slightly smoother but otherwise what is there? The power widgets are gone, I had to install third party Power Toggles app. The new notification swipe down is annoying, having to swipe up when waking device is annoying. The status bar colors are inconsistent. The menus look childish looking.
Without being dramatic, did Sony take all this time to make sure it ran without crashing? Because I notice very few changes (not even improvements, just any changes) on the UI. I must be missing something.
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I agree with you about small changes. I even face some strange problems in my WiFi. the mac address haven't change, but I can't connect to my work WiFi protected network. Sometimes it connects in limited status. One of my friends which updated his Ultra has this problem too.I could connect it to my laptop adhoc wifi netwrok, but for one time. it even can't connect to that network anymore. I rolled back to my stock 14.4.A.0.133 backup. and a'm waiting to fixes from sony.
Agree with you guys. And that stock greenish blueish greyish statusbar color pisses me off! Anybody knows how to change that color?
Quite pathetic attempt by a mod to bury this thread by moving it to this section. If negative feedback on L bothers you so much, delete the thread and censor it outright. Sad day for xda.
I have a strange situation that keeps happening. Every so often the wallpaper on my Pixel 6 will change to a solid color (that resembles the theme of the wallpaper I had active - for example sometimes it is gray, other times brown). From that point I can't seem to get rid of the solid color unless I reboot the phone. After a reboot the correct (previously active) wallpaper is shown. When the solid color is there it is almost like it is on top of the wallpaper because in the wallpaper settings the pixel thinks that the wallpaper is set properly and if I change the wallpaper there the solid color just persists and I never get an updated wallpaper.
Does anyone know how to fix this? It seems to happen most after I have used Android Auto, but happens at other seemingly random times too. I appreciate any help as I have tried many things with no success.
Not sure about you but I have a IFTTT applet that changes my desktop to black if my battery gets low. Well I know that now. I forgot about it though after setting it up. Drove me ****ing bonkers. I spent the better part of my free time in the evenings for a several days coming back to the mystery after work. I was digging into some deep reading in developer forums and official studio documentation after a full stock fresh start and it was still occuring.
Are you using any theming, root, power saving, optimization type apps? Or remote access, docking? Could be a setting or feature of what you're connected to. Can you reproduce it at will? or is it genuinely random. Did you change any settings related to freeform windows, overlays, hardware acceleration, Or systemUI mods, tweaks, or any hidden settings. If you have root, do you have any modules you haven't really tested for compatibility? Does it happen at certain times? only with certain events or places? Do you have assistant set up? automation, tasking? Set up any routines to run in the background that might be failing to do something with the wallpaper and just defaults to best possible match. Have you changed anything to do with locations of your media, where apps are installed, or what folders they have access to? Are you casting to wireless screens? enabled any "second screen" features or settings? Have you modified the DPI beyond stock ranges. Maybe your accidently putting the screen on something with similar conductivity with skin and have smart lock enabled and your getting random input while not using it.
Could be a lot of things.
Identify specifics, change something, track results; rinse repeat.
Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried some and will look into others. Based on lack of activity this does not seem like a widespread issue, so it is likely just some software causing this issue. I will continue to investigate and hopefully find the culprit. Thank you again!