Why has my phone become slow? (JB) - Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I installed LI5 when it first got leaked, and was stunned by the speed increase it had over ol' ICS...
I absolutely loved it, and used it for quite some time. When LI8 leaked out I flashed that, but somehow felt that it was a bit slower than LI5, and so I flashed back to LI5, which worked great. (These 2 flashes were done without any wipe/format)
Then after a long time of using LI5, it started showing some signs of sluggishness and jerkiness, especially on the Apex homescreen. Just sliding across the homescreens seemed to be taxing the processor! I tried to tweak some settings, removed some recently installed apps etc. but nothing worked. I just couldn't understand it! Something that was working perfectly suddenly became slow!
I tried to ignore it too but it got too frustrating after a while. Then I decided to install LIB, this time after doing a full wipe and format. So I did a Titanium backup of apps+system data, formatted system, cache, the whole thing and flashed LIB through Odin. Then restored apps+data.
Well here it is. It's much better than what was frustrating me before, but still not as good as the Butter experience on LI5 when I first installed it. :crying:
What went wrong?? I hope to goodness nothing has happened to the hardware!
Please help me solve the issue.

Try another rom could be rom is bad
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g4rvd4 said:
What went wrong?? I hope to goodness nothing has happened to the hardware!
Please help me solve the issue.
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Why don't you try full wipe?
You should have done it between LI5 and LI8. And, never restore data with Titanium, unless it's on the original ROM.

grandis12 said:
Why don't you try full wipe?
You should have done it between LI5 and LI8. And, never restore data with Titanium, unless it's on the original ROM.
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There is no need to full wipe between LI5 and 8.
And as for what you say about titanium, that is just ridiculous, what would be the point of titanium if that was all you could do with it.
I've taken backups I've made on LI8 and am now using them on an aosp based ROM. No problems.
Seriously, you can't go around saying stuff like that, someone might take you seriously.
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You 'shouldn't' restore system data. User data is fine obviously.
And as for your issue, I have no idea. I'm on LIB and seems fine.
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I9100XWKK2 port on SGH-I777 Best rom ever!

Hello everyone,
I installed the I9100LUXKJ1
Luxembourg version directly using odin, and I have to say ti is the best rom I have ever tryied on my SGS II-I777.
How do I extract the kernel from it? I'd like to root it and then clean it up a bit.
For you developers there, If you haven't tried this rom, please do, it is the cleanest one I have seen.
Almost everything works great out of the box, H+ speeds, camera, phone, etc.
However, two of the physical keys don't work, and the hume key actually goes back.
any ideas to help me start on the development of this rom? I would appreciate if you include any threads for me to follow. It's hard to find an all inclusive guide for SGS II.
Unless you are a Dev who knows his way around a kernel I would suggest flashing entropys hellraiser for i9100 roms to start. Just search for hellraiser gs2. It should fix call issues and soft keys (flashes entropys att kernel) as well as a modem designed for our phones.
Sounds like maybe you need to read a few,of the stickies to freshen up you gs2 DOS and DONTS..
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Any movement on this ? Screenshots?
NassosG said:
Hello everyone,
I installed the I9100LUXKJ1
Luxembourg version directly using odin, and I have to say ti is the best rom I have ever tryied on my SGS II-I777.
How do I extract the kernel from it? I'd like to root it and then clean it up a bit.
For you developers there, If you haven't tried this rom, please do, it is the cleanest one I have seen.
Almost everything works great out of the box, H+ speeds, camera, phone, etc.
However, two of the physical keys don't work, and the hume key actually goes back.
any ideas to help me start on the development of this rom? I would appreciate if you include any threads for me to follow. It's hard to find an all inclusive guide for SGS II.
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Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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akira02rex said:
Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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Not all slow down. There are a few on here that stay fast. MIUI for example and sensation rom
akira02rex said:
Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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That's why you flash a new one every couple days! LOL
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akira02rex said:
Roms always feel smooth and fresh after just flashing. Use it heavily for a few weeks and watch it slow down like the rest.
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thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
you should include a changelog and other stats, along with a download link in the dev section.
This does not belong in Development - you did not create it, it doesn't belong here.
A report that you flashed an I9100 ROM and it broke everything that always breaks when running an unmodified I9100 ROM on an I777 is barely worthy of its own thread anywhere, most definitely not in the Development section since you did not do any Development of any sort.
Enzopreme said:
thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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Does deleting cache or dalvik cache ruin anything? I usually only do that before flashing a new ROM, but wouldn't mind doing this occasionally to make my ROM faster
Cache, more less where Android stores your frequently accessed data.
Dalvik-cache, makes some changes and optimizes dex file of an apk then stores that file in data/dalvik-cache/ so that dalvik doesn't have to do it every time you load an app. Makes access times faster.
Long story short both are safe to wipe. Just expect 2-3 minute wait time on boot after wipe
Running ICScrewD ROM
jivy26 said:
Cache, more less where Android stores your frequently accessed data.
Dalvik-cache, makes some changes and optimizes dex file of an apk then stores that file in data/dalvik-cache/ so that dalvik doesn't have to do it every time you load an app. Makes access times faster.
Long story short both are safe to wipe. Just expect 2-3 minute wait time on boot after wipe
Running ICScrewD ROM
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So it speeds up access times, and slows down the rest of the system as the cached files build up?
Enzopreme said:
thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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Nice tip!!! I didn't realize this but certainly makes perfect sense... Guess I'll be clearing my caches regularly from now on
Enzopreme said:
thats because massive cahe page files build up, reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and your back to new. A ROM isn't alive, lol, theres no reason for it to get old and slow down after awhile, just maintain it the right way and it'll work just like brand new.
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What? If this were the case, wouldn't the cache in a typical phone become unusably large eventually since the typical user has no idea that recovery mode even exists? And if it really happened, wouldn't Google Android Team Engineers/Samsung Engineers/XDA Devs have thought to automatically purge the cache periodically, or else limit its size/growth?
Smells like a fix in search of a problem.

smoothest, least buggy ROM?

What is the smoothest ROM out there right now (custom or not)? I love the work that the guys do on here, but I'm just getting fed up with FC's and insane lag on my phone. The three ICS roms I've tried have been the original team perfection port, then seraphim, then the unofficial. All of them i've experienced super smooth performance at one point, and then for periods of time the phone just craps out and gives me constant FC's or lag to the point where it takes 5 seconds for the phone to register my action.
Really getting sick of buggines, makes me miss my windows phone (not really though). Is the newest stock ICS ROM the most stable?
cgibsong002 said:
Is the newest stock ICS ROM the most stable?
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It is for me at least. Rooted and debloated it myself and running unsecure kernel. My phablet is AWESOME
I always find odexed roms to be silky smooth.
Not trying to be a d!ck but "best/smoothest/fastest" rom post are not gonna help you
Its always gonna be on the user end.
If you're having problems
Start from a clean slate
Odin to make sure you're coming from a super clean state
Wipe wipe wipe every flash unless told not to
I personally Odin every other rom to make sure everything is running smooth
And every rom I've tried so far runs perfectly
on my phone (unless rom has broken features of course )
But try different stuff out.
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jayRokk said:
Not trying to be a d!ck but "best/smoothest/fastest" rom post are not gonna help you
Its always gonna be on the user end.
If you're having problems
Start from a clean slate
Odin to make sure you're coming from a super clean state
Wipe wipe wipe every flash unless told not to
I personally Odin every other rom to make sure everything is running smooth
And every rom I've tried so far runs perfectly
on my phone (unless rom has broken features of course )
But try different stuff out.
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I'm new to Android but have had this phone for a few months and have flashed a number of roms. You very well might be right and I hope so. All the roms I've tried recently seem to run nice at first then become unusable.
I'm on unofficial now and I hate using my phone because everything freezes and crashes all the time.
So what's going on? I also wipe everything before flashing. What do you mean by using Odin? Flash the ROM through there rather than recovery? I only used Odin once for root.
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Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
studacris said:
Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
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If cwm is all I need why am I having so many issues?
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My guess, you have an app, or a few that are junking up the cache partition. Causing sluggish performance.
I'M running the team perfection rom also... while i love all the features, every ****ing day i get 100 FC's. Seems like it is always something right?
I used to use SauROM RC4 and i never updated because i had * ZERO * issues.... NEVER had any problems.
I have been running the same application since day 1... seems like some Roms can handle it and some can't, but i feel you completely.
I don't agree with the other guys comment, i've been flashing/OC'ing/Tweaking for ages and it seems that some Roms just Crash Crash Crash F**king CRASH LOL!!
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studacris said:
Running Odin before hand is farting in the wind....
The cwm wipe is all you need.
Of after a bit your stuff gets unstable, wipe caches and that usually speeds things back up.
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CWM is a God-Sent. So convenient and easy to use with many functions
studacris said:
My guess, you have an app, or a few that are junking up the cache partition. Causing sluggish performance.
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quite possibly. any way to check? or are you talking about apps that are taking up much ram?
cgibsong002 said:
quite possibly. any way to check? or are you talking about apps that are taking up much ram?
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get cache cleaner if you talking about that
Guys there is no smoothest or best. Each rom will run differently depending on the user setup and apps installed. Most bugs and FC I have seen come from either A. Not wiping system and data before flashing, or B. people restoring system App or data which can cause issues between roms.
And before you ask "Does this mean I have to reset up all my settings, WiFi points, email settings, Launcher widgets and ect?" The answer is yes. This is the price you pay for flashing custom roms.
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[Q] AOKP Build 40 Google Issue

I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
Go into cwm and wipe cache and dalvid cache
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dirtbikerr450 said:
Go into cwm and wipe cache and dalvid cache
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Did not work.
I wiped /data earlier today, so I don't know what could be happening..
I guess it's time to go back to phone bricker and start over..
It does have some issues but I can reconnect and resync w/o problem.
have you tried fixing permissions?
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I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
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Have you tried redownloading gapps, sometimes it's just a bad download.
Full wipe
mikeflash said:
I don't know why but it seems that I can't connect to google servers. If I open google play, I get the loading forever, same with gmail if I search something.
This happens while on wifi and/or network data.
I tried reflashing gapps. Also, clearing market cache.
Other apps can use internet like they normally do, it's just google services that are not working for me.
What can I do?
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I just flashed build 40 and no problems at all. As all the dev's say if you have any problems do a full wipe. that should fix your problem.
i second the full wipe. custom kernal? Other than cherry picker?
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Its not the ROM. Its you.
Does your Data/Wifi work for anything else?
ehh who cares. Full wipe and reflash.
A full data wipe was done hours before this issue started.. anyway i flashed another rom and all is good now.
Aokp is good but not as stable as i would want.
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mikeflash said:
A full data wipe was done hours before this issue started.. anyway i flashed another rom and all is good now.
Aokp is good but not as stable as i would want.
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AOKP is as stable if not better than all others. Just because you had an issue and couldnt figure it out, doesnt mean its the ROM. I among the many others have never had an issue with wifi. Hell I've never had an issue that i didnt cause...
Never say that AOKP is not stable. We own these streets
I was using aokp for a week or so, flashing every build as they were released. However, when they ask you for a full wipe before asking for assistance then you know a rom is not as stable.
I guess wiping data every week is not the way i want to go. I hate setting up everything after a full wipe... nandroid backups didn't help much this time.
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MotoMudder77 said:
AOKP is as stable if not better than all others. Just because you had an issue and couldnt figure it out, doesnt mean its the ROM. I among the many others have never had an issue with wifi. Hell I've never had an issue that i didnt cause...
Never say that AOKP is not stable. We own these streets
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U know those pink unicorns are everywhere to be found.
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mikeflash said:
I was using aokp for a week or so, flashing every build as they were released. However, when they ask you for a full wipe before asking for assistance then you know a rom is not as stable.
I guess wiping data every week is not the way i want to go. I hate setting up everything after a full wipe... nandroid backups didn't help much this time.
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Dude you're so wrong I don't even know where to begin
To start off with, a developers support philosophy has nothing to do with how stable the rom is
You don't have to wipe every week, I go a few weeks without wiping and have had no issues
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Are you sure your Google account is set up on the phone?
Menu> system settings> accounts and sync.
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Nick281051 said:
Dude you're so wrong I don't even know where to begin
To start off with, a developers support philosophy has nothing to do with how stable the rom is
You don't have to wipe every week, I go a few weeks without wiping and have had no issues
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This is not my first android, though it is my first aokp rom. I didn't say i had to wipe data every time i flashed, what bothers me is that rom maker asks for a full wipe before assisting you. Something like, when flashing this rom, a full wipe is recommended, though not necessary... But should any issue arise (and they will, eventually) wipe data first and ask questions later.
That's what i mean when i say this rom is not stable. Sure, one could just flash aokp and ignore updates and maybe it will last longer before needing a full wipe, but that's not my case. I love flashing roms but having to wipe more than once a month is just unacceptable for me. Maybe there are people out there who don't mind wiping data that often, so aokp is for them.
Other than that, aokp is a good rom.
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That has nothing to do with stability. NOTHING. its a fact of android. **** go south. wipe.
You say its not your first android, But hell, a wipe for issues is the FIRST thing I learned years ago.
dont want to wipe, stay stock or get an iphone.
Wiping for issues is something that EVERY ROM has. not just AOKP. Task just plays it smart and doesnt waste time trying to diagnose before hand. Common sense man.
I'd just drop it if I was you.
I don't know who, but one of us is terrible wrong about this. I think a wipe should not be needed as often, since android should be a very stable operating system. You think full wipe is something acceptable because android is not as stable as other operating systems, maybe I'm asking too much or maybe you are way too conformist.
But whatever, I'm not saying aokp is bad, I'm just angry i lost like 10+ hours of cafeteria nipponica, I had 3 restaurants and lots of money, though i lost that because i was too lazy to backup via cwm and figure out how to restore specific data later..
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Hey bro,
Just letting you know, in case you haven't noticed... AOKP has a strong following here.
Beware of open criticism, you're gonna get chewed alive. :laugh:
My advice: drop it and move on. Arguing over the internet is pointless. What you are mentioning is not going to change.
Thankfully in Android we have a choice , if you don't want to follow a rom maintainer's policy, there's always another one.
Even for I777 you can hellraise a I9100 if there isn't one here that you like.
I'd recommend you CM9 as a good alternative. Personally I never have experienced issues with Google Services when using AOKP but YMMV.
Regards.
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I don't know who, but one of us is terrible wrong about this. I think a wipe should not be needed as often, since android should be a very stable operating system. You think full wipe is something acceptable because android is not as stable as other operating systems, maybe I'm asking too much or maybe you are way too conformist.
But whatever, I'm not saying aokp is bad, I'm just angry i lost like 10+ hours of cafeteria nipponica, I had 3 restaurants and lots of money, though i lost that because i was too lazy to backup via cwm and figure out how to restore specific data later..
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Its actually the same on any OS with updates, some things can get left behind, and what have you, Sometimes a crashed Windows machine is due to old files that got left behind. They have cleaners for that. In my experience Android gets messy after a while. Reboots are also needed on any machine to clean up cache and whatnot. few things to think about
Game data, could be saved on sdcard also, as most of my large games are. otherwise IDK the cwm way.
I liked your response honestly, it was very calm. Good luck man.

looking for advice, excuse the long post

sorry ahead of time for the rambling and wall of text.
i have a few questions i suppose. im currently running the latest 4.1.2 release on my razr. stock. i went through 2 phones recently because the update was wreacking havoc on them. before the update i loved my razr. only issue i had was battery life, but i cant lie, was my fault for playing battery hogging games ALOT. lol. so, i got my latest replacement phone. i have the same apps as before, minus a few ive ditched. the phone is feeling laggy/sluggish now. it may partly be from tsf shell, which i love but would ditch if need be to get my phone back, even though it never caused lag before the update.
From reading around the razr isnt getting another update antime soon, if at all. its pretty much on its last leg, as theyre moving away from it im sure. ive tried numerous things to get it running a bit smoother and its helped to an extent, but there is still some lag.
my question is, whats the best way to go from here to getting it running better. ive been rooted before and tried different custom roms, so im not against it, if thats the way to go. if it is, what custom rom is best? if there isnt a 'best' which would you recommend i try? i guess a 4.2.2 rom will probly be suggested. what are the major differences in the 2?
thanks for any opinions and advice.
If it is running slow, you could always use an app like is monitor to see if an app has gone rogue and is using up lots of ram or CPU. I doubt its tsf, as I used that for a very long time on mine without issues.
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Here ya go!
Hey there!
First off, for the lagging problem, I'm positive that your phone probably needs to be cleaned up. The stock JB that you currently have is supposed to be the most stable one there is.
For cleaning up, just get SD Maid, and clean up using all the options available.
WAIT! Can I get one thing straight? You did do a factory reset before upgrading to JB 4.1.1 from ICS, right?
A LOT of problems sprout from this simple fact actually. A factory reset is mandatory when upgrading from one kernel and ROM to another, be it stock or not.
In Custom ROMs, we tend to always encourage full wipes before flashing one ROM over another unless we are only doing a minor, from let's say, Liquidsmooth v2.4 to v2.7. Then, only the cache and dalvik has to be wiped.
Yep. Hope this helped. If the answer to my above question is no (you didn't full wipe), the nI would just recommend you to use TiB, backup all your apps and data, then factory reset and then restore using TiB. That should help.
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the phone im talking about came from the manufacturer by verizon with 4.1.2 on it, so im not sure if it was upgraded that way.
if i have to factory reset, whats the vest way of saving game data so i dont have to start all over?
im currently not rooted. will root if its needed.
thanks for the previous info.
Hmmm. A sticky situation, TBH.
Maybe you can try rooting and then this app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.thedarken.sdm
But I haven't quite got experience working with RAZRs which came with 4.1.1 installed..
So try out the app after rooting, and if that doesnt help, factory reset. Backup your apps and their data using Titanium Backup which is available for rooted phones.
If even after that things are laggy, then i suggest getting Liquidsmooth or MoKee Rom. They are pretty fast and lagless.

Galaxy S4 constant hot rebooting. Help please!

The past few days my phone has been rebooting constantly. Not a full reboot but like a hot-boot. It happens every single time I uninstall an app and more often than not when I install one. I have tried the phone in safe mode, as well as restoring back to mdk and the issue persists.
I am currently on HD15. No matter what I have done it still does this. I have also removed my sd card to see if that was it, and same thing happens. The battery isn't swollen and I really hope it isnt just hardware because I'd have to lose my mdk phone and that would suck. Any help or ideas is very appreciated. It's driving me insane.
Edit: The phone has also done it just when idling.
Hasn't happened to to anyone else?
Bummer.
RojoNinja said:
Hasn't happened to to anyone else?
Bummer.
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This has been mentioned a lot in the Hyperdrive thread. Apparently it's a pretty common problem with MDK phones. I think I read it has something to do with the kernel. You might want to check there.
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RojoNinja said:
The past few days my phone has been rebooting constantly. Not a full reboot but like a hot-boot. It happens every single time I uninstall an app and more often than not when I install one. I have tried the phone in safe mode, as well as restoring back to mdk and the issue persists.
I am currently on HD15. No matter what I have done it still does this. I have also removed my sd card to see if that was it, and same thing happens. The battery isn't swollen and I really hope it isnt just hardware because I'd have to lose my mdk phone and that would suck. Any help or ideas is very appreciated. It's driving me insane.
Edit: The phone has also done it just when idling.
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I had it happen on my MDK S4 when using HD15, but not so often as it seems to happen for you.
I'm using the GPE rom (4.4.2) and never had any similar issues with it.
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This has been mentioned a lot in the Hyperdrive thread. Apparently it's a pretty common problem with MDK phones. I think I read it has something to do with the kernel. You might want to check there.
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Which kernel? I've tried 3 different ones.
I also odin'd back to stock mdk and still freaking have the same issues. Though I did the no-wipe tar. I wonder if a completely clean slate would fix it. I may try tomorrow after backing everything up completely and making another nand-backup. I have no idea what else to do other than replace the battery and see if thats the issue, or replacement phone and lose my mdk one.
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Which kernel? I've tried 3 different ones.
I also odin'd back to stock mdk and still freaking have the same issues. Though I did the no-wipe tar. I wonder if a completely clean slate would fix it. I may try tomorrow after backing everything up completely and making another nand-backup. I have no idea what else to do other than replace the battery and see if thats the issue, or replacement phone and lose my mdk one.
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Yea try the full wipe from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Hopefully that helps and you don't need to get rid of your MDK phone
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Mistertac said:
Yea try the full wipe from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2289325
Hopefully that helps and you don't need to get rid of your MDK phone
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So I just did this and it appears to have worked. Right now I am rerooting and trying to decide whether or not I should try restoring HD from a twrp backup or just restoring my regular apps on mdk.
RojoNinja said:
So I just did this and it appears to have worked. Right now I am rerooting and trying to decide whether or not I should try restoring HD from a twrp backup or just restoring my regular apps on mdk.
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Well that's good news! Hopefully that issue is no more. I've used this same Odin file a few times and it's rescued me every time. I usually always go with a full wipe.
Also I flash KToonsez Kernel with every ROM I flash, Touchwiz or Aosp and it's treated me good each time.
only mentioning that since it was said that maybe this was kernel related somehow although I'm not sure why after you flashed the no wipe Odin file it still happened. Sounds like your phone just needed a good cleaning. I'd start fresh with whatever ROM you choose to flash.
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Mistertac said:
Well that's good news! Hopefully that issue is no more. I've used this same Odin file a few times and it's rescued me every time. I usually always go with a full wipe.
Also I flash KToonsez Kernel with every ROM I flash, Touchwiz or Aosp and it's treated me good each time.
only mentioning that since it was said that maybe this was kernel related somehow although I'm not sure why after you flashed the no wipe Odin file it still happened. Sounds like your phone just needed a good cleaning. I'd start fresh with whatever ROM you choose to flash.
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Hmm, yeah a clean flash would probably be best. But I will go ahead and restore user apps (and things like messages and accounts on my phone), I am fairly certain it had nothing to do with those.
Will report back with how that goes. But for now, a backup of the fresh MDK install, thanks for the help!
Right so I stayed on MDK for now, and restored pretty much everything. I think what may have broken things is trying to restore media storage (playlists) in titanium backup. after the clean mdk image I made a twrp backup and decided to only try the setting options that titanium backup does. Well one (or more I suppose) of those broke everything and the rebooting came back. I restored from the backup again and restored those settings one at a time, but left out some of the green colored backups in tibu, and all is well. I will however wait until HD16 before messing with another rom.
RojoNinja said:
Right so I stayed on MDK for now, and restored pretty much everything. I think what may have broken things is trying to restore media storage (playlists) in titanium backup. after the clean mdk image I made a twrp backup and decided to only try the setting options that titanium backup does. Well one (or more I suppose) of those broke everything and the rebooting came back. I restored from the backup again and restored those settings one at a time, but left out some of the green colored backups in tibu, and all is well. I will however wait until HD16 before messing with another rom.
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At least you know where the problem came from. I actually don't even bother saving and restoring with TiBu anymore because of issues that can sometimes pop up afterwards... I know for some though they really need to have their apps and data restored so just one of those things I guess
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