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I have been using the Eris for about a year and very soon rooted it using jcase's "Universal 1 Click Eris Root App Apk - No PCs, No Scripts Needed, EASY" method. It was wonderfully easy and it's working fine but I wondered if there has been some newer updates/upgrades that would make it a bit better. I'm presently using Kitty/pageplus as my provider and very happy with it. I had pageplus turn off the data on the phone to prevent me from accidentally using up all my funds in the account, thus I am wifi only with internet.
The things I notice most about what I'm using is:
1. The wifi will not automatically connect sometimes to work wifi or local hotspot such as Books-a-Million. I have to turn off wifi and then turn it back on, which will cause it to then connect.
2. The touch screen is not as responsive as I would like. Sometimes I have to touch something 2 or 3 times to get it to "take".
3. Camera is very slow to take photos once I "click" or touch and hold the screen. I think I could speed up the photo recording process after the camera "clicks" by installing a faster mini-sd card. It's 8 gig, but 4x. It's just that the initial focusing/taking of the photo that is slow.
4. Wifi is quite slow to upload from bookmarks and general internet browsing. This might be processor speed. It's at 715Mhz at present, which was jcase's recommendations at the time. I'm seeing about 10-20 seconds upload most of the time.
5. I have a screen protector on. Could this cause a less sensitive touch screen?
6. I always have to try a bookmarked title twice. The first time it acts like it's going to do something but then goes back to the "bookmarks" page.
I await your advise/reccommendations...
Connor
wait for the nexus prime
or
droid bionic
have you tried installing a custom rom?
jaymax97 said:
wait for the nexus prime
or
droid bionic
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crimson12 said:
have you tried installing a custom rom?
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So are you looking for help to fix these issues or suggestions for a newer device?
I would agree with jaymax on the nexus prime for an upgrade but if you want to try to remedy those problems, I would also concur with crimson and suggest to try out workshed's GSB ROM. It's super speedy and his latest build leaves me with no issues to discern.
Worksheds gsb rom or condemned souls rom has always worked well for me. At the very least flash xtrsense.
Also regarding the camera speed issue that could be the autofocus. If you wanted to try it, there's a free app in the market to speed up sd cards that I've found useful and it may help you.
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GSB is the best choice so far, kept me from throwing the phone out the window
To OP's comment - being on PPC - about Wi-Fi, have you try changing your Advanced settings (turn on Wi-Fi settings, tap the "menu" key - you will see "Scan" & "Advanced" - 2nd. tab down is Wi-Fi sleep policy - and by default, it will turn-off or "sleep" when the screen turns off (which can be as fast as 30 or 60 secs depending on your settings with inactivity, etc.)
Try changing it to "Never" and see whether it will make a difference - and if so, you might want to leave it on Never when plugged in - this setting will use & drain battery faster. Typically, however, the device should reconnect with your preferred APN automatically once "awake" but ....
Being still on VZW with the grandfathered unlimited data plan, I would endorse CS's V18 Vanilla Rom (and, I've tried & flashed many of the other Roms, including GSB) as I've been using it since this May and the latest build is just awesome, stable with good battery life & running Google Maps 5.2 on it.
Both our FS lines are now eligible for upgrade & 4 months from going out of contract on the primary line, so I've been debating seriously of whether to renew or switch to the other bad guy, AT&T Mobility - which gets a solid 3G/4G signal at our home vs. only a marginal CDMA signal.
Going out of town for 10 days next week & being on the road, I've decided not to rush to rule out a free upgrade option if I renew/extended - the HTC Incredible 2 for free via Circuit City/TigerDirect/Comp USA online (or WireFly), as the best VZW could do directly online is $119.99 (new 2 year contract price is $149.99 this week) and I keep my unlimited data plan. With a bigger 4" screen & global option for travel (will unlock it & use own Sims, of course) - reviews have been favorable & seemed solid vs. others - of course, it will be EOL in probably 6 to 9 months (nothing new ....)
I've been trying to fix a problem that has stirred up for the last couple of weeks. Facebook has a new update that makes it run much better faster and more efficient however it has made my Internet connection has multiple drops I do not understand why it a simple app can do this but the minute I log into Facebook my connection becomes unstable sometimes I can get data force short period of time sometimes it is completely gone for 5 to 10 minutes. the only way to fix this is to reboot and not use Facebook app. I have wiped my phone five or more times every time I wipe it I wipe it in the recovery five or more times each time. every time I get things loaded the only thing that seems to cause problems is the Facebook app making my Internet connection unstable. does anybody else experienced this if so does anybody else know of a fix for this it is quite annoying I use Facebook for login for most of my games and from time to time I do not mind getting on Facebook to update his status or read everybody else's statuses. your help is appreciated thank you. I am on ROM liquid 3.2 with IMOS 6.1 overclocked to 1.6 however I have rand stock stats for a full day and still has a problem with the app
I hate to bump but am I the only one having this problem? I guess I should ask is this the only phone having this problem my friend has a thunderbolt also and he is getting the same issue... what does Facebook change to make data drop I don't understand it... it works just fine on Wi-Fi
im having the same issue thought it was just the app or verizon being retarted
Mine was doing the same. I would lose my connection and the facebook app would say something like no connection available and or something about no secure connection available.
I'm on a DNA now and never have any issues with the facebook app or any other dropped connection issue. My thunderbolt was getting bad about dropping connections.
Its not the app its the device
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Its not the app its the device
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I use to get my data to drop when using the Facebook app. Then the latest update my data stop dropping when using the fob app.
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It may be the rom that you're using. Are you still using the factory rom? Or a custom one off here?
My wife's phone is having the same problem. The phone is on the Infected Eternity rom currently with the ICS combo radio. I'm going to try some different radios tonight/over the weekend and see if that helps. I'll post my findings by Monday.
Any other suggestions?
This is happening on all of my family's five phones... I switched over to using FB in a browser and am much happier with the performance.
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ditched the ICS leak combo radios and running the .19 radios now. Everything seems better so far. Told Facebook it wasn't allowed to sync anymore and that also helped. I think the combination of FB syncing and a flaky LTE radio made for an unhappy phone (and wife).
I am running Infected Eternity. The new Facebook app worked fine for me on Gingeritis, but when I flashed Eternity... the app gave me issues. Basically the only problem I've experienced with it was pictures would not load on Eternity.
Can someone please post up the new Facebook apk?
I want to retry it but now the playstore won't let me upgrade. Ehhh..
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When looking at the Endomondo walking map on my Rezound, it shows periodic drops at places, as though the GPS lost satellite. I've experienced this since the pre-Global OTAs and ROMs based on them, as well as the Global RUU and ROMs based on it. I'm using the stock battery and stock battery cover.
I don't have this issue with my Verizon Galaxy Nexus and wifey does not have the issue with her Droid 4 using the same walking route.
So the question is whether: a) I have a flaky GPS b) there is some HTC trickery that sleeps the GPS based on some unknown criteria (avail power? Current velocity? Free resources?) Or c) there is some incompatibility between Endomondo and the Rezound's GPS that causes intermittent drops
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When looking at the Endomondo walking map on my Rezound, it shows periodic drops at places, as though the GPS lost satellite. I've experienced this since the pre-Global OTAs and ROMs based on them, as well as the Global RUU and ROMs based on it. I'm using the stock battery and stock battery cover.
I don't have this issue with my Verizon Galaxy Nexus and wifey does not have the issue with her Droid 4 using the same walking route.
So the question is whether: a) I have a flaky GPS b) there is some HTC trickery that sleeps the GPS based on some unknown criteria (avail power? Current velocity? Free resources?) Or c) there is some incompatibility between Endomondo and the Rezound's GPS that causes intermittent drops
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I found Endomondo to be a little flaky. I personally use Cardio Trainer (I think it is by the same developers). You might check in your settings to see if it has an auto pause and start and see what the setting is.
I haven't noticed any issues. I've used it about 20 times for 1-2 hour walks and it tracks the whole thing. When I've used it for walking in my neighborhood it even shows which side of the street I walked on.
I've manually paused it when I've had to tie my shoe or something and started back up and it worked flawlessly.
vprasad1 said:
When looking at the Endomondo walking map on my Rezound, it shows periodic drops at places, as though the GPS lost satellite. I've experienced this since the pre-Global OTAs and ROMs based on them, as well as the Global RUU and ROMs based on it. I'm using the stock battery and stock battery cover.
I don't have this issue with my Verizon Galaxy Nexus and wifey does not have the issue with her Droid 4 using the same walking route.
So the question is whether: a) I have a flaky GPS b) there is some HTC trickery that sleeps the GPS based on some unknown criteria (avail power? Current velocity? Free resources?) Or c) there is some incompatibility between Endomondo and the Rezound's GPS that causes intermittent drops
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I have had the same problem while walking and riding a bike. Endomondo "customer support" hasn't responded after months of asking for help.
use GPS Test to make sure you have a good signal to many satellites
same here. i've used it in the past and found it to be pretty solid
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same here. i've used it in the past and found it to be pretty solid
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Same here, I've used many times and have found the tracking to be solid.
There was a lot of discussion about this back in 2012 - problems with inaccurate tracking in multiple apps with the screen off. People were testing different apps and posting results. I'd search the General forum (sorry, at work don't have time to look up the threads), though it might have been in Q/A, don't remember. We also tested a couple utilities from the market which are supposed to keep GPS running at a high priority when the screen is off. My personal findings were that the tracking problems weren't bad if you were moving at a higher rate of speed (e.g. driving, biking, maybe running), but became wildly inaccurate if tracking when walking or hiking. Haven't tried in a while, not sure if this is still an issue on newer ROMs...
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There was a lot of discussion about this back in 2012 - problems with inaccurate tracking in multiple apps with the screen off. People were testing different apps and posting results. I'd search the General forum (sorry, at work don't have time to look up the threads), though it might have been in Q/A, don't remember.
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This one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1851117
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I think this is the thread I was thinking of:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1537754
Also this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500516
after dozens of walks/runs/bikes, I can only remember one vague instance where I noticed a tangent line.
Is GPS flakiness still an issue with latest update 4.05.605.14?
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Hi folks.
I've flashed liquid smooth 2.3 (jelly bean 4.2.2) by safestrap 3.1 on slot 3, just like recommended by its developers (at least is what I've read on some tutorials).
I'm enjoying this rom very much, but I've experienced some issues, like:
1) File explorers incompatibility. When I open a file explorer (tried some), it just close automatically at the moment I try to open internal sdcard.
2) Some random reboots (just a few. commonly after trying installing some app by play store - couldn't see a pattern - or trying to use a file explorer).
3) Battery seems to be drained faster. On stock rom the battery used to last about 3-4 days. I'm not a heavy user and I turn off the phone by night near to 11/12pm, turning it on again by 6/7 am. Now the battery lasts 2 days, at most, using the same way.
It has 4 months of use, never dropped or something harmful. I'd like to keep this rom, even in the case these issues are not solved.
Any clue?
Thanks!
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Hi folks.
I've flashed liquid smooth 2.3 (jelly bean 4.2.2) by safestrap 3.1 on slot 3, just like recommended by its developers (at least is what I've read on some tutorials).
I'm enjoying this rom very much, but I've experienced some issues, like:
1) File explorers incompatibility. When I open a file explorer (tried some), it just close automatically at the moment I try to open internal sdcard.
2) Some random reboots (just a few. commonly after trying installing some app by play store - couldn't see a pattern - or trying to use a file explorer).
3) Battery seems to be drained faster. On stock rom the battery used to last about 3-4 days. I'm not a heavy user and I turn off the phone by night near to 11/12pm, turning it on again by 6/7 am. Now the battery lasts 2 days, at most, using the same way.
It has 4 months of use, never dropped or something harmful. I'd like to keep this rom, even in the case these issues are not solved.
Any clue?
Thanks!
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Not sure about the Force closures....
But one thing is for sure when it comes to custom ROMS
you need to atleast have the rom for 1 week before you really judge the Battery life...
By 1 week i meant about 5-7 charge n discharge cycles...
The ROM will be Sucking the battery for in initial days after which it will stablise! hope this helps!
(i have flashed many rom n have seen this trend)
Thanks, buddy.
Actually I've flashed it a few days ago and did just two cycles of full discharge/charge. I'll wait for another three or four cycles to see what happen.
Other doubt, I've noted the wifi's signal is weaker. Where I used to see two or three bars, now I'm getting just one or two. Do you know what it can be?
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Today the nova launcher was updated by the play store and it seems to be solved the internal sdcard issue. Now I can access sdcard0 with several file explorers I've tried.
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I'm using it with the boot menu, and I have a problem with the wifi does not detect the 5Ghz band.
Hi Max.
I didn't even know our xt910 can capture 5 GHz signal.
I've noted the strenght of the signal dropped down, but I've been using it just at 2.4 GHz.
The battery began to show some improvement. I'm using it for 3 days and 6 hours and still have 14%. (Couldn't send a screenshot)
In short, this is my definitive rom. I'll get use with this weaker signal.
I got a router wifi at work right beside me, and at home the distance is not that long, at most about 12 meters straight ahead, with two walls in between.
I'll live...
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Well, now I'm testing Liquid Smooth 2.3 + JBX Kernel 0.4.6 OCE (OverClocking Edition).
So far, it's stable and raised up AnTuTu 3 to 8986 points at 1350 MHz.
I've tested JBX Kernel 0.4.5 BSE (Battery Saving Edition) for only two days. Despite was not time enough to test its main characteristic (battery saving), I can say that had run stable, marked 7479 point on AnTuTu 3 with the clock at 1000 MHz.
Let's see if this kernel actually is stable. I've flashed 0.4.6 OCE just about 4 hours until now...
Max, I finally saw where we set wifi to operate with 5 GHz. I was pleased to know about this possibility. I'm going to try it and let you know about.
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Thanks, buddy.
Actually I've flashed it a few days ago and did just two cycles of full discharge/charge. I'll wait for another three or four cycles to see what happen.
Other doubt, I've noted the wifi's signal is weaker. Where I used to see two or three bars, now I'm getting just one or two. Do you know what it can be?
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Settings -> Advanced -> GSM Telephony options
check or uncheck box , reboot and see what hapen (for my work with box check)
Llama wifi off
Hi, does anyone have a problem using Llama to turn wifi off? Llama crashes every time it tries.
Thanks.
EDIT: I just deleted the slot, recreated and reflashed. It looks like it's working fine now.
News from other rom (avatar)
Hi guys!
Well, I've tested Liquid Smooth 2.8 and liked it. Basically it seemed to be a bit more stable than the last I've used (version 2.3). Battery life is about to 2-3 days, depends basically on 3g (the Aquiles' heels of all batteries). Some few loss of wifi and needed to reboot. Wifi calibration won't help when this issue happens. I liked LS and the only issue that bothered me a little was the fact the wifi's signal was a bit weaker. Just it.
I've tested CyanogenMod 10.1 and basically almost the same: wifi's signal weaker, but in this case I haven't got wifi loss of signal. Liquid Smooth uses a little bit less memory than CyanogenMod, about 50-80 MB in general. Battery life is quite as good as LS. I've got until 4 days of battery life with CyanogenMod 10.1, but with less usage. Detail: wifi is always on (both cases).
Now I'm testing Avatar, based on 3.0 arion (CyanogenMod), about 2 weeks. This rom doesn't loss wifi's signal, but I need to calibrate it every boot. Just it.
I've noted that wifi's signal is as good as stock rom, better than LS and pure Cyanogen. For the first time I've got 5(!) days and 9 hours of battery life. I was amazed about that.
In this 5 days:
- wifi always on
- e-mail checking (everyday)
- music playing about some hours in 2 days (weekend)
- some internet surfing (everyday)
- about 2 hours of 3g (weekend)
- some photos (3 days I guess, don't remember exactly)
- some google play updates on wifi
- whatsapp e gmail always on
- some skype conversation (just chat)
What taked my attention the most was the fact I've used in other roms JBX kernel in underclock mode (100 mhz - 1200 mhz) and now it's stock tuned (300 mhz - 1200 mhz) (the kernel thas was shipped with avatar rom).
I've used and I'm using (in all roms) the app PimpMyRom beta. Did all the tweaks. I've used in all roms.
Avatar Antutu 3.3.2
Forgot to mention.
Antutu 3.3.2: 8510 (stock 1200 mhz, HotPlug, Noop)
The best score until then was 8929 with overclock (1350 mhz) on jbx kernel (don't remember exactly the version) with Liquid Smooth 2.8.
I'm enjoying this rom until now. No lag at all, always at least 300 mb of free ram, better battery life and good wifi signal strength.
Just now I could send the screenshot.
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Good news from version 3.0.1. Don't need to calibrate WiFi to put it on.
Just installed this update.
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Flashed 3.0.3.
Need to calibrate WiFi only the first time after flashing, not on every reboot.
I've tested jbx 0.7d on 3.0.1 but it didn't work well. Stucked on a reboot and needed to reflash stock again.
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Antutu 3.4: [email protected] Mhz (interactive, cfq)
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Tried 3.0.4. Need more memory than 3.0.3, about 100 MB. Removed.
Tried 3.1. Some force closures and reboots. Removed.
Tried 3.0.5 (after 3.1). The same as 3.0.4. Removed.
Got back to 3.0.3. Nice again. Less than 400 MB used RAM. Stable.
Versions 3.0.4 and 3.0.5 are stable, but they use more RAM than 3.0.3. Don't know why.
I did clean installatons. Removed slot 1. Create it again. Flashed the new ROM.
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I've flashed cm10.2 to find out what's new on Android 4.3, but it doesn't turn WiFi on, even wether I run wifical.sh. Just gave up by now.
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Something weird happened yesterday.
I use to listen to some music when I go home after job, but last evening the music player just refused to work saying that it couldn't read the mp3s.
Well, I went to open the music folder in the sdcard when I was surprised by the non existence of an sdcard.
I rebooted, cleared the caches by safestrap and then... it booted on stock....
Rebooted again, opened safestrap and was caught by a suprisingly loss of the slot1. It was not there anymore. Booted in stock again and it showed up the sdcard and the internal memory empty.
Any clue?
Now I'm trying cm10.2 again. WiFi is working, but just after a calibration. Until now it seems everything is working: WiFi, camera, 3g, apps in general, GPS, sensors, etc. Just didn't test HDMI, but I've never used it, neither at stock ROM, so it doesn't bother me.
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Whoa, you really made me wanna try Avatar ROM hehe...
But no clue about your ROM slot disappearing issue, never heard of it... is your SD card working right now?
I was trying CM10.2 aswell, and it worked really great, but right now I am back on latest AOKP nightly, i have never seen any other ROM works so smooth and fast... + I love their features Only problem is that you have to manually fix GPS, but thats job for 2 minutes.
Hi tsunamik
Yes, sd card is working fine, but guess what? I'm back on stock rom...
Do you know if it's possible to flash custom roms on stock slot?
It seems the slots are made on user partition, not on rom partition. That's why I'm wondering about that.
First of all, All credit to @Bazoocaze for developing this and @pyler for bringing it to xposed.
This is a fix to the infamous Cell standby / Mobile radio active issue - Don't wait for Marshmallow!!!
Xposed module download http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/modules/xposed-mobileradioactivefix-t3189393
Original post from @Bazoocaze on Xperia - http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-zl/general/cm12-1-cell-standby-mobile-radio-active-t3188147
Found this on XDA today and thought I'd give it a try with my Galaxy S4 as most of the testers seem to be on oneplusone or nexus.
I installed it just like any xposed module - install .apk then activate in xposed then reboot.
Caveat I've only used it for about 4 hours so I'm still waiting to see if it works well, but anecdotally it seems to be doing what it says.
For the record I'm rooted on OC1 with Xposed, so I can only say that it doesn't bootloop OC1, not sure about OF1 but seems like it would work.
-Cheers
PS I posted this in the General category as I am not the developer and do not have anything to do with this mod, just wanted folks to know about it.
Cool, is this an issue people with Touchwiz were/are having?
As far as I am aware all android is affected by this bug. Google reportedly patches it in Marshmallow, but I not gonna hold my breath for that ... f-ing Samsung. Everything I have seen does not include plans for the S4 to get Marshmallow.
After using it for several days I can say that my standby battery is much much better only dropping 1 or2 percent while in my pocket at work for 8 hours. My screen/running time battery has not changed and decreases at a normal rate. Anyone else who has tried feel free to chime in.
Here's some screen shots of my battery with minimal texting and short calls today
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Getting notifications of mms messages to Be downloaded while using this on att with att lte APN, but they never download
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After using it for several days I can say that my standby battery is much much better only dropping 1 or2 percent while in my pocket at work for 8 hours.
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Sweet gonna try this now.