[Q] RAM issue, less then 100mb available - Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4

hello xda,
Is it normal that I have less then 100mb ram available when I closed all app with the task killer ? My launcher is often killed (icons are gone, they appear 5 seconds later) when pressing the home button and coming from an other app.
Is anyone else experiencing this issue ? how can I (if possible) fix it ?
thank you,
inse
EDIT: my s4 is not rooted

This phone comes loaded with bloatware enabled. There is a thread on this and what apps are safe to disable in this forum. Search for it. I've gone over it and at boot I'll start with around 700mb used......
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chrishoyt2012 said:
This phone comes loaded with bloatware enabled. There is a thread on this and what apps are safe to disable in this forum. Search for it. I've gone over it and at boot I'll start with around 700mb used......
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Agreed. You should definitely look into disabling most of the junk that came pre installed. You'll definitely enjoy your device more.
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Okay, thank you guys, but i am fed up with this plastic ****
I cant wait to trade my s4 for a htc one max...
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SuperNexus ROM Problems JB 4.1.1

I have had this ROM installed on my Galaxy s2 i777 for about 2 days. in this time, i have noticed that there is no way to clear RAM on it so when i am close to running out, the device starts to lag a lot and slows down. is there any way to clear the RAM? i know that the stock firmware has Program Monitor and i used that but this SuperNexus one doesnt have anything to clear my multitasking. I have tried to hold down the home button until the tasks pop up in the small windows but when i slide to clear them, im not sure theyre actually being killed.
Please help me find a way to fix this lagginess because i am thinking of going back to stock firmware.
I cant post this on the android development thing because i am a "New User" so i have to post it here
This is the ROM thats lagging/ how to clear RAM on JellyBean -->[ROM][AOSP][JB][4.1.1] SuperNexus - I777 - BUILD 2 [12-08-12
Geezuz man what are u running that you're running out of RAM? haha I've never had that problem.....ever. what is it showing when u check out running apps? How much free ram?
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yj121 said:
I have had this ROM installed on my Galaxy s2 i777 for about 2 days. in this time, i have noticed that there is no way to clear RAM on it so when i am close to running out, the device starts to lag a lot and slows down. is there any way to clear the RAM? i know that the stock firmware has Program Monitor and i used that but this SuperNexus one doesnt have anything to clear my multitasking. I have tried to hold down the home button until the tasks pop up in the small windows but when i slide to clear them, im not sure theyre actually being killed.
Please help me find a way to fix this lagginess because i am thinking of going back to stock firmware.
I cant post this on the android development thing because i am a "New User" so i have to post it here
This is the ROM thats lagging/ how to clear RAM on JellyBean -->[ROM][AOSP][JB][4.1.1] SuperNexus - I777 - BUILD 2 [12-08-12
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Correct me if I'm wrong but couldn't you just download a task manager or task killer from the market and kill the apps to free up the ram?
Lol idk! I just restarted the phone because it started to lag/ freezeup . When I checked ram there was only 64mb free out of around 800. After I restart it the phone works fine but I guess I have to reboot frequently
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yj121 said:
Lol idk! I just restarted the phone because it started to lag/ freezeup . When I checked ram there was only 64mb free out of around 800. After I restart it the phone works fine but I guess I have to reboot frequently
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Where can I check the ram using this rom I can't find it? I am using the same rom as well and would like to see what mine is like
U have to go to settings>apps and then go to running services
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yj121 said:
U have to go to settings>apps and then go to running services
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Thank you, I have 334 free
azriley82 said:
Thank you, I have 334 free
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Heres some pictures of everything thats running currently on my phone. i used to have advanced task killer but that barely freed up any space. so now, im using RAM Manager Pro but im not sure if its working
yj121 said:
Heres some pictures of everything thats running currently on my phone. i used to have advanced task killer but that barely freed up any space. so now, im using RAM Manager Pro but im not sure if its working
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If your phone does not lag, or if performance has not changed I wouldn't worry to much. I have been using this rom for a few days now with no issues with speed or performance, so I wouldn't worry to much
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Heres some pictures of everything thats running currently on my phone. i used to have advanced task killer but that barely freed up any space. so now, im using RAM Manager Pro but im not sure if its working
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here are the pics
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here are the pics
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Well like I said I have not noticed any issues on mine so I am going to continue to use till I notice. Hope you get your issue worked out :good:
azriley82 said:
If your phone does not lag, or if performance has not changed I wouldn't worry to much. I have been using this rom for a few days now with no issues with speed or performance, so I wouldn't worry to much
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I'll see what i think of it by the end of this week, w/o the lag this rom is great! if it lags too much by the end of this week im probably switching to a different ROM
I don't see anything taking up a lot of ram. How much stuff do you have open at the time of lag?
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I'll take more screenshots when Ur starts go lag and show u soon
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I have been checking mine since you started this thread and still have not been able to experience any lag
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Auto-Brightness & Picasa photos
Anybody having issues with the auto-brightness not working 100% of the time?? The screen takes incredibly long to change brightness levels on the few times it does work.
Also, I've been having an issue with not being able to view my online picasa and google + albums in the gallery.
Suggestions anyone??
This is whats running when it started to lag
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Tell me why its lagging with just this much open? How do I clear ram? I liked how the stock firmware had program monitor, is there any way I can get that for this? View attachment 1268452
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yj121 said:
Tell me why its lagging with just this much open? How do I clear ram? I liked how the stock firmware had program monitor, is there any way I can get that for this? View attachment 1268452 View attachment 1268453
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Is that all?
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Well I don't know what to say. I've run all the jb ports and most of the ICS roms and haven't noticed this happening to me. Then again I probably have a lot less apps installed than most. Have u tried doing full wipe a reinstalling and giving it some time to settle in again?
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How do I stop android closing my browser when left to run in background?

Kinda irritating to load the pages again. Any ideas?
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It's all about ram. If you have 512 mb and running ICS or JB, just forget it..1 gb would be just ok, if you don't open much apps. You can set priority of apps in some tasks manager, maybe system tuner? Never tried... Waiting for the galaxy note with 2 gb!
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Well. My iPad 2 with 512ram doesn't do this.. So I assume it's the os.
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Ev0d3vil said:
Well. My iPad 2 with 512ram doesn't do this.. So I assume it's the os.
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I cannot see which device the question was for, but it depend MANY things, still ram is first.
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kojinmalia said:
I cannot see which device the question was for, but it depend MANY things, still ram is first.
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For the s3 using dolphin.
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It's kinda weird that my s3 which has twice the ram of my ipad has not enough ram...
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Mine does this also, using s3 with stock browser. My HOX does it too. Annoying
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I assume its the OS just closing inactive background tasks no? Cant be ram issues...
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Kinda irritating to load the pages again. Any ideas?
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Have you tried long pressing on the home button to selecting the browser from there?
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Have you tried long pressing on the home button to selecting the browser from there?
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Ah not yet...
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Still doesn't work. Pages still have to reload after inactive for a while.
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Android is a totally different operating system than iOs (and also requires more Ram for itself)
It runs a lot of tasks in the background unlike iOs, which makes it a lot more adaptable and flexible but also more resource-intensive.
Secondly apps are categorized in groups, which are then consecutively killed based on their OOM (Out of memory) score, the lowest group being "empty app" and regrouping all apps that are no longer being needed. Typically "empty" is killed when there are 90MB left (customizable if rooted).
First off you may want to check what eats your Ram (Java is one of the worst languages for Ram in the entire universe) and kill/freeze/remove those processes.
Then take a look into zRam for extended Ram (swap) and set swappiness to 99
There once were experimental patches that forced selected tasks into swap instead of killing them but since they were hooked right into memory management, that used up lots of Cpu cycles and caused strange behaviours - sadly.
Btw, needing 1Gig for Ics or Jb is just bollocks. Galaxy S1's run awesome under Ics and even such devices as the 256MB Ace get a lot better.
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How do I customize the thing? The part where you say I need to be rooted.
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Its only reload if you closed it on tasks
So dont do it
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when you want to leave the browser in the background do you press back button or home? I have the experience with facebook app that if i press back than when i get back to the app it reloads as if i closed it, but if i press home then come back to the app it's there as i left it. As to the browser can't really say anything as I use maxthon browser and don't usually have reloading problems.
One such app is "Advanced tools".
However it is strictly recommend to leave those values alone unless you REALLY know what you are doing since tweaking these values without any knowledge will only worsen the problem or make your phone more or less unusuable with lag.
HMJ-q8 said:
Its only reload if you closed it on tasks
So dont do it
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No it doesn't.. It somehow auto closes. I've read somewhere android auto closes inactive tasks.
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I've read somewhere android auto closes inactive tasks.
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No!!!
I explained a few posts earlier exactly when and how Android kills processes. Inactivity is a LRU factor but certainly not the trigger to kill an app.
Two words: v6supercharger,swap!
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Question
Sorry to bump an old thread, but has anyone actually found a solution to this problem? I've tried supercharger, minfree manager, RAM manager pro, and Galaxy Tuner. None have proven to be an actual solution to the problem that seems to be baked right in to the heart of all versions of Android after eclair (I'm actually on the Epic, not the GS3).
Is this fixable or am I just chasing my tail on this one?
bill
UPDATE: Current list of things tried
- Supercharger/Bulletproof
- MinFree Manager
- RAM Manager Pro
- Galaxy Tuner
- "build.prop" trick
- "local.prop" trick
- Auto memory manager application

Lack of RAM on SXS Problem with ICS maybe?

Hello everyone i am starting this thread to see if there is anyone haave the sam problem.I tried basically everything (except rooting ) reinstalling the software,boosting up with tge different apps evrything but it seems to be not helpful.I mean ICS is not so bad itself on SXS but it looks like something is causing the lack of RAM and that's why my phone is bugging and being slow.For the RAM i found oyt that from the avaliable of 635MB i only have 48 free and than i have to restart my phone.So i tried Task Killers and stuff like that and honestly it wasnt so helpful.So o googled it and i found out that it is up to Android to kill apps when necessary itself,and that i shouldn't use any apps such as task killers just let the android work for himself.Than i think my android doesn't work well than.So anyone found a solution for this?And please if you would tell me if this is up to hardware or software thing?
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What build are you? .452 or.1.58 or 2.45? The latest one seems to have fixed my problem I had with it. I generally have 200 Mb free now.
But to not use a lot of heavy apps that stay ob background, that is what kill the RAM.
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Mine is .453.I read about last update but i havent got it yet...
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Why so less ram... In my XP I have total 802mb ram...
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Well that is the problem i don't know is it because of the bad ics update or its something else...
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I've had my device running for quite a while on cm 9 nightly and I'm always around 200.
What I don't understand is the whining about ram, if the device needs ram it clears ram.
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I use eracter Rom and I have 300 mb free ram after one day... I have a few services running besides Gmail, maps and the home locked in memory...
So uninstall all the bloatware and avoid opening all apps within a short time
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Felimenta97 said:
What build are you? .452 or.1.58 or 2.45? The latest one seems to have fixed my problem I had with it. I generally have 200 Mb free now.
But to not use a lot of heavy apps that stay ob background, that is what kill the RAM.
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how did you customize that awesome looking statusbar?
realfelix said:
how did you customize that awesome looking statusbar?
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skyfyr123 work. Search for his Xperia GX JB themed.
I usually have about this much free and can't say I'm likely to suddenly need to use all the free available to have any issues
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This phone supposed to be 1GB ram, however it drop to 620mb+ because of the driver need to run this phone. It's mean that 370mb of the ram can't be modify to use.
My experience with my previous phone x8. It's ram is only 168 in stock rom. But nowaday dev could create kernel with updated driver which use less ram! So now it reachs 185mb!
I hope dev here could do the same to our beloved XS!
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Here you go this is my ram i don't know what to do.I even cannot root my phone because i am not allowed to unlock bootloader so i guess i have the worst case scenario right now... ((
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So what you saying is i have to uninstall all heavy apps???
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DekinGBar said:
Here you go this is my ram i don't know what to do.I even cannot root my phone because i am not allowed to unlock bootloader so i guess i have the worst case scenario right now... ((
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Yes you can root your fone, read the development forum
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Hey guys I found the way to get rid of lack of ram literally.All you have to do is fo to Settings>Developer Options>And last three optipns choose the way you want.I choosed to disable apps after finishing with them and to have at most 1 background process. Now i have up to 350 MB of RAM!!!Win!
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DekinGBar said:
Hey guys I found the way to get rid of lack of ram literally.All you have to do is fo to Settings>Developer Options>And last three optipns choose the way you want.I choosed to disable apps after finishing with them and to have at most 1 background process. Now i have up to 350 MB of RAM!!!Win!
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But no multitasking at all...
Well basically there is but up tu 4/5 apps im not sure.Yet even with 5 apps more i am around 250MB which is much better than the 46MB previously on major multitasking....
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Jesus. Please read my thread so you can understand that having more free ream isn't always a good thing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893834
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DekinGBar said:
Hey guys I found the way to get rid of lack of ram literally.All you have to do is fo to Settings>Developer Options>And last three optipns choose the way you want.I choosed to disable apps after finishing with them and to have at most 1 background process. Now i have up to 350 MB of RAM!!!Win!
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Now you have an iPhone!
Try this method....
NEVER look at your running services and just use your fone and see if you ever have any problems
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Google experience launcher uses less ram than LG stock

Check the task manager widget. Every time I clear ram I'm over 900mb free on GEL. LG was in the 800s and 700s most of the time
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RiverdALIEN said:
Check the task manager widget. Every time I clear ram I'm over 900mb free on GEL. LG was in the 800s and 700s most of the time
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Are you surprised by that?
The only shock to me is that the gap between the two is so small given GEL is coming from a much improved system in terms of system resource usage. I can only hope that once it is integrated with KitKat itself it is somehow lighter.
Seriously..what's the point? Is this HTC wildfire thread or am I missing something..
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Your logic and methodology used to prove your point is irrefutable. Thanks for sharing. I've been really worried about using all 2Gb of RAM on my phone and desperately seeking another launcher.
/s I should have stopped after "task manager widget" and left the thread at "clear ram".
Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
Your logic and methodology used to prove your point is irrefutable. Thanks for sharing. I've been really worried about using all 2Gb of RAM on my phone and desperately seeking another launcher.
/s I should have stopped after "task manager widget" and left the thread at "clear ram".
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Seriously..what's the point? Is this HTC wildfire thread or am I missing something..
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mgolder said:
Are you surprised by that?
The only shock to me is that the gap between the two is so small given GEL is coming from a much improved system in terms of system resource usage. I can only hope that once it is integrated with KitKat itself it is somehow lighter.
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U guys are mean.
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The Google launcher is mostly just placeholders for search. Its bare bones. All pure stock android is always basic. Everybody wants it and says they want the stock experience and then a couple of weeks go by and they are running a 3rd party launcher cause stock has no options. Lg made a launcher with options and therefore uses more resources.
I use nova launcher and I get 1GB to 1.2GB of free ram after I cleared taskmanager. BTW I also disabled a some apps.
It is nice but could really use more screens
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Bigralphn said:
It is nice but could really use more screens
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Then add more screens?
Maybe I have an early release but it see no way to do it
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I'd give the GEL a try if I could disable the LG stock one... but I hate having both running at once. Obviously, I'm not rooted.
Bwangster12 said:
I'd give the GEL a try if I could disable the LG stock one... but I hate having both running at once. Obviously, I'm not rooted.
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Just stop it in the task manager
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There is a reason 3 gigs gonna be next std. Oems are great inventing but carp at optimizing. Well used ram is good use, wasted ram because daemons and launcher tricks you don't use is just a waste of resources.
I'll test the launcher, autokiller is a bit to aggressive when low on memory, imo.
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I figured out how to add screens but I can't use US English. I am using UK. I tried the work around d.
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Bigralphn said:
Just stop it in the task manager
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Even if stopped... does it not still take up system resources?
with stock launcher I am always around 1GB free
Thats what i have

Gallery force close and malfunctioning camera...

Hello, All!
I received an S4 as a gift two days ago for my birthday (MK2 build), and immediately rooted it. Annoyed with the ridiculous amount of bloatware on the device, I took it upon myself to begin deleting unwanted apps via Titanium Backup. I didn't think I uninstalled anything that I needed,I tried to stick to just the Samsung, Verizon and Amazon apps, but can't remember everything I uninstalled. Initially, I didn't notice any negative effects of my actions. That is, until I went to open up my gallery, Which freezes the phone for two seconds, then gives me the "Gallery has stopped" message. As for the camera, when I open it, it stalls, then opens. But when it opens, I can still see some of my other app icons around the border, and the camera itself, although open, doesn't work at all.
Any suggestions? What did I uninstall? I assume this can be fixed?
Thank you in advance,
Matt
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I also installed a few mods void Xposed, which I tried to attach a screenshot of, but I can't because of my gallery situation. But I'm almost positive it has nothing to do with any of those.
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Odin back to clean stock image for starters...then do some research
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Did you try clearing data on gallery?
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Did you try clearing data on gallery?
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Indeed I did. I ended up getting my Odin on. At which point, I reactivated my Xposed Modules. After doing this, my camera and gallery took a dump again. So I narrowed it down to the mods (not sure which one, I just deactivated all), opposed to getting crazy with my uninstalling in Titanium backup. Thanks for the responses, fellas.
Matt
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For anybody interested, I just narrowed it down, and found the culprit. It was a module called Swipeback in Xposed.
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Had this happen to me, it was my SD card. Our phones require Class 3 or higher.
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Had this happen to me, it was my SD card. Our phones require Class 3 or higher.
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Interesting. I wouldn't have thought of that. My card is a class 10, but I'll keep that in mind for future issues while helping others. Thank you for the response.
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