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.
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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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I've been getting too many force closes with my S3... It happens with many apps and sometimes it just gets stuck for like two minutes which I can't do anything until it comes back. Have you guys had any issues? I don't know weather to take it back or do a factory data reset...
305rob305 said:
I've been getting too many force closes with my S3... It happens with many apps and sometimes it just gets stuck for like two minutes which I can't do anything until it comes back. Have you guys had any issues? I don't know weather to take it back or do a factory data reset...
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Sounds like something you installed is causing it. Factory reset it. Force Closes are typically software related.
Its happened to me a couple of times as well on the gallery and tapatalk 2 app. It is few and far between so it doesn't affect me too much.
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Sounds like something you installed is causing it. Factory reset it. Force Closes are typically software related.
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OK. I'm going to delete some apps that I don't use and restart. Maybe it's one of those... If not, I'll factory reset it.
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If you have tried installing backups from a different rom or phone. That may be an issue too
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Tapatalk 2 closes a lot on me. I especially on xda
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I currently get on XDA through my app right now...just searching for a thread listing forever...and if I hit the profile option it force closes.
Worked fine for the last week but nothing now!
Happens to me a lot when running touchwiz launcher I am now using apex and have had zero crashes. Although with android its like windows you will get force close just like windows gets blue screens its just one feature of owning an android phone but it rocks.
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I used to have this problem on my OG Incredible, (haven't yet had it on my S3) and I would usually solve it by uninstalling/re-installing or clearing data on the apps that would force close. If every app is FCing though then it may just be easier to Factory Reset.
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I've been getting too many force closes with my S3... It happens with many apps and sometimes it just gets stuck for like two minutes which I can't do anything until it comes back. Have you guys had any issues? I don't know weather to take it back or do a factory data reset...
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i fixed mine by freezing stock browser with titanium backup and using Google chrome. That fixed the issue immediately
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Hi,
I have 3 issues. Hope somebody can help:
1: Phone operates too slow. For example when I go to menu, app icons take around 5 seconds to appear. Similarly when I go to home screen it takes the same lag. So much delay that I could capture the screen short. You can see that weather clock and alarm widgets didn't appear. I cleared cache several times n restarts but it works fine for few mins n then again becomes laggy.
2: Keyboard disappears after typing few letters and sometimes it takes several secs to get it back. Reappearing delay is may be related to the above problem of slow response but why it disappears in first place.
3: Battery doesn't charge despite the whole night charging. Its happens not do often but really bugging me. I noticed that whenever I get missed notifications like calls or msgs it stops charging. Not sure why it's happening.
Looking forward to some help from experts. Please note that I feel these problems are occurring more after recent update. I'm using stock Rom of intl s3 version.
Thanks
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Hi,
First, give me your firmware number. Tape *#1234# on your phone dialler. Is it a custom ROM ?
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Secondary, post in the right section (Galaxy S III Q&A) the next time please.
I9300XXBLFB
It's stock Rom.
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muhamadasim said:
Hi,
I have 3 issues. Hope somebody can help:
1: Phone operates too slow. For example when I go to menu, app icons take around 5 seconds to appear. Similarly when I go to home screen it takes the same lag. So much delay that I could capture the screen short. You can see that weather clock and alarm widgets didn't appear. I cleared cache several times n restarts but it works fine for few mins n then again becomes laggy.
2: Keyboard disappears after typing few letters and sometimes it takes several secs to get it back. Reappearing delay is may be related to the above problem of slow response but why it disappears in first place.
3: Battery doesn't charge despite the whole night charging. Its happens not do often but really bugging me. I noticed that whenever I get missed notifications like calls or msgs it stops charging. Not sure why it's happening.
Looking forward to some help from experts. Please note that I feel these problems are occurring more after recent update. I'm using stock Rom of intl s3 version.
Thanks
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Factory reset it and update to latest firmware via KIES or Odin.
How to factory reset
http://www.jayceooi.com/2012/06/08/how-to-hard-reset-samsung-galaxy-s3/
Thanks.I have the latest stock firmware already. Do you think stock Rom is faulty? And I should root it and lose warranty. I can do that but is it the only solution?
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muhamadasim said:
Thanks.I have the latest stock firmware already. Do you think stock Rom is faulty? And I should root it and lose warranty. I can do that but is it the only solution?
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Where have i mentioned to root? I don't say root.
Read again. Yes, sometimes it could be something related to your software.
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Ok read It agaIn. Thanks. If thats the only solution, will wait for jellybean update that's just around the corner. I wondered if anything related to hardware or phone settings was to be blamed. But anyhow, thanks.
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I am also on XXBLFB and facing no such issues. You should check if some app is not eating a lot of RAM.
Jelly Bean won't be available for this region anytime soon keeping in view the time it took S2 to receive ICS update here.
I suspect the same. my RAM doesn't go below 600mb even if I close all apps and clear ram from task manager. After restart, phone behaves well for an hour but then again becomes laggy. My S2 is much faster than this with lot more apps. This S3 is really disappointing me.
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muhamadasim said:
I suspect the same. my RAM doesn't go below 600mb even if I close all apps and clear ram from task manager. After restart, phone behaves well for an hour but then again becomes laggy. My S2 is much faster than this with lot more apps. This S3 is really disappointing me.
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Try to find the culprit app. I have 100+ apps and set is still very very smooth.
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That's the status when I just cleared cache.
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my suggestion is to do a factory reset (after backing up your contacts, messages, notes etc). then download your apps again and note the behavior of phone after each app. You might find the culprit then. It doesn't seem like an issue with the update since I also updated mine. Also very less likely its gonna be hardware issue.
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Maybe the CPU is not working at its entire power. If the factory reset is not working, maybe you should go and replace the device, before it's too late. When you bought it ? If the phone have less than 30 days you should get an instant replace. Not sure that JB will help you, as the installation isn't like a "full format" of your phone
Hard reset: *2767*3855# (no warning message before formating, so type it when you're ready, also remove the sdcard if you don't want wiped too.)
Or *#*#7780#*#* - Factory data reset - Clears Google-account data, system and program settings and installed programs. system will not be deleted, and OEM programs, as well as My Documents (pictures, music, videos)
Thanks. Will get in touch with the vendor for replacement (though I'm sure he will not agree that easily) or else will do a complete reset. I'm really pissed off for spending this much for getting this device. Samsung is very serious in pushing their loyalists away!
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muhamadasim said:
Thanks. Will get in touch with the vendor for replacement (though I'm sure he will not agree that easily) or else will do a complete reset. I'm really pissed off for spending this much for getting this device. Samsung is very serious in pushing their loyalists away!
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Sometimes, there can be some errors. You know, nobody's perfect and we are all humans. After one week after I bought my phone, I found that it have sort of scratch on the screen, but looked like inside of it. It could be seen only in high light. The vendor replaced it instantly. This one is perfect. Love it and is extremely fast and I have many apps on it. Good luck!
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You're a lucky dude. I did one thing. Uninstalled AVG antivirus. Will update if I see some improvement.
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muhamadasim said:
You're a lucky dude. I did one thing. Uninstalled AVG antivirus. Will update if I see some improvement.
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Check in task manager, you should have an idea about how is going bad. Also change the antivirus for Avast. Avast is much better. However I recommend without antivirus. I just scan sometimes my phone with it or lookout but never leave the antivirus installed. Is just a waste of RAM memory.
If nothing works do a full backup with Kies and do the complete factory reset.
Most of the apps will be automatically reinstalled when you add back your Google account, but you need the backup for settings and saves.
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Uninstalled several apps. Removed widgets from desktops. But still same issue. One thing I'm not able to figure out is why my RAM doesn't go below ~600mb despite killing every task n cleaning cache. I guest a factory reset and ROM installation is the only way out. Thanks guys for all the tips.
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muhamadasim said:
Uninstalled several apps. Removed widgets from desktops. But still same issue. One thing I'm not able to figure out is why my RAM doesn't go below ~600mb despite killing every task n cleaning cache. I guest a factory reset and ROM installation is the only way out. Thanks guys for all the tips.
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Even with all the apps I have on my phone the RAM usage is around 580-640 (stupid SwiftKey using 45 mb most of time) and when I kill the apps I have 430 mb, slowly increasing til 530. Try reset, you have nothing to lose.
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Does anyone else occasionally experience an app mysteriously vanishing after restarting your phone? It's not as frequent anymore but it will happen to me with certain apps.
I'm wondering if this is because somehow they aren't compatible with my 64GB microSD- IF that's the default save location or if anyone else is experiencing this.
Thanks!
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carrevan said:
Does anyone else occasionally experience an app mysteriously vanishing after restarting your phone? It's not as frequent anymore but it will happen to me with certain apps.
I'm wondering if this is because somehow they aren't compatible with my 64GB microSD- IF that's the default save location or if anyone else is experiencing this.
Thanks!
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What app(s) are disappearing you?
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carrevan said:
Does anyone else occasionally experience an app mysteriously vanishing after restarting your phone? It's not as frequent anymore but it will happen to me with certain apps.
I'm wondering if this is because somehow they aren't compatible with my 64GB microSD- IF that's the default save location or if anyone else is experiencing this.
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First of all, apps can't be saved on the microSD card on this phone. Check my FAQs on that.
Secondly, I've heard of disabled apps re-installing themselves on our phone on reboot, but not the other way around. Can you tell us which apps are doing that?
Airdroid, Fatbooth, FartDroid, etc... you know.... important apps... lol. This is my second phone to do it. The XDA app used to do it too. Some others as well. Their icons still show in folders but when you click it says the app is not installed.
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I've experienced the same problem. They will randomly come back to life, but it seems if apps are stored on what the phone thinks is the SD card rather than the internal storage, it has a greater tenancy to vanish.
I've had this happen a few times. I have not noticed whether they are apps I have moved to the phone storage area or not.
When I move them, they seem to be ok. That is until an update for that app, if I restart before moving it back it'll delete.
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Last night I moved my apps from internal to phone storage to make more space. After a while, my phone died. When I turned it back on, guess what? 90% of the apps vanished from my phone. Here I am redownloading everything... is this normal or does my phone have problems?
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I just restarted my phone and these apps deleted..
XDA Developers Forum
Airhorn
Hanging with friends
Words with friends
Fatbooth
Paul
Brickpong
Glow hockey
Music therapy for sound sleep
Fartroid
Tourettes guy soundboard
I'm trying to move them to internal storage to prevent them from deleting but of course I have no space -_-
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That same kind of thing happens to me. ADW remembers the apps where there, but can't launch them.
Guys, do me a favor and call HTC. They have nooo idea about this bug.
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carrevan said:
Guys, do me a favor and call HTC. They have nooo idea about this bug.
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Your dime, here's the number:
HTC
23 Xinghua Road
Taoyuan, -- 330
Taiwan
Phone: 886 3 375 3252
Fax: 886 3 375 3251
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Any commonality between you three who have seen this? One is using ADW launcher....
I might return and exchange the phone. No apps will save to phone storage and it keeps telling me I have insufficient storage in the internal storage.... Can anyone save to phone storage, restart and see if apps are still there?
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No issues here
carrevan said:
I might return and exchange the phone. No apps will save to phone storage and it keeps telling me I have insufficient storage in the internal storage.... Can anyone save to phone storage, restart and see if apps are still there?
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Might be something with your handset I have 1.6GB on phone storage and haven't had any apps self delete. I have run out of space on the internal storage, 1GB there isn't much. My plan is to s-off over Christmas when work shuts down and see if any progress has been made being able to move apps to the external SD. There was some talk about it a while ago.
Thanks for the response! Perhaps I have an issue with my phone. If I move apps to phone storage they will be completely deleted upon reset.
When I click apps on phone storage it shows the apps that are really in internal storage but when you click the apps they say "move to phone storage". Very strange.
I'll do a factory reset and see if it helps the issue.
How many apps do you have on phone storage?
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carrevan said:
Thanks for the response! Perhaps I have an issue with my phone. If I move apps to phone storage they will be completely deleted upon reset.
When I click apps on phone storage it shows the apps that are really in internal storage but when you click the apps they say "move to phone storage". Very strange.
I'll do a factory reset and see if it helps the issue.
How many apps do you have on phone storage?
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It could be a bug in the software ?
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It could be a bug in the software ?
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I hope so! I'm going to do a factory reset tomorrow and see what happens. If it's not fixed I'll replace it after Christmas that way they should have a fresh batch. My last Inc 4g had the same issue.
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Well I just got a replacement..... same issue. I'm so bummed by this phone and HTC. Any suggestions for a new phone with an SD card slot? Verizon is about to hook it up. I like the DNA but I hear there's no SD slot.
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carrevan said:
Well I just got a replacement..... same issue. I'm so bummed by this phone and HTC. Any suggestions for a new phone with an SD card slot? Verizon is about to hook it up. I like the DNA but I hear there's no SD slot.
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Dont go, root it and try my sdcard swap mod on development section, and fix permissions and i recommend viper rom, that made that error go for me
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They are sending another replacement....... if it doesn't work I'll do it. Can you give me instructions or tell me where to go? I haven't rooted in ages and can't afford to ruin my phone.
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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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Anyone having this issue? They randomly disappear and the only thing to make them come back is rebooting the phone. I've read things like Launcher8 does it, I had that installed but it's gone. Is this a bug with the MJ7 build?? I don't have too many text messages to cause a memory dump because I deleted them all and it continued happening.
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Anyone having this issue? They randomly disappear and the only thing to make them come back is rebooting the phone. I've read things like Launcher8 does it, I had that installed but it's gone. Is this a bug with the MJ7 build?? I don't have too many text messages to cause a memory dump because I deleted them all and it continued happening.
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Try clearing data on your messaging app.
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That seems to have worked. I should have thought to do that. Sorry to bother you guys
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antisomnic said:
That seems to have worked. I should have thought to do that. Sorry to bother you guys
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Your not bothering anyone. That's what we're all here for. Glad it worked!
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