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I just recently got the vibrant and got the OTA the same day, the gallery freezes about half the time, and about half of the time that it freezes i have to pull the battery, i cant get to task manager or put the phone to sleep and wake it up.
I searched google and there are alot of links regarding it but i didnt find any that gave any ideas to fix it.
I searched this forum and nothing came up. Anyway, I have a class 6 card, the gallery on my nexus is very quick and has never frozen, so it is definitely the phone.
In my experience with the g1, MT3g, N1 and now this vibrant, any time ive received an OTA it has come with costs, it always brings fixes and features but also causes new problems, large and small. So I dont doubt what I found while searching, that the gallery issue is a result of the recent OTA for the GPS fix. Anyway, its kind of silly that this awesome, technologically advanced device freezes when you open up one of the native apps. But can we do anything about it? And if not, is it likely that Samsung will address it in another OTA? thanks
edit: ive also just recently had my phone just turn off every day or so, and it wont power back on until i pull the battery. Maybe these 2 issues mean i have a defective device? Or is this par for the course with the tmobile galaxy s?
Overclock your phone to only run at 800-1000MHz. It completely solved this for me, 400-1000MHz still hiccups.
thank you, yet another reason to root i suppose...
So no way to fix that with stock phone? =(
heygrl said:
Overclock your phone to only run at 800-1000MHz. It completely solved this for me, 400-1000MHz still hiccups.
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overclock huh,, i never tried i am there is a link here let me go look or how did u do it
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That is odd, I've never had my gallery freeze or my phone reboot... Are you sure you don't have some rogue app? Perhaps you should factory reset and start fresh? Do you have any "junk" apps on your phone (stupid apps)?
I had a freeze on opening gallery right after the JI6 was released. I think it was trying to recreate the thumbnails from scratch and download pics from my Picasa acct.
Happened one time only and I actually had to pull the battery since it went unresponsive. Never had a problem after that.
~SB
perhaps unmount and remount the INTERNAL memory card. I've done this before just because I saw it as a suggestion and it recreated my gallery.
I having the same issue. I am ready to delete it and use a different app. Is that possible?
acjames said:
I having the same issue. I am ready to delete it and use a different app. Is that possible?
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If you're rooted you can probably remove it.
I have tried factory reset so I don't think its a rogue app. I got the ota the day I got the phone so I can't compare before and after. If some people aren't having the issue period maybe a warranty replacement would resolve it. Of course, if we do end up getting froyo maybe that's something that will improve. Love the phone either way, I just get fed up with stuff like gallery freeze, random reboot, GPS issues, etc... stuff that i would think shouldn't get past product testing.
OP, this is discussed at the thread below. (use the search next time)
You are not the only one having this issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805784
Quick Summary:
- Even with the removable card blank, the Gallery still have the same issues.
- I did a complete wipe and still have the same issues.
- I cleared data through System Settings which recreated thumbnails and other data, still have the same issues.
androidmonkey said:
OP, this is discussed at the thread below. (use the search next time)
You are not the only one having this issue.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=805784
Quick Summary:
- Even with the removable card blank, the Gallery still have the same issues.
- I did a complete wipe and still have the same issues.
- I cleared data through System Settings which recreated thumbnails and other data, still have the same issues.
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Wow i am so sick of reading some loser tell somebody to "search next time". You'll be so very relieved to know that I actually did search, and all i found out is that you dont have any friends. But honestly I did find your thread, however it didnt seem to me to be on point with what i wanted to ask specifically. Your post says that "watchdog" told you your gallery is a "resource hog" and that you have to kill it. I dont know what watchdog is, nothing told me anything i just cant get into my gallery app very often, so that didnt seem applicable. Also, i got ji6 the day i got my phone so putting the gallery issue in the context you did ("since ji6 update") didnt mean anything to me, i dont anything about this phone pre-ji6 update. All I know is that my gallery app sucks, your thread was a bit technical for me to be able to apply to my particular issue
Anyway, now my gallery freezes every single time i initially try to open it, i have had to pull the battery 6 times in a row, it works after the pull. This has been my favorite android phone (of 4) but now i just want to set it on fire and run over it with my car. I guess Samsung and Android arent interested in making their $600 products work, does anybody know how i can fix my phone so that it does what it is supposed to? Also im not rooted which i assume probably makes it impossible for me to fix? thanks for any help.
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Wow i am so sick of reading some loser tell somebody to "search next time". You'll be so very relieved to know that I actually did search, and all i found out is that you dont have any friends.
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also bump
Oh my goodness, a new thread, I hate doing this but I haven't had any luck...
So here's the deal, my Streak's camera only shows greyscale on the screen while I am taking pictures or shooting video....
Once taken, the color is there in the photo or pic in the gallery or whatever app I open to view the photo or watch the video.
Honestly I have no idea when this could've started because since the Streak's camera is not the best in the world, I don't use it much, but I do occasionally use it to recognize a business or scan a document to send it to someone or something else to that effect.
What I have done lately to the phone is flashed the 354 baseband and dsp1 files to the phone. So logically I tried to flash to where I was before that, the 351 files, and had no luck with that, so I went back to the 354 files.
I have tried to look for some setting that I may have left in black and white or greyscale but haven't found anything that I may have done to cause this, doesn't mean it's not my fault, but I could definitely do with some ideas.
Thanks guys for any suggestions.
Worst case scenario I'd do a fresh flash of StreakDroid....oops, forgot to mention I was running StreakDroid 1.9
I would try to get the camera.apk file from 1.9.0 (unzip the zip, then system, then app, then camera.apk (I think)) and try installing that after uninstalling your camera app. If that doesn't work then it's a little far out to fix. You can always try a factory reset and reflash if that doesn't work.
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Well I tried got rid of the camera apk with Root Explorer but then it wouldn't let me reinstall it.
Well then I try to adb push the app but then got uid errors so I said the heck with it and did a fresh flash of StreakDroid
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... so I said the heck with it and did a fresh flash of StreakDroid
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Did this fix the problem?
I just noticed this for the first time, myself. I did a factory reset/re-flash of 1.9.0 a few days ago, and I suspect that's when this started.
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Did this fix the problem?
I just noticed this for the first time, myself. I did a factory reset/re-flash of 1.9.0 a few days ago, and I suspect that's when this started.
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Yeah, I dunno what I may have done to prompt the behavior, I'm sure I made some adjustment or installed something that affected it.
So I just started from scratch and flashed StreakDroid anew....
Each time I flash I do somethin in the order of things different and each time it gets smoother and smoother
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Yeah, I dunno what I may have done to prompt the behavior, I'm sure I made some adjustment or installed something that affected it.
So I just started from scratch and flashed StreakDroid anew....
Each time I flash I do somethin in the order of things different and each time it gets smoother and smoother
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I ran into this problem as well as another person. They discovered that it was LBE. Once I uninstalled LBE, the color issues were fine.
Did you have LBE installed?
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I ran into this problem as well as another person. They discovered that it was LBE. Once I uninstalled LBE, the color issues were fine.
Did you have LBE installed?
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Well I don't have the problem now that I flashed StreakDroid again but I sure wanna know what LBE is... forgive me for being dense but for the life of me I can't make out what that stands for sgood
Not sure what it stands for but its an app I found on xda and does permissions based blocking of apps. Kind of like iptables
Some people were having the same issue at streak.modaco.com and some found LBE Privacy Guard to be the issue and one person said Chainfire3D may be an issue.
In the SimpleStreak rom thread some users were attributing this to having stagefright installed. I do not use stagefright and have no idea what it is, just passing on the observation.
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Some people were having the same issue at streak.modaco.com and some found LBE Privacy Guard to be the issue and one person said Chainfire3D may be an issue.
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Yep that's the one and removing it fixed my issues.
vThanks
Thankyou,
I found that a reboot fixed the problem but i also have chainfire 3D installed so I was wondering if that caused the problem as I dont use the camera very often
Hey, i have a similar issue and dont have either of those apps installed. I can across the thread below first and posted my question here:
[Q] camera and video playback in black and white.
I am a noob. Both threads appear to discuss the same issue. Should i post to this thread?
There is a performance loss when using custom host files in android Marshmallow, Lollipop and reportedly KitKat. When using a host file I've noticed freezing and scrolling issues. If you have noticed lag too, to check whether or not it is caused by the hosts file I'd recommend downloading:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixel.gun3d
This game has very noticeable stuttering when I have my host file active.
If you do get stuttering then change the host file permissions to rw-r----- then test the game again. No need for reboot but if it doesn't fix it reboot and test.
If this does solve your problem then your device will run a lot smoother. If you have any issues with your browser still showing adds uncheck your 'data saving' options.
I'm very pleased I've managed to fix this issue as it literally was a choice between smoothness or no ads and that is one tricky decision ha ha.
It really worked! Thank you sir, you deserve a cookie
Borias said:
It really worked! Thank you sir, you deserve a cookie
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Glad to help
I'll be damned, it does work! How did you even figure out to try that? Thanks!
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I'll be damned, it does work! How did you even figure out to try that? Thanks!
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It was a bit of luck and determination to fix the lag ha ha. I knew from playing the game that something was causing lag, I went through a lot of ideas and finally figured out it was 100% my set up causing it as there was no lag on a fresh install. Restoring my set up I figured I would delete my init.d script and ''just in case'' delete the hosts file. This immediately solved the problem then just figured out which one it was causing the lag. After more hours messing around with scripts to remove the host file on certain apps then put it back on other apps and it being pretty unpredictable I figured changing the permissions. Some serious hours put into figuring this **** out lol. It would have been easy to figure out it was the host file causing the lag had it not been the fact that I've used this host file for years without any issue so it was literally the last thing I suspected lol. Glad it worked for you
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There is a performance loss when using custom host files in android Marshmallow, Lollipop and reportedly KitKat. When using a host file I've noticed freezing and scrolling issues. If you have noticed lag too, to check whether or not it is caused by the hosts file I'd recommend downloading:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixel.gun3d
This game has very noticeable stuttering when I have my host file active.
If you do get stuttering then change the host file permissions to rw-r----- then test the game again. No need for reboot but if it doesn't fix it reboot and test.
If this does solve your problem then your device will run a lot smoother. If you have any issues with your browser still showing adds uncheck your 'data saving' options.
I'm very pleased I've managed to fix this issue as it literally was a choice between smoothness or no ads and that is one tricky decision ha ha.
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How do you edit the host file? Thank you for posting this solution.
dredq said:
How do you edit the host file? Thank you for posting this solution.
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Use ES file explorer, press menu go to tools/root explorer turn it on and then click it, grant super user, then click ''mount R/W'' then navigate to system/ect and find the file called ''hosts'' long press it so it's marked then click more/properties/permissions change.
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Use ES file explorer, press menu go to tools/root explorer turn it on and then click it, grant super user, then click ''mount R/W'' then navigate to system/ect and find the file called ''hosts'' long press it so it's marked then click more/properties/permissions change.
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Thank you for such clear, straight forward instructions. This worked really well. My phone is back....snappy as ever.
I love you ! Thx a lot
I have a N5X with MM and removing the read permission for others has do the trick
(With clean cache and reboot)
For now my device is smooth as expected
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cyberdude020 said:
There is a performance loss when using custom host files in android Marshmallow, Lollipop and reportedly KitKat. When using a host file I've noticed freezing and scrolling issues. If you have noticed lag too, to check whether or not it is caused by the hosts file I'd recommend downloading:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pixel.gun3d
This game has very noticeable stuttering when I have my host file active.
If you do get stuttering then change the host file permissions to rw-r----- then test the game again. No need for reboot but if it doesn't fix it reboot and test.
If this does solve your problem then your device will run a lot smoother. If you have any issues with your browser still showing adds uncheck your 'data saving' options.
I'm very pleased I've managed to fix this issue as it literally was a choice between smoothness or no ads and that is one tricky decision ha ha.
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Thanks for the fix, my Nexus 5X is smooth again... I was going to remove and restore my stock hosts knowing that the lag was introduced right after I applied the MoaAB hosts file
Send from my Nexus 5X
Seriously though, this fix is purely insane. It's simple, it's testable, and it's definitely not a placebo. My Nexus 6P is smooth as hell, like on 1st day.
OP, can you please reach out to the creators of Adblock app (for example), explain what you did, what you think happened, see if your fix can cause any incompability issues, and if all is checked out, hopefully the apps that change the host files will change the permissions of the file by default.
You rock
Thanks this realy help on my LG G2 with CM13 (using AdAway).
cyberdude020 said:
There is a performance loss when using custom host files in android Marshmallow, Lollipop and reportedly KitKat. When using a host file I've noticed freezing and scrolling issues. If you have noticed lag too, to check whether or not it is caused by the hosts file I'd recommend downloading:
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Does this lag affect anything besides gaming? - I haven't noticed any lag on LG G4, but I only game on PC's and consoles, not phones.
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Seriously though, this fix is purely insane. It's simple, it's testable, and it's definitely not a placebo. My Nexus 6P is smooth as hell, like on 1st day.
OP, can you please reach out to the creators of Adblock app (for example), explain what you did, what you think happened, see if your fix can cause any incompability issues, and if all is checked out, hopefully the apps that change the host files will change the permissions of the file by default.
You rock
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That's a good idea, I'll message them
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Does this lag affect anything besides gaming? - I haven't noticed any lag on LG G4, but I only game on PC's and consoles, not phones.
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This affects normal usage as well. I was noticing the lag on Facebook and browser etc. The game is purely for testing to see if you have lag as it's very noticeable on there, where as it's subtle on other apps. Download the game and play the training mission, if if stutters then your host file is causing your phone to lag in all apps but you probably don't reaslise, change permissions and test the game again, if it doesn't lag your phone should be a bit smoother overall. I don't know if the host file makes all phones lag but I think it does. I'd be curious to know if you have a host file and don't get lag on the game in the OP. If you don't, could you let me know how many MB your host file is, as the smaller the file the less it lags but with my fix you can have any size host file as far as I know.
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This affects normal usage as well. I was noticing the lag on Facebook and browser etc. The game is purely for testing to see if you have lag as it's very noticeable on there, where as it's subtle on other apps. Download the game and play the training mission, if if stutters then your host file is causing your phone to lag in all apps but you probably don't reaslise, change permissions and test the game again, if it doesn't lag your phone should be a bit smoother overall. I don't know if the host file makes all phones lag but I think it does. I'd be curious to know if you have a host file and don't get lag on the game in the OP. If you don't, could you let me know how many MB your host file is, as the smaller the file the less it lags but with my fix you can have any size host file as far as I know.
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here is the ironic part, the only thing that has ever caused lag on my LG G4, are the Facebook & Facebook Messenger apps themselves!
they have both been kicked to the curb and all lag is gone with them! - also battery life is much better and phone runs cooler with those two removed.
AdAway is not causing any lag whatsoever on this rooted & bootloader unlocked model under Marshmallow.
WTF? said:
here is the ironic part, the only thing that has ever caused lag on my LG G4, are the Facebook & Facebook Messenger apps themselves!
they have both been kicked to the curb and all lag is gone with them! - also battery life is much better and phone runs cooler with those two removed.
AdAway is not causing any lag whatsoever on this rooted & bootloader unlocked model under Marshmallow.
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Did you test the game? What size is your host file?
Yeah Facebook is a resource hogger, I use tasker and greenify to "hibernate" it as soon as I turn off the screen, so it cant do anything, although might be worth setting it so it hibernates as soon as I come off the app.
Glad to help
Its amazing how a single file permission could make a difference in the performance of an os. Thanks man, this works in resurrection remix rom on my galaxy s3. Surprising but wonderful.
xarmx said:
Its amazing how a single file permission could make a difference in the performance of an os. Thanks man, this works in resurrection remix rom on my galaxy s3. Surprising but wonderful.
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Enjoy
I updated to Marshmallow using the kdz and tot method, got root no issues. Phone works great, installed su, Xposed V84, again no issues. Was able to restore most of my apps via TiBu, again no issues (except a few minor ones). I'm running Nova Prime for launcher.
I have G4 Tweaks installed and running no issues. BUT, I have no second screen! It happened last night out of the blue. Not sure what is going on or why it happened. It is simply not there either when screen is on or off. I did freeze some apps via TiBu but nothing other than the standard bloat stuff.
I went back to my original, 1st backup before I modded anything and the second screen was there.
Any ideas??
Xposed breaks 2nd screen. There's a fix but I dont know what thread or how to do it since I dont used Xposed.
Just pointing you in the right direction.
Thanks, latest version does not have the issue as I understand so I don't think that's the issue
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TheFuzz said:
Thanks, latest version does not have the issue as I understand so I don't think that's the issue
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Xposed 84+ should fix any of the issues with LG software... it's been the case for me, as I currently have a fully functional device with root, Xposed, and all the while being on MM. I haven't seen anyone come across anything like your issue, so you may have to do what I just did to narrow down my issue with WiFi calling and that was to install groups of things and doing a backup in between each group until you can narrow it down. luckily you have a backup where everything was functional that you can start off on. if you do find the culprit, I'd be curious to hear what it was. for my broken WiFi calling, it happened after installing busybox.
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Xposed 84+ should fix any of the issues with LG software... it's been the case for me, as I currently have a fully functional device with root, Xposed, and all the while being on MM. I haven't seen anyone come across anything like your issue, so you may have to do what I just did to narrow down my issue with WiFi calling and that was to install groups of things and doing a backup in between each group until you can narrow it down. luckily you have a backup where everything was functional that you can start off on. if you do find the culprit, I'd be curious to hear what it was. for my broken WiFi calling, it happened after installing busybox.
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This may be a case by case scenario. Xposed 84 almost with certainty, broke my second screen and I had to flash the second screen fix in order to remedy the situation. Been working like a dream ever since.
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This may be a case by case scenario. Xposed 84 almost with certainty, broke my second screen and I had to flash the second screen fix in order to remedy the situation. Been working like a dream ever since.
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Thanks guys. Yes definitely a unique experience I'm thinking. I worked my way back from my 1st backup after installing MM. Installed a bit at a time, backed up and kept going. I'm now fully where I want to be and all is well. I did not restore anything from TiBu except some of my basic app data (messaging, phone logs etc). Everything else I did a clean install from Google Play.
If I had to guess, something that I restored the first time via TiBu likely borked the second screen somehow though I really do not what or how.
My best advice to all, be patient! Go slow, install backup, install backup etc.
Hello,
I'm writing because I've seen this issue since a longer time on my phone.
When I restart sometimes some random app is missing. Thing is when I restart again the app is back in the list and works fine.
I think some time ago I found others having similar issues somewhere hidden in other links on Google but I can't find them anymore for the same of this thread x_x
Normally people seem to have trouble with (all) apps on sd card disappearing after reboot. I don't use that feature; I install everything on internal memory and it is always some other app (random). And the app returns working normally after restart.
Note: the missing app I see missing normally through the system itself, as the app is not listed under apps. So nova launcher and others also do not display it.
Anyone seen this too?
I noticed that titanium backup restores the missing app fine and then the app works without a restart. Also I checked the directory /data/app and also found the apk of the missing app.
How does android get the available apps on boot and how would it forget some of them? And how to fix...?
I'm on android 4.4 (slimkat) on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with leankernel.
Thanks!
I'm on android 4.4 (slimkat) on Samsung Galaxy Note 3 with leankernel
Hi , did you tried to flash stock firmware with odin or SmartSwitch and see if the apps are missing again ?
Sorry, I was absent and did not receive a message for this thread.
Thank you for your reply!
Well, it is hard to see. I'm happy with this rom so I'm having a difficult time using other roms. I cannot recall having this on another rom I used before for a few months (bobcat rom, based on Kitkat Samsung stock).
It might be worth reinstalling the current rom for testing. Seeing everything up though takes its time though.
I was kinda hoping someone had that experience and pointed to something like some xposed module which I love. It is not easy to test because I mostly do not know/notice there is an app missing. Just sometimes my quick settings times with the apps show "error". Then I know something is wrong. So easily weeks pass by until I find this again...