I want to see if there are apps/games that are universally giving us problems. Therefore, if you could list your top 5 that are either force closing, causing an extreme lag or causing your Sensation to act up maybe we can share stories of fixes or identify common denominators. Please feel free to add yours.
My 5:
* Spare Parts
Problem: Spare parts force closes when I try check the battery stats - everytime.
* Volume +
Problem: Once a day this program force closes on me. It has increased my headset volume a bit, but it is not worth the shutdowns.
* Launcherpro
Problem: This thing force closes like clockwork. Once every two days this thing shutsdown and I can't seem to find out why.
* Stupid Zombies
Problem: I will be able to play about 3 rounds and then the game becomes unresponsive. I don't know of a compatibility problem.
* (reserved)
Hyper Jump
Resolution is messed up.
The Weather Channel used to force close on me all the time but since i reset my phone no issues, I use launcher pro (Plus Unlocked) and havent had any issues with it at all.
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My Samsung Galaxy S6 G920F 128GB keeps crashing.
N.B.: This is also a bit of rant....
The device is unlocked and was flashed just after it was bought with the BTU firmware for minimal bloatware and crapware, and of course that B(r)itish Humor Since then it was updated several times OTA. It's running 5.1.1 right now.
OffTopic: Seriously Word, Exel, Powerpoint, OneNote, OneDrive. I didn't want any other apps on my phone... ESPECIALLY AFTER AN UPDATE ! ! ! In any case WTF SAMSUNG?
1. Symptoms
- Nature of crashes:
1.1 - Screen freeze
1.1.1 - If music is playing on internal speakers the device will emit a "noise loop", does also happen with headphones.
1.1.2 - After a freeze the device will:
1.1.3 - only restart if a soft reset is performed (DOWN and POWER pressed for 7 seconds)
1.1.4 - reboot
1.2 - Reset immediately without rebooting to lock-screen
1.3 - The device also freezes in Safe Mode (DOWN while booting)
1.4 ! - The device also freezes sometimes while charging and powered of: The LED is red and it does not react to POWER or HOME
1.5 ! - The device also freezes while on recovery menu (HOME and UP at boot)
1.5.1 - It even froze when factory resetting; I then did a soft reset and it rebooted with that blue screen with the Android; after a few seconds it added "Erasing...."; it rebooted successfully into ANDROID with lock-screen....
1.6 - If the device is charging a reboot will not be initiated; it's only powered off
1.7 - The phone also powers off sometimes
1.8 - Crashes at random intervals
1.8.1 - Some just after booting and before any SIM-PIN entry is possible
1.8.2 - Some take place after a few minutes of usage
1.8.3 - Very rarely does the device function longer than half an hour without a crash
2. Already tried (unsuccessful in eliminating crashes:
2.1 - Reset of cache (several times)
2.2 - Factory reset/Data wipe (several times)
2.2.1 - From recovery menu
2.2.2 - From settings
3. Other Symptoms:
3.1 - The device will not display "Starting Android Apps, or whatever it says..." on startup
3.2 - Sometimes it emits a disturbing crackling noise right after the lock screen; actually I kind of like it now, it gives you a nice warm feeling just like the old tube TV had that crackling noise...
3.3 - I think it has a shorter battery life for the last week or so, I might be wrong, or it might be due to normal usage
3.4 - It gets quite hot while fast charging, especially the OEM-MICRO-USB-TYPE-B-CONNECTOR gets very hot, so hot you would burn yourself if holding for a sufficient amount of time (probably more than a minute or two), I'm not sure if this is related to the original issue
As with capitalism one thing is sure: The next crash will come. While writing this( using the auto save feature) the device restarted more than a dozen times. The device goes from not usable at all to annoyingly usable.....
4. What might cause it:
4.1 - Something in CACHE or RAM or TEMP (temporary files on the file system) is not deleted as it should be.
4.1.1 - The other day I read that there is an issue with ENCRYPTION as the device will boot WITHOUT PASS CODE if it has crashed or shutdown due to lack of battery, maybe the issue is the same?
4.2 - Hardware defect:
-Maybe but: I had the issue a few months ago and a factory reset resolved it, but why not now?
4.3 - Maybe I'm using too much internal storage?
- Apple Music had ~30 GB and
- Videos ~40GB most ~100MB
- Music ~ 3GB
4.3.1 - Just some crazy thought: Does ANDROID have TRIM? If not might I have not left any free pages for it to write to?
5. What can be done:
5.1 - Continue using the phone
5.2 - Bring it back to shop (the phone came with a contract for two years) and try to get a new one, but how am I going to reproduce random crashes?
5.3 - Eventually buy an iPhone
- I'm actually not joking on this one; I will. But how will I put music on it, just how, how???
Thanks for reading. Do you have any suggestions?
Hi did you ever find a solution for this? I am experiencing the same thing, I even sent it to Samsung via RMA, but they could not find anything wrong. I got it back and it continues to freeze and restart.
Nah I returned it (to my carrier) while it was freezing and got a new one after two days.
Try to make a video so that no can argue that the unit is not broken or even better: Show it broken/freezing/restarting for no reason to the retailer where you have bought the phone.
Also depending on your jurisdiction you might have the right to a flawless product within a certain time frame i.e. EU: 2 years, AUS: 3 years.... besides the manufracturer warrenty!
Anyways good luck.
Hi everyone!
So I've recently purchased a Mate 9 and while I absolutely adore most aspects of the phone, there's a high number of crashes every day that keeps bugging me.
Ever since I got it (like literally Day 1) it has been crashing on like 80% of all game launches (tested with a dozen of games, it happened randomly and not with distinct games for example), on around 50% of all landscape rotations in photo apps, on like 20% of all landscape rotations and lastly, on around 10% of camera usage and viewing.
I'd assume it is an issue with the gyro sensor being buggy or whatever because it basically is limited to the screen's rotation but I'm not sure.
Did anyone else experience this? Does anyone know how to fix this?
My Mate 9 has the most recent firmware, is neither rooted nor equipped with a custom ROM - I'd prefer to not just factory reset it, so if you have any ideas on how to avoid that, I'd be very thankful! <3
Had bunch of problems on my 432, like voice command problems, Google Calendar sync issues and similar. Factory reset and installing Google calendar fixed them all.
Hey!
Been having some troubles for 8-10 months now. Thought it was software-related, but those same issues persisted throughout CyanogenOS, RemixResurrection OS, LineageOS. I did full wipes between changing the operating systems. Changing the SD card didn´t help, either. My problems are:
- Fingerprint reader got very unreliable, sometimes it works. Sometimes it gives a short vibration indication that something was recognized, but the screen doesn´t turn on
- When I boot up the phone, there are several apps that take up to 10 minutes to show on my homescreens after it is booted up
- Many apps keep crashing all the time. Re-install didn´t help, they still crash (Unforuntately blabla has stopped working...etc)
- When using Facbook, everytime after a couple of minutes of browsing thorugh the news feed when I buffer or watch videos, the apps freezes and my phone reboots
(- Battery runtimes are sometimes very normal (3.5 - 4 hours screen-on-time over 2-3 days), but often I get maybe 2 hours of screen-on-time over 1-2 days before I need to charge it again)
- Basically, my phone is very useless atm...I can do a couple of things, but it often crashes, freezes, os way too slow.
Might there be a RAM issue? I have no idea....do these symptomes seem familiar to some of you and you might be able to help? I might have a hard time making use of my warranty since I flashed/rooted it, right?
I´d really appreciate your help
I really wish you had received any replies to this, because I am having the exact same issues. Too bad our warranty expired the day we flashed the devices! I mean, the phone does work, but it is very annoying. I used to be really reliable in the beginning, Opening the camera takes a few seconds, the shutter is very slow and sometimes switching to video mode or back to photo takes 30 seconds or more. I've always been flashing the newest lineageOS, but there's no change. It's been like this for 16 months :-/
PassiTheApe said:
I really wish you had received any replies to this, because I am having the exact same issues. Too bad our warranty expired the day we flashed the devices! I mean, the phone does work, but it is very annoying. I used to be really reliable in the beginning, Opening the camera takes a few seconds, the shutter is very slow and sometimes switching to video mode or back to photo takes 30 seconds or more. I've always been flashing the newest lineageOS, but there's no change. It's been like this for 16 months :-/
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could be RAM. could also be some issue with the internal SD storage.
it's a far shot but try running a trim on your device's storage. check the play store for "Trimmer (fstrim)". see if it makes any difference.
PassiTheApe said:
Hey!
Been having some troubles for 8-10 months now. Thought it was software-related, but those same issues persisted throughout CyanogenOS, RemixResurrection OS, LineageOS. I did full wipes between changing the operating systems. Changing the SD card didn´t help, either. My problems are:
- Fingerprint reader got very unreliable, sometimes it works. Sometimes it gives a short vibration indication that something was recognized, but the screen doesn´t turn on
- When I boot up the phone, there are several apps that take up to 10 minutes to show on my homescreens after it is booted up
- Many apps keep crashing all the time. Re-install didn´t help, they still crash (Unforuntately blabla has stopped working...etc)
- When using Facbook, everytime after a couple of minutes of browsing thorugh the news feed when I buffer or watch videos, the apps freezes and my phone reboots
(- Battery runtimes are sometimes very normal (3.5 - 4 hours screen-on-time over 2-3 days), but often I get maybe 2 hours of screen-on-time over 1-2 days before I need to charge it again)
- Basically, my phone is very useless atm...I can do a couple of things, but it often crashes, freezes, os way too slow.
Might there be a RAM issue? I have no idea....do these symptomes seem familiar to some of you and you might be able to help? I might have a hard time making use of my warranty since I flashed/rooted it, right?
I´d really appreciate your help
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i have flashed lineage os but modded gcam is not working even after enabling camera to api. please someone help me and if possible please add a gcam thread for Oppo r7 plus
supriyo_rana said:
i have flashed lineage os but modded gcam is not working even after enabling camera to api. please someone help me and if possible please add a gcam thread for Oppo r7 plus
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no modded gcam requires different camera HAL level. which none of the R7 series phones support. it's stuck at legacy.
Hello everyone, I have been searching for this specific issue and have found nothing, apologies if this has been addressed. First, I am on my second week of Android after 6 years of iOS so please bear with me, I may not have all the terminology down.
I am running a Nexus 5 (bootloader unlocked if that matters) with 6.0.1, otherwise stock. It was a new-in-box model with 4.4.3 loaded, I updated by flashing it rather than a side-load. I was having the following issues with Face Unlock:
1. First issue, Face Unlock would randomly stop working, when you go into the settings to 'Improve Face Matching' it would report that 'Google Play services has stopped'. This would be accompanied by an increase in processor demand from Trusted Face and a severe drain to the battery, I am assuming it was frequently trying to connect to Google Play. No issue in Safe Mode. This was resolved by disabling Google Play and reinstalling the latest version.
2. Second issue, Face Unlock would again randomly stop working, but this would be accompanied by the Camera also failing to function. I would either get a 'Camera cannot be accessed' report or just a blank screen (camera controls visible, but no picture in the viewfinder). Going to 'Improve Face Matching' would report a problem with the camera. No issue in Safe Mode, so I am assuming the camera hardware was fine. This was resolved by disabling the Camera app and reinstalling the latest version. I had to do this twice, along with the Google Play update, before it worked consistently. This would again result in a reported drain coming from both 'Trusted Face' and the Camera app, again I am assuming it was constantly trying to connect to the Camera.
3. Last issue, Face Unlock randomly stops working, with no issues reported in either the camera or Face Unlock settings. no change in battery life and no reported processor demand using System Monitor Lite. If I open 'Improve Face Matching' I get the white screen with white dots with a permanent "Starting up..." notice. This is easy to fix, a reboot always gets it working again. Usually it stops within 6-10 hours of use, sometimes shorter or longer. Rebooting into Safe Mode also fixes the problem, but I am not sure if that is just because of the reboot. I have not run Safe Mode long enough to replicate the issue.
Any thoughts on how to troubleshoot? I suppose I can just disable Face Unlock but I find it quite handy. It seems to be a little bit different than the plethora of other Nexus 5 camera / Smart Unlock problems I have been reading up on.
I'm having this problem with my NEW mi note 10 phone.
I notice it when first when I'm typing on my keyboard as usual speed.
It kept doing this phantom swipe across two finger taps.
I posted some videos to illustrate my problem.
Is it a software or hardware problem? (This problem is intermittent as well so it's really hard to pinpoint it)
ttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1-QMHaYYpsEizVRpPHqPvzx-E2hUMa0ur/view?usp=sharing(Using keyboard)
ttps://drive.google.com/file/d/1-6M1e33Qxz8HXckkcLb3sWVTXG6fPHzv/view?usp=sharing (Using touchscreen tester, you can clearly see the phantom swipe across the two taps)
Anyone else having this problem except for me?
When this problem comes, I can't even properly play a game.
reformat factory reset - fail
reinstall latest miui global 11.1. 2 - fail
optimise animation all off - fail
gboard - fail
xiaomi keyboard - fail
SwiftKey - fail
turn off Miui optimization - fail
restart phone - fail
clear ram, clear cache, clear recent, speed boast - fail
CPU slowing down due to background processes?
Touch digitalizer got problem? (I tried shaking it gently, poking it but it does not affect anything at all)
As I said, this problem is intermittent. There are times when I can use it without any problems at all.
It's really weird.
It can be totally fine one moment and then it acts up again.
There's another thread about this. Most of us face this issue on all variants of the phone (Pro/Lite). This started with April or May update where Mi added a edge sensitivity control setting.
What happens here is that touch sensitivity suddenly reduces and it will be hard to do anything that involves rapid touch such as typing.
Lock and unlocking the screen or restarting the phone will fix this temporarily. There's no permanent solution.
Also when this issue occurs again, go to the settings and turn on Game Turbo for an app such as WhatsApp, without and then try typing on WhatsApp, you will see that the issue is gone.
We all are waiting for Mi to fix this. But I would advice to return the phone if it's under warranty though this is a software issue