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Hi all, just got a TB and rooted it yesterday. It was one of the first things I did when I got my phone, so I can't say that this wasn't an issue beforehand, but it seems like LauncherPro isn't staying in memory. Every now and then, when I press the home screen, it will ask me whether to use HTC Sense or LauncherPro. This will keep occuring at random, even after I've checked to use LauncherPro by default. Is anyone else having this problem? Know a quick fix?
Nobody else experiencing this?
there's an option in launcherpro's general settings 'keep in memory'. have you tried that yet? are you using some sort of app-killer (like advanced task manager or ES)? is launcherpro ignored in that?
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Ah, sorry, should have clarified. Yes, I have the keep in memory already checked and I am not using any sort of app killer unless there is a stock app killer that I don't know about.
ok, then. in the phone's settings menu, go to applications/manage applications, find launcherpro. is it selected to launch by default?
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No defaults set, which is why I assume the settings aren't sticking. Should I just force stop, clear data, uninstall, reinstall to see if that works? Or do you know a nifty way to set it to the default launcher.
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No defaults set, which is why I assume the settings aren't sticking. Should I just force stop, clear data, uninstall, reinstall to see if that works? Or do you know a nifty way to set it to the default launcher.
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you could do what I did, and use Titanium to remove HTC Sense from the phone. No point in having it if your going to use a different launcher.
Haven't checked yet, but is removing HTC Sense one of the safe removable apps? Were you having the same issues as I was or did you just remove it because you didn't use it?
i don't recommend uninstalling sense. i know, launcherpro is good and all, but it's still a third party software, and if something goes wrong, you're left with no launcher, and that kind of sucks... and no, i don't know any way to make it default (other that choosing from the list when it pops up). but reinstalling might help!
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Haven't checked yet, but is removing HTC Sense one of the safe removable apps? Were you having the same issues as I was or did you just remove it because you didn't use it?
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i am running das bamf and removed every bit of sense I could get my hands on immediatly as I like what they did with the rom but hate sense. I also installed launcher pro right away and deleted sense.
I have never had launcher pro end up at a point where I couldn't use it anyone. I did this for 2 months on my evo 4g, and will continue to do so.
Just stuck to the tried and true method of clearing data. LauncherPro seems to be sticking now. Thanks for all the replies!
Ah, spoke a little bit too soon. Doesn't seem to be sticking any longer. When I rooted, the process went very smoothly and all root apps that I have run with no problems.
I'm just wondering if there's any way that rooting may have affected LP since no other users seem to be having this problem.
Bumping this.
raphytaffy said:
Ah, spoke a little bit too soon. Doesn't seem to be sticking any longer. When I rooted, the process went very smoothly and all root apps that I have run with no problems.
I'm just wondering if there's any way that rooting may have affected LP since no other users seem to be having this problem.
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I have had this very same problem since day 1 with my T-Bolt, and it's driving me crazy. I have not rooted yet, so rooting has nothing to do with it... just so you know...
Like with your's, I get that nasty launcher selection popup randomly; and if I exit from any streaming app or music app, it pops up EVERYsingle time the HOME key is pressed.
It also happens with ADW in exactly the same way as LauncherPro, so I would bet it happens with any launcher that is not Sense.
What have I done to fix it?
1. I have uninstalled / re-installed LauncherPro (and ADW), with no luck.
2. Just in case it was a conflict of Google restoring what I had on my Incredible to my T-Bolt, I uninstalled every uninstallable app I could, and then waited over night for Google to do it's backup ( to create a blank backup), and then did a hard reset the next morning, with no luck.
3. In Settings>Privacy, I unchecked the "Back Up My Settings" box and discovered that a window pops up that says, "Are you sure you want to stop backing up your settings and application data AND ERASE ALL COPIES ON GOOGLE SERVERS?" When I saw that, I saw no need to do the overnight thing and did this repeatedly with hard resets - all this WITH NO LUCK.
4. As a last resort, I took my T-Bolt back to Best Buy (thinking that maybe something went wrong in the provisioning process during activation), and they reactivated my T-Bolt with a new SIM card. Once again, NO LUCK.
I don't know what the heck is going on with it. Maybe it's a rogue app that's conflicting with the T-Bolt. I don't know. What I do know is that there is no problem if I'm using Sense, but I don't like Sense and refuse to use it, so I'm stuck with that darned popup.
I thought that rooting and using a different ROM altogether would get rid of the problem. Have you tried flashing a different ROM?
We have got to find out what's causing this, or at least a good workaround.
djkeller3 said:
I thought that rooting and using a different ROM altogether would get rid of the problem. Have you tried flashing a different ROM?
We have got to find out what's causing this, or at least a good workaround.
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Thanks for the reply. Puts my mind at ease knowing that I'm not the only one with the issue and also helps to know that you're experiencing this on an unrooted phone. I have not tried flashing any custom ROMs yet, so perhaps the people who have flashed a ROM can report back on whether LP is acting up on their phones.
I hope it's as simple as LP needing to be updated for TB.
Had this same problem myself... Download an app called HomeSmack from the market. It is free and allows you to switch between Sense and launcherpro easily. Have not had the issue since. Also I can easily switch back to my sense home screen and vice verse without a set-up every time.
Hope this helps
Memnoch73 said:
Had this same problem myself... Download an app called HomeSmack from the market. It is free and allows you to switch between Sense and launcherpro easily. Have not had the issue since. Also I can easily switch back to my sense home screen and vice verse without a set-up every time.
Hope this helps
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Yeah, I forgot to mention that neat little app - Homesmack. I like it. It's the only way I was able to actually get to LauncherPro from Sense. Without it, for me LauncherPro was simply a *download* that I could not access.
However, it did nothing to keep LauncherPro in memory. It does allow you to clear data from Sense and actually kill it momentarily; but once you get back into LauncherPro (or ADW), the problem simply repeats itself on my T-Bolt.
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Thanks for the reply. Puts my mind at ease knowing that I'm not the only one with the issue and also helps to know that you're experiencing this on an unrooted phone. I have not tried flashing any custom ROMs yet, so perhaps the people who have flashed a ROM can report back on whether LP is acting up on their phones.
I hope it's as simple as LP needing to be updated for TB.
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If I have time, I'm gonna root my T-Bolt this weekend. And then I will immediately flash a ROM - ANY ROM - to see if this works.
From what I'm gathering with regards to the T-Bolt... there are lots of bugs with this phone; however, not all T-Bolts share the same problems, and some are way more common than others. My T-Bolt is, for the most part, flawless; except for the launcher staying in memory. My wife has the headphone jack problem with hers... not everyone is experiencing that, but there are a batch of T-Bolts with faulty headphone jacks. Guess that's what we get for being early adopters. What the heck though, every other 4G phone that comes out will have flaws too. If people are expecting these phones to be fully *worked out*, they should wait and upgrade to 4G next year.
In the meantime, I've found that hitting the *back* key instead of the *home* key bypasses the launcher pop-up selector altogether. It can't be relied on completely because there are some apps you can't get out of without hitting the HOME key.
btw, my coworker has a tb and has this issue of the launcher pro constantly asking to be the default launcher. looks like if you hold the home button to switch between tasks, it clears the default launcher setting. try not using the hold home to multitask function to see if that stops this from happening.
I can verify this behaviour, and it 100% reproducible. It 'forgets' the default launcher with 2 actions:
- Pull down the status bar notification.
- Long press home to switch apps.
It doesn't happen otherwise. I use Wave Launcher, and it doesn't affect the default launcher.
This only started happening this weekend. I have to go through the apps I added recently.
I'm not rooted.
Using Zeam launcher.
But it randomly reboots itself? I didnt see this as a problem, unless I overlooked something. I can be texting and it just reboots itself or does it on its own without me doing anything to the phone.
Is this a known issue? I did a clean wipe with the most recent update install.
HELP!
No it's not a known issue at all. What rom were you coming from, also by "clean wipe" did you format system when coming from that rom?
Same here
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I came from the eagle rom but wiped data, cache, etc...
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I would reflash, I never had any reboots issues while using WeaponG2X.
Hercules, Hercules!!
I am having random reboots too.
Are you guys using cases? I haven't had a random reboot since I stopped using the speck case, and I've been running almost every version of weapon all the way up to 3.0
Running Weapon 2.8 with faux oc/uv kernel without any issues whatsoever. The only reason I'm not on v3 is because I really dig prepend/append battery text.
Same here - been with Weapon for some time now (3.0 currently). Have not had any random reboots. Stable rom.
My girl changed roms because of rebotes and she was coming an older version.
Edit older version if weapons, we thought it was theme so we did two clean wipes after. Formatted system also.
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I just did a fresh install of 3.0 coming from CM7.1.0.1 and had a reboot within the first hour. Oh boy...
edit: simply replaced "no" with "boy"
I was having random reboots on weapon g3x 3.0 r1 almost 10 times a day. I was using the rotary lockscreen, and custom notification icons. I wiped everything even formatted /system and did a clean install. I now use AOSP lock screen as well as custom notification icons (m00nman's) and have not had a problem since.
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I was having random reboots on weapon g3x 3.0 r1 almost 10 times a day. I was using the rotary lockscreen, and custom notification icons. I wiped everything even formatted /system and did a clean install. I now use AOSP lock screen as well as custom notification icons (m00nman's) and have not had a problem since.
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Op states rotary lockscreen is unstable. Cheers
Update:
**Been up all weekend with no reboot. Everything is fast and working as it should.
I am running Weapon 3.0r1 and using the ASOP lock (not rotary) and I am having occasional reboots as well (now true I have had some random re-boots from the debloated Froyo ROM as well), I have also noticed that Tethering is not working either. ( I do have the updated SU, and the permissions set to allow tethering, but neither the USB or the Wi-Fi Tethering option seems to work. It does connect to other devices but it will NOT transfer data. Not sure what is going on, I do like the Weapon ROM, lotsa nice features, quick, etc. Just need to figure out why the tethering is not working and also turn off that damn shutter flash sound, If it were a real SLR the noise wouldnt bother me but this thing is digital, I don't need any fake sounds.
Is anyone else having tethering issues with this specific ROM, (if I flash back to the Froyo ROM, I can get data transfer through either the USB or the Wi-Fi Tethering, but not this ROM, any help would be appreciated.
CM7 #190 seems to be it for me
I love weapon but I always get a black screen and the reboots at least 3 times aday and that doesn't happen with cm7. Or mui rom
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I love the ROM cause of all its customized features but I also believe that is the cause of its issues. I ran the ROM from the beginning always doing wipes cause I don' trust flashing over frameworks and stuff, plus I only have a couple apps that I install. Overall I noticed that with each huge customization came another issue weather it was reboot or something else. I rarely get reboots ever, on lots of different ROMS but weapon's latest gave me lots at least once a day if not more, on aosp lock screen and no real custom things done to it. I just liked the pull down notification and status widgets he had... I believe 2.8 was my oldest backup that was a great stable ROM for me.
I did a clean install, meaning format, clear data, clear coach all the good stuff... And I have been using the phone for the last 4 days with out turning off the phone, I have no reboot no gps problem, no problem at all.
Edit, I did not use any lock screen at all. I use an app to disable the lock screen, since there is no option in weapon to disable the lock screen.
G2x Weapon 3.0 R1
I did have random reboots the first couple of days after flashing weapon 3.0 R1 but it has settled down and I actually had my phone running for 6 days straight without a reboot or the dreaded sleep of death. The biggest thing is that I only use the ASOP lockscreen and I haven't been using bluetooth connected to my car (Nissan Rogue) lately. It may have just needed some time to 'settle in'. This has been the most stable ROM I've tried but I've only tried a couple.
I have a Rooted Droid charge running EP4P but ive had this issue since EE4
for some reason when i have a set wallpaper (a picture instead of a live Wallpaper)
the background will stop scrolling it,
i have to restart the phone and when the phone comes back on, it lets it scroll untill i see the "Media Scanning Running... (System Storage)" then it freezes again
Ive tried multiple launchers including LauncherPro (personal favorite), Gingerbread launcher free, ICS Launcher, and a Honey comb launcher, but all of them fail.
the only one that still lets it scroll is the original twLauncher and i dont like it
is there a way for me to fix it
this started happening when i installed these i don't know if its relevant or not:
Honda Logo Widgets (Uninstalled later, what piece of junk really)
ht[REMOVE ME]tps://market.android.com/details?id=com.sul.carlogowidget.honda&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zdWwuY2FybG9nb3dpZGdldC5ob25kYSJd
Honda Automotive Database
ht[REMOVE ME]tps://market.android.com/details?id=com.linszter.hondadatabase&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5saW5zenRlci5ob25kYWRhdGFiYXNlIl0.
*edit* Sorry since im new i cant post links so i had to do that
anybody?
please i really want this feature
Sounds like you may to do a factory data reset and reflash the rom you're using. Did you upgrade to EP4P via the OTA update or using an ODIN/CWM ROM? If you did it via OTA from EE4 then perhaps before doing the full data wipe, try reflashing the EP4P ROM via ODIN first. Sounds like something got corrupted.
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Sounds like you may to do a factory data reset and reflash the rom you're using. Did you upgrade to EP4P via the OTA update or using an ODIN/CWM ROM? If you did it via OTA from EE4 then perhaps before doing the full data wipe, try reflashing the EP4P ROM via ODIN first. Sounds like something got corrupted.
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thats the weird thing ive reflashed many times do to other reasons, when i had it on EE4 it froze, i reflashed to receive the ota and that fixed it for a few days, then it started to freeze again, then when the ota hit, it worked again for like 1 month and then it froze again,
later i reflashed ep4p through odin, just because i felt that my phone was getting too boring and i wanted to start from scratch, and it worked again but then it froze after about 2 or 3 weeks, now running tweakstock rom and still same issue
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I have a Rooted Droid charge running EP4P but ive had this issue since EE4
for some reason when i have a set wallpaper (a picture instead of a live Wallpaper)
the background will stop scrolling it,
i have to restart the phone and when the phone comes back on, it lets it scroll untill i see the "Media Scanning Running... (System Storage)" then it freezes again
Ive tried multiple launchers including LauncherPro (personal favorite), Gingerbread launcher free, ICS Launcher, and a Honey comb launcher, but all of them fail.
the only one that still lets it scroll is the original twLauncher and i dont like it
is there a way for me to fix it
this started happening when i installed these i don't know if its relevant or not:
Honda Logo Widgets (Uninstalled later, what piece of junk really)
ht[REMOVE ME]tps://market.android.com/details?id=com.sul.carlogowidget.honda&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zdWwuY2FybG9nb3dpZGdldC5ob25kYSJd
Honda Automotive Database
ht[REMOVE ME]tps://market.android.com/details?id=com.linszter.hondadatabase&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5saW5zenRlci5ob25kYWRhdGFiYXNlIl0.
*edit* Sorry since im new i cant post links so i had to do that
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Go Launcher natively supports scrolling wallpapers, though I don't know what is causing the initial problem... I'm tempted to say its a rom issue like mentioned above as I have no problems with this
anoninja118 said:
Go Launcher natively supports scrolling wallpapers, though I don't know what is causing the initial problem... I'm tempted to say its a rom issue like mentioned above as I have no problems with this
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darn i dont doubt you but whats weird is that its done it on 3 roms! and i have gotten very fond of launcher pro, although it seriously needs to be updated :\
I've had a few android phones, but so far I have not run into this issue with any of them. I am running stock + root (though the issue was happening before root) and every once in a while I'll notice an icon is missing from one of my home screens.
Typically, it's been my Scrabble icon that goes missing. Sometimes it will be TouchDown or Words With Friends that disappear, or it will be a widget. Has anyone encountered this?
I've tried doing a reset of the phone, but still run into the same thing after a few days. I have checked to make sure that an update was not done to the app, turned off auto-updates for any of the affected programs that I've noticed so far, but still I find that the icon disappears.
I'd appreciate any input as to a way to find out when/how the icon was deleted from the screen. Since I'm the only one that uses my phone, I don't think it's being dropped accidentally by someone else. I do know that I have used an app's icon before going to bed, but when I wake up the next day, it or one of the others that was there is gone.
Have you moved any of these apps to the SD card?
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Nope, not running anything from the SD card. I use it mainly for moving music and the occassional movie between two different devices.
That was happening to me too on stock 2.3.6 but after I flashed sky ics ROM it fixed it
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That was happening to me too on stock 2.3.6 but after I flashed sky ics ROM it fixed it
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it has happened on every single rom. including skyics....skyics does it the least out of any ROM I've used...but it still does it...i have 155 apps installed...every other reboot I end up with 150 or less....
and I could reboot again...and lose more apps...i have to reinstall them...sometimes they will all come back after a reboot
NONE are moved to SD, default install location.
this is the only droid that has done that...it's really weird.
OK I'm tired of seeing people complain about random reboots even though its been discussed multiple times. So here's a true story to help you all out.
I was on octane 3.0 problem free when I decided to go to Valhalla black final. I had reboots and force close issues. I went back to octane 3.0 and started having annoying force close issues. Now I know its time to start fresh from stock since I haven't cleaned the gremlins out of my phone in so long.
So I download kies mini for the drivers (since I got a new laptop in December) and pop in a DVD that had a backup of all necessary files (odin, kc1 and whatever was in fbs original gb starter guide, I want to say kg4). I load the kc1 files in Odin and Odin freezes at checking connection.
I unplug my phone, pull the battery, reinsert the battery and put it back into download mode (which is now a pic of a phone with a cord running to a computer), I then restart Odin with the kc1 files and everything goes through fine. I then do the kg4 files, once that's done I reboot into cwm and flash bhundvens latest kernel with the newer version of cwm.
Once that's done I flash Valhalla black final fixed followed by Valhalla booster. Now I've been running flawlessly for over 24 hours so its about time to UV/OC. Once I UV/OC, if I start having issues I'll know I need to change my UV/OC values, since I wasn't having problems with stock voltage.
Alternatively you can use bhundvens heimdall package that already includes his latest kernel. I just stuck with the files I already had saved cause my home internet sucks.
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Great guide 10x
Did I hear wiki?
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Thanks... I'm planning to do pretty much the same this afternoon. I had the reboots, but they stopped for a few days when I reflashed rc1.1 kernel... started happening again yesterday, so I flashed 2d, but still getting reboots.
Figured it was time to start back from ground zero.
I only had reboots when attempting to access the messenger toggle at the lock screen, Drive smart, and battery history in spare parts.
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I only had reboots when attempting to access the messenger toggle at the lock screen, Drive smart, and battery history in spare parts.
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1) mess. toggle= you have to set that via settings> tweaks (or edt tweaks)> lock screen settings> choose custom app
2) drive smart= labeled "bloat" & removed
3) spare parts= I don't believe there's gb support... Though you can access via settings> about phone> battery use
Hope this is helpful
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Very helpful I appreciated it. =D, I just changed the lock screen and wasn't going to use those, they bare no real importance and the ROM functions amazingly.
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Wow i had same problem with odin at setup connection but i did not.try.odin again yet as my.phone is already at stock and im about to cancel the contract.and get another phone as its not been 30 days yet. I am thinking of trying odin again.
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3) spare parts= I don't believe there's gb support...
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To add to what QUIETLYloud wrote - Spare Parts is GB supported according to the app description in the market, but it also tells you not all phones store battery history and if your phone does not store it you will FC if you select that option within the app.
Add: I decided to uninstall Spare Parts that came with the ROM and download Spare Parts from the market. No more FC on battery history.
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To add to what QUIETLYloud wrote - Spare Parts is GB supported according to the app description in the market, but it also tells you not all phones store battery history and if your phone does not store it you will FC if you select that option within the app.
Add: I decided to uninstall Spare Parts that came with the ROM and download Spare Parts from the market. No more FC on battery history.
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Is it a completely different version or just newer?
Installed this and still force close on battery history selection. Im batting 0-4 tonight. /sigh
yes the messageing icon will fc and cause a reboot if you do not assign a button to it... I should add that to the op its inteintally left un assigned so you can assign whatever you want to it though tweaks...
Spare parts battery status will fc it was the only version i had at the time but the newer one should be ok if you wipe the data from it then force close uninstall and download form market ... If not wait tell they add better support.
There are a couple Spare Parts in the market. The one I used was Spare Parts+ (no ads) by DroidGram. It worked for me.
The weird thing is using a widget for the battery shows the history just fine. Spare parts is a weird animal.
So, I flashed Bryan's d2 version of the kernel yesterday and am now going on 33 hours without a reboot.
I'll leave it on the charger for the night and see what uptime is in the morning, if no reboots over night then I'll flash back to 1.1 and see what happens.
speaking of charging.. I am at 73% battery life at 9 hours on battery, so bat life is looking good
Core
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eollie said:
Is it a completely different version or just newer?
Installed this and still force close on battery history selection. Im batting 0-4 tonight. /sigh
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I think it is newer. But if you are using the one from the market, make sure you removed the one that came with the ROM.
I'm on Bryans 1.1 which has yet to give me any problems.
I've been playing with UV settings (always OC'ed @ 1.2) trying to find the right settings for my phone. I think I'm finally making progress, I had been getting a reboot within 8 hours, on my current settings I've just hit 12.
Once I hit 24 hours up time I'll adjust again and see how it goes.
I have the random reboots to and i used the back to stock one click, but I still get the random reboots. However, it only happens when I restore my apps thru TB. Is it possible one of my apps has some sort of "virus" causing it to do that?
Actually TB causing problems is an issue that has been discussed. Personally it hasn't given me any issues, but I've read after flashing a new ROM you should only restore user apps. So don't restore app data or system apps.
Its worth a try anyway. Otherwise one app causing your problem is a possibility, but depending on how many apps you have it could take a while to restore one by one til finding the problem one.
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I am having some random hangups followed by reboot when I'm using stock browser. I'm on rooted but stock GB KJ6 with stock kernel. I never had such behavior when using other apps. and it does not matter if OC or not.
Well, I'll try another browser for a while and will report back.