This is a tricky one for me to explain, considering I hadn't noticed the problem until last week. I've never monitored my data usage over wifi with the built in ICS data monitor, however, when I did a clean install on Friday I thought I'd activate it.
Just for reference, I've checked this on a number of ROMs, including stock 4.0.3 and 4.0.4.
My problem is this, I let the phone update etc and the following day I noticed that "Dictionary Provider" had downloaded 400mb worth of something. I tried different ROMs, clearing all of the relevant apps' data and caches, rebooting, etc. Nothing seemed to work, except to take Adamg's keyboard included in Oxygen and push that to system/app.
That way I don't have to download the dictionaries, which I never use either. I have noticed that since I did that my battery life has gone up by at least an hour's worth of screen on time. The "DP" doesn't keep the phone awake, so no excessive drain, but it's constantly downloading whenever the screen is on.
When I go to "Language and Inputs" and select "Available Dictionaries" (I think that's what the option is, I don't have it installed anymore) it would just display that there are no available dictionaries, and the displayed text would flash, as if it's trying to refresh.
Anyone else seen this? Or did I inadvertently bork my phone?
Hi mods,
Figured out the problem was with my ISP. Ugh, please close/delete this thread.
Cheers
R
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Ok...for the last week, my phone has been resetting itself randomly. It started when I had LucidREM's apps to sd. I then flashed The Dudes cupcake build (.93) and I'm still having problems. Anyone know the issue? I tried flashing to different builds, and wiping the phone doesn't solve the issue...
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Ok...for the last week, my phone has been resetting itself randomly. It started when I had LucidREM's apps to sd. I then flashed The Dudes cupcake build (.93) and I'm still having problems. Anyone know the issue? I tried flashing to different builds, and wiping the phone doesn't solve the issue...
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one of your apps is causing that boot loop..
what are some of the apps you have on your g1 ?
some of the power manager, and home screen apps conflict with the OS and cause reboots... if not redownload the rom, it might have been corrupted...
when your phone boots up after app move, give it time to finish moving the apps, as long as the android doesnt turn off and back on during the boot process its still moving apps.
I've had this exact issue on multiple Cupcake based releases. After a TON of testing, I found out what it was for me. All my apps were compliant and with 50 apps and almost hundreds of personalized settings, I refuse to do a complete wipe and start over. Do you have auto-sync enabled? I found if I disabled that, it stopped rebooting. There was no issue when I manually sync either. It was only when auto-syn was checked and it attempted to do a sync.
I know settings.apk, settingsprovider.apk, and in some builds sync.apk are part of this process. Does anyone know any other files involved. I have tried replacing these three to no avail. I found if you update and acore crashes from Haykuro to JF, all you have to do is adb remove contacts.db and then sync your contacts because the file itself is incompatible. Same with messaging and gmail. I am hoping it is just a similar instance. Usually, it's been possible to move between builds by just removing the db files for the syncable apps, as HTC and google used two different program styles.
Temporary fix: Turn off auto-sync and use WiSync. Do not enable auto-sync anywhere in the program, but enable force sync on wifi connection and all three force options. This is nowhere near a permanant solution, but if you wifi enable on charge like I do, you will sync when charging. Manual sync still works for other times, but this will at least sync everything in one shot without having to go through manually.
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one of your apps is causing that boot loop..
what are some of the apps you have on your g1 ?
some of the power manager, and home screen apps conflict with the OS and cause reboots... if not redownload the rom, it might have been corrupted...
when your phone boots up after app move, give it time to finish moving the apps, as long as the android doesnt turn off and back on during the boot process its still moving apps.
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I think you were right! I uninstalled power manager, and some battery widgets that were useless on the cupcake builds anyway and haven't had the issue since. Thanks a lot for the tip.
Thank you also, twistedumbrella. If for some reason the problem crops up again, I'll try your advice.
I have been having this issue since oh I say about CM6 Nightlies 8/26-8/27 when the "Market Issue" crept up. And let me say I know that had nothing to do with this ROM per-say. I am using CM6 now on 9-1 nightly...Perhaps someone has\had the same problem.
No matter what I do using AppBrain or just the Market app I keep getting these dam force close on trying to download these 3 updates. 1. Handcent SMS and 2.Droid Battery and 3.Clockwork ROM manager. All of these apps I have removed and re-installed and then tried the market again...Still shows they all 3 need to be updated. Obviously when I am re-installing I am installing the last version I have prior to the updates that both sites say I need. Should I go into manage apps and wack all the updates for all 3 of these apps? Or is there a fix for the market itself? I have removed AppBrain and re-installed but that did not fix the issue either.
Now I have not been wiping anything on these nightlies I might add..And I have never had ANY issues other than the ones mentioned here. I have noticed the GPS issues as a lot of others have. But on 9/1 has ZERO GPS issues and locked in a matter of seconds. Also, I only can get ANY data via WiFi...<---A whole OTHER issue. But I know the fix for that. I just need to have my phone added with my Provider...Which is MetroPCS blah blah. I can get SMS and the Net of course now that there is a nice Proxy Setting which I hope that remains in the final build.
Anywho...Market issues anyone? Is there a way to wack the market.apk and re-install it? I have cleaned cache on just about everything I could think of..Re-set defaults etc on the 3 apps in question. Suggestions?
What I need is
Handcent SMS Version 3.2.9...Again I am NOT able to get to the market and I can't get on WiFi at the moment...
After further investigation ALL I need is Handcent SMS 3.2.9 I have the other versions I have NO idea why it keeps saying that I need to update the other two I have the latest of Gauge Battery Widget and ClockworkROM Manager. Hmmm interesting...
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I have been having this issue since oh I say about CM6 Nightlies 8/26-8/27 when the "Market Issue" crept up. And let me say I know that had nothing to do with this ROM per-say. I am using CM6 now on 9-1 nightly...Perhaps someone has\had the same problem.
No matter what I do using AppBrain or just the Market app I keep getting these dam force close on trying to download these 3 updates. 1. Handcent SMS and 2.Droid Battery and 3.Clockwork ROM manager. All of these apps I have removed and re-installed and then tried the market again...Still shows they all 3 need to be updated. Obviously when I am re-installing I am installing the last version I have prior to the updates that both sites say I need. Should I go into manage apps and wack all the updates for all 3 of these apps? Or is there a fix for the market itself? I have removed AppBrain and re-installed but that did not fix the issue either.
Now I have not been wiping anything on these nightlies I might add..And I have never had ANY issues other than the ones mentioned here. I have noticed the GPS issues as a lot of others have. But on 9/1 has ZERO GPS issues and locked in a matter of seconds. Also, I only can get ANY data via WiFi...<---A whole OTHER issue. But I know the fix for that. I just need to have my phone added with my Provider...Which is MetroPCS blah blah. I can get SMS and the Net of course now that there is a nice Proxy Setting which I hope that remains in the final build.
Anywho...Market issues anyone? Is there a way to wack the market.apk and re-install it? I have cleaned cache on just about everything I could think of..Re-set defaults etc on the 3 apps in question. Suggestions?
What I need is
Handcent SMS Version 3.2.9...Again I am NOT able to get to the market and I can't get on WiFi at the moment...
After further investigation ALL I need is Handcent SMS 3.2.9 I have the other versions I have NO idea why it keeps saying that I need to update the other two I have the latest of Gauge Battery Widget and ClockworkROM Manager. Hmmm interesting...
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This is a recent and known google problem, not a rom problem. Google's servers have been overloaded, sot his is why the market is not preforming well.
i'm having a similar issue for quite a while now. probably over a month but i've just been dealing with it.
i think it started when i put cy mod 6 on my hero after a complete wipe.
i can not install any apps. from appbrain/market it will go through the dowload process and begin installation. but the installation is always unsuccessful. for almost every app. i've tried restoring from myback up, titanium back up, app saver. nothing works.
i was just about to completely wipe my phone & sd card but thought i'd take a look here first.
any help would be greatly appreciated. =)
I have a non-rooted, stock G2 (on T-Mobile) running Android 2.2.
Every day, as many as twenty or thirty times per day, the phone gets stuck in "upload" mode. The data icon shows that data is uploading (or trying to) and I am unable to use any data-related services (whether tethered or on the phone itself). When it happens it can last anywhere from 10 seconds to 5 minutes. The only way I can forcibly stop it is to completely shut down the radio by toggling airplane mode off then on, forcing the phone to reacquire a data signal.
I've tried resetting the phone to factory defaults, deleting every app, reinserting the SIM card, and even formatting the SD card. Stopping running processes doesn't affect the issue, nor does implementing a task killer to kill extant apps. I also don't have any reliable way of tracking how much data *might* be getting sent (where ever it might be going). I've toggled off background data, syncing, GPS, network location, etc. Anything user settable that could potentially impact data has been switched off, to no avail. But, even with those settings on, I've never (in the past) had them completely usurp my data usage by locking the mobile data into an upload state.
My three main concerns are that 1) I can't reliably download apps, check mail, send pics/videos, or other data-related processes. 2) I'm concerned that if something IS uploading, it may be uploading a LOT and adding to my 5GB per month throttle-cap on T-Mobile. 3) I don't know WHAT is being sent, or WHERE. For all I know it could be sending my private data and contact info to an unknown third party.
I've ended every endable process and killed or uninstalled every app possible. I can't seem to remove bloatware without rooting, which I'm not yet eager to do as this phone is less than 60 days old, and I'm otherwise very happy with it as is.
Any suggestions or recent information as to why this is occurring? I have seen a similar thread for a different phone (Incredible), but it was from over a year ago and there were no solutions (other than flashing a new ROM). I'd like to stay stock, at least for a while, but if there is no other option and the Gingerbread OTA doesn't resolve this issue, then I may very well go to CyanogenMod (which I was happily running on my previous phone, the G1).
-Mark
Since upgrading to lollipop I'd noticed a couple of small niggles with me Galaxy S5. As I've not had to rebuild my phone since purchasing it, I decided a factory reset wouldn't do any harm. Since resetting, Google play services keeps waking my GPS and searching for my location, this happens every few minutes unless I turn the GPS off. I've got all the usual Google stalking features turned off (Google now, location history, location reporting) but I've still got the same issue. I've even reset again and unticked the box to restore my user data... But still Google want to know where I am.
Any ideas how to resolve this one? It's a pain if I have to keep turning my GPS off when I'm not using it, especially when I had no issue prior to factory resetting.
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Since upgrading to lollipop I'd noticed a couple of small niggles with me Galaxy S5. As I've not had to rebuild my phone since purchasing it, I decided a factory reset wouldn't do any harm. Since resetting, Google play services keeps waking my GPS and searching for my location, this happens every few minutes unless I turn the GPS off. I've got all the usual Google stalking features turned off (Google now, location history, location reporting) but I've still got the same issue. I've even reset again and unticked the box to restore my user data... But still Google want to know where I am.
Any ideas how to resolve this one? It's a pain if I have to keep turning my GPS off when I'm not using it, especially when I had no issue prior to factory resetting.
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It's more likely one or several of the myriad of apps/services on your phone. Do you have a weather app on your phone? Well, how's it going to know how the weather is, if it doesn't know where you are? Facebook by default wants to know where you are so when you post or send a message, it tells everybody where you are. Even apps like music streamers want to know where you are so they can tell you where you were when you heard something. Lots of apps that you wouldn't expect to use GPS in fact do. The vast majority of this data collection is completely innocuous and harmless, but you always have the option to disallow it. Or not use the app(s) as well; remember, it was you that granted the app GPS permissions when you installed it.
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It's more likely one or several of the myriad of apps/services on your phone. Do you have a weather app on your phone? Well, how's it going to know how the weather is, if it doesn't know where you are? Facebook by default wants to know where you are so when you post or send a message, it tells everybody where you are. Even apps like music streamers want to know where you are so they can tell you where you were when you heard something. Lots of apps that you wouldn't expect to use GPS in fact do. The vast majority of this data collection is completely innocuous and harmless, but you always have the option to disallow it. Or not use the app(s) as well; remember, it was you that granted the app GPS permissions when you installed it.
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Thanks for your suggestion, I don't think it is another app though. Prior to resetting my phone the 2nd and 3rd time I uninstalled any suspect apps one by one to see which one was the culprit. In the end I just went through the entire apps list and uninstalled/disabled everything I could, it made the phone really unstable and practically unusable but still didn't stop Google Play Services using my GPS every few minutes.
Any other ideas?
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Thanks for your suggestion, I don't think it is another app though. Prior to resetting my phone the 2nd and 3rd time I uninstalled any suspect apps one by one to see which one was the culprit. In the end I just went through the entire apps list and uninstalled/disabled everything I could, it made the phone really unstable and practically unusable but still didn't stop Google Play Services using my GPS every few minutes.
Any other ideas?
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Try this:
http://androidforums.com/threads/is-there-an-app-to-track-which-app-uses-gps.732746/
how about "Android Device Manager " .. is that disabled?
There are a lot of guides about how to fix this. It isn't always the same service that is an issue...but you can try and disable some of the ones that are known to be problematic. For example see post #3 in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2785128
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Hi since the latest OS upgrade all of my apps now say "No apps can perform this action" anytime I try to use them. I can load them, but if I try to login or press the majority of the buttons in almost all my apps I get this error. I pretty much can't do anything on my phone anymore other than phone calls and SMS. this is also affecting browsers. I can't click a link to another website from a website without getting the error. it's just everywhere. I've done searching on google and most people that have this problem it seems to be directly related to the youtube app, but mine is affecting almost all of them. Any able to advise what this might be?
Clear system cache on boot menu.
You may need to reload.
After a major firmware update it's best to reload.
Not doing so may cause erratic and unstable behavior.