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My Apps missing apps?

This morning, went to market->My Apps on my Xoom, and it's only showing about half of my apps. No apparent pattern to what is missing (and I can see that market still has them, just its not seeing them associated with my account.) It was fine yesterday, and no updates on my end.
Anyone else seeing this?
eric

ericbergan said:
This morning, went to market->My Apps on my Xoom, and it's only showing about half of my apps. No apparent pattern to what is missing (and I can see that market still has them, just its not seeing them associated with my account.) It was fine yesterday, and no updates on my end.
Anyone else seeing this?
eric
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When you scroll down your list in MyApps, do you see a list of uninstalled apps after the installed apps? If not, look at the menu (the 4 stacked up lines in upper right hand corner) and click on purchase history. That should have all the apps you've downloaded and you should be able to reinstall the missing ones, unless Google Market thinks they are no longer compatible with your Xoom.

okantomi said:
When you scroll down your list in MyApps, do you see a list of uninstalled apps after the installed apps? If not, look at the menu (the 4 stacked up lines in upper right hand corner) and click on purchase history. That should have all the apps you've downloaded and you should be able to reinstall the missing ones, unless Google Market thinks they are no longer compatible with your Xoom.
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No, they aren't listing as uninstalled, not listing at all. Purchase history on the market.android.com web site is showing them, with install completed. So far, I think I've only seen free apps missing, but need to check more closely. But it's not all free apps, some remain.
Ok, one new data point. My market account is shared between my Xoom and my Photon. Just checked on the Photon and it is still showing apps in my apps that are not showing up on the Xoom (like Adobe Flash.) Very strange...
eric

ericbergan said:
No, they aren't listing as uninstalled, not listing at all. Purchase history on the market.android.com web site is showing them, with install completed. So far, I think I've only seen free apps missing, but need to check more closely. But it's not all free apps, some remain.
Ok, one new data point. My market account is shared between my Xoom and my Photon. Just checked on the Photon and it is still showing apps in my apps that are not showing up on the Xoom (like Adobe Flash.) Very strange...
eric
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A simple reboot should solve the problem. It has happened to me a few times at random, but not as of lately. Not sure if the market runs into some issues or the system itself, but after a reboot everything should pop up and be just fine. It always did for me when I had this issue.

diablo2224 said:
A simple reboot should solve the problem. It has happened to me a few times at random, but not as of lately. Not sure if the market runs into some issues or the system itself, but after a reboot everything should pop up and be just fine. It always did for me when I had this issue.
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Rebooted, no change. Dug further, I'm only seeing paid apps, plus Google Maps and Videos in the list. But if I go in market to one of the other apps (for instance, Kindle), the market page offers open/manage, not install, so at that level it knows I have downloaded/installed the app.
Sent off a "Contact Us" to Google.
eric

Response from Google yesterday asked me to remove updates to Market. Problem was, I haven't received any updates to Market. So latest is that this is a problem they've seen in some other cases, no current fix, but a "specialist" will be getting in touch with me. No further followup today.
eric

Two days, two nags on the support email, no contact from the "specialist".
Found an app that I had installed that wasn't showing up had an update. Navigated to the app in market, and it showed update. Did the update. As the update finished, the app flickered into the My Apps list for about 2 seconds, then disappeared out of the list.
eric

Well, nagged Google again today, at least for a hint of when there might be a fix. Did get a response - basically we know there is a problem, we have no estimate for a workaround or a fix.
eric

ericbergan said:
Well, nagged Google again today, at least for a hint of when there might be a fix. Did get a response - basically we know there is a problem, we have no estimate for a workaround or a fix.
eric
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Here's what I would try if I were you:
1. Go to the options, applications, manage applications, all, and then scroll down and click the Market. Since you are having major issues it sounds like, I would recommend that you just hit clear data for the Market app. Maybe restart before you open the market again. See if that helps at all.
2. Just out of curiosity I would install the latest market update that was released for phones. I would see if the problem was still persistent there in the new market app. This market was intended for phones at the moment, but it looks like it will support tablets soon. It seems to fit pretty well on the Xoom. If all goes well, maybe you can stick with that one for a bit.
Here you can find the most recent apk for the market that was released for the phones some days ago: Android Market 3.1.3
That's really the only advice I can think of. If you were rooted you would wipe data, caches, and dalvik cache to start a fresh new install to see if that changes anything. On technical speaking terms: there really is not much else you can do if this all does not work for you. Never seen anyone experience this before.

Thanks for the suggestions. Just tried both, and neither made a difference. Actually, pretty surprised 2) didn't make at least something different about the problem. I'm starting to wonder if the problem is something on the server/account side...
Google says they have seen others with the problem and are working on it, guess I'll just have to wait them out.
eric

ericbergan said:
Thanks for the suggestions. Just tried both, and neither made a difference. Actually, pretty surprised 2) didn't make at least something different about the problem. I'm starting to wonder if the problem is something on the server/account side...
Google says they have seen others with the problem and are working on it, guess I'll just have to wait them out.
eric
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Sounds like it's server sided to me, which is really odd. I suppose it is a very unknown problem that only a very select few people have run into. Like I said, I have never seen this issue before on the Xoom.
I tried my best to help, but it's beyond anything we can deal with personally. Google says that they are working on this problem, so just hang in there.

Yup, will have to wait for a Google fix. Thanks for the replies!
eric

I'm not sure if you fixed it yet but here goes. I had the same problem; more than half of my apps would not show up under the "My Apps" list, even though if I searched for them in the market I could still update/uninstall them. I also searched through the forums but none of the suggestions helped. I finally fixed it tonight. Here's what I did:
(Oh yeah, you'll need Titanium Backup to be able to use the Market Doctor)
First I went to Settings->Applications->Manage Applications.
Selected the Market. Cleared cache, data, and uninstall updates.
Then immediately (I suggest you have it ready as a background app) I opened Titanium Backup and ran the Market Doctor. The reason i say 'immediately' is because the Market will re-update itself fairly fast so you have to get it done before it does so since I believe the Market Doctor does not work with the new Market.
That was pretty much it. When I opened the Market I saw that all my apps actually showed up in the My Apps list even after the Market updated itself. Hope it works for you.

I think you need to be rooted to use Titanium Backup, don't you? I'm running stock.
Nope, no more followup from Google at all. And now, even if I manually go to the market entry for an app, it won't always show me the "update" button, even though there is an update available.
eric

3 business weeks in, no fix, no workaround, not even an update email that they are still working on it. Google has a lot of customer support ground to cover to be a consumer company, and for now (3 weeks) I can't update my apps.
eric

Still getting the runaround from the Google Android Market Team. "At this time, I'm unable to provide a timeline for resolution, though I can assure you that we're aware of the issue and actively investigating. Thank you for your patience!" every time I nag them for the last 4 weeks. No request for more data from me, debug/logging version to run, etc.
So Monday I asked to have the case transfered to the manager. Get a new email, from "Richard" (no last name, same email address as the prior support member) saying the case had been transferred to him, and saying exactly the same text. Replied asking if there was anything I could provide to help, no response in now two days.
Looks like Google still hasn't learned anything about customer support. Can't wait to see how they do with Moto if the deal goes through...
eric

So "Richard" wrote back, explaining that they all use the same email address, and carefully avoiding answering my question about his role, i.e. was he really a supervisor/manager.
He told me that they have identified the source of the problem, so don't need any further information from me. No, there is not a fix available of any kind, and he doesn't know when there will be one. No, there is no work around other than calling up each app individually in Market and seeing if there is an update (not very practical for my large number of apps.)
At this point, I'm tired of beating a dead horse. I know we aren't Google's customers, we're their product, but they still have to learn to take user satisfaction seriously.
eric

ericbergan said:
So "Richard" wrote back, explaining that they all use the same email address, and carefully avoiding answering my question about his role, i.e. was he really a supervisor/manager.
He told me that they have identified the source of the problem, so don't need any further information from me. No, there is not a fix available of any kind, and he doesn't know when there will be one. No, there is no work around other than calling up each app individually in Market and seeing if there is an update (not very practical for my large number of apps.)
At this point, I'm tired of beating a dead horse. I know we aren't Google's customers, we're their product, but they still have to learn to take user satisfaction seriously.
eric
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Not sure what to say at this point. If it was more widespread it would have been fixed right away. But, if it appears that they have now identified the problem, the coders will resolve it within days from now.
My final suggestion is to make a new email account altogether and try that. See if it still is the same problem. If so: It is your device, not Google.

StrifeSoldierVII said:
Not sure what to say at this point. If it was more widespread it would have been fixed right away. But, if it appears that they have now identified the problem, the coders will resolve it within days from now.
My final suggestion is to make a new email account altogether and try that. See if it still is the same problem. If so: It is your device, not Google.
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It's not the device, because the problem is also replicated on the web site. Also, remember the Xoom is the reference device for Honeycomb (and I'm running stock), so still a Google issue if it is Xoom specific.
Given it's been a month and they haven't been interested in getting any further data from me, I'm not overly optimistic that it will be fixed in the next few days, but I'd love to be proved wrong.
eric

ericbergan said:
It's not the device, because the problem is also replicated on the web site. Also, remember the Xoom is the reference device for Honeycomb (and I'm running stock), so still a Google issue if it is Xoom specific.
Given it's been a month and they haven't been interested in getting any further data from me, I'm not overly optimistic that it will be fixed in the next few days, but I'd love to be proved wrong.
eric
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Oh I hear ya man. I'm just not sure what else to tell ya, sorry man.
Keep crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. You've done your part as a customer by contacting them and letting them know the problem, and they seemed to have identified the issue now. So I'd say you're in better shape than you previously were at the beginning.

Games Crashing With Flickering

Games like Strikefleet Omega and Shadowgun crash with the screen flickering. Does anyone know why this happens?
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i have a tf300 and riptide crash like this too, looks like every one is having this problem.

Bump had this problem on prime with mc3 and now on the infinity. It has something to do with Tegra 3 I believe

In my two weeks of using my Infinity I came across this problem twice. Restarting the tablet always fixed it.

Even after restarting games do the same thing
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I'm guessing that this issue is related to the OpenGL Out Of Memory issues that seem to plague ICS on the Transformer devices.
The only way that I know of to "fix" the issue after it occurs is to reboot the device.
Not the best workaround, but until Asus fixes it, I'm not sure what else you can do.
If you want to verify if this is related to the OpenGL issue, just open a terminal window and type this:
logcat | grep -i opengl
If you see OpenGL out of memory errors, then it's probably related...
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Yeah I get consistent screen flickering almost guaranteed anytime I play a game. Is there a rom that fixes this?
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I found a fix for this, at least it worked for me.
First power off the device.
Then hold the power button and volume down button.
You should see some text in the top left corner, let go and press the volume up button.
Now clear cache and reboot.
Everything should now work fine!

Something strange going on there because all of the games mentioned have played perfectly for me over the last several weeks. Six Guns is the only game I've been unable to play because of graphical issues.

No issues with game play for me, except for Modern Combat 3. I would constantly get connection loss during game play. Although not as often when I had my Prime.
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I had this issue as well, however, since i removed all of my third party launchers and went back to the stock launcher I haven't had a problem. There was another thread in here someplace where someone else said the same thing. Another thing I did was remove the apps that mess with the scheduler and cpu (ATP tweak, no frills cpu, etc), and of course froze alot of bloatware. Ever since I did that the tablet has no problems and absolutely screams. I would recommend stripping it down to as close to stock (what you would see if you just did factory reset) then work your way back up testing apps as you go. I have a feeling the launcher apps and/or the scheduler/cpu tweaking apps are not quite optimized for the infinity.

hshah said:
Does anyone know why this happens?
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I have had the same thing happen to me. The cause is lack of memory, more specific, contiguous memory. Especially when playing a graphics intensive game, it will want large chunks of memory. This would have been less of a problem if all apps used the java VM, which takes care of the memory management and reduces memory fragmentation. However to get the most out of the system, most games do not (exclusively) use the java VM, but are written in native code. This however puts the job of memory management in the hands of the developer, being one myself, I know it is hard to keep track of every piece of memory the app uses and thus, should release again after use. Not doing so can cause memory leaks and memory fragmentation, so the next app you run will have less memory at its disposal.
The solution that works for me before starting a "big" game is to make sure no unnecessary apps run in the background and check the available memory. I have found FMR Memory Cleaner to be quite useful. If the game still crashes or causes the screen to flicker, reboot. If that doesn't help, uninstall/freeze/disable those apps that FMR lists, but you can do without, then try again, and maybe even add a reboot for good measure.
The drawback of having such a high resolution screen on the TF700 is that it requires more memory to run when compared to the 1280x800 screens. Unfortunately ASUS did not increase the amount of memory...
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xcal321 said:
I have had the same thing happen to me. The cause is lack of memory, more specific, contiguous memory. Especially when playing a graphics intensive game, it will want large chunks of memory. This would have been less of a problem if all apps used the java VM, which takes care of the memory management and reduces memory fragmentation. However to get the most out of the system, most games do not (exclusively) use the java VM, but are written in native code. This however puts the job of memory management in the hands of the developer, being one myself, I know it is hard to keep track of every piece of memory the app uses and thus, should release again after use. Not doing so can cause memory leaks and memory fragmentation, so the next app you run will have less memory at its disposal.
The solution that works for me before starting a "big" game is to make sure no unnecessary apps run in the background and check the available memory. I have found FMR Memory Cleaner to be quite useful. If the game still crashes or causes the screen to flicker, reboot. If that doesn't help, uninstall/freeze/disable those apps that FMR lists, but you can do without, then try again, and maybe even add a reboot for good measure.
The drawback of having such a high resolution screen on the TF700 is that it requires more memory to run when compared to the 1280x800 screens. Unfortunately ASUS did not increase the amount of memory...
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This might illustrate my lack of knowledge when it comes to these things, but, is this something that Asus can fix by software upgrade or will it be a perpetual problem.

Constant Reboot...re:Dropsync...IRONY!!!

I'm having an issue with my tablet constantly rebooting during Dropsync's initial setup and sync with my Dropbox folder. I setup Dropsync to sync photos from my dropbox folder and after about a dozen or so downloads, the Infinity locks up and then reboots. Once the tablet reboots, it will continue to sync for a short while and the same thing happens again and again unless I'm quick enough to disable Dropsync.
The irony is that I was about to post a thread here using my laptop, while my Infinity was doing it's dropsync thing. The thread was going to be about how pleased I had become with my Infinity over the last few days after solving some of the issues I was having. I'll still post the successes I've had, since this dropsync issue does not change that. I've found that some of the lag that I've been experiencing is app related and not limited to the TF700. The Netflix app and the game Gears and Guts were two such apps that as it turns out, are laggy on many many systems, so I can't blame the Infinity. Turning on "force 2D rendering", has helped a lot, especially with Netflix. I was also getting lag while scrolling on some websites but that turned out to be browser related since the same page worked flawlessly with another browser. As for the general lag and sluggishness, a factory reset seemed to take care of those issues (thank goodness for Titanium).
So here I am, getting ready to write a "I misjudged my Infinity" thread, and now I'm getting crashes and reboots because I'm pushing my tablet "too hard" by downloading files? WTF!? My friggin phone has no problem with this! I'm re-frustrated (is that a word?).
Any other users of Dropsync or a similar app have this issue? Is this something that is fixable via software (update or ROM)? I think either way I'm going to return my tablet while I'm in my 30 days. I'll exchange it for a new one and see if it fairs any better but the leash on this thing is getting shorter and shorter. It's too bad, I so want to love it.

UPDATE
I'm now running drop sync as I'm typing this on my Infinity. It's running flawlessly. The difference? I changed the destination folder from the external sd card to internal memory. It's a work around. There shouldn't be an IO issue that precludes the use of the sd card for large downloads but at least I can live with it. But for the price I paid for this, along with the keyboard I shouldn't have to "live with it". I'll hold out hope for a fix.

[Q] Why is my Browser crashing all of a sudden?

The ICS+ browser on my TF700 has started acting up lately. It was running fairly stable since I got the tab in May but all of a sudden it just closes down on almost every site as soon as the site loads. I am seeing the exact same thing with Boat browser and stock, but so far Opera seems to be working (although no videos will play for me in opera).
I am running Browser2Ram and have add-ins on demand. I have cleared cache, forced stop and cleared cache, and re-installled. I've also re-installed Browser2Ram. Nothing seems to impact the browser crashing once a page loads.
I would like to avoid a factory reset - any ideas?

Started having this problem with stock browser recently
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I'm having this too, not with every site but for example Huffington Post does it every time. It happens when the page is almost loaded or right after it completes, then suddenly the stock browser FCs and I'm back at desktop. No reboots or other apparent instability, just this one issue, and a manual reboot doesn't solve it.
Just got my TF700T yesterday from Amazon, a 'C8' that came with latest ICS firmware 9.4.5.26. I don't think this happened at first though, then there was a firmware update for the dock (using my former Prime dock) and I also rooted (but didn't unlock), so coincidentally or not it was after those things that this seemed to start. Just tried a factory reset and this time didn't setup anything extra (no Playstore updates, no Flash, nothing but setup wifi) and am still having same issue so that didn't help.
Are you other folks also rooted, or is there someone else with this issue who isn't rooted, to possibly rule out rooting as being related? I don't see other posts about this, and you both say this just started after having your tablets for a while, so did you recently root or receive this supposed firmware update for the dock?

My galaxy s2 is doing the same. And my touchpad. All of a sudden out of no where. Very weird.

Dahenjo said:
Just tried a factory reset and this time didn't setup anything extra (no Playstore updates, no Flash, nothing but setup wifi) and am still having same issue so that didn't help.
Are you other folks also rooted, or is there someone else with this issue who isn't rooted, to possibly rule out rooting as being related? I don't see other posts about this, and you both say this just started after having your tablets for a while, so did you recently root or receive this supposed firmware update for the dock?
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So a factory reset did not help? This is not good news, but saves me the hassle of restoring everything.
I am rooted, but have been since the 1st day. I do not have a dock, so we can rule that out.

From what I remember in the past, when this type of thing happens across websites and across different ROMs, it is due to something in a banner or poster ad that is crashing the app. Just something they'll need to fix.
Not positive though.

gbzbar said:
From what I remember in the past, when this type of thing happens across websites and across different ROMs, it is due to something in a banner or poster ad that is crashing the app. Just something they'll need to fix.
Not positive though.
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Forgot to mention I'm running ad-free as well so not likely due to an ad since those are all blocked.
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clenz said:
So a factory reset did not help? This is not good news, but saves me the hassle of restoring everything.
I am rooted, but have been since the 1st day. I do not have a dock, so we can rule that out.
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I only had it one day and hadn't set it up completely, so didn't mind and glad to save others the trouble. And thanks to your feedback it doesn't look like rooting or a dock issue.
Never had this on my Prime, and tried it today before sending it back to Amazon for a refund, but none of the same sites that make the stock browser crash on the 700 did so on it. Chrome is okay though, so for me it's just the stock browser, though I haven't tried any others yet.
Also noticed today the Maps app does this too, takes a couple minutes but suddenly *poof* and it's gone. Regarding ads, had no blocker installed at first when testing after the factory reset, then setup AdAway since and the problem occurred in both cases. Also Maps has no ads so I doubt it's directly because of them.

Mine has started this also. I am rooted but unlocked. I run adfree.

Same problem here. I'm noticing it with cbssports.Com. It's happening with dolphin browser both stable release and their beta. Happens on my tf700 and HTC evo 4G lte, both rooted, ad block.

Sure sounds like ad block is the common thing here! I do not use ad block and haven't had any issues...
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Same problem here with the stock browser crashing. Over and over and over on major sites like Engadget.
I am not running any type of ad-block nor do I have hardly any apps installed nor running. My TF700T is pretty much stock as all it gets used for is an internet surfer and medial player.
Unimpressed TF700T owner here

jtrosky said:
Sure sounds like ad block is the common thing here! I do not use ad block and haven't had any issues...
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Maybe. Mine closed out of the stock browser like twice today, but the problems been happening much more frequently with my phones browser lately. Both have ad blocking enabled, so that might actually be the culprit.
Any users who don't use ad blockers having this problem?
EDIT: Just saw the post above mine, interesting... Can't definitively blame ad blockers. I wonder what's going on.

I am stock, not rooted, not running the ad blocking thing and experiencing the incessant browser crashing this past week
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I dont have a transformer but I am having a similar issues, google browser started crashing about 4 days ago. After either changing the user agent back to android from desktop or disabling java script my browser no longer crashes. I tried a complete factory reset and multiple roms without luck. Firefox also started crashing, after installing add block plus no more crashing so far. I have a suspicion its an add/banner site causing the issue.

Can someone explain how to catch this with logcat since I can easily replicate the problem. Maybe we can see what is crashing in the logs.

I decided to test this a little further - here's what I found... It seems completely dependent on what browser you use. I have the same crash issue with the Stock browser, Chrome and Overskreen, but NOT with Boat Browser. I've also noticed that I don't seem to have the issue with the stock browser as long as I don't tell it to use the desktop version of sites. If I look at a logcat when the issue happens, I see a ton of debug messages about "libchromium"... At first I was thinking that un-installing the latest Chrome update may fix it, but that is not the case (it doesn't fix it).
Is it possible that the last Chrome update updated some OS file and simply un-installing the Chrome update does not actually revert that OS file? Even with Chrome disabled, I still see the problem in the browsers mentioned above...
My suggested work-around, at least for now, is to use Boat browser until the problem gets resolved, which is hopefully soon.
How the hell do we inform Asus of these types of issues?? I wish there was some way to report bugs directly to Asus...
Maybe I'll try actually un-installing the Chrome browser completely (since I'm rooted, I should be able to do that). I'll report my findings. This is a pretty bad issue!
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clenz said:
Can someone explain how to catch this with logcat since I can easily replicate the problem. Maybe we can see what is crashing in the logs.
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I've found that the easiest way to see what it going on when it happens is to use an app called AirTerm - it's a "floating" terminal emulator. So, I start that up, which is visible in a window even while using the browser, and simply watch what happens in the logcat output while reproducing the issue (which is pretty easy, as you've mentioned)... According to what I see in the logcat output, it sure seems related to Chrome...
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Hmm, it seems that simple disabling the "Enable JavaScript" option sees to solve the issue (browsing is a lot faster too, although I'm sure this will cause loss of functionality too).... I was not able to make it crash after disable JavaScript though...
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Ok, last update (I promise!)... I was incorrect earlier - the Chrome browser seems to be un-affected by this issue - I'm seeing the issue only in the stock browser and Overskreen and only if JavaScript is enabled (I only tested Stock, Chrome, Overskreen and Boat).
Chrome and Boat don't exhibit the issue at all, even if JavaScript is enabled.
Again, my recommendation would be to just use Boat browser until this issue is resolved. Chrome on the TF700 just sucks (in my opinion) - no flash, slow scrolling, etc. Boat allows for Flash and scrolling is nice and fast.
There may be other browsers that work ok as well, but I only tested with these four.
Hope that helps!
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Crashed my browser about 10 times in the past hour. I'm wondering if its a hardware problem since the 300's I used weeks ago never had browser crash issues.
I don't run adfree. But several android sites crashed me, and can confirm huffpost articles crash it after a few minutes of being on the page

Guys, it has nothing to do with adfree, and nothing to do with Asus or even our device specifically. The same websites that will crash the stock browser on our device will crash the stock browser on CM10 on my Galaxy S3. It's a java script error that's causing it, and it's happening across many websites. I'm investigating whether it's a Facebook widget that's found on many websites that's causing the crash. Nothing conclusive yet though. Still experimenting with some logcats after experiencung crashes from different sites.

I completely agree (see the way-too-long post above) - disable Javascript in the stock browser makes the problem go away, so it's definitely javascript-related.
What's strange is that Boat browser (as well as Chrome) can view the same sites without issue, so it actually seems to be a bug in the stock browser (or maybe the stock webkit that a lot of browsers use)...
I'll just use Boat and forget about it! It's a much better browser anyway...
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Is everyone's Gmail app wilding out?

For some reason today Gmail is not working so well. I've been trying to access this email from Papa Johns and it won't execute 'Show picture' without doing a immediate force close.
I cleared cache and force stopped the app and no go. After trying after the force stopped app it's acting even worse.
Why Gmail be wilding out now.
Everything else is working rock solid post the .30 firmware update. Chrome is actually acting like x86/x64 Intel based Chrome app i.e. stable and working and no lag.

I was getting authentication errors earlier, seems like they are having issues today.
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It has been messing up for me as well, especially after the .30 update.

Mine has become so unstable that I quit using it and switched to the Email app. Crashes, lockups, etc. I tried restarts, cold boots, clearing cache and data, uninstalling/reinstalling updates, using a memory cleaner, limiting background apps, killing other tasks/apps - all to no avail. I saw it to some degree earlier but not much - it definitely got much worse with .30.
Dave

I Don't use Gmail on tab, just my phone. However I did/do have issues with Androsensor after .30 update http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896892

BxMxK said:
I Don't use Gmail on tab, just my phone. However I did/do have issues with Androsensor after .30 update http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1896892
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I'm having issues with several of the Google Apps now. I have no idea what changed.

Oh my. I almost said no problems here and then decided to try....
Closes every time.. Maybe can just open mail and then just closes. No reports no nothing
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Edit. Seems like it only crashes when launched from the widget. Couldn't get it close when opened from the icon.
I think this is a memory related issue again. Because when opened from the icon it loads a second or two. From widget opens instantly because it is there preloaded I guess. But from icon launched it loads the app to the memory. Just speculations..
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using XDA Premium HD app

the gmail app has never worked perfectly for me.
after reboot it does work for a while, but then suddenly it starts hanging and crashing.
And at the moment it starts doing that i just need to reboot, even really killing all the app/services related to that doesn't help
So i guess there is some leak somewhere. I never have any problems on my SGS2 with gmail. So it has to be something in this build.

gmail smooth as butter at Blimpie
the_game_master said:
For some reason today Gmail is not working so well. I've been trying to access this email from Papa Johns and it won't execute 'Show picture' without doing a immediate force close.
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Might be related to the "show pic" and not Papa John nor gmail.
Actually so far since the update Everything on my TF700 is smooth as butter .
Sorry 2hear these few quirks, lol

Mainstream apps like Maps and Gmail getting broken to the point of unusable is more than a quirk. This is one of the things that I have found frustrating with Android across the six different devices in my household - figuring out what doesn't work after just minor updates like .30. I'm a professional s/w engineer/architect with 41 years experience so I have a pretty good feel for the difficulties of development for multiple platforms but that doesn't make me feel any better when I suddenly can't read my email or view maps and have to develop workarounds. Not a great selling point either when I show the TF700T to my coworkers - "Yeah, other than maps and email, it works great."
Dave

GMail and Maps have crashed once or twice for me since the update but all of those crashes have been due to the NVIDIA driver bug in the ASUS kernel according to the dmesg utility, so in my case, the crashes are ASUS kernel caused rather than anything Google has done. So, FWIW, they do not seem any more problematic than before for me. I still use my work arounds and still use the apps with only a small amount of hassle.
The Google apps have always used the driver (as well they should, if the driver is not garbage it'll increase performance, LOL). This is an ASUS problem it's been in their Tegra3 ICS kernel from day one and it looks like stability changes at updates because the updates affect the memory fragmentation on your device (this is why a bunch of people will say "looks like stability has improved" and then another group rushes in and says "the update really messed with apps/games/etc, nothing works anymore!". I wish there was some way the importance of this bug could be escalated with them. The good news is JB will fix it because it'll have a 3.x kernel.

Yeah, same here. GMAIL is dorked hard; maps too from time to time. I agree though, its not a Google problem, its a driver issue from ASUS.

skola28 said:
Yeah, same here. GMAIL is dorked hard; maps too from time to time. I agree though, its not a Google problem, its a driver issue from ASUS.
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Agree - I don't have these issues on any of my other Android devices.