[Q] Galaxy S duos wierd behaviour - General Questions and Answers

I have a Samsung Galaxy S duos (GT-S7562 Android 4.0.4 Touchwiz)
It is very unresponsive and slow at times, but that isn't the problem, that's what you expect hen SIII's UI is pasted upon a 1Ghz processor.
Some days back I installed Google Hangout apk (3rd party) which replaced my system talk application.
After the this a lot of apps are crashing in the background and while they crash the phone becomes unresponsive, this is draining the battery life too . Not just system apps, but all kinds of background services are crashing with messages like 'messages has stopped responding', 'maps has stopped responding' coming all over the screen after some time.
I replaced the new hangouts app with older talk apk too, just too see if it works. All in wain.
I don't see any other option than rooting and installing a custom ROM, but that's risky. Can anyone just identify what problem my phone might be having. If you want any other details I am open.

Make backup and Try a factory reset + clear all cache.

Factory reset is the only option I guess. No point of a backup now.
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FCs/soft reboot?

So so far, yesterday I've had the multi-touch keyboard force close maybe 4 times, the drag racing game 8, and a soft reboot. I have not rooted yet... holding off until there is more of a point. Anyone else having issues like this? I have 28 more days to do an exchange, I wanted to see if it's just my phone or not & either way I'll give it another week to see how it fares. Soft reboot occurred at maybe 40 hours or so of run time.
I use Go keyboard which has a far better layout and the swype ability as well, never had a fc. I dont play games. Have gotten a few fc's on various apps for unknown reasons, a few freezes in apps, but it happens so rarely that its not an issue. I did have to do a hard reset the day I got it though, but it was my fault.
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try doing a battery pull, not saying it would help but it definitely wouldnt hurt.
Fter rooting FC's also
After rooting (One-click method) and running Titanium Backup Pro to get a good backup of my phone. I now have a similar FC issue. Every time I try to open a contacts details, in the contacts app that starts, it will FC on me. The same thing happened to the phone app, works only if I dial a number from the keypad, click on a recent call in log, baam! FC I had to install GO Contacts/Dialer and they work fine. I tried to clear the cache/factory reset but the issue persists after I just loose all my info.....
Any way to Flash back to stock yet, think its a little to soon to root this racehorse....
I now have 3 apk's in TB that have a line through them. I cannot backup/restore/freeze the apps. Under the lined out app it says "No Backup yet"
com.motorola.blur.contacts.sync.yahoo
com.motorola.blur.provider.linkedin
com.occamy.andriod.motoxmayhem1lite
Anyone that can post these apk's so I could re-install/repair would help me greatly. I had this similar issue on my old cappy and replacing the app fixed it. I think when TB makes a backup and closes the app it some how actually deletes the app and/or corrupts it and then you have to replace it.
Rooting should no effect on the problems you are having. Did you freeze anything with TB, if so unfreeze everything, if not try unistalling it and see if the problems persist
If you are rooted, download ROM Manager and run fix permissions. That should help out with FC's.

phone miniapp popping up randomly

Is anyone experiencing random pop ups of the phone miniapp ? It happens to my several times a day, both with the tablet on or off. Quite annoying.
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Yes same here.
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Im also having this issues now. It just randomly popups after unlocking. This happened after installing an update from samsung apps.
just an update, afer uninstalling those 2 updates from samsung apps. The mini phone app stopped popping up. Tested it for the whole afternoon.
Unconfirmed. Downgraded the Samsung app application, and for a few hours I was OK. Just when I was about to confirm it was working here it pop up again.
Nope it did not work for me. I still have occasional pop up of the phone mini app, even with the upgraded firmware KL3
i also experienced this when i was on DXKL1. Then I flashed my GTab+ with DXKL2. I also did a factory reset, cache wipe, and wipe dalvik cache. Then it never occurred again. I am now on DXKL3 and I still haven't encountered it.
same here as well..
i also get sudden popups from the phone mini app. no other mini app does that and some times when it keeps showing up more often i restart and it becomes less frequent. i was bugged about this ever since i bought my p6200 and kept trying to reproduce the situation or take note of the time it occurs and the conditions of my tab at that time. i have gone through 3 software formats since i got the tab (not related, just fooling around ) and i became less and less optimistic of spotting a pattern to the problem.
after reading this thread i checked samsung apps and turns out i haven't even opened it since the latest format but i had on several occasions witnessed the phone miniapp popping up.
i've just updated the samsung apps and will report if the problem arises again. i hope it doesn't though, lol
Yep, it does happen even on DXLC1. Whenever it happens, i found that going to the settings & ending contacts from running apps helped solve the problem though.
Cheers!
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is the "kill the contacts app" a temp. fix or a fix for the general problem
btw..i had the phone app popup on me today twice, so no go on my scenario as well.

google apps are force closing

exhibit II with Peach Sunrise 2.04 ROM
I have been rolling peach for about two weeks. Upon reboot I get “the application google services framework (process com.google.process.gapps)has stopped unexpectedly… then all other apps google related force close. Dolphin and opera browsers force close as well. How can I fix this?
Try clearing Google Play Store app data as well as Google Framework Services in: settings>applications>manage applications>(find both and select "clear data"), see if that helps things...
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it happened to me the gapps was FC every sec... i solved the problem installing the gapps again with CWM... remember to chose the right gapps file.... it happens to me while i was trying to change DPI screen size with LCD Density on JB, the market fix crashed gapps and they were FC every sec as i said... maybe installing new gapps over CWM can help you : D
Rafael Aparecido Camilo said:
it happened to me the gapps was FC every sec... i solved the problem installing the gapps again with CWM... remember to chose the right gapps file.... it happens to me while i was trying to change DPI screen size with LCD Density on JB, the market fix crashed gapps and they were FC every sec as i said... maybe installing new gapps over CWM can help you : D
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I will try that, I will have to wait untill i get home as I am at work. Its killing me! I feel lost and naked without a working phone!
@Apex_Strider I did what you said... it seemed to help for a few min. Then back to FC....
weigel294 said:
I will try that, I will have to wait untill i get home as I am at work. Its killing me! I feel lost and naked without a working phone!
@Apex_Strider I did what you said... it seemed to help for a few min. Then back to FC....
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Yeah, I'd say try a new Gapps package file and flash in CWM, also might not hurt to select the "fix permissions" option under advanced in CWM as well...
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Exhibit + Peach Sunrise + Go Launcher = eventually many apps Force Close => Repeat ag
I've searched the forums and can't find a solution that fits my problem.
I bought a Galaxy Exhibit II with Monthly4G - love the form factor, accessible battery, expendibility (compared to big $$$ phones).
TMO default load was very unsatisfactory.
I flashed it to Peach Sunrise 2.04, ran V6 supercharger and the phone became what it should be - a good performer.
I also loaded go launcher.
I thought it was stable and just installed apps, updates, etc as I wished (you know like I did on the iPod for 6 months before committing to the android platform.)
For the second time the phone just melted down - starts getting all kinds of random Force Closes - reboots don't help.
I also tried clearing all cache and davlik, uninstalling google play updates.
However, the problem is also affecting some core services and almost any app I start on demand - including backup apps!
I had recently installed some updates and three wifi teathering apps (to make teathering easier). On one of the reboots go launcher went through it's setup several times (I know there was an update recently).
I am really enjoying the android platform and this inexpensive phone - but I really don't want to be reflashing it every 4 weeks.
Here are my questions:
Q1) Does anyone recognize my combination of software or a specific software as causing general instability (Peach Sunrise + Go launcher OR Wifi Tether utils that require root)
Q2) Is there a way to trace what causes the instability? (In my day job I use detailed tracing utilities on Windows to find problems with Apps / OS). I found catlog - but didn't have it installed and can't get it installed now.
Q3) Could I be getting hit from a virus or hacking? (I am running "Lookout" antivirus)
Q4) Does anyone else have this challenge of persistent reflashes required?
I'm not expecting to be hand held here - but when I search "Force close" with any combination I get a lot of information that ends with the solution of reflashing. If that is the only solution I can't be reflashing every month.
Thanks for any help.
I have this problem. So far, I can only find a temporary fix. Flashing anything or clearing cache or dalvik cache in Recovery mode temporarily fixes this problem.
I only get this problem when I'm using Instagram though. I don't know why.
I have this problem on my samsung exibihit 2 4g after flashing it back to stock because of the problem with sending texts while on data. And now none of my apps are working. i had to switch phones because i cant ecen text on it now. If anyone has a fix gor it please message me your suggestions. Thank you
This seems to be Talk crashing. I get the same FC message. I have to login manually to get Talk online again. Anyone else notice that

[Q] Is there ANY 5.x ROM that doesn't completely cripple the phone?

Hello,
When Lollipop was announced, they said that it should run smoothly even on lower-end phones (lower than the Moto G, which is what I own). I have tried numerous official releases of 5.x ROMs, but they all seem to have the same problem:
They don't work.
Well, they do work.. kind of. I mean, it boots up, works for about one hour, and then this starts happening:
Apps in the background crash one after another, until they are all displayed as Restarting
Apps with background upload processes such as Pushbullet do NOT work anymore (For example, Pushbullet shows the uploading file notification when I send something, but the process is immediately killed, and the upload never happens. Apps like WhatsApp do not display any more notifications either, since all the services are displayed as Restarting)
The Music app is killed randomly, just because
Apps in the foreground close randomly
Home screen almost always gets killed upon entering ANY application
After one day of usage without a reboot, multitasking completely disappears (i.e. you switch to an app and the previous one just gets killed instantly)
Since almost every non-system critical process gets killed, apps take forever to load
..but it has a new and smooth UI, horray.
Now, I know that this is caused by some memory leak, but I've seen Lollipop on other phones (even the Moto G 2nd generation), and it runs perfectly.
I've gotten tired of having to cope with my phone performing like a Symbian phone from 2008, is there ANY Lollipop ROM for this phone that works?.
Thanks in advance for any tips
Oh and, here's the video that shows how each and every application looks like in the first 10-30 seconds after I open / switch to it:
Looks like I am not yet allowed to link any outside website. Well, just in case you want to see how my phone screen looks like when I use it, the video ID on youtube is KRzvJLc78BA
xD great video
Anyway this happen with custom roms, dont? i mean, should work if you do wipes, etc
PD: i dont installed any rom in my phone (warranty ) but i installed lollipop in a lg l9 and works fine without any problem and very smooth
Have you tried BlissPop or Candy5?
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I really like stock CM12. It's fast, stable, and apps rarely crash.
I have been using cm12 for over 2 months on my Moto G 1st gen now. I have rarely to never experienced any app crash or basically any problem at all. Even the memory leak is fixed by an app called Moto G Multitasker. Just do a clean flash of cm12 (wipe data/factory reset + wipe dalvik + wipe cache) and I'm sure you'll have no problems.

Please Help: "Unfortunately TouchWiz has stopped" whenever I turn on at 90% or less

Please Help: "Unfortunately TouchWiz has stopped" whenever I turn on at 90% or less
Hi there
I own a Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 and I have been having problems with it the past year.
Whenever I turn the tablet on at 90% or less power, TouchWiz keeps on crashing, leaving me to having to charge it to 100%, switch to a different home screen or clear the cache.
But this problem still persists and it is getting very annoying as I use this tablet for my artwork and playing games.
Does anybody have some helpful advice to stop TouchWiz from crashing when I start at LESS than 100%?
Many Thanks
YamchaFan.
What about installing another launcher? ?
Have you tried reflashing rom?!
Backup and do a factory reset.
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@yamachaFan - you seem convinced it's related to power level. Are you experiencing any other battery related issues such as unexplained rapid drain, random reboots at low battery levels or screen flickering?
If not then maybe the 90% thing is more of a coincidence based upon using the device for a while before a software issue creeps up again . .
The others are right though, if you do a factory reset you can use that to try to rule out software issues. If it were me doing it, I'd factory reset and test the device for a few hours without restoring anything to it by being careful during initial setup to not opt into automatic backups/restore . . that will keep your apps from being restored and will keep the device in a cleaner factory like state. Test it that way for a few hours, let the battery drain down a bit and just use the device for email and web surfing etc. If all is good, factory reset again and then opt back into auto backup (if you're so inclined).

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