Anyone ever see the message "Process system not responding". Here's the story.
Well, I've been installing apps like a loose cannon, figuring I may be dooming myself to a hard reset, and it may have come to pass.
Last thing that happened while the phone was running good, was I ran the demo of the 3D game XXXXXXXXX. I received a call, and had to hop away, and after that the phone became unresponsive. Looking at what was loaded with Advanced Task Killer, I did not see the game to kill, so I turned off the phone.
Now, it is taking a very long time to 'boot'. The Phone is Locked screen would pop up, and I'd try to slide it off, and it would slide about half off. Screen black except for the clock of the lock screen. And after sliding off half way, the screen would go black, as if it was off, but then the lock screen would come back.
Kept thinking that ultimately it would finish. After a bit I got the task bar at top, and it was saying preparing internal memory'Preparing Internal Mass Storage"; then finally " Media scanner running". Finally a few icons from the dock. But everything else still black.
Then finally it would come up with a big message "Sorry!. Process system is not responding. buttons for Force close, and Wait. I don't know if that is an Android message, or an app message. I tried force close, and it went back into the same iteration of events.
So the next time i tried a boot, I did not respond to the message for a while, and it seemed to be making progress behind the message. It went off, I turned it back on, it had lock screen, moved it off a bit easier.
Then finally it came up more screen things in place. Then again with a message "Process system is nto responding". Let it set 'til it went off again. This time it came up a bit futher, and this time it came up with window to select launcher. I selected TWiz launcher. Process message again, and I killed it this time.
Whewh...Still not resolved.
I guess if there are any suggestions short of hard reset, i'm interested in hearing. maybe one of you have had this happen. If it ever finishes loading, first thing I'm going to do is remove that game.
One thing that is a pain and I think contributes, is that so many apps load by default it seems. And the more you install the more that happens, from what I have seen. I know I don't have as many apps installed as I've seen others reference, but I do have 2-3 different memory type utilities that I've wondered if they woudl interfere with each othre, but they supposedly don't all load at boot.
Post long enough. I'll add more if I find anything interesting.
ewingr said:
Anyone ever see the message "Process system not responding". Here's the story.
Well, I've been installing apps like a loose cannon, figuring I may be dooming myself to a hard reset, and it may have come to pass.
Last thing that happened while the phone was running good, was I ran the demo of the 3D game XXXXXXXXX. I received a call, and had to hop away, and after that the phone became unresponsive. Looking at what was loaded with Advanced Task Killer, I did not see the game to kill, so I turned off the phone.
Now, it is taking a very long time to 'boot'. The Phone is Locked screen would pop up, and I'd try to slide it off, and it would slide about half off. Screen black except for the clock of the lock screen. And after sliding off half way, the screen would go black, as if it was off, but then the lock screen would come back.
Kept thinking that ultimately it would finish. After a bit I got the task bar at top, and it was saying preparing internal memory'Preparing Internal Mass Storage"; then finally " Media scanner running". Finally a few icons from the dock. But everything else still black.
Then finally it would come up with a big message "Sorry!. Process system is not responding. buttons for Force close, and Wait. I don't know if that is an Android message, or an app message. I tried force close, and it went back into the same iteration of events.
So the next time i tried a boot, I did not respond to the message for a while, and it seemed to be making progress behind the message. It went off, I turned it back on, it had lock screen, moved it off a bit easier.
Then finally it came up more screen things in place. Then again with a message "Process system is nto responding". Let it set 'til it went off again. This time it came up a bit futher, and this time it came up with window to select launcher. I selected TWiz launcher. Process message again, and I killed it this time.
Whewh...Still not resolved.
I guess if there are any suggestions short of hard reset, i'm interested in hearing. maybe one of you have had this happen. If it ever finishes loading, first thing I'm going to do is remove that game.
One thing that is a pain and I think contributes, is that so many apps load by default it seems. And the more you install the more that happens, from what I have seen. I know I don't have as many apps installed as I've seen others reference, but I do have 2-3 different memory type utilities that I've wondered if they woudl interfere with each othre, but they supposedly don't all load at boot.
Post long enough. I'll add more if I find anything interesting.
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Well, the above post exactly describes what I have on my Captivate as well. Long boot times, "process system not responding", black screens, media scanner running/completed repeatedly, severe lagging...
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this issue? I've uninstalled my most recent apps, but it has not made any difference. Many thanks for any guidance!
Sounds like both of you need to restore to stock...Look in the Dev section for the Stock Odin3 1 click post..it is a sticky so it should be up towards the top..Follow the instructions and you will be back to stock...
The problems I mention above occur mostly during a reboot. The phone does eventually come up, with only occasional lagging still left (which may be more typical). I am torn between dealing with the lagging until Froyo is released (hopefully later this month) or perform the "restore to stock" you mention.
If I decide to "restore to stock", does that mean I lose everything? apps, messages, config, customizations, etc.
And if I lose everything, can I restore some apps with Titanium Backup? TB was loaded 2-3 weeks ago and I do have a full backup.
When Froyo comes, will it require the same or will it upgrade the existing OS and leave apps alone?
Many thanks for your response jhernand1102
I did that too, I sett a replacement lock screen wrong (because it asked me too) and there I was with out s phone for a few hours. The one click odin didn't work for me though. So I used the updated stock rom jh2 i believe. Look for the stock rom threads in developers forum as well as the one click odin.
If the one click odin doesn't work feel free to pm me with questions on the other rom.
Make sure you read it but they is a lot there that may confuse you.
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With titanium backup you should be fine. I haven't used it but that's the point of it. A reflash may be easier the finding the error and correcting the problem. And during any flash you may have some risk of losing something but I don't think, going to froyo will lose apps by design. Anyway you have titanium backup and samsung kies to help you keep everything.
Good luck!
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tone_la said:
Well, the above post exactly describes what I have on my Captivate as well. Long boot times, "process system not responding", black screens, media scanner running/completed repeatedly, severe lagging...
Does anyone have any advice on how to deal with this issue? I've uninstalled my most recent apps, but it has not made any difference. Many thanks for any guidance!
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I guess I forgot to post back what I had to do...having had no replies at all. I think I ended up in another thread.
Anyway...I did in fact have to reflash. Using the one-click which I believe is this thread is what I used.
ewingr said:
I guess I forgot to post back what I had to do...having had no replies at all. I think I ended up in another thread.
Anyway...I did in fact have to reflash. Using the one-click which I believe is this thread[/URL] is what I used.
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Thanks to all for replying today! I will go ahead and re-flash to stock. I was hoping it would be longer (a few months) before I'd have to re-load, but I guess when you live on the edge (root and lots of installs), ya gotta be ready for things to go wrong.
I do love this phone though and Android after being on a BB for so many years! It is pretty much a 1.0, so we should expect bugs and work arounds until they work the kinks out. In a crazy sort of way, it is still fun to work through these gotchas. Thanks again!
Yeah. I really hated the idea of a reflash.
but, if you haven't yet, you need to look in the DEV thread, and look into Clockwork Mod and Rom Recovery. As well, you should get teh paid version of Titanium backup.
Between those two things, occasional reflash and reload is not too painful.
I've learned so much today! Got the paid version of Titanium Backup for an easy "restore all via batch" and also did the ROM Mgr / Clockwork Recovery (thanx ewingr). So, I now have the best of both worlds for getting out of a jam and looking forward to trying out any new ROM's that may come out; with ease thanks to these apps!
What could be the reason ? How do u you maintain your phone ?
I know how the AndroidOS works, how it keeps everything in memory n all but is is a there way to prioritize some apps and tell OS to swap it out if and only if needed. Apps are taking time to load if they are not in the memory. For ex: If i try to load messaging, I get to see a black screen for a fraction of second. But i hate to see that. Subsequent frequent loads do not take time hence no black screen even for a fraction of second
Any tips ?
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What could be the reason ? How do u you maintain your phone ?
I know how the AndroidOS works, how it keeps everything in memory n all but is is a there way to prioritize some apps and tell OS to swap it out if and only if needed. Apps are taking time to load if they are not in the memory. For ex: If i try to load messaging, I get to see a black screen for a fraction of second. But i hate to see that. Subsequent frequent loads do not take time hence no black screen even for a fraction of second
Any tips ?
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Fraction of a second huh?
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suhas_sm said:
If i try to load messaging, I get to see a black screen for a fraction of second. But i hate to see that. Subsequent frequent loads do not take time hence no black screen even for a fraction of second
Any tips ?
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Don't switch apps.
Dang, I'd love to live a life so smooth and free of problems that stuff like that could be classified as a problem.
But is there a way to tell OS to keep certain services always in memory ?
i use to use codename android build 3 and im currently using provision mod. i was wondering why does it randomly reboot on a certain time? is there a setting that i should be looking at?
Your phone shouldn't be randomly rebooting, at least on the "stable" ROMs out now. Try to catch a logcat of what is happening. The app aLogcat, I believe, will write to your microSD.
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i was wondering why does it randomly reboot on a certain time?
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Wait?? Are you saying that your phone reboots at the same time every day?? If so that is not random. lol Some clarification would be good.
how would i find this problem on the log?
is alot of words in the txt
should i just clear it and wait until it just restart?
Trying doing a factory reset in recovery and wipe data, cache, dalvik cache and format system. Then re flash the rom
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Install aLogcat, figure out how to have it dump the log to your microSD, then, when it crashes, upload the last hundred lines or so to one of the paste-this websites and link it here. I think there are a lot here that would take the time to look at it and give you any insights they might have.
here you go
heres the log
That looks pretty normal, perhaps just the "boot up" portion of the log? Was that the last that was captured when you had a crash? I may not have been clear -- we'd need to see what happened just before the crash. Basically start up aLogcat writing continuously to the microSD, then look at the "last" written when you come back after a crash.
AH! My mistake -- you need aLogrec to record to the microSD.
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That looks pretty normal, perhaps just the "boot up" portion of the log? Was that the last that was captured when you had a crash? I may not have been clear -- we'd need to see what happened just before the crash. Basically start up aLogcat writing continuously to the microSD, then look at the "last" written when you come back after a crash.
AH! My mistake -- you need aLogrec to record to the microSD.
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it crash when i was driving while i have the phone charge and listening to music (poweramp) with headjack connected
I had this issue and saw a couple of others, in posts saying they "could not post shots as their phone would not take them"
I. Get "screenshot HD". This let's you take screen photo's. If you are getting the warning in the pic you know with the normal camera they are blank.
2 Quickpick. The pics won't show in the builtin gallery. You can freeze or remove it and use QUOTE. QP. I tried making it the system one but had issues so it's just in with the apps. I made screen shot HD a system app, you don't have to, but it needs root access to work .
The picture below is proof. I tried a phone save and the message appeared, you can see. I took and posted with the above.
I've gone from rom to rom to try and get rid of this but no luck. Thats why I'm sure it's a bug. I'm going to reboot and do a logcat .
Hope it helps someone.
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I had this issue and saw a couple of others, in posts saying they "could not post shots as their phone would not take them"
I. Get "screenshot HD". This let's you take screen photo's. If you are getting the warning in the pic you know with the normal camera they are blank.
2 Quickpick. The pics won't show in the builtin gallery. You can freeze or remove it and use QUOTE. QP. I tried making it the system one but had issues so it's just in with the apps. I made screen shot HD a system app, you don't have to, but it needs root access to work .
The picture below is proof. I tried a phone save and the message appeared, you can see. I took and posted with the above.
I've gone from rom to rom to try and get rid of this but no luck. Thats why I'm sure it's a bug. I'm going to reboot and do a logcat .
Hope it helps someone.
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Get a file manager with root access like es file explorer.
Go to /data/media/0/Pictures/ folder
Back up your pictures if there are any
Go to /data/media/0 folder and delete Pictures folder.
Did that . Still got the message
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Did that . Still got the message
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Wipe cache or do these commands in terminal emulator:
su
restorecon -FR /data/media/0
Did that twice when I read SU's piece on SD card problems. Did a full factory reset and changed roms. The changing rom solved it for a few days then it started again.
As for cache wiping im allways doing it. I moved some system updates to the rom, yesterday and did full cache wipe
There you go
I appriciate you sticking with this. Id love to solve it,or rather you to, as I CANT!
Oops typo!
you entered command wrong - must be restorecon
Redone
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Redone
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There is a space between -FR and /data...
Ok
No luck. Im happy with it as is anyway. I can take screen shots and now video. Nothing else has ever been affected. I can see and access my memory as it is. I tried all the things on SU's piece when it was posted. I dont and never have thought that it's the same thing as ive none of the problems he lists. The phone still takes screenshots the old way, but they are grey squares. Gtg gf wants me
I'm having the same problem. Can't take screenshots with the same error message.
Cuttooth said:
I'm having the same problem. Can't take screenshots with the same error message.
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I solved it with a complete wipe, Inc data, apps. Lot of messing around but phones back to normal.
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Hi there,
Whether I try to record a video and in this case screen record I have this error that keeps popping up. I click it to go away and it just pops up straight after. Its very annoying and I've shown the error in the screen shot attached along with the info about my handset. It still does record the audio but it just pops up over and over.
Has anyone else had this issue and if so what can I do to fix it?
My phone is rooted and nothing else. No rom etc just root access.
So what is that .apk file? I have that in my download folder, haven't the slightest, google it which led me here, one of two search results. Thanks.