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I have this star with an orange circle dot inside it that pops up at around 5:30am (eastern time) almost everyday since a few days ago. When I pull down the top bar to see the notification, it is an advertizement that will open up an internet browser.
I would love to know how this is happening and what app it might be that is causing this. I have about 90 apps installed and dont want to go ahead and delete everything to hunt it down.
Any info would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance.
BTW=running Calkulin's Evo2 Froyo rom.
Have you tried going into Settings > Applications > Running Services? You should be able to spot anything running that's out of the ordinary that way.
I did check, didnt see anything, but i will check again today as I bet it will pop-up today a few hours at 530am. Has anyone seen this as well??
here is an idea....
use titanium backup to FREEZE all USER APPS, except for ones that you are SURE are not it...then if you see that at 0530am it did not happen, unfreeze a number of them, maybe 10 or so. at the next 0530am continue this process...until you find the group of 10 that causes the problem to resume.
It's some rogue app that is pushing ads (AirPush). Go to the market and check the reviews on some of the latest apps you've downloaded. that'll help you track it down along with anthonyandrews's idea.
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It's some rogue app that is pushing ads (AirPush). Go to the market and check the reviews on some of the latest apps you've downloaded. that'll help you track it down along with anthonyandrews's idea.
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Initial nailed it. I recall this being discussed on the forum a short while back. Thats just ugly for an app to do that though.
out of curiosity, what was the app?
It's called heyzap. New way of ads.
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use avg antivirus and scan ur phone
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This Mod is flashed through CWM to enable 2 simple all-in-one commands to Freeze/Defrost SNS, DRM, and System Updates. Downloads at the end of this post. Read on to learn what they do and how to easily use them!
Fully Flash-able Test Version HERE
Freeze SNS, DRM, and System Updates for Better Battery
These services are, generally, best kept frozen 99.9% of the time. Not deleted, as I've experienced problems if they are actually removed, but disabling them saves me noticeable battery life.
You can use Titanium Pro, MyToolbox, ,Bloat Freezer, or Mybackup Pro to freeze services, but that's only after you've installed a rom. Then once you boot in, you have to buy and download that app, and then navigate a huge list of services to freeze.
But it only takes one line of code per service you want to freeze. That's right, the following commands can be entered into a terminal like Terminal Emulator to disable these processes:
Code:
su [I](Gains root)[/I]
pm disable com.sec.android.providers.drm [I](Disables DRM launcher)[/I]
pm disable com.sec.android.app.sns [I](Disables sns)[/I]
pm disable com.samsung [I](Disables updates)[/I]
However, these commands are lengthy, not easily memorized, and just a pain to write. The best solution I can come up with is to simplify the commands.
[Note] You do not want to do this if you don't understand how freezing these services may affect your day-day use. This will save some battery at the definite cost of DRM content functionality and Facebook Contact integration.
How To Use This Mod:
Still using Terminal Emulator, after you flash one of the linked .zip files, all you will have to type is the following:
To Freeze Services:
Code:
su
superfreeze
To Defrost Services:
Code:
su
superdefrost
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If you like my work, click the Thanks button or donate a beer!
I am still in the works to make this work entirely solo once flashed from CWM.
PS: If you're looking for a free alternative to any of the apps I listed up above, this isn't it. This is only one small, dedicated part of those apps. I highly recommend buying one of them, you'll find them very useful.
PPS: This mod, and subsequent versions of it(hopefully!), is for the Epic 4G. I cannot guarantee that the script is accurate to any other phone. But the commands themselves are universal across Android.
Thanks to paulobrien for his explanation found here!
I can't answer you script question, but I have one of my own. Are those commands permanent, or will I have to type those in everytime I turn my phone back on? I'm assuming the latter, since you want to be able to do it easier.
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zanderman112 said:
I can't answer you script question, but I have one of my own. Are those commands permanent, or will I have to type those in everytime I turn my phone back on? I'm assuming the latter, since you want to be able to do it easier.
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These commands are indeed permanent on reboot. Pm Disable is exactly the function apps like Titanium use when "freezing" services. The goal is, I would like these commands to be executed while my rom is installing. I used a similar .zip file as a skeleton for the layout, but I'm just not sure what additional coding is required to make this work. I'm 99.9% positive it can be done.
Oh ok. So I now don't have to disable the drm or sns anymore. Cool, if I ever needed to re-enable them, what would I type in?
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Surprisingly logical, you just have to type enable instead of disable.
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Ok, I thought so, but sometimes things aren't as simple as could be. Good luck on your script.
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Ok, I thought so, but sometimes things aren't as simple as could be. Good luck on your script.
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Too often not as simple as it could be! There must be some sort of call function I'm missing. Lol
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So it seems no matter how I try to launch this, from etc/lib.d, as a tool, from data/local... etc. It doesn't seem to have any effect if not run from within Android itself.
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So it seems no matter how I try to launch this, from etc/lib.d, as a tool, from data/local... etc. It doesn't seem to have any effect if not run from within Android itself.
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I really wish I could help.
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I really wish I could help.
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It's a shame, it'd be nice to have a rom install with some services like this disabled by default. Then there could be a matching patch to re-enable them if needed.
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It's a shame, it'd be nice to have a rom install with some services like this disabled by default. Then there could be a matching patch to re-enable them if needed.
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Yeah, it would be handy.
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I'm guessing that the Android runtime system has to be fully initialized and running for the pm command to work, and it's not in the limited runtime of the recovery environment.
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I'm guessing that the Android runtime system has to be fully initialized and running for the pm command to work, and it's not in the limited runtime of the recovery environment.
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That seems to be the problem, because I've gotten the tiny files themselves to run in the terminal, which is at least useful for streamlining this operation! But I can't get them to do anything in recovery, it just has no effect.
So I have come to the conclusion that this cannot be done from CWM due to reasons I've explained in post #1.
However, I have posted a workaround CWM flash-able which, still using Terminal Emulator, simplifies the commands down to 2 simple codes.
UPDATE: Turned out I posted bad .zip files with out of date updater scripts. The links have been fixed and should work as described in Post #1!
RandomKing said:
So I have come to the conclusion that this cannot be done from CWM due to reasons I've explained in post #1.
However, I have posted a workaround CWM flash-able which, still using Terminal Emulator, simplifies the commands down to 2 simple codes.
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Sweet! At least you kinda got it.
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Sweet! At least you kinda got it.
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Yup, kinda! The guys that wrote apps to freeze services deserve a lot of credit. They are fairly easy to use in bulk.
I wish I could make this automatic, but this way I only have to type two easily memorized commands to stop/start the 3 services I hate most!
UPDATE: Mediafire mirror links posted for when megaupload wants to be wonky.
You might be able to make this fully automatic with tasker. There is an option "device boot," there is the ability to launch an app, and to type, then close the app. Might look a little sloppy, but it should definitely work. I'll try it and report back later today.
EDIT: Works like a charm. For the Context, go into Event, System, Device Boot. For the Tasks, choose App, Load App, Terminal Emulator, then Input, Type, enter the text, then choose Input, Button, Back twice to close out of the app, as the Kill command will just restart it.
For what it's worth, there must be a way to have an application start off as disabled, because that's how CIQ starts, as far as I know. Perhaps the dev of the paid application Autostarts can shed some light on it for you.
Pointless816 said:
You might be able to make this fully automatic with tasker. There is an option "device boot," there is the ability to launch an app, and to type, then close the app. Might look a little sloppy, but it should definitely work. I'll try it and report back later today.
EDIT: Works like a charm. For the Context, go into Event, System, Device Boot. For the Tasks, choose App, Load App, Terminal Emulator, then Input, Type, enter the text, then choose Input, Button, Back twice to close out of the app, as the Kill command will just restart it.
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Thats a nifty trick! Now I could patch Tasker and it's data into the rom itself. Now here's the question, is Tasker a persistently running battery draining service?
Pointless816 said:
For what it's worth, there must be a way to have an application start off as disabled, because that's how CIQ starts, as far as I know. Perhaps the dev of the paid application Autostarts can shed some light on it for you.
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That may be true, but SNS, Updates, and DRM have to run consistently. Unlike some certain apps that run non-stop for no reason.
Just make the zip add a file to init.d that executes the command on next boot then deletes itself...
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chris41g said:
Just make the zip add a file to init.d that executes the command on next boot then deletes itself...
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I actually tried that, but the command "pm disable" just doesn't do anything from recovery for me. Unless I'm not calling for a function I need or something. Still toying around with it. I even tried to just patch it into one of the existing init.d files, but still no result.
Update: I'm a noob at developing. I can roughly understand existing script enough to rearrange it, but if somethings missing, I probably can't spot it. Haha
I would really like to try out the v6 script but I need some help understanding.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15948434#post15948434
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lol.. I wanna use it to, but I didn't study Physics, so I can't make heads nor tails of it.
It changes the way ur phones memory is accessed and where things are. Try it out. Just cause u don't know how it works doesn't mean it u shouldn't try it out. Its made my phone work 1000x faster
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Papa Smurf151 said:
It changes the way ur phones memory is accessed and where things are. Try it out. Just cause u don't know how it works doesn't mean it u shouldn't try it out. Its made my phone work 1000x faster
free the dirk
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+1 I have no idea exactly how it works but I use it on every ROM and its bad ass , I think its more or less a built in task killer/manager ,RAM optimizer or something like that.
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That's awesome however, I need help figuring out how to make it work. I'm usually decent at following these instructions but my brain is fried. I need assistance.
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Download script manager when you first run it hit menu/more/advanced options/config and check off browse as root then back out and go to the v6 script and when you run it check off "run as root" then just pick the setting you want .
If it doesn't stick on a reboot go into ect/init.d by hitting the top file till you see ect and check off both the scripts in there that say 99complete and 99SuperCharger when you hit them just check off run as root and run on boot and hit save don't run them.
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cant wait to try it out my self
I'm still lost on it. The guy has like 8 d/l's on that thread. Which one is which??
Its the supercharger with the latest update. Its say something like 6.2.2 update so and so. Then u can get kernel tweak and 3 g tweak. Remember to get ones with most recent update. Really not that hard to figure out
It in it self cannot be explained neither can it creator. since using it on my evo and my wife's Epic. Both no longer lag or freeze up. Simply Awesome!
OK, I got the V6 running now, option 6, balanced. I seen a lot of people use Option 9, but I figured I'd start out slow. So now, this will ruyn on every reboot? Or do I need to go to Script Manager and run it every time? And why is it that it says to use a lower version of Busybox than I have?
Now, what about the kernalizer and 3g tweak? I used faster. I guess I COULD have used fastest?
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OK, I got the V6 running now, option 6, balanced. I seen a lot of people use Option 9, but I figured I'd start out slow. So now, this will ruyn on every reboot? Or do I need to go to Script Manager and run it every time? And why is it that it says to use a lower version of Busybox than I have?
Now, what about the kernalizer and 3g tweak? I used faster. I guess I COULD have used fastest?
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I tried to run v6 today without downgrading bb and when I went to reboot I got stuck at the splash screen if that didn't happen then I guess your good .
To see if it sticks on reboot just add the script manager widget for that script and run it to see if the settings are the same for some reason I could never run the 3g script with it, it would never let the v6 script run at boot but I'm sure I was doing something wrong.
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Mine did reboot just fine, so we'll see.
I had tried to run this once before, and I had deleted the old V6 script I had on the card. Now it shows up in the console along with the 99 supercharger. I can delete the old v6 but is the 99Supercharger there from now, when I just set it up?
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Mine did reboot just fine, so we'll see.
I had tried to run this once before, and I had deleted the old V6 script I had on the card. Now it shows up in the console. How the heck do I delete that?
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I would think clear the data for script manager if thats what you mean but you might want to run the script again.
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I would think clear the data for script manager if thats what you mean but you might want to run the script again.
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I got it deleted. Now, when I hit the widget, it opens, closes and says script does not exist. If I open Script Manager itself, I have a 99 Supercharger in there along with V6, kernel tweaker and 3g?
That makes me think it's not running at boot, since the widget pops up empty
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I got it deleted. Now, when I hit the widget, it opens, closes and says script does not exist. If I open Script Manager itself, I have a 99 Supercharger in there along with V6, kernel tweaker and 3g?
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run the script again.
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Well, I guess I'm good. I ran script manager, ran the V6 script and I see ..Hard To Kill so I know it's running, and if I browse to System/Etc/init.d and then on the 99supercharger, it's toggled run at boot. I still have 98supercharger in there. I'm thinking I can delete, yes?
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Well, I guess I'm good. I ran script manager, ran the V6 script and I see ..Hard To Kill so I know it's running, and if I browse to System/Etc/init.d and then on the 99supercharger, it's toggled run at boot. I still have 98supercharger in there. I'm thinking I can delete, yes?
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No leave those scripts there they are the scripts from v6 if you want to get rid of v6 then delete them and to see if it stuck on reboot check your numbers I forget what they are called but they look like 6,10,20,30 etc.. See if your previous ones match your current ones if it stuck they will be the same if not you will see the stock ones in current.
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I keep meaning to tell you for some time now, that bug is driving me crazy... lol
It actually had me reaching for my screen last week, one day.
If I use the Script Manager widget, it just opens and closes, for some reason, but if I use the App itself, I can see that everything is running in the console.
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I keep meaning to tell you for some time now, that bug is driving me crazy... lol
It actually had me reaching for my screen last week, one day.
If I use the Script Manager widget, it just opens and closes, for some reason, but if I use the App itself, I can see that everything is running in the console.
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Yeah I stole that bug from some guy on the ubuntu forums I thought it looked real and I didn't see anyone on here with it.
I'm not sure about the widget problem i've never had that happen but if it's working you really don't need the widget.
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I bought Shadowngun when I had a Droid X2. And now, the trouble is whenever I launch this game on my Dinc2 running AOKP (currently build 33) it shows the "Download data" button. But clicking it does nothing I'm a sad, sad, panda! Can anyone help me troubleshoot?
By the way this is not the only game giving me trouble. Sprinkle causes my phone to crash/reboot! >.<
Clear data?
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Clear data?
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Nope. No use doing that. I did that before and I just did it again, to see if I get lucky. But still nothing happens on clicking the "Begin Download" button.
I hope asking this is not against forum rules, but I would appreciate it if someone with this game who successfully downloaded the data for the latest version can upload that data and give me a link to it (PM me, don't post publicly). I am not encouraging piracy, I just wish to play a game that I actually bought!
By the way this is not the only game giving me trouble. Sprinkle causes my phone to crash/reboot! >.<
Are you running ics 4.0 if so go into your terminal and Type Su enter
Killall drmserver enter. You will have to do it every timeyou reboot your phone.
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Are you running ics 4.0 if so go into your terminal and Type Su enter
Killall drmserver enter. You will have to do it every timeyou reboot your phone.
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I think you misunderstood me. I am not having trouble downloading applications from Google Play. I am having trouble downloading application DATA from within the application once I got it downloaded and installed. As far as I know the killall drmserver thing is to correct issues downloading apps from Google Play.
Anyway, I tried it nevertheless and it didn't work
Update to Milestone 5 and hope for the best
One thing problem that many of us have with ROMS for our device is the constant force closes. As I was searching through the Asus transformer Pad Infinity forums, I came across a Memory management mod, which tweaks the heck out of the memory management, which in turn gives better multitasking, no force closes (I have only tried in on paranoid) and a bit better battery life since apps are not constantly hugging the ram. (I have now tried it on HO!NO!’s port of The Unicorn Rom (Sorry I forget the name) and I have noticed the speed difference.
** FOLLOW ALL ON SCREEN INSTRUCTIONS. PAY ATTENTION AS IT REQUIRES DIFFERENT INPUTS FROM YOU. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE AN ACTIVE INTERNET CONNECTION.
***THANKS TO zeppelinrox FOR BRINGING THIS TO THE ANDROID COMMUNITY AND THANKS TO EVERYONE THAT HAS HELPED HIM OUT AND KEEP ON THANKING FOR THE CONSTANT WORK ON IT.
Here is the link to the tread where you can read everything.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276/
Now when i looked at it, i was super lost because so much information got me confused. Therefore, I will make it a little easier for you guys. This works on any android phone that is rooted (I am not sure if it works on stock rom) and works on GB and ICS.
Here are all the files. I will tell you the sequencing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18703418&postcount=5021
+ Make sure you only have one launcher installed. It optimizes that launcher with the memory for maximum speed and stability
*Go to the Play Store and download SManager, which installs script files. If you cannot download it from Play Store, then side load it.
*Download the "SuperCharger_Starter_Kit_RC9.zip" (no its not flash able. you have to extract it)
*Once it is downloaded, and extracted, given if you are in a computer, put the extracted folder onto your SD card. (If you are doing it on a phone, download the file from the link and extract it with your program of reference. I use Root Explorer)
*Then download “V6_SuperCharger_for_Android-Update9_RC10.sh.pdf” –This is not an actual PDF file. Do not open it with your PDF software as it will not work.
Put that file in the root of your SD card.
Go to SManager and look for the SuperCharger Starter Kit File. Once located, tap on StartMeUp.sh. A window should pop up and at the top it says Run. Before you hit the run button, make sure that SU Skull turns green. (Achieve green skull by tapping the skull)
Follow on screen instructions. It will show everything that it’s doing in text format. When it is done, you will notice.
Now go back and search for “V6_SuperCharger_for_Android-Update9_RC10.sh.pdf” using SManagaer and again, make sure the skull is green before running the script.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO HIT THE THANKS BUTTON UNDER ME IF YOU DON’T WANT TO BUT DEFINITELY DO IT FOR zeppelinrox!
IF you still don’t get my instructions, there are videos on YouTube
Good find. About to try this out.
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anyone tried it yet? I really wanna do this ... but its a quite lengthy process I would love to do it once some confirmed its working!
smartyenrique said:
anyone tried it yet? I really wanna do this ... but its a quite lengthy process I would love to do it once some confirmed its working!
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Go to the original thread. Many have done it. For our device we'll I will say that when an app wants to force close the script kicks in and you'll notice the app stay black for about 2 seconds and it opens. Haven't had any force closes except for maps. It does something weird. It says it fierce closes but it doesn't actually close
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Installed it a few hours ago and it's running like a dream. I've got a few questions though... So I am running trebuchet on aopk milestone 6, from what I could understand from reading the script (which honestly is not much ) is that for me to get the launcher tweaks I may need to do some additional steps? I may have just read it wrong, also should I run ''su'' ''sclean'' in the terminal every couple of days? Thanks and sorry... I'm not too savy with all of this so bear with me. Great find though!
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Installed it a few hours ago and it's running like a dream. I've got a few questions though... So I am running trebuchet on aopk milestone 6, from what I could understand from reading the script (which honestly is not much ) is that for me to get the launcher tweaks I may need to do some additional steps? I may have just read it wrong, also should I run ''su'' ''sclean'' in the terminal every couple of days? Thanks and sorry... I'm not too savy with all of this so bear with me. Great find though!
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I dont think you have to but do it to be safe. truthfully, I remember seeing those comands but there was so much going on i dont remeber them. i have run the scrip on twi different roms and it definitely manages memory correctly but im not too sure. ill have to find out more
Thanks, I appreciate it. Still seems to be running great.
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Thanks man! I am on it - I will provide my feedback soon
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Go to the original thread. Many have done it. For our device we'll I will say that when an app wants to force close the script kicks in and you'll notice the app stay black for about 2 seconds and it opens. Haven't had any force closes except for maps. It does something weird. It says it fierce closes but it doesn't actually close
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Wait, I'm getting a permission denied in smanager when running the supercharger u9rc10 file. I allowed smanager su and made sure the green skull was there. Any ideas?
Oh yeah, and I'm runnin cm10, but that shouldnt affect anything bcuz this is supposed to work on jb.
And also, the script runs if I don't put it as root, but gives me all the errors like not running as root. If I try runnin as root , it shows up with permission denied before even running the script!
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Wait, I'm getting a permission denied in smanager when running the supercharger u9rc10 file. I allowed smanager su and made sure the green skull was there. Any ideas?
Oh yeah, and I'm runnin cm10, but that shouldnt affect anything bcuz this is supposed to work on jb.
And also, the script runs if I don't put it as root, but gives me all the errors like not running as root. If I try runnin as root , it shows up with permission denied before even running the script!
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I'm not sure but if you look at the original thread where everything is, they say to follow post number 2 for ics and jb.
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