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Phone restarting everytime I hit home from my browser!

Hi all,
I've been having a problem with my Desire Z! Every time I press home after using my browser to follow a Twitter or Facebook link, the phone does a sort of mini reset, shows the green HTC logo on white background and then starts loading my Home Screen from scratch! The only theory I gave so far is that I have too many apps open and its clearing the cache! Otherwise I'm stumped and its really annoying!
Hope someone can help!
Craig
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Sounds like rosie. What launcher are you using?
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Launcher? It's just stock Sense running Group, no mods or updates! The browser is Dolphin HD!
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Thats just the Sense launcher (also known as 'rosie') re-loading. Its pretty memory hungry compared to other launchers. So it gets dropped from memory sometimes, if memory gets full, and has to re-load if you press home.
But this shouldn't be happening very frequently. Do you keep lots of things running in the background? Large web pages in the browser, and/or multiple browser tabs open can also take up lots of memory.

Mainly only my email client, Twitdroyd, Facebook and the browser, I suppose the browser does have a few pages open, and they aren't mobile web pages but full pages! I'll try exiting my browser more often, that clears the cache!
Thanks for the quick reply dude, ill keep ya informed if the frequency reduces!
Craig
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another thing to try would be a different launcher. stock sense launcher is too much of a hog for me. i prefer adw, golauncher, or stock gingerbread launcher over rosie

How do I get the phone to override sense to use a different launcher? Can I uninstall it completely?
Craig
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How do I get the phone to override sense to use a different launcher? Can I uninstall it completely?
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I think that'll break Sense so can't be done. I guess you could install another launcher over the top of it.
I'm wondering if there is a memory leak in Dolphin HD. I've got my phone into some states memory wise before and its never closed Rosie. You're not using a task killer are you?
Craig

Just download a launcher from market and when you press home, it'll ask which one to use and if you want to set it as default..
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Yeah I've got task-killer, but not had this prob b4!
Won't running another launcher create more memory problems?
Craig
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Task killer is probably closing it then. It depends on what it thinks it can unload to free memory.
There are many arguments about 2.2 and task killers. I do just fine without one, 2.2 can manage its own memory pretty well. Maybe try uninstalling the task killer and see what happens.
If you have an alternative launcher, it shouldn't load the Sense launcher so it won't affect memory much. You'll probably gain as the Sense launcher is quite hungry.
Craig

Cheers mate, just installed LauncherPro, got some better features than Sense, I really want to get rid of sense all together cos the Facebook and Twitter contact are pissing me off!
Anyway, cheers for the quick reply, am happy atm with Launcher Pro!
Craig
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If you want to get rid of Sense completely, you need to root, S-Off, and flash a different ROM. Sense is too intertwined with the entire ROM to remove, without breaking it.
I personally like the combination of a Sense ROM, with a alternate launcher (I use ADW EX). Certainly a matter of personal taste. But the Sense camera app is better than stock (and 3rd party camera apps I've tried), and I like the aesthetics, and some of the other features of Sense. But I agree the Sense launcher is just too memory (and CPU?) hungry.
But its also not that hard to root, and try other ROMs, to see if you like one without Sense (known as AOSP ROMs).
I'd remove the task killer. They can cause more harm than good. And as already mentioned, Android manages memory just fine without help from a 3rd party app.
http://lifehacker.com/5650894/android-task-killers-explained-what-they-do-and-why-you-shouldnt-use-them

[Q] System/app

I would like to delete the stock HTC/Android music players and use Winamp only. Can I put Winamp into system/app and use it as the default music player? Is there any special way to do it and will there be any issues? Thanks in advance.

You can use it as default without deleting the stock player. Removing the stock music app could cause issues, so if you want to try it, I'd either back up the app with Titanium Backup (or freeze it) or make a nandroid backup first. To freeze apps - and possibly backup system apks - you need the Pro version of TB or another app that will do the same.
After removing the stock music player, if you do so successfully, it isn't necessary to move Winamp to /system/app.
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Thanks plainjane, you always have my back. The reason I ask is I don't like a lot of different apps that do the same thing on my phone. If removing it might cause issues I'll just freeze them. I do have TB pro. Thanks again. Off the topic but, would you know why my participated topics are not showing up on the xda app on my EVO?
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Thanks plainjane, you always have my back. The reason I ask is I don't like a lot of different apps that do the same thing on my phone. If removing it might cause issues I'll just freeze them. I do have TB pro. Thanks again. Off the topic but, would you know why my participated topics are not showing up on the xda app on my EVO?
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Mine don't show either, now that you mention it. I use Tapatalk but I've purchased the XDA app, so I'll download it & check there in a sec. I've never used the "participated" tab, though. I just go to profile and then posts if I want to check stuff I've recently posted.
If freezing doesn't cause any issues, you can then remove it safely. I'd make a backup of it in TB though, just in case. And since you already have the app, you can easily convert Winamp to a system app. As I said, not necessary, but shouldn't hurt anything.
Edit: No go in XDA app either. You can contact someone about it if it's a feature you regularly use, maybe someone can get it sorted out.
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It's funny, they just came back! But thanks for your help as always. I'll experiment with music thing and I'll let you know if you want.
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I froze everything and no issues so far.
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Have u rebooted yet? Sometimes probs don't pop up til rebooting after freezing. I thought I was clear then rebooted into FC city =\
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I did just reboot after I did the zipthemer 4X5 work space thing.
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As long as you survived a reboot you should be safe to delete, I would make a backup of the app incase you run into an issue later on.
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Yea, I'll do that. I don't really need all the different music players and I really like Win amp. I like streamlined, 1 if my favorite apps for whatever I need. What I was looking to do was what you did with your apps from Go. Kinda migrate them in to the ROM.
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Yea that's a lot of work.to migrate go that's y I'm building a Rom with em pre loaded as system apps so no one has to do all the work over and over
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I've been uninstalling the stock music app for as long as I can remember.
Never had an issue.

Thanks for the help.
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Evil, thank you. How did you migrate the apps to system/app? I keep getting force closes. Does there need to be an odex of the app as well?
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I had to try all diff kinds of permissions and reboot each time til it stopped FC took me hours and hours the first tIME but I noted the permissions for future reference just gotta find my lil black book with all my scribbled out notes in it
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My house was ransacked by the ****ing cops the other day off a bogus anonymous tip so **** is EVERYWHERE :-\
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Thanks. Whenever you get a chance bro, no rush.
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My house is upside down and now I've got a lawsuit going I'm busy busy busy ****ing crazy week and a half found out bout moms cancer last Thursday then cps shows up and illegally trashed my house called a lawyer and now I'm suing the person who called in the complaint and the officers who showed up
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Sorry man, like I said no rush at all. Hope your mom and aunt are doing better.
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Thanks bro, moms doing great crazy ass wasn't slowed down more than 36 hrs. My aunt is miserable she swears she's dying cuz she hasnt regained total use of her left side but she just started PT 2 weeks ago so its gonna take time. But she's a hypocondriact
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Which rom is closest to the original without Sprint's crap?

So overwhelmed by all the roms, I am looking for one which is closest to the original without all the Sprint crap. I tried just rooting and uninstalling Sprint's crap but something keeps crashing Android. So now I am looking for a rom that has all the great features as the original but not of the bloatware. If possible I would love 4g to work, 3g is bogged to hell here in Houston and I find myself using 4g a lot.

There are a few in the dev section. I can't remember the names, but Brad (developer) makes a good one. Fresh 4.3.3 is what I'm using. Stock, bloat removed (installable from sd card)
We're comin from a pure power source.

Stock rooted roms without bloat. There's a few in the development section.
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Try Swagged Out Stock. Exactly what you are looking for.

IMHO, Fresh is the best none sprint stock rom there is.

SPRINT LOVERS Rom is my personal favorite. Most of the apps/widgets that were left in the Rom are uninstallable, this way you can decide which ones to use or not.

Team Nocturnal with a twist
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You can also try mikG. He makes really stable roms.
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Back again, I have been using a rooted stock rom still and over the last 2 weeks the phone has gotten really laggy and slow. Again I have looked at your suggestions but none really stood out. I have been using ADWLauncher EX and love it and I am using Beautiful widgets for my clock. I would love to get rid of Blockbuster, Nascar, Qik Video and Sprint Football Live. I like the HTC texting program and HTC's people program. I have found a rom that is very basic, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412005&page=2 but it doesn't include these 2 items, if you could suggest apps that work much the same that would work. I like being able to send a text over 160 characters and the HTC texting allows that I also like the speed dial feature which stock android doesn't have. Any help would be very appreciated.

jonny4 said:
Back again, I have been using a rooted stock rom still and over the last 2 weeks the phone has gotten really laggy and slow. Again I have looked at your suggestions but none really stood out. I have been using ADWLauncher EX and love it and I am using Beautiful widgets for my clock. I would love to get rid of Blockbuster, Nascar, Qik Video and Sprint Football Live. I like the HTC texting program and HTC's people program. I have found a rom that is very basic, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412005&page=2 but it doesn't include these 2 items, if you could suggest apps that work much the same that would work. I like being able to send a text over 160 characters and the HTC texting allows that I also like the speed dial feature which stock android doesn't have. Any help would be very appreciated.
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The ROM you are referring to does have HTC's messaging and People. It has the dialer with speed dial as you want
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tropicalbrit said:
The ROM you are referring to does have HTC's messaging and People. It has the dialer with speed dial as you want
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Thank you very much.

Switch to multiple installations of android on your phone.

Check this app out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1465661
" Another Android first from Fahrbot Mobile
SwitchMe is a unique application for root users that allows you to log in and out of multiple installations of Android just as you would on a desktop computer.
The technology behind SwitchMe saves all of your applications and data, protects it and stores it as a file in memory. You can then log out of an account and log into a fresh installation of Android or another account with its own unique content.
You may create as many profiles as the memory is capable of holding. Some of these may require very little free memory because they contain few apps, others will be larger as they contain many applications and lots of cache and data."
Thanks to ftgg99.
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Oh man idk about this one have u tryed it?
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Hi, im one of the developers. Please report back! Does it work well?

Ive triednit and its a great idea. Works for me. I like it because ibhave a toddler abdbibcan have an instance with just her apps without her getting into root apps.
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Worked for me. i have not tried different ROMS bu
t i will later. This is a great idea..

Im the dev, let me know how it goes!

I marveled at the concept and gave it a try yesterday only to find myself boot looped and almost unable to recover from backup despite formatting data, system, dalvik, cache. I'm running juggernaught 4.1 with the supplied bullet kernel and the ics ultimate theme. I created a profile, named it. Created a second profile named it. Then I tried logging into the second profile and the looping began. Granted I was hasty at the idea of having 2 completely different roms on my device and switching between them at will, and didn't do much reading before I gave it a go. So far, I've only come across one other similar report, but have not done any further research into the why.

i just tried it worked perfectly ive never seen anything like this and it switches fast
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Its just important to remember and keep an eye out for how much space you have in your phone/SD card.
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Same issue has above. Running jugs 4.1 , supplied bullet kernal, and a sensation 3 port for theme. Named the current and named the second profile. Tried to switch and went through bootloops. So a nandroid back up fixed that problem. I want to try again. And for the dev of this app. If you made it compatible for having different roms on each, might be best app of the year if you got it to work with the sgs2
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I've notice that the two reports of bootloop had bullet and jugs running.idk, maybe it has something to do with it.
From a galaxy better than yours.

I had dewizzed. And darkside kernel. And no problems. If you actually read the op. For the Dec, it states somewhere that if you don't have enough memory your phone will bootloop.
Message relayed from the dark side.

I have enough space i am sure of it but just to make sure what is an averge space that it needs. 1 gb or two?
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multiple roms?
for the sake of clarity and for the record, does this app allow for bootong into multiple rom installations? I've read either vague or conflicting information in blog reviews, here, and in the market reviews.

No same to
Rom.
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I was reading it'll warn you if you are low on space. I think 1 Gabi is more than enough.
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I have enough space i am sure of it but just to make sure what is an averge space that it needs. 1 gb or two?
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Message relayed from the dark side.

Hmm ill have to maybe try a different rom and report back if it doesnt work again. Maybe there is a systematic way of doing it on the 4.1 juggs. Id hate to get rid if it since it is the most stable one out
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Jugs 4.1 seems to be the issue. Started running android zombie and switchme works like a charm now. First time you switch takes some time but after that Italy relatively fast. Gonna use a second profile for when battery is low and just need calls and texts available.
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Launcher pro force close more then ever since ICS/JB has evolved

This pertains to the note 2 and really any other device. I've noticed no matter what device I use
Ever since gb was evidentally replaced with the ics and jb rollout on all or most devices ,Launcher pro seems to not be as user friendly. I get a lot of ... unexpected stop working force closes.Gb never really had this issue with launcher pro .
Anyone else notice this for instance?
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lojak29 said:
This pertains to the note 2 and really any other device. I've noticed no matter what device I use
Ever since gb was evidentally replaced with the ics and jb rollout on all or most devices ,Launcher pro seems to not be as user friendly. I get a lot of ... unexpected stop working force closes.Gb never really had this issue with launcher pro .
Anyone else notice this for instance?
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I believe the development of launcher pro was stopped a long time ago. It was great for my 2.2 and 2.3 android devices, but never used it for anything above that. Might be that it cant handle the new apps properly. Try out nova launcher, i personally use it and love it, theres also apex aswell. Those are the two id recommend for the note 2
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Launcher Pro was my favored launcher for a couple years on my D2G, so upon receiving my Note2 i immediately loaded it. I've been using it for three months and have had no issues with it what so ever. I do frequently clear my caches, and occasionally manually restart LP. It's still my favorite browser for the Facebook widget alone.