HELP! - Apps have disappeared on phone! - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Not sure what my phone was doing when this happened tonight but at some point it froze (does that from time to time), I went to turn it on again and for some reason it was taking longer than usual. When the phone finally booted up, my current launcher (Go Launcher EX) was filled with mostly widgets that said app not installed and popups for a dozen or so of FC's. After a little digging, it turns out that the apps on my SD card no longer appear on the phone when I go to the Applications section in the settings. Is there anyway I can see if the apps are on the SD card when I connect my phone to my computer, or through another method to verify that they are there? Has anyone else experienced this issue? Is there another solution to this?
Thank you in advance.

Is it every single app that was on your sd?
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Just about. Seems like any app that I try to open that I've downloaded are force closing instantly. Even market does the same. I'm thinking possibly a corrupted file on the phone. I know that my last chance is to do a complete wipe and reset. Which in that case if I have to, I might as well install a rom since I've been meaning to do so but have been putting off for a while. But before I do this, I'm trying to find the reason for this happening,

What rom are you on? I've had this issue on newt and Joel's Runnymede/Sensation XL 3.5 ports. Not sure what causes it, but the only way I know to avoid it is kind of unacceptable, simply don't put apps on the sdcard.
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phone is unrooted.

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

What about when you look for the app in the market, what does it say? Install/update/ open?
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the market doesn't even open, fc's every time. i ended up rooting the phone anyways, it gave me a reason to finally root. thanks everyone for your posts!

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Help me track down this 100% wake issue

Ok, so this has been driving me crazy. Every Froyo ROM that I've tried that has Sense in it (Fresh 3.1.0.1 & Steel's rooted stock) stays awake 100% of the time. I've downloaded Spare Parts and there's not a partial wake issue; it always shows 100% running under other usage. Before this afternoon I had been using CM6 RC2, and the problem had not shown up at all. I decided to go back to a Sense ROM so I could have 4G functionality, and as soon as it booted up the 100% awake issue came back...and this was before I even started reinstalling apps. I would like to stay with an HTC based ROM right now, but if I can't track down the cause then I'm going to have to go back to CM6.
So, where do I need to start in trying to figure this out?
only apps i know having this issue were facebook and camera 360. do a full wipe and dont restore anything. see if it happens with no apps installed.
I'm doing that right now. I'll report back what I find out.
Fring used to do that when I first got my Evo.
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nevermid, reread post
Well, I think I may have figured it out. For some reason Swype keeps giving me trouble after being installed for a while. It begins acting like it has expired, and as soon as that happens the awake time starts to run out of control. So far I've got most of my apps back on the phone (swype not included) and everything is still running fine. I'm going to give it a little more time before deciding for sure, but so far so good...

[Q] replacement battery problems (not related to quick draining)

hey,
so my girlfriend has a droid incredible, not rooted, and many times when she switches to her bak up battery AND BACK, her apps delete. many times she has to re-download her apps and they're not even listed under her apps in the market. she turns off the phone before ripping the battery out and changing it, but she still has the issue. the battery is supposedly OEM, and purchased off eBay. its black considering its an evo battery and it reads HTC innovation on the battery. in any case, as i mentioned before, it happens when she switches back to her regular battery as well. in addition the widgets read "problem loading gadget". (obviously because the app has deleted)
anyone have any solutions to solving this or why this might e happening. to my understanding these batteries should yield no problems. also, this is not the first time this has happened it has happened alot. perhaps if there is no direct solution, maybe i can find an app to make sure none of my apps get deleted during the transfer process? let me know,
thanks
if anyone can help i also have minor issue on my dinc with the generic batteries i ordered from ebay that when i plug it in, the battery has an exclamation point. anyway to get rid of this? its not too annoying because i use mini info widget anyway, but id rather have it solved.
thanks again
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If they're on the SD card it'll often take a few minutes for it to load up.
The problem looks like it's from the SD card, maybe it's having some issues or maybe she's accidentally knocking it out of place when she switches batteries.
POQbum said:
If they're on the SD card it'll often take a few minutes for it to load up.
The problem looks like it's from the SD card, maybe it's having some issues or maybe she's accidentally knocking it out of place when she switches batteries.
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the problem seems to be deeper than that. shes definitely not knocking out the sd card cuz its always stable. besides this is a problem for every app thats not stock. she doesnt have ALL apps2sd anyway.
if it helps.. some apps stay some apps go, but for the ones that stay, they force close. ie. hopstop wasnt deleted but FC. in addition she would re download twitter and that would FC. to confuse you even more shazam was not deleted or reinstalled but still works (all data was deleted tho)
Sounds weird. I know this is a long shot that you will actually try it, but it sounds like it'd be a good idea to reinstall that phone.
It's been known that there are a couple of mallicous apps (now removed from the market) but it's *possible* she may have downloaded one of them and that is causing a lot of the issues. It may just be some weird data corruption in important system files, it's hard to tell with just what you're telling me but as long as she doesn't mind it- reinstalling with a fresh ROM and kernel would be a good start and likely will fix the problem.
Apps can still be backed up via titanium backup, and there's apps for backing up messages and you can sync contacts to either verizon or your google account.
Just a thought.

[Q] Problems with SyndicateROM Frozen

Hi all,
I recently installed SyndicateRom Frozen after I got stuck on Eb13 thanks to Sprint. It worked out really well (so fast!) for a while but I am now having problems varying from strange but tolerable to very bad.
Here is the exact order of what I've done:
1) from eb13, I used odin to get DI18, then modem only to EC05, installed CWM3 and wiped data/cache/dalvik cache 3x each.
2) I used CWM3 to flash SyndicateRom Frozen (the latest version)
3) it worked pretty well, but then I (stupidly I guess) installed Go Launcher Ex and then everything went to hell
4) it ran for a while then suddenly EVERYTHING force closed. restarting it just gave me 9000 more force close boxes. so I...
5) wiped data/cache/dalvik 3x, re-flashed syndicateROM
So here I am now with the following problems:
1) The phone randomly freezes irreversibly (only solution is to pull the battery). It seems like it happens in the browser only (stock Syndicate browser)
2) The phone randomly freezes for a little while only (all the time)
3) The email app force closed (fixed this for now by clearing its data, from forum)
4) With auto-rotate OFF, nothing rotates EXCEPT my phone page.. What the heck? The phone page (ie click the phone icon) rotates regardless of what setting auto-rotate is on
5) The phone sometimes just decides to restart itself. And rarely, the restart never finishes.
6) Whenever I open up google navigation, it says "checking navigation availability" for 5-10 seconds. This never happened before
Now, what do I have running?
-SetCpu (this was running before I had go launcher and I had no problems). it's set very modestly -- 200-400 with screen off (and I dont have the no-wakeup problems some people talk about) and 400-10000 with the screen on, on demand.
-Ultimate Juice
If anyone knows what I can do to fix this, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.
Thanks for the detailed post - it helps. Your issues, though, are almost definitely kernel-related. Freezing is a sign you need to use kernel version 1.0.4 linked from the second post, or VisionKernel. Try VisionKernel first. If it solves your issue, you're good to go.
Anything related to screen rotation is outside of the ROM - run the sensor calibration process.
k0nane said:
Thanks for the detailed post - it helps. Your issues, though, are almost definitely kernel-related. Freezing is a sign you need to use kernel version 1.0.4 linked from the second post, or VisionKernel. Try VisionKernel first. If it solves your issue, you're good to go.
Anything related to screen rotation is outside of the ROM - run the sensor calibration process.
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Thanks for the quick reply. I'll try installing a new kernel when I get home tonight. BTW, awesome work with the ROM.
Xinlitik said:
Thanks for the quick reply. I'll try installing a new kernel when I get home tonight. BTW, awesome work with the ROM.
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Thanks for your support!
im having similar problems, but mine only occur when the battery dies
after i restart a lot of my apps are force closing without even running them, and when i press the home button the screen is blank. (i also use go launcher)
You kno this same thing happened to me. I finally realized it was probably because I was restoring my apps with titanium. I decided to just re-download my apps and restore only app data with titanium (angry birds etc.). This helped me. And this was all after installing launcher pro. So there was some sort of conflict there. Are you restoring apps?
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i didnt restore my apps with titanium that time but i switched from go launcher to launcher pro and i dont have that problem anymore
Hmm...i guess just stay away from that launcher then...haha.
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I'm not sure if his problems were strictly Go Launcher related. I've been using Go for 2 days now, with no problems (yet... knock on wood).
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So here's an update:
-No, I'm not using Titanium backup.. I manually reinstall all my apps.
-I tried out the VisionKernel and it seemed ok for a bit, but I'm freezing again and my apps are all force closing. I uninstalled SetCpu completely in case that was causing a problem, but it didn't make a difference.
I'm going to try using v1.04 next... if that fails I guess I just can't use this rom
Would setting myself back to DI18 -> EC05 -> Syndicate possibly work? (as opposed to just re-flashing syndicate)
This was happening to me regardless of my kernel, and I even (twice) ODIN'd to [DI18?] then OTA to EC05 and then wiped everything 3 times, and flashed, 1st flash never works for me, so 2 flashes both times completely clean as well as when flashing kernels
1.0.2 worked just fine for me but as soon as 1.1.0 came I get freezes and FC's all over the place. I have given up on 1.1.0 and will try it when a newer version comes out
Media
First off want to say, love the ROM so far, you guys rock. After a few failed attempts at getting CWM 3 on my phone, I was finally able to do so and get everything installed. The only problem I'm having is with my media files. I get random FC when I play my music, my photo gallery doesn't appear, when I try to access my mp3's directly from my SD card, it says "file type not found" and it does not like the Zedge app at all. I've tried both the standard and fully loaded versions with the same results. I have the visionkernel downloaded, just in case I need to try it, but if at all possible, I'd like to stick with the twilight (I use the camcorder often). Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!
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This was happening to me regardless of my kernel, and I even (twice) ODIN'd to [DI18?] then OTA to EC05 and then wiped everything 3 times, and flashed, 1st flash never works for me, so 2 flashes both times completely clean as well as when flashing kernels
1.0.2 worked just fine for me but as soon as 1.1.0 came I get freezes and FC's all over the place. I have given up on 1.1.0 and will try it when a newer version comes out
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Yea, did basically the same thing last night. It went fine for a day, but it went to hell again tonight. Oh well, we'll have to wait for a new version I guess.
Xinlitik said:
Yea, did basically the same thing last night. It went fine for a day, but it went to hell again tonight. Oh well, we'll have to wait for a new version I guess.
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As noted many times in many places, if you're having issues with 1.1.0 that aren't freezing/battery life (these are both the kernel and have been discussed everywhere), a few simple troubleshooting steps will get you exactly where you need to be.
allheilkingmatt said:
First off want to say, love the ROM so far, you guys rock. After a few failed attempts at getting CWM 3 on my phone, I was finally able to do so and get everything installed. The only problem I'm having is with my media files. I get random FC when I play my music, my photo gallery doesn't appear, when I try to access my mp3's directly from my SD card, it says "file type not found" and it does not like the Zedge app at all. I've tried both the standard and fully loaded versions with the same results. I have the visionkernel downloaded, just in case I need to try it, but if at all possible, I'd like to stick with the twilight (I use the camcorder often). Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance!
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Format your SD card.
As noted many times in many places, if you're having issues with 1.1.0 that aren't freezing/battery life (these are both the kernel and have been discussed everywhere), a few simple troubleshooting steps will get you exactly where you need to be.
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My issue is freezing, and I tried all of the alternate kernels. Sorry if my language wasn't precise- I mean new kernels.
I've actually given it one last try...I'm wondering if the clock is set too low for my phone by default, so I've got setcpu on min400 max1000. I'll let ya'll know how it turns out... (Stable so far although suddenly my home key doesn't work, hah.)
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My issue is freezing, and I tried all of the alternate kernels. Sorry if my language wasn't precise- I mean new kernels.
I've actually given it one last try...I'm wondering if the clock is set too low for my phone by default, so I've got setcpu on min400 max1000. I'll let ya'll know how it turns out... (Stable so far although suddenly my home key doesn't work, hah.)
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400mhz shouldn't be necessary. If your freezes were wakelocks, and you had your minimum frequency at 100mhz, that was your problem - not all devices can handle it, and need to be at 200mhz.
400mhz shouldn't be necessary. If your freezes were wakelocks, and you had your minimum frequency at 100mhz, that was your problem - not all devices can handle it, and need to be at 200mhz.
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They were actually freezes during use-- I luckily never got a single wakelock.
I'm not sure if there was a pattern or not, but I think the Market, Go SMS Pro, stock Email, and stock browser were the main freezes. Then again, those are also the apps I use quite frequently
Sorry to double reply, but I can't edit yet.
@androikid
It just occurred to me that the freezes wouldn't be that bad if not for the force closes that occur afterward (due to data corruption). Maybe we should just turn journaling on so the a freeze just means a restart, rather than a re-flash.

[Q] Just flashed Syndicate to my Epic... questions

This is my second time rooting my phone. I wanted to get a better ROM and the Syndicate seemed like a good choice. Had a few problems and had to go back to the original stock and then download the Android update, root it and then flash the Syndicate. After a couple of tries it worked.
I ended up using OneClickRootCWM3.0.2.5-EC05 and that worked. Before I believe the problem was I had 2.5.
After root I flashed syndicatefro110-fullyloaded-signed. Love the look and still have more to explore on it, but I had a few questions.
1) One of the issues I had was on the home screen, it was taking a while for the apps and widgets to populate. It would look blank for several seconds and then finally show up. After I updated it is doing the same thing. Is this a known issue?
2) I like the battery %. I had a widget to tell me that, but I uninstalled it. No reason to have that now right?
3) Used juice defender before, do I need it now? Apparently the battery life should be a lot better. But one weird thing happened, my battery was 40% after flashing and using the phone for several hours. Then I rebooted and the phone came back at 13%. Never saw that before.
4) I backed up what I could with Titanium Backup but I wasn't sure how to just backup everything. It didn't look like some of my apps or my text messages were saved, but after the reboot those text conversations returned. Not sure what is going on there.
5) I wanted to install the Impaled Keyboard fix but it looks like with the Syndicate ROM the keyboard works better on its own. Is that part of that package?
Thanks and sorry for all the questions.
Ryan
ryan4sc said:
This is my second time rooting my phone. I wanted to get a better ROM and the Syndicate seemed like a good choice. Had a few problems and had to go back to the original stock and then download the Android update, root it and then flash the Syndicate. After a couple of tries it worked.
I ended up using OneClickRootCWM3.0.2.5-EC05 and that worked. Before I believe the problem was I had 2.5.
After root I flashed syndicatefro110-fullyloaded-signed. Love the look and still have more to explore on it, but I had a few questions.
1) One of the issues I had was on the home screen, it was taking a while for the apps and widgets to populate. It would look blank for several seconds and then finally show up. After I updated it is doing the same thing. Is this a known issue?
2) I like the battery %. I had a widget to tell me that, but I uninstalled it. No reason to have that now right?
3) Used juice defender before, do I need it now? Apparently the battery life should be a lot better. But one weird thing happened, my battery was 40% after flashing and using the phone for several hours. Then I rebooted and the phone came back at 13%. Never saw that before.
4) I backed up what I could with Titanium Backup but I wasn't sure how to just backup everything. It didn't look like some of my apps or my text messages were saved, but after the reboot those text conversations returned. Not sure what is going on there.
5) I wanted to install the Impaled Keyboard fix but it looks like with the Syndicate ROM the keyboard works better on its own. Is that part of that package?
Thanks and sorry for all the questions.
Ryan
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1 - not sure, this happens to me once in a while.
2 - no need for the widget anymore! I have not used Juice Defender with this ROM. I can get between 15-20 hours, when I was getting 10-12 stock. I have a couple emails pushing and twitter, and text often, a little AB here and there. So I "use" my phone.
3 - That has happened to me also. All you have to do is charge to full, the clear battery stats in CWM
4 - To get a full back-up I make a nandroid in CWM
5 - Not sure, I barely use my keyboard at all.
ryan4sc said:
This is my second time rooting my phone. I wanted to get a better ROM and the Syndicate seemed like a good choice. Had a few problems and had to go back to the original stock and then download the Android update, root it and then flash the Syndicate. After a couple of tries it worked.
I ended up using OneClickRootCWM3.0.2.5-EC05 and that worked. Before I believe the problem was I had 2.5.
After root I flashed syndicatefro110-fullyloaded-signed. Love the look and still have more to explore on it, but I had a few questions.
1) One of the issues I had was on the home screen, it was taking a while for the apps and widgets to populate. It would look blank for several seconds and then finally show up. After I updated it is doing the same thing. Is this a known issue?
2) I like the battery %. I had a widget to tell me that, but I uninstalled it. No reason to have that now right?
3) Used juice defender before, do I need it now? Apparently the battery life should be a lot better. But one weird thing happened, my battery was 40% after flashing and using the phone for several hours. Then I rebooted and the phone came back at 13%. Never saw that before.
4) I backed up what I could with Titanium Backup but I wasn't sure how to just backup everything. It didn't look like some of my apps or my text messages were saved, but after the reboot those text conversations returned. Not sure what is going on there.
5) I wanted to install the Impaled Keyboard fix but it looks like with the Syndicate ROM the keyboard works better on its own. Is that part of that package?
Thanks and sorry for all the questions.
Ryan
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SRF was my second rom as well and I've been very happy with it.
1) I've noticed this happening as well but I use Launcher Pro (which I highly recommend). I'm not sure if the normal home screen shows up in the task manager but I just kill my home screen there and hit the home button and it seems to load it up faster than just waiting for it.
2) Welcome to convinience my friend. I used a battery percent app as well and you will no longer need it
3) I almost think Juice Defender gives me worse battery life than without it. SRF will get you great battery life, in addition to that I also use an app to "Freeze" the two DRM processes and I notice an improvement there as well. Just search the forums for DRM if you are curious about that. As stated in the above post every time you flash a new rom you are going to want to calibrate your battery so you avoid misreadings. There is an app on the market that I like called "Battery Calibrator" or you can do it through CWM.
4) I've always lost my conversations using Titanium Backup and I know a lot of people use Nandroid, may be worth looking into.
5) This is a recommended tweak by many SRF users. I've put it on recently but haven't really tested it.
follow up on DRM
Which apps are you using to freeze the DRM? I have Titanium backup but I can't find an option to freeze apps. I don't have the paid version so that might be the problem.
Can I manually do a force stop on DRM Content? I tried doing that but it didn't work. The button didn't change color like it should.
Going to play around with Launcher Pro as well. It looks pretty cool.
I am doing a calibration on the battery now too.
I highly recommend GO Launcher EX.
While you won't need Juice Defender, I would suggest you use Juice Plotter periodically - just to make sure there isn't something eating your battery.
ryan4sc said:
This is my second time rooting my phone. I wanted to get a better ROM and the Syndicate seemed like a good choice. Had a few problems and had to go back to the original stock and then download the Android update, root it and then flash the Syndicate. After a couple of tries it worked.
I ended up using OneClickRootCWM3.0.2.5-EC05 and that worked. Before I believe the problem was I had 2.5.
After root I flashed syndicatefro110-fullyloaded-signed. Love the look and still have more to explore on it, but I had a few questions.
1) One of the issues I had was on the home screen, it was taking a while for the apps and widgets to populate. It would look blank for several seconds and then finally show up. After I updated it is doing the same thing. Is this a known issue?
2) I like the battery %. I had a widget to tell me that, but I uninstalled it. No reason to have that now right?
3) Used juice defender before, do I need it now? Apparently the battery life should be a lot better. But one weird thing happened, my battery was 40% after flashing and using the phone for several hours. Then I rebooted and the phone came back at 13%. Never saw that before.
4) I backed up what I could with Titanium Backup but I wasn't sure how to just backup everything. It didn't look like some of my apps or my text messages were saved, but after the reboot those text conversations returned. Not sure what is going on there.
5) I wanted to install the Impaled Keyboard fix but it looks like with the Syndicate ROM the keyboard works better on its own. Is that part of that package?
Thanks and sorry for all the questions.
Ryan
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ACS just released 1.1.1 standard edition yesterday. They are trying to get the fully loaded version released sometime tonight. Give that version a go when released, if you wanted to stay with fully loaded.
#1: I had this issue from DI18 OTA to EC05. This went away after a factory reset, and haven't seen it since.
#2: Your call if you want to use a battery widget or not. The % is displayed on the notification bar anyhow.
#3: Your call if you want to use it. Some still do for controlling their data usage across the board.
#4: Not really seeing a question there, but you probably just backed up everything. Upon data restoration, apps like that typically ask you to reboot for everything to display properly.
#5: It's now incorporated into v1.1.1, so no need to flash it separately unless you continue to use v1.1.0.
ryan4sc said:
Which apps are you using to freeze the DRM? I have Titanium backup but I can't find an option to freeze apps. I don't have the paid version so that might be the problem.
Can I manually do a force stop on DRM Content? I tried doing that but it didn't work. The button didn't change color like it should.
Going to play around with Launcher Pro as well. It looks pretty cool.
I am doing a calibration on the battery now too.
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In Titanium, go to the Backup/Restore tab and tap (just tap -- don't hold down) on the two apps that start with DRM. It should bring up a screen that allows you to select "freeze".
Regarding Launcher Pro -- I paid for Launcher Pro (before flashing Syndicate) but have since moved to Go Launcher Ex which I like MUCH better. It's a lot like Launcher Pro but IMO has better implementation of folders.
Syndicate -- especially this newest 1.1.1 version -- is absolutely great. So fast and smooth. The only thing I didn't care for much is the red circle startup screens. I just found an alternate "Syndicate" startup screen in the Themes forum posted by EnervinE. I like it MUCH better!
Green power is better than juice defender and has an almost 0 config
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thanks to theimpaler747
Read through the new 1.1.1 thread and I can't believe how many questions theimpaler747 answered!
I was a little confused as to what I needed to do, but it was pretty simple since I already had Syndicate Frozen 1.1.0. I just flashed the new one (1.1.1) and all is well! I tested the wireless and wired tether and it worked great.
Still playing with it. Curious to see how it is on the battery.
Also will test out the keyboard fix since it says that is now included. It even blocks the ads in apps! Wow. This seems pretty cool.
all roms take a while to populate lists like that specially while media scanner is running, which will take a long time if you filled your sd card with titanium backup...
no reason to keep the batery % widget...
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I just flashed the new one (1.1.1) and all is well! I tested the wireless and wired tether and it worked great.
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Wired tether worked for you with 1.1.1? I was never able to get mine to work and I saw many other people reporting similar problems. You're using the Twilight kernel that came with the ROM or did you flash a different one? Just curious since I couldn't get mine to work and I really would prefer USB tethering to WiFi.
I did use the twilight kernel and tested the usb tether and it worked. But I only tried it that one time.
Hmm, interesting. I tried mine with WinXP (with the necessary drivers I think) and with Ubuntu, but no luck. Maybe I'll give my wife's Win7 laptop a try.
With the new 1.1.1 has anyone had any problems with trying to download pictures off pages?? Because with the 1.1.0 everytime i did that it force closed....Or after using it so long everything was force closing where i had to reflash the rom...
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With the new 1.1.1 has anyone had any problems with trying to download pictures off pages?? Because with the 1.1.0 everytime i did that it force closed....Or after using it so long everything was force closing where i had to reflash the rom...
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Works fine for me, just downloaded a barcode to scan
setCPU
ryan4sc: If you haven't checked it out already, you'll want to download and install SetCPU. Now that your phone has a kernel like Twilight Zone, you can save even more battery juice by controlling the speed of the CPU with this app. You can get it from the Android Market or here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=505419
Yes and you can over clock with set cpu. Mine runs great at 1.3
Thanks for the heads up on that one. Trying it out now!
The apps taking time to load in my experience has to do with them being saved on your SD card. I backed up my SD card and then formatted it and the lag went away.
I use juice defender even though most recommend that its not needed. JD always gives me ridiculous numbers saying it doubled my battery life, but in reality it adds about 30 - 40% more time. I typically get 18 hours or so of moderate to heavy usage out of my stock battery.
And this is running genocide 1.1 overclocked to 1.4 and undervolted 25 at each step except 1ghz which is stepped down 50 using voltage control.
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[Q] Icon question

Maybe I'm using the wrong term, "icon", but I've attached a picture of my screen that shows my problem/question. Why do the real icons go away and the default android icons show up? Anything I can do to fix this?
That will happen if your apps are in your sd card, and the card is unmounted from the phone. Or it can happen if your phone is low on memory and kills Sense/whatever homescreen you are using.
Well, the apps are on the sd card for the most part, but perhaps the problem is the "unmounted" issue. Guess I better do some research on that.
I'm using the V6 turbocharger so I don't think it's a low memory deal.
I'm using the SNS gingerbread ROM, but this problem was apparent from day one with the stock rom, too.
I run into the same thing after rebooting the phone from time to time,for some reason it justdoesnt like having some apps on the sd card.
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Same here, using EvoledRoms. The only "icon" after reboot that changes to that would be the xda app. Out of all of my other apps this is the only one that happens.
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If you kill the launcher, the app icons should come back when the launcher reloads. The launcher is up and running before the SD card is fully mounted and readable when you boot the phone. This is the same reason why widgets can't be stored on the SD card.
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Looks like those apps are in a folder. This has been an issue since the Gingerbread update for the Evo. The fix is, after each time you reboot, go to menu/scenes and pick a different scene (doesn't matter which one, as long as it is not the current one you are using). If it asks you to save the current scene, do so. Then, after it finishes loading go to menu/scenes again, and pick your current scene, or the one you just saved. When it finishes loading your app icons in your folder will be back to normal.
Sucks to have to do this every time you reboot, if they ever release another update, I hope they fix this annoying problem, but I am not holding my breath.

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