[TIP] Make ICS Run Smoother! :D - T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989

Go to Settings - Developer Settings - Force 2D GPU (Check it)
There... Your Phone Will Run Way Smoother.

That is bad in the long run
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Danial723 said:
That is bad in the long run
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Dosnt that just drain your battery?

No. It forces the GPU to run instead of the CPU. It works in a similar way as when you run a game, the GPU controls all the graphics while the CPU handles the rest. So the GPU should be used to handle the GUI, not the CPU handling processes and GUI. And leave the GPU doing barely any work.

Also certain apps will not run correctly, like the XDA app
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Not only does it not do much it screws up allot of apps. If it was all that great it would be checked by default.
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I really do not know what you guys are talking about. I have that option turned on right now, and it works PERFECT. Also, did you know the developers enabled that on GB? But did it do anything bad to the phone? No. Did you guys agree? Yes.

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If it was all that great it would be checked by default.
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i think it is the default for aokp... i just looked and it was checked on my phone and i don't remember doing it (and i just flashed an updated build yesterday).

I've been using that setting for a couple days now. I've notice no ill effects. Seems fine.
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I have to uncheck it cause some pics wont showup in some apps like the xda app
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casonswag said:
I have to uncheck it cause some pics wont showup in some apps like the xda app
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+1
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casonswag said:
I have to uncheck it cause some pics wont showup in some apps like the xda app
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Some pics don't show up in the xda app regardless, that has been an issue for awhile now. Has nothing to do with having that checked.
Are you saying it happens more often with it checked?
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The app itself should be optimize to take use of it. If an app can do it, it will automatically do it. I personally recommend leaving it unchecked for various reasons such as the picture problem stated above as well as not every app is coded to work with it properly.

Using the latest XDA app, premium or free.. do you guys still get notified whether its message or thread subscription??? After updating to ICS, I noticed it doesnt notify me anymore..

Idk what you guys are talking about. I've had ICS since the nexus s and ALWAYS tick 2d gpu with every flash. Its become second nature for me. It forces gpu acceleration throughout. There's absolutely no harm done by this. And if you say there is, send a log cat of the error to the dev because its the roms fault.
Cyanogenmod 9 official nightly.. LOVING IT!!

Android Revolution said:
Some pics don't show up in the xda app regardless, that has been an issue for awhile now. Has nothing to do with having that checked.
Are you saying it happens more often with it checked?
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Not with me when its unchecked i can see pics more than i could with it checked
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noodles2224 said:
Using the latest XDA app, premium or free.. do you guys still get notified whether its message or thread subscription??? After updating to ICS, I noticed it doesnt notify me anymore..
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It doesnt notify me either
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CM9 has it on by default.

alphadog32 said:
Go to Settings - Developer Settings - Force 2D GPU (Check it)
There... Your Phone Will Run Way Smoother.
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any effect on battery? good or bad?

alphadog32 said:
Go to Settings - Developer Settings - Force 2D GPU (Check it)
There... Your Phone Will Run Way Smoother.
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My scottrade app crashes when it's turned on.
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[Q] Epic doesn't go into deep sleep anymore...what to do?

Running i3 ROM with SetCPU set to 100-1000 (On Demand).....it use to go into a deep sleep mode but now CPUSpy is saying its not. Any help?
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showmrock said:
Running i3 ROM with SetCPU set to 100-1000 (On Demand).....it use to go into a deep sleep mode but now CPUSpy is saying its not. Any help?
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Pretty sure this is an issue across all of the Gingerbread leak ROMs. If I missed one that actually does go into deep sleep, please correct me
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Reflashed the ROM and it looks like its working again....interesting....
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showmrock said:
Reflashed the ROM and it looks like its working again....interesting....
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Good to know..wait, isn't SetCPU discouraged on that ROM?
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JohnCorleone said:
Good to know..wait, isn't SetCPU discouraged on that ROM?
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yeah you shoud let the system handle cpu control. I found setcpu to make performance slower..
@OP.. newer build is out fyi at acsyndicate
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Pretty sure this is an issue across all of the Gingerbread leak ROMs. If I missed one that actually does go into deep sleep, please correct me
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My phone sleeps like a baby for 89% on Bonsai v5.0.
This issue is usually something trying to sync and the modems being lousy on GB so far. Turn all syncs to manual, FB, Gtalk, emails, Twitter, all...and see if that let's it sleep. Also go into running services and see what apps are in memory. Stop ones that are not system and see if that does it.
Mine sleeps good on marcusiants rc10 rom... with ee03 modem, but wouldn't go into deep sleep with ec05 modem.
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The DK28 modem is also known for this on GB. Also removing brightness.apk or lcdtest.apk can also cause this. And I have seen it right after instlling GB KB from the market, that right a KB ould keep it from going into deep sleep. Once we can tweak the kernels this will all be a thing of the past even if it isnt fixed in the final release.

Market issue! help!!

So yesterday I noticed that Google plus was removed from my device. I went to download it but it now says its incompatible......
when I look at the flash page in the market it says its: incompatible as well however is still installed. About half of the apps I view are apparently incompatible!!!
Has anyone experienced this before? How do I fix it and what the heck causes it?
I'm counting on you awesome sgs2 brethren
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I'm getting same problems
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same here. I am on Complete Stock Deodexed with Wifi Calling
Ive seen this happen when you change the lcd density.
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Set density back to 240 in build.prop
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Anyway to change led density and not have that happen ?
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crackmulah said:
Anyway to change led density and not have that happen ?
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You will see more apps available if you downgrade your market. Not sure the version. This is the best workaround I know, or do what I do. I just push my density to stock when I need an app or once a week to look for updates. All it takes is a quick edit and a reboot...
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theyownus said:
You will see more apps available if you downgrade your market. Not sure the version. This is the best workaround I know, or do what I do. I just push my density to stock when I need an app or once a week to look for updates. All it takes is a quick edit and a reboot...
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Would you happen to know what version Market that is?
Thanks
this happened to me too, what i did was i went to settings > applications > manage applications > market > clear data.
that did it for me. hope that helps.
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Battery ideas?

So I'm running a 2100 m a h extended life battery and I know I should be getting better life than this. I'm running 4.1 jelly bean on cdma phone, stock kernel. I also have the app killer checked on, and my screen brightness is pretty low. I've been having my wifi at home but still for 4 hours in 40 percent screen time that's really bad numbers. just wondering if anybody has any input
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Forgot the pic. Lol
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Uninstall your task killer, those do more harm than good. And download BetterBatteryStats to see what is draining your battery.
More likely it's your apps that are causing it to drain very badly. Any shady looking apps I would uninstall. And like above me, do those both as well.
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chlehqls said:
More likely it's your apps that are causing it to drain very badly. Any shady looking apps I would uninstall. And like above me, do those both as well.
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well the app killer is just in the settings of my phone . its not downloaded.
Fstall303 said:
well the app killer is just in the settings of my phone . its not downloaded.
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What setting is this? And don't use it.
You may want to use the Better Battery stats application to check for wake locks.
Trying a different kernel may also help. The Faux kernel works well for myself.
Lastly, the standby time doesn't give as much insight into your battery life as well as screen on time does. What kind of screen on time are you getting?
Note: don't use task killers, and don't manually kill applications.
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In Dev options
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In Dev options
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Uncheck that, will only do harm.
Ngo93 said:
Uncheck that, will only do harm.
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With what ROM are you using fauxs kernel with?
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isinisterx said:
With what ROM are you using fauxs kernel with?
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I'm using Trinity, the poster 2 above me is the 1 on Faux
Wow your right. First for some reason I couldn't even click back on x d a developers app kept force closing and after I check that I can finally go back didn't think that would effect so much
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Turn off any app killing, as you've done.
In your screenshot, you had a lot of calls, that'll do it too, so battery life can vary.
Here is today's. I don't get it. 2100 math battery low brightness display
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Why is task killing worse than good?
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I am not sure about the stock app killer but any 3rd party app killer is constantly scanning your phone looking for apps running even if there is none so it's constantly using battery power
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Avenger movie is lagging on my phone...

I've tried other media players but it's still lagging. I'm using wicked v5.
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Mine too! Completely stock here.
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Turn on wifi....itll smooth out once wifi is enabled. I dont know why, but it fixed my problem.
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I've noticed when I play another movie first (making sure that it doesnt lag) for a few minutes then play Avengers afterwards, then it doesnt lag.
I'm completely stock as well and having lag, also I can't get the pop up video feature to work with this movie
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Im telling you guys...just Turn on wifi...u dont even need a network to connect to...just enable wifi and itll smooth out.
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I've turned sync off. Airplane mode. Cleared cache. Killed all tasks and it still lags! Crazy crazy. Because I couldn't watch it I ended up renting it on vudu. Great movie. First time ever watched it.
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ergibson83 said:
Im telling you guys...just Turn on wifi...u dont even need a network to connect to...just enable wifi and itll smooth out.
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Yea my Wifi is off, btw can you get video pop up player thing tho work with this movie? Did you move your movie to extSdcard?
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g2uzer said:
Yea my Wifi is off, btw can you get video pop up player thing tho work with this movie? Did you move your movie to extSdcard?
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No Dude... Turn it ON
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ergibson83 said:
No Dude... Turn it ON
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Lmfao sorry, I meant its On lol
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g2uzer said:
Lmfao sorry, I meant its On lol
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And its still lagging? Thats weird...well this is my set up.
I have it located at /mnt/extSDcard/movies/HD/ and i have wifi enabled. Its choppy if i have wifi disabled, but itll smooths out if i enable wifi.
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ergibson83 said:
And its still lagging? Thats weird...well this is my set up.
I have it located at /mnt/extSDcard/movies/HD/ and i have wifi enabled. Its choppy if i have wifi disabled, but itll smooths out if i enable wifi.
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I just stopped all running task, rebooted,, and now it's smooth ^_^,
My wifi is also on, but still can't get the pop up video feature to work
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g2uzer said:
I just stopped all running task, rebooted,, and now it's smooth ^_^,
My wifi is also on, but still can't get the pop up video feature to work
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It doesnt work on this movie.
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I think a lot of people have been getting bad downloads. It took me 7 downloads to get the one that doesn't lag.
I downloaded from, hub but I don't know where it downloaded to. I would like to move it to my ext sd card unless it's already there. Also mine lags too wifi on.
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Thats weird, mine plays just fine, downloaded it once from the hub and has played flawlessly, even if i skip to different parts of the movie. My phone is completely stock.
Turn wifi on fixed lag for me strange
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Media hub downloads to the internal sd and in order to see it you need to enable to view hidden folders
the folder name will be
.SamsungMediaHub
there will be a series of folders but the file will be a pyv file type.
My take on laggy video play is if it's HD or if it's SD. In my opinion the phone has a big screen but it's not big enough to distinguish between SD and HD. The phone has to struggle a little bit more to be able to play a video file that's HD and nearly 3GB (my computer even struggled with that let alone a phone)
The SD version is about 1.7 or 1.8 gb and I haven't had any lag issues on my phone while watching it.
That's all personal opinion and your entitled to shoot it down but it's all sensible
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K_esco said:
Thats weird, mine plays just fine, downloaded it once from the hub and has played flawlessly, even if i skip to different parts of the movie. My phone is completely stock.
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Same here, just got done watching it and worked flawless! Awesome movie!
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How do you enable the option to see hidden folders? Can it be done through root explorer. Also I downloaded both hd and sd but it doesn't give the option to pick which one to play so I assume it's hd playing since it's lagging.
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Unknown Icon Notification

So I get this icon that shows my CPU usage and battery that appeared randomly on my notification bar. I'm not sure how it got there but I'm quite used to it now and like the looks of it. Does anyone know how to enable or disable it just incase it goes away on it's own? Or should I be aware of it because it can be a harmful third party app?
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Can you post a larger screenshot of your phone? I can not make it out. Also, are you rooted and running any Xposed modules?
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xdapowerapps said:
Can you post a larger screenshot of your phone? I can not make it out. Also, are you rooted and running any Xposed modules?
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It's actually getting on my nerves now and I want it off and I don't know how, I restarted my phones a few times and it's still there.
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Are you using any 3rd party app that monitor your cpu status ect.? I know when I used "Quick System Info" app I had the option to shows those info on my status bar.
Does it also show in the drop down panel? If it does long press on it and chose "App info".
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Open your notifications and tap and hold the notification then click app info.
Nothing shows when I drag the notification bar but the same thing it does now. It covers my icons under it and if I were to be on Youtube watching a video on fullscreen it still shows. I haven't installed anything in about a week either. I don't want to take it to T-Mobile and ask since my phones rooted also
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Start over. Flash back to stock. Then start adding your stuff back 1thing at a time.
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The_Bourne said:
It's actually getting on my nerves now and I want it off and I don't know how, I restarted my phones a few times and it's still there.
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Can you provide a list of apps that you have installed? It would help narrow down which programs have the permission to draw overlays and that would likely reveal the culprit. Also, have you tried disabling the Xposed framework to make sure it's not one of the modules you installed (doubt it, but worth the trouble)?
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Start over. Flash back to stock. Then start adding your stuff back 1thing at a time.
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A bit drastic if I say so. :silly:
Looks like Cool Tool
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ds.cpuoverlay&hl=en
You've installed something recently or changed an app's settings recently. That is an output from a monitoring app. CPU, GPU, or something of that sort.
You need to check that app(s) and uncheck whatever seems to point to showing it.
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se1000 said:
Looks like Cool Tool
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ds.cpuoverlay&hl=en
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That definitely looks like it! Good eye.
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xdapowerapps said:
That definitely looks like it! Good eye.
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Agreed! It's definitely an app since it's always visible. It's creating a window on top of everything.
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se1000 said:
Looks like Cool Tool
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ds.cpuoverlay&hl=en
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Problem solved!! Thank you!! It was driving me crazy, I didn't want to reflash a rom because of it, thanks again
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