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Info related to the games closing (not a solution)

Sorry if you came here looking for a solution. This isn't a solution. Some people have found a few workarounds. The bad news is that this problem preexisted our device and affects other SGII's as well. Still, Samsung isn't really taking this seriously.
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Yes this is annoying. Its been random for me but the pinball extreme, tetris, and other games just crash out to homescreen. I dont even play with sounds. I turn them all off in all games. Its very annoying.

So far on the el13 rom/kernel I haven't had this problem with the games that I did have this with. Looks like Samsung has potentially fixed it.

kilthro said:
So far on the el13 rom/kernel I haven't had this problem with the games that I did have this with. Looks like Samsung has potentially fixed it.
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I have not noticed this since I flashed EL13 for the first time.. Now I'm on EL26, and still haven't had a random crash.

Which ROM should I use? Details inside.

I'm all about the coolest looking ROMs.lol. I'd like to stick with 2.2 because I still use the original PSX4Droid.. It's the only ****ing one I could find that works extremely well. Plus it's the only one with support for UP+LEFT, DOWN+RIGHT.. etc. At least from what I know. I haven't checked in several months, so if I'm wrong, PLEASE let me know. I can't understand why PSX4Droid worked SO well until he made a new version..and completely ****ed it up.. Makes no sense to me..
Oh ****, ANYWAY. I'm using Viper 5.0 at the moment, but lately I've been having major issues with it. It worked fantastic for quite a while, but now 90% of my apps force close, every other time someone calls and I answer it, it will lag for a few seconds, then I won't be able to hear anything they say until I completely restart my phone. After like the third time I open it, Maps will say there is no data connection, even though there is.. So I have to re-download it.. Makes me sad because I really like the ROM and would like to keep it.. But I can't stand these issues anymore. I just downloaded the NEW Viper Rom. But I thought I'd ask you guys if there is a better, more stable one.. I have used CM7 in the past, and I think I used CM9.. but once again, after a while the bugs start kicking in and drive me insane.. Not to mention when you're on a call and receive a text message your face vibrates..lol. That drove me nuts.
So... if anyone kept reading this.. Thank you first of all.lol. But what are your suggestions? I REALLY wanted to try ICS, but there is no visual voicemail That's a dealbreaker.. I barely check my voicemails as it is WITH it..lol. But if there are any newer roms, with amazing working PS1 emulators (I play a LOT of FF7), please let me know! Thanks guys!!

The Visual Voicemail is working on all ICS ROMs. They took the one from the Epic Touch ICS. If you are looking for the most customizeable options for appearance try AOKP B29.
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Lulz this is my help all day long.. I love to play emulators on my phone. I use cm9 and run with the samurai kernel it has a fps uncap to 72hz and runs at 65fps =]. Overclocks to 1.5ghz stable and not warm. I play zelda on n64oid... with my playstation 3 control with sixaxis controller app off the market. I use fpse for playstation one and it runs amazingly smooth.. haven't tried any rpg games on it but crash and tekken run pretty slick at 1.5ghz. If your a gamer then the samurai kernel is a must.. but he makes em for all types of roms. Touchwiz el30 bml or mtd. Cm7,miui gb and v4 and cm9. Hope this helps.. oh and with fpse you'll need a ps bios if you don't already have one otherwise it won't work but I had mine setup and every game I downloaded played great. Hope this helps.
*Click my sig pic to get to the site for the kernels.*
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Thanks guys!!! I really appreciate it. If Visual Voicemail is working now, I'm totally gonna give that a try first... Just to check it out. Then I'll flash another one. I don't play the PS1 too much anymore since I played FF7 for HOURS, then lost my SD card (((( I've been too upset to start again.lol.
But really, thanks guys!!

I really love my Nexus but...

I really love my Nexus. Gorgeous, perfectly sized 720p display, super sleek black curved display with NO carrier branding or capacitive buttons, nice loud speakerphone & ICS is fantastic. Great things to love about the Nexus!
But this phone Laaaaaaaaaaaaaags. And please don't tell me i got a bad one, or I need to reflash yada yada. If you don't agree about the lag, then you are in denial.
I'm currently running AKOP 4 & Francos 3rd Milestone + oc'd to 1.35.
I'll admit, his latest kernel sped it up again, but it seems like its only temporary. With every flash, it always starts out fast, but then after 2 weeks - it starts to slow down again.
Where do I notice it? Well lets see, try pulling down your status bar from the lock screen and see if there sometimes isn't a 1 or 2 sec delay. Is this due to the phone just waking up from being asleep at 300 mhz?
But its not just there. Opening text messages, call log, emails - its just slow.
I just kinda got used to the general lag in the system, but then I played with a Stock Galaxy s2 on GB the other day & I was amazed at how fast that phone was. It ran circles around my nexus.
So I got to thinking, on older computers with slower processors - if you try and run youtube at 720p @ full screen, it gets super choppy and laggy. Then I compared that to the nexus. Its trying to push ALOT of pixels. Is a 1.35 ghz processor enough for the resolution it runs?
Would a 1.5 or 1.7 ghz phone run it normally?
Whats with the Lag???

Franco milestones are stock gpu values so overclocking your CPU isn't doing much. I'm running the latest trinity and it's got a heavy gpu overclock and this phone is the smoothest Android GUI I've ever experienced and I've experienced a lot.
So yes yadayada, reflash, etc etc
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Thanks for this. I was on the fence between this or waiting for the gs3, currently running stock gb with adw pro on an exynos gs2, guess I'll just keep saving for the unlocked gs3 and hope Google Play carries it.
Don't bait the trolls.

Lol well I tried, enjoy Odin and touch wiz
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shadow65781 said:
Thanks for this. I was on the fence between this or waiting for the gs3, currently running stock gb with adw pro on an exynos gs2, guess I'll just keep saving for the unlocked gs3 and hope Google Play carries it.
Don't bait the trolls.
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Google Play won't carry - it's not a Google phone. It will be sold the same way the Galaxy S2 was.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

ChongoDroid said:
Franco milestones are stock gpu values so overclocking your CPU isn't doing much. I'm running the latest trinity and it's got a heavy gpu overclock and this phone is the smoothest Android GUI I've ever experienced and I've experienced a lot.
So yes yadayada, reflash, etc etc
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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This, also, maybe try running something other than AOKP for a while. Though its really customisable, it isn't exactly the snappiest ROM.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

shadow65781 said:
Thanks for this. I was on the fence between this or waiting for the gs3, currently running stock gb with adw pro on an exynos gs2, guess I'll just keep saving for the unlocked gs3 and hope Google Play carries it.
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roflmao. Google Play won't carry it. Its not a Google phone... It'll be sold by your local carrier or importer.
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EyeAndroid said:
But this phone Laaaaaaaaaaaaaags. And please don't tell me i got a bad one, or I need to reflash yada yada. If you don't agree about the lag, then you are in denial.
I'm currently running AKOP 4 & Francos 3rd Milestone + oc'd to 1.35.
I'll admit, his latest kernel sped it up again, but it seems like its only temporary. With every flash, it always starts out fast, but then after 2 weeks - it starts to slow down again.
Where do I notice it? Well lets see, try pulling down your status bar from the lock screen and see if there sometimes isn't a 1 or 2 sec delay. Is this due to the phone just waking up from being asleep at 300 mhz?
But its not just there. Opening text messages, call log, emails - its just slow.
I just kinda got used to the general lag in the system, but then I played with a Stock Galaxy s2 on GB the other day & I was amazed at how fast that phone was. It ran circles around my nexus.
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I'm bone stock 4.0.4 and don't have any of this lag you're talking of. Essentially perfect, very few noticeable moments of lag.

This phone isn't laggy. You're just doing it wrong.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA

ChongoDroid said:
Franco milestones are stock gpu values so overclocking your CPU isn't doing much. I'm running the latest trinity and it's got a heavy gpu overclock and this phone is the smoothest Android GUI I've ever experienced and I've experienced a lot.
So yes yadayada, reflash, etc etc
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Hmm well I have never tried the Trinity kernel, just thought everyone raves about franco so why switch? Didn't know the GPU would effect general performance. Always thought it was just for gaming. Trinity can be OC'd?

Too MUCH pRon

shadow65781 said:
Thanks for this. I was on the fence between this or waiting for the gs3, currently running stock gb with adw pro on an exynos gs2, guess I'll just keep saving for the unlocked gs3 and hope Google Play carries it.
Don't bait the trolls.
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Ya man, never been a huge fan of the S2 due to the general design of the phone + I hate touchwiz and odin.
Yesterday I was fed up & Just put in an order for an HTC One S but then cancelled it today when I heard the speakerphone and saw how amplified the dots of the pixels really can get when you run Super Amoled on a 960 x 540 res.
LOVE LOVE LOVE Stock ICS.

Learn to clean out your recent apps menu. Google integrated a task manager into the recent apps menu for a reason.
Your phone lags because it's running low on memory, and 99% of developers suck at memory management. Just because you don't have a taskbar at the bottom of the screen telling you how many apps you have open doesn't mean there probably isn't something that you left open, hogging your system resources. The same thing has happened on desktop computers for years, what makes you think your phone is going to act any different?

I just know that I run stock 4.0.4 + root, and it works just fine, no lag whatsoever... But, since you say your phone has a loud speakerphone, it must not be the Galaxy Nexus lol... At least not an Ok one, because it surely has one of the worst speakerphone I have ever heard... And don't call me Shirley!

earlyberd said:
Learn to clean out your recent apps menu. Google integrated a task manager into the recent apps menu for a reason.
Your phone lags because it's running low on memory, and 99% of developers suck at memory management. Just because you don't have a taskbar at the bottom of the screen telling you how many apps you have open doesn't mean there probably isn't something that you left open, hogging your system resources. The same thing has happened on desktop computers for years, what makes you think your phone is going to act any different?
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You could be right on this. I dont ever restart my phone and I always just Go home when I'm done. Any way to have it auto kill after about an Hour or so?
Im surprised Thats not something Google would have implemented in ICS just for performance?

HinotoriBR said:
I just know that I run stock 4.0.4 + root, and it works just fine, no lag whatsoever... But, since you say your phone has a loud speakerphone, it must not be the Galaxy Nexus lol... At least not an Ok one, because it surely has one of the worst speakerphone I have ever heard... And don't call me Shirley!
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You must not have Owned any HTC phones
"Surely you cant be serious??!?"
"I am serious, and stop calling me Shirley"

earlyberd said:
Learn to clean out your recent apps menu. Google integrated a task manager into the recent apps menu for a reason.
Your phone lags because it's running low on memory, and 99% of developers suck at memory management. Just because you don't have a taskbar at the bottom of the screen telling you how many apps you have open doesn't mean there probably isn't something that you left open, hogging your system resources. The same thing has happened on desktop computers for years, what makes you think your phone is going to act any different?
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This is not at all necessary...

martonikaj said:
This is not at all necessary...
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Why do you say that?
(As i Just got finished downloading ATK)

EyeAndroid said:
You could be right on this. I dont ever restart my phone and I always just Go home when I'm done. Any way to have it auto kill after about an Hour or so?
Im surprised Thats not something Google would have implemented in ICS just for performance?
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i have a SG2...getting my nexus delivered tomorrow so i started browsing the nexus section...
for starters on any android you shouldnt press home unless you are leaving the app for a brief moment and are planning on going back to it...home will keep the app running...you have to use the back key to close out of many apps (especially the ones that dont have a designated exit button)
app management is very crucial but auto killing isnt good for the system...android will close apps on its own as space is needed...however there are certain apps that are service hogs and eat up ram...i am somewhat of an app hoarder but i know which apps to keep and which to get rid of...normally if you have like 120mb of free ram or so a dual core phone shouldnt ever lag...if it lags its not due to memory
on my SG2 i have like 200+ apps but almost always have like 250mb ram free (even without a reboot for several days)...on the rare occasions that i feel it lag i check and sometimes i will see that it dropped down to like 80mb free...a quick reboot fixes it
its also good to reboot your phone every few days

I'm reading a bone stock sprint galaxy nexus. I have no lag at all. And I'm coming from an epic touch. In my experience custom rom's slow down after a while. Which is why I usually stay stock with root.

EyeAndroid said:
You could be right on this. I dont ever restart my phone and I always just Go home when I'm done. Any way to have it auto kill after about an Hour or so?
Im surprised Thats not something Google would have implemented in ICS just for performance?
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You want to try to avoid automated task killers because they can lead to stability issues if they're too aggressive, and as an additional background process they have the potential to eat your battery life. The safest way to kill apps is just by swiping them away with the recent apps menu.
Google tries really hard to implement a good system of memory management in Android, the problem is just that developers don't really utilize it. You can clearly see the difference especially if you like to run alternative browsers or old games. All of the stock Google apps work great and I can keep them open forever, but if I leave StumbleUpon or Plants Vs. Zombies open in the background long enough my phone will start to chug.

[Q] Best rom for gaming?

is ICS, CM7 or stock the best at higher end gaming?
I am having a bit of trouble getting some games to work for ics. so i just wanted to know

T10NAZ said:
I know that ICS is kinda out of the question, but so, is CM7 or stock the best at gaming?
or could they be equally matched?
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Why is ics out of the question it runs great
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autosdafe said:
Why is ics out of the question it runs great
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I should have said i was getting mixed results when playing some high end games with ICS.
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i know it runs awesomely though, no doubt about that, but im asking what would be better for games? like higher end game that you see youtubers play on there kindles.

T10NAZ said:
like higher end game that you see youtubers play on there kindles.
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Like what. Can you give some examples?

Lotek said:
Like what. Can you give some examples?
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Derp i figured it out now, i got the games i wanted to work.
sorry for the dumb questions lol

I've heard most people have better luck using Gederom to play certain games that would otherwise be unavailable for the kindle.

T10NAZ said:
is ICS, CM7 or stock the best at higher end gaming?
I am having a bit of trouble getting some games to work for ics. so i just wanted to know
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Sure, stock is the best since all games running on it. ICS from gede also not bad, my meaning the games which runing on it just play smooth than on stock ROM but some GAMELOFT games crashed, Modern Combat 3 play very well, better than on stock.

artur0588 said:
Sure, stock is the best since all games running on it. ICS from gede also not bad, my meaning the games which runing on it just play smooth than on stock ROM but some GAMELOFT games crashed, Modern Combat 3 play very well, better than on stock.
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Do you know if there is a difference between gede having the Galaxy Nexus as the build.prop compared to say like Hashcode's build.prop saying Kindle Fire?
If there is a difference then im so going to gedes rom

I should recommend you this ICS rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619550
Why is it better than any other rom for gaming?
Well first of all I am using it myself. Don't have any problems.
Second, as you can see, there is a line in the thread:
Modified build.prop
Most Gameloft games working
Decreased powerconsumption
Gameloft games usually don't run on Kindle Fire. With that rom they do. I installed and played my self Real football 2012. Works like a charm!
And the last thing is that you can remove the status bar while playing or watching videos! Full screen enjoyment at its best. If you`ll install this rom, just hold the power button for like sec or 2, a window will pop up and on the down side you`ll see show/hide status bar.
I hope this helps you, since I use it myself
Also: If you haven't rooted/rotted a while ago update everything with this tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
You will have latest root, FireFireFire 1.4 and TWRP installed. This way it will be easier to do stuff.
If any questions: PM me, will be glad to help!
Good luck!
EDIT: If you want also use the Hashcode's kernel. Kinda like it more than ged preintstalled kernel

siera_lion said:
I should recommend you this ICS rom:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1619550
Why is it better than any other rom for gaming?
Well first of all I am using it myself. Don't have any problems.
Second, as you can see, there is a line in the thread:
Modified build.prop
Most Gameloft games working
Decreased powerconsumption
Gameloft games usually don't run on Kindle Fire. With that rom they do. I installed and played my self Real football 2012. Works like a charm!
And the last thing is that you can remove the status bar while playing or watching videos! Full screen enjoyment at its best. If you`ll install this rom, just hold the power button for like sec or 2, a window will pop up and on the down side you`ll see show/hide status bar.
I hope this helps you, since I use it myself
Also: If you haven't rooted/rotted a while ago update everything with this tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889
You will have latest root, FireFireFire 1.4 and TWRP installed. This way it will be easier to do stuff.
If any questions: PM me, will be glad to help!
Good luck!
EDIT: If you want also use the Hashcode's kernel. Kinda like it more than ged preintstalled kernel
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Thank you for showing me this rom! Im going to play with it soon later tonight

[Q] How to remove "power-off transition" after flashing Blu Kuban 1.0.5.1 ROM

[Q] How to remove "power-off transition" after flashing Blu Kuban 1.0.5.1 ROM
After I flashed the Blu Kuban 1.0.5.1 ROM onto my Samsung E4GT, it added this bizarre and annoying screen transition which triggers every time you "sleep" or "power-off" the phone. After much disappointment with Blu Kuban, I changed to Calkulin's E4GT 2 v1.6 (ICS) ROM. Interestingly, the obnoxious "television-off" screen transition effect seems to have stayed, and I cannot figure out how to get rid of it. I just want my phone to simply black-out, not perform some kind of circus act. Any idea how to get rid of this?
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Ok, this new sleep transition effect seems to come pre-packaged with ICS. I reverted back to Gingerbread with Calkulin's E4GT v3.0 ROM, and guess what--no goofy effect when sleeping and powering-off! Yay? Well here's a new problem: I want to be running on ICS not Gingerbread. Is there some way I can run on ICS and lose the transition effect, or am I stuck with Gingerbread?

It's called crt off animation, its removable use the search feature. Its that button that looks like a magnifying glass :thumbup: you could just deal with the transition, its a 2 second animation and if your switching your screen off why are u staring at it hard enough for a brief animation to annoy u so bad you wouldn't use ics because of it
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz-, Thank you for your reply. I actually spent a good hour or more searching for an answer to my question; however, I would not know this transition was called a "crt off animation". I suppose that comes with experience. Hopefully other folks falling into my category will find this thread useful. I will spend some more time researching how to disable this. How could this little feature bother me enough to stop using ICS? Well, everyone has their peeves, this one being mine (it hurts my eyes and feels laggy). Again, thanks for the guidance.

Smokey_JJ said:
-EViL-KoNCEPTz-, Thank you for your reply. I actually spent a good hour or more searching for an answer to my question; however, I would not know this transition was called a "crt off animation". I suppose that comes with experience. Hopefully other folks falling into my category will find this thread useful. I will spend some more time researching how to disable this. How could this little feature bother me enough to stop using ICS? Well, everyone has their peeves, this one being mine (it hurts my eyes and feels laggy). Again, thanks for the guidance.
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It doesn't bother me cuz when I shut my screen off I don't watch it turn off, lol. That's why I was wondering how it could bother u. I think in themes and apps section there's a mod to disable it it's been available for a while and was incorporated in some GB roms. There's both crt-on and crt-off, its designed to mimic a tube TV/crt monitor turning on and off wwhich is how it got its name, some may call it tv-on/off but it's technical name from the developer is crt-on/off so there's alot more info when u search crt vs TV
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Smokey_JJ said:
-EViL-KoNCEPTz-, Thank you for your reply. I actually spent a good hour or more searching for an answer to my question; however, I would not know this transition was called a "crt off animation". I suppose that comes with experience. Hopefully other folks falling into my category will find this thread useful. I will spend some more time researching how to disable this. How could this little feature bother me enough to stop using ICS? Well, everyone has their peeves, this one being mine (it hurts my eyes and feels laggy). Again, thanks for the guidance.
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Smokey -- don't remember the details as it has been quite a while since I was on Calk's ROM, but I seem to remember there being a set of flashable mods from Calk a post or two after the OP, including one to disable the CRT off animation.
On the kuban, it's in the ROM updater (accessed via the system menu) under "general mods". (Side note: Ravaged Pheonix has put together a great Blu Kuban FAQ: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809881) IMHO I'd say give the kuban another chance -- it took me a couple of days to get used to it and get it all tricked out the way I wanted, but it's really a kick-ass ROM. Don't get me wrong; Calk's ROM was awesome too, it's just not been in active development for a while. Also, cool if the blu kuban isn't your cup of tea; for a close-to-stock experience Calk may still be pretty hard to beat -- again, been a while since I was looking for a close-to-stock ROM. Another one I have experience with is Agat63's -- lightly themed with a more AOSP/ics look to it, but still basically a debloated/tweaked/optimized stock ROM w/o heavy theming or mods; agat generally focuses on stability 1st, performance enhancement 2nd in his tweaks.