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Anyone getting very high android system use?

I've been getting over 40, sometimes over 60% android system use, which I find kind of crazy, considering I have downgraded my PRI from 1.90 to the 1.77, I've updated profile. I've ran 2 different sense roms based on the latest OTA, as well as Cyanogen Mod 6.1.1 final.....I'm running out of clues as to what would be causing this.
I doubt it's an app, as I tried flashing a sense rom and installed a very minimal amount of apps and I am still experiencing this issue.
I'm not quite sure what to try next here, is anyone suffering from a similar issue or have any other suggestions??
Thanks!

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Android 17 said:
I've been getting over 40, sometimes over 60% android system use, which I find kind of crazy, considering I have downgraded my PRI from 1.90 to the 1.77, I've updated profile. I've ran 2 different sense roms based on the latest OTA, as well as Cyanogen Mod 6.1.1 final.....I'm running out of clues as to what would be causing this.
I doubt it's an app, as I tried flashing a sense rom and installed a very minimal amount of apps and I am still experiencing this issue.
I'm not quite sure what to try next here, is anyone suffering from a similar issue or have any other suggestions??
Thanks!
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Swyped From Eva Running Myn's RLS4.95 On The Now Network!

Nope, I turn off everything when I'm not using it, gps, bluetooth, even 3G are all turned off when not in use.

Not really I'm getting between 20-30% usually .
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When did it start doing that?
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Nope, I turn off everything when I'm not using it, gps, bluetooth, even 3G are all turned off when not in use.
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Swyped From Eva Running Myn's RLS4.95 On The Now Network!

For the most part I only get really high android system usage if I'm on my phone a lot. For the most part its less than 20%. But it can approach 50 if I'm using my phone a ton.
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I think it may have to do with the newest OTA, or baseband update, I know that normally, most users can experience about 20% or so system usage with moderate use, but it seems I reach above 50% or so with moderate/a bit heavy use, it just seems like a bit much, and I don't remember having such an issue before.
I know some users mentioned the latest PRI messing with their phones, but I put the older one back on and it doesn't seem to have fixed it.
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Edit: Like, for example, I just checked my android system after taking my phone off the charger, and it immediately shows as 70%, though this number will go down a bit, but even with light use, it seems to linger around 40-60% usage.

Get the Spare Parts app (it comes in CyanogenMod) and check the Partial Wake usage in Battery History. If it's showing Android System as using a lot of the partial wake, then continue on:
This was a known bug that was found and solved in CyanogenMod. What's solved it for people still having it is to use a FORMAT_ALL.zip in recovery, which formats and completely wipes the system, data, cache, and kernel (boot) partitions. I used it, and it got rid of my wake-lock.
So to review:
1) Backup via Titanium Backup or something similar.
2) Nandroid backup.
3) Flash FORMAT_ALL.zip
4) Flash ROM (and gapps, if applicable)
5) Boot up, check partial wake usage after a while.
6) If all good, add your accounts, but do not add any apps. Check partial wake after an hour or two.
7) Restore apps in groups (5-10 apps), rebooting then waiting 30 minutes or so between each group, checking on partial-wake usage each time.
EDIT: Here's the FORMAT_ALL.zip

drmacinyasha said:
Get the Spare Parts app (it comes in CyanogenMod) and check the Partial Wake usage in Battery History. If it's showing Android System as using a lot of the partial wake, then continue on:
This was a known bug that was found and solved in CyanogenMod. What's solved it for people still having it is to use a FORMAT_ALL.zip in recovery, which formats and completely wipes the system, data, cache, and kernel (boot) partitions. I used it, and it got rid of my wake-lock.
So to review:
1) Backup via Titanium Backup or something similar.
2) Nandroid backup.
3) Flash FORMAT_ALL.zip
4) Flash ROM (and gapps, if applicable)
5) Boot up, check partial wake usage after a while.
6) If all good, add your accounts, but do not add any apps. Check partial wake after an hour or two.
7) Restore apps in groups (5-10 apps), rebooting then waiting 30 minutes or so between each group, checking on partial-wake usage each time.
EDIT: Here's the FORMAT_ALL.zip
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Does this format the SD card as well? I thought i read it did, which would be a hassle. Also, you mentioned doing a nandroid back up, yet then flashing a rom, does this mean I would not want to simply restore my nandroid?

Android 17 said:
Does this format the SD card as well? I thought i read it did, which would be a hassle. Also, you mentioned doing a nandroid back up, yet then flashing a rom, does this mean I would not want to simply restore my nandroid?
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1) It will not format or wipe the SD card.
2) Nandroid backup is always done as a precautionary measure. You do not restore from it afterwards, in this case.

Yea i've been reading a lot of people with that ota has been having that problem
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I think it may have to do with the newest OTA, or baseband update, I know that normally, most users can experience about 20% or so system usage with moderate use, but it seems I reach above 50% or so with moderate/a bit heavy use, it just seems like a bit much, and I don't remember having such an issue before.
I know some users mentioned the latest PRI messing with their phones, but I put the older one back on and it doesn't seem to have fixed it.
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Edit: Like, for example, I just checked my android system after taking my phone off the charger, and it immediately shows as 70%, though this number will go down a bit, but even with light use, it seems to linger around 40-60% usage.
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I just got my EVO last week so I have 3.70 and have not rooted yet. My phone has been off the charger for 7 hours and Android System is currently at 94% with Cell Standby, WiFi and Phone idle all at 2%. I had a Hero before the EVO and the Screen was what always seemed to use the most battery and its not even on the list for my EVO which I thought was very strange. I guess I need to look into the manual Root method since the others are not HBoot 2.10 and 3.7 compatible at this time.

I'm running stock 3.70 unrooted and right now Android System battery use is at 59%.

All of you with issues:
1) Download the FORMAT_ALL.zip from above.
2) Backup with Titanium Backup and Nandroid.
3) Flash FORMAT_ALL.zip
4) Flash your ROM
5) Via Titanium Backup, restore only user apps and their data, no system apps, system app data, or system settings! Do not restore from Nandroid.

I'm having the same issue. I'm stock UNROOTED 3.70. Is there a way to fix this for us non-rooted folks? I have been having significant battery drain and I did a factory reset and wiped everything except the SD card before the update. I do plan on roofing soon but I have the new 2.10 HBoot an hardware version 0003 and i want to make sure there is a well tested method and instructions before I attempt it. I'm no noob i've read this site daily since I got my Evo in June and I'm also an electrical engineering aka NERD but i just want to be certain before I root as this only phone I use and can't be longer than a day without it due to work. Any input here as well as on a fix for the high system use would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[Q] unfortunately the process android.process.XXX has stopped

So I'm having a problem I can't seem to fix.
I'm rooted, have been running the stock everything but with a few tweaks and some bloat removed. Everything works great but I am hoping to improve battery life. So I researched a few ROMs and pick a couple to try. I can flash them just fine with no problems, get all my apps back and set up with no problems. and I can use the phone all day just like normal.
Now the problem: if ever I have to restart for some reason, or even after I make a nandroid back up, when it restarts and boots up I eventually get several messages where processes are one by one stopping. until the phone is useless and froze up.
So it goes through 10 or more of these:
Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped
Unfortunately, the process android.process.phone has stopped
etc, etc,etc
I have tried everything I could find on here to fix, but it seems all fixes are for a single process failing. This happens to me on all Roms I have tried, but I am just wanting to run Sonic. Even if I restore the nandroid I get the messages. If I factory reset or restore my kid-of-stock backup I am fine. If I start over and reflash a clean Rom I can set up and use but as soon as I restart it happens again. Sometimes when restarting I get a message about android updating but can't figure out how to stop that from happening.
Thanks in advance for any help!!! This is very annoying.

Are you doing full wipes and factory reset? If you are doing this between each flash then it sounds like you are restoring bad data into your apps.
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Try re-flashing the latest Gapps and seeing if that will help.
It has done when I've had the same problem before.

edfunkycold said:
Are you doing full wipes and factory reset? If you are doing this between each flash then it sounds like you are restoring bad data into your apps.
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I thought the same thing so I tried without putting back in any apps. And still happened. And if I flash Sonic with TB it does it right away when I get booted up for some reason.

KidCarter93 said:
Try re-flashing the latest Gapps and seeing if that will help.
It has done when I've had the same problem before.
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Thanks, I'll try to find the latest Gapps now and report back if it helps out. But I'm not real familiar with the Gapps part so it may take some searching to figure out what theya re for Sonic Rom if it matters the rom.

This is the reason why I do not do any backup.. Most stuff on my phone is not important enought to require a back up.. If I have issues, I just reinstall the rom and my apps from the market.. I have only reinstalled my current rom once, and that is because I was not able to change my current prl...

Jorgy11 said:
So I'm having a problem I can't seem to fix.
I'm rooted, have been running the stock everything but with a few tweaks and some bloat removed. Everything works great but I am hoping to improve battery life. So I researched a few ROMs and pick a couple to try. I can flash them just fine with no problems, get all my apps back and set up with no problems. and I can use the phone all day just like normal.
Now the problem: if ever I have to restart for some reason, or even after I make a nandroid back up, when it restarts and boots up I eventually get several messages where processes are one by one stopping. until the phone is useless and froze up.
So it goes through 10 or more of these:
Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped
Unfortunately, the process android.process.phone has stopped
etc, etc,etc
I have tried everything I could find on here to fix, but it seems all fixes are for a single process failing. This happens to me on all Roms I have tried, but I am just wanting to run Sonic. Even if I restore the nandroid I get the messages. If I factory reset or restore my kid-of-stock backup I am fine. If I start over and reflash a clean Rom I can set up and use but as soon as I restart it happens again. Sometimes when restarting I get a message about android updating but can't figure out how to stop that from happening.
Thanks in advance for any help!!! This is very annoying.
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Sounds like you need to do a FULL Wipe before you Flash. Also make sure your Downloading the Rom over WiFi, or Hardline.

prboy1969 said:
Sounds like you need to do a FULL Wipe before you Flash. Also make sure your Downloading the Rom over WiFi, or Hardline.
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I have been doing a full factory reset, wipe system, wipe cach and dalvic. I downloaded the Roms onto my computer and transferred them to sd card. It happens for all ROMs except the stock backup I made.

Jorgy11 said:
I have been doing a full factory reset, wipe system, wipe cach and dalvic. I downloaded the Roms onto my computer and transferred them to sd card. It happens for all ROMs except the stock backup I made.
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Do not restore anything with TB whatsoever and I can assure you it will work. There is corrupt data somewhere.
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Jorgy11 said:
I have been doing a full factory reset, wipe system, wipe cach and dalvic. I downloaded the Roms onto my computer and transferred them to sd card. It happens for all ROMs except the stock backup I made.
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The process I use for Flashing Roms is the same one I've always used. It's the one that's in my Sig. I'll also relink, in case your on the mobile. I have used it for a very long time now. It avoids a lot of the hassles of a bad flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17647821

Thank You All
Thank you all for your help!!!
So far I have managed to flash the rom and reboot several times with no issues.
I have only had this GS3 for a week now and I feel I can finally play with some roms and see what I like. I usually find one I like and stick with it. On my EVO Shift I used the same rom for 2 years.
Here is what I did for anyone that may have same problem:
Wiped everything, per-normal.
Loaded ROM.
Loaded a few of the apps I wanted to keep some settings for (like GO Launcher and Handcent) using Rom Toolboxes App manager.
I then rebooted to see if I had any problems... none.
Used Rom Toolbox to install just the apps and no data for my other 50+ apps I wanted to keep.
Made Nandroid backup, which forced reboot... no problems.
Installed Titanium Backup, this is where I was nervous because I thought it might be that app causing problems with asking about new ID and such. Installed just 2 apps that I wanted to keep data for that Rom Toolbox for whatever reason didn't have, maybe I didn't have a recent backup. 2 apps were Tasker and GO Bookmark widget. When asked to change ID I selected "later" and after restoring 2 apps I imediatly deleted TB.
Reboot to see if I got errors... none
Setup all settings and tweaks I wanted.
Made Nandroid backup... no issues yet
I then deleted all TB backups I had on SD card figuring one was the culprit.
I am still nervous to re install TB but at least as of now I have a working nandroid to revert to so after a couple days I will reuse it.
As of now I have had no issues what so ever... and I can tell battery life on this Sonic rom is much better.

Glad your all sorted out . I do not think that Titanium Backup the App itself is was causing the issues. Although I do recognize somethings that could. Restoring GoLauncher with settings Data could cause issues. Especially from one Rom to the next. Hopefully your not trying to restore the Data settings you had on the Shift. Also with Handcent, I would not restore settings across different Roms.
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com.android.phone has stopped
Jorgy11 said:
So I'm having a problem I can't seem to fix.
I'm rooted, have been running the stock everything but with a few tweaks and some bloat removed. Everything works great but I am hoping to improve battery life. So I researched a few ROMs and pick a couple to try. I can flash them just fine with no problems, get all my apps back and set up with no problems. and I can use the phone all day just like normal.
Now the problem: if ever I have to restart for some reason, or even after I make a nandroid back up, when it restarts and boots up I eventually get several messages where processes are one by one stopping. until the phone is useless and froze up.
So it goes through 10 or more of these:
Unfortunately, the process android.process.media has stopped
Unfortunately, the process android.process.phone has stopped
etc, etc,etc
I have tried everything I could find on here to fix, but it seems all fixes are for a single process failing. This happens to me on all Roms I have tried, but I am just wanting to run Sonic. Even if I restore the nandroid I get the messages. If I factory reset or restore my kid-of-stock backup I am fine. If I start over and reflash a clean Rom I can set up and use but as soon as I restart it happens again. Sometimes when restarting I get a message about android updating but can't figure out how to stop that from happening.
Thanks in advance for any help!!! This is very annoying.
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I had the exact same problem with a reoccurring message that would flash on and off every second or so. I did both a data restart then a reboot of the android software by pushing the down volume button then holding the power button. When the LG logo appeared I released both buttons and followed the instructions for an android factory reboot. Apparently it is the SIM card. The android com.android.phone communicates with the SIM card and allows calls and texts to be sent and received using the android software. My SIM card got damaged somehow and could not receive the call from the android app com.android.phone. I had to buy a new SIM card for ten dollars and had my stored files on the SIM moved to the new one and no more problems. Telus and Bell move the files to the new SIM for free i'm sure other major service providers offer the same free service.

@pokey2000 Thanks for that info. But this is the Sprint S3 section. And the user you are replying to has a Sprint S3. Sprint phones are Cdma and do not have a removable sim card.
His issues where resolved 6 months ago. This is the second thread you bring back up that is old and dead. Please look at and read the thread. Before bringing dead topics back up.
Remember search is your best friend, Have a great day!

Need some help after bad rom install/reset

I attempted my first rooting and install of darthstalkers rom last night. the step by step instructions were well laid out, and the process was pretty smooth. however after completing the rom install, and began getting various errors such as 'gallery not responding', 'omacp has stopped working',etc. over a dozen different errors in total. kies wouldnt connect to restore my settings,etc.
i decided to flash back to stock, and followed the instructions perfectly, which again were very easy. kies connected instantly on stock, and everything seemed ok. however im still getting the same errors as i was with the darthstalker rom. now i bought my s3 outright (its not part of any package), so i have no warranty issues, however my phone is completely hosed now. i cant send texts, cant view email, nothing. i'm honestly regretting ever doing this.
any help/tips/suggestions so that i can go back to the way i was? ive tried everything that my googlefu has led me to, and nothing has worked.

Rawt said:
I attempted my first rooting and install of darthstalkers rom last night. the step by step instructions were well laid out, and the process was pretty smooth. however after completing the rom install, and began getting various errors such as 'gallery not responding', 'omacp has stopped working',etc. over a dozen different errors in total. kies wouldnt connect to restore my settings,etc.
i decided to flash back to stock, and followed the instructions perfectly, which again were very easy. kies connected instantly on stock, and everything seemed ok. however im still getting the same errors as i was with the darthstalker rom. now i bought my s3 outright (its not part of any package), so i have no warranty issues, however my phone is completely hosed now. i cant send texts, cant view email, nothing. i'm honestly regretting ever doing this.
any help/tips/suggestions so that i can go back to the way i was? ive tried everything that my googlefu has led me to, and nothing has worked.
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have you tried booting into stock recovery, wiping data and cache?

xBeerdroiDx said:
have you tried booting into stock recovery, wiping data and cache?
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I did it last night, but in my tired confusion, i may have fudged it up. going to do it now and ill update in a few minutes. Thanks for the help thus far.

when flashing to stock through Odin you retain the same cache and therefore you can have some issues of force closes..which is why a factory reset is always best....and mandatory when going from 4.1.1 to 4.0.4
That's a very stable ROM and I'm surprised at the issues you had. I have a feeling it wasn't the ROM or anything you did persay but bad flashes happen which it why most of us have a nandroid to fall back on just in case. Sometimes a re-flash does the trick to fix problems.

hednik said:
when flashing to stock through Odin you retain the same cache and therefore you can have some issues of force closes..which is why a factory reset is always best....and mandatory when going from 4.1.1 to 4.0.4
That's a very stable ROM and I'm surprised at the issues you had. I have a feeling it wasn't the ROM or anything you did persay but bad flashes happen which it why most of us have a nandroid to fall back on just in case. Sometimes a re-flash does the trick to fix problems.
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Ok well i wiped cache/data in recovery mode and all seemed ok (not sure if its worth noting, but the recovery menu/screen was totally different from last night - the one last night was touch screen with ++++ before and after each menu choice, and the one today has me using the volume keys to move and power to select).
i went to do kies restore and it went smoothly, but is now sitting on the last option, 'restoring call log', for quite a while. So i guess ill update this again when kies finishes up.

10 minutes later and its still sitting at restoring call log. should i abort this?

Rawt said:
10 minutes later and its still sitting at restoring call log. should i abort this?
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you can if you want
since call logs aren't important as long as your contact list is restored

pcshano said:
you can if you want
since call logs aren't important as long as your contact list is restored
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seems to have worked. all my contacts are there, and i can send/receive texts. only issue is, none of my apps, settings, layout, wifi,etc transferred over for some reason. so i guess im stuck manually entering in all of this data. what a ****ing hassle this was.
do any of you trusted members do this for a fee? i really liked what i saw with darthstalkers, but cannot be bothered to go through this again.

Rawt said:
seems to have worked. all my contacts are there, and i can send/receive texts. only issue is, none of my apps, settings, layout, wifi,etc transferred over for some reason. so i guess im stuck manually entering in all of this data. what a ****ing hassle this was.
do any of you trusted members do this for a fee? i really liked what i saw with darthstalkers, but cannot be bothered to go through this again.
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Settings, not much can be done about that. It's needed to wipe them when going to a custom ROM (same goes when updating to avoid issues).
Titanium Backup can save your Wifi, apps and apps data (requires root). Also can save your texts and call logs with it.

Rawt said:
Ok well i wiped cache/data in recovery mode and all seemed ok (not sure if its worth noting, but the recovery menu/screen was totally different from last night - the one last night was touch screen with ++++ before and after each menu choice, and the one today has me using the volume keys to move and power to select).
i went to do kies restore and it went smoothly, but is now sitting on the last option, 'restoring call log', for quite a while. So i guess ill update this again when kies finishes up.
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Sounds like you booted into stock recovery which is what you wanted.
I used to think it was a pain restoring settings all the time but after 100 or so ROM's over various devices its takes 10-15 minutes to do that and install my apps form the market (I only use maybe 20 or so and maybe are one I have apk for already.
Everyone's first time is a bit awkward and messy... gets fun after you do it enough

So its possible it was just a bad install? This isnt a very technical or tough thing to do, but becomes a serious pain int he ass when things go awry. Would love to have the darthstalkers setup, though. I just hate to do it and have it all be FUBAR'd again.

hednik said:
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Everyone's first time is a bit awkward and messy... gets fun after you do it enough
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This line is awesome!
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Rawt said:
So its possible it was just a bad install? This isnt a very technical or tough thing to do, but becomes a serious pain int he ass when things go awry. Would love to have the darthstalkers setup, though. I just hate to do it and have it all be FUBAR'd again.
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Keep in mind that flashing a custom ROM also means flashing the updates (as it can always get better and there are bugs to fix), meaning that you will have to factory reset every time (which resets your settings, cleans your apps and such). So it's something you kinda have to get used to when flashing.
That's also why I suggested Titanium Backup, it saves a lot of time when it comes to apps, wifi, call logs, texts, etc. You'll still have to go through your settings, emails and accounts though.
If you wanna go ahead and give Darthstarkers another try, re-download it and make sure you follow their full instructions.

hednik said:
Everyone's first time is a bit awkward and messy... gets fun after you do it enough
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its true. the first time around is always a little bumpy. as long as you are doing things correctly and installing the correct files, things will only go smoother with time.
this is just my preference, but once i've transcended stock (to aosp), i dont mess around with kies anymore. i know you had your things backed up via that route but ask around and you'll see, there are a lot of useful apps out there that can backup and seamlessly restore everything you want after flashing.
dont give up. everyone deserves the performance and style they want on their device. next time you're ready, let us know. between myself, hednik and a few others, we can get you the best way to do this right here in one thread versus 20 different sites/threads/opinions. cheers

I didnt think about the future and rom updates, etc. I think ill pass for now, my time for this is limited. I'd love to have something like darthstalker working, but i cannot afford to spend the time if it all goes to hell again.I do sincerely appreciate the help, and if theres some way i can say thanks other than clicking thanks for each of you (already done), please let me know.

Rawt said:
I didnt think about the future and rom updates, etc. I think ill pass for now, my time for this is limited. I'd love to have something like darthstalker working, but i cannot afford to spend the time if it all goes to hell again.I do sincerely appreciate the help, and if theres some way i can say thanks other than clicking thanks for each of you (already done), please let me know.
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It's basically the way to show your gratitude, you've said thanks and pressed the button, can't ask for much more :highfive: Especially from a new user.
I hope you find the time to enjoy one of those custom ROM at some point and we'll be here if you need help again. Good luck!

[Q] KFHD 8.9" -- Buggy Behaviour, Stuck In Boot Loop

Hi, guys. I've tried searching around, but everything I found didn't quite sound the same or else the instructions were far, far out of my league of knowledge (throw tech speak at me, and my brain melts, basically). So I was hoping someone could help me out, here.
My KFHD 8.9" was rooted on... I think it was 8.4.3, the first or second version of the Kindle OS which had the battery percent on the status bar and needed the wallpaper fix. It's been nice and rooted for a good, long while. Long enough I don't remember what I'm doing and am worried about screwing things up even just trying to touch KFFA (which is the rooting method I used).
Recently, the darn thing started behaving buggy, dropping massive battery percentage, etc. I spent a good half hour one day trying to just get it to stop lagging and draining battery. Skip forward a week, and I started having more troubles. To test my theory on battery drain being from the lock screen ads, I got Titanium Backup and used it to freeze the Special Offers app. I also used it to clean up the dalvik cache, which I googled and seemed to be safe enough. That seemed to fix everything, until today. I woke my tablet up, and every app which requires internet access force closed at the same time. I tried to turn my wifi off and back on, but when I pressed the on button, it refused to work. Airplane mode didn't initiate either, though the on button would light up (no airplane would appear).
I tried several reboots, which didn't work. I tried uninstalling Titanium Backup, but upon reboot it was back. I finally got the wifi to return, and unfroze the Special Offers app, then revoked root access to Titanium Backup and uninstalled it. Another reboot, and all seemed well. I started deleting unwanted apps and preparing to back stuff up to my dropbox when I noticed a toast notification. I couldnt' read it. Then the wifi broke again, and I checked my SuperSu permissions, to find that DroidWall had requested access at the same time. DroidWall claimed there was no root; Rootchecker claimed there was. I tried to disable DroidWall; it wouldn't let me, due to insufficient permissions, and so I tried to reboot again.
And now I'm in the boot loop where I have a dead android saying I should reboot (doesn't work) or restore.
My questions are: Does anyone have any idea what could have caused this weird behaviour and degradation? Is there any way at all to save the photos, personal documents, etc. on the device that exist only there and nowhere else? And, of course, how can I get this bleeding thing where it'll boot again?
I should add that I can get my kindle into fastboot, using KFFA (it's the same program I used to root; I have a full backup from KFFA saved). But I have no clue where to go from there or if I can recover anything.

You should just restore to stock, it may wipe the data off the device but it should fix the os so it will boot up at least. I hope the internal WiFi card isn't dying. They have died on kindles here and there.
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stunts513 said:
You should just restore to stock, it may wipe the data off the device but it should fix the os so it will boot up at least. I hope the internal WiFi card isn't dying. They have died on kindles here and there.
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By restore to stock, do you mean choosing the factory reset option on the screen, or something involving KFFA? (Sorry, I'm really clueless and don't want to mess things up further by misunderstanding anything.) Also, would I need to do that then re-root it before restoring my backup through KFFA?
I sure hope it's not the WiFi going bad, too! Though from the symptoms presented (at one point, the status bar and such were flashing as it did when I first rooted it, before the process finished; before it finally went down, droidwall wasn't registering the permissions supersu allowed it) I almost think that maybe an app had a virus in it or something got corrupted. It was on a steady decline for the past month, really; I'm a doofus for not taking the many opportunities I had to back up my data beforehand.

In kffa there's a restore option, I didn't mean the one that does it from your own backup, its just a stock rooted restore. I don't use kffa so Idk the exact name or number. I do this kinda stuff manually.
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stunts513 said:
In kffa there's a restore option, I didn't mean the one that does it from your own backup, its just a stock rooted restore. I don't use kffa so Idk the exact name or number. I do this kinda stuff manually.
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Oooh, gotcha. Thanks. I'll give it a shot, if I can find the setting in KFFA.

sonicanomaly said:
Oooh, gotcha. Thanks. I'll give it a shot, if I can find the setting in KFFA.
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You can try this to factory restore too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
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LinearEquation said:
You can try this to factory restore too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011126
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Success! The poor thing is sluggish as can be, but I can't decide if that's because Amazon's possibly attempting an ota update in the background or what. I have really low bandwidth (hence it took hours to download the recovery image there), so I guess it's possible that's the case. It's been so long since I dealt with ota updates that I can't remember if my kindle got sluggish around those times or not. The wifi seems to be working now, though!
Probably going to manually update it so I can re-root and be on a version with the battery percentage in the status bar, and I have to rebuild from scratch (and track down older versions of the apps I can't stand the current versions of and was intentionally not updating), but... I'm glad I don't just have an expensive paperweight anymore! Thanks for the help, and here's hoping the rest goes smoothly. :good:

Need S4 Rom advice!

Hello! Pretty new in XDA forum and I have a couple of questions and concerns. I was browsing through some threads and I was wondering if I could get some opinion/help from other members.
I have a second phone that I want to mod and I need some help.
Device: Samsung Galaxy S4 (ROOTED)
Model#: SGH-M919
Android Version: 4.4.4
Baseband: M919UVUFNK2
It's an old phone and lately, it's been running really slow and if possible, I'd like to make it run as if it was brand new or at least somewhat close. So the question is, are there any recommended stable roms/mods I could use and if there are/is, will I be able to use it with my rooted phone or do I have to completely factory reset it before I apply the mods/roms?
Thank you!

Hi @Mr.LinK,
Just yesterday I finally got sick of my M919 slow/battery drain/old stuff and decided it was time for a reset. I was running SlimKat from over a year ago and while it was a great ROM, I had accumulated so much crap that it was getting really bogged down. This just happens over time no matter what OS, no fault to Slim. But I was also looking to move to Lollipop. Here's what I did:
1. Backed up using several methodologies (full backup with TWRP just in case, then from Android I backed stuff up with Helium, and used Backup My Mobile for SMS/MMS etc., an EFS backup just in case, etc..)
2. From within Android, did a factory reset. This sent the phone into recovery, and it formatted the data partition.
3. Rebooted to recovery again, and used TWRP to manually format the media section, just in case something was left there. Then wiped everything except the external SD.
4. Used ODIN to flash the OH3 firmware onto my MDL M919, without letting reboot after (unchecked the reboot checkbox). Pulled battery, rebooted back into download mode again, and flashed OH3 a second time... this gets around some instance people have reported about incomplete upgrades of firmware and all sorts of issues... better safe than sorry.
5. Let phone boot into now 100 % stock OH3 Android 4.4.4. YEEEUKKK. Some part of me thought I would just root the thing and get rid of Samsung crapware, but just the sheer annoyance of the T-Mobile boot animation was enough to remind me why I left stock long ago. Anyway, I let it boot, and set it up minimally with just 1 Google account, not restoring from backup. To my surprise it found the ATT network (I'm an ATT user, not T-Mobile... I just prefer T-Mo phones because they have unlocked bootloaders) and APN no problem no effort from me. Usually I have to enter an APN.
6. I tested the phone out to make sure all systems were working. GPS, WIFI, Bluetooth, etc.. To my surprise, first time I ran the camera app, it applied a firmware patch. Sweet. I'm glad I went through this step. Coming from ancient MDL, I figured there might be some kinks like this. I let it sit on stock for a few hours while I did stuff with my kids.
7. Back home, I did a factory reset from within Android. Then I flashed the latest TWRP tar file (2.8.7.0) using ODIN, and in TWRP did a full wipe of everything again.
8. At this point I flashed Danvdh's GPE edition of Lollipop from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2539361
Installation went smoothly. It's a very basic set of apps that it comes with (Google play is there, but you have to download email/messaging apps from the store such as Gmail and Messaging, Maps, etc). I like this approach!
I've been gradually setting things back up, and am very happy with things so far. Haven't run into any problems yet. The nice pure GPE android experience is refreshing.

@Frankenscript Thanks for the information. I was reading the linked thread and it looks really good so I'll give it a try

Mr.LinK said:
@Frankenscript Thanks for the information. I was reading the linked thread and it looks really good so I'll give it a try
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Good luck and let us know how it goes!

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Good luck and let us know how it goes!
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I just completely flashed my phone with the ROM and I'm pretty happy with the outcome. No bloatware feels so nice. I've been tinkering with it for a while now and I haven't encountered any problems so far but I did notice that model number changed to GT-I9505G. I'm assuming that's normal since the rom is based off of another variant which makes sense, correct me if I'm wrong. Will this complicate future updates or other rom installation? If so, are there any ways of reverting back to the original model number?

Mr.LinK said:
I just completely flashed my phone with the ROM and I'm pretty happy with the outcome. No bloatware feels so nice. I've been tinkering with it for a while now and I haven't encountered any problems so far but I did notice that model number changed to GT-I9505G. I'm assuming that's normal since the rom is based off of another variant which makes sense, correct me if I'm wrong. Will this complicate future updates or other rom installation? If so, are there any ways of reverting back to the original model number?
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I'm pretty sure we can change the reported model number by modifying the build.prop file. I just haven't poked around with it yet... I did ask the question in the thread and am waiting for a reply. I haven't had to do this kind of thing for over a year, and I forget the build.prop key that does it. But I had some concern that it might bork something else down the road so I decided to wait a bit. IT's just a cosmetic thing and I'm SOOO enjoying the experience right now.
Two little things I'm still fishing around for answers to:
-In the drop down quick access menu, I wish there was a sound/vibrate/mute toggle. I can make one with PowerToggles but maybe there's a way to adjust what's in the native one.
-Really silly, but the power off button when pressed just seems to ... power off the phone!? No option for restart / recovery. Maybe there's an option to set this somewhere; haven't checked.
Still, these are all minor things to sort out. Really, I think I'm very sold on GPE editions now thanks to Danvdh's work.
Marc

Just an update, my phone just rebooted twice in the last 5 mins or so. Was watching on my netflix and it randomly rebooted. Any idea what's causing it and how to prevent it from happening?

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Just an update, my phone just rebooted twice in the last 5 mins or so. Was watching on my netflix and it randomly rebooted. Any idea what's causing it and how to prevent it from happening?
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Haven't seen random reboots. I think I got maybe one reboot since installing the ROM. Then again, I haven't put NF on the phone. I do know that Netflix app had some issues on my Shield tablet, and the manufacturer (Nvidia) came out with a patch... maybe it's something general in Lollipop?

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Two little things I'm still fishing around for answers to:
-In the drop down quick access menu, I wish there was a sound/vibrate/mute toggle. I can make one with PowerToggles but maybe there's a way to adjust what's in the native one.
-Really silly, but the power off button when pressed just seems to ... power off the phone!? No option for restart / recovery. Maybe there's an option to set this somewhere; haven't checked.
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Both if those can be fixed with Xposed modules.
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Will look into doing this in a week or so. Thanks
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