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[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] tokuzumi:
I'll get used to it. It's a little creepy right now. The old logo had a happy, care-free attitude attached to it.

As long as they still crank out a quality product, their logo could be a middle finger. I only see the logo when it boots, anyway. Which, for me, is not often.
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] paranoid android85:
With all the dislikes I hope they open submissions again, maybe get more people involved. I'm tempted to send something lol
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] Epix4G:
They should use this one .....

Exterminate ! exterminate !
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] HaiKaiDo:
Hate the new logo. Old one was perfect.

Maybe they should just use this one.....
[Samsung Epic 4G Touch] times_infinity:
All comments about the skateboarding android are invalid.
[EVO 4G General] mikel719:
http://d-h.st/jDD
[EVO 4G General] Notorious:
That is a download link to decks latest pre beta
[About XDA developers] mhhd:
After a spirited browsing session here at XDA -- peaking at about 15 tabs and 50 pages -- I find that my browser will permanently increase its memory footprint by 100-300 MB. Even once I close all the XDA tabs, that memory is not freed up until I restart the browser.

I have observed this behavior for years, and always with various versions of my main browser: Opera. This site has many great features, and loads fast, but it would still be nice if this wasn't happening.

Have you guys observed the same heavy RAM usage and/or leak?

My system:

Win 7

i7 920

6 GB DDR3
[About XDA developers] viper151:
Actually yes I just did with firefox. In the past I never had this problem actually but lately I only use chrome for xda because firefox always gets stuck.
[About XDA developers] 85gallon:
Firefox is not as bad as ie. But when I load up any page from xda in ie, it is so intensive on my processor that it makes the cpu fan ramp up. Then when I scroll, it is scroll and wait for the page to actually scroll and stop before I can click on anything. It is that intensive on system resources.
[About XDA developers] dli7319:
well an i7 920 and 6gb of ram is a pretty beastly pc, you don't need a 8-core cpu and 16 gigs (like i have) to surf a forum
[About XDA developers] biergaizi:
It is very normal. Because web is powerful today.

For example, Firefox use a lot of memory: 10 tabs = 250MB memory

Firefox 11 improved memory usage, but still high.

All browsers has the same issue.

Maybe it the time to upgrade your memory. Memory is very cheap today :)
[About XDA developers] 85gallon:
I am NOT upgrading my pc because one website is not acting right
[About XDA developers] Archer:
Obvious, but have you tried clearing cache & temp internet files? There must be a reason because I've got a 2.4 AMD (dual core) with 4GB RAM and I never have the problem. I use Chrome 100% of the time though, so can't vouch for any of the other browsers.
[About XDA developers] tigermess:
I'm afraid I can't help you with opera but you can try firefox with memoryfox addon. It actively frees memory blocks. Visit www browsermemory.com

One or two times I noticed the problem too but for me it wasn't such a problem to deal with it. I had a quick look on the source of the site and it looks okay, the only active contents are ajax and javascripts, rest is just text, static images & css. The hog might be one of the ajax/javascripts.
[About XDA developers] Theonew:
I also use Opera (still prefer Firefox though :D) and according to the task manager: Memory usage = 16k (average) & Virtual memory = 151k (average) when browsing XDA alone (1 tab).
[About XDA developers] JimmyMcGee:
That's a mighty presumptuous statement. Regardless of if I'm browsing XDA or not, at any of the forums I frequent and if I have many tabs open eventually my Browser begins to Hog my memory, Such is the way the web is.
[About XDA developers] Archer:
Do any of the people with the issue use ad-blockers? Ads are generally the culprit with things like this as the site has no (or little) control over what content they load. Also, having 50 flash files playing on separate tabs will definitely have an impact. As tigermess said, the site is mostly just text and images so it's next to nothing.

That would explain why I don't have the issue as I don't have ads turned on.
[About XDA developers] 85gallon:
You are the one making the presumptuous statement. I don't use tabs. I usually have one site open at a time. In the rare instance I have more than one site open, it is in a separate browser session. And that is rare. I have deleted cache and temp . I don't run an ad blocker on my pc.

I am actually running on a fresh (but updated) restore of my hard drive from factory condition. I restored last week. It was doing it before and it's still acting the same way. Both in ie and ff. The only common thread is Eset smart security. I have not disabled to test that. I am leary of doing that here with all of the trash that loads with the ads here.

But when you are browsing fine, and you browse to this web site and your computer slows to a crawl, and the only thing open is this site, then that, sir, is not presumptuous!
[About XDA developers] mhhd:
I don't, but I also don't have Flash installed\enabled in Opera.
[About XDA developers] JimmyMcGee:
Fair enough.

And not to sound like a jerk, but here are your options.

1) Deal with it

B) Don't come to XDA.

In all honesty I could see that you are experiencing problems, but XDA is built on vbulletin. Which while vbulletin scales pretty good to work with XDA, its still a crappy program. Then again the sheer amount of activity on XDA precludes us from using other Forum software, and makes our site run slow on some peoples set ups.
[About XDA developers] BlAcKDoZzEr666:
XDA is the site that uses less memory on my PC and i don't have a super machine.. unlike is a pc of the stone age..

I use chrome with adblock plus, my pc is a celeron D 360 with 768 mb of RAM..

What & where's the problem?? I recommend you use an ad blocker and/or another browser..

Flash isn't friendly with any cpu and ram..
[About XDA developers] mhhd:
iii) Discuss it. Maybe someone with some insight on the back-end of XDA will chime in with advice. Maybe they don't even know some people have a problem and they will be able to make a change on their side. Poor performance and/or ad blocking aren't in anyone's best interest.

Other vbulletin forums don't gobble memory for me. I think that XDA is unlike the average vbulletin forum.
[About XDA developers] AlwaysDroid:
My computer is a single core hyperthreading 3.21GHz <--- (basically a wannabe duo core) with 1gb ram. I use chrome, with adblocker and my browser NEVER lags or anything, even with MANY XDA pages open...
[About XDA developers] JimmyMcGee:
There in is the rub. XDA is a very large forum, we have a full time person, optimizing and maintaining our servers, as I'm sure you can imagine. SO I will hit him up and see if he says anything. But we have discussed this before, in the year or more have upgraded many of our servers to improve the speed.

So while I may have seemed like a jerk, its not because I don't care, its because we are constantly trying to improve the performance of XDA. However, with the numerous different computer setups and internet connections, not everyone is going to have a blazing fast experience, some of that it outwith our control. :)
[About XDA developers] 85gallon:
Thank you. All we ask is to have your person look into it.

I will do what I can from my end. I don't think it is a vbulletin problem. That and server issues would only account for slow page loads. They wouldn't account for bringing a computer to its knees. When the page loads fully and I scroll my mouse, there is a 5-10 second lag before the page actually scrolls.

I like xda and I don't want to use ad blockers if that is the culprit as that it's how you survive and pay the bills. But there is some bad code somewhere.

I saw a few add blockers that will let you select what adds to disable. Maybe I can narrow it down some.

All we are asking is to look into and not a canned like it or leave it option.
[About XDA developers] mhhd:
It shows. For me, the XDA experience is great in all the most important ways: speed, features, and community. I guess complaining about memory usage is a bit of a nit pick =P
[About XDA developers] JimmyMcGee:
Let me know if you find anything. :)
[About XDA developers] 85gallon:
You being sincere or sarcastic?
[About XDA developers] JimmyMcGee:
Sincere, as I'm sure you know, its easier for our Admin to track down the problem if we can narrow it to certain Ads, or sections of the page, if Possible.
[About XDA developers] sknight13602:
with 6 gb of ram why are you worried about 300mb? but yea I checked a little into when I saw this post lol. There is alot active content going on in each page. What type of browser do you use? Chrome works the best for me I only have 2gb ram and I need all I can get you can also adjust your performance under the system properties to lower the amount of visual helpers on your screen ie... rounded corners on windows, color scheme, etc... but if you got 6 gb I would worry as long as you clear your caches every other day or so
[About XDA developers] 85gallon:
Haven't really had a lot of time to play with this because of the holiday weekend.

I kicked around with it for a few minutes tonight but need to find another ad blocker to try.

But what I have found so far is the ad blocker I used, Super Ad Blocker from download.com shows that when I load pages from here in ie9, there are about 15 banners per page that it blocks. When I click the main forum page from the portal, it blocks about 15 what it calls "banners." But they are not banner ads. Then when I click off-topic, it blocks another 15 or so. Within 3 clicks within the forums, over 48 of these banners had been blocked. There is no discernible difference in the look of the page after blocking these banners. There are no banners missing. The log files are not showing what exactly it is blocking. I am going to have to play with some other programs to maybe narrow it down. FF is not showing the same problems during page loads.

IE navigates much faster with them blocked, whatever they are.

On a side note, I found a new program for testing software downloads and windows updates without screwing up your system if things don't go right.

It is Acronis True Image. I used it to mirror my HD once I had it set up like I like it.

It has a feature in it called Try and Decide. You can turn that on install pretty much anything you want and test it before committing your system to the new software or windows update. If things go awry you can turn it off and discard any changes made to your system. Or you can keep them and it will commit those changes to the actual file system.

BTW, attached is a screen cap of what Super Ad Blocker showed when entering the forums in ie. Most all of the "banners" were were inside the forum page and not from the portal page.
[About XDA developers] juzz86:
The site is extremely ad-intensive without some form of ad blocking, especially the visual ads with audio. They will hog your memory like nothing else.

Also, Opera used to be notorious for RAM-hogging. There used to be jokes about Opera shipping with an extra 512MB RAM, in fact.

I'd definitely recommend an ad blocker to all of you experiencing the problem. I know on IE6 at work it's horrid, but here at home on Chrome with ABP I have zero issues and zero ads :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] rayiskon:
nail have u flashed it already? so ? is it the cheap update that's supposed to replace ics ?? :rolleyes:
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] nail16:
I have flashed it its has TW4 so it's super smooth, i'm checking the gpu md5 checksum to see if there are any changes
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] rayiskon:
let's hope so, and hopefully better RAM mangement
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] BzArEx:
Is there any problems with WiFi?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Sweetez:
Waiting for some screenshots.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] addisuw:
Finally..... Please post some screenshot, antutu benchmark, wi-fi experience, GPU, battery usage and etc
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
He already posted some screenshots. Look in the first comment.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] nail16:
**** this, It has the same old gpu drivers :mad:

i'll post the antutu scores
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gusta_HR:
What about lockscreen, how does it looks like, and power menu? Is it laggy?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
The lockscreen is not laggy, its very smooth. And it looks like the Galaxy Note lockscreen. The phone is not laggy at all.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] nail16:
It's XXKQ7 with the new added crapwiz v4.0 and the premium **** (photo editor,face lock)

Browser is the same still can see the Checkered boxes while scrolling large pages
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] rayiskon:
hmm... 19 min of odin flash still on system.img.ext4 download , i'm starting to get worried :rolleyes:

Edit: finally ,after 21 min odin decided to finish
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
Ive found already a bug :s

When i was adding a widget, and i pushed the back button, the homescreen was stuck in the "adding-widget" like homscreen, you can do everything but the homescreens are smaller. The only thing you can do is reboot.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gusta_HR:
I think i will not flash it... dont like tw 4.0 it has lots of wasted space between dock icons and screen... one word this is crap...
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] GuestK00250:
is this the official value pack?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] nail16:
Fukin bastards didn't bother to update the apps

samsung = Bunch of assholes
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] rayiskon:
trust me it is quick, the old touchwiz is slow, this one kills it, scrolling in app drawer has never been this quick on a stock touchwiz ;)

210mb average RAM used without anything installed, too much in my opinion,i think 180mb (as on SGS) would've looked nice.

the auto rotation is also tweaked, try watching a youtube video and rotating to landscape, it takes less than a sec :)

also as mentioned before, lockscreen is not laggy (for now).

Edit: Gallery loads very guickly. camera app has the snapshot icon durin video recording. autofocus still not present (at least according to my eye) .
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] h94sharma:
I encountered the same bug. One workaround is add a shortcut to the screen and then delete it. Worked for me now 3 times...
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] arkerio:
Is this Value Pack is Official Release or Custom Made ?

and it is KQ7

and on Samfirmware there Switzerland Rom which is KQB 2012 April Release

Which one Should we install and

is wifi problem solved in this pack ?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] tkcheng7676:
How do you solve the Touchwiz 4 bug ?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] kellermanv:
I said about 100 times.

1. Factory reset should fix it. If not, you have not wiped correctly the previous ROM.

2. Force launcher into memory in build.prop. Add this: "ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1" to the end of build.prop (find it in sdcard/system/) and save the file. Restart the phone and it should be fixed.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] tkcheng7676:
Ok.. Thanks !
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
I didnt wiped my memory or something. Its strange. But how do you force the launcher to do that?

This maybe helpfull for other users who have the bug.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] kellermanv:
I just told you how to do it...are your eyes ****ed ?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
rofl true
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] stuffynet:
Done that. Still keeps resetting my layout after a reboot of the phone. :(
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
I cant find the build.prop but im not affected by the bug so no problem. Sorry for that.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] mal13:
Just flashed Skyhigh 1.4c.... Antutu gave before that 3598 and after 4183.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Mr 50 Euro:
any news why my phone have always 352mb ram?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] chasemyass:
After 1day of using ir wifi dropped for me too after a few hours away of home when I got back couldn't lock on one of my wifi routers but, after a wipe cache/dalvik and fix permssions I could lock on wifi but each time I tryied to refresh my mailbox connection dropped ;(

I deleted my wifi network from phone memory and logged on my second wifi router I have in my house...and surprise the connection is working now....

Beside that this from far the best batt drain I tested...and trust me I tested some since I bought this toy...
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] b02:
i have a question, i had firmware version xxkpo which i cant find on any of the lists for stock roms... and now i flashed xxkqb, but i made a nandroid backup when i was on stock. Will it restore EVERYTHING like it was if i do a nandroid restore ? or i cant do it anymore, untill i find my stock software version to flash via odin then restore a backup ?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] nail16:
Yes, a nandroid backup will return you'r phone to it's stock state.

A nandroid backup is somewhat like a ISO image of a Disk, It copies all the partitions from the phone.

So if you have already made a nandroid backup of you'r older Rom you don't need to worry.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] b02:
okay, cause i talked to a friend and he told me it wont recover my csc and stuff... and im pretty new to samsung (been using htc where everything is kinda strainght forward) :)

so if anything happens, im safe, but i hope it won't because i really like the pack :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gusta_HR:
Sry for botherin' you all here... how to replace "old" lockscreen KQ1 with "new" KQ7 KQB Galaxy note style lockscreen? Is it just few files to replace or is it something more complicated? (Deodexed version)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] b02:
Flash the value pack... it contains new lockscreen, but your firmware will be updated to xxkqb and csc to xxkp8. flash via odin, then from cwm flash deodexed package that is provided in 1st post. i to bi bilo to, napravi backup naravno i nandroid i titanium :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gusta_HR:
I try valuepack rom, and i dont like it, im back on KQ1 and i just want a new lockscreen :p :D
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
Try KQ7. It has the lockscreen and the old touchwiz.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] b02:
then you are doomed... :D

@ XenoBE it has the 4.0 lockscreen ?

but what about wifi problems ?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gusta_HR:
And how about crt-tv off? :D Is there some app to bind soft buttons (back button) with dedicated action? For example, I saw some launcher while ago that had option "long press back button for screen off and lock".
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] alexpowermetal:
For me problem with WIFI only when a have set sleeping policy to When screen turns off. My WIFI drops after screen off, and i have to reconnect it manually, but it reconnects without problem. I didn't have any issue with XXKQ7 at all.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Mikolak28:
It worked great at first, but now it gets a lot of force closes and apps start disappearing.

Reinstalled it a couple of times, wiped every time, the problem still exists...
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] nail16:
When did you start getting FCs ?

after deodexing ?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Mikolak28:
Didn't deodex. It just started on it's own.

Or actually no, it was after I flashed Arky's and then went back to the clean ROM (arky's was too laggy). I did a full wipe though.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] nail16:
How did you wipe the data ?

Arky's ROM is a deodexed one and Without bloatware,

after flashing a stock rom will obviously cause FCs

Do a factory reset *2767*3855# after flashing XXKQB stock
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] BackDaws:
Omg the camera update is pointless, the picture it takes while recording video is @ 1280X720 and is rubbish quality.

Just give us ics cos this is dog****.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] rykn21x:
yeah you are correct! the camera update is B***Sh*t.... picture quality is not good.... it also randomly closes my apps not FC just a black blank screen then I have to press the home button to unlock my device... on a worst scenario it even shuts down my phone whenever I play bejeweled and asphalt 5/6... KQ7 only has wifi issues but this one sucks.... samsung released this just to shut us up....
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
Yes it has the lockscreen, i really liked that rom. Because its stable (i had no wifi problems), and the lockscreen is the best improvement in the value pack. But im now on KQB because i also like touchwiz 4.

There are reports of wifi problems in KQ7 just like in KQB and there is a topic made about it: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1585851
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] domi525:
Has anyone had any problems with ODIN? I was stuck in "setupconnection" for about half an hour, then i rebooted the phone since nothing was happening.

Did i setup ODIN right? (yes it detects the phone normaly) http://db.tt/x3lb7ODa

Sent from my GT-I9001
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
You need another ODIN i think. you have to look at this forum for a newer version of ODIN.

You can find it here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1345671
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] domi525:
silly me :P the day before yesterday i flashed my friend ICS on his SGS2 with this odin, i´m gonna try again

Thanks!

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what should i do after flashing the rom?

(sorry im a noob :))
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] glava34:
Wi-Fi range seems to be better on value pack for me..can any1 confirm this?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
Yes that's true as far as I know :) I get a better WiFi range compared to the previous roms :O (at the 2nd floor, modem is at ground level)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] primo:
I noticed that too and battery life is definitely better.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] XenoBE:
Just enjoy the rom :) You can root it ofc and deodex it, but i keep it stock because of warranty etc
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] rykn21x:
yeah i can agree to this the wifi range is very good on the VP....
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Gusta_HR:
@domi525

you also need aries_ve.ops file, noticed you didnt use it on that screenshot. Check one package and load rom as onepackage.tar.md5
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] :
can someone attach deodex tw4.apk please?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] FlorisNL:
Any fix for the misplaced icons? Hope to get one soon... I have made an modified Touchwiz Launcher but only want to release it when that is fixed..

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http://www.mediafire.com/?lo2nuyyhjq1nzkw
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Anta:
There will be a full version flashable via Feamod? (i mean without flash first the official via odin)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] domi525:
yeah, i´ll just wait till the ICS theme comes out, and then i´ll deodex and root it
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] tkcheng7676:
Do you all think rooting our S+ will make it laggy ? Last time I did root it, and I felt that it will becomes not that smooth...
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] wintel_mac:
Root does not affect smoothness in any way.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] tkcheng7676:
Ic.. Erm, what do you think would probably affect smoothness ?

Too much data stored in sd ? (or virus?)