yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
I think that Facebook is the main contributing factor now that it has been brought to my attention. I reported having the delay in sms and people/contacts where I had to wait for the phone to remember the contact name some weeks ago but to no avail. I think it was 4.6 where I got fed up with Facebook (note even while using FB I NEVER sync) & switched to Friendcaster instead. Since then I haven't had either issue. I've got 703 contacts, so i don't feel too confident on that being the issue unless coupled with using the dreaded memory hog Facebook. Just my 2 cents
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] alucke:
Error code 1

help, when I try to flash MeanRom 4.8 I get and error code 1 in TWRP recovery. any help would be appreciated.

alucke
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] banccalif:
Might be that you updated twrp? Try rolling back to the version found here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1935089
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
That makes sence. I dont use facebook and dont have the sms issue. You see, just another reason to stay away from facebook!:p
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sslbaron:
Same here. I have not synced my Facebook contacts, and I haven't had any sms issues either using Handcent.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] P.Mobile:
what version of twrp are u using??
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Jerz:
hmmm... I'll uninstall and see what happens....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] netengineer:
I did notice every time my messaging app (GOSMS) would lock Facebook would lock. I also noticed my Facebook would lock my messaging app would have issues. I will freeze Facebook and see if that does anything

EDIT : Yep, that stopped the lag in GOSMS. I froze all the stuff dealing with Facebook in titanium and it fixes it
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vfox126:
Mikey it's been pretty quite lately. Anything cooking? 4.8 is running great for me, but I'm starting to get the shakes from not getting my usual flashing fix
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] midmadn:
You need TWRP 2.2.2

The newest one 2.3.? isn't working correctly.

Jack
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kenpen:
::D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CheriePie:
Re the CONTACTS issue:

Facebook - 922 contacts

Google - 482 contacts

Phone - 0 contacts

On Facebook, I'm using the setting to Sync with Existing Contacts only.

Even when I had wiped my Contacts Storage file, disabled Facebook (and Google+) syncing, and restarted from scratch using only my Google/Gmail contacts, the problem eventually crept back in. Probably due to the fact that my Google contacts alone hit that 450 barrier. :(

I do have aLogcat though I don't really know how to use it well. I will attempt to grab a log file at the right time if you think it might still be useful. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mikeyxda:
I'm trying to get to the bottom of the Facebook-contacts conflict so that I can make adjustments and create a new version based on that. As of now, I don't have a solution and everything else (other than the messaging delay) is flawless so there's really nothing to flash. Personally, I'm with Osirus: I don't use Facebook because I think it's garbage... but that's obviously not the solution because plenty of people would disagree and do use it. FWIW, until/if I find a neat solution, I've never had the messaging delay problem and I don't freeze Facebook: I just don't use it. That means I have it installed but I have Facebook sync turned off and I don't even have an account set up on it. So clearing data for the facebook app and disabling facebook in accounts and sync seems to be all that is necessary to fix the SMS lag issue.

But I'd still like to find a more elegant solution. I hope if another couple people post logcats (captured during or right after the delay), I can find a common link and maybe develop a fix.

Mike
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
Probably why I never saw it either. Spacebook apks are not even on my phone. I think it's garbage as well. Just a website for people to stir up crap, cause drama, or brag about the porsche their sugar daddy 80yr husband bought them.

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] smarkum:
So something I have noticed. . . I leave my phone on and charging each night as it is my alam in the morn. Then to shut off the alarm I totally shut down the phone . . . power off and there it sits for an hour or so before I grab it to leave for work. When I turn it back on and it is all ready to go, I always have 4G signal for a few minutes. I go quickly out to the net and pull up a graphics heavy page just to marvel at the speed! But, then after just two or maybe 3 minutes, I will lose the 4G and 3G pops up. This will happen all from my room where I turn on the phone. I sit in the same place while it is booting up and the 4G comes on until the 4G goes away and then I leave from that room. I used to think it was a reception issue and that if I moved an inch that was what caused it to flip to 3G. But, NOPE. It just does it.

Now, up at my work I get 4G signal. And, my phone will get on 4G and stay there longer sometimes the whole time until I leave that area. But, at home, it NEVER stays on 4G and will only connect to 4G (at home) when the phone has been reset. . . . any thoughts about that?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Nygel:
That is the tower, you are at the outter limits to it barely bounces your way.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] netengineer:
Mikey, if I do a search on "Facebook" in titanium I see 3 apks. One is the Facebook app,one is Facebook for HTC and one is the engine. Anyway, if I freeze them all the messageing app seems to work fine. If I enable only one of the three then the issue comes back. No matter which one I enable. Hope that helps.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] iconeo:
Maybe you have some flying wombats interfering with your signal.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] obperryo:
So, as stated last night, I couldn't get it to do it again. This morning.. was messing with facebook and I noticed it was not wanting to come in, so I jumped to messages and the text message hung.. Was actually able to go back and forth a couple of times before it started working.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KEYofR:
There could be something to this facebook idea, because as it happens I always delete all the sense facebook and friendstream and twitter related stuff immediately after each new flash. I use system tuner or titanium to do it because so far it's been fast and easy enough that it's actually less work to tick off 15 or so apps and services manually one time right at first boot than to wade through the romcleaner script.

I could re-flash and write down or screen shot everything I delete and make an explicit list instead of the handwavy description above. Or maybe grab a logcat of the whole process, to get the actual package/file names.

I do have regular facebook and g+ installed, but no special sense integration and no twitter or flikr at all. Also no skydrive.

I only remove those because they just seem to be costing me more in syncing than I think they are worth in what I get out of the integration. I used to have all that stuff linked all the time way back on the og evo for a while so I know it can be sorta neat sometimes.

Lately I don't happen to have Skype or google voice or any other VoIP app installed either. Another set of potential contacts syncers.

Also no txt/mms apps or add-ons.

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Actually I think I did have pictures in contacts on the sph-i300. It was a full screen color palmos phone. Essentially an iPhone in 2001 however much Apple claims to have invented the smartphone in 2007.

Don't hold me to it though. I couldn't care less about pics in contacts so I don't claim to be _certain_ it had that feature. It could have been a later treo that first introduced it, but even then we're talking a pittance of hardware compared to the last few years devices.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] warmachine00:
no one else is having issues with hdmi out over usb with this rom?

I specifically use the sprint dock, but I imagine it's giving issues to anyone using an mhl device
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KEYofR:
Late to the party I see by subsequent posts that show this is no longer a mystery. :)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] obperryo:
I found a way to repeatably cause the issue. Go into Facebook, menu, setting, sync contacts and then press the Sync in the upper right corner. Then hit home and go to messages and select a contact... it will get hung loading, You can hit back an try again, but it will get hung at loading until the sync finishes. I can do this over and over. This is the same behavior I have experienced with this issue, so it may be happening to us if we are accessing the messages while facebook is syncing. I personally have mine set to sync every hour in the app. Others may have it syncing more often or less often thus experiencing it more or less.

I did a logcat of just this event, so hopefully it is short and to the point log.

Edit: did one more test.. if you wait out the loading message it will eventually load the messages, say 30-45 sec.

..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cheeb:
I posted a few pages back about my mhl experience. Aside from the audio not working AFTER I disconnect the mhl (which required a reboot to fix) all seemed to work fine.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mikeyxda:
Thanks to those providing feedback on the messaging app delay. Still too early to tell I think. It could be the facebook app causing it, or it could be anything that touches the contacts database is getting locked out due to some system problem or even a formatting issue with the contacts database. So I think the facebook thing was a good lead but right now I don't really know where it's going or what to blame. I'm going to try to reproduce it by "hooking up" my facebook and trying the manual sync and then going into messages. If I can reproduce it, I have a much better chance of solving it.

Mike
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] warmachine00:
I havn't even gotten to test audio yet. video cuts in and out and is upside down.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] netengineer:
I did another test Mikey, I disabled the sync on facebook and used Haxsync to sync contacts and still had the issue. Anyway then I froze all the Facebook app but kept Haxsync to sync my contact pictures with Facebook and the problem is gone. So I think it has to do with the facebook app.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] icethegreat:
As much as I hate the Facebook app (and starting to hate the social media site itself aswell), I don't think this witch hunt will help. I say witch hunt because I use the app, im synced on every hour, im synced to existing contacts and also use haxsync. I've never had an issue like this. I tried to replicate the steps from an above post and no issues. I currently use gosms and bout a week ago stock had been fine as well... It might be something else that may trigger Facebook to appear to give you lagg but like mikey says it might be something else locking the info..
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Adebayo88:
I've realized I use this script every time I clean install.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1639275

I use it because the contact pictures would not show up in Google Voice and other apps. Idk maybe it affects the slow loading of the HTC messaging app.

I'll try and reproduce and do the logcat thing.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Ayryyn:
Does anybody else have problems with the mobile network randomly getting disabled?

It seems to happen only when I am on wifi and it doesn't appear to happen after "x" amount of minutes. I can go for hours on wifi with no problems and then suddenly the next time I connect to a network it will disable the mobile network. The option to turn it back on will be grayed out in the quick settings as well as in the actual settings. Turning airplane mode on/off does not work. The only way to re enable the mobile network is to reset the phone.

I do have the newest radio and firmware.

Sent from my EVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] sabbys:
Mikey, heads up, it looks like the Play Store update has finally been pushed out. I like the remove app from user apps list feature.

sabbys
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] ryanalan82:
Not me, it just started with the version I'm on now. if someone calls or texts, there is a couple second delay of contact picture coming up.

Swyped from my eVo
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cruise350:
I haven't had a problem with my mhl adaptor, it has worked fine so far, but I've only tried it once or twice. It's weird that the video would be upside down in the dock. Is it upside down on the phone screen too, or just the TV? Do you have auto rotate checked or unchecked as the case may be? Wish I could help more but have never used the dock only the mhl adapter.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] netengineer:
I am totally not meaning it to sound like a witch hunt. I am just giving Mikey my feedback on what I did and what stopped the slow response for me. I too use GOSMS and it would lock here and there and when sending a text it would go really slow, not the actual sending out over the network. Since you have GOSMS when you hit send do you see how the text slides to the left and then starts sending it out. It would lag really bad.

But you are right it could be a combination of things. I am just trying to help in anyway I can. (and that is really only with me testing this and that)
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] obperryo:
I see the lag in the stock when sending too.. or at least it shows the pending sending icon.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] CheriePie:
Further to my post above which has the deets, here are the 2 logcats I collected. Not knowing exactly when it starts/stops logging, I think maybe the first log might've cut off the beginning of the issue since I only launched aLogcat after the issue started. So then I went ahead, cleared the log, and collected another log while I could still reproduce the problem. So the data you're looking for may be in only one or both of the above files, not sure.

On a somewhat unrelated note, as a new user to this ROM, there were a couple things I was wondering about but my searching didn't turn up any answers:

How does the auto-brightness (and moonlight) features work and does it replace the system's auto-brightness?

What's the difference between Performance and Battery mode (per the line in MeanROM.opt). What does it default to if you don't create the file, and does Battery mode cause it to only use a single CPU core? I'm kinda wondering what the specific differences are between the two so I can decide where I want to run.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] d7racerx:
Is sense 4.5 coming to our phone soon. I love this Rom I am getting lonely no update in ten days lol... Also what tablet would someone think is best for a friend that has 3g capable and around 200 as a gift? The nexus 7 looks good but no 3g?
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cherylbaker:
Been working fine for me
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] warmachine00:
it's only upside down on the tv. auto rotate is on.

that part wouldnt bother me as much as the flickering. it shows for a second, cuts out, comes back, and repeats.

it used to be perfectly fine, although I too have only used it a few times before. it was before I rooted and flashed though.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
The Nexus 7 is the best tablet your gonna get for that price as long as you dont mind the 7 inch screen.....I have the Galaxy Tab 10.1 running CM Jellybean and its the shizzat.....

Plus, why would you need it to have 3G when you can tether through your rooted phone????:p
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] kaeXo:
I started using Google Voice to check and make sure I'm not getting delayed texts. It's always on time and is a great backup.

Swyped from my LTEVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] d7racerx:
I would tether but its not for me lol. I used the girlfriends galaxy S3 and lte pulled 26 meg downloads. Sprint is so far behind ....... On their network. Hopefully the new investment will get things moving at least in Detroit

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But also jb has no flash.....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Osirus71:
Yea, but flash is going the way of the DoDo Bird. HTML 5 is the future....
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] digiblur:
And probably the LTE connectivity issue the EVO has doesn't help either. HTC has tried to fix it twice already since it has been here since April... Yes before the phone launched.

Sent from my C64 w/Epyx FastLoad cartridge
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] robbo10:
+1 :D
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cubbieswin:
Has anyone had issues with Google Now? I've turned off Google Now in the settings, but the interface still comes up when I use search. It is horribly laggy. I use search a lot so waiting for my touches to register, then waiting for my fixes, then waiting to enter again....is just efffing annoying.

I've had the same issue with Google Now in every version of MeanROM.

Sent from my EvoLTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] trancefreak64:
Yup same here and I can never get it to close properly. I disabled it as my battery life suffered as well :(
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KEYofR:
It's one of the things I uninstall immediately after flashing.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] vopwriter:
+1, and I also have latest firmware. I am just starting to get 4g lit up in Western Maryland, so I just attributed it to Sprint working on the towers. But maybe it is something else...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] crzycrkr:
Really stupid question, but where does TWRP store backups?

Sent from my LTEVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] tourbound129:
Twrp folder on sd card is where mine go.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] baknblack:
What MHL adapter are using? I bought a couple off ebay one works well the other the video and sound cuts in and out. i need a good quality one that works.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cubbieswin:
What do you install to get google search back?

Sent from my EvoLTE
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] cruise350:
I have the official HTC one that I bought for my original 4g evo. At least I think it was for the 0g evo it might have been the 3d evo.

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By default it saves them to the twrp\backups directory on the internal sd card, but you can and I recommend you change the save location to the external sd card.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jovanbell:
As far as the contacts text message lag goes, I did find a fix (maybe) from another user in the Viper4g Rom. I *think* the user was ailima.

Go to Titanium, search for contacts OR people, back up the contacts app, THEN wipe its data, THEN backup the people app, THEN wipe its data.

Then go and open the people app. Your contacts should start redownloading or what not soon.

SO FAR it seems to be a fix somehow for the long lag i ALOT of us are seeing in regards to the sms app as well as the contacts/people app lag some of us are seeing.

Okay, I found it, here it is:

Originally Posted by ailima Ok. I searched here and there but didn't find the solution I came up with... I can't imagine it's not been done and reported but here's what I did to fix my lag issues.

1. Open TiBU and search for "Contacts" 2. Click "Contact Storage" - back it up - then wipe data 3. Click "People" - back it up - then wipe data 4. Open the "People" app. 5. Profit!

Given a few minutes, it'll repopulate from the Google/Exchange/Facebook servers.

Note: I do not store contact data directly on my phone. If you do - then I suggest you back it up directly through "People" first and then restore it after.

Good luck.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] crzycrkr:
Thank you. I was stupid and forgot to check the folder on my external card.

Sent from my LTEVO
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] babyschmoof:
Are you sure you are not talking about the Google voice search? The interface is the same, you just don't get the now services.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] Curb71:
Anyone found a fix for wifi stuck on "turning off" besides a reboot? I've had this problem on the last few roms and I do a clean install everytime.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jamesdal1:
I think the issue is with titanium, I usually back up my contacts, call logs, and sms texts via another backup utility bc when I used titanium, I was having weird issues with sms , my call history was jacked. So I backup my app data with titanium and my call history, contacts, and texts, mms through the other app.

I have not had the lag at all. I do use Facebook but don't sync my contacts with Facebook. Hope my input helps...
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] jovanbell:
Perhaps, but I do not think its really an issue of Titanium with the help majority of us. I dont backup anything to do with contacts, texts, or call logs with Titanium, I actually don't back up any of that stuff at all.

Thus far for the past 2 days or so, all has been well, including myself, with this 'fix' in another Rom forum. But maybe time will tell.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] KEYofR:
I don't install anything. I've never seen any value in the separate google search thing outside of the browser or other apps. I used to uninstall the older google search before google now also.

Perhaps I'm missing out on some much better work flow but it doesn't feel like it. It feels like I operate exactly as efficiently but with less software and less battery drain.

What do you like about google search and/or google now? Is it really faster or more convenient or more efficient than just using the browser or maps or people?

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I'd have to reflash to get it again to see exactly what it's name is, since by now I know I don't even need to bother keeping a backup, so I have nothing to look at right now.

But I know in both titanium and in system tuner it's called google now, at least lately.

Previously I think I uninstalled something else called google search or google search widget also. Next update we get I'll document everything as I go. I have been wanting to anyways so that I can slog through and translate it into romcleaner script commands so I don't have to do it manually any more.
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] mikeyxda:
Maybe this "database rebuild" is what is needed. Last night I installed Facebook (meaning opened it and entered my login info for the first time), turned the sync on, tried automatically and manually syncing and opening the messaging app while it was syncing. Never had a problem. So I'm still not sure where this is coming from but it's possible something out there is corrupting some people's contact database. So it may not be a facebook problem at all: only the fact that anything that accesses the contact database might suffer a delay and facebook happens to do that when it syncs.

FWIW, when I checked the box to sync Facebook contacts, it made a hell of a mess out of my contacts. Many duplicates created, most with nothing but a facebook picture and NO contact info, not even an email address. Thanks for that Facebook! Took me at least 20 minutes to clear out the blank duplicates. :mad:

Mike
[Sprint HTC EVO 4G LTE] imex99:
Mikey,

I'm always flashing your latest rom and flex360 latest rom and test each and always back up the latest version via a nandroid.

I'm one of the people getting the text message delay.

When opening my sms program, I tested stock messenger and handcent (which I usually use) and it happened on both, with Facebook sync on and off.

The reason I brought up flex360 and his stock with goodies is because I just flashed his latest update and haven't received a single sms delay, all my apps are up and running and facebook sync is on. Just wanted to mention it and maybe you could compare any differences between the two and contacts, etc...

Also with text message delay when my sms does open, if I type "wife", sometimes it also lags before showing my wife's number. Just a little information and when I flash back to MeanRom for the next update(full wipe), I'll try to send a logcat.