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[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] TerraOne:
CONFIRMED: gsiff_daemon RUNAWAY on replacement S3 too

I had JUST gotten comfortable with the phone the past few days, as I had installed Facebook and used the hell out of it for several days without incident and was convinced it was a hardware problem instead because nothing I would do would trigger the gsiff_daemon RUNAWAY problem on the replacement phone.

Until just now this morning - and not while traveling, but at home. I no longer think it's Facebook, since I've been using it day and night for several days. I think it's a bug in the OS itself, as deployed on the carrier S3's at least.

TouchWiz-crash-caused hotboot triggering the gsiff runaway makes sense considering how random the runaway is, in that it happens no matter what your phone settings are, and no matter what apps you've installed.

This morning it happened as Chrome crashed, triggering the following sequence of events (without the usual "Unfortunately, blah blah has stopped" message though). The only thing unusual that was turned on, that I haven't had on the whole time with the new phone, is automatic brightness for the screen after waking in the middle of the night, opening a text, and getting blinded by the superbright screen. Three hours later, just after opening chrome and DURING a data source switching, the phone hotboots to a gsiff runaway in the following sequence:

I tapped Chrome to open and then, seeing 4G was on instead of wifi, I pulled the taskbar down to turn wifi on, but it switched over on its own before I could do it manually. At that very moment of switching over from 4G to wifi, the active window froze unresponsive. Home button would not work, nor would "Back" (but the bubble-sound feedback still worked with every touch of it). No buttons, no touchscreen, nothing worked except sound feedback on touch.

Then, the ENTIRE screen went black for 10-20 seconds while hotbooting, as the lock screen soon appeared and I had to unlock it.

After unlocking, I immediately went to settings to turn on CPU usage and saw gsiff_daemon as the second line under the CPU freq meter. Watchdog was going berserk too warning of 60% processor usage/misbehaving app. Bottom of the battery/back of the phone began to warm quickly and 3% of the battery had drained since the initial TouchWiz freeze 2 minutes earlier.

Before rebooting to shut down gsiff I tried toggling everything like GPS and wifi and screen rotation and motion but nothing affected/deactivated gsiff - had to reboot to stop it.

Needless to say, but I'm freaking PISSED OFF at this happening on a REPLACEMENT phone. Samsung and/or Android needs to fix this sh*t. Everybody having the gsiff runaway problem seem to have carrier-branded phones, whether AT&T, VZW, Sprint, T-Mobile, or whoever. They're all affected by it, even when rooted.

I'm just afraid we're not going to see a real fix unless it happens to a multitude of people. I'm surprised the stores aren't seeing more of them being returned, cuz now we know even the replacement stock phones are screwed up with this.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] cburon:
I have the exact same issue.

I am on Sprint.

CB
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] jcejohnson:
I had a good run of several days w/o gsiff issues then one day it seemed to loose its mind over and over. I got tired of messing with it & renamed the file. That was two days ago and I haven't seen any downside thus far.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] lowg:
I told you this 10 days ago on how to replicate the issue and I guess you felt like waiting 10 days for it happen on it's own and get more pissed off then necessary :p
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] mbze430:
So now the question becomes.. what is the adverse effect on renaming the file? The gyroscope not usable at all?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Deveron888:
I'm kinda new to all this but I have completely removed gsiff.daemon and have not had any problems so far. I am also finding my charge times being shortened to maybe a couple hours from less than 10% to 100%. Not sure if they are related in anyway though. I will keep an eye on everything and see what happens.

My Device

Bell Galaxy S3 - Rooted
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] hakoreh:
where is it located that i can delete it or rename it?
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ibous:
/system/bin

I suggest renaming it to Gsiff_daemon.no or .Bak...

Incidentally I was hoping the new UVLH2 rom would have fixed the issue but no such luck as I got hit after a couple of days and went back to disabling gsiff.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] ventzi:
What I found about this problem on my GS3 from sprint is that this happen when I use Google maps or Navigation. It seems to keep the location services even when application is closed. I was able to reproduce this 3 times now. The way to fixed is to go to all applications find the Maps then remove all updates and then try to Disable the application then reboot ( you can't completely disable the Maps because is considering a system apps and after the reboot will start again but you can do the same thing one more time or until android system change to system from Gsiff_daemon or gone as aprocess). Then you can install again Google maps updates. Eventually will happen again but let's hope for update from Samsung or Google maps.
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] Deveron888:
I used Google maps just yesterday and it never triggered gsiff.daemon, I never use Navigation. I have had my phone randomly freeze then load everything again like you just turned on the phone and thats when it turns on. I'm never doing the same thing twice when it happens. Maybe different carriers have different triggers?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Haribo_Mel:
Hi Guys,

Couldn't find another thread on here with this so sorry if there is already one.

I am based in Australia and have just put Jelly Bean on GN. Everything seems to be working pretty well. One issue I am facing though is that the new google voice search does not seem to be working 100%. I can ask for weather and speed of light etc. with no issues. however when I try and set a reminder, text or tell it to call someone I only get web search results.

I have changed Language settings to US English and Search using google which gives me knowledge graph.

The other thing I have noticed is that i seem to have a different voice then those posted in the the google voice search videos. The voice is not american and sounds more driod than person.

Just wondering if anyone has any thoughts on what might be wrong or if there is anything I can do to solve it?

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Yep you guessed it, yet another blue theme for JellyBean. However, this one has a few tweaks that others may not have. Try it out and let me know what can be changed please or made better. Here is what is themed;

-NuBlue on most of the png's and some animations

-Blacked-out menu background

-NuBlue Black contacts

-Black-tranparent pop-up menu's

-NuBlue themed semi-transparent drop-down screen

-NuBlue themed settings icons

-NuBlue Andy lockscreen

-NuBlue themed calculator

-NuBlue 4GLTE data mod (credit to Detnotation)

-NuBlue themed 1% blue Andy Battery and navbar softkeys

-NuBlue Clear MMS

-Clear blue news and weather widget

-NuBlue themed navbar glow

-NuBlue themed new reboot/recovery menu

-NuBlue Themed Gmail

-NuBlue Themed Email

-NuBlue Themed Calendar (credit to Travp624)

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9663029/Camblue NuBluev6.zip

I have flashed this on both JD's, Jakes 4.1, and now 4.1.1 roms and they work perfectly. Please make a nandroid backup first and flash in CWM. Enjoy and hit the thanks button if you like. Please feel free to PM me if you have any problems or suggestions.

V6

Added my new Transblue genie widget

V5

Snyc problem fixed with NuBlue email

V4

NuBlue Black and Blue market

New themed contacts

V3

-New and improved theming on contacts and phone

-Fixed themed apps loading up as doubles

-New themed GPS notification

-New and improved Email, Gmail and Calendar theming

-Color matched navbar to theme better

V2

-Lightly themed email, themed calendar

-Tightened up theming on Gmail to match

-Matched numbers on contacts and now easier to see.

-Made Andy a little taller on the lockscreen cause he looked like a midget (not that I have anything against midgets LOL)

Please check out the pics!!!

http://s1261.photobucket.com/albums/ii597/camblue3127/

*NEW* (20120716) Camblue NuBlue for Rootz Boat (and other JB roms that have a two screen reboot/recovery menu)!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9663029/Camblue NuBlue for RootzBoats.zip

Here are some custom mods for my USMC brothers and sisters (and anyone that would like them) Download all four zips,,, flash the systemui zip first in CWM, then the other three in zip themer and then in CWM. Once all that is done you should have a 1% Eagle Globe and Anchor battery, Eagle Globe and Anchor lockscreen,home button and Eagle Globe and Anchor navbar softkey glow. The fifth zip is a systemui mod for Rootz Boat style roms that have a dual screen reboot/recovery. PLease make a nandroid back up before doing anything. Pics are on photbucket, hope you enjoy!

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9663029/Camblue NuBlue EGA Custom Mods/Camblue NuBlue SystemUI EGA.zip

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9663029/Camblue NuBlue EGA Custom Mods/EGA Battery Mod Zip Themer.zip

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9663029/Camblue NuBlue EGA Custom Mods/EGA Lockscreen Zip Themer.zip

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9663029/Camblue NuBlue EGA Custom Mods/Softkeys Blue EGA Logo.zip

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/9663029/Camblue NuBlue EGA Custom Mods/RootzBoat EGA Systemui Mod.zip

Credit to Uber for an awesome base market!

Credit to Dustin 7 for cool pics to use in contacts!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Nvmind
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Thank you!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gr4ndm4st3r_bl4ck:
Dude I know XDA's rules are against using work of others before asking , but seriously, it's one icon...

He could have found it ANYWHERE on the web, just because you want everyone to credit your work,

doesn't mean they actually will... some people just get your icon , reupload it somewhere else, and they don't care about what you say.

No need to go all ballistic... and he did credit a lot of people for bigger things, why would he use your icon without doing the same...

I'm just saying.

On a side note, your icon is nothing special , I've seen it ages before you made your theme ( which is nice btw ), anyone can PS that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
I didn't go ballistic I said one statement and it wasn't in ALL CAPS RAGE.

I've not see. That icon and having the play store renamed to the market together anywhere... other than my theme.

Also didn't say just the icon... the app altogether...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Like I said sorry dude it really was an honest mistake. It is gone out of my theme and the op has been updated no harm no foul again I am sorry
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
No problem I try and work real hard on theming things and when somebody just takes something from it not even asking its the most annoying thing. I apologize if I came off like an ass but i didn't call you names or write in it all caps... so I was just addressing the fact that your market looked exactly like mine. If you could delete your quote and we can wipe this thread clean.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] illr:
This is ICS blue right? Not that ugly ass neon ghetto ****? Looking good though bruh.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
I completely understand, I am new to this and learning. I have seen my stuff used already in other themes so I feel your pain. I always try to find the source of something when and if I use it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Yeah I tried to take as much of that out as I can. It is a work in progress, thanks again!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Skilover:
Since you say you are new to this, i'm going to tell you, you did a fantastic JOB!! The theme is similar to many others, but has some nice touches. Did you get email working yet? Also, is contacts truly inverted? No one else seems to have that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Thank you very much! Thats awesome to hear! I am loading up my transparent contacts that I just spent all day theming. Let me know what you think then I am tackling email LOL
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
New transblue contacts up in the OP hope you like, let me know how I can improve please
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] skeeter123:
People FCs....

Hey, Cam! Nice update!

But....my "People" FCs now...and the Bluetooth and alarm clock might be just skosh (which is 3/4 of a "tad") dark on my phone...

Running BAMF 1.3, Imo's 4.0 kernel...

Can provide more info if needed...

Thanks!! Making good progress!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ks2332:
Totally uncalled for the thread had been wiped clean of the bs till....well you...just saying ubers the man and then again who wouldn't be mad if some thing was taken without permission so I'm on team #uber
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anton2009:
Would really like the email app to be inverted/blue/themed, whatever! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
I dont want to break this out to a he said she said war,,,nothing was taken from anyone. I found a market from another site in another theme and liked if,,,that person gave me the go ahead to use it,,,well come to find out it wasn't really his. So in all fairness to another themers hard work I took it out, what's right is right. Such is the android community, we have to uphold the integrity of it or well wind up like apple fanboys HAHAHAHAHAHAHA:p

Now that should put an end to that,,,let's move on and get some good feedback please,,,I am all about learning!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Just got back from seeing Spiderman,,,now its time to work on some email!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Archangel:
Looking into making the color more even throughout and can you send me a logcat of the force closures please
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reluctantwinmouser:
When I type in *#1234# on my phone I get:

PDA: I9100XXKI4
PHONE: I9100XXKI4
CSC: I9100IXAKI4

I was hoping to update it to ICS from the current 2.3.5, but when I go to the Official Firmwares Thread (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1075278) I don't see any firmware for KI4 with ICS.

Can anyone confirm if ICS has been released for KI4? Is it possible to use another firmware without wiping the phone or risking bricking/stability problems?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Deleted member 4038153:
Why would you expect to find anything related to KI4 for ICS? It's entirely irrelevant, it's just to do with when that particular firmware was released.

Here's an old post of mine: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19384876#post19384876
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] reluctantwinmouser:
Thanks that makes a bit more sense now.

But when I'm looking down that page I see various XX releases, e.g. XXLPQ but how do I find one that matches my CSC? Or does it matter whether or not I have one that matches my CSC? (the phone was bought unbranded off Amazon.de).
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fxrb:
Use CheckFus and enter the data of your phone. It will tell you about the latest stock firmware released for your phone. If it turns out it is what you want (ICS), you can download and flash it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Skyrocket2Paradise:
what is the difference between the UXCLF3 and the UCLF5 sky ics modded kernels?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RabidSmurf:
If I recall correctly, UCLF3 is the rogers RAT unlocked radio that lets you switch bands. UCLF5 is the rat locked AT&T modem. I've used both they both work fine.

Whoops just saw you were asking about the kernels, my bad. The uxclf3 is official and uclf5 is the latest leak i believe. Not sure on the specifics.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] OFWGKTADGAF:
Uxclf3 is official rogers. Uclf5 is latest at&t leak.
[Off-topic] XxLostSoulxX:
Is it honestly worth buying an NS4G? Is there anything it can do that my Epic 4G cant?

Granted it has no KB, but i'm just curious as to, is it worth 100$ for me to buy a NS4G. or just wait to Nov 1, and buy a newer phone and keep the Epic 4G as a Backup versus having 2 backups.

I (not me personally) can port roms from the NS4G to my Epic 4G, so all in all is it honestly worth a 100$ to get one seeing how i have the Epic 4G, and come Nov 1, i can upgrade to a newer phone.

TIA
[Off-topic] XxLostSoulxX:
Any Advice???
[Off-topic] mtmerrick:
i say skip the NS4G and grab a GS3. By the sound of things you're on sprint - they already have the GS3 available, and its beautiful <3
[Off-topic] XxLostSoulxX:
yeah i have sprint and come nov 1 i can upgrade ive seen the S3 but not sure, i was just wondering if its worth 100$ to even mess around with for time meaning but thanks
[Off-topic] mtmerrick:
Well for the time being, if you have $100 to blow, and you can get it for $100, why not?

If nothing else, Google said jellybean will be coming to the nexus S, so there'll be NS4G roms withing days of ASOP drop ;) it already has ICS. If you love to tinker, anything nexus will be wonderful for you. If not, well , ICS and jellybean soon after will definitely last you till your upgrade.

However, if you DO have an upgrade now, I would still lean towards something with a bit more oomph to it, say a GS3, or a Evo LTE , or a Gnex.

Its your choice, do whatever you feel is right for you. Either way, you need a new phone (that OG epic has to go), and a NS4G is just as good an option as the other three phones I listed, as far as most things go.
[Off-topic] XxLostSoulxX:
haha my Epic 4G has ICS as well and had 4.1 being ported by a few devs including an NS4G Dev.

What's funny is my phone has gone through 4 OS Updates versus the NS4G's 2.
[Off-topic] mtmerrick:
the pics say 401-Gone when i try to open them?
[Off-topic] XxLostSoulxX:
they must've gotten deleted

sorry ill edit that post to remove em and add it in this one

Battery Stat's:
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] the_dark_knighton:
Does anyone know how to get rid of the Audio Applications Notification when you plug in headphones? It just gets in the way and takes up valuable space.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] Gian006:
I am also wondering this, about to go on a 4 hour bus ride with my headphones in but the vibration on this phone is too weak so I would miss notifications and don't want to disturb the other passengers
[Galaxy S III Q&A, (US Carriers)] the_dark_knighton:
I guess no one knows how to get rid of it
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] jjaacckk94:
Please can someone show me how i can get s-off on a verizon droid incredible 2? I'm usin android 2.2.1. I can upgrade android...the device answer " web problem"...

i want to install clockworkMod recovery and cyanogenmod or an another rom...

Can someone help me?
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] sjpritch25:
You just need to flash the ruu for 2.3.3 and then you can run revolutionary.

Go here and download Gingerbread 2.3.3 firmware.

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/18873-ruu-htc-incredible-2-signed-ruus-pg32imgzip/

Download it to your sdcard and rename it PG32IMG.zip. Turn phone off, pull battery, re-insert battery, hold vol down and power to get to bootloader and it should recognize the update file and press vol up to flash.
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] dets34:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1726134
[Verizon Droid Incredible 2] prototype7:
No need to downgrade when he's on 2.2.1, just upgrade to 2.3.3 like sjpritch said and use Revolutionary.
[General Questions and Answers] Jertlok:
Hey guys, i'd like to know how to backsmali ..
[General Questions and Answers] Saintfyre:
It's real simple;

Step 1: Get a backsmali toolkit

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
After flashing darkyrom, I messed up my battery stats (I think) by calibrating it everytime I fully charged my phne. I know I what I did is stupid not reading infos about it. But just to ask, if flashing to stock firmware will fix the battery drain. Everytime i full charge to 100% and rebooted the phone, I get 22% and figured that android OS is consuming 75% of my battery. I'm pretty hesistant flashing it because of battery drain that might turn off the phone during flashing. It has no warrant already so I cannot bring it to samsung. So is it safe to flash the phone?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pittoreski:
Just plug your phone in your computer or wall to make sure the battery doesn't die.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Welsyntoffie:
Drain batt completly and then charge via pc usb untill full, unplug drain and charge via pc usb again. Pc usb has 500 miliamps, so will charge slower but will have a more full charge.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
But i will have to flash it via odin so i cant charge it while flashing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Welsyntoffie:
Your right, your phone doesnt charge while in recovery or while flashing. If you have clock work mod recovery then charge your phone via pc to full, then reboot to clockwork and select wipe battery stats. Reboot your phone and use untill it is 10% then do a pc charge untill full. No need to flash now, try my way first.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
Will this get rid off the high android OS/cpu usage? I want to flash it to stock ICS btw.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Welsyntoffie:
I think so, i dont think it is your android taking all the power, I dont know much about android and kernels and stuff, but i know allot about batteries since i am an rc driver and flyer. Your ac charger has to much current so the phone reads top voltage for a few minuts and assumes that the battery is full, when in actual fact only about 400 miliamps went into the battery and the battery capacity is around 1500 miliamp. Now if you charge at lower amp level the voltage wont go to the top right away. You should be able to get a full charge after about 4 charging sessions. I would not suggest trying to flash now with your weak battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
I messed up with the battery calibrator :( I calibrate everytime i fully charged my phone so maybe this is the cause. I will try your suggestion and see if it works. Thank you for your help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Welsyntoffie:
The battety calibration tool is supposed to wipe your battery stats like clockwork does, maybe the app has some issue and is not wiping the stats completely. Use clockwork recovery to wipe the stats once the battery is fully charged. Then again only when you flash a new rom or put new battery.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
And one more thing I noticed, the phone gets full charge so quick. Like for 30mns, it's 100% already. When before, the phone gets fully charged for like 2-3hrs.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Prashanthme:
It sometimes happens.. Did u charge from <20% or greater than that?? Becoz sometimes the battery shows fake stats.. The best way to calibrate is LEAVE the battery to calibrate itself for a week times. It needs a cycles of charge and discharge to get the correct value..
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
And the battery usage is not changing already. Been 4d 36mns 24 secs for a week. I wanna flash a stock rom but afraid battery will drain during flashing. *sigh*
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darito30:
Get a wall charger to charge the battery, check that the battery is not damaged ................................ . regards
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Welsyntoffie:
It may be possible that you have a dead cell. Charge the bat to full, remove bat and use multimeter to test the bat, should read about 4volts. Leave the battery one side for about 1.5 hours, then test the voltage again. If less then 3.7 then you have a dead cell and will have to get new battery.

Sent from my Sensation Z710e
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cessprin00:
What multimeter? Got no idea what it is. Is that an app?