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[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vipeout:
The same non-existing multitasking brought me here. I got my GSG3 on Saturday, 4 days ago. Am loving it so far.

But one thing I was looking forward the most is mostly absent: switching between apps without them reloading every time I access them again.

I had a HTC Sensation (768mb RAM) where as soon as I left the browser and returned to it, the page was being reloaded, even if I just left quickly for checking my mails or whatsapp. Not cool if you're surfng on your mobile network and have a datacap. Same goes for Games.

Then I had a Xperia S (1 GB Ram) for a few weeks. Same crap. Even if I didn't leave the game but just clicked the standby button, the game would reload when unlockign the phone a few minutes later.

Am really disappointed to see this happen all over again with the Galaxy S3. iOS might not have real multitasking, but I'd take it any day over the crap we are being served.

Just ****ing freeze the app if you can't make it run constantly in the background, I don't care, I just want it to resume EXACTLY where I left it.

I always had the impression its because of low RAM. Even with the SGS3, my RAM is usually something like 730/833mb without really doing anything. Even after clearing memory it's still 614/833mb used. Of course stuff's gonna close.

I really wanted to go for a 2GB model but there simply is nothing on the market here in europe apart from the new Nexus 4. I actually wanted that one real bad - until I learned about 16GB, no SD Card slot and non-removable battery.

So yeah the SGS3 is awesome in many ways, but this blows. I have yet to find a phone that satisfies all my needs. Oh well maybe with the S4, but there's always something isn't it?>.<
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sniper33:
before S3 a had a HTC Sensation..multi tasking din't work at all, it always refresh|reload apps

on S3 and android 4.0.4 i think multitasking work better but not so good

as far as i know the only one phone work well with multitasking is Google Nexus and the phones with clean OS from Google.

others brand make modification with OS for their launcher etc and multitasking was broken :(
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fivef:
This problem is so annoying. Even on my HTC Desire HD switching between apps worked better. I really hate Samsung for all the Touchwiz bloatware crap and for not releasing the Exynos sources/documentation.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
Well, I don't have such problems, multitasking is working just fine here unless I open a 2 gb game or Google maps or Google Earth. My ram is between 530 and 640. I have some redraws on home screen sometimes, especially on the weather widget, I can't deny that. Also is true, no 2 gigs phone in Europe until now. I bought mine in May. I will get the S4 next year. Hope to see a better and faster phone.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vipeout:
demlasjr, close all apps and then try opening a page in the browser, leave with home key. start a game, leave again. then open whatsapp/messaging and leave again. finally, open any other app (FB or youtube or whatever) and leave one more time with home button.

Thats just 4 (four) apps! By now the phone has killed your game and your browser. Just bring up the recent apps menu and switch back to the browser. It will reload your entire page from scratch, not a big deal when on wifi but a real pain in the ass when on mobile data. Now try switching to you game, it will reload from the starting screen instead of from where you left.

This IS an issue. People in denial are either oblivious to it (the average user sure is) or they don't mind their apps relaoding from scratch. I could make a nice video to show it since alot of ppl pretend they don't have the problem, but I'm too lazy to prove the obvious and since our international GSG3's all run on 1gb and more or less the same firmware, this simply can not be the case. What is possible is people using only 2-3 apps all the time, thus they never experience the problem. But there are others who don't use their smartphones only for texting and FB.

As a reference, see this thread http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s3/629432-multitasking.html. Exactly what I'm talking about.

Only remedy so far is installing aokp, it alleviates the problem a bit because it allows more open apps. it's still not good.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] asdf20:
I agree with you bro....I am struggling to find an alternate solution to this problem as I don't want to root my phone as I just bought it 15 days back.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeppelinrox:
Read my post on page 1.

Its fixed.

Yesterdays update makes the fix all automatc.

http://goo.gl/IvGL1
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] biffsmash:
To be honest, saying something is fixed, and then pointing people to a page that suggests a fix which is just as confusing and difficult to use as the supercharger script, which I could not get to work for love nor money, won't help the majority of people who want a nice and easy fix to something that requires a nice and easy fix.

I tried the supercharger script a number of times and could never get it to stick no matter what I tried so the multitasking patch surely will be just as difficult to get working for the layman as that.

What people really need is a CWM runnable file that fixes this issue.

I will personally use a custom ROM that manages to fix or at least alleviate the issues until Nexus 4 comes back into stock or the Optimus G comes out next year lol.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] demlasjr:
I tried mate. I tried with Tapatalk + whatapp + yahoo mail in Dolphin + cut the rope. Everything works fine and no redraws or refreshes. Only with Google Earth and Maps or very very big games. I can even make a video to shop you that I have no issues. Try this combination and let me know if you have redraws
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeppelinrox:
no wonder it didnt work for you.

whats confusing about "automatic"?

what people need is reading skills.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Vipeout:
I should have specified it more precisely. Try that and leave the apps for a while (say 5min). They WILL be closing. They must, beacuse you only have around 250mb free ram on the moment of booting up, without anything open. maybe u have 300mb, it's all the same. Android is designed to start closing apps when you go below 200mb free ram , and that happens rather quickly, even without starting apps. My Widgets and the launcher alone take their fair share of avialable memory.

I know you still say you don't have that problem. Here's a video where you see the difference between 1Gb and 2GB: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EzWFFD9Pbk

Here's one where u even see the 2GB S3 vs 1GB S3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr4A3mm8AgA

Go look at 03:50, that's exactly what I'm talking about. after only 4min of using the phone, the 1gb version has closed the browser already, not so the 2gb version. I repeat, if you just open apps one after another and instantly switch between them, it will not happen. It takes a few minutes until the OS starts closing the apps.

Yes I know, your phone doesn't. You just did all that and it wasn't like in the video. That's cool for you man, I envy you for your very special, magical S3. For the rest of us, it's a pain in the ass.

Sry to destroy your hopes mate, but honestly nothing can fix a severe lack of Ram. it's like with you car, if it has a tiny 1000ccm engine, the best tuning won't fix that. Sure you can improve it a bit, but it will always have a lousy 1000cm engine.

So while it's possible to have more apps run at the same time with zeppelinrox' fix, it will deplete your ram until almost all of it is used. This will have negative effects on the overall performance because the system need free Ram to "breathe". Only thing that can fix that is more ram. Oh well, no point in whining I guess.

Just sad this device didn't come with 2gb from the beginning, it would have been amazing.

Too late for me to get the i9305, I'll just wait until the next galaxy comes out
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeppelinrox:
I agree but thats what minfees are for - control your free ram.

With the multitasking mod in effect, you can run alot more apps but you cant leave the minfrrees too low.

Right now the max apps limit is so low that the lowmemorykiller and minfrees arent even used since apps are killed prematurely.

So the trick is to rely on the lowmemorykiller and not an artificial app limit.

I plan on making the limit user configurable tho (i already made a hexadecimal conversion script lol)

In the event you tried beta4 there was a bug so try beta5

http://goo.gl/IvGL1

Plug and play via adb in windows or linux
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
man Im sure u are a genius with android, but the average joe isnt, i cant understand ANYTHING about your post, seriously, could you please make a step by step tutorial (for dummies) on how to fix it? I would really appreciate it.. thanks
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeppelinrox:
No... for "dummies", there's now the ultimatic windows exe or batch file that does it all start to finish for any rom.

For linux and mac osx there's the ultimatic zip package and just run a script that does it all.

All you gotta do is plug in your phone, run the tool, and read the output
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _JKay_:
As a S3 user you could take a look at JKay Deluxe...

Here you have full control over what apps to whitelist (keep in memory) using the Deluxe Settings app.You can also set max hidden apps to 50 if you like... even the recent apps list will the be expanded to 50.

Press the S3 link in my signature.

Sent from my GT-I9300XXDLJ5
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Will this work on cm10? I'm not on stock firmware
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _JKay_:
Sorry no.

Sent from my GT-I9300XXDLJ5
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Man could you explain to me what do I have to do?I keep reading your post and I don't understand anything, bunch of fancy words and its a huge post, English its not my native language also,I would really appreciate it, I'm sorry I'm such a noob :s
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _JKay_:
Man... you should take a look at JKay Deluxe... is so easy.. you will even get the Jelly bean lock screen you requested earlier! Trust me.. you wont regret it!!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
I know but you just said it doesn't work on cm10, and I'm not going back to Samsung firmware I hate it, any way it can work on cm10?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _JKay_:
Ok... still... take a look. .

Sent from my GT-I9300XXDLJ5
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Take a look of what? I was downloading the framework but you say it doesn't work, so what exactly are you taking about when you say take a look?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeppelinrox:
Ok just download the exe in the OP and run it.

I finally got it working on ODEX so you should be able to have it done fast n easy.

You wanna do Step 2A so read that part and it explains it all right there.

It's not rocket science.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] got-petrol:
all we can do is wait for a value of pack like I did on my galaxy s because of the memory the same is going to happen again because of the 1gig but Samsung cant say that to them with 2gig that there phone doesn't have enough memory to run android in a years time... Thank Samsung shafted us again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Where is that exe? the post is HUGE!! and has lots of links... and also it says something about java and supercharger etc etc, i dont understand man, im a freaking NOOB!

---------- Post added at 08:39 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ----------

I downloaded the file and it doesnt open, says it has an unkown format

---------- Post added at 09:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:39 PM ----------

Tried everything and couldn't do it, u u say it's easy and stuff but that's because u are an expert, I tried everything but only got errors, :s
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeppelinrox:
Know how to read?

Shut up and read.

The reason theres alot of info is because all basic questions are answered in advance.

Insructons are easy once you actually read something.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Ok I sat calmed,I read everything,I followed every step, and everything went great, I was so happy, only to find out that it didn't work, apps keep reloading themselves when I go from one to another, this is annoying, :s anyway thanks,I guess I'll just get a nexus 4 and sell this piece of **** galaxy s3, all fancy phone with tons of stuff and it can't even multitask, bull****
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yusei:
Try Yank555 kernel with aggressive ram manager.

With slim bean and Yank555 kernel my S3 (inter) is outstanding in multitask.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zeppelinrox:
Did you do the aLogcat test to make sure it's in effect?

If it's blank after applying the filter that means hidden apps arent geting killed.

But if it shows "no longer want hidden app #" then it didn't work (well if it says no longer want #70 it did work... anything less than 70 means that it didn't)

Also use supercharger to lower the minfrees or use recommended settings

With artificial app limits in place, minfree settings don't even come into play - apps are killed prematurely so that free ram doesn't even get low enough for the lowmemorykiller to even do anything.

Remove the artificial app limits and let the minfrees control free ram.

Anything else, without modifying the hard coded limits, is just... well... not even in the same class.

And how is aggressive ram manager supposed to help multitasking?

That doesn't even make sense.

More free ram = less multitasking
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] themadproducer:
- Guys...fundamentally, the S3 hardware is FINE! Right! It's not a POS!

- As many have mentioned, the OS memory management for some is worse than ever. Probably for many, apps are being killed even though there is still enough FREE RAM that could be used without cuasing instability. So the stock Ram Management is a POS....for some. Custom Roms? Well that's another story.

- I lucked out with the 2gb i747m S3 with 50 background apps etc. But if I had the i9300, I would spend a few days CALMLY and METHODICALLY studying the V6 script instructions...experimenting etc., and know that eventually, once I got it right, I would have proper ram management...and thus, maximum multitasking. I can 100% vouch for V6 as I used to used it on my HD2 with under 250mb free after boot. ZepplinRocks (ummm...almost 12000 thx meter) has the answer complicated or not....just spend the time and learn. It will add to your knowledge base in the end. He is giving you the key guys. Don't under estimate it. Just ask for help if you get stuck. If it doesn't work, ask for help. But it's a PROVEN method.

- I also believe that after a fresh boot, you need to have a certain amount of free ram before you start opening other apps and multitasking....that is....unless every app your ever gonna used, is already preloaded at boot! So carrier bloatware does not help. BLOATWARE...Freeze them or remove them. Use AUTORUNS to disable unnecessary apps from loading at boot time. But...the truth is...there is not doubt in my mind, that having 2gb (more like 1.6gb) is superior if you want to multitask large apps/games, but if your stuck with 1gb...then FIX IT. It's fix-able.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Yusei:
It helps multitasking cuz the phone will never run out of ram.

If you always have minimum ram free your phone will become a turtle in your hand.

I like the results, I've a great multitasking without phone slowing down.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shamus_bip:
I have to say that the international version of Samsung galaxy S3 is one big piece of s... And what an expensive s... The only solution that may work requires to root your phone. Well in most countries rooting voids the warranty, so bear that in mind. I don't say that I don't appreciate guys that tried to work out a solution for this problem, but there is a big letdown: ROOT REQUIRED.

My advice as an unlucky Samsung Galaxy S3 user: Don't waste your money on it! If you already did so, try to sell it fast until everybody will hear about this topic and issue.

I'm sorry about my hateful post, but the frustration that I have every minute spent with galaxy S3 could not let me stand down.

I am feeling now exactly like I felt when I found out about my latter android phone ( HTC desire) "multitasking".

PS: I bet this one will get deleted ;)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cubitusclaudius:
I hope your post will not be deleted. I am also very disappointed about S3 as I bought it after reading that it was a full multitasking phone, which is not the case, even if rooted. This is because of lack of RAM!

anyhow, for me it's the last Android phone I buy with such stupid things as Sense or Touchwiz. As you can see, I'm running Cyanogenmod ROM which is really fast. I installed also Cyanogenmod on my old HTC Sensation recently, and it became really fast and fluid...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drdax:
Interesting thread about multitasking issues.

I'm running omega 34 and Siyah kernel.

No issues here 1MB euro model.

No lag or jerkiness switch between apps and run split screen 2 apps at same time no prob

Sent via Indie's Omega powered S3 using Forum Runner

Omega rom 33.x// Kernel: Siyah 1.8 (dual boot)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cubitusclaudius:
Don't have lags neither, but real multitasking should let background apks run even after 10 minutes...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Galactus:
Main complaint is one could multitask happily without rooting on the S2, this is not the case with the S3
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winol:
I have an sg 3 I9300 intl. and runs very, very well, I dont know why yours doesnt, I have sotmax ultimate stock v9 , yank 555 kernel overclocked to 1600, and runs fine, try this combination, maybe It will help you
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Every i9300 runs well, and fast etc, that's not the problem, the problem is that when you have several apps opened, and you want to switch from one to the other, the phone has to redraw/reload the app again, this happens due to its lack of ram, it cannot keep apps running in the background, it has to kill the apps and when you go back, it's extremely annoying that is has to reload, this totally ****s up the multitasking experience, you just can't switch from app to app quickly and instantly, and there is no kernel or mod or rom that can fix this, because it's just lack of ram, of course you can do some stuff to make it a little better but it won't fix it, but even with the best tweaks you can apply, having 5 apps running at the same time will already consume 85% of your ram and it will start killing the apps in the background, this might not be a big issue of you do not use several apps at once, but for me it is and that's why I'm selling my i9300
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oToNo28:
Same problem ,I think ram(1GB.) Insufficient for running manny apps.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OnlinePredator:
I'm finding it so bad i'm considering selling my new s3 for the 4g version or going back to s2 for a little while. It's crazy! I don't see why android needs 700-800mb of my memory just sitting there. It's to the point that after opening a few apps and having 7 tabs in chrome, some of the tabs will redraw when switching to them, and this isn't even going to another app, just switching tabs!

My s2 does not have theses issues at all, I can pull up chrome that I was using a few days ago and the webpages are there already loaded, no reload...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Unbelievable, the worst thing is that even in very light roms like cyanogenmod, this still happens, It's Unbelievably annoying, and apparently there is no way to fix it, :s
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ausboy 2011:
I have no problems with 1 gb ram :) after apps loaded and what not I still have 200mb free I used to use min free mod but it always closed apps best advice I can give use stock rom with no mods and remove useless bloatware
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
I couldn't agree more. I decided to buy the S3 as an "upgrade" from my S2. Apart from the HD screen I feel that it's more of a downgrade.

My S2 was faster, smoother and could multitask perfectly!

I was so sick of using my S3 (it actually felt like a hassle trying to use it) that I forked out for the i9305 LTE 2GB RAM version. THIS PHONE IS A BEAST! It multitasks amazingly, I can play a game (NOVA 3, GTA etc) leave it in memory and come back days later and keep playing.

I don't think I've ever had to reload an app since I've owned it.

Of course I'm rooted, bloatware free and have JKAY mod to keep certain apps in memory, which helps alot.

Honestly, buy the i9305 and sell your i9300. You will not regret it!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
I thought about it but will the roms built for the i9300 work on the i9305?
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
The ROMs won't but there are a few really good ones available. I'm using Ripper ROM and it's one of the best ROMs I've ever used.

Themes and mods can be installed on the i9305 easily.

It has Perseus kernel and also JKAY mod now.

In my opinion even with limited ROM choice this device blows the i9300 clean out of the water!

I'm using Ripper ROM, Jkay Framework, Persues Kernel and Motomoto theme :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LRC1710:
Yeah i wanted to buy that one but i think I'll wait for the s4 coming in a few months, and this one will be easier to sell :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jastonas:
Galaxy S3 is a good phone.

This problem though is unacceptable.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zelendel:
I have had both of the models and to be honest there is little to no diff in how they handle multitasking. So lets stop the moaning and complaining about this shall we.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dopius_Fishius:
Hi everyone,

Just wondering if someone could dump the 4.1.1 version of the stock Android keyboard from their phone for me? I've searched for some hours now and cannot seem to find it anywhere on the interwebs.

I have a friend with an 4G Galaxy S3 who would like the factory keyboard, but I (un)fortunately got 4.1.2 OTA for my Nexus the other day and it doesnt want to install on the S3 running 4.1.1.

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
Download a CM9 ROM and get it from that...
[HTC One S] nikolaoh:
Hi,

I have HTC ONE S. My phone is powered off, when I try to turn on nothing happens. When I press power button 10sec on my screen I see only flash 1sec and charging indicator flash ones and then turn off again

I put it on charger but battery charging indicator is not flashing

Please give me advice!!!

Thanks
[HTC One S] beni8978:
Try to hold the power button(so 5minutes) to charge the battery because your battery is 0%(I propose)..

Then try to power on,if u don't succed,try again

Sent from my HTC One S using TrickDroid 3.0.0
[HTC One S] nikolaoh:
thanks for your reply , but I still can't turn off my phone. I try with your advice.

Something that I forgot to mention is that yesterday I unlock my phone and then I install Clockworkmod (CWM) Recovery. At that time my phone battery was about 20-30% charged. And then I simply shut down my phone , until today , and now I cant turn on

I'm not finished with Step 3 from this tutorial http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1583427

Now I have the same issues as described in this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1843048

I try to clear cache using fastboot command but, windows didn't detect my phone

Please give me some help!!!!

Thanks