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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CCallahan:
Try a custom kernel also. Most do see a smoother experience after switching. Otherwise just do a nandroid and flash some custom ones. Then can always revert back if needed.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] miketucky350:
I feel ya on this phone. I came from a 2 yr old galaxy s2 and this thing runs worse than it did. Wonder why this super spec phone is so glitchy. Time to flash rom should fix it.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] SayWhat10:
You have a bad phone if it's running slow
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] BamAlmighty:
I don't want to bother with rooting so switching to Nova Launcher Prime made my S4 experience so much better.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] miketucky350:
I thought that. After 3 generations of samsungs, ive owned. I figured its part of them. So I rooted/debloated/greenified and its running great. Im very picky on how my computers/phones run. I cant stand lag, and will not have it. I was just let down that the out of box "Next Big thing" Had the same lags as the sgs1. Yes we on xda can fix it but what about the average consumer? Hell no. Or would the average consumer not notice?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CCallahan:
I would think the average consumer would notice. The lag is considerable out of the box however it seems to not be 100% of the devices. Some have reported smooth operation since day one. Mine was not smooth but very laggy. The MDL didn't get rid of it and Samsung really needs to get on the stick and should be embarrassed to release the device in that state. Obviously I fixed the lag but with the specs it should of been smooth as silk out of the box. Personally I don't think Touchwiz is the issue but lack of optimization of the features.

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If it is fixable by flashing a custom kernel/rom or custom launcher (reported by some) than don't see how it can be a faulty phone. Not by way of hardware anyways.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] SayWhat10:
Guys where is the lag? Are we talking just scrolling and stuff around on the honescreen? And just with TW launcher? Or in other places like running apps, browsing,etc
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CCallahan:
For me it was not just with the TW launcher and swiping, opening apps, waking up from power button, etc all had delay.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] SayWhat10:
Ok well yeh that sounds like a bad phone.I say that because mine is stock and dont have that problem.this is the fastest phone ive ever had. And of course you shouldnt have to install a rom to get your phone "right",so thats another reason I say bad phone.it should fly right out the box,esp bone stock before you add app s. I have over 200 and it zooms
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] miketucky350:
Lag was in and out of apps. Returning home. Scrolling through screens stock weather widget would take a few seconds to appear. All over felt quirky. After a lil tweaking it runs great
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] SayWhat10:
glad to her all is great

curious, what tweaking did you do?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] CCallahan:
That is why i specifically said "not bad hardware wise anyways" since many are fixing it by flashing custom.

I do see the point you are trying to make and not trying to create an argument so please don't think that. You are lucky to get a smooth running phone right out of the box. :good:
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshoot] miketucky350:
For starters I disabled some features. Went into svoice and disabled double tap home button. to open svoice. That adds lag to returning to home as it waits a few ms waiting for 2nd tap. Rooted of course and debloated the rom did a lot. No swype! Its laggy on everything. Plus a few days gone by and kernel & everything just setteling in. I have not flashed kernel or messed with cpu. Speeding up animations I've always felt it makes phone really glitchy so I leave it at 1.

Edit greenify also. disabled few apps like The Score that runs always. Greenify is a must. It should come stock
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csull23:
Phone is stock. What happens is, regardless of the sound profile, if I get a phone call my phone will ring at max volume. Right as the call comes in the phone auto-switches to a normal profile and then switches back to whatever it should be after the call is completed. Text messages and notifications all work correctly with the sound profile settings.

I've tried changing the profile through a widget, the volume rocker, and through setting>sound. Nothing works. Anyone else having this problem or have any ideas?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csull23:
bump
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RuleOfSines:
Interesting timing, I just observed this with my One today at work. The phone was in silent mode and started ringing, I took it out and ignored the call, when I looked at the profile it showed silent mode. I did not notice if it showed silent mode even as it was ringing.

I am using Llama for location based profiles but it showed the correct location and profile through that time period, so I don't think it was responsible.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] csull23:
So I figured it out, at least for my case. I had to wipe the cache partition. I didn't realize you could do this in a stock phone, but I guess you learn something new everyday.

I attached the .docx file that HTC support gave me explaining how to do it for anyone else that has this problem.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeinstlouis:
Tonight, I tried to install some apps from my google play store and I was unable to do so.

It was just stay stuck on downloading. Very frustrating.

I went to the XDA site and it said that I should clear data, clear cache, and uninstall the updates, which I did.

I hit the disable button, thinking I would be able to go right back to it and enable it back up again.

What happened was that the Google Play store Icon disappeared, along with any mention of google play on my phone. I went to another site on XDA where it recommended installing an older version, which I downloaded and hit install.

After what seemed like a long time for the Google Play Store installing screen to go away. Eventually it said it was installed but I didn't have an option to open it. I can't find it in my list of apps

I can't even get it to install!

Any help or reference to a fix would be appreciated.

I am rooted with a stock rom

Thanks

Mike
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeinstlouis:
update

I finally found my google play. There is a disabled section and it was in there.

However, I still can't get it to download and install apps. I just gets stuck at the app will be downloaded and installed. That does not happen. Any suggestions?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] prboy1969:
Did you try Rebooting the Device ? Is Data working correctly in other Apps ? If Data is working correctly in other Apps, and rebooting does not work. You can try Force Closing the Play Store. Then clear Data for it. Clear Cache, and Reboot. When it's done Booting up, sign back in. See if that resolves the issue.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] JBakey:
Try toggling your network mode. From lte/cdma to cdma only and vice versa. Mines done that to me a few times
[HTC One V] ParabolStudio:
Download, flash & enjoy :)
[HTC One V] MameTozhio:
That's a really nice battery icon! Nice job!
[HTC One V] IMadeYouReadThis:
Elegance! .. I liked it a lot.. thank you for this battery mod:thumbup:
[HTC One V] chaitanyareddy7:
Can you please make one compatible with ignorance?
[HTC One V] mrcorey:
Usually if it works with rc9.5, it'll work with ignorance

sent from a phone that's running on a rom
[HTC One V] MameTozhio:
Ignorance is Stock based, myONEv is Desire X + One SV based. They're 2 different Sense versions so I don't think they'd work.

Edit: Yep it's not working.
[HTC One V] :
Thank You !

Nice job with the icon. I'm loving it :)
[HTC One V] jitensardana:
Will it work on htc desire v?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gladden237:
when I switch to certain apps there is a white bar above the transitions. I have a screenshot attached to demonstrate the issue- Im on liquid smooth 2.5 and this problem occurs with maps,music, and play store. However when I enter desktop mode (fullscreen without statusbar and nav bar), the problem disappears- the white bar is gone.

Solutions?

can somebody provide me gapps link if thats the issue? because I've had this problem before on a different rom/gapps, but it occurred with the "messaging" app only.

Thanks
[Xperia Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] whitefang3456:
Can someone provide link for following firmware above? Really Appreciate your help :)

Whitefang
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bugeyeblue:
I have not used the maps app at all today, and my usage shows its been used for an hour and a half. Other than Google now, what should be using maps that often?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] RazaVakil7995:
It's not like that. Just like whatsapp which stays always on to keep you connected, Google maps also stays on even though you don't open it as a system background process although you don't need it. The best way to remove this is to root your phone and uninstall this 'bloatware'
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Capp5050:
There's no need to delete Google Maps. You just need to regain some control from the app. By default it sends location data to Google. This periodic data 'seepage' also seems to have the affect of 'waking' the phone from deep sleep. Silly, especially since Google wrote the damn OS.

Anyway, this issue has been covered in other threads; you should search, there are more precise instructions out there

...or you can rely on my questionable memory; as I recall-

- Go into Google Maps

- Choose Settings

- Choose Location Settings

- Un-check "Report From This Device"

Also, make sure (on same screen) that Enable Location Sharing is NOT checked and that any of the other location-specific items on the same screen are un-checked.

If you're wondering about 'Location Reporting' under Background Location Reporting, mine is set to 'Detect your location' (thus I think this setting is OK).

Try this out. For me, Gmaps no longer uses data (or wakes the phone) unless I'm explicitly using it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bugeyeblue:
Awesome. Thanks for the help. I set it up the way you suggested and I'll see how it works over the next day or so.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] maddog00:
You could the free app Greenify as well. Anything that runs in the background without your permission will get shut down by it.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] hlxanthus:
Excellent app, but it does require root privileges.

Sent from my Galaxy S4
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Capp5050:
It's desirable (to many) to have at least some background apps able to run/consume data. Yes, you can disable all (or ration out when they're 'allowed' to run, but then you lose out on the full capabilities of the device.

Trust me, having come from Sprint and a GS2, I am well versed in shutting down and restricting apps. What I LOVE about my GS4 is that I can let virtually all apps run (within reason, and w/exception of Gmaps as noted above) and I still have 28-40 hour battery cycles.

Just be wary of 'out of control' apps. Tame them, freeze them, or delete them, but only as a last resort would I disable all background apps.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] maddog00:
I agree. Just saying. Those apps that you don't want to run, you can tell Greenify which ones to disallow access. A one stop shop, as it were.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Capp5050:
My bad.:o For some reason I thought your response said "disable all background apps". Thx for the app tip.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeJennni:
I dont see any :(
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] richdaley:
Welcome to my world. It is a shame because I am betting a vanilla AOSP rom would run great on this tablet compared to the TouchWiz rom which is fine until I use it after using my Galaxy Note 2 and then it feels a bit sluggish.

I assume that the problem is the modem. I am not sure if flashing a ROM for one of the wifi models will boot. I am scared to try.
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MikeJennni:
I wonder why its not popular. .. well reply back here if you try it lol
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BRICK0044:
Just wondering if there is any change. Or maybe someone that is working on a rom for this. Thanks
[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agoattamer:
You are lucky. At least you have JB. I have the ATT I497 and it still has ICS. Been trying to find out if I could at least install your ROM on my tablet but no one ever answers. Development is dead for these 2 versions.
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blu422:
I took my stock GSIII and rooted and installed hyperdrive, but texting was really awful, and battery was bad so I proceeded to reinstall. Didn't work. So I flashed one of the rooted stock firmwares from the root no tripping flash counter thread. Now its worse. i cant get in to the app drawer it always just says that android.core or something like that has stopped and proceeds to kick me out. At this point I am done and just want to have rooted stock then use triangle away and then flash pure stock and end up with a good warranty, pure stock phone, any help?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] jayRokk:
Did you wipe your cache/data factory reset every time you flashed?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blu422:
Yes.... Even Odin flashes give me that same trouble
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] hednik:
So did you do a factory reset when you Odin back to stock with the rooted stock .tar file?
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] blu422:
Yeah...
[AT&T, Rogers, Bell, Telus Samsung Galaxy S III] xBeerdroiDx:
repeat the process: wipe data and cache in recovery then boot into download mode. flash the correct stock firmware via odin with "auto reboot" unchecked. when you get a "pass", pull the battery. reinsert the battery and immediately press the recovery button combo. once in, wipe data and cache again. reboot. report back.
[General Topics] ross d:
please could somebody tell me which video files can be played on my XDA. i have tried a few but i can only get the sound. yes, they are video files because they play as videos on my PC

thanks
[General Topics] Rudegar:
every type of media file can be played if you dont use windows media plyaer and use something like betaplayer

if you only want media player you can only view wmv files
[Nexus 7 General] walid77dz:
Hi, i want to know if 2G connections are supported by Nexus7 or not. I w'd ask also about battery life?? Thanks
[Nexus 7 General] michaelkenward:
Unless you have a special Nexus with a built-in phone option, no. The Nexus isn't a phone.

It does wifi. And I use my phone as a wifi hotspot when I want to connect away form my home network.
[Nexus 7 General] creep138:
Lol
[Nexus 7 General] graydiggy:
I guess you didn't know that there is a GSM Nexus 7.... It uses the back hauled HSPA+ and will go to 2g/edge in poor signal areas.
[Nexus 7 General] dropofdreams2:
In fact, on the GSM variant, there is an options for "only use 2g" the save battery.
[Nexus 7 General] walid77dz:
In Algeria we have only 2g connection:mad::o:D
[Nexus 7 General] H4CK_H0PP3R:
Yeah its works awesome, I am from India..no problem tried 4 Sims till now.
[Nexus 7 General] walid77dz:
Thanks, i can buy it now :D
[Nexus 7 General] Asus_USA:
Just wanted to confirm; there are actually 3G and an LTE version of the Nexus 7 out there. As to what dropofdreams2 said, there is an option on the 3G model to only use a 2G connection. The tablet will also switch over automatically when there is no 3G service available, or of the signal is too weak.
[Nexus 7 General] graydiggy:
There is no LTE Nexus 7. It uses back hauled 3g known as HSPA+.
[Nexus 7 General] walid77dz:
and about battery life, any answers??
[Nexus 7 General] graydiggy:
Nope. Each device behaves differently and every person uses theirs differently. The answer is that you will have to find out by doing it yourself.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] mjrifath:
Guys,

Is it possible to Mod Touchwiz Home Scrren size to 4 x 5 and Appdrayer size to 5 x5. (Same as in Note 2). Also the Accuweather widget to 4 x 2 instead of 5 x 2.:)

Since most of widgets are avialble in Sammy and Playstore for 4 x size. If this can be done, Snote with IdeaSketche will be fitted to screen.

Thanks in advance:good:
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] ikromy:
galaxy note II has home screen 4 x 4 ??
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] mjrifath:
No. It has 4x5 size Home Screen and 5x5 Appdrawyer
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] treacherous_hawk:
Try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2038675
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Themes and Apps] NoteboyTech:
I will do it!!
[HTC Inspire 4G] n0z4a2:
Let me start by saying this, yes its rooted w/ cyangenmod 7.1 and I don't care if I get back to factory settings.

Ok so I bought my 2nd inspire from a guy at work for 60 with the cyangenmod 7.1 on it. Brought it home then 3 days later it reset it self and lost all access to google play and I can not add my account. So I went into hboot / recovery and tried to reinstall the Rom but didn't work because it went to the first HTC screen and browns out to black, reset again and worked (ie phone text and web) with no access to Rom manager (forse close) then I hbooted it and factory reset it now it browns out resets and gets stuck on the HTC screen.

Oh it won't connect to a pc or my PS3 and does not have the menu to do so.

What can I do if anything?

Again rooted or not I don't care my old phone is falling apart and I don't want to upgrade yet.
[HTC Inspire 4G] enigma2446:
I need to know if you have a custom recovery, superuser installed, and a unlocked bootloader?

< Coming to you live from the planet One X >
[HTC Inspire 4G] n0z4a2:
Yes to all but it will not allow me to get into the custom recovery. Now it just sits at the HTC screen.

Clockwork recovery, Rom manager and something else I cant remember

S-off unlocked but no access to anything. Sd card is wiped so all recoverys and roms are gone
[HTC Inspire 4G] enigma2446:
Will it let you fastboot flash?

< Coming to you live from the planet One X >
[HTC Inspire 4G] n0z4a2:
I have no idea what that is?

My fastboot says:

Bootloader

Recovery

Reboot hboot

Power off

All of witch send it to the HTC screen and stays there
[HTC Inspire 4G] enigma2446:
Go to fast boot and plug on ur usb cable connected to ur computer. Does it say fastboot usb in red when connected?

< Coming to you live from the planet One X >
[HTC Inspire 4G] n0z4a2:
Sorry for the delay I'm working 12hr shifts right now.

My computer does not recognise the phone nor my unrooted inspire. Computer says unknown device detected.
[HTC Inspire 4G] enigma2446:
So in ur bootloader u don't see usb next to fast boot?

< Coming to you live from the planet One X >
[HTC Inspire 4G] n0z4a2:
No
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jonathanpaquet:
Hi,

I have been using that Samsung Galaxy s2 skyrocket for several month, and when I go outside US, I may stay for long period out of US, so here is my issue...

Where I am currently there is 2 or 3 provider, and depending on the area my phone select either one of the 3...

But I found out that 1 is working better but it is not always selected.

So I wanted to select it manually when I want to be on it, but the only option in "Network Operators" is "default setup" and is greyed out.

I really need to be able to select the operator, as I also found that when using one of the 3, many people told me that they tried to call me ans was not working, or I try to make a call... and it works 1 times out of 2. But when I am on the better one it works better.

Please tell me that there is something that I can do about it... does not care if I need to root the phone or put a custom ROM on it... etc.. anything that can end that nightmare. :crying:

The details..

Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket : Samsung-SGH-I727

Android 4.1.2

Baseband I727UCMC1

Kernel 3.0.31-844945

Hope someone will have an answer to this...

Thanks.

Jon
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] jonathanpaquet:
I finally got it, just flashed a custom rom cyanogen.. and it works now, I can select operator..
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rahulrulez:
Camera does not autofocus properly on apps like Vine, Cinemagram. On cinemagram it always stays out of focus.

Am I the only one with this issue? or anyone else is also facing the same?

It sucks I can not use apps like Vine, Cinemagram.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tsubasa9:
for me i event cant make any video on vine apps.. keep restarting.. :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] steveperrry:
I have rooted my s4, and am currently just running stock. I am trying to figure out the best way to prevent OTA's from causing me to lose root if verizon pushes an update. I am trying to figure out if I have custom recovery installed, and verizon pushes an OTA, can I still boot into custom recovery and reload my previous backup to retain root? Would it be better to flash a ROM that has OTA's removed like Beans? I just really want to make sure that I don't lose root because I know eventually verizon will try to do something to squash root for this phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dragonhart6505:
i thought i would ask what people really think of the PIE and RIBBONS features.

personally i find them quite useless and clunky whenever i WANTED to use them, but i am a simpleton who will do things the long way because it actually feels MORE convenient. i have my apps set up on my homescreen in neat named folders, i use the status bar when a notification comes through and the apps i use most are already in the Recent Apps menu.

i know i know i know, it's a customization thing. some people like them and others swear by them. yes they have their uses and functions but i already find it all too easy to do the same thing they offer right out of the gate without having to go to the settings menu and find the actual feature then configure how i want it to react and how big and where to put it and then getting used to where the triggers for them are so i dont keep opening them by accident while im doing something else and...

or i could just use the notification bar and the app drawer because im too lazy and it just feels more natural.

these are my thoughts. what uses have you found for PIE and Ribbons outside of what you can already do from the homescreen.

i don't want to argue and i do find these options neat, so please don't think im $h****ng on them! just want to find a reason to want or need to use them
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] beekay201:
If you don't use expanded desktop, then there's no need for pie. Simple.

a manta wrote this.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] keith.mcintyre26:
Man I love AOKP's ribbon feature. I can jump to any app anytime with a swipe. Of course you could always press home, tap your folder and launch an app but this is so convenient.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dragonhart6505:
yea, another cool feature that i just havent found a proper reason to turn on for more than 5 minutes
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dragonhart6505:
like i said, actually having the feature is nice but no matter how much ive tried to "train" my thumbs right i just cant get the Ribbons to respond the way they should. its not a problem with my phone and its not that im afraid of change or anything, i just cant do it LOL.

Ribbons is like Swype to me. a good feature that is supposed to, and proven to, make a common task simpler and more fun to use. unfortunately for me, like with Ribbons, i just cant get around to using it at any point.