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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niio:
I have poor gaming performance on my i9505. It's not lagging, but the FPS is not high enought to play the games smoothly. Actually I was waiting that all games will run smooth, when I was buing i9505, but I'm really disappointed.

for example Real Racing 3 doesnt run smoothly on high and ultra high details (which are default for i9505)- the more cars on the screen, the poor the performance.

Simpsons Tapped out - the same problem, game is lagging on some parts of the city. Actually the game has the same poor performance as on galaxy S2.

GTA Vice City also poor performance on medium and higher details.

Doesn't helps to restart the phone, there is enough available RAM +200MB when playing any game. The CPU monitor shows, that 1core runs on 100%, second core 50% and 3,4th core 0% on every game, clock is set aroung 1GHz. I'm running stock android 4.3 with touchwiz

Is it a problem of poor GPU performance, or the apps are not optimized?

Does anybody other has the same problem?

maybe there is an solution to lock GPU clock and prevent phone from downgrading the GPU clock...
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pulse654321:
Why is the phone running at 1GHz? Stock for the phone is 1.9GHz?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ken2802:
energy savings on?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niio:
no no, the phone is running OK, I don't have enabled power saving.

The clock of the CPU changes depending on the CPU load - it works good.

But for example, when I'm playing real racing 3 on default graphics settings, the CPU clock changes, but in average, the clock is around 1.2GHz and usually only 2 cores active. But sometimes and all it's cores goes on 100%. - this works OK.

But I don't understand, why most of the games are not smooth, and doesn't load the cpu on 100% to get smoother - that's the problem. Or maybe it's a problem of GPU?

Or the question could be: How to get the maximum performance from i9505? Because I don't think, that the games are using all of the phone performance and therefore the games are not smooth.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RossFixxed:
Gameloft and other companies have not remotely optimised their games for the S4 archetecture, so they just lag and run poorly. ART in Kitkat may well solve a lot of this issue once it is fully implemented and supported. Some games run fantastically well (bard's tale) and others (gameloft, gta vice city and others) run absolutely awful. I installed them on S3 and they run great, and the CPU useage and GPU is far better. It's a mix of the S4 and the game devs. OpenGL ES3.0 helps in 4.3 (especially google edition, touchwiz slows EVERYTHING) and ART hopefully will help again in 4.4.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niio:
so one option is to flash stock android without touchwiz, or second option is to wait for 4.4, which will come in next year?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RossFixxed:
I find the Google Edition better, but far from perfect for gaming. I'm using a rom for Google Edition. 4.4 can be flashed now with ART support, but as it is Alpha/Beta status at the moment (even though alpha/beta aren't used as they actually are in software testing) so there are niggles and bugs. I'd say flash 4.3 and see if any better, keep backups, and maybe if you're adventurous try 4.4.

As I say it's better but badly optimised games will just be badly optimised games that lag and stutter. That's gameloft in my experience in general. Filter reviews by 'from this device model only' on the play store and see how many 1 star reveiws there are from S4 users. The S3 is far faster with the same games side by side. ART better sort this rubbish out!
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] niio:
so maybe it's a reason to move to iOS, where the apps are perfectly optimized :(
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RossFixxed:
As much as I love Android, the user experience on iOS is really really lovely. The games load so well and they tend (not always) to run great! Both have their advantages and disadvantages, and I don't buy into this calling names rubbish android forums always devlove into. The best user experience for me on all my devices is the iPad. It's pretty much perfect out of the box.

Obvioiusly iOS is very restrictive and closed and the keyboard drives me mad, but yeah it's a good alternative to Android.

Writing an Android app is an exercise in sacrifice. Hey there's a cool new feature in 4.3 I can use for notifications... and 95% of my customer base is gone already on older versions etc. It's very, very annoying. And throw in OEM messing with the OS and you have a huge fragmented mess on your hands.

iOS ain't perfect but let's not be totally blinded to its positive points.

EDIT: My current setup I tend to use most is my S4 (GE rom) and iPad for tablet. Seem to suit best
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xFixi:
Hello,

atfer i updated from ArchiDroid 2.2.3 to 2.2.4 i saw that GMaps wasnt shown in the Launcher anymore, so i checked and it isnt even installed on my device.

When i try to install it from the Play Store i get the Error Code: Incompatible with other applications(s) using the same shared user ID

So i tried to flash the latest GApps package for CM but still GMaps isnt showing up.

Does anybody know how i can fix this problem?

Regards,

Fixi
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mutt08:
Same Problem

Have got exactly the same problem using ArchiDroid V1.7.3, issue was mentioned in the Develpoment section but the only solution offered was to wait a few hours until Google Play recognises the phone.

The rom been installed for several days now & I'm still unable to install G Maps from the store due to the ID issue, short of reinstalling the rom has anybody got any thoughts?

Thanks...
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JustArchi:
Hey.

You can download inverted GMAPS directly from my github -> https://github.com/JustArchi/ArchiD...system/app/com.google.android.apps.maps-1.apk then put into /system/app. Otherwise make sure that there's no uninstalled junk left in /system/app and /data/app directories. You can also clear google store's data. Eventually if everything fails you can full wipe and make sure to UNTICK google maps in aroma (if you don't want inverted version), it's unticked in the default configuration.

Let me know if you have further problems.

Have fun with ArchiDroid.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mutt08:
All Done

Many thanks for the info Archi, worked perfectly. Love the Rom, super smooth... :victory:
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kem:
Hi, first time posting! so hello everyone 8)

I got xda exec, i had this problem with the first rom and the latest one too. For some random reason when my phone comes out of standby sometimes my backlight is off. i struggle to see my screen and when i check my backlight settings (brightness level) "on battery" its set to off on the slider. When i set it higher my backlight works. Also my backlight button does not respond when this happens. It just randomly happens but im starting to notice it more and more. Any ideas peeps
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jamfitz86:
Try:

1- pressing the button beside the volume slider.

or

2 - pressing and holding the power button.

Hope that helps

JAmes
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kem:
thanks but i tried both, doesnt work. the only way it comes back is by going to backlight settings. Is there a file that could be corrupt that stores the information about the backlight settings?
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jamfitz86:
Is the box "turn on backlight when a buttonis pressed or the screen is tapped"?

Other than that i've not got a clue. Someone who knows a bit more? any ideas?

JAmes
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kem:
yeah thats ticked. the only way i get the back light to work when this happens is pushing the slider up, the one in the battery settings
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jamfitz86:
seems real odd.

If noone else has a suggestion a hard reset might help, dont know if you've tried that yet. If you do this dont forget to back up everything.

JAmes
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] peterbo:
Hi,

I think it really is the POWER button: if I press and hold it for a few seconds, the slider goes to zero and the light goes off. Press and hold again restores the old situation.

Peter
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] sub69:
My wife's Magician did this sometimes too.

Turned out that in her case it was because when you hold down the power button to turn the phone off (for a second or two) it doesn't actually turn the phone off, just the backlight. (Of course it all goes dark, so it looks like the phone is off if you don't check too closely.)

Then when you press the power button to turn it on again (after it's timed out and turned itself off), there's obviously still no backlight...

May not be your problem, but give it a check...
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] astage:
In nearly three months, I've had this happen perhaps four times. My device has the "on-battery" backlight set at one notch, to save the most power, and I guess something must just move it that one notch down to off.

So far there's been no uniform circumstance, other than it's guaranteed to happen at night under low street or room lighting so that I can't see the screen to get to and re-adjust the setting.

A hard reset doesn't help. I've reset numerous times with different ROM versions and had the problem reappear - but very infrequently as I said.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] kem:
just wierd and a tad annoying lol, i tried all of the above ideas anyway, i thought it might be bad programming thanks peeps for your input
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] secondguess:
Not much help - I know - but my Exec does the same - annoying and strange with no rhym or reason :)

Jean
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] jwarbutron:
I've had this a few times. I've had to hold the power button in for a few seconds to get the light back.
[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] q-biq:
i had the same problem, just comed up a week or so. not changed any settings either.. wierd bug
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
more screenshots

COMMUNITY G+ NAXOS

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[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] coolnessQ:
some pics?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Vihru:
how much need to donate to get premium? this looks very good!

waiting for more.
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] pinktheater:
Is there a way to revert it just in case? I mean, other than restoring the backup on CWM :silly:
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] SGSIV:
My arrow v9 is crash using ur theme
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
click on screenshots
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
what you want. is free donation
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
backup rom, or flash ROM which is used without wipe
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
do you have any mods installed?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] Vihru:
I installed this but think that phone lags after that? Have anyone else got same? I have newest goldeye rom and i installed rom again then lags gone..
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] marionite:
Works very well 9505 on Omega v14 which is MJ8. Cool theme. May I request to theme the TW launcher? Theme the app drawer icon and also folders to match KitKat. Is that possible? Thanks
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
the theme will include applications that are there in the first post. TW will be changed soon
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] marionite:
Thank you! Looking forward to it. One thing I noticed is when you press Wi-Fi in the quick settings panel its still green but I'm sure a lot of people can live with that. After using my phone for quite a while the themed applications are great!
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] saywhatt:
looks great with echoerom v8 :good: waiting for more updates :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] coolnessQ:
Looks nice :)
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] hypergamer1231:
Has anyone tried it on MJ9 I9500???
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
all rom
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] hypergamer1231:
I tried it only force closes the whole system mj9 stock Indian fw for i9500
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
strange. no problems on any rom. systemui error?
[Galaxy S 4 Themes and Apps] mowmo:
I'm working on wifi and mobile indicator. keyboard, email, fix dialer and contacts
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] scorpeeon:
So my 2013 Nexus 7 usually runs smoothly and stable for long times, but in every few weeks there comes a short period of time when it becomes crazy-unstable, i get random not-waking (sleep of death) and random shutting down problems. After a while (when just putting it to idle for like an hour or so) it gets back to normal and continues to operate normally.

I got several last_kmsgs and posted it to google products forum: here

I thought it's some driver error hoping a fix would come but I just installed today's KRT16S from factory image and experienced the same problem today, 2 times in a row.

What's interesting is that in pretty much each last_kmsgs there's a kernel error pointing to mmcblk0p30.

Some parts of the last errors from a bugreport:

[ 688.135009] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4718592

[ 688.135406] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0p30, logical block 0

[ 688.135620] lost page write due to I/O error on mmcblk0p30

[ 688.136108] Kernel panic - not syncing: EXT4-fs panic from previous error

And from another:

[ 20.124267] end_request: I/O error, dev mmcblk0, sector 4729088

[ 20.124359] Buffer I/O error on device mmcblk0p30, logical block 1312

[ 20.124450] lost page write due to I/O error on mmcblk0p30

[ 20.124542] JBD2: Error -5 detected when updating journal superblock for mmcblk0p30-8.

[ 20.124694] Kernel panic - not syncing: EXT4-fs (device mmcblk0p30): panic forced after error

I think it's probably a hardware error, and I should RMA it, but since it's an occasionally problem it's really hard to reproduce it would be good if at least I could tell what hardware it this pointing to. Based on it's name is it safe to assume that it's a part of the mmc (16 gb internal storage)?

Any help appreciated.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] scorpeeon:
Well, did some digging around and based on symbolic links on /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name it looks like mmcblk0p30 is pointing to userdata.

That's definitely on the internal sdcard (emmc), right?

I did several factory image restores which is supposed to rewrite userdata partition right? So that it's still causing errors it indicates it is a hardware issue right? Or is there something else I could try?

Any help appreciated.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] ywang-xda:
Have you eventually sorted this out?
[General Questions and Answers] dare2winn:
hello ...I am new to this forum so if I have wrongly posted then suggest me.

I have recently rooted my android phone of LG which was in gingerbread and upgraded to the ice-cream sandwich taking the help of this site.now every thing is fine but the fm radio which was earlier was in my device is missing.so is this due to the mistake in the rooting or it happens in all case?

and my question Is can I install the fm radio back to my device or its gone for forever? if further info needed then I will provide if this description is insufficient . so please help me to get back my radio .

regards
[General Questions and Answers] mrtaim3:
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD FM from play store tho.. And download root checker and check that if ur device is rooted or not..
[General Questions and Answers] dare2winn:
yes it is properly rooted but I am still confused. it was inbuilt radio before rooting and I am asking for the same inbuilt back. are you talking about internet radio? ok I will search till you reply .I searched in google play immediately and there were some option like fm radio,tunln radio and other. But all they were internet radio, so they are not my need cause I need inbuilt radio which was there in my phone which could be played without internet connection. so please help me to get me back that inbuilt radio.

thanks
[General Questions and Answers] Lionex1:
To be honest, there are very few radios on the play store that aren't internet radios. You'll have to search around, and also look for your original one if you remember what it was called. Otherwise, in the future, back up apps with Titanium backup to an external SD before flashing a new ROM, then restore them after.
[General Questions and Answers] dare2winn:
it means the only option to get my radio back is google play? Or is there any other method too. And was it just coincident that i lost my radio during rooting process or it is usual process to loose the radio and other apps too during rootin process
[General Questions and Answers] Lionex1:
Pretty much, unless you can find it on the manufacturer's website. You can try looking around on 4shared etc if you remember the name, but be careful of what you install.

You don't lose apps (radio) from rooting, you lose it from installing (flashing) new ROM's.

Hope this helped!
[General Questions and Answers] mrtaim3:
There is another way too.. You have to download rom of ur phone for this.. And then go to system/app in the zip. There would be a fm radio apk. Copy it to ur phone and install.
[General Questions and Answers] dare2winn:
thanks both of u

thanks but I didn't get u cause where to download the rom and how to install it, and where is the radio in that rom. if u don't mind then please then describe me sir...
[General Questions and Answers] Biswajyoti:
Is there any way to Backup and Restore the Stock recovery(not the whole Rom) of a Tablet?????
[General Questions and Answers] Zeuscluts:
Yes,

you can get the stock recovery.

By flashing stock Recovery when you need it....

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[General Questions and Answers] 4Freedom:
flash from pc
[General Questions and Answers] Biswajyoti:
Actually I have a rooted HCL ME Y3 tablet.....and also have the stock rom for this tablet (the rom is in zip format ...not in tar.md5 format) there is no pc based software(such as odin for samsung) for this Tab to flash the firmware.. the only way to flash that firmware with the stock recovery......i want to do some experiments with my tab(i.e installing custom recovery,custom rom etc.)......so before installing cwm i wanna backup/restore the stock recovery..(as it is under warranty period)....(the stock recovery works only with stock firmware..it doesn't work with any signed .zip file except the stock one ).....now what should i do????????
[General Questions and Answers] 4Freedom:
try a full backup with titanium backup but i am not sure if it save the recovery too:confused:

write me a pm if you find a solution :good:
[General Questions and Answers] Zeuscluts:
No bro.

We can save Recovery.

Even with Titanium Backup Pro, doesn't gives this Option to backup Recovery. ..

We just need to flash the recovery. .

To change it.

Hit Thanks Button

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[General Questions and Answers] Biswajyoti:
do you know the actual path of the file recovery.img file???
[General Questions and Answers] Zeuscluts:
If I am not wrong its a Complete different Partition.

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[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Limeybastard:
I'm currently overseas at my mothers home and story album is notifying me the attached. Cannot seem to get this bubble notification to go. Any help appreciated.
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jaythenut:
Looks like to me just change your location in settings that should be it
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tmoulder:
Hi all,

I love installing custom roms on my hardware and seeing what they can do. It's just plain fun for me :)

That said, I've had two tablets, a Nook Tablet and a Sero 7 Pro. Both are great, but the Nook took nearly a year to crack the boot loader and for the first roms to emerge, and despite some dedicated work by XboxeXpert and other on the Sero, Hisense refuses to release the source and development is pretty much paralyzed over there.

I'm sick to death of it. My wife has promised me a new 10 inch tablet this christmas, and number one on my shopping list OPEN FOR THE DEVS! Second on the list is decent hardware, followed by reasonable price. I don't need the latest and greatest as long as it performs decently.

Searching the interwebs for this information, I find tons of threads about the best roms, the best tablets, etc, but I've not found any (including here) about the most open, and the most dev support.

So I'm looking for thoughts - what is the most dev-friendly 10" tablet? Which tablet has the most roms available? If you are a dev, which tablet do you love working on?

Thanks for any ideas!

TM

P.S: If you are a manufacturer or sales rep lurking the forum (we know you do) understand that this sale will be entirely based on whether your stuff is unlocked. I'm talking to you, Hisense...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] merrittj1989:
Nexus or Samsung

If you want good support and plenty of custom ROMs, I'd personally go with either the Nexus 10 or a Samsung tablet. When it comes to the Nexus the reasons are obvious & Samsung is a widely used brand and will most likely have a great user base & dev support.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Caelrie:
The Nexus 10, hands down. But don't go buy one today. The 2nd generation is rumored to be unveiled soon.
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] lonestar412:
I used PAC Man ROM milestone 1 (last month) and recently Paranoid 3.68, both ROM made my galaxy tab plus boot automatically (1-2 minutes after plugging in). I think it's abnormal because this issue doesn't happen in the stock ROM, and I really want my tab always off while charging. Does anyone know a way to solve this :\
[Samsung Galaxy Tab Plus] akha666:
I have P6200 , and the same ROM (PAC-Man milestone 1)

I see option in Settings >> ROM Control >> General UI (Wake up on charger)

I did uncheck this option , but nothing happen , still my device wake up after poweroff while charging

can some help us ???
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EvOlv3:
I installed factory image KRT16O and rooted it and also installed CWM touch recovery. Will i get the OTA to KRT16S ? Will i lose root afterwards ? Will the custom recovery cause problems ?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] christopherrrg:
+1
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rapsass:
+1

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I guess an ota zip will be very helpfull.
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eksasol:
You will not get OTA with custom recovery, but you can download the OTA package and flash it using custom recovery. You will lose root, but you can either hide root or reflash it.

edit: CWM is not compatible with OTA, it will soft brick the device.

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[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] will_chrome:
for the custom recovery part. I'm running KRT16S with TWRP 2.6.3.3, works just fine. Earlier try it with latest CWM touch, works fine too.

But I'm doing manual install (adb and image). So I can tell you anything about flashing rom.zip through custom recovery. I think it won't cause any problem by flashing rom through custom recovery.

Forgive me if I'm wrong. thanks
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rapsass:
Thanks eksasol but can you give us a link for the OTA package(KRT16S)?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] captor34:
you can lose root,, you have to re flash after installing to krt16s

im sorry for my english

other way,,, you can install zip version of factory image..
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mattybuk:
If I flash back to stock recovery will I be able to get this new KitKat build OTA?
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] burnski:
+1

CWM, root, KRT16O. Id rather just a .zip update so I dont have to go through the whole rig-a-ma-role again (other than re-rooting).
[Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Salty Wagyu:
You can get the OTA through custom recovery contrary to what others are saying. The KRT16S OTA arrived for my KRT16O, and it proceeded to automatically reboot and flash through TWRP.

Custom recovery and root is wiped after that OTA update, so you will need to re-flash both.