yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
Hi All,

So it appears that after installing 4.4.2 I cannot seem to get Google Play Music or Pandora to run without leaving the app open and in the foreground. I'm not sure if there is a function that has to be enabled to do this in KK, or if it is some mod I did long ago to force kill apps that are in background.

I understand this is a bit of a goose chase, but I was hoping people would be able to suggest things to check to see whether we can fix this problem of mine together or not.

- Could it be something in an Xposed Module? XBlast, GravityBox, etc. have a setting for killing background processes?

- Could it be something in the KitKat system itself that has to be enabled / disabled?

- Could it be the new settings within the apps themselves?

- Could it be a third party app (that I may have installed and am unaware of) killing background processes?

- Other ideas?

Apps run when phone screen is off, and when phone is locked, but if I go into a different app the music stops cold.

Thanks in advance for any thoughts!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jldr:
Ah yes, this is the curse of Android 4.3+. I read in the Greenify settings that in 4.3 or greater, Android killed off an exploit that allowed apps to increase their priority to stay in memory. In turn, running apps can be killed off when memory is low. Horrible. I've had it across all ROMs and stock as well. I've done as much research as humanly possible to subvert this.

I'm by no means an expert on Android. I have really limited knowledge of how it runs. But I think that information in accurate, because my own personal solutions seem to support it.

Generally what I have done is keep as few running processes as possible. This means no live wallpaper, Greenifying as much as I can, and clearing out any recents frequently. If this fails, I have to restart and things get back on track again.

Go into your developer settings and look at the process stats. If it says memory is critical, you'll need to start trimming down your background processes. I don't quite exactly know how to interpret all the data that is present there, but "critical" seems clear cut at least.

If anyone has more information on this, please add to the convo!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
Thanks bud. On the plus side at least I know it's nothing I've done to a setting here or there (other than going ahead and installing KK on the phone, lol).

Why Google/Motorola would make simple things like this worse as updates come out is beyond me... le sigh.

A "simple phone upgrade" to something unlockable with 2+ GB RAM is my best option I guess, lol.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jldr:
Agreed. Luckily 2 GB is the baseline nowadays, but I feel like I don't want to take the chance and just go for 3 next time.

While we're still on the subject though, which xposed modules do you use? I wonder if they do contribute to RAM usage.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
Xposed list is pretty lengthy, I'm sure something here is using RAM. And I totally agree with you - baseline 3GB (or more) in my next phone, with a quad or even octo-core processor.

Ah, the days of 1GB and dual-core being top of the line, lol.

Here's the Xposed list:

- AcDisplay

- All Notifications Expanded

- App Settings

- Chrome New Tab

- Disable Location Consent

- GPS Notification

- Google Play Music Listen Later (Just installed recently, haven't set up yet to test it out)

- Google Search API

- Gravity Box

- Handle External Storage

- Hide Apps Xposed (did not work on 4.1.2 since I wasn't running GEL, haven't tested after KK install)

- MinMinGuard

- MinMinLock (Just installed, haven't set up yet, might delete)

- Multi Users

- Notification Mod

- OK Google For 3rd Party Launchers (Just installed, haven't really played with yet)

- Pandora Patcher

- Stop Switch Delay

- Swiftkey Goodness On More Fields

- Swipeback

- Ultimate Dynamic Navbar

- UnToaster Xposed (version 1.1.7 - I couldn't get TiBu to work correctly with the newer versions through 1.2.5)

- Unbeloved Hosts

- XBlast Tools

- Xposed Preference Injector

- Xposed Torch (couldn't get to function correctly after KK installation)

- YouTube Ad Away

- YouTube Allow Fullscreen HDMI

I've noticed that Gravity Box and XBlast do a lot of the same things, I'm thinking I can whittle one down as long as I can find all of my settings within the other.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
Using NotiSysInfo to monitor I noticed my RAM usage typically bounces between 85-125 MB free, depending on what is going on in the phone. This is double from what it used to be on 4.1.2 (typically I'd be running with about 40-50 MB RAM free). Knowing this, I'm not so sure the phone is killing the music apps based on RAM usage alone, unless the threshold for free RAM needed has been raised...

...if that is the case, any idea of a good app to lower the threshold for free RAM before the phone starts killing things? I was looking at Auto Memory Manager, but it didn't seem to do the trick keeping music alive in the background.

Sounds like a good idea for another Xposed Module, lol. Do you happen to know the thread for posting up ideas or requests?
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] coolloser:
http://xdaforums.com/xposed/modules/index-collection-xposed-modules-post-t2327541
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jldr:
I think AMM worked for me for a while, but wasn't perfect. Nothing really ever did the trick like a restart... which makes me think that there is a memory leak somewhere, but I could never track it with any app I used. Maybe it is something to do with xposed? I never tested my phone long enough without it.

I haven't had it in a while, and I've done two things since it kept happening consistently the last time: 1) switch from SwiftKey to Google Keyboard. 2) Deactivate Muzei, best wallpaper app ever (RIP). Both apps seemed to consume variably large amounts of RAM.

Another thing I should note is that when frantically googling memory leaks, someone wrote on XDA that Android can only handle so many services running at once, so that when the number is exceeded, it automatically kills one. Possibly, this is the issue with the music.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
Thanks a lot, found the thread right after I posted, lol.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
I found a solution in the "ask Xposed questions" thread listed above. Use the module App Settings and for the apps to stay running in background checkmark "resident". Works perfectly for me now.

I agree AMM is junk. KeepRunning doesn't work that well either. Xposed all the way!
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cmajpwc:
I wonder if this is the same issue I'm having with Hangouts and SMS notifications. It seems that if I have enough going on in the background, Hangouts will stop giving me notifications for SMS. When I go into the app, the new message(s) is there and waiting for me to read it. This to me is a huge problem. I didn't have this issue on CM11. For me, it seems it most always happens if I'm using the Facebook app and viewing a link from Facebook on Chrome. I've now made a habit of checking Hangouts periodically to see if I have any new messages.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jldr:
I would try clearing your data for Hangouts. Sometimes notifications won't come in if they are associated with an older android device ID.
[RAZR HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] LifeAsADroid:
I have had nothing but problems with hangouts and the messaging app. I deleted both and am using a third party messing app now. No problems.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vikrantgmail:
Hello everyone , here's the version 2 of my rom dead space .

This rom was made by my small group of friends here are there credits :-

#Credits

Base Rom

1) Chethu Chethan for Xperia rom.

Framework

1) Vikrant Kelkar

2) Tushar Chaudhary

3) Dayal Singh

Boot Animation

1) Tushar Chaudhary

SystemUI

1) Harish Sharma

2) Vikrant Kelkar

Keyboard

1) Dayal Singh

ICS Settings

1) Harish Sharma

2) Vikrant Kelkar

Launcher

You can also install holo launcher plus

1) Thanks Billa Vignesh for holo launcher plus :- http://www.datafilehost.com/d/7c3ddf9a

Animations

For extreme window animation flash this zip from below :-

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cg8o1tvgdo54blj/Animation Updated.zip

Credits :- Honey singh .

Features :-

-- Smooth rom .

-- modded framework .

-- modded systemui.apk like 4.0 + [Statusbar]

-- First ROM with CUSTOM BOOT.IMG .

-- ICS mms.apk.

-- You can change font to Punjabi , Gujrathi , Devnagri [That may be Marathi] , Tamil from inbuilt folder which is here system/fonts/ inside this there are font files use Font installer to install fonts .

-- New Live wallpapers added from ICS rom.

-- Tab style Phone and Contacts .

-- ICS settings .

-- fake jelly bean platlogo with jelly bean easter eggs ,, looks great !!

-- init.d Tweaks added .

-- seeder supported .

-- RamEngine , Multitasking tweaks . [ Thanks dayal ]

-- link 2 sd app added .

-- system updater app added .

-- ICS style Recent apps view on long press home button [ not have swipe to remove feature]

-- Touchwiz Note 3 launcher .

-- ICS style pattern lock.

-- Samsung swipe to unlock added.

-- Is that Enough ...?? find it yourself !!!

Screenshots :-

Thanks Aswin Kumar for providing Screenshots .

​

Procedure :-

1) Extract the file using WinRar or 7zip .

2) Restore the backup .

3) go to cwm and select wipe data/factory after restoring backup .

4) Also try format /data from cwm .

Suggestions :-

Run Super charge script v6 via Script Emulator makes rom smooth.

Updates planned :-

-------- More neater framework .

-------- ICS Lockscreen .

-------- better performance .

-------- swipe to remove feature.

Note :- if facebook crashes , try replacing browser with this :- http://www.datafilehost.com/d/561276bf [Thanks billa vignesh]

ROM DOWNLOAD LINKS :-

Removed Link
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ArshArora:
Aweomw Rom bro !
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] winenet21:
I'm looking into building a custom android device to be embedded in a project I'm working on. I won't need GSM/cell service, so this would be more of a 'tablet' with wifi that's the size of a phone. The first version of this project used some lower level embedded controllers, but for a better user experience (capacitive touch screen, full featured app, etc), I'm looking into using an embedded android device and having a friend (who told me to post here about this) write an app to run on it for me. This project is starting to scale, so buying a cheap tablet and tearing it apart isn't really a good option; I'll need to build something from the ground up. My problem is that I'm more of a microprocessors guy, so I don't really know where to start with this kind of hardware.

I found this thread which was a good start, but the info is like 3 years old now.

Has anyone tried to do something like this? Should I be trying to find a manufacturer who already does this type of thing to work with? If so, how do I find someone like that? If I am going to do the design myself, what kind of processors can run an Android OS? Where's a good place for learning that type of info? Are there any reference designs out there I can use to get started? Is running Android on RaspberryPi a good starting spot, or is that simply not scalable?

Thanks for the help, I hope I'm in the right spot. Apologies if not!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlackStorm94:
I tried doing the root for my Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 with Vroot. Every time I connect the phone to the PC, the software writes to me "?? S7582 (Trend Duos 2) is connected". How can I fix? Is there another way to do the root without deleting the data?

View attachment 2767827
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AKSHAY786:
Try using pre rooted firmware by chirtag developer

Search on Google
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] klkj:
I just got swap´ed my TyTN because of problems with the QWERTY keyboard. When you slide the keyboard in and out there is a little "click" lock in both ends, but my new TyTN feels a little loose in this lock compared to the first one. It was much more tight. Do any of you have the same problem?
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] goestoeleven:
My second one feels looser than my first one, too. I wonder if this a hardward change related to the screen alignment problem... hmm...
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] Sleuth255:
There are two detents on the HT630 series keyboard, one on each side. This compared to the single right side detent on older serial numbers. I believe this is because HTC reworked the keyboard to eliminate the bad key issues which plagued older TyTNs.
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] goestoeleven:
Wow, I'm impressed with your extreme attention to detail!!!
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam General] thinksmart:
My second one is also has much more play in the closed position.

My second one also has a completely different touch screen. It no longer has a plastic film over the screen. It has a much better feel when using the stylus.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pokey11:
ok, I have installed and set Handcent as my default SMS app. The problem I am having is that you can only put apps in the bottom taskbar/tray...but the app doesn't show the unread count, only the widget does...but I can't put the widget in the taskbar/tray.

does anyone know how to;

1-get the Handcent app icon to show unread count, or

2-put a widget in the bottom taskbar/tray?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pokey11:
Anyone??
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chamberc:
What launcher are you using?
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pokey11:
native...I haven't added any launcher.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chamberc:
I'm not sure, but may not be possible on the Touchwiz launcher.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Pokey11:
anyone else have any ideas?
[Sony Xperia L] a.moiz0322:
Do i need to have a SD card to flash Cm11 asi have to put flashable zip somewhere to flash it?
[Sony Xperia L] umeshxda:
Put file in internal storage and flash..

No need to have ext sd card

Sent from my TAOSHAN..! :P
[Sony Xperia L] mizukage:
better to back up the currnet rom b4 flashing the cm11, after backig up transfer it to ur desktop/laptop then flash cm11..thats it
[Zooper Widget General] Skipjacks:
I need help figuring out a way around this.

I have a widget showing my connection status in Zooper as H, E, G, LTE, etc....

But sometimes I have a DC connection (duel connection when the phone is connecting to the tower twice to increase speeds). This screws Zooper up and instead of showing DC in the widget it shows NONE. See the orange baseball jersey at the bottom for what I mean. Look at the signal bars at the top to see what the phone is reporting its' status as.

So I have an active data connection but Zooper is reporting that I don't. Is there a way around this?

Maybe a way to force Zooper to report 2G, 3G, 4G isntead of E, H, LTE? Or just force it to display something other than NONE when the phone is in a DC status?

(See screenshot in next post)
[Zooper Widget General] Skipjacks:
View attachment 2767891

I don't know why it's tiny. It's clickable to make it bigger....

Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
[Sony Xperia L] BlackRainX:
Hello everyone, my friends Xperia L doesnt want to boot. its rooted, bootloader is locked (it was never unlocked) stock 4.1.2 rom.

When i connect it to charger. it shows red led for about 2 min, then it turns off. (nothing on screen)

When you try to turn it on. the Red led flashes 3x.

When you try vol down + cable, in flashtool it shows connected with usb debugging disabled.

Any ideas?
[Sony Xperia L] umeshxda:
Pull battery out , wait for 10sec and again put battery and try to flash..

Device connected with usb debugging mean device is on..and it is not in flashmode

Sent from my TAOSHAN..! :P
[Sony Xperia L] srcharged:
Leave it on charge for a while. and then try
[Sony Xperia L] BlackRainX:
Nothing worked. battery is dead, tried with another Xperia L, when changed another battery. holded the power button, and nothing happened (fully charged battery) So sent it to carrier.
[Micromax A110] Pawan Singh:
Hello to all XDA Members...

This is my first (own) post on the forum...

And, it's not anything big :D ..but a VR-Theme.

It should support all stock and based 4.1 roms....on 4.2 ROMs, Many SystemApps are Different (having different icon locations too :( ) that's why this mod may not work (or damage the particular app) on those ROMs...

Still,everyone's welcomed to try it, BUT before flashing please take BACKUP to be on the safe side.. :laugh: ...

And yes...Following the tradition,

DISCLAIMER

ME NOR XDA RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU DO TO YOUR DEVICE...

Screenshot and Download in attachments...
[G3 Themes and Apps] hajtrak:
Hi, here are a few icons of LG G3

Phone, contact,browser, camera, sms, music

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nzbgjs4sazxpjt8/AACwoFIcmeNtVZJg-bEJdybOa

it's not high quality, but i happy with my SGS 3 screen
[G3 Themes and Apps] IamIrene:
may I know where you get the widget ?

I am using s3 as well
[G3 Themes and Apps] hajtrak:
Hi, here is:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.diehlc.lgg3widget.zwskin
[G3 Themes and Apps] spykar69:
want full icon of lg g3 please
[G3 Themes and Apps] netjack:
where do you get more icons for the stock launcher?
[G3 Themes and Apps] Ashrockr:
Here are some more icons but vary in resolution.
[G3 Themes and Apps] bones420la:
G2 themes and apps. Theres tons of themes for the lghome
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] V!KR@M:
Hello, when i record any voice with smart voice recorder, the volume of recorded voice is very very low. I have used it to record my class lectures. But now i'm unable to listen as the volume of the clips is too low..

Any solution?

I'm using stock kitkat

xt-1033
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imapanther:
I found my Moto G to have a similar problem with the stock app, recorded audio was almost impossible to understand due (in large part) to very high compression rates. Using a different app that allows you control over the quality of the audio helps, though the microphones on any phone are meant to pick up audio from much closer up than most other microphones. I really like Smart Voice Recorder, it's easy to use and has some great features. [https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.andrwq.recorder]
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] V!KR@M:
1) Moto g doesnt have a stock app for voice recording

2) I clearly mentioned that I had the problem with smart voice recorder. And you are suggesting me that same app.

3) I'm not sure which phone you are using and I dont think you even read my question
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] hackhound:
My Note has the issue where when paired to a bluetooth keyboard it will disconnect after about 5-10 seconds of not typing. Are there any custom ROMs that fix this problem?

Thanks,

Hackhound
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] bunglebp:
No Bluetooth keyboards are officially supported by this device as yet, could use USB OTG cable to plug keyboard directly into tablet
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] hackhound:
I understand that Samsung is not supporting bluetooth keyboards since they want everyone to use the stylus. They probably never will. What I want to know is if someone who has experiencing the disconnect issue had it go away after a custom ROM was installed on their Note.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Solyomszem:
Hi Hackhound,

There are two workarounds:

-stream music to a Bluetooth headset while using the Keyboard. The constant music stream keeps the BT connection open. I've tested it and it works.

-install Bluetooth Keyboard Easyconnect. Follow the instructions. Don't loose faith. Play with it for some minutes. It took me five-ten minutes for the first time to get a proper setup. It works! And now I am able to use my keyboard! :) If I add External Keyboard Helper Pro with which I can remap my keyboard layout I can say that I have made my way to productivity heaven. :)

Oh I forgot to add that the latter solution works only with stock kernel on KitKat... Or at least I had problems with xluco v1 an haven't tested with v1.1. And I am on xKat v3.0 at the moment.

Cheers!
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] sam2c:
I hope this isnt a transient thing, but installing BK Easyconnect seems to have solved my BT keyboard disconnect. Bluetooth keyboard has disconnected just once during the past 2 hours of use, and that was during a 10 min idle period. No other"fix" had worked to keep my BT keyboards connectd up until now, and I have tried all of them mentioned on this forum and elsewhere (factory reset, set timeout to never, toggle onscreen keepboard switch, "Null keyboard" app, "bluetooth keepalive" app, remove sd card, and probably more things that I cant remember)! Major props to you and the developer of the app. I was about to give up on this otherwise wonderful tablet. I just hope its not a fluke....I'll keep this thread updated if things change. You might want to post your fix in the 14 page long Bluetooth keyboard disconnect thread here. Im sure others will appreciate it :))

Im running hashcheck 4.4.2 ROM and using the Motorola keyboard with the built in cursor stick mouse. Both keyboard and mouse functions are working. No lag, no stutter, no constant disconnects every 5 seconds *** crossing fingers****
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] Solyomszem:
Hi sam2c,

I am glad that I could help You out but I have to confess that I was not the wise one. After many attempts I have found the solution by just Googling around with different keyword combinations... And on a foreign language google play comment there was this gem. :)

Anyway I'll post it on the BT KB thread.

Thanks,

Solyomszem

Sent with Tapatalk from SM-P600
[Galaxy Note 10.1 (2014 Edition) Q&A, Help & Troubl] sam2c:
Props to him/her too then :)) thanks again for sharing this info here.

I hope the devs here with the knowhow can incorporate this fix into their ROM and perhaps improve on it
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] JazonX:
Guys,

After the last update of WatchStyler, Communication between my phone and Gear over Bluetooth is noticeably slow compared to the earlier days. Photo from Gear to Phone After capturing, Initially connecting and even changing the WatchStyler Theme too takes a very long time. I suspect Watchstyler, Since I didnt make any other changes in the Phone or Gear.

Can anyone upload a Stable earlier version of Watchstyler APK for me to test, and other than these, is there anything else that I should look into?

Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Gear] 440bro:
I haven't had any troubles yet. Sorry your having difficulty. Brendo has done a fantabulous job of organizing files for gear and other devices. Here's a mediafire link to all the apps he has been managing.

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/wbwcw3bis3d3n/Apps

If you check out brendos signature he has a link to his site where he's managing it all.