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Rogers HTC Dream issues

My girlfriend has the Rogers HTC Dream, while I have the T-Mobile G1.
I was able to properly root both phones (although I had mine longer) and I have tried several different roms on both. When we were both running TheOfficial Rogers 1.8.4 and I think 1.9.1, everything was ok. TheOfficial AOSP 1.6 came out, so I took the plunge and tested it on my phone. It was fine.
She kept complaining that her phone was slow and non responsive at times, and indeed it was. I tried flashing the same TheOfficial AOSP 1.6 on her phone and did a wipe. I believe her phone was still non responsive at times, although I can't seem to remember exactly what it was this time.
I then proceeded to install the latest Cyanogen because I was curious and hoping that it could resolve the problems. -My amnesia kicking in again.. wtf?-
I decided to go back to TheOfficial AOSP 1.6. I do the wipe, flash the base rom, then the expansion, then reboot. On first boot, it connects to the GPRS fine. Connecting to the internet will cause the phone to hang. Only way to use the phone is keep it from connecting to 3G/Edge. If I reboot the phone, sometimes it gets stuck on the Rogers screen. When it does boot, it won't connect to GPRS. The only way to use her phone is to wipe and do a fresh flash. Then I won't be able to reboot or else I have to flash again. I have reflashed and rewiped this rom several times already and it's the same.
Anyone know the reason why? I have the correct radio and spl flashed. I have no idea why this is happening. I have flashed my T-Mobile G1 many, many times and, well.. she's using it now. I'm going to try Dwang's rom to see if the same thing happens.
So far it worked. I'm not getting any force closes. I can't figure out why I can't install TheOfficial Donut AOSP on this phone. Dwang's rom doesn't come with terminal or maps. I'm not sure if it's supposed to be like that. I tried the Google Navigation update mod and for some reason that just restored the normal Google Maps on her phone. I'll try it on my own phone later. I'll just leave it at that and won't update anymore unless someone can figure out for me how to install TheOfficial Donut AOSP.
Bye.

Hate to ask you something you might have answered, but are you sure that you have used the EBI1 radio image on the Rogers Dream?

Camera reboots phone with Android 1.6 or higher

Is anyone else having this problem?
I've got a Rogers HTC Magic, and whenever I've tried a ROM with Android 1.6 or greater (I've tried 3 or 4) the accessing the camera will cause the phone to reboot itself.
It doesn't happen the first time I use the camera, but it does the second time and consistantly.
Does anyone else have this problem?
1.5 ROMs are fine. I'm currently using cursorsense and it's not an issue but at some point I will want to use a newer version of Android.

I have the same problem :x

Relash the rom. If you are using any of the legal roms (cyanogen/superd) flash the base before the rom. remember to wipe before starting.

I've tried cyanogen 2.1 test2 and Smoki both causes reboot when using camera apps (barcode scanner, google goggles, fxcamera, ...).
It doesn't reboot always tho like 1/3 times i use one of these apps i get a black screen and then a reboot.
Im using CursorSense now and all the camera apps work just fine :s.
Always did a wipe before flashing the roms.

Known issue. Been dealing wirh this for a long time on my Rogers Magic. I think the trouble is the devs dont have this model, and no one has submitted useful logs. http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmod/issues/detail?id=792

Too many issues so few roms

3rd thread, about 4th rom flashed
constant issues with builds. have gone from stock to:
cm 6.1.3 -apps crashing, random crash notices i.e "phone book has crashed force close" - "the process com.android.phone has stopped unexpectedly"
cm 7 - random reboots, opening browser caused power cycle, wifi issues, lag (thread posted, no solutions at the forefront)
currently on tripnraver pre release. now another issue. no signal what so ever.
original baseband on this xperia x10a is .55. it is suggested to use with bands 52 or 49.
loading either of these basebands. which ive done. doesn't seem to fix the no signal problem. the description states should be backwards compatible even if appropriate bb is not installed on device. yet no luck.
attempting to flash either baseband fails to resolve this problem. currently trying to flash back to stock and try another full reinstall and baseband flash in flashtool.
any ideas would be a great help. having to flash x number of times between roms is getting quite time consuming
thanks everyone.

if you want to stay on the miui rom, you can flash the baseband patch located here and stay on whatever baseband works best for you (I'm on .55 and find it fantastic), then when you load the rom, go to dev tools>bad behaviour>crash the system server.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011608
Otherwise, I would recommend wolfbreaks cm 6.1.3, as it is the most stable. You must have done something wrong during installation as I never had an issue with his roms.

The only issue I have ever had with any rom is MiUi and thats because I used the wrong baseband. You must be doing something wrong for you to be having problems

if you want, try this flash, it's trips miui pre-final with the baseband patch implemented.
http://www.multiupload.com/KCKE9K2WKN
worked with my .54 baseband

thanks so much for the links to the baseband patches. i remember coming across a thread that posted it but unfortunately forgot to book mark. so im definitely going to go ahead and try with the patch installed. hopefully all works well
each rom ive flashed has been done properly according to instructions. cache wiped, dalvik, and full reset as per menu options in xrecovery.
one way or another i experienced lag for the most part, and as mentioned some random crashes. never had reset on wolfs rom just error messages at times. trips rom worked excellent, smooth and quick. hopefully with the patch implemented everything will work flawlessly
thanks you guys
*Updated
Flashed over rom with baseband patch. signal working. everything running smooth.
except for when using camera zoom. zoom default displays 0x. as soon as the option is selected it spawns an immediate force close
any patches? or similar outcome for anyone else?
i will outline my steps below so everyones up to speed on how i performed this flash.
- flashed back stock in SEUS
- root with one click (success)
- installed busy box (market)
- installed xrecovery apk
- booted into xrec
1. full factory reset
2. wipe cache
3. wipe dalvik cache
4. wipe battery stats
5. install custom zip from sd card
6. selected trips rom with bb patch implemented
5. reboot

Camera zoom doesn't work in most ROMs yet and the lag you were experiencing was likely just the FW "settling" it can take a little bit and a couple reboots sometimes for the phone to calibrate itself properly.
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thanks cmoney. maybe ill try my luck with cm7. give it a few reboots and hope for the best. great rom. im really loving trips iphonesque style
clean smooth and quick. everythings working great. hoping the zoom may get fixed soon enough. only other inquiry i have with regards to this rom is the apps2sd.
this feature is essential to myself personally. and it is not working as ive noticed on this rom. ive read a thread with regards to a fix for the last release. i checked the settings for an enable option in case the feature requires being manually set as active but nothing listed. within sd settings state reads as unavailable. if anyone has an answer as to whether this fix will function with the current pre release. ill be going ahead with completeling the flash and reporting what i find back on this thread.
thanks again everyone

Try Wolfbreaks rom. It's very very stable for me. It has cam and everything upto date.

im going to flash back to wolfbreaks updated 6.1.3 unless anyone can point me in the direction of a fix for trips rom.
the smooth and fluid feel of trips rom was brilliant. i am hopeful someone has directions for an apps2sd fix as i have flashed the build twice and the same issue has occured.

thesoundofsilence said:
im going to flash back to wolfbreaks updated 6.1.3 unless anyone can point me in the direction of a fix for trips rom.
the smooth and fluid feel of trips rom was brilliant. i am hopeful someone has directions for an apps2sd fix as i have flashed the build twice and the same issue has occured.
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works for me on trips newest....

i just downloaded the new version 1.0
this is ridiculous. without the baseband patch. crash system server. no signal
now apps to sd is saying "apps2sd is not supported on this device"
this is an xperia x10, so obviously there must be something wrong here.
can anyone elaborate on exactly what to do about this because im going to attempt to flash back the rom, flash the bb patch right after, reboot. i assume this will only solve my signal issue. but this apps to sd is getting extremely frustrating and i can not figure out why it is not showing an enabled status.
- Flashed 1.0 with baseband patch - network signal resolved.
- apps to sd is STILL not working. and i really dont know what to do about this. everything else on this rom is perfect. is there something im missing? i came across a patch for apps2sd fix but this was for a previous version. would it be needed here? is there a setting that must be enabled first in order to start apps to sd as a service.
- as mentioned previously within the main menu, under sd card settings. message states "apps2sd is not supported on device" and on previous build would display "apps2sd unavailable". its simply impossible that the phone doesn't support it. as with every other rom the feature has worked. froyo would support it. the question is how do i go about enabling said feature?

thesoundofsilence said:
i just downloaded the new version 1.0
this is ridiculous. without the baseband patch. crash system server. no signal
now apps to sd is saying "apps2sd is not supported on this device"
this is an xperia x10, so obviously there must be something wrong here.
can anyone elaborate on exactly what to do about this because im going to attempt to flash back the rom, flash the bb patch right after, reboot. i assume this will only solve my signal issue. but this apps to sd is getting extremely frustrating and i can not figure out why it is not showing an enabled status.
- Flashed 1.0 with baseband patch - network signal resolved.
- apps to sd is STILL not working. and i really dont know what to do about this. everything else on this rom is perfect. is there something im missing? i came across a patch for apps2sd fix but this was for a previous version. would it be needed here? is there a setting that must be enabled first in order to start apps to sd as a service.
- as mentioned previously within the main menu, under sd card settings. message states "apps2sd is not supported on device" and on previous build would display "apps2sd unavailable". its simply impossible that the phone doesn't support it. as with every other rom the feature has worked. froyo would support it. the question is how do i go about enabling said feature?
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I dunno man, it works fine for me, but I copied data from my 0.3.2 xrecovery image, so that might be why. try flashing that apps2sd fix for 0.3.2, should work fine

damn it. i just found that thread. found the links to the fixes. so far ive tried miui32_a2sd_fix.zip. and flashed that over with xrec prior to reboot. which did nothing.
there are two more links so im going to try those two flashes as well and hope that one of them will do the trick. if its working when utilizing .32 patches then ideally the bloody thing would have to work here. thanks for the input though dtox. much appreciated

I don't know what else to suggest man
From the feedback I see in the miui thread, everyone else is reporting it working!
Did you factory wipe, wipe cache partition, and wipe dalvik cache before install? then flash the miui 1.0.zip, and flash immediately the baseband patch then reboot into the rom.
Remember not all apps allow apps2sd so use something like android system info, go into the applications tab click on one, click manage and then see if the option "move to sd" is highlighted. Like I said check a few though, not all apps can be moved

i just replied in the dev section lol but yes i have gone ahead and checked the applications menu. specifically downloaded a file i have moved to sd on a previous occasion from the market.
nothing
the "apps to sd" selection is completely greyed out. no matter what application i click on or download. i did a full wipe, full install, and selected the apps2sd fix immediately after rom and bbpatch flash, prior to rebooting. issue still remains.
we'll see i guess. thanks again dtox

thesoundofsilence said:
i just replied in the dev section lol but yes i have gone ahead and checked the applications menu. specifically downloaded a file i have moved to sd on a previous occasion from the market.
nothing
the "apps to sd" selection is completely greyed out. no matter what application i click on or download. i did a full wipe, full install, and selected the apps2sd fix immediately after rom and bbpatch flash, prior to rebooting. issue still remains.
we'll see i guess. thanks again dtox
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Try it again but without the fix...

i did that to it doesnt work i get the same message displayed
i tried with fix and without. another thing to note is that the rom itself says it should work with a different baseband as it has elements of unified. (which it doesn't) i had to flash the bb patch to get signal.
im not sure whats up with this but until i figure it out for a certainty ive flashed back over to wolf breaks rom. hopefully something will surface and i can give trips rom another go.

thesoundofsilence said:
i did that to it doesnt work i get the same message displayed
i tried with fix and without. another thing to note is that the rom itself says it should work with a different baseband as it has elements of unified. (which it doesn't) i had to flash the bb patch to get signal.
im not sure whats up with this but until i figure it out for a certainty ive flashed back over to wolf breaks rom. hopefully something will surface and i can give trips rom another go.
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No idea man, like I said it is fine for everyone else so I'm so no big development will arise that will make it function with your phone....

maybe it has something to do with 10a. i dont know. but the point is it shouldn't even be doing this regardless. hypothetically if its froyo and it has apps2sd built in. it should work. its not the way ive flashed. the phone supports it. so my only conclusion the rom must not be as compatible as stated. and from reading different posts about the prev builds sometimes the patches worked at other times they didnt. and also the fact that the rom is claimed to work without the need for a bbpatch. yet without the patch instaled phone caught no single. i guess certain unexplainable glitches can be bound to happen at times but any how ill give it one last go.
if nothing comes out of that then im giving up on that build because it seems relatively hopeless.

lol I'm using an x10a...
Still man you're the only person reporting this. Don't you find that strange? What baseband are you using anyhow?

had lite'ning 1.4, updated to 6.1, now wifi issues

ok basically i bought the phone second hand with lite'ning 1.4 on it and the wifi worked perfectly ok all the time. Since it was very old i updated it to 6.1. ever since then I have had issues with the wifi. it will connect perfectly fine to the router but i have no connectivity from it, nothing will get any net access at all. This is also not 100% of the time, its MOST of the time but not all, i do have moments where it does work fine. very very odd.
I have since tried updating the kernel to ninpho 2.1.3 from the 2.0.5 that comes with lite'ning 6.1, but that made no difference.
Someone suggested i try a wifi fix app from the market so i downloaded "FXR wifi fix and rescue" and ran that. It ran ok, wiped all my wifi settings and i restarted, but it has not solved the problem at all.
i find it very very odd since if it was a problem with the kernel OR the rom then everyone would surely have exactly the same problem. I know some people report wifi issues but most dont seem to.
anyone have any other ideas?

The odd thing is that it worked before the update. That means that it will most likely be software related.
You could try flashing something totally different like MIUI or CM. They provide kernels too, so this might resolve it, if your kernel and rom don't "like each other". This usually shouldn't happen, but updates breaking wifi shouldn't too. So it might be worth a try.
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if i went to something completely different i assume i would have to factory reset the phone to wipe it first? (or factory reset it AFTER installing the new rom?)
was trying to avoid wiping it as i dont want to spend endless hours setting up everything again. i have backed it up with the free titanium but id still like to not have to find out whether the restore actually puts everything back properly
its very odd as its not completely broken, sometimes it does actually work, and it always connects to the router itself without any problem.

Probably wrong modem for you, flash another one. You can find modems in the developement section.

ok thanks I will have a look at that. It is currently on XXKH3 which is what came with lite'ning 6.1. i am confused though, all SGS2 hardware is identical so if this modem in 6.1 is causing this issue, wouldnt it affect every sgs2 that uses that modem?
I found the "shipped modem collection" post in the original development thread so have asked in there which modem i should try.
ok apparently i should try XXKI3. for o2 UK provider.
although i have now read that wifi is not managed by modem but by kernel only. if this is true then modem will not help me

Well, if the wifi is not managed by the modem, try what I proposed you earlier. The simplest would be to flash CM. Make a backup of your current rom, then do a full wipe and install CM.
As for your data:
1. Titanium backup restores your apps with their data (if you wish). That means that, for example, your games will keep their saves, other apps their settings and so on.
2. Assuming that you have a google-account, you don't have to worry about your contacts, calender,... Just sync it before you flash.
3. The backup you make in CWM will backup everything in case CM doesn't work for you.
In case it does work and you'll want to keep it, the other two other parts of your backup will minimize the remaining work. Note that you shouldn't restore "standard"-apps like the media-player or the SMS-app if titanium backup tells you that the app is not currently installed on your fresh CM. This means that CM uses it's own media player or SMS app. It could lead into problems to mix TouchWiz apps with CM.
A side-note:
Don't use the "stable" version. It had more bugs than expected and they made it a RC again. However, it is still in the stable folder. Get the latest nightly.
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yep i think it is kernel. just noticed that 1.4 had cf-root, 6.1 had ninph 2.0.5 and i then tried ninph 2.1.3 and both ninph's have had the issue. i just tried speedmod k2-13 as i already had that downloaded and so far the wifi has been ok so hopefully thats it fixed. i guess it was something to do with ninph (i am thinking that because i have it set to sleep the wifi when the screen is off that somehow ninph is not handling this properly).
possibly one good thing to come of it all, ive updated the modem to KI3 which is supposedly the best one for o2 UK so i may even save more battery and speedmod is meant to be really good for battery too. I still have lite'ning on it at the moment.
i might have a look at CM anyway but i do kinda like lite'ning (although i havent actually used anything else since the phone came with it!)
also need to look at wakelocks to see if i can save some more, although not sure how i go about 'fixing' them at the moment

The choice between CM, MIUI and the stock mods is the choice between three different UI's.
I've had all three of them for some time. As you got CWM, you can just create a backup and do a sightseeing tour through the world of custom roms. Believe me, it's absolutely worth it. To get an idea of the main differences, I've written a short overview for you:
Stock mods use Samsung's TouchWiz. The default user interface that you get when buying a Samsung Android phone. So it mostly looks and "feels" the same and you can't do much about it.
CyanogenMod gives you the pure Android user interface. It's the closest to the Nexus phones by google, but gives you some extras. It is much more customizable than stock roms. It's sleek and fast.
MIUI is a whole different story. They're "Redefining Android". I think calling MIUI an "Android custom rom" is an understatement. It's an entire OS. The result of putting the best from iOS and Android into one powerful OS. It adds tons of useful(!) features. If you've ever used Windows Phone 7 or an iPhone, you know what a big step forwards Android is when it comes to features. Switching from Android to MIUI is just like that. There is just so much more. It is BY FAR the most customizable Android you can get.
Wow. If I look at how long the texts are, I see that I'm pretty biased. :O
Well maybe because I've switched so often between them. The stock roms had no chance, because after I used one of the others I found out that TouchWiz doesn't cut it anymore. I hate how "iPhone-ish" MIUI is, but if I flash CyanogenMod I just miss so much. Giving you a list of what MIUI adds would be another long post of this length.
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cool thanks will have a look at MIUI at some point.
spoke too soon earlier, the wifi is maybe slightly better on this speedmod kernel BUT when i wake the phone from sleep, it takes about 30 seconds before i can connect to the net with anything. the phone connects to the wifi straight away, but i have no connectivity for a good 30 seconds and then it starts working. (its not the router, i am getting a connection and an IP pretty much as soon as i wake the phone). also the 30 seconds or so only STARTS once i try to connect to something. if i wake the phone and do something that does not want net access for a few mins and THEN try to get on the net via wifi (which shows as connected the entire time) then again i have to wait about 30 seconds from when it first tries to connect before it will start working.

ok slightly confused again.
I have lite'ning 6.1, speedmod k2-13 kernel and XXKI3 modem. I am trying to get cwm installed so i can make a full backup image of the entire phone while i try to sort out the wifi issues. i downloaded rom manager from market, and selected the firstion option in the app 'flash clockworkmod recovery'. it brings up a menu saying 'confirm phone model' with AT&T galaxy S2, a coulpe of i9000s and a plain "Samsung Galaxy S2" which is the one i selected. it downloads something and says successfully downloaded clockwork mod recovery.
i then choose reboot into recovery. when rebooting it attemps to install something but then says "failed to verify whole-file signature" and aborts. so im just stuck with the standard recovery instead.
so now im confused, have i missed something?

Ehhhhm, you don't need to do it.
Have a look at the features of the speed-mod-kernel:
Current features:
Root and CWM:
- Automatically installs root (su)
- CWM 4.0.1.5 recovery
It already installs it right away.
Just in case you messed something up. You should flash the kernel again.
Besides that you don't need the RomManager at all. Just shut your phone down and boot into the recovery with the key-combo. Create and restore backups from there.
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[Q] After a new ROM, HD2 starts rebooting every few minutes

Hi!
I put my MAGLDR on my HD2 and tried tytungs ICS ROM, was not happy with the performance, went back to Boxmax GB Sense build, but after restoring data+apps the phone will start rebooting every few minutes.
I boot andorid from the SD card, so I tried a few versions of the ROM, v8.5 and v7 ([BoxmaX.S3.5.v8.5][Runny HTC Sensation XL][Kmarc2.1 + KTytung r14]).
Same result, sooner or later it'll start rebooting.
The weird thing is that I got another HD2 which is set up identically (magldr+BoxmaX.S3.5.v7) and is working perfectly for months.
I'd appreciate if someone could give me a few ideas on how to debug this?

kosmarnik said:
Hi!
I put my MAGLDR on my HD2 and tried tytungs ICS ROM, was not happy with the performance, went back to Boxmax GB Sense build, but after restoring data+apps the phone will start rebooting every few minutes.
I boot andorid from the SD card, so I tried a few versions of the ROM, v8.5 and v7 ([BoxmaX.S3.5.v8.5][Runny HTC Sensation XL][Kmarc2.1 + KTytung r14]).
Same result, sooner or later it'll start rebooting.
The weird thing is that I got another HD2 which is set up identically (magldr+BoxmaX.S3.5.v7) and is working perfectly for months.
I'd appreciate if someone could give me a few ideas on how to debug this?
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When it reboots, is it when you're heavily using the phone? Do you feel the back of the phone getting warm before it reboots? Do other SD ROMs work perfectly? Logically since another HD2 with the exact same setup works fine, I would assume that it's something to do with hardware but I don't really know why something like this would happen so suddenly (assuming it worked fine before you changed the ROM)

Nigeldg said:
When it reboots, is it when you're heavily using the phone? Do you feel the back of the phone getting warm before it reboots? Do other SD ROMs work perfectly? Logically since another HD2 with the exact same setup works fine, I would assume that it's something to do with hardware but I don't really know why something like this would happen so suddenly (assuming it worked fine before you changed the ROM)
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Ah, some more info: Phone was working perfectly with wm6.5+haret, and with magldr+ICS (albeit with ICS bugs) but no reboots ever though it was always overclocked.
As to reboots, they happen for no reason, even when on stock frequency. I don't even have to use the phone, it'll be sitting there sleeping and I just hear the boot up sound.
And here we go: swapped the sd and sim cards, and it is rebooting even in the other HD2, so it's a software OR SD card problem.
I'll move my data to another SD card to exclude it from the equation, but I doubt it's the card.
Ok, so my procedure to setting up a rom is:
after the 1st boot, either log in in to google or not
install TB, restore apps+data
use MyBackup to get SMSes back
Only after or in the middle of that does the rebooting start happening, once it starts it's game over as I only get a minute or two before reboot.
My idea is that something I'm restoring is causing it, but have no clue what it could be.
My last backup was in ICS, but I have no clue how could that be a problem, apps are apps :|
I'm only backing up/restoring regularapps+data not any system stuff.
How could get to the logs from the data.img? Maybe they'll give me a clue about this?

kosmarnik said:
My idea is that something I'm restoring is causing it, but have no clue what it could be.
My last backup was in ICS, but I have no clue how could that be a problem, apps are apps :|
I'm only backing up apps+data not any system stuff.
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Hmm, so if it reboots after you restore then perhaps you're right, it may be a problem with something you're restoring. Apps may be apps, but some apps are different for ICS and GB (e.g. YouTube, Launchers, Google Chrome etc.) so it's quite possible it may be causing a problem. Try doing the following:
Fresh install the SD build
Restore apps which you KNOW are the same on ICS and GB. This includes all games and many other apps.
For apps which you aren't sure about, download them for the play store.
Manually restore specific app data for the apps you downloaded
Hopefully, if the problem's to do with an app being restored, this will sort it out.

Nigeldg said:
Hmm, so if it reboots after you restore then perhaps you're right, it may be a problem with something you're restoring. Apps may be apps, but some apps are different for ICS and GB (e.g. YouTube, Launchers, Google Chrome etc.) so it's quite possible it may be causing a problem. Try doing the following:
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Could be, but I only had ICS running for 10 day and did not install any new apps. I don't have any games
Fresh install the SD build
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Done that ~10 times.
With different approaches. (Restoring more/less)
Tried both newest v8.5 and v7 (gf's [email protected] is running the v7).
Restore apps which you KNOW are the same on ICS and GB. This includes all games and many other apps.
For apps which you aren't sure about, download them for the play store.
Manually restore specific app data for the apps you downloaded
Hopefully, if the problem's to do with an app being restored, this will sort it out.
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Yeah, I'll have to do that. I'll see if have the backups before ICS and just put the latest data.
What a chore

Tried another SD card, same happens, so at least I know it's 100% software fault.
How could I check the logs?