Applications not closing? - Epic 4G General

I just updated my phone to DK28 using VIPERrom's DK28 version. While testing out VIPERrom I noticed that with some applications after shutting down that their icon in the taskbar would still be. I thought maybe they just didn't shut down, but when I would re open the app via the taskbar the apps would open from the beginning, not like they have been running in the background. I've downloaded 3 different task killers, all of which can see background running processes. None of them show the applications open.
Another example, I was working out and using my music player. After working out, I killed my music player via a task killer. The music stopped playing, but the icon was still in the task bar. A couple minutes later, it starts playing again and I can't shut it down because none of the task killers show it running? Ideas?

tuttjs said:
I just updated my phone to DK28 using VIPERrom's DK28 version. While testing out VIPERrom I noticed that with some applications after shutting down that their icon in the taskbar would still be. I thought maybe they just didn't shut down, but when I would re open the app via the taskbar the apps would open from the beginning, not like they have been running in the background. I've downloaded 3 different task killers, all of which can see background running processes. None of them show the applications open.
Another example, I was working out and using my music player. After working out, I killed my music player via a task killer. The music stopped playing, but the icon was still in the task bar. A couple minutes later, it starts playing again and I can't shut it down because none of the task killers show it running? Ideas?
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I've had a somewhat similar problem using the Nebula Rom. What I've learned, in my case, is that even though the icon is still there, it doesn't mean they aren't shut down. But, if you want to make sure the app is closed, simply go into the App Manager, click on the app that's bugging you, and press "Force Stop". It's always worked for me.
Hope this helps!

I'll have to try that. Just kinda sucks I have to spend an extra 5 seconds to shut it done vs using task manager
Also, I reinstalled DK28 using the official thread, instead of VIPER's, and after 10 minutes of testing, that seemed to fix the problem.

tuttjs said:
I'll have to try that. Just kinda sucks I have to spend an extra 5 seconds to shut it done vs using task manager
Also, I reinstalled DK28 using the official thread, instead of VIPER's, and after 10 minutes of testing, that seemed to fix the problem.
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Scratch that, the icons still remain even after my update

tuttjs said:
Scratch that, the icons still remain even after my update
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Seriously? Did you try my method?
If my method didn't work, then I'm not quite sure what's causing it.

No, your method did work, its just a hassle. Maybe I'll just go back to a stock phone and wait until the OTA update arrives with Dk11 in a couple days. This issue really annoys me. Is nobody else having his issue?

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Palringo; battery drain; lock ups

Palringo is a pretty cool IM'ing app. The first time I installed it I found that my battery was getting chewed up even when the program was not running. I had some other problems with lock up. I uninstalled and after a couple of months I thought I would try it again.
Seems to be the same issues. Battery drain and some general lock up problems.
Wondering whether others have had similar problems.
never locked, using the current version (no beta). battery drain... I don't know really, I open it only when I need to chat, otherwise it stays shut so nobody bothers me
maybe you want to try beta version? it's been updated every 48 hours these weeks
cyberpunk627 said:
never locked, using the current version (no beta). battery drain... I don't know really, I open it only when I need to chat, otherwise it stays shut so nobody bothers me
maybe you want to try beta version? it's been updated every 48 hours these weeks
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Curious, if I close Palringo using the Task Mgr. I seemingly still show available to my contacts because they can IM me and I get a little envelope on my taskbar. If I touch that I get an option to open Palringo and then I can reply. So it seems that even when it is closed it is functiong somehow.
DLTempler said:
Curious, if I close Palringo using the Task Mgr. I seemingly still show available to my contacts because they can IM me and I get a little envelope on my taskbar. If I touch that I get an option to open Palringo and then I can reply. So it seems that even when it is closed it is functiong somehow.
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I think there is an option somewhere to define wether you want it to run in the background or not...
Great programme, i don't use it though anymore since i somehow messed the contact list and now it shows only few of them. The same with the PC client
I updgraded to the latest beta, no lockups at all, about battery I can't tell, I just chatted and messed around a few minutes. Be sure to disable the location service!!
I absolutely LOVE Palringo.
I do not go mobile w/o using this app I don't know if it uses a lot of battery, but I can say that this IM app is much better than a lot of others.
I even went PREMIUM, but sadly it doesn't work with the new MANILA/SENSE screens . They said soon it'll work and just imagine how nicely it will be implemented into 6.5.3 or 6.5.5
DLTempler said:
Curious, if I close Palringo using the Task Mgr. I seemingly still show available to my contacts because they can IM me and I get a little envelope on my taskbar. If I touch that I get an option to open Palringo and then I can reply. So it seems that even when it is closed it is functiong somehow.
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well have you checked task manager, cause when you click the "X" to close the program it only minimises it and doesnt close it. thats why your probably still receiving messages.
btw this is one of the best IM apps, although i wish they had implemented MySpace as well :/
Same problem here, battery drainage after I opened Palringo.
I've got this problem since I updated Palringo to version 2.5.6 r39750
If I close Palringo before going to bed I can be pretty sure to not be woken by my phone in the morning... Although sleeping long is pretty sweet, I don't like this behaviour too much.
Closing through the taskmanager (which tells me Palringo doesnt respond) leaves an icon on the taskbar. When I click that icon I get to choose between opening Palringo and closing the program. After closing (or trying to open) the icon vanishes and Palringo isn't listed in the taskmanager anymore. So far so good, but if I don't restart my phone, it will suck down the juice like me at an open bar ...
I didn't find any solution to this. Tracking is turned of.
I'm now trying to:
Close Palringo via the close-button of Palringo.
Set my status to offline before closing.
If you try to kill Palringo using the "x" button or a task manager it doesn't close itself, although it doesn't appear on the list anymore. Check running processes using a specialized process viewer, for example SKTools.
Quickfix: Use the exit menu in Palringo to quit the application.
Jackos said:
If you try to kill Palringo using the "x" button or a task manager it doesn't close itself, although it doesn't appear on the list anymore. Check running processes using a specialized process viewer, for example SKTools.
Quickfix: Use the exit menu in Palringo to quit the application.
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Yes, this worked quite well for me. No more problems at all

Helix broke time auto update

I installed the Helix Launched and played with it for a bit but decided that I wanted to go back to the stock home/launcher. So I uninstalled Helix, rebooted and chose the default home/launcher when prompted.
Ever since then, my clock won't auto update. If I lock the phone and unlock 30 min later, the clock will be 30 min behind.
My only guess is that is that time update code that was linked to the stock home/launcher got severed when I installed Helix.
Now, the only instance where my time is correct is immediately after reboot. After that it won't update while the screen is off.
Before someone suggests it, I've already uninstalled my app killer (StartUp Auditor) but it had no effect.
Any ideas other than re-installing the OS?
UPDATE: Just realized that nothing on the my home screens are updating. Time (top right and widget), Data counter widget, Juice defender widget, timescape). The only time they update is if I go into them. That never used to be the case.
try factory reset to see what happen.
Ya, I was trying to avoid that. I'm hoping there's an option to fix the prob vs starting from scratch.
I have been going back and forth between helix and others, and have never experienced that problem. Have you tried removing the widgets and re-adding them?
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Ya. Doesn't seem to help. Plus that wouldn't effect the time in the top right corner (what is that called any way..."system tray"?)
AdamUpNorth said:
I installed the Helix Launched and played with it for a bit but decided that I wanted to go back to the stock home/launcher. So I uninstalled Helix, rebooted and chose the default home/launcher when prompted.
Ever since then, my clock won't auto update. If I lock the phone and unlock 30 min later, the clock will be 30 min behind.
My only guess is that is that time update code that was linked to the stock home/launcher got severed when I installed Helix.
Now, the only instance where my time is correct is immediately after reboot. After that it won't update while the screen is off.
Before someone suggests it, I've already uninstalled my app killer (StartUp Auditor) but it had no effect.
Any ideas other than re-installing the OS?
UPDATE: Just realized that nothing on the my home screens are updating. Time (top right and widget), Data counter widget, Juice defender widget, timescape). The only time they update is if I go into them. That never used to be the case.
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I have the same problem..
Max, I was impatient and did a system reset and it fixed the problem. Installed all the apps again and I'm good to go. Annoying but at least I'm back with a real-time clock. LOL. Funny concept, eh? I'm getting a full day on the phone with one charge so I'm going to stick with the stock home and hope that SE's software/firmware fixes will help with the speed/battery life like they've said.
AdamUpNorth said:
Ya. Doesn't seem to help. Plus that wouldn't effect the time in the top right corner (what is that called any way..."system tray"?)
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did u use taskiller n ignore the wantted apps....
theXeffect said:
did u use taskiller n ignore the wantted apps....
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Sorry, not following you there. I tried uninstalling apps that I thought may cause the problem and rebooted a few times to see if that helped. Not luck. After the reset, all is well in X10 land.

Why why why?????!?!

My previous phone was a Motorola Droid. As time went on it seemed like it started to get slower. Figured it was just my imagination.
Fast forward to the fascinate. Phone started out perfect. Installed voodoo and it was flying. Recently it started becoming very sluggish. I click on an app and it literally takes 3-5 seconds to even start opening the app. It just sits there like it's frozen after you press it. When I press the home or back button, sometimes I don't even get the vibration feedback. And I keep pressing it and then 5-10 seconds later I get crazy feedback like it just registered all my presses.
And everything just seems sluggish. My browser has always been smooth, now it's choppy. I don't know what's wrong...haven't installed any new apps, and if I did, I've already uninstalled them. I do battery pulls once in a while, but doesn't seem to help. I dunno...I love this phone, but damn.
just a thought, do you have a task killer installed? the built in one is good but I installed advanced task killer and anytime its start running slow i just hit it and it clears everything right up.
may or may not be a fix to your problem.
Actually, I just found out the problem.
When I showed my brother my phone the other day, he installed some stupid task killer without my permission. Some auto task killer app. He has one on his phone so I guess he thought I would want it. Just uninstalled that and it's working perfect now. Needless to say I'm pissed he did that.
I don't trust task killers. I DO use the built in one once in a while though to kill apps such as browser just to reset it. But when task killers kill a bunch of other apps (besides browser and games) it just slows down the phone as shown in my first post lol.
whats the name so we know to stay away from that one
Its called auto killer. And yes it causes major problems. I have done voodoo and OCLF and all of that but stock with LP it is faster than any of my previous phones.
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Also after awhile your dalvik cache gets bloated. Go into clockwork recovery, advanced, wipe dalvik cache, good to go. I haven't seen any ill effects from this.
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How to properly do backups/retores with CWR

Ok so i started this thread as a result of what happen to me. He is my story, i was on Bionix Fusion 1.1 w/Voodoo and of course i had that backed up along with Bionix 1.9.1 w/Voodoo and JI6 w/One Click Lag Fix. I was having issues with a app (Beautiful Widgets) where i was trying to have the weather how up on the notification bar but it would not come up automatically unless you went into the app and selected "save & apply" every singe time, very anoying. I contacted the developer of the app and the last thing he asked was if i was running the stock launcher. Since Fusion uses Launcherpro i decided to restore my JI6 w/One Click Lag Fix. To my shock when i ran the restore i ended up on Android System Recovery and could not get pass that even if i tried using the other 2 restore points (Bionix Fusion 1.1 w/Voodoo, Bionix 1.9.1 w/Voodoo).
I posted my problem in the Q&A section hoping for a solution but of course i got nothing back, so i found a thread regarding someone being stuck on the Android System Recovery screen just like me. It was mentioned to use Eugenes Froyo that does not brick and then flash the stock JFD rom. After many attempts i finally got my phone up and running but little did i realize that my entire phone got wiped clean, meaning i lost all my songs (over 100) 2 .avi movies, a few wallpapers and all the different Roms and Mods i had installed. Basically my phone ended up just when i first bought it. I was very upset i lost everything but glad that i got my phone up and running again..
So what to do to avoid this? when doing a back up using CWR and if you are running Voodoo, MAKE SURE YOU DISABLE VOODOO BEFORE BACKING ANYTHING AND THEN SAME THING GOES FOR WHEN RESTORING, MAKE SURE VOODOO IS DISABLE. I believe this is a very important point to note but no one has ever mentioned it anywhere in the forum. Yes they advise to do backups before doing anything, they advise to disable Voodoo before flashing anything but never this. If i had known this i wouldn't have spent hours freaking out and wondering what was wrong and looking all over the place and waiting for someone to help me out.
Now i have to spend more time installing everything that i lost and getting my phone back to the way i had it before this happened. I hope this helps and that maybe it goes up in the sticky so people can easily find it.
I would like to thank jdkackley for bring up the fact that Voodoo needs to be disabled while backing and restoring.
P.S. i still can not get the weather to come up automatically on the notification bar, still in constant contact with the dev of Beautiful Widgets app.
I'm assuming you checked "Temperature Notification" in settings.... You didn't say. Are you restoring app + data each time you flash a new rom and not changing the settings of BW's?
I dont understand why you would need to keep going in and clicking save and apply... have you deleted the app, and the downloaded it again?
s15274n said:
I'm assuming you checked "Temperature Notification" in settings.... You didn't say. Are you restoring app + data each time you flash a new rom and not changing the settings of BW's?
I dont understand why you would need to keep going in and clicking save and apply... have you deleted the app, and the downloaded it again?
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Yes i did click the "Temperature Notification" and still nothing, every time i restart my phone i wait about 10 minutes and nothing so i have to go into the app and click save & apply, i have also un-installed and re-installed the app and same issues. Thank you for your insight, i still have not heard from the dev in regards to me running the app on the stock launcher so i just have to wait and see what he/she says.
But the main reason of the thread was because it has not been mentioned about how to properly backup/restore if you are running Voodoo.
Do you have any apps like a task manager or autostarts?
s15274n said:
Do you have any apps like a task manager or autostarts?
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only task manager i have is the one that came with the Fusion 1.1 rom nothing else and no auto starts.
EDIT: ok it seems to be working but i only get the temperature in the notification bar about 10-15 minutes after the phone is turned on and is finished with the boot sequence, i thought it should come on automatically. E-mailed the dev on this and waiting for a reply.
I just turned on the notification bar temp... rebooted.
It took about 4 minutes and the temp is showing up.
I have autostarts installed which prevents a lot of apps from opening on boot. Not sure if that helped with my better time. I also have BW set to refresh on wake (and the automatic refresh is like 8 hours or something long).
A great developer... I'm sure he can figure it out. You may want to ask if a logcat is needed... you may want to try an app like autostarts too (free for the 24 hour window, cant hurt).
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I just turned on the notification bar temp... rebooted.
It took about 4 minutes and the temp is showing up.
I have autostarts installed which prevents a lot of apps from opening on boot. Not sure if that helped with my better time. I also have BW set to refresh on wake (and the automatic refresh is like 8 hours or something long).
A great developer... I'm sure he can figure it out. You may want to ask if a logcat is needed... you may want to try an app like autostarts too (free for the 24 hour window, cant hurt).
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ok been keeping an eye on my phone since my last reboot 2:10 local time and it is now 2:25 local time and still nothing so i guess we can disregard my edit from last post. i will try the refresh on wake and see what happens.
EDIT: well my phone has been up for 7 minutes and still nothing, very aggravating. just have to wait on the dev.

LauncherPro always hanged in 2.2

I tried different leak rom before,
and right now I am using official froyo
Every time after starting up the system, or after mounting the SD card,
when the media scanning is finished, launcherpro is not responding and hanging.
Anyone got the same thing?
I dont want to send email to the author if this is an only issue of me
I think another update is coming soon for lp. I sometimes get a lockup and fc in 2.1 with lp
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I have the same thing, it's so annoying that I switched to Zeam. Hopefully a new update will come soon.
Same thing happens to me. I am running official Rogers Froto on my AT&T Captivate. I tried looking in the logs for something, but I couldn't find anything. Send a emails to the developer.
Yea I've tried like 20 roms.always locks up and force closes after reboot. Sometime it sits for like 5 mins before the fc message pops up. I have the plus version and running Axura 2.2.7.1 Voodoo.contacted tech support about it and he said that its my rom.can't be. tried 20 different Roms.pisses me off.
Killing Zombies With My Axura Voodoo Vibrant!
I have had this happen a couple of times as well. However, I have noticed that it only happens when I try to start opening things or moving between home screens before the media scanning has finished. If I let it do its thing, then it doesn't seem to hang ever. Still kind of annoying, and I don't know if that is the case with you all as well, but that seems to be what causes it on mine.
Dbarker 2 said:
I have had this happen a couple of times as well. However, I have noticed that it only happens when I try to start opening things or moving between home screens before the media scanning has finished. If I let it do its thing, then it doesn't seem to hang ever. Still kind of annoying, and I don't know if that is the case with you all as well, but that seems to be what causes it on mine.
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Nope because I always wait till the media scanner is done.but it still locks up and a fc message pops up.even let it sit for like 20 mins before but was still stuck until it errored out and fc again.they need to fix the dam bug.I even got the plus version.
Killing Zombies With My Axura Voodoo Vibrant!
LP runs fine for me, but I'm having a problem having it stick as the default launcher. Whenever I use Titanium Backup or long-press the home button, I'll get the prompt asking me which home application. There are a couple of other apps that result in the same problem, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. I've tried using Home Switcher to see if that fixes it, but no luck. I have the same problem with ADW EX.
This is happening to me as well.
If it locks up, try repeatedly hitting home, usually will give me a prompt to wait or fc. I never get this issue on my galaxy tab and it's running 2.2
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Looks like there is enough evidence to show them launcher pro has some kind of problem in vibrant 2.2
This happens to me as well. Hold the hime button then go to task manager and kill lp.
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When lp acts funny for me I hit the power button then unlock it and that usually works for me.
LauncherPro has worked great on my device with 2.2 (Nero V5) the only time I seem to notice anything is when the media scan is finishing its thing and there are to many apps running at start up in the background. I use advance task killer to kill the apps that do not need to be running and I never seem to have the problem again until I reboot. It doesn't seem to me to be a LauncherPro issue, media scan seems to bring the device to its knees until it is finished. Once my device is running smooth I never seem to have that issue again only after I reboot my device.
Love my Vibrant and LauncherPro Plus is far better then all the other Launchers I have tried (in my humble opinion) but each of us have different needs I guess. I actually use almost everyone of the widgets and can not wait for the update coming when the gmail widget will be added to the Launcher.
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hitman818 said:
This happens to me as well. Hold the hime button then go to task manager and kill lp.
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Yes this is what i do everytime after starting up...
But still so annoying and the should fix it.
So just to update on the topic I downloaded Launcher Pro again today and everything works well. No hanging after reboot and no other problem from what I've seen. You guys may want to give it a try.
hanbaoquan15 said:
So just to update on the topic I downloaded Launcher Pro again today and everything works well. No hanging after reboot and no other problem from what I've seen. You guys may want to give it a try.
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Actually i tried reinstall before post: (
Emama said:
I tried different leak rom before,
and right now I am using official froyo
Every time after starting up the system, or after mounting the SD card,
when the media scanning is finished, launcherpro is not responding and hanging.
Anyone got the same thing?
I dont want to send email to the author if this is an only issue of me
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I was using Nero5 and got the same problem FC alot in LauncherPro. I couldn't save the LP settings though. What seemed to fix it is removing LP and reinstall it. After that, things seem to work better and less FC with LP.
I'm using stock Froyo now with fresh LP install from the market, no FC so far. So I would say it's not LP always hanged in 2.2...but something is stuck or got carried over from previous installation/ROM. Just try remove it and reinstall LP again from Market, it should work better - at least for me, it did.
Emama said:
I tried different leak rom before,
and right now I am using official froyo
Every time after starting up the system, or after mounting the SD card,
when the media scanning is finished, launcherpro is not responding and hanging.
Anyone got the same thing?
I dont want to send email to the author if this is an only issue of me
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Same thing happens to mu phone on adw ex... when i turn my phone off and turn it back on, the screen goea blank, i can only see the notification bar scanning, but would hang on black screen then shuts off by itself.. that's with stock ka7.. now im on ka6 kies version and my phone is fine...
or maybe the cause was the lock screen? I used the pin code lock screen.. it could be it? Now im on ka6 official and with pattern lock screen, it seems fine... and i domt wanna try and use any other lock screen besides the pattern one. Ive done countless reflash because o this issue.. so no more flashing, lol.. but i could be wrong though, it could be something else that's causinrit, just speculating..
The only time I've experienced a FC of any kind on LPP, is when I had Colorize running with it. They don't play nice together. Other than that, it's been 100% stable for me with any rom.

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