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Apps keep closing unexpectedly, not force closing.

Android 2.2(leaked version)
Kernel 2.6.32 hydra ocov ov v10
Build 3.17.605.0 cl220374
With that said, when I'm using an app after a period of time, the app will close and I am brought back to the home screen. Its not a force close, it simply just goes to home screen. When I open the app back up, its as if I was never there. No data is saved at all. It seems to happen more with the browser than anything. Any ideas of Whats going on? Its very frustrating when I'm surfing the web and the browser keeps closing.
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It's a known issue with overclocking too high. Knock it down some and your browser will stop closing.

ihtfp69 said:
It's a known issue with overclocking too high. Knock it down some and your browser will stop closing.
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Thank you. I will try that!
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I recently have had this issue. I tried rebooting the phone but it doesnt solve it. Mine actually goes to the home screen after a couple seconds when im in the people app.
verry annoying.
I recently had it rooted by a friend. Not sure of the specifics but I did a search and i cant seem to find anything on this unexpected default to the home screen except for this thread.
-Droid Incredible
-2.2
-kernal 2.6.32.15-gb7b01d1
-build 3.21.605.1
anyone?

Changing the VM heap size to 32m was the only thing that stopped the browser closing for me. It closed even when I first got the phone with unmodified sense 2.1 and 2.2. If you still have the issue at stock clock speed this worked for me.

Haven't understood a thing... I have this problem with my browser and musixmatch app... How can I fix it? I have lollipop custom rom installed :/

"Gallery" Crashes and CPU Hog after JI6 Update

Since I received the OTA update, WatchDog has notified me several times that the Gallery is a CPU hog, using 78-80% resources. I have to kill it to stop.
Anyone else have this issue?
Things that I have done to try and fix the problem:
- Blank removable card , still have the same issues.
- I did a complete wipe/factory reset and still have the same issues.
- I cleared data through System Settings which recreated thumbnails and other data, still have the same issues.

androidmonkey said:
Since I received the OTA update, WatchDog has notified me several times that the Gallery is a CPU hog, using 78-80% resources. I have to kill it to stop.
Anyone else have this issue?
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i hope this doesn't start a debate but...lol...
i just run advanced task killer and i add my core apps to the ignore list. then i change the atk's settings so it kills everything else everytime the screen goes off. kill interval i set to 'crazy'. works for me.

BUMP
Nobody else is having this issue? I just received the message again, multiple times I day, but this time I havent even used the Gallery since I rebooted my phone.

No, I'm not having this issue at all. And luckyduck, you really shouldn't use task killers especially with those settings. Use Auto Killer instead. It used Android's built-in memory management system and tweaks it.

I had this happen when it did it's first media scan but only the first time after first boot from JI6

Havent checked CPU usage, but my Gallery is buggy since the update.
Alot of times, when in Messaging App, selecting Attach, then Pictures, freezes. It will show me the Gallery background with no folder/photo options.
This happens sometimes when opening the gallery itself as well. I will see the reflective gallery background without any photos.

My gallery always lags upon opening n sometimes freezes... So i know what u mean...
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blink55184 said:
Havent checked CPU usage, but my Gallery is buggy since the update.
Alot of times, when in Messaging App, selecting Attach, then Pictures, freezes. It will show me the Gallery background with no folder/photo options.
This happens sometimes when opening the gallery itself as well. I will see the reflective gallery background without any photos.
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Yep, I get the reflective background about every 3rd time I open the Gallery.
crtsj said:
My gallery always lags upon opening n sometimes freezes... So i know what u mean...
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Anyone know a good alternative?

I've had the same exact issue as you.
Starting when the update came through, after every reboot, Watchdog notifies me that Gallery is hogging anywhere from 40-60% CPU. It behaves this way for a few minutes and then goes back down to normal CPU usage.
Not sure what it's doing after we reboot but it never did this before JI6.
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crtsj said:
My gallery always lags upon opening n sometimes freezes...
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blink55184 said:
Haven't checked CPU usage, but my Gallery is buggy since the update.
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This happens sometimes when opening the gallery itself as well. I will see the reflective gallery background without any photos.
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Just to add I've also had this. Only apparent resolution is to return to home screen and try again. Usually works the second time..

blink55184 said:
Havent checked CPU usage, but my Gallery is buggy since the update.
Alot of times, when in Messaging App, selecting Attach, then Pictures, freezes. It will show me the Gallery background with no folder/photo options.
This happens sometimes when opening the gallery itself as well. I will see the reflective gallery background without any photos.
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happened to me aswell

blink55184 said:
Havent checked CPU usage, but my Gallery is buggy since the update.
Alot of times, when in Messaging App, selecting Attach, then Pictures, freezes. It will show me the Gallery background with no folder/photo options.
This happens sometimes when opening the gallery itself as well. I will see the reflective gallery background without any photos.
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As is mine. Sometimes it just freezes all together and I have to take out the battery. This is since J16 update. I am hoping to find a new pic viewer because this is crazy!

I've been having the issue also, but I've been able to recover out of it to avoid taking the battery out. Just takes a few seconds to get out of the gallery and close the gallery app. Usually works after that.

blink55184 said:
Havent checked CPU usage, but my Gallery is buggy since the update.
Alot of times, when in Messaging App, selecting Attach, then Pictures, freezes. It will show me the Gallery background with no folder/photo options.
This happens sometimes when opening the gallery itself as well. I will see the reflective gallery background without any photos.
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This happens to me also. Every time I reboot and go to Gallery for the first time it freezes, a few times it locked up my phone like an old PC Windows OS. It just froze. Reboot is the only way back.
This must have something to with building its initial cache? Just thinking because its on the first start after boot. Wonder if its a bug in writing the initial cache. The Gallery is based on a program called Cool Iris, the web version uses rss feeds to display the effect. I have worked on web sites with this code. I have yet to find the code in the galaxy and am not yet familiar with the stand alone program. Its all packaged up in one big app.
Be nice to have a fix for the fix.....
This happened before I installed OCLF 2. and after installation OCLF on JI6 official via ODIN, Accurate battery mod and Mobile AP mod.
Edit 1: I just started Gallery for a test and it locked up on "loading image". This time i just let it sit. It stayed frozen for 7 minutes then the screen went blank. After that without touching it, the phone rebooted itself and started back up. I'd say this is no small bug. Crud.
Edit 2: If I can get to open once without a crash, I can open and close it a few times and it gets faster. If I leave alone and do not open it for a view hours it starts slow again but does not crash. Talk about lag! Its like 30 seconds to load. Yuck, not a good bug fix if it causes new bugs...

Well, I feel better knowing I'm not the only one with this issue. It's really frustrating to want to show off pictures only to have to wait five minutes to cycle through the rebooting process. What a drag.

I would just like to add that another thing I noticed after the update is that sometimes when I snap a picture and switch over to the gallery to view it, the gallery won't even show the most recently snapped photo. Sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't, but when it doesn't show, I back out of the gallery and go back in one or two times for it to show up.

I just noticed this today too. Was working fine before. I did note in the JI6 update that there was a Kernel revision...I wonder if it was for the gallery "Kernel: 3D library patch"
~SB

I wish we had a change log that was better then what was officially sent out; "... plus forty or more bug fixes..." that tells me zero. I can get more from a solo app writing Dev, that just did an upgrade to for his app. Anyone know of a decent change log?
I have not seen these issues widely reported either, anyone else?
As far the Gallery being a resource hog are you guys saying more than before the update? Because just the nature of the app, I would assume it would be just by it bells and whistles. The reason I ask is sometimes when an app is troubled or needs a fix they "fix" it just by giving it more priority to tap resources.
I'm just guessing here... my Gallery worked perfect before the update. As the Gallery goes, I don't even know what the original Ji6 fix was for. Shrug*~
Still a great phone. But I used to love to show off the gallery, I'm photographer and I have some final prints loaded. It was a great marketing tool to get my work in shops and galleries. The Galaxy S. Tab will be my walking portfolio, 'can't wait.

blink55184 said:
Havent checked CPU usage, but my Gallery is buggy since the update.
Alot of times, when in Messaging App, selecting Attach, then Pictures, freezes. It will show me the Gallery background with no folder/photo options.
This happens sometimes when opening the gallery itself as well. I will see the reflective gallery background without any photos.
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I'm having the same problem

This must be fixed. Im starting to hate this damn phone...
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Browser back button bug?

I've pretty much been experiencing this issue since I got my Xoom, but can't find any information on it. Most of the time when attempting to use the back button in the browser it does nothing. If I press it multiple times it sometimes triggers, but I usually end up multiple pages back. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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Try switching to Quick Controls, and see if the back button there exhibits the same behavior:
Browser | Settings | Labs | Quick Controls
Touch the edge of the screen to bring up the control wheel, then swipe to the back button. Does this also not register?

zonk7ate9 said:
I've pretty much been experiencing this issue since I got my Xoom, but can't find any information on it. Most of the time when attempting to use the back button in the browser it does nothing. If I press it multiple times it sometimes triggers, but I usually end up multiple pages back. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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i rarely use the browser back i use the the back button on the notification bar and have no issues with it. if the web page has re-directs before it when you hit back it will just re-direct you to the same page

I actually use the notification bar back button most of the time too, but it is the same function. I tried the thumb controls with no luck. I think it may be just the site as the others I had issue with (all heavy JavaScript) seem to work fine now.
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zonk7ate9 said:
I've pretty much been experiencing this issue since I got my Xoom, but can't find any information on it. Most of the time when attempting to use the back button in the browser it does nothing. If I press it multiple times it sometimes triggers, but I usually end up multiple pages back. Anyone else experiencing this issue?
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I've had this problem, too. At first I thought it was similar to the twitter issue on phones, where you have to mash back a few times to actually leave a twitter page, but it seems to happen any time I load a webpage with flash on it. I haven't really had a problem when it comes to pages without flash elements, but who knows if that's actually the problem.

Have you updated to the latest version of flash? It greatly increased the performance and decreased the strain it would cause on the CPU/browser.

I too am experiencing this bug. It doesn't do it for every site, but is getting more frequent. Did you find a fix for this? I I am running rooted 3.1

I have the same problem as well, it all seemed to start when I flashed someone CWM flashable desktop UA String fix

I've got the same thing on my Transformer, must be a bug in the browser.

I never had that problem , maybe it's because you are rooted . However , I do have this problem with gmail .

Have you all changed the browsers default (as in, by somehow changing the framework, and not the about:debug method) UA String to desktop? I have only been having this problem since I flashed someones UA String fix on my Wifi only Xoom (US). I know that changing the UA String's/browsers framework can cause some weird things to happen such as with one fix, the screen won't rotate 180° from the normal landscape view (Camera ontop and Motorola logo/name are to the top left of ur screen. Please respond if you have done a UA String change and now have the back button issue or other issues, thxs.
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I have not modified the browser in any way apart from rooting.

I have that bug. Going to apps / all apps and clear cache and force close browser helps it. I have a modified UA string. But having done the mod myself, I can't see how it would mess up the back button. I'm betting bug.

It does look like a bug, but seen as there at not a huge amount of seems to make me thinks it could be fixed by wiping the browser settings. Maybe some configuration somewhere got corrupted. Is there a way, say using titanium backup, to wipe just the browser settings?

Clearing the Data and Cache for the App in settings should clear all of these, if you want to reinstall the whole browser your probably going to have to reflash your ROM and clear all data and cache.

I am having this same issue I went back to completely stock and flashed tiamat 1.4.4 and it still does it! The issue occurs in both the stock browser and Dolphin HD it is extremely annoying!

i finally found a solution if you update the host list in adfree android it causes the back button to not function properly. I reverted my host list and everything works great now! I ended up uninstalling adfree though cuz its nearly useless without host list updates

I can confirm this fix, frustrating as it is you can choose this bug or ads. I personally choosenthe bug. Maybe there will be a better fix later on, maybe something to do with the ip of the hosts file

OK, I have been messing around with this and I noticed that when the back button doesn't do anything there was an iframe ad that just refreshed the iframe.
So, I changed the ip in adfree to be a pc on my lan with an apache server. It was setup to redirect all traffic from a blank page. This stopped the iframe from refreshing. Now the back button works fine
Now, does anyone with more knowhow know of a more efficient way to sort this out? I have a wifi xoom that is always at home so it's OK for me, but for others a better solution is needed

Ive got this bug too -- can you be more specific how to edit the hosts file?

Browser Crashes

I have experienced some browser crashes in the past week, on multiple sites, and especially when visiting IGN.com. Its sort of a flash heavy site, but it still happens when I have Flash turned off.
Anyone else having problems with browser crashes? It has happened with both the stock Android Browser as well as Dolphin HD Browser.

yeah lot's of random crashing with default browser, I have installed every browser available but none offer the same as desktop experience. Browsing is (for me) the most disappointing thing about the tablet.

Happens to me quite often. Well happened. If you can live without JavaScript turn it off. Just enable it on sites that you really need. For me the sudden browser closures (not FCs) happend mainly on sites with JavaScripts.

Yes lots of crashes for me as well. I tend to have a lot of tabs open, and it is particularly annoying that there seems to be no way to automatically open up the same set of tabs (anyone know if there is a way to do this)...

same here, getting very tired of having to turn flash and java off to make browswer stable, hell if wanted this i would have bought a ipad2!
Much of the content on good sites is java & flash, for me its only been really bad the last 7 days. Come on android/ Asus, sort it please!

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Happens to me quite often. Well happened. If you can live without JavaScript turn it off. Just enable it on sites that you really need. For me the sudden browser closures (not FCs) happend mainly on sites with JavaScripts.
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Just did that and both the stock browser and Dolphin HD work MUCH faster and no more FCs. Question--is the Java engine part of android, or is it in the browser? If it is in android, then I guess there is no point in trying other browsers.
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holy, I've experience about 10 force closes. My browser doesn't even show the pop up force close notification, it just closes and returns me to my launcher -.-

same here ,really annoying..my nook colors stock browser on cm7 was alot better as well as flash support on it...hopefully soon it ll be adressed...

i just experienced this during the weekend. anyone contact ASUS about this?
this is surely a software issue which can easily be fixed (i hope)

Wow - glad I am not the only one. I really hope this issue gets fixed, its annoying to say the least!

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Me too, hope they sort it soon.

I found that clearing my cache through the manage app settings helps me to load a page after a crash. It usually happens if I have over 25 MB worth of cache from previous browsing cessions.

I must be lucky... I've had no problems with my browser at all, I'm very pleased with it.

I Use Dolphin HD. Only Time my Browser Crashes is when My girl uses it and she gets on Tumblr. Weird..
Edit: Oh and it only happens after a While of use on that web Site.

Guys, I just turned off the fast scrolling in the advanced menu and it's stopped crashing. Can anyone else test?

so far so good. Crossing my fingers.

dunetails said:
Guys, I just turned off the fast scrolling in the advanced menu and it's stopped crashing. Can anyone else test?
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I've always had this turned off and still get crashes..

same here (firmware "ww") but only when visit "hwupgrade" so i open this site with dolphin without java. Today i try a new kernel...asus help us (sorry for my poor english)

This is a google issue. Guys over at the xoom forum are having the same issue.

I find that rebooting the tf every other day helps cut down crashing and app fc's
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browser crashes randomly

Sometimes I'll be in the browser on a website and the browser will randomly shut down and take me to my homepage. No message pops up saying something went wrong though. I just got my tablet yesterday and already this has happened 7-10 times. Does this happen to other people or am I the only one? Is there anything I can do to fix it?

I have the A501, but my browser has done the same thing a few times. It only seemed to happen when i had a really bad connection though. Don't know if that had any factor in it. Usually its fine though

same here
I think its coding on the website.this happened far less with the new dolphin browser but I like stock browser better.
Giggles are for blonde chics back off there mine

No guarantee that this will work for you, but you could give it a shot.
It very well could be coding on the page as was suggested earlier. Especially if it always happens on a particular site.
For your applications that are force closing or are acting buggy, try this procedure to see if it may correct the behaviors:
Go to Settings >> Applications >> Manage applications >> All tab, select the application that is giving you problems, and press the Force stop button if the application is still running and then to wipe the data press the Clear data and Clear cache buttons as well.
NOTE: THIS WILL RESET THE APPLICATION AND ERASE ANY APPLICATION STORED DATA UNLESS ITS SAVED TO MEMORY.
If this does not correct the issues, then try uninstalling and then reinstall the application.
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Yup
It happens to me from time to time, usually when I'm looking around on failblog for some reason. I just go to my history so I can easily go back to the last page I was looking at.
Stock 3.1, latest update.

Its an old and known problem. Unfortunatly 3.1 didn't solve it. Switching off Java does but thats not a satisfieing solution.
Browser keeps shutting down

I'm having the same issue right now and can't seem to use the browser for more than 2 mins its really getting on my nerve. How can I view video when the JavaScript is turned off? For once, why can't this device not have faults regarding basic functions?

nasimdejai said:
I'm having the same issue right now and can't seem to use the browser for more than 2 mins its really getting on my nerve. How can I view video when the JavaScript is turned off? For once, why can't this device not have faults regarding basic functions?
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It seems that a good question here would also be, "What browsers are you all using? And have they all shown the same behavior?"
I have the default Chrome, then I also have Firefox and Dolphin. I know there are others as well.

my tab had this issue as well. i notice that when adblocker is running it doesnt happen near as often. i suspect pop up ads are responsible. your experience with failblog makes me more sure.

Hmmm..... I don't ever have that problem with the Dolphin HD browser.

This happens a least once a day for me. But it happens randomly, on any page. Even if i just try and open the browser to the home page it'll occasionally close on its own.

mehtuus said:
It seems that a good question here would also be, "What browsers are you all using? And have they all shown the same behavior?"
I have the default Chrome, then I also have Firefox and Dolphin. I know there are others as well.
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I was referring to the stock browser Haven't tried any others for a extended period of time