hi guys,
been having problems with my Asus TF101 for the past week. The tablet info is as follows.
Android OS: Stock 4.0.3 unrooted (I checked for any available updates and this is the latest version)
Kernel: 2.6.39.4
Build Number: 9.2.1.27
The problem is basically as follows. A few days ago I tried launching an app which I use on a regular basis (Dolphin Browser) after not having used my tablet for a few days. The app would open and then just randomly shut down suddenly (there was no message about "This app failed to respond/crashed" it just automatically closed). I tried some other apps and they would also randomly close. I have dozens of apps installed but some of the ones which failed are listed below. I did not have an oppurtunity to/did not try testing many other apps.
Merck Manual
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDYsImNvbS51bmJvdW5kLmFuZHJvaWQudWJtbSJd
Epocrates
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...ult#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5lcG9jcmF0ZXMiXQ..
Medscape
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tZWRzY2FwZS5hbmRyb2lkIl0.
Dolphin Browser
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsIm1vYmkubWdlZWsuVHVubnlCcm93c2VyIl0.
Doubletwist
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...EsImNvbS5kb3VibGVUd2lzdC5hbmRyb2lkUGxheWVyIl0.
Harrison's
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImNvbS51bmJvdW5kLmFuZHJvaWQuY3FobSJd
Documents to Go Full Version
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDYsImNvbS5kYXRhdml6LmRvY3N0b2dvYXBwIl0.
N64oid
http://slideme.org/application/n64oid
Apps which continued to work include Gmail, Chrome, Youtube and the majority of the preinstalled apps (e.g. Gallery, Camera, Supernote). A notable exception to this is the preinstalled Internet browser, which also closes after a few seconds and does not work. I wondered if there was a problem with the apps themselves, but given the nature with which so many apps suddenly stopped working I'm thinking that is highly unlikely. The apps listed above had worked fine previously without issue (I have been using them for over a year) and they continue to work fine on my other devices (Galaxy S2 i9100T running stock 4.0.3 rooted and HTC HD2 runnig AOSP ICS).
I did a factory reset and hard reset (using both methods i.e. the Vol Down+Power button option and the option to go via 'Settings'). However the problem continues. I cannot even log into my Google account anymore on the tablet because the Internet browser does not work and it is necessary for logging into Google; therefore I have been unable to download a lotta the apps (I have the extra security verfication for my Google account). I tried sideloading Dolphin Browser but it still failed to work.
I have never had any other problems with the tablet (except for the occasional lag/crash)
The tablet is still under warranty (extended warranty) so I have filed a claim however it may take some time to get sorted. As you might be able to tell from the apps I have listed, I am a medical student (final year) and my final exams are just 7 weeks away, so the last thing I want to do is be left without a device I depend on for note-taking/studying while the device is being repaired.
I have never rooted on installed a custom ROM on the tablet and am reluctant to do so right now given the urgency of the situation. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I can do to sort this out?
is "force gpu rendering" off or on?
have you tried clearing the cache for the apps?
seems odd that nothing was changed and they are fracked.
scottyf79 said:
is "force gpu rendering" off or on?
have you tried clearing the cache for the apps?
seems odd that nothing was changed and they are fracked.
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I tried force GPU settings with both options but it did not make a difference. I have also uninstalled/reinstalled the apps and done a factory reset so I'm fairly certain clearing the cache is not the issue.
sigh this is getting to be a major headache for me. The guys who I have the extended warranty with confirmed there was a fault with the tablet, but because the fault was a software (which sounds like a fault with the operating system itself) fault they are not going to cover the repair costs. Fortunately we have some pretty strong consumer laws down under so I'm going claim it under my statutory warranty, especially since it has only been one month since the manufacturer's warranty expired.
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This is the second Iconia tab I've had. Both the 32GB model from Costco, this one bought a few days ago.
Unlike the first, this one periodically locks up the touchscreen, until the tab is powered off and rebooted. Anyone else seeing this? I guess I'll wait to see if the 3.2 update clears it up, return it if not.
changes made
What apps or changes have you made.there are alot of issues with bad apps.most of the complaints found in this forum is due to a rouge app
GOOD LUCK
What she said.
Rogue apps can wreak all kinds of havoc with the system - kill wifi, cause instability and lock it up or randomly reboot it etc...
Before anything else, look to the applications you've installed - cut out the questionable apps (or reset the tab to start fresh) and only install from trusted sources -be aware, the Android Marketplace is still the wild west so some nasty things still get through there. Be vigilant.
if the issue persists with a fresh tab, no apps installed, take it back.
Thanks for suggestions
Yes, I think I will do a factory reset, and reinstall one at a time, carefully
Hi guys,
Has anyone noticed heavy lag and freezing when using the phone. I don't have a lot of apps installed and i have disabled most apps that i don't use and the phone is still giving me issues.
Any advice is appreciated. [emoji4]
I switched from RAZR MAXX HD and this phone is a space rocket in comparison to my old Droid. Have you tried factory restore? Then if it lags - I would try to return it to Moto.
Check CPU utilization. Maybe some app hangs on. I've noticed that noozy (music player) lags like hell when album is over and player remains in notification bar.
emineh17 said:
Hi guys,
Has anyone noticed heavy lag and freezing when using the phone. I don't have a lot of apps installed and i have disabled most apps that i don't use and the phone is still giving me issues.
Any advice is appreciated. [emoji4]
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I have the same problem, I tried to removing as much as possible automatic start calling but often when I uncheck the receiver this puts me "failed" in Rom Toolbox, I have tried Xposed Auto Boot module, but I do not feel that it works.
But for me, I have a lot of app instaled and my UI is very modified (Nova Launcher, Gravity Box, various Widget), so I know why he lag, but I still find it overheating lot and that's what most do slow.
Hi, I am having same issue. My configs was same as you, @Trinytix, but I had uninstalled all of them because lag issues. And now I continue to have same lag issues. When I use the standard cam for five minutes it become freezy and lag and sometimes I lose some photos. All the time it is burning. Just stops to burn when I leave it without work about 30 minutes. I think the problem is the snapdragon 810 but in other foruns some say that the problems with this processor was fixed.
I've been having similar issues, I got really into theming (using nova prime) the last couple of months and at the end of January the phone started to really lag hard. A couple weeks ago I stopped being able to open any apps other than the phone and google's messenger. I tried to factory reset from settings and could not (device gets stuck un the power down sequence), so I went the recovery mode route. reinstalled a fraction of my apps, put back a much stripped down version of my theme, and things were mostly ok, if a little laggy. However, the phone insisted that there was no SD card (internal or external) despite there being a 64GB card, which would sometimes show up when viewed in settings, some apps (podcast addict) were able to access the internal memory, but others couldn't (cameras, sms, photos, music). Yesterday the keyboard ceased to launch for more than a split second at a time, and would not take any input (you would not believe how infuriating this is unless you've experienced it first hand). In an attempt to regain some functionality I started uninstalling everything that I don't consider vitally important (bus app, podcasts, messenger) couldn't get through more than 1 or 2 at a time because multiple windows would stack telling me processes like "motorola" "android" and "media" had stopped. I did succeed in stripping away all the automation apps and theming apps (tasker, nova, icon packs, etc). I can't even place a phone call on the first try.
Oh and to add insult to injury I have to darned green lines about 0.5cm wide now.
Looks like hw problem or system got corrupted. Try to re-flash whole system but if is hw...
Model: Galaxy Tab 4 SM-T230NU
Kernel Version: 3.10.0-6808427, [email protected] #2
Build #: KOT49H.T230NUUEU0APA1
OS: Android 4.4.2 KitKat
So long story short I've had my tablet for years now with absolitely no issue at all whatsoever. It's been fast, effectve, and I've had no complaints for it. I was however bored with some of the useless bloatware on the device so I decided to root and remove some apps. I don't have access to a computer so I took the Kingroot (not Kingoroot) route and it worked fine no issues easy process.
After setting that all up I removed some of the bloatware apps as desired (nothing critical: Netflix, google+, google hangouts, some printer app, and hancom office or something).
After a few hours I opened the Kingroot app after noticing my notifications were being blocked by the app and i sorted that all out but it made me also install the Kingroot Purifier app and started messing with all my stuff killing tasks and everything. I instantly uninstalled it cause I know those apps are bad and I didn't bother with it again. Shortly after I noticed my tablet becoming slower and slower for no reason at all while doing the same things I've done on it for years now.
I looked at my processes and everything to notice my RAM was being used up entirely. I know that unused ram is useless ram with phones and tablets but when I restart my tablet now I start at about 600-900mb of free RAM and it constantly fills up and up and up over a couple hours if I'm lucky until there is less than 15mb of RAM left, everything freezes, apps crash, videos suffer fps drop, and eventually I'm forced to restart it to repeat the process. This happens every hour or two depending on how many apps I open.
Now I've been noticing that when I open my active applications list in Android settings that it ALWAYS shows that there is NOTHING in it using any memory at all which I know is not right because I've had this tablet for years. After all of this I uninstalled Kingroot, deleted any and all files I could find with my file manager, restarted, and now I just have an unrooted tablet with a retardedly annoying ram issue.
I went to sleep last night and woke up to my screen being entirely frozen, and some sort of SD card icon on my notifications I've never seen before and couldnt read due to the whole thing being frozen. I've factory restored and everything and the issue still persists. I feel as if the purifier app from kingroot effected the default android app killer and its ruining my experience with my device that I've had 0 issues with for years until the day I decide I want to remove some bloatware... can someone help me?
I've read all kinds of topics on all kinds of sites and it's all dumb people that don't know how to address issues or answer them. Thanks in advance.
Still having the same issues. It's getting to the point where even my keyboard stops showing up after a while or will pop up and instantly close.
Hello,
I own Huawei Nova (CAN0L11C) with EMUI 5 and Android 7. I use it for more than a year now and so far everything looked great.
However, recently I'm very pissed of the productivity of the phone. I am using it mainly not in my country of origin as I work in a different country, but since I'm here I noticed that the phone acts veeery very slow. It becomes a huge issue to open google maps and start navigating with it, and during that time i don't want to speak about multitasking. It's almost impossible to swithc to other apps.
Here are some things that I tried:
I've cleared up disk space.
From time to time i use some apps like NoxCleaner to clean the memory and caches but this fixes the problem temporarily
I did uninstalled apps that i dont use
Nothing helps much. I would appreciate any suggestions to make that phone great again!
you have to factory reset your phone ( 1st you have to save your personal files on Sdcard )
Settings -------> Advanced setting ------> Backup & Reset -------> Factory Data Reset ------> Reset Phone
yeah im kinda trying to avoid that, but thanks for the suggestion. this will be my last option if nothing else works.
Same problem there. Factory reset already done but nothing changes... Some news on the subject ?
dada75000 said:
Same problem there. Factory reset already done but nothing changes... Some news on the subject ?
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How's your RAM usage? Don't use anti viruses and task killers. They're useless on Android.
You can try LineageOS 14.
Thanks for sure.
I have at least 1Go Ram free. Lags appears on maps, snapchat and screen freeze...
Same problem exists
Same problem happening, any solution for this issue?
I have been experiencing the same slow speeds & lag. The 1st 6 months I was so impressed with the performance of this phone, even comparing it to the performance of the flagships. It was really that good. But, come 8 months down the line, & I'm battling with lag, poor multitasking & screen freezing. Im trying to avoid factory resetting & on top of all this I don't have access to my trusted tools as I can't unlock the bootloader to gain root.
Can somebody look into this please & provide some feedback. I doubt its the processor or hardware causing these issues as the Snapdragon 625 is one of the best in its class & other phones using it aren't experiencing the same problems. I have a feeling its got something to do with the Android system updates of recent. The Google security patches updates. I noticed the speed issues after each update was installed.
FINALLY got to the bottom of my Huawei NOVA's performance issues!!!
Firstly, just want to say, Google & Huawei you are both a bunch of Monkeys !!!
I've owned my fone for two years now, and the latter year the device was just a piece of Sh1t to use, anything like Google Maps, or Assist or 'OK Google' was ridiculous to try and use, ..and everything else was running at like a 3rd performance of what the phone was supposed to be acting like. (hanging & freezing whenever you needed it to do something)
**What really cheesed me off is the amount of times this phone went back to Huawei under Warranty and they didn't even both running a performance test with all their technical know how to identify which process/application was the culprit - & o yes, it was a specific process (Or update rather as the last guy on this Thread assumed it was).
No Android apps either from the play store - like Process identifier apps etc would show any bottleneck in either RAM or CPU when the go slow or hanging was occurring, ..its like it couldn't detect the "layer" of which the issue was occurring on.
So Huawei just kept Factory resetting my phone and sending it back,.then as soon as I load my apps and within a week its all balls again. (And Im wondering if its one of my apps doing it)
To the point: IT IS THE **** GOOGLE APP **** itself, ..or at least the updates that are applied after your fone has completed its factory reset (If you did this) and the next updates come down automatically via Google Play store. (This isn't Google Assist or the Android OS itself,..the listing in the installed apps is just called 'Google' or 'Google LLC' (Im a new user so cant post any images or links yet untill after 10 basic posts first).
Grrr! ..this has been soo frustrating to find this out, ..so I just uninstalled updates for this 'Google App' so its back to the default original the phone came with, & now my phone is absolutely flying again - whilst I still have it loaded with all my apps etc.
So who's to blame here, ..Google for pushing updates which kill the phone OR Huawei should've identified this and responded with either a fix OR that the middle weight Nova can't handle the latest 'Google App' updates.
For the record - I also managed to get my Nova updated to Android Nougat (Which wasn't officially released on Nova UK phones, .. I got the correct firmware/software update etc,... but also since it went from Marshmallow to Nougat it also was crippling slow and therefore I got it reverted back to Android 6 Marshmallow (Now Im wondering if again it was simply that the latest Google App Updates had been applied to Nougat and messed the phone ?? - anyway ..ill keep it on Android 6 for now,..just happy that its responsive again and flying.
I also have to manually press the Microphone on the screen now whenever I want to speak to 'OK Google' ..its not automatic anymore - or rather constantly listening out for me to say 'OK Google' (So this must be applicable to the latest Google App update - but then this Nova just cant handle being on listen the whole time. ... But anyway if that's the price to pay for excellent performance now, ..then I dont mind at all. stuff automatic listening for me to say 'OK Google' Ill control it manually instead.
Its been so long that I forgot how a phone should be, ..its insane how fast my phone is now since uninstalling the frikken Google App)
Dont let this Google App update from your phones original - Disable Android Auto Updates
Hope this Helps you guys. (Actually it will blimming well help)
Peace
sirch777 said:
Grrr! ..this has been soo frustrating to find this out, ..so I just uninstalled updates for this 'Google App' so its back to the default original the phone came with, & now my phone is absolutely flying again - whilst I still have it loaded with all my apps etc.
Peace
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THANK YOU! <3 I have uninstalled the Google App leaving untouched rest of the google services like "google apps services" or "maps" etc. Now my phone is working as it should be!
Hi guys. Any update on your overall speed?
I factory reset the phone and it helped a bit for a while. Then I disabled the Google App and it worked like a charm... for a while. Now it's incredibly laggy again.
It's really frustrating to use. I would love to install a custom ROM, alas I don't have the bootloader unlock codes
I used Google maps last night, as usual when going to a new place, but this time my phone was extremely sluggish and almost non-responsive to when trying to use other apps while Google Maps was in use. It was literally taking 10-20 seconds to open apps (stock and 3rd party) and even my music was stuttering sometimes.
On At&t
Latest firmware with October security patch
I restarted it, but had the same issue on the way home.
Anyone else have this issue, or know what could be causing it?
tele_jas said:
I used Google maps last night, as usual when going to a new place, but this time my phone was extremely sluggish and almost non-responsive to when trying to use other apps while Google Maps was in use. It was literally taking 10-20 seconds to open apps (stock and 3rd party) and even my music was stuttering sometimes.
On At&t
Latest firmware with October security patch
I restarted it, but had the same issue on the way home.
Anyone else have this issue, or know what could be causing it?
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You could try clearing the cache for Google Maps and if that doesn't help try clearing both the cache and data for Google Maps.
If that doesn't help either hit all apps on your home screen and close all background apps.
I don't have AT&T firmware which is fairly heavily modded by AT&T but you could have some corrupt data in the Google Maps app (which clearing the app cache and data should fix) or an app running in the background that is using too much memory.
The latter shouldn't be a problem on a $1000 flagship phone but last week my unlocked S10+ issued a pop up warning that my device was running out of memory and that I needed to close running background apps to avoid performance problems.
Samsung's One UI has way more garbage running in the background than MIUI, EMUI, Oxygen or stock Android. Prior to the S10+ I haven't owned a Samsung phone since back in the Galaxy 3 days but the Galaxy and Note phones developed a bad reputation for slowing down and becoming sluggish after 6-12 months of use.
That might be what's happening to you.
If nothing else helps a complete factory reset of your device and fresh install of your apps (rather than from a Google Cloud Backup) should make your phone run like new again.
If it doesn't then you might be experiencing a hardware problem that requires service.