Strange S4 behavior - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshootin

My S4 is acting crazy lately. Seemingly randomly several download icons show up in my notification area. And it's old downloads that have been moved or deleted. Any idea what's going on? Thanks.

are you rooted with a custom recovery/rom
what's your build
what have you done to fix it

I'm rooted with stock and safestrap. It's 4.3 mk2. And since I have no idea what's going on I've done nothing to try to fix it.
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Still looking for help with this one. It used to happen just once in a while but now it's like this almost all the time. Very annoying.
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LWH.31752 said:
Still looking for help with this one. It used to happen just once in a while but now it's like this almost all the time. Very annoying.
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It may be time to Odin flash and start clean.
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Thanks for the replies but my problem has gone away, per se. I ended up accidentally knocking the S4 off my desk at work and cracked the screen and screwed up the display. Now I have a S5 Active. Thanks again.
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Xylon Rom all Apps closing

Hey there I go into multitasking and nothing is there yet there was a dozen applications before. What is on the go?
Thanks!
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Joshua3109 said:
Hey there I go into multitasking and nothing is there yet there was a dozen applications before. What is on the go?
Thanks!
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I actually had a similar problem last night and I'm using an older build of Xylon (March 11th), which I've been using for quite some time now. Any time I tried to open an app it forced closed. I had Pandora playing at the time this was going on (which isn't anything out of the ordinary). I rebooted and it solved my issues. This was the first time this had ever happened to me and I've been using this ROM for over a month now.
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Anyone else having lag or slow XDA app ?

Starting to really irritate me, but whether it's the free version or paid version of XDA forum app it's been extremely slow or fails to connect numerous times a day. When this is happening I can verify a good connection by surfing on the browser or other Internet apps.
I used to have a beta version of tapa talk 2 app that I loved !! Unfortunately one of the many times of flashing and messing with my HTC rebound I wiped internal and lost it. I have searched many times for it again and have never found it even though it was a free app. I Don't like the updated tapa talk app.
Yes, I've had the same problem with the app.
mjh68 said:
Starting to really irritate me, but whether it's the free version or paid version of XDA forum app it's been extremely slow or fails to connect numerous times a day. When this is happening I can verify a good connection by surfing on the browser or other Internet apps.
I used to have a beta version of tapa talk 2 app that I loved !! Unfortunately one of the many times of flashing and messing with my HTC rebound I wiped internal and lost it. I have searched many times for it again and have never found it even though it was a free app. I Don't like the updated tapa talk app.
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Same problem here
I Am The One Who Knocks!
Me too
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Me too
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Me too
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Yup same here... pictures don't load either.. Super annoying.
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Very slow on 4g and one of the top phones if not the top phone of the year lol just be xdas app lol
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Same here
Same here.
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Same here...
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Yep constant force closes. As lame as it is I've been spending a lot of time on android central
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Every time I tap a comment it says "unfortunately xda has stopped working" any reason why?
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+1 for constant random force closing
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Same here
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I switched over to the Tapatalk free app and while I like the older version better it has been working properly.
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I have the paid Tapatalk and force closes alot on xda and is slow at times
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+1 for issues
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and forced closures
I wiped my cashes and it stopped
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Deus ex the fall force closes

I am running X-note 11 and all games work like a charm, but I just bought Deus ex rhe fall from play store, and whenever I try to click on New Game or go to Options, it force closes every time. I havent been able to start the actual story not even once, and my googling did not help... anyone knows what is wrong? Any help would be highly appreciated
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Anyone? Please...
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This has been happening since the kitkat update from samsung, Same for gta sa.
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Same for me. Gotta wait for a game update I guess.
I hate waiting
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celderic said:
This has been happening since the kitkat update from samsung, Same for gta sa.
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I just talked to a guy using Civato's rom and apparently Deus ex the fall works for him (a bit laggy, he says, but works). That being said, the problem must be somewhere else, not in the KitKat update. Question is... where?!
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Battery Drain

So lately I've been getting a horrible battery drain on my s4 no matter what ROM I use i still have this problem. My phone won't charge, sometimes if I do a reboot it'll work fine but it always comes back. Has anyone else been experiencing this?
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I even lose battery when charging my phone
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I have insurance on it through best buy mobile, so if I return it to stock do you think they would swap it for a new one?
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I'm gonna flash back to stock with the NAE .tar file and if problem still occurs then I'll go to best buy mobile and get it looked at and see if they will swap it out with new one. I really want the s4 with spark compatibility anyway lol.
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Not saying this is what it is but check this out http://mobile.pcmag.com/?origref=ht...-your-android-device-is-infected-with-malware
I use 360 antivirus. One of the best there is.. Just trying to help.. Hope whatever it is you get it resolved @churchey360
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@flashback7 I don't think that's it but it could be lol. I'm thinking its because I've been using wifi tethering alot lately and it drains my battery and makes my phone really hot. One time it got so hot that I got a message saying my battery was overheated and my phone shut off. I think that may be the cause of it.
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That'll do it. I unplug mine before it overheats.

OmegaRom Find My Mobile not working?

So the other day I was going through my settings since I'm fairly new to the S5 and noticed there was a feature that was just like the windows phone find my phone but a little better. I tried to use it and turn it on but after going back to the original security page it still says off or when I add a number to the part where it will notify you when the Sim I changed it doesn't save the number. Any ideas on how to fix this? I'm also using the tmobile variant of the s5
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MrKickstand said:
So the other day I was going through my settings since I'm fairly new to the S5 and noticed there was a feature that was just like the windows phone find my phone but a little better. I tried to use it and turn it on but after going back to the original security page it still says off or when I add a number to the part where it will notify you when the Sim I changed it doesn't save the number. Any ideas on how to fix this? I'm also using the tmobile variant of the s5
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I am also using Omega ROM. And it is working in mine. Did you uninstalled or froze any system apps?... It might be due to that.
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
I am also using Omega ROM. And it is working in mine. Did you uninstalled or froze any system apps?... It might be due to that.
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Nope the only thing I did was flash a couple mods from omega like YouTube and sms
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I will play around with mine and let you know if it happens... At least we will why it happens...
Chaitanyapatel8880 said:
I will play around with mine and let you know if it happens... At least we will why it happens...
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I'm going to try to reflash the rom again after I charge it a little and see if that might fix it
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Anything?
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MrKickstand said:
Anything?
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No... Mine is working properly, no matter what I do...
Hmm I'll pull a log cat.. I have done multiple clean installs and everything possible.. maybe it doesn't work with the T-Mobile variant.
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MrKickstand said:
Hmm I'll pull a log cat.. I have done multiple clean installs and everything possible.. maybe it doesn't work with the T-Mobile variant.
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Might be possible....
After reading around and searching. The Samsung security feature is not on the t-mobile variant. The t-mobile one used lookout instead of findmymobile
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