[Q] Phone behaving weird ! - Nexus 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

ok i don't wont to bore you with details but heres list of stuff that (almost)suddenly happened to my nexus 4 !
1.MX Player lags a little and many videos won't work with H/W anymore ! make weird noise or quit instantly !
2.my phone sometimes gets so hot on full brightness , it didn't use too!
3.my phone lags ! it used to be buttery smooth
4.camera stops working on all of apps and requires rebooting ! (sometimes phone reboots on instagram) my camera also makes weird click noise ! mostly when i open camera ! (my ears are also sensitive to sound but i never heard it before !)
5.my volume down sometimes doesn't work !
6. Google chrome weird graphic glitches ! mostly when showing all tabs !
7. i don't know if its still like that but when i wasn't home google chrome made horrible weird lag when scrolling !
8. i guess battery life is a little bit shorter !
9.when i connected a low amp charger to my phone it suddenly got super-slow so i disconnected it instantly, its not lagging anymore (i mean the lag that it took my phone 5 seconds to react to my touch ! the lag i mentioned before is not that huge!)

also i see shade of chrome bar and some other stuff
i took screenshot and there's no shade on screenshot

Bump ;( i don't want to sell it like that to someone!

Re: Phone behaving weird !
What Android OS are you using that is causing all these problems? Did you do anything new to your Nexus before these problems happened?

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have you LAG on your today pag ?

first excuse me for my bad English typing ..
when i turn my HD2 on , for example ; could crossing with LAG ...
is your phone same as my phone ? whats the salvation ?
Siamak_ramp said:
first excuse me for my bad English typing ..
when i turn my HD2 on , for example ; could crossing with LAG ...
is your phone same as my phone ? whats the salvation ?
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No problem that your English is bad, but I am not sure what you mean.
Do you mean when you turn on your phone the CLOUDS (weather clouds) are crossing with lag? That happens to me to, but only when I have Wifi on. There is lag because the device is busy with connecting to the Wireless connection.
When I do not have Wifi on and so it does not have to search when I turn it on, there is no lag.
XDA mark said:
No problem that your English is bad, but I am not sure what you mean.
Do you mean when you turn on your phone the CLOUDS (weather clouds) are crossing with lag? That happens to me to, but only when I have Wifi on. There is lag because the device is busy with connecting to the Wireless connection.
When I do not have Wifi on and so it does not have to search when I turn it on, there is no lag.
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YES !! even on the flight mode i have this problem too ,when the task-bar if refreshing & when the clock has activity ... ) ..
Also i have another question , is your keys a little wobbly ?
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EVERY TIME IS ANOTHER CHANCE !!!
Hello
Maybe you are talking about the activesync issue.
With my phone I have a lag (say 5s lag) when I switch on the phone while being off for a while (longer that the activesync update period which is 2 hours in my case).
It seems that this is due to activesync that tries to connect immediately and taking all phone resources.
I haven't found any workaround so far.
arnaud.ja said:
Hello
Maybe you are talking about the activesync issue.
With my phone I have a lag (say 5s lag) when I switch on the phone while being off for a while (longer that the activesync update period which is 2 hours in my case).
It seems that this is due to activesync that tries to connect immediately and taking all phone resources.
I haven't found any workaround so far.
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I'm sorry im not so professional on the Windows mobile , my previous phone was Sony ericsson P1i , anyway . could you tell me whats the Active Sync ?
Can i Solve this probelm ?
All of the HD2 has this problem ?
Yes all are affected by this...
When u turn off all automatic Download Options (Stocks, Weather, Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Time Sync) and have Wifi not connected all the time, there is only very small lags when the taskbar is updating.
When u do not disable all auto data connection, the phone is busy with connecting (GPRS/EDGE, HSPDA or WiFi) and this is causing heavy CPU load...
Siamak_ramp said:
YES !! even on the flight mode i have this problem too ,when the task-bar if refreshing & when the clock has activity ... ) ..
Also i have another question , is your keys a little wobbly ?
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EVERY TIME IS ANOTHER CHANCE !!!
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My hardware buttons were also a little wobbly yes. Now they are starting to get more and more fixed. Just walk with your HD2 trough snow and rain, and the keys will learn they need to hold on tight if they don't want to fall of the device haha! No but seriously, my keys really feel better and better. Just use them for a month at least.
Siamak_ramp said:
I'm sorry im not so professional on the Windows mobile , my previous phone was Sony ericsson P1i , anyway . could you tell me whats the Active Sync ?
Can i Solve this probelm ?
All of the HD2 has this problem ?
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I do not know if the issue comes from activesync of your phone. It is an supposition. There can be many other reasons why you see this lag. Try to describe more what you have.
Activesync is the tool that is used to synchronize outlook (appointment, tasks, phone number, ...). You can find the application on "Start"->"tools"->"Connectivity" this is the green icon with two white arrows. I do not know if activesync is active on your phone.
If you do no need exchange sync, you can try is to go to "Menu"->"Schedule" and set "Manually" for both peak times and off-peak-time.
I confused :-(
Dear Friends
i disable that animation ...
Just tell me is a little lag normal or not ? ..
has iPhone 3g any LAG ?
Anyway , thank you for your guide ...
yes i´ve seen some lag on the Iphone 3Gs during heavy CPU load like connecting WiFi or GPRS too.
But u can´t compare it:
the iphone OS is completly hardware accelerated, but WM isn´t. The iPhone doesn´t even have animations on "homescreen", so u won´t be able to see some lag there.
I think it isn´t very hard to get an OS working smooth if it is made of only one screen where u can scroll some icons to the left or right. And the iPhoneOS is especially made for this device only, for this specific piece of hardware.
There are plenty of Windows Phones running the same OS, and this is the reason why microsoft is still #1 on home and buisiness PCs in the world.
COMPATIBILITY !
For me the iPhone will never refund any WM phone, cause i don´t want to have a phone which is not even able to play MP3 or send files to other phones via bluetooth...
Tested three HD2z - all of them exhibit a momentarily LAG while switching between menus (especially noticeable after startup) / during rapid-browsing between pictures / when the taskbar refreshed due to wifi's status or a frequency change, etc...
Some people don't really care... some others might be convincing themselves that there is no lag at all - but it's quite noticeable, and there is nothing you can do. maybe HTC will improve this in their upcoming manila/sense releases.
Fatherboard said:
Tested three HD2z - all of them exhibit a momentarily LAG while switching between menus (especially noticeable after startup) / during rapid-browsing between pictures / when the taskbar refreshed due to wifi's status or a frequency change, etc...
Some people don't really care... some others might be convincing themselves that there is no lag at all - but it's quite noticeable, and there is nothing you can do. maybe HTC will improve this in their upcoming manila/sense releases.
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Thank you dear Friend ...
But i have this LAG on my Weather Animations On Today Page , For example could cross with a littel LAG Also At the Start when a push the icon's Up the cross with a littel LAG ..
My English Language is not so good, Could you tell this matter to HTC Support team & Then inform the Result to us ?
I noticed a lag when scrolling bottom sense scrollbar in direction from settings(last) to home(first). Sometimes it is also noticeable forward(home->settings) when weather animation is active. I set home wallpaper to be static and the lag in this direction was gone. Probably something with graphics acceleration. There is much more data on settings screen, so maybe after tap->slide procedure(when the semitransparent curtain with big settings icon activates), it takes much more graphics power to make it smooth. I tried many ROMs, but all of them suffered with this.
Installing chainfire patch makes no difference as weel as setting EnableVSync to 0. Also, the blinking taskbar icons when some animation is active don't look very nice.
Didn't find any solution, so any tip for this is welcomed...

[Q] SGS2 Overheating?

I've been having a few issues with a couple of games freezing and have also had the phone get quite hot, particularly around the camera end. The two games I've had freeze up a lot are Fruit Slice and Pinball Classic, neither are spectacular graphics wise. Basically the games just freeze up and either I'm ejected to the home screen or I have to power off/restart. Occasionally I do get the "Force Close" box, but not very often, this contrary to what I would expect if it were just a normal bug related issue. sometimes it crashes after 5 mins or so, other times straight away. What makes me think it might be overheating is that once it does freeze up, it will do so again almost instantly if I relaunch. The rest of the phone seems okay in operation, I've run a few benchmarks and stress tests, all run okay so far. However (and it is a BIG however), once the phone has got warm, if I go to adjust my screen brightness I am limited to how high I can raise it and receive the following message: "To avoid overheating, maximum brightness has been reduced" (I've attached a screen print below).
Does anybody else get these issues or that message?
Got that "To avoid overheating..." message too while using Navigon Mobile Navigator inside my car (attached to charger).
In some other post I also read about a message like "To avoid overheating, the charging process has been paused", but this depends on the temperature of the battery only (I think).
Regarding the crashing games, that might be a problem of the game. But I had some crashing games, too, but I could not find a relation to the temperature of the phone.
Anyway, it could still be a heat problem.
In my opinion it would had be better for samsung to make the phone some mm thicker to better deal with heat and including a more powerful battery than just claiming to have the thinnest superphone.
Anyway, its still a great device.
Useful to hear it happens on other handsets, in fact I've now found a few threads talking about the issue happening on other models of samsung phone, such as the Infuse.
On the crashing games front, would you mind trying out Fruit Slice for a bit, to see if it hangs on you? If it dosen't crash after 10 mins or so I would think you're okay.
about overheating
i did experience it
when i left the phone in the car it became very hot and i get the same message
TacticalTimbo said:
On the crashing games front, would you mind trying out Fruit Slice for a bit, to see if it hangs on you? If it dosen't crash after 10 mins or so I would think you're okay.
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I'll try that as soon as I have it back (and if I remember to test), its currently at the repair facility because of a faulty camera.
EvilGeniusHST said:
I'll try that as soon as I have it back (and if I remember to test), its currently at the repair facility because of a faulty camera.
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Cheers, really appreiated. Just to update, I played it again just now, managed 3 games before it froze and kicked me out to the home screen; again no crash dialoge asking force close/wait?! I also checked my temp immediatly after it crashed, using Stability Test V1.5, it reported 31c, which dosen't sound too hot from what I've heard...who knows, cheers agian though!
EvilGeniusHST said:
I'll try that as soon as I have it back (and if I remember to test), its currently at the repair facility because of a faulty camera.
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Cheers, really appreiated. Just to update, I played it again just now, managed 3 games before it froze and kicked me out to the home screen; again no crash dialoge asking force close/wait?! I also checked my temp immediatly after it crashed, using Stability Test V1.5, it reported 31c, which dosen't sound too hot from what I've heard...who knows, cheers agian though!
sorry about the double post
Okay, I've been playing now about 15+ minutes without any problem. The phone doesnt get even hot, just a little bit warm. Using Navigon Navigator it gets a LOT more hotter.
So maybe you should try a factory reset? Or its a faulty phone...
By the way, I had display brightness set to Auto and I'm on german KE7 firmware.

[Q] Screen response

Hi All,
I have got my Ideos X5 for about 2,5 weeks now and at first everything was fine. I had a battery life of about 2 full days, made it 3 days once! The response was quick and everthing was as I wanted it.
The last week however when i scroll in my menu, it's not fluent anymore, switching from screens (left and right) is not fluent anymore and i am unable to remove widgets from my homescreen. This is because when i press the widget (if you do it long enough you should be able to place it in the garbage can) it only holds it a for a fraction and then it drops it again, or it simply loads the program. Angry birds simply crashes after like 5-10 games for another example. When i do a quadrant test at that moment, it scores like 1000.
Now the strange thing is: this is not all the time. Sometimes it has these problems, sometimes it works fluently, no problems, no crashes, quadrant of 1400.
I tried to find out if it was a particular application that was running that caused it, but i ended every application that i've downloaded so far and it still occurs.
Anyone have any idea what it could be and how to solve the problem?
Tnx!
What Rom are you running?
I use the stock os.
build number: V100R001c00b135sp01
custom version: Custdeuc253d001
so i guess B135?
Hi all, quick update. I think i might have found the answer to my problems.... I downloaded this battery app earlier and i removed it now. This night cost 0% battery (earlier it sometimes cost 30%) and angry birds didn't crash even though i played for like an hour and alle screens work fluently again. Lets hope it stays that way! (otherwise i'll be back )
Meiga44 said:
Hi all, quick update. I think i might have found the answer to my problems.... I downloaded this battery app earlier and i removed it now. This night cost 0% battery (earlier it sometimes cost 30%) and angry birds didn't crash even though i played for like an hour and alle screens work fluently again. Lets hope it stays that way! (otherwise i'll be back )
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Every battery saving app is oNLY for stupid people who don't know what is their phone and how to lower brighness or disable GPS. Apps CAN NOT make any difference in battery life, only shorting it. Cause it's again only just one more app running in background and using phone resources - and it's from battery.

HTC One 4.2.2 update pros and cons

I updated my ONE to 4.2.2 around 3 days ago. Needless to say its a pretty cool and major update. Still some observations..
Mentioned in Update Changelog
DayDream
Improved menu button
Notification Bar
Quick settings
AE|AF lock
Back buton = start of Blinkfeed
Some of the good stuff which wasnt mentioned in the log
Gallery has removed the extra step to go to events,albums etc
App drawer animation is waaay smoother
Dynamic contrast now doesnt flicker the screen [I think]
If you have multiple types of numbers stored for a contact, it comes up in small just above the message from the type the message has come
Some of the Issues I found
Normal mode in camera produces a blue tinge in the view finder
BoomSound volume is a little lesser
Power saving mode has degraded. Or maybe the brightness level has been increased. Something has changed in that
One more - I got Wechat preinstalled after this update!
Any of you facing any issues?
I saw nothing wrong with the camera.
But i hav one priblem since 4.1.2 the keyboard flicker sometime, does anybody hav this also??
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Can someone who has 4.2.2 comment as to whether there is still a waiting period when sending group messages? What I mean is that when you send a group mms message, there is a small popup with a blue circle that says "Please wait..." Is that still the case? Thanks.
I can confirm too that boomsound sounds a little lesser. and the camera I tested In a bright sunny day, in the screen is something (better I think) and them the picture taken is a little warmer.
The sky quality even in sunny day have a very bad quality. its like 8bit blue color.
my sound isnt as loud anymore and i think my battery got worse, i get 1 hour less screen time -_-
Sound is down for sure but my guess is that some people blew their speakers with very loud files I assume this is a "fix"
Power saver mode doesn't work after update.... Seriously need to fix it soon
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cons:
- proximity issue
- crackling noise during call
dsymbol said:
cons:
- proximity issue
- crackling noise during call
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Yeah proximity issue. Once a call starts, suddenly the screen would go black and I have to toggle the power button to turn it on. And when you do that, it wont turn off i.e the proximity wont work.
I have no issues with the camera, seems very good still to me...I get the proximity issue though it seems intermittent, I don't really use the speakers to be fair so not sure about the difference there. They still kick the crap out of any other phone I've heard so can't complain! I also think my battery isn't as good as it was though I'm getting there with it. Think the settings are just a little different. I did notice that there seem to be two auto-brightness settings by default if you tap the brightness in quick settings there is a bright and a dim auto-brightness by the looks of it to me.....might be wrong (and I dont mean powersaver auto-brightness, that is lower again!)
Since the 4.2.2 update, my wifi takes between 2-4 attempts before it successfully connects to my d-link router, i also have an Huawei router and it`s the same, before the update it only took one attempt
Also the new drop down setting list, wifi, bluetooth ect. where is the GPS one.
John.
Videos didnt work after update
I have videos downloaded in my videos folder wich were running fine before ota 4.2.2 update. but after update video extension were not supported anymore.
i am running htc stock videoplayer only
Battery... battery took a hit, and not a small one.
I'd say 20% is just gone... and "Kernel (Android OS)" looks to be the bad guy who's ****ing things up.
battery life has gone down
Worth noting that I had massive wakelocks from 7 Digital so disabled that and my battery seems better already.....
djq said:
battery life has gone down
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Mine went down for the first couple of days but now seems to have settled down and if anything is slightly better.
Seems the battery needs to recalibrate over a few charge cycles.
15% and 100% battery level notification sound, wish i could disable it
NextNexus said:
Can someone who has 4.2.2 comment as to whether there is still a waiting period when sending group messages? What I mean is that when you send a group mms message, there is a small popup with a blue circle that says "Please wait..." Is that still the case? Thanks.
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Anyone?
Also i think it takes more time to charge now..
As people mentioned, battery might need 3-4 cycles to recalibrate...
And yes dynamic contrast flickering has stopped. Screen doesn't into an infinite loop trying to adjust the brightness on a white background screen. Need more confirmation though..
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Battery is horrible, I got my update about a week ago and no improvements. In fact, after first charge since 4.2.2 battery was EXCELLENT. But since then, it's awful. Power saving mode is not working, I had it on all the time because phone would overheat in these temperatures. (40+ degrees).
I am seriously thinking about rooting my phone and installing Paranoid Android on it, I love Sense but 4.2.2 just made the phone worse in my opinion
The only thing that's keeping me from moving it's the boom sound + beats audio.

[Q] My Problems with Nexus 4

Hi !
These are the problems I am facing on my Nexus 4 device and I would really appreciate if someone kindly let me know as to how I can solve these serious issues plaguing me since almost a month now. ( Nexus 4 running KitKat 4.4.4 )
1. When the phone is in the pocket and I get any notification it naturally wakes up but then supposed to go back to the Sleep Mode like in any phone normally but unfortunately, my phone stays awake and I notice this when I actually feel the phone growing uncomfortably warm in my pocket !
The screen shows multiple pages open and battery draining like anything ! ( after reading some online problems related to this I have deleted WebChat and closed the Daydream function but the problem still persists and it seems I am not the only one facing this problem . )
This has happened many times.
Further, I have no idea if this happened only after the update or not since I have never used Nexus before and besides , my phone is second hand and was already updated to this version when I had purchased.
2. At times when I am rotating my camera from lets say, Landscape to Potrait mode and visa versa to take pictures the image freezes for a heartbeat and becomes normal once again.
Acting as if memory is not enough !
Storage shows 5.75G left. Two movies and music and no games.
No anti virus app but DU Booster. ( also happened before installing the booster app. )
So far, after using this phone for almost a month I am very happy and I love the smoothness of the phone .
To me this is an Andriod version of an iPhone in terms of smoothness and reliability.
In fact, I think it is better in many ways but if these above issues are solved it would encourage me to buy a new Nexus 5 soon which I am sure is much nicer then a 4.
Thank you for your kind assistance and best regards to all.
Sammy
I assume you've performed a factory reset after having bought it used, is that right?
1. Have you set it up to turn the screen on when a notification is received? It can affect your battery life, especially if it happens to unlock on its own, which I think may be the case if you're reporting "multiple pages open and battery draining like anything"
2. It's quite normal, obviously if the switching time is not THAT annoyingly long. Mine has approximately 40% storage left and sports almost no lag within the camera app, but that fraction of a second is noticeable.
Thanks for your kind reply.
Yes, I did a factory reset.
Let me check the notification status.
With regards to camera when I twist and turn the phone - the image , instead of changing with the position actually ' thinks ', before doing it which means a blurry lag .
I clearly see this from one position to the next.
Further, what I forgot to write and ask was when the phone is in my pocket and I receive an incoming call the screen freezes and I cannot swipe it to unlock and so I have to switch off the power and turn it on and only then swipe and receive the call ! ( I used to get this on a custom ROM on Galaxy S and the Dev gave me this idea and which I apply here too ! )
Thanks again !
Sammy
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