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I have 3 questions

I have 3 questions...first and most annoying, why does my phone seem to hit the back button on its own? I will ne reading xda (for example) and I will feel the haptic feed back and it will take me to the subforum, then to main forum, then to phone selection screen. Then I cant select my phone again I have to hit my home button an restart the xda app. It happens with all different apps, I am just on xda most of the time.lol.
Second, has anyones phone booted into safe mode? Why does this happen?
And third, do you know where the standard wallpapers are located so I can delete them? I have found the live ones and they are gone and so are thw stock tones. Thank you in advance.
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1st one sounds like a hardware defect or a rogue app. You can try a hard reset (wipe of data) and see if it fixes it, but if not, you got a wonky hardware set.
2nd, there is a combination of buttons to boot into safe mode, and I thought I remembered reading somewhere that if the phone crashes a certain way, it will boot back into safe mode, but I'm not sure.
3rd, not sure, good question. I'd have to look at it, don't remember off the top of my head. Are you running stock or aosp ????

Answer to 3. Wallpapers live within the framework-res.apk You would gain nothing by going through the trouble of deleting them.
good day.

ryanf said:
I have 3 questions...first and most annoying, why does my phone seem to hit the back button on its own? I will ne reading xda (for example) and I will feel the haptic feed back and it will take me to the subforum, then to main forum, then to phone selection screen. Then I cant select my phone again I have to hit my home button an restart the xda app. It happens with all different apps, I am just on xda most of the time.lol.
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Mine does that too.. except its the menu key happens most when it is in my car dock (3rd party) tho i have power and audio running to it... wonders if it is bad hardware...

I have buttons press themselves sometimes. It's usually when there is a lot of buildup on the buttons from using. Wipe them off and the problem stops.

imnuts said:
I have buttons press themselves sometimes. It's usually when there is a lot of buildup on the buttons from using. Wipe them off and the problem stops.
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That sound gross, but you might be on to something. I wonder if it could be this invisable shield I have on here. I have not had this phone without it. I bought it the same day I got the phone. Hmmmm
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chopper the dog said:
Answer to 3. Wallpapers live within the framework-res.apk You would gain nothing by going through the trouble of deleting them.
good day.
After wiping all stock tones and live wallpapers, I freed up about 30 mb and my phone just felt less bogged down. Also pulled a higher quadrant score(not that anyone cares about quadrant) just less useless crap on my phone. Thank you for answering
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ryanf said:
chopper the dog said:
Answer to 3. Wallpapers live within the framework-res.apk You would gain nothing by going through the trouble of deleting them.
good day.
After wiping all stock tones and live wallpapers, I freed up about 30 mb and my phone just felt less bogged down. Also pulled a higher quadrant score(not that anyone cares about quadrant) just less useless crap on my phone. Thank you for answering
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framwork-res.apk is a pretty critical apk, and to bother with disassembling, editing them out, then repackaging is just not worth it, trust us.
@chopper: figured thats where it was, just wasn't sure. Thanks bud.
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mexiken said:
ryanf said:
framwork-res.apk is a pretty critical apk, and to bother with disassembling, editing them out, then repackaging is just not worth it, trust us.
@chopper: figured thats where it was, just wasn't sure. Thanks bud.
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I believe you. I will just stick with deleting what I can. Thanks for the help.
Would be nice(atleast to me) if when one of the devs were already in there if they would just take em out. I am still thankful for what you guys do. Thank you
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3rd, not sure, good question. I'd have to look at it, don't remember off the top of my head. Are you running stock or aosp ????[/QUOTE]
I am actually running dl09 with extra crap deleted
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My Xoom takes forever to bootup!!

I timed it and it takes between 1.07 and 1.14 minutes to boot. My brother just got the galaxy *10.1 and it takes less then half the time.
Is there something wrong with my xoom.
I even did a factory reset and it is the same amount of time. i could read a book waiting for it to boot.
Anybody else have this problem?
*Also i picked up my xoom 3G when it first came out. Don't know if that matters.

opie2l said:
I timed it and it takes between 1.07 and 1.14 minutes to boot. My brother just got the galaxy and it takes less then half the time.
Is there something wrong with my xoom.
I even did a factory reset and it is the same amount of time. i could read a book waiting for it to boot.
Anybody else have this problem?
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A minute boot time is about right and not bad at all. You must be a fast reader.
Keep in mind that the boot up process on the Xoom will be longer than a Galaxy Tab due to the dual cores. The hardware has to do more before passing over to the software, that is why the Dual Core logo stays on for about half of the boot.

He got the 10.1, sorry for not being clear. And as far as i know it is the same processor.

opie2l said:
He got the 10.1, sorry for not being clear. And as far as i know it is the same processor.
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Well, a minute is still about average for the Xoom...think about all the things you can do with the extra 30 seconds you are waiting during bootup that your brother lacks?
You can make yourself coffee, smell the flowers, flirt with the cute receptionist, relax and contemplate love and loss in the new millennium....
Consider it a feature.

I just timed my US wifi only Xoom, and boot took 35 seconds.
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cam30era said:
I just timed my US wifi only Xoom, and boot took 35 seconds.
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Well, if you put it that way...just timed mine at about 45 seconds, but it SO felt like a minute.

Keep in mind he just got his, its fresh. Wait till he loads it full of crap, or factory reset yours, then compare.
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I clocked mine at 40 seconds flat.

I haven't timed mine, but it surely takes a lot longer after the 3.1 update.

Xoom Boot up Races will be the hot new drinking game this summer, I am officially predicting that right now.

rschenck said:
Xoom Boot up Races will be the hot new drinking game this summer, I am officially predicting that right now.
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Lol! +1
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bwcorvus said:
Keep in mind he just got his, its fresh. Wait till he loads it full of crap, or factory reset yours, then compare.
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I did a factory reset and i took the same amount of time. Could there be something wrong with mine??

I believe it depends on what you have on your device... lots of apps/services/free storage etc.
My xoom starts in 3 seconds ....*Joke* my xoom is always on!!!

My Xoom as is with my current setup does a complete boot from Dual Core logo to lock screen in exactly 1 minute, and a 39 second boot if you don't count the boot logo time. I'm sure it would be a little faster maybe, but there are a few apps that I need to have running on the boot process, ex: equalizer, and setcpu.
Try removing all the junk apps that start up with the system. I removed everything except a select few. If you have a lot of apps you will see a crap load of apps that start up on boot, get rid of 'em! What good do they do for you when it's usually an app that doesn't need it. It's just like how Windows boot operates, ya know? Less junk, more speed.

The world is ending, it takes ONE MINUTE to boot up your xoom!

One minute is not bad for booting an OS. Anyway, who cares? Why are you turning it off anyway? You know how long mine takes to come on? Less than a second when I click that standby button at the back.

Why does it matter????? Are you all so blindly in love with you xooms that you don't think this is a problem..
Both the Acer and Samsung boot in half the time of the xoom with the same processors. Hmmmm doesn't sound right (and yes they are all fresh)
You guys are starting to remind me of the crazy apple fans. Blindly defending there product. Grow up and open your eyes!
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Maybe i should ask a different question.
Why do all the other android honeycomb tablets boot faster then the xoom?
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ok is this really a problem? cmon people are we really comparing boot times ?
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opie2l said:
Why does it matter????? Are you all so blindly in love with you xooms that you don't think this is a problem..
Both the Acer and Samsung boot in half the time of the xoom with the same processors. Hmmmm doesn't sound right (and yes they are all fresh)
You guys are starting to remind me of the crazy apple fans. Blindly defending there product. Grow up and open your eyes!
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Ok, then back it up with proof that the other tablets are superior performance wise because of the 20 second faster boot lol?

I GOT ICS!!!!!!!!!!!!

JUST PUSHED
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and did you do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22871384

baseballfanz said:
and did you do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22871384
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No sir! I woke up, and looked at my pad (for clock) and it said firmware update

baseballfanz said:
and did you do this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22871384
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I did Here it is

Yep, I was watching video when it asked me to update. Took around 10 minutes and kept all the data so everything functioned just like before. Except it looked better and the speed is amazing. Only down side that there is no face lock which I m hoping they will come up with an update!
Very satisfied customer here! Unlike my LG Optimus 2X phone which i m not expecting to get an update EVER.

Check if you have face lock
Its the us version right?

phillybizzle said:
No sir! I woke up, and looked at my pad (for clock) and it said firmware update
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Well i guess you're not going back to sleep anytime soon.

coolface said:
Yep, I was watching video when it asked me to update. Took around 10 minutes and kept all the data so everything functioned just like before. Except it looked better and the speed is amazing. Only down side that there is no face lock which I m hoping they will come up with an update!
Very satisfied customer here! Unlike my LG Optimus 2X phone which i m not expecting to get an update EVER.
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Face unlock is a gimmick anyways..I have it on my phone, you usually end up having to type in your pin or pattern anyways, it is a negligible feature.

I should have factory reset before updating, that first reboot regenerating everything loaded (I guess) is taking a LONG time.

Shadow_Android said:
Check if you have face lock
Its the us version right?
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yah i have it under security

WHOA! Look at that notification bar!!
IT'S BEAUTIFUL

Jyveafk said:
WHOA! Look at that notification bar!!
IT'S BEAUTIFUL
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LMAO that's the first thing I noticed too..I was like OMG SHINY!!! (moth to a flame)

luna_c666 said:
Face unlock is a gimmick anyways..I have it on my phone, you usually end up having to type in your pin or pattern anyways, it is a negligible feature.
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Wrong. I have it on my Galaxy Nexus and in 4.0.3 there's an option to improve face unlock. Just scan your face in different light, with/without glasses (if you have to wear) and in different angles (holding the phone in eye height, looking down on phone and so on) and face unlock works nearly everywhere except in total darkness. I took the time once and scanned about 30-40 situations, now face unlock works flawless.

I got it too, east coast DC area

How big?
Hi,
Can someone tell me what size it is? Want to see whether it is worth downloading or waiting till tonight?

qwer23 said:
Wrong. I have it on my Galaxy Nexus and in 4.0.3 there's an option to improve face unlock. Just scan your face in different light, with/without glasses (if you have to wear) and in different angles (holding the phone in eye height, looking down on phone and so on) and face unlock works nearly everywhere except in total darkness. I took the time once and scanned about 30-40 situations, now face unlock works flawless.
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I know this, but I have tried this, it still gives me 'no face found' or 'unable to recognize' failures often. Not to mention that it's just a major PITA to hold any device in a single position for it to recognize you (very unsafe while driving), and it takes a full 2-3 seconds longer to unlock than simply swiping in your pattern, which is the fallback if it doesn't recognize you anyway. I have not found a good use for it yet (presumably, wouldn't a photo of you work anyway? And isn't it easier for a criminal to get a picture of your face than to guess your pattern?)
Just saying, impractical gimmick. Fun to play with, but for anyone who uses their device often, they will get tired of looking at themselves while the device tries to recognize them..IMHO, FWIW

Is this true
Am I understood right that you have got factory update for stock ROM?
If so that is pity - I am on custom ROM

Or we all just wait until some able Dev creates a CWM recovery-flashable version :beer:
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Barcors said:
Am I understood right that you have got factory update for stock ROM?
If so that is pity - I am on custom ROM
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You can go back to stock You aren't stuck there lol just see the link in my sig (from the sounds of it though, you are still pretty green, and need to do A LOT of reading IMO before trying to do too much at once, you also need to determine if you are SBK1 or SBK2, my guide will help you determine this.)

Not a huge difference visually but huge performance boost!
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Screen stops working momentarily?

Hello everyone. So far I'm loving everything about my Nexus 4. The thing is fast and beautiful, but I unfortunately I have a problem.
Every once in a while the LCD will stop working. I unlock it and it works, then maybe 5 hours later (after many unlocks and locks) I will unlock it and when the screen should come on my LCD slowly turns white, it looks like when you push on the screen, then it slowly spreads until the whole screen is white. I lock it then relock it and its back to normal.
Anyone else have this issue?
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Orange_furball said:
Hello everyone. So far I'm loving everything about my Nexus 4. The thing is fast and beautiful, but I unfortunately I have a problem.
Every once in a while the LCD will stop working. I unlock it and it works, then maybe 5 hours later (after many unlocks and locks) I will unlock it and when the screen should come on my LCD slowly turns white, it looks like when you push on the screen, then it slowly spreads until the whole screen is white. I lock it then relock it and its back to normal.
Anyone else have this issue?
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May be one of the apps you installed is trying to launch something upon unlocking. Do you have any er... shady looking apps installed?

snapper.fishes said:
May be one of the apps you installed is trying to launch something upon unlocking. Do you have any er... shady looking apps installed?
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Nope no shady apps. This doesn't seem like a software issue. I tried restoring many times, also the touch screen is still functional and I can still unlock the lock screen. I hear the click and I can launch apps (I placed YouTube on my home screen and just launched a video blindly)
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Happened to me 2 times in 3 weeks, not seen for a long time now.
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I have this issue too, even if I turn off Lockscreen all together I still have a delay where the screen is u responsive
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I had that issue, but not anymore with the replacement that google sent me.
Although my screen issued has been fiex, my google wallet failed to work on the new phone.
So now, I am back to using the old phone with screen issue.

unfaix said:
I had that issue, but not anymore with the replacement that google sent me.
Although my screen issued has been fiex, my google wallet failed to work on the new phone.
So now, I am back to using the old phone with screen issue.
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Damn.
Um... I kinda rooted and unlocked my boot loader and loaded CM10. I probably can't get a replacement now.
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Sure you can, just flash stock image and relock the bootloader again.
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I think I might have resolved the problem by switching to Widget Locker

Sebz4n said:
I think I might have resolved the problem by switching to Widget Locker
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I already RMAed bit in the mean time I'll use that
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Still locks some times, not nearly as much though!
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This issues is really annoying, widgetlocker did not help it after all
I have re-installed stock twice, and I have ALSO tried another rom (MiNCO) but no dice.
I heard turning off auto-brightness resolves it, I'll try that for now

Sebz4n said:
This issues is really annoying, widgetlocker did not help it after all
I have re-installed stock twice, and I have ALSO tried another rom (MiNCO) but no dice.
I heard turning off auto-brightness resolves it, I'll try that for now
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I have never used auto brightness and it still happens. Problem is its hard to recreate so I hope LGE accepts it
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Yea I contacted my phone provider (3 DK) and they said it is an issue that needs to be repaired, but my phone is older than 14 days so I can't have in switched to a new one, I Have to wait for it get get repaired >.<

Sebz4n said:
Yea I contacted my phone provider (3 DK) and they said it is an issue that needs to be repaired, but my phone is older than 14 days so I can't have in switched to a new one, I Have to wait for it get get repaired >.<
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That sucks I'm sorry
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My N4's clock goes so fast

I've just bought a N4 without guaranty.
Everything runs OK except the clock. It goes faster than normal, about 30 extra minutes every 15 hours. No matter if I set it automatic or manual.
It is rooted and with Purity\franco rom\kernel mix but it didn't even fix it.
Is there any internal hardware module which controls the clock?

Is it just the clock or the entire system .. like .. do games run faster? Does the typing "cursor" blink faster? Does it happen on stock?

Marvlesz said:
Is it just the clock or the entire system .. like .. do games run faster? Does the typing "cursor" blink faster? Does it happen on stock?
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It happens on stock toó.
I'll check with the timer and see what happens...
Nevertheless I haven't noticed anything strange but the clock's issues.
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Marvlesz said:
Is it just the clock or the entire system .. like .. do games run faster? Does the typing "cursor" blink faster? Does it happen on stock?
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Just checked the timer and it runs about 2 seconds faster than normal.
How could it be?
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Are you by any chance running close to the speed of light or flying in a space rocket?

sthomas38 said:
Are you by any chance running close to the speed of light or flying in a space rocket?
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lulz.
tiner said:
Just checked the timer and it runs about 2 seconds faster than normal.
How could it be?
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It looks like it's the whole system. We used to have this issue back in the early days on the HTC HD2, flashing a different kernel solved it. But since you said it happens on different kernels AND on stock, I'm not sure what could be the culprit.
Have you tried complete stock? (stock everything with locked bootloader)
I don't know, I'm just suggesting... Sorry... I hope you get it fixed.

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lulz.
It looks like it's the whole system. We used to have this issue back in the early days on the HTC HD2, flashing a different kernel solved it. But since you said it happens on different kernels AND on stock, I'm not sure what could be the culprit.
Have you tried complete stock? (stock everything with locked bootloader)
I don't know, I'm just suggesting... Sorry... I hope you get it fixed.
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I've just tried flashing a new kernel. It didn't work.
Is there by any chance any kernel setting for controlling the whole system speed?
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tiner said:
I've just tried flashing a new kernel. It didn't work.
Is there by any chance any kernel setting for controlling the whole system speed?
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I wont advice slowing the whole system down just because of your clock.
The absolute worst I can think about it the internal clock crystal is a bit off (hardware-faulty) and will be replaced under warranty if you still have it.
- Im sorry, forgot that you dont have warranty anymore
A few things:
Have you bought it 2nd-handed?
If yes:
Did the previous owner have the same problem?
Did the previous owner flash any software?
In what condition did you receive your N4? (cracked screen? fall damage? water damage?)
If no:
You should still have warranty I believe
If it did came out of the box with this problem; go back to your seller, explain your problem and work out some kind of fix
Dont get me wrong, its probably a software problem somewhere, but some of the above might help finding the problem

Actually I bought it as a faulty and without warranty device (80$). It's been manipulated (cracked and fixed screen) so it has no warranty.
Nevertheless, it runs absolutely great.
What do you mean with internal clock crystal?
Thanks for your help!
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