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hey first thing i want to say is this phone is amazing and it blows away everything and anything i have had in the past (ok not my 360 though).
but in the last 2 weeks ive noticed whenever i perform a soft reset, mainly because of some program freezing, it takes an enormous time for the phone to recover functionality. i mean, that when i turn the phone on, i see the pink circle appear and then the t-mobile logo, after that the Launching HTC Sense shows and then it takes about 2 mins to completely show the home screen, i.e. clock tabs calender, notification bar and all.
thats all fine, but then when i try to scroll through the home screen tabs at the bottom it jitters and is extremely unresponsive moving after like 30 secs to 3 tabs. its the same with the start button, when i try to scroll down the apps its really slow and does the same jitters and when i select something it just does that 4 colour dots loading thing.
it happens every single time after a soft reset, however if i turn the phone on and leave it aside for around 15 mins then when i try to scroll through tabs or apps it works a treat, like nothing was wrong with it.
please can someone help me, i dont know if its some start up programs causing it or some registry tweak that needs to be applied to correct it. but any help is greatly appreciated and thank you
p.s. i have quite a few apps installed :s i installed resco explorer and through 1 of the apps 'system info', im going to post some of the numbers maybe it might shed some light.
program memory 336.9 MB - used 193.86 Mb (58%)
storage memory 214.7 MB - used 204.99 MB (95%)
storage card 1.8 GB - used 1.78 GB (97%)
here is a list of the things under \Windows\StartUp
BTTrayCE
DelWMPTempFolder
HTCStartUp
PKG
poutlook
RunGNAgent
XMmobiresetter
I suspect its down to having a shiny new toy and access to this "sweetshop" of a forum that's at the heart of the issue here. I too had similar problems earlier today when my storage memory dipped even lower than your's that resulted in pop up messages from windows warning me about critically low ammounts of storage and telling me to remove some installed or redundant files to improve performance..cue bye bye to co-pilot as I dont use it and things have improved considerably.Amongst the stuff I've installed are Tomtom navigator 7, Garmin mobile XT,Igo8.3.4,ACR hd,Totall commander,Resco file explorer,myplayer,Zoomer,skyfire,BsB Tweaks and a slack handfull of games...(all of them installed to the SD card which is now almost at capacity...roll on getting my 16gb card )
These two programs (RunGNAgent, XMmobiresetter) are not in my startup folder, so try to delete them (before deleting backup them), and see if that helps.
first of all thanks to terrytpot and Mikulec.
ill try to uninstall some apps and try an reduce the memory as much as i can and see if i notice an improvement. hopefully that'll work and ill also do the backup of the 2 files and delete them from the startup.
thanks again
P.S. if anyone has anymore ideas that would greatly appreciated. thank you
rungna.exe what is it, explained
well I did some experiments with this rungnagent.exe. witch apeared to be in my startup folder.
I installed sbp-safemode (just in case i would crash the phone (ps im having a samsung i-780).
then i moved the rungna.exe to my storragecard (away from any bootup options)
I shutted my phone down holding the on/off button and restarted it.
instead of waiting 2 minutes for the phone to startup I could scroll trough start, my homescreen and apps (really fast) within 20 seconds, wich was the startup-time when i got the phone .
I made sure that all my apps were still working and guess what they did not have any complications to any backgrounded or foregrounded apps.
I was starting to get very curious about what this app would be.
I loaded the program to my windows 7 desktop-pc and scanned it using filealyzer from savernetworking (the makers of spybot search and destroy).
the file seems to be a .net executable microsoft visual c# v.7.0 . net program with the following funtions in the hex-strings (the commands given to a program on how to funtion) and the behaviour is (in my case):
check the installed files from the program google navigator.
there's also in te hextext that it has to open google navigator trough a link in the windows folder named Google "Navigator.ink"
so when you deïnstall google navigator (in my case I did that because the software was crap). it can't load and run it's intergration with the system at startup and may hook your mobile phone down at that very same startup. the makers of the software just made a mistake in their deïnstall executable because it doesn't remove this specific file. (google navigator is not google maps google navigator is a 3d navigation program using google maps you can find their software on pdafun.net)
so when you deïnstalled the program just put the file somewhere on the phone (just in case) or at least remove it from your startup folder.
So this would mean: Problem solved thread closed XD
ps
my phone stoped freezing when i deleted this startup entry so for some reason it also hooked up the system when you opend more than 5 regular apps. having you to reset the phone all the time. those problems are gone now .
I would suggest that you install spb pocket plus buy it (or bittorent it XD). the software has many handy features with one in specific being very handy. the boot in safemode option.
when your phone crashes 2 times (so you stik your stilus in the resethole 2 times) it comes up with a special bootscreen giving you 2 options boot regular or boot in safe mode.
boot in safe mode means you startup your phone without loading any registry entries or boot commands. you just get a blank screen (no deskapps, tochflow, home shells, etc). with the regular startbutton and all programs and settings. meaning you can fix the phone when it crashed.
fixing means not having to do rom-resets (while worrying about contact backups, messages and all those apps you installed and have to reïnstall from scratch when hardresetting).
good luck with ya pocket personal computer XD.
amonfog
ps: thread still closed XD
This thread is for those of you who have already got the MR2 update and would like to report any bugs, features etc. This thread will make it easier to follow up and find any similarities. Also to find fixes faster then digging through different threads.
Please DO NOT post "Oh I haven't gotten this patch yet","WTF it's not up yet","Installing it now" etc...
Please post anything you have noticed or would like to share about MR2 here.
I have the Swedish version of MR2, these are my observations.
(1) I noticed as well that when the device is waking up, the SD Card takes a second or 2 to show up. I am sure this has to do with power management. Now this causes a slight delay when you wake up the device and can be annoying if you are like me and want "Instant response". I stated already in another thread that I had applied the "SD Card Fix" that was created for MR1. Now there is no delay and thats the way I like it, the power consumption difference is not noticeable, so I am not concerned at all that it might use 0.0..something milliamps more power. Take note, that I did not suffer memory card missing or sudden data loss problems. It just took a while for the card to pop up after start up.
(2) The GPS problem with TomTom remains, I still need GPS Gate in order to use TomTom.
FIXED! See here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6494250&postcount=14
(3) The G Sensor problem remains, I cannot use any other apps apart from SE's that work with the G Sensor, very annoying!!!
This Java -> "Water Level" app works, so maybe some other ones might. But even that one is SE's. I will check more into it later.
(4) Visual LED notifications don't seem to turn on until you wake up the device, the audio alerts are instant though.
I will update as I find more, otherwise everything else(I have tested) on this device is faster now, including SMS typing via keyboard.
CAB for SD Card fix -> http://rapidshare.com/files/389695879/X2_SDFix.cab
EDIT:
Please note! I will no longer be working on trying to fix any bugs on the X2.
I'm sending it back and getting an X10 instead, so my efforts will shift over to Android now.
Perhaps down the road when they come up with a better OS or something, I will buy another X2. Until then, I hope others who have been helping out now will continue to do so.
Thanks for the clarification that the notification LED problem has still not been fixed. I'm afriad it might be time for me to say goodbye to my X2 as this was one of the reasons why I bought the device and if they still haven't fixed it now, it is unlikely they are ever going to.
bob2k4 said:
Thanks for the clarification that the notification LED problem has still not been fixed. I'm afriad it might be time for me to say goodbye to my X2 as this was one of the reasons why I bought the device and if they still haven't fixed it now, it is unlikely they are ever going to.
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I am sure there are more updates or fixes on the way.
Besides that, not many devices offer LED notification anyways.
Today was the first day my X2 has run superbly, I have not needed to install "Advanced Config Tool" or "SK Tools". No Stalls, no sluggish behaviour. Good battery life... I think it's on it's way to perfection. Now we only need HardSPL
im also dissapointed that theyve not bothered to fix the LED notifications. was one of the main reasons i stuck with SE. most SE phones have LED notification (which work), an immensly useful but simple feature. it worked fine on the X1. seems to be another casualty of their over zealous power management. the phone doesnt wake up when a text is received like the X1 used to. im sure someone clever can get the X2 behave as it should do either, their must be something in the registry that can be modified like the SD card fix..
^^ Yep, I am sure we can tweak this bad boy somehow...
But meanwhile.
To enable "Auto rotation"
Edit the following Registry Key. YOU WILL NEED A REGISTRY EDITOR! If you don't know what it is, don't bother with this! Just move along...
HKLM\Services\MultiService\mods\Rotation\AccelBasedRotationEnabled
Change value to "1"
This will help with many things including this -> TomTom!
To enable TomTom Rotation, go further down to AADRClients
(1) Add "New Key" Call it TomTom or whatever.
(2) In that key add new "String Value"
(3) Value name "ModuleFileName"
Value Data "\Storage Card\Program\Navigator\TomTom Navigator.exe"
(You will need to check your folders are the same, edit the text accordingly)
(4) Make sure it saved.
(5) Reboot device
(6) Start TomTom when it's loaded rotate your device left, viola!
mtechfan said:
^^ Yep, I am sure we can tweak this bad boy somehow...
But meanwhile.
To enable "Auto rotation"
Edit the following Registry Key.
HKLM\Services\MultiService\mods\Rotation\AccelBasedRotationEnabled
Change value to "1"
This will help with many things including this -> TomTom!
To enable TomTom Rotation, go further down to AADRClients
(1) Add "New Key" Call it TomTom or whatever.
(2) In that key add new "String Value"
(3) Value name "ModuleFileName"
Value Data "\Storage Card\Program\Navigator\TomTom Navigator.exe"
(You will need to check your folders are the same, edit the text accordingly)
(4) Make sure it saved.
(5) Reboot device
(6) Start TomTom when it's loaded rotate your device left, viola!
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Where do i fink HKLM ive been busting my braines to find it
oubsty said:
where do i fink hklm ive been busting my braines to find it
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hklm = hkey_local_machine
after the install of MR2 all the data on my mammory card got corrupted. Not right away but couple of hours later. I have Generik_UK. Then i formated the card. installed the SDfix (its on this forum somewhere -> search) but i think its not everithing as it should be. the data did not get corrupred again but the micro SD sometimes is not visible in the file manager.
I also had some problems with total freezing of the phone (two times in 2 days time). that only happened when i was doing heavy usage on the camera and the picture viewing I guess the RAM got full ar something. then i deleted all the panells and the panelmanager to save some RAM. Ill let you know if it helps.
gbajzelj said:
after the install of MR2 all the data on my mammory card got corrupted. Not right away but couple of hours later. I have Generik_UK. Then i formated the card. installed the SDfix (its on this forum somewhere -> search) but i think its not everithing as it should be. the data did not get corrupred again but the micro SD sometimes is not visible in the file manager.
I also had some problems with total freezing of the phone (two times in 2 days time). that only happened when i was doing heavy usage on the camera and the picture viewing I guess the RAM got full ar something. then i deleted all the panells and the panelmanager to save some RAM. Ill let you know if it helps.
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mine is still running really well, really really well. No memory card issues or sluggishness so far. I hope it stays that way.
oubsty said:
Where do i fink HKLM ive been busting my braines to find it
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You also need to use a Registry Editor to do what mtechfan has recommended.
laurence0609 said:
You also need to use a Registry Editor to do what mtechfan has recommended.
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Yep, I guess I should have mentioned that
instead of hardSPL to flash custom roms has anyone tried to hack the sony update program?? if it could be fooled into thinking the custom firmware is the latest firmware then get it to install it onto the phone...
For those of you not in the KNOW.
TomTom will work without installing GPSGate.
On the X2 – go to Settings/System/External GPS and change GDP9 TO COM8.
Run FASTGPS and download the latest Sat Data.
Open TomTom and change the GPS Device from Built in GPS receiver to Other NMEA GPS receiver and select COM8.
Wait a few secons for the Receiver to kick in and away you go.....
ok,can some one to test video mode,record some video and see what is the frame rate in new MR2,is it still low? or is it better then 15fps
gbajzelj said:
after the install of MR2 all the data on my mammory card got corrupted. Not right away but couple of hours later. I have Generik_UK. Then i formated the card. installed the SDfix (its on this forum somewhere -> search) but i think its not everithing as it should be. the data did not get corrupred again but the micro SD sometimes is not visible in the file manager.
I also had some problems with total freezing of the phone (two times in 2 days time). that only happened when i was doing heavy usage on the camera and the picture viewing I guess the RAM got full ar something. then i deleted all the panels and the panelmanager to save some RAM. Ill let you know if it helps.
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I guess you look for Storage Card in File Explorer? What I have seen is that because of the card delay mentioned earlier the card appears at the bottom of the folders/files list and not among the folders in alphabetic order, at least on my device. Can be worth a look even though you applied the card fix and i haven't.
Two flaws:
1.
Auto lock on, display blacked out
Listening to music via slideview
Phone rings (technically speaking)
The phone vibrates and perhaps play half ringtone or just not at all.
Without the music listening the phone rings as it should, using generic ringtone so far so no storage card error here I suppose.
2.
Listening to music via slideview. Songs stored at Storage card.
Media player plays one, two, three songs and halts in the middle of a song.
Going to try a different media player to see what happens. I have not installed any yet because my favourite player, Pocket Player appears to have some compatibility issues with winmo 6.5. I know of the memcard fix and will eventually try that as well.
Was thinking of a new thread, quite the opposite of this. A "what programs works on X2 MR2". haven't installed that much yet, perhaps someone else can start
SE contact reading chinese?
Can anyone confirm if the SE contacts (not the WinMo) in MR2 can read Chinese (after installing either new fonts or localization)?
Thanks!
so i changed from GENERIC_SG to GENERIC_UK, rather time consuming but worth it IMO, but down to the nitty gritty details.
I'm still in the process of personalising it (adding my ring tones, loading old sms's etc) but from first few things i've done the speed between screens is quite phenominal
Also by accident i just found that you can move icons around ALOT easier, . BIG bonus as it doesn't mean i have to scroll all the way to the botom to find my new apps. - to do this just press down on the icon (using stylus or finger) and move it to were ever you want it.
more feedback to follow
I think this thread lost its and the thread starters intentions long ago. Its sad since it could have been a great resource. Some moderation would be apritiated.
Thanks, A.D
Hi I'm new to droid have the GS2, it keeps eating battery a lot, I have 2 app killers, though 1.2hours of listening to music the battery is dead. faulty battery or background tasks a nuisance?
Also, why when I placed documents (.doc and .xl) (via usb connection) to the internal USBstorage, the files became deleted? yet where I took the files from (memory card) still shows the 1.9gb regardless I cut and pasted info to the USBstorage, so where are the files if not in either location? as they not on the memeory card but still show taking up the memory card capacity, I tried to locate a undo move, but to no avail, with this in mind how can and should I use the USBstorage, given now I get write errors with whatever is placed in USB storage then becomes deleted.
I actually managed to place music on the USBstorage, yet the music player that came loaded on the SGS2 doesn't pick them up (I'm unsure if there is a search for new music etc), I did manage to place a sample photo to the USBstorage in a folder I made and placed into the space under phone (usb setting) and that showed up on the photo gallery app. success.
Am I to believe I only need to just add folders etc to the USBstorage to utilise the storage space and the phone will pick it up? or should I have to place my personal folder to the USBstorage folder, to utilise the space 11.5gb or can I just drop new folder to the phone area (is this the normal way to use it) (space shown via usb connection).
I ask as I don't want to spend another 8hrs finding the files i lost and backing up etc to then loase all by doing it ad-hoc..
Sure I UNDERSTAND I'm probably asking silly newbie questions but I have looked for answers to my questions and seems as everyone is seasonsed droids this is overlooked for newbies.
I also need to know (as I have heard) you can over-clock the phone from 1.2 to 1.4Ghz, is it worth it? also what is the benefit of flashing or rooting the phone~?
I use the phone simply as a media device, I have a Nokia E71 which I use mainly for normal phone use (calls, calander, and emails) though the size, speed and what can be achieved by the SGS2 is unreal, it's like having a tablet but pocket size.. yet.. problem is the battery.. any suggestions on increasing battery life (apart from the obvious, 'don't use it').
Thanks in advance.
smash
As Advanced Task Killers are not advised for Android, I will advice you to use Juice Defender Pro, its really a good app to have. Besides, always make sure that you are not using Wifi, Packet Data, 3G when not needed. Stop Automatic refresh of apps, stop or increase the refresh interval if Exchange emails, if you have. And before all that download Battery Calibration app by Nema from market and calibrate your battery. Also if you are rooted install Titanium Backup Pro and either freeze or uninstall some useless apps. By doing all these you should have an increase in back up.
Some people will suggest to use SetCPU, but I strictly won't.
Regards.
Sent from GT-I9100
s_m_a_s_h said:
Hi I'm new to droid have the GS2, it keeps eating battery a lot, I have 2 app killers, though 1.2hours of listening to music the battery is dead. faulty battery or background tasks a nuisance?
Also, why when I placed documents (.doc and .xl) (via usb connection) to the internal USBstorage, the files became deleted? yet where I took the files from (memory card) still shows the 1.9gb regardless I cut and pasted info to the USBstorage, so where are the files if not in either location? as they not on the memeory card but still show taking up the memory card capacity, I tried to locate a undo move, but to no avail, with this in mind how can and should I use the USBstorage, given now I get write errors with whatever is placed in USB storage then becomes deleted.
I actually managed to place music on the USBstorage, yet the music player that came loaded on the SGS2 doesn't pick them up (I'm unsure if there is a search for new music etc), I did manage to place a sample photo to the USBstorage in a folder I made and placed into the space under phone (usb setting) and that showed up on the photo gallery app. success.
Am I to believe I only need to just add folders etc to the USBstorage to utilise the storage space and the phone will pick it up? or should I have to place my personal folder to the USBstorage folder, to utilise the space 11.5gb or can I just drop new folder to the phone area (is this the normal way to use it) (space shown via usb connection).
I ask as I don't want to spend another 8hrs finding the files i lost and backing up etc to then loase all by doing it ad-hoc..
Sure I UNDERSTAND I'm probably asking silly newbie questions but I have looked for answers to my questions and seems as everyone is seasonsed droids this is overlooked for newbies.
I also need to know (as I have heard) you can over-clock the phone from 1.2 to 1.4Ghz, is it worth it? also what is the benefit of flashing or rooting the phone~?
I use the phone simply as a media device, I have a Nokia E71 which I use mainly for normal phone use (calls, calander, and emails) though the size, speed and what can be achieved by the SGS2 is unreal, it's like having a tablet but pocket size.. yet.. problem is the battery.. any suggestions on increasing battery life (apart from the obvious, 'don't use it').
Thanks in advance.
smash
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Something is not working with your phone, 1.2hours of listening to music (through headphones I guess?) with display off should use very little battery, probably much less than 10%, so there is something that keeps your phone running much more than it should.
Task killers can actually drain your battery faster on android. It is advised to not use task killers on android phones.
Hi,
I have noticed that "media" in the battery usage list is draining my battery. Even with screen off and without using the phone, the CPU total in
the "Media list" doesn't stop.
I thought that my Note 3 was faulty and brought it back to exchange it but with the new one same story. I am almost using the same programs that I was using with my Note 2.
With screen off and without using the phone (only Wifi and Bluetooth on ) ; I am loosing more than 10% an hour.
Any help please.
Thank you.
Daniel
Danielfr said:
Hi,
I have noticed that "media" in the battery usage list is draining my battery. Even with screen off and without using the phone, the CPU total in
the "Media list" doesn't stop.
I thought that my Note 3 was faulty and brought it back to exchange it but with the new one same story. I am almost using the same programs that I was using with my Note 2.
With screen off and without using the phone (only Wifi and Bluetooth on ) ; I am loosing more than 10% an hour.
Any help please.
Thank you.
Daniel
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You need to do what people have done for the note 2. Either go into app manager and find media server and clear it then run a scan or copy all to pc then dump it back in to phone and reboot.
TWEAKED 2.5
BACARDILIMON said:
You need to do what people have done for the note 2. Either go into app manager and find media server and clear it then run a scan or copy all to pc then dump it back in to phone and reboot.
TWEAKED 2.5
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I don't have in app manager "Media server" .
What do you mean by copying everything to PC? Media files of ExtSdcard and of Internal Memory ?
Daniel
Danielfr said:
I don't have in app manager "Media server" .
What do you mean by copying everything to PC? Media files of ExtSdcard and of Internal Memory ?
Daniel
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Sorry meant media storage. If that sd card was in another phone u might have to format it to new phone. Transfer stuff to pc off card then put card into phone format with phone and then with phone connected to pc transfer all the stuff back
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BACARDILIMON said:
Sorry meant media storage. If that sd card was in another phone u might have to format it to new phone. Transfer stuff to pc off card then put card into phone format with phone and then with phone connected to pc transfer all the stuff back
TWEAKED 2.5
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Do not delete it just clear cache
TWEAKED 2.5
BACARDILIMON said:
Sorry meant media storage. If that sd card was in another phone u might have to format it to new phone. Transfer stuff to pc off card then put card into phone format with phone and then with phone connected to pc transfer all the stuff back
TWEAKED 2.5
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Do not delete it just clear cache
TWEAKED 2.5
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Thank you.
I will try. You are maybe right because I have unmounted my SDcard and the CPU In "media" has stopped increasing.
Could it be because I have added 6500 pictures on my ExtSDcard?
Daniel
Danielfr said:
Could it be because I have added 6500 pictures on my ExtSDcard?
Daniel
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LOL
ummm..... yeah. Gallery tries to make thumbnails of each picture...
The phone is indexing your media. Wait for the indexing to finish then it will stop draining the battery.
Ars spoke about this in their review of the Note 3 here: http://goo.gl/sogcdt
"One of the most shocking blunders in the software department is the Gallery, which is literally unusable with the default settings. In the smartphone world, an app taking one second to launch is considered slow, but the Gallery on the Note 3 takes anywhere from 15 seconds to two minutes-plus to open. Albums take another 10 to 30 seconds to open. While this loading is happening, scrolling and touchscreen input often just don't work. The video below shows how crazy this is.
The issue is that the Gallery on the Note 3 wants to display all the pictures on your phone, plus everything from Google+, plus everything from Dropbox. It just can't handle that many pictures. The device has been synced for several days, and it takes forever even with Airplane mode on, so it's not a data issue. While all this loading is happening, System Monitor shows a light CPU workload, almost no disk I/O, no network activity, and no change in RAM usage. We're really not sure what is taking so long. If you go to the settings, turn off Dropbox pictures, and clear data, the Gallery goes from "completely unusable" to just "slow," but at least it will work without a multi-minute delay. I'm only using about 5GB of Dropbox storage, and the Note 3 comes with a 50GB Dropbox storage boost, so it's not like I have a crazy amount of data in my account. Having a quad-core 2.3GHz beast of a phone turn in this kind of performance is kind of sad."
It's the only thing that I have read so far that gave me pause about getting the Note 3. But hopefully it's like @MohJee said and it will only happen once while indexing the photos.
Techngro said:
Ars spoke about this in their review of the Note 3 here: http://goo.gl/sogcdt
"One of the most shocking blunders in the software department is the Gallery, which is literally unusable with the default settings. In the smartphone world, an app taking one second to launch is considered slow, but the Gallery on the Note 3 takes anywhere from 15 seconds to two minutes-plus to open. Albums take another 10 to 30 seconds to open. While this loading is happening, scrolling and touchscreen input often just don't work. The video below shows how crazy this is.
The issue is that the Gallery on the Note 3 wants to display all the pictures on your phone, plus everything from Google+, plus everything from Dropbox. It just can't handle that many pictures. The device has been synced for several days, and it takes forever even with Airplane mode on, so it's not a data issue. While all this loading is happening, System Monitor shows a light CPU workload, almost no disk I/O, no network activity, and no change in RAM usage. We're really not sure what is taking so long. If you go to the settings, turn off Dropbox pictures, and clear data, the Gallery goes from "completely unusable" to just "slow," but at least it will work without a multi-minute delay. I'm only using about 5GB of Dropbox storage, and the Note 3 comes with a 50GB Dropbox storage boost, so it's not like I have a crazy amount of data in my account. Having a quad-core 2.3GHz beast of a phone turn in this kind of performance is kind of sad."
It's the only thing that I have read so far that gave me pause about getting the Note 3. But hopefully it's like @MohJee said and it will only happen once while indexing the photos.
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Think they got a dodgy one or the gallery was still indexing all their photos. Mine opens instantly like usual and you can use it immediately with no lag.
EDIT: just thought Id add that I have around a thousand photos, as well as another thousand on dropbox that syncs to the gallery.
Usually Media Scan issues are connected to SD Card issues :
- one of the reason is because the SD card has been used and taken from another phone
=> backup your SD Card
=> format you SD Card once inserted in your phone
=> put back your data on the SD card
- other reason is compatibility problem between Samsung phones and SanDisk SD Card
=> it's better to use Samsung SD Card to avoid this kind of problem.
Nani said:
Usually Media Scan issues are connected to SD Card issues :
- one of the reason is because the SD card has been used and taken from another phone
=> backup your SD Card
=> format you SD Card once inserted in your phone
=> put back your data on the SD card
- other reason is compatibility problem between Samsung phones and SanDisk SD Card
=> it's better to use Samsung SD Card to avoid this kind of problem.
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I will try,
I have made a backup of my SD card and have done a format using my phone.
I have copied back my 6500 pictures on my sd card and will see what happens.
Daniel
PS: I don't think that there is a compatibility problem with my SD card because before having made a format, I have deleted the pictures on the SD card and have used it without battery drain.
Here we go again:
I have made a backup of my SD card and have done a format using my phone.
I have copied back my 6500 pictures on my sd card
AND "Media" is again draining my battery:
Cpu total doesn't stop to increase.
Daniel
There are tons of things left over on the SD card from my last phone, but I am not sure what things I need to keep. I don't want to lose all my app settings. There are so many folders that I don't know whether my phone needs. Any help?
Solved the battery drain. I put a NoMedia file in the folder that has all my PHD files. I also turned off smart stay.
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What is draning your battery (how to find out & kill Media)
Battery draining may be caused by various reasons. Android takes care of battery use in Battery menu in Settings - there is how to check it:
Go to main home screen (press main hardware button in the middle under display), then press Menu (left softkey), then chose Settings, then choose General tab, then scroll down and find Battery. Here you can see what is going on. You may see what is eating your battery since last full recharge.
The main drainer is "Screen" in normal condition.
I had "Media" on the first place. It was caused by "face recognition of my friends" inside all photos and videos I put inside my phone and MicroSD card. This could be simply disabled by going to Gallery application (Samsung's default tool for viewing photos and videos). Go to main home screen (press main hardware button in the middle under display), then touch Apps (should be in the lower right corner of your display), find Gallery (by sweeping left/right), inside Gallery press Menu button (left softkey), choose Settings and there disable "Tag buddy" and "Face tag". You may unset (switch off) all "Cloud sync" too (probably Dropbox sync at least) - touch it and switch off all syncs (Pictures, Videos, Documents).
Hope helps.
Milan Kerslager said:
Battery draining may be caused by various reasons. Android takes care of battery use in Battery menu in Settings - there is how to check it:
Go to main home screen (press main hardware button in the middle under display), then press Menu (left softkey), then chose Settings, then choose General tab, then scroll down and find Battery. Here you can see what is going on. You may see what is eating your battery since last full recharge.
The main drainer is "Screen" in normal condition.
I had "Media" on the first place. It was caused by "face recognition of my friends" inside all photos and videos I put inside my phone and MicroSD card. This could be simply disabled by going to Gallery application (Samsung's default tool for viewing photos and videos). Go to main home screen (press main hardware button in the middle under display), then touch Apps (should be in the lower right corner of your display), find Gallery (by sweeping left/right), inside Gallery press Menu button (left softkey), choose Settings and there disable "Tag buddy" and "Face tag". You may unset (switch off) all "Cloud sync" too (probably Dropbox sync at least) - touch it and switch off all syncs (Pictures, Videos, Documents).
Hope helps.
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Thank you so much, turning off face recognition & buddy tagging in Gallery resolved the CPU hogging by Media, it was still hogging the CPU usage for a while then it'll be gone from Battery usage list once these features are turned off.
I have the same issue with my note 3. I'm hampered by the media thing since a long time now. I have no sd card installed. I have something about 12,000 images+ in my phone. I have tried clearing the thumbnails and it doesnt work. Battery works like ****. I had the mediaserver thing too but it stopped once i closed the tag buddy thing. Any help for the media thing please?
zchamp96 said:
I have the same issue with my note 3. I'm hampered by the media thing since a long time now. I have no sd card installed. I have something about 12,000 images+ in my phone. I have tried clearing the thumbnails and it doesnt work. Battery works like ****. I had the mediaserver thing too but it stopped once i closed the tag buddy thing. Any help for the media thing please?
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That's because Indexingservice/Mediascanner keeps indexing every single image over and over and over again. The poor thing can't handle that many files.
The best solution is to place a .nomedia file in the folder that contains the large collection of images, as well as anything containing lots of documents, books, magazines, videos... This will tell the Media scanner that there is nothing in the folder, and they won't be processed.
However, this means Gallery, Facebook etc won't see them. They can still be accessed, opened and used by a file manager and every app that uses file manager display instead of media. Using Quickpic and setting it to show Hidden will also allow you to view the images even though there is a .nomedia file in there.
Simply copy the .nomedia file from your Android folder to the folder that contains all the images. (It excludes subfolders as well.) You will need to set hidden files to be shown in the file manager to see it.
Take care not to place one in or above a folder containing ringtones or alarms, as this will exclude those files as well. (So not in the main directory!)
Also got a Note 3 recently and the battery was getting smashed.
Loaded amplify and auto runs manager and the battery life is very decent now.
Also did the Sd card tweaks, that seems to be a big issue with the Media/Download process draining the battery.
OK to start things off this is going to be a long list of questions/issues and various impressions, some opinionated and some fact. I've had apple phones for years and appreciate both, I changed because my iphone couldn't do some things my note 3 can do such as open up 200+ MB pdfs with relative ease, but then again the samsung struggles to do simple things the iphone did fresh out of the box. This is not meant to be a discussion of which is better but it would help to know what I'm comparing it to and how I think simple things should work. I use a PC just FYI.
1.) Data Transfer of large files from various desktops to the Note 3 either through internal memory or external sd card.
My first issue is that I cannot move large files from my internal memory to my sd card. The sd card in question is a sandisk 128gb but have also tried to few others just to make sure it's not the card. If I download a large file on utorrent such as a 720p movie or better, I cannot move it from internal memory to sd card. I just won't do it. Not only will it refuse to move large files but any photos are sometime hit and miss, sometimes it moves them with no issue at all, most of the time the files stay in the parent folder and don't end up in the destination folder. I can move various files if I connect it to my desktop and drag and drop them onto the sd card but sometimes moving the file corrupts it where it cannot be played on the phone. I've also tried this with numerous computers with the same result. to move files on the phone i go to my files, select the directory and then select the file I want to move. I hold down on it to select it and then press move, it then shows the internal and external storage options, i select the sd card and the folder I want the file in and then press move here in the top right hand corner. If there is another way let me know.
Second issue is when dragging and dropping large music files directly to the sd card or internal memory from a pc. If a drag and drop a FLAC album it corrupts it about 50% of the time. I routinely go to play the album and get the message that it does not support the file type or something to that affect. I often just delete it and redo the process, most of the time that works. On MP3's, if I drag and drop an entire discography of an artist (say 8gb or so) it's corrupted 100% of the time. When I go to playback the albums they play at double speed. I have to go back and drop them one by one and sometimes (but rarely) that has the same issue.
2.) Audio Playback/Microphone/Headphone/Bluetooth Issues
Firstly, I thought that all 3.5mm headphone jacks were on a standard. I did not realize that the note did not come with headphones and that the headphones that I used with an apple device would not fully function on an android device. This seems like something so simple it shouldn't even be an issue. All of the headphones, earbuds, etc I have that have inline controls do not adjust the volume or skip tracks on my android device. You name it, like a half dozen brands. It just doesn't work...
When trying to use talk to text for a text message either with headphones with inline mic or with a Bluetooth headset it does not use the microphone on the accessory device, it uses the internal phone mic which is an issue for me. So instead of using the mic right next to my mouth I have to hold the phone up to my mouth in loud places. I don't know any way to change this...I couldn't find it in any settings.
3.) Lockscreen (I don't know how this is supposed to work, I looked it up and I'm assuming its something I'm doing.)
I want my lockscreen to be simple but I cannot seem to get the weather off of my lockscreen. It does not appear unless I swipe down and there it is. How do I remove it? If I open up the lockscreen editor by swiping from left to right its not there. I only have one lockscreen page so I don't know whats going on.
When I have notifications on my lock screen and click on them it puts a box around the lower part of my lock screen where you normally swipe as to say swipe here stupid to unlock. Is that the case or am I missing something else? It seems as though if my phone doesn't have a security lock on it and I press on my notification it should just open it. Or is it intentionally non-intuitive for some other reason?
4.) GLITCHES!!!!!!!! Various other issues
Routinely my music apps gets stuck on a page. Say if I'm listening to an album and try to back it up to my list of albums it just loads the same page over and over again. I have to hit my homebutton and open up the music app again from the icon and sometimes that causes it to crash. It does this on the stock Samsung music player and on play music. Normally my phone plays music 24/7 so it may be just how much I use it for that purpose.
Apps crash on a regular basis, at least a few times a day. I'd say I have an app crash maybe 3-5 times a day on average. Some more than others. Because of all the glitches I did a factory reset weeks ago to see if there was another issue. I've also tried uninstalling and re-installing all the apps that normally crash but that hasn't seemed to help. I don't believe apps used by millions on other android devices such as Bank of America (crashes literally every time I use it) or Pandora could be the problem.
Google integration is sketchy at best, It routinely doesn't delete e-mails off the google server when I delete them off my phone. It's really hit and miss. Sometimes it works, sometimes it will load the same e-mails dozens of times even though I've deleted it daily. The google+ photo backup is hit and miss and even updates over cellular even though its set to only update over wifi when plugged in. All of the sync settings seem appropriate for what I want it just doesn't work.
Text scaling under most situations is completely absurd. I've got 5.7" of screen and have to re-scale practically everything that loads so I can read it. This is especially and issue when reading forums which I'm on frequently. Is there a way to change this? If there isn't there definitely should be! Not a glitch but an issue.
All social media apps that load from a page (a wall, forum, feed, whetever) always reload when I click on something and go back forcing me to start over from the beginning. I've only had this issue on this phone, my previous iphones just take me back to where I was. Is there a way to change this annoying problem?
5.) The Photo Gallery
It just doesn't work. I don't know any other way to put it, its the second biggest failure on the phone. i wouldn't trust it with important anything! It routinely just looses photos, online account's don't update at all, s health photo that I've deleted dozens of times keeps showing up in my photos, all my album covers end up in my gallery and I have to manually go back and delete them all, photos end up corrupted and not able to view them whether on sd card or on phone, it goes on and on. Is there another application I can use? Can I make another app my default gallery app? Some online photos like picassa/google+ don't load correctly, it'll show the preview photo and when clicked on it'll show a completely different photo from that album. I would just delete it but can't delete online account photos from my phone gallery app and when I delete them online it doesn't update it on my gallery.
6.) Voicemail
I recieved a voicemail the first 10 minutes I had my phone and clicked on it in my notifications and it called my voicemail. I was confused at first, was i holding a 700 dollar phone or 90's Nokia? Seriously? And on top of that it didn't come with ATT visual voicemail out of the box, I had to download it. WTF! No I don't need voicemail on a phone I need 20 other google apps instead...seriously? On top of that att visual voicemail app is crap. I routinely miss voicemails because it not reliable enough to show all my voicemails in my notifications. Is that how all android devices are? I may be a little spoiled by the voicemail being on a tab in my phone app but it seems as though if there is an att specific model this should work better than it does...
7.) Text messaging
I don't use the stock mesaging app because it wouldn't reliably send a photo...that is all. I use textra now and it works better but still isn't what I would consider to be reliable...
8.) General Gripes about the phone app
The buttons are so large it looks like its designed for the seeing impaired.
Color scheme looks like I'm 4 and trying to push blocks into the appropriate holes...
I can't figure out how to change the color scheme on it, can you change it?
I hate the cartoonish figures for people that don't have photos.
Okay, it generally looks childish or like it was designed by Mattel. I need something far more professional looking.
On a positive note, speech and handwriting recognition is second to none, S Pen apps and S pen integration in general is very refined. It's extremely fast with very little lag in all situations. There are lots of positives so I'm not downing the phone at all but it just needs to fit my needs better. That's not everything but a good start. Thanks for your time and patience.
And to sum it all up, I think you should go back to i... :sly:
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Dejan Sathanas said:
And to sum it all up, I think you should go back to i... :sly:
Sent from my N9005
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So your note does all of this also?
Lythropus said:
So your note does all of this also?
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First - ur post is too big to even read.
You are in xda and there is ton of information here. If you search , u will realize that most of the issues have solution...
When moving from another OS its always difficult but stay and you will love it.
Let me rephrase, it's not an android problem that I'm aware of: is my phone ****ed up and in need of replacement our does every note 900a cnc2 do this stupid ****?
The new os doesn't seem to be an issue this is mainly a hardware issue unless you're saying all android phones corrupt photos straight out the box. Which I know that isn't the case.
Some of my gripes are android related but mostly sounds like a hardware issue.
Try moving the large file using "my files", 3rd party file manager cannot move file from internal to external sd (a limitation introduced in kitkat).
Also try copying your music collection using card reader.
stonedead said:
Try moving the large file using "my files", 3rd party file manager cannot move file from internal to external sd (a limitation introduced in kitkat).
Also try copying your music collection using card reader.
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I've only tried my files to move it on the phone, it will not move them.
I basically have to use a card reader to copy anything over a gig or so reliably. I can drag and drop it but that doesn't always work.
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My first issue is that I cannot move large files from my internal memory to my sd card.
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Really, and you did that just fine on the iPhone? :silly: That would be quite a full miracle given how (as far as I know) the iPhone never had a SD card :silly:
Read around - if you are on 4.4 there are some new security restrictions on writing to the external SD. If you are on 4.3 you are probably doing something wrong.
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Really, and you did that just fine on the iPhone? :silly: That would be quite a full miracle given how (as far as I know) the iPhone never had a SD card :silly:
Read around - if you are on 4.4 there are some new security restrictions on writing to the external SD. If you are on 4.3 you are probably doing something wrong.
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Of course I didn't, I.used third party software to drag and drop mp3's on internal storage of a jailbroken device. It worked 100% of the time.
But you're still missing the point. My files are being corrupted whether on the external sd card or the internal storage. There aren't any examples off this on my model phone on your forum...
As far as I know my files isn't a third party so it should have full access to read and write to my sd card per 4.4
That does explain why u torrent won't do it though.
Did u use your iTunes mp3 files? My girlfriend is also into that icrap and when she used my computer for music files I learned that you don't wanna use iTunes. Don't take this as a apple...uhm... disliker read about it if u don't believe it. Itunes messes with the music files and therefor I had to do my whole music storage from the scratch.
I think what @Dejan Sathanas was trying to say was: that if you are not ready to switch u will find strange issues that nobody else encounters and end up spamming the threats. For example: I haven't had any issue moving any files ever on any android device!
So long story short
1. Get the device u prefer (even if it is an apple)
2. Try some music files that didn't run through apple tech
4aces said:
Did u use your iTunes mp3 files? My girlfriend is also into that icrap and when she used my computer for music files I learned that you don't wanna use iTunes. Don't take this as a apple...uhm... disliker read about it if u don't believe it. Itunes messes with the music files and therefor I had to do my whole music storage from the scratch.
I think what @Dejan Sathanas was trying to say was: that if you are not ready to switch u will find strange issues that nobody else encounters and end up spamming the threats. For example: I haven't had any issue moving any files ever on any android device!
So long story short
1. Get the device u prefer (even if it is an apple)
2. Try some music files that didn't run through apple tech
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I didn't use the ALAC files from my Apple device. I was under the impression they wouldn't play on here, just used mp3s and flacs. I tried to upload a pic of what the corrupt files look like on my phone but got an error that said could not complete this operation due to low memory. I'll figure it out when I get off work and upload them.
Took it to best buy\ATT, they sent me to the Samsung rep/dealer in store. He couldn't figure out what was going on, why it wouldn't move files, why some would corrupt, update Google anything, etc so they are sending me a new one.