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[Q] All "oid" Emulators (N64oid, Gameboid, GBCoid, SNesoid) Periodically Freezing

[Q] All "oid" Emulators (N64oid, Gameboid, GBCoid, SNesoid) Periodically Freezing
Anyone else having this issue? All four emulators will periodically (about every minute or so) freeze when playing ROMs; I then hit "menu" and "back" and it works again; then it will freeze in about a minute. It doesn't freeze for any amount of time, it just stops the game and requires me to hit menu and back for it to resume.
I have a rooted Motorola Atrix 4G with the Webtop hack. I first noticed it on the Webtop; I then tried several things:
- Took it off Webtop
- Disabled WiiMote and used on-screen controls
- Disabled Bluetooth
- Tried different games
- Uninstalled and reinstalled all four emulators
- Restarted phone
- Tried FPSE and it works perfectly fine, so its all the Gameb"oid" emulators
Has anyone else experienced this or know of a workaround for it? Or any ideas? The emulators have worked perfectly fine in the past and I'm not sure what changed.
Thanks

Bump. Sorry for the bother, but for the life of me I cannot figure this out and I want to avoid doing a factory reset at all possible.
Thanks.

be careful. N64oid was removed from the market. don't uninstall it.

Techcruncher said:
be careful. N64oid was removed from the market. don't uninstall it.
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Thanks, I'll keep it around.
Anyone have any help on my problem?

they're probably on one of your auto-kill lists.

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they're probably on one of your auto-kill lists.
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There's nothing on my Task Manager auto-kill list. Could you speculate more please?
Also, if the program were to be "killed," then the program would shut down and I would return to the home screen. Instead, Gameboid (and other "oid" emulators) all just freeze until I hit menu and then they resume. I never leave the program.
Just as an FYI update, I put a minute interval in my original post. However, it's pretty random. Sometimes its over a minute and sometimes it happens within a few seconds.

I'm using a completely stock Atrix and I don't haver this issue. Could it be a screen brightness or power management app causing the issue? Try changing the battery manager state in settings.
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are the roms stored on your sd card? the device may be having connectivity errors.
IE; it finds that rom then "loses it" then finds it again. try moving them into another folder.

Thanks for the replies.
I tried moving them from the sd card to the root of the device and playing them from there; no luck. Also, FPSE Emulator still works and its in the same SD Card Ext directory.
I also changed my battery management to performance mode; no luck.
I thought it might have something to do with the input, but I just tested it without hitting any of the onscreen keys and it froze just sitting there (and then unfroze once I hit menu).
*sigh... This is ridiculous. Any other ideas?
EDIT: I tried changing all the Gameboid settings (albeit a limited amount of settings) and nothing seemed to alter it. Same effect.

Tried unfreezing everything I had frozen in Titanium Backup; no luck.
Tried deleting all Gameboid data in manage applications; no luck.
I'm really starting to think it's the Webtop. It could just be a coincidence that I installed and used Webtop right as this started happening, but who knows. Is there a way to revert back to normal (without Webtop)? Or do I really have to do a factory reset...?

Well.. I ended up saying **** it and did a factory reset. It's working now. I haven't done the Webtop hack yet. I'll report back after I do the Webtop hack and will tell you if I experience anymore problems.

Techcruncher said:
are the roms stored on your sd card? the device may be having connectivity errors.
IE; it finds that rom then "loses it" then finds it again. try moving them into another folder.
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Doubt it, fairly sure the entire rom its loaded into ram.
On a side note there seems to be a problem with our digitizer driver. As if you hold your finger down constantly out loses the point after a few seconds. I hqvr heard we have the same digitizer as the nexus s. We should try typing there driver.
As fit op, u are probable ruining out of ram our have a task killer our something.
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jug6ernaut said:
Doubt it, fairly sure the entire rom its loaded into ram.
On a side note there seems to be a problem with our digitizer driver. As if you hold your finger down constantly out loses the point after a few seconds. I hqvr heard we have the same digitizer as the nexus s. We should try typing there driver.
As fit op, u are probable ruining out of ram our have a task killer our something.
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I've noticed that too about the input method.
I don't have a task killer. Only thing I have is the "Task manager" that came with the phone and nothing is on the auto-kill list. Either way, a factory reset restored everything. Just webtop hacked it again and for some reason the problem isn't there. Let's hope it stays that way.
Thanks for all the suggestions.

Unused Google Maps still eats my battery?

Hi Folks
I did search for this before posting..
I have a SGS andriod v.2.3.3. My phone is set up:
Using Stock samsung SMS, MMS and dialer interfaces.
GPS and WiFi Off (except when i need Wifi)
Background data and auto-sync OFF
Latitude Signed Out.
Yet for some reason Google Maps is always running, even if I force kill it, it still reboots after about 2 mins and its using 45% of my battery resources. My battery only lasts about 36 hours of casual light use and is on standby when im in bed.
I have been thinking of turning off "Use WIreless Networks", but do i need to?.
I dont use Google Maps, as i dont drive and dont really travel many places beyond work or friends. I very rarely if every use Pyont or latitude.
I do love this phone and I know Google like to know where and who you are, but is there any way of dumping or swtiching off google Maps and maybe switching to better Mapping, because even though i dont use GPS today, Im not saying I never will.
Many Thanks
Night

very strange. its not normal for google maps to do that. maybe you should try a new rom like jvq.
you can get rid of google maps entirely if you have root, just delete it from the system/apps folder. but i don't really reommend this. Im sure there must be another way to fix ur problem.

Ya i had the same problem since i last updated maps. Uninstalling the update did the trick

Download the Autostarts app. It can kill and app from staring up in various states, like just afer start up, switching connectivity (like wifi to 3G) and many others. You'd be surprised at what's running on your phone and when it starts up.

Many thanks for both replies...
Ill remove the update and report back., but give me a few days though .
There are many threads all over the web about this Google Maps problem, but ill have a look at the ROMs Thanks.
I did buy this phone pre-owned and just replaced the battery (official Samsung 1500mah one), but its still drinking it.
My HTC Wildfire got 5 days out of its battery with the settings above, to be fair, now that SamsungApps are buying up android apps such as Angry birds, accuweather & clock, Sms widgets & news.. I wonder if I need android at all.
A few questions..
Do I need "Use Wireless Networks" switched on for the phone itself. I have read of folk using GPS ON instead.
I do realise that google android powers the phone so dumping their maps may affect the phone & sms itself, but Is there an alternative to Google Maps, which whern active might deactivate theirs.
Thanks
Night
Thanks Devenblue4u.... sorry, you were typing as I was replying.. hehe. Will definetly try this because ReChild App Killer isnt that good.
Night

Ok, Ran a few battery tests and using the settings in my OP, I also turned off "Use Wireless Networks" and got the Battery to 3days, 17hours, which is good.
I did try the Autostarts app as well, but it kept locking uyp and resetting my phone.
I uninstalled Googles update, but that didnt help.
TO test I.. Force stop all the 3 instances of google Maps > Clear maps Cache > Turn off Wireless Networks, and this seems to stop Maps from searching my position.
Although this solves my battery issue, which is great.. It does just become a Samsung Wave, which means, I have to turn it all back on again to do any of the Galaxys good stuff, which makes me wonder if im not crippling my phone.
Any thoughts from anyone would be great
Cheers
Night

As suggested m8, flash another rom, look for something that has good reports in the thread comments, jvq as mentioned.

NightOrchid, there's nothing wrong with your phone. It's a bug in Google Maps since 5.4.0. If you check the user reviews on Android Market, you'll see that many people have the same problem. Mine also uses a chunk of the battery when I don't even use it. The phone reports that it keeps using the GPS with Latitude turned off. I have to force-stop it twice after restarting the phone.

Uncheck the network location and kill the Map's Network Location Service from running apps.
This worked for me on JVQ, Maps 5.7 (modded version for world navigation)

Try Autorun Manager if Autostarts failed. In Advanced mode, you can search for Maps and disable event triggers like startup, application removed, replaced and installed. And if it's running as service, don't kill it by task killer, use the built-in one, just force stop and you'll be okay.

Android 6.0.1 bugs manifest S7 Edge!

Hello i just bought this amazing phone after coming from Note 5 with android 6.0.1, and it really bugs me that all the bugs i had in 6.0.1 are still there.
The first one is wierd performance in some 3D games, mainly talking about angry birds 2 that slows down after playing for a bit, same happens on Note 5 on 6.0.1 but NOT in lollipop.
Audio cuts in half when playing games, it seems like a new gameservice feature, so far to combat it and the weird color change when launching a game, is to disable the gameservice via package disable pro.
Some animations are not smooth and either too fast or too slow.
What bugs did u encounter?

The Play Store is super slow when I'm on wifi, but every other app functions just fine... it's driving me nuts because I can't download my apps or update anything without burning through my data.

rodnii said:
The Play Store is super slow when I'm on wifi, but every other app functions just fine... it's driving me nuts because I can't download my apps or update anything without burning through my data.
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every Android phone have slow Play store since it`s not using cache.

I had 2 issues (well 3) but not sure its Android 6 or Samsung Phone issues:
a) I had to try 3 different microSD cards till one worked - they keep showing up as corrupted (even tho they work ok in other devices) i noticed the bigger the SD storage is the worse it performs (had to use a 16GB as the 64GB Samsung card didnt work - the phone would see it but wont let me create or move any files on it
b) probably a result of the a) issue - as my camera had settings to save pix on the SD card - my camera stopped working - everytime i opened it it would say: failed to open
tried everything but only a factory reset fix it
c) the phone got frozen on the weather page and literally nothing was working - no back buttons, up/down buttons, power off - nothing - it stayed like that 15 min until i performed a battery removal simulation (hold volume down and power button for 20 sec)
Other than that ALL ok - screen is weirdly sensitive - sometimes i touch an app and it acts like long touch?!!
A bit scared of these hiccups

I reported to USA support all those issues, as mine local support stinks bad. it seems that camera app is the major complain and have issues with that, a fix probably will be soon and hopefully will eliminate over processing with HDR.
Now i hope they will release fixes asap for all other issues as well.

tim2london said:
I had 2 issues (well 3) but not sure its Android 6 or Samsung Phone issues:
a) I had to try 3 different microSD cards till one worked - they keep showing up as corrupted (even tho they work ok in other devices) i noticed the bigger the SD storage is the worse it performs (had to use a 16GB as the 64GB Samsung card didnt work - the phone would see it but wont let me create or move any files on it
b) probably a result of the a) issue - as my camera had settings to save pix on the SD card - my camera stopped working - everytime i opened it it would say: failed to open
tried everything but only a factory reset fix it
c) the phone got frozen on the weather page and literally nothing was working - no back buttons, up/down buttons, power off - nothing - it stayed like that 15 min until i performed a battery removal simulation (hold volume down and power button for 20 sec)
Other than that ALL ok - screen is weirdly sensitive - sometimes i touch an app and it acts like long touch?!!
A bit scared of these hiccups
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Are you sure you don't just have a bad phone? Using multiple cards and having issues with all of them seems like there might be a hardware issue with the card reader.

johanbiff said:
every Android phone have slow Play store since it`s not using cache.
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How am I supposed to fix this? I can't set up my phone unless I can use the play store... It's not just the loading information, but also the downloading. I haven't been able to successfully update any Google Apps yet, and I left my phone running overnight

rodnii said:
How am I supposed to fix this? I can't set up my phone unless I can use the play store... It's not just the loading information, but also the downloading. I haven't been able to successfully update any Google Apps yet, and I left my phone running overnight
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you can`t. every phone has it..it`s up tho play store to fix it.
edit* you could be having some serious WIFI problems, try to restart/reset your router

tim2london said:
I had 2 issues (well 3) but not sure its Android 6 or Samsung Phone issues:
a) I had to try 3 different microSD cards till one worked - they keep showing up as corrupted (even tho they work ok in other devices) i noticed the bigger the SD storage is the worse it performs (had to use a 16GB as the 64GB Samsung card didnt work - the phone would see it but wont let me create or move any files on it
b) probably a result of the a) issue - as my camera had settings to save pix on the SD card - my camera stopped working - everytime i opened it it would say: failed to open
tried everything but only a factory reset fix it
c) the phone got frozen on the weather page and literally nothing was working - no back buttons, up/down buttons, power off - nothing - it stayed like that 15 min until i performed a battery removal simulation (hold volume down and power button for 20 sec)
Other than that ALL ok - screen is weirdly sensitive - sometimes i touch an app and it acts like long touch?!!
A bit scared of these hiccups
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No problem here with my 64gb sandisk microsd. Which speed class do the cards have and additionally which formatting?
But as already said, it may be that the card reader of your device is simply faulty.
rodnii said:
How am I supposed to fix this? I can't set up my phone unless I can use the play store... It's not just the loading information, but also the downloading. I haven't been able to successfully update any Google Apps yet, and I left my phone running overnight
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No problem with the play store here :/ Have you maybe tried to clear the data of google play services and play store and checked if it's still there?

Tectas said:
No problem here with my 64gb sandisk microsd. Which speed class do the cards have and additionally which formatting?
But as already said, it may be that the card reader of your device is simply faulty.
No problem with the play store here :/ Have you maybe tried to clear the data of google play services and play store and checked if it's still there?
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I've done everything
Cleared caches/data, cleared caches from recovery, factory reset, tested the router, everything.
The WiFi works fine when I browse the Internet or download from Galaxy Apps store.

I've solved the issue to my wifi problem after fiddling around. Turns out my router was relying on the DHCP server to assign IPv6 addresses and there was some sort of issue with that, so I switched it to auto-configuration and now the Play Store works again

Same here
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The Play Store is super slow when I'm on wifi, but every other app functions just fine... it's driving me nuts because I can't download my apps or update anything without burning through my data.
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Ive got a Verizon S7 Edge, and its the same way for me too.....

StevesDesigns said:
Ive got a Verizon S7 Edge, and its the same way for me too.....
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You should check your router settings and make sure it's assigning IPv6 addresses automatically. That was the cause of my issue. It occurred to me after I connected to my university's wifi with no problems.
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Daydream View Controller Bugged?

I'm not entirely sure what caused it, and I've tried everything I can think of to reset it but nothing seems to work. My Daydream View remote/controller doesn't seem to do anything but recenter when holding any button, and does nothing when pressing any button.
When any VR app starts Daydream kicks in and hijacks it, even if it's not a Daydream app (including players), even if Daydream is disabled and all its data wiped (VR services is still there), it asks you to hold to home button while pointing forward to recenter begin. Except that doesn't work anymore so no VR app works.
At this point so it doesn't hijack non-Daydream apps I'm going to try uninstalling VR services so it ****s off. But if anyone can point me to how I can get the Daydream controller working, I'd be grateful.
Edit: Wiping VR services and reinstalling it seems to have it working so far. That couldn't have been done without root, I guess any average user who runs into this problem is SOL, just like the few search results of similar issues I found. Always root your phones kids.
But honestly, for non-Daydream usage, it's better off to uninstall all of it so your battery doesn't get lit on fire. Removing all of Goolag's BS will result in the phone running whatever VR video or app normally instead of having their Daydream/VR services running + NFC + Bluetooth + GPS + other BS they have running which makes the battery hit 50 ****ing degrees Celsius in 20 minutes rendering "Daydream" useless.

Cyrus D. said:
I'm not entirely sure what caused it, and I've tried everything I can think of to reset it but nothing seems to work. My Daydream View remote/controller doesn't seem to do anything but recenter when holding any button, and does nothing when pressing any button.
When any VR app starts Daydream kicks in and hijacks it, even if it's not a Daydream app (including players), even if Daydream is disabled and all its data wiped (VR services is still there), it asks you to hold to home button while pointing forward to recenter begin. Except that doesn't work anymore so no VR app works.
At this point so it doesn't hijack non-Daydream apps I'm going to try uninstalling VR services so it ****s off. But if anyone can point me to how I can get the Daydream controller working, I'd be grateful.
Edit: Wiping VR services and reinstalling it seems to have it working so far. That couldn't have been done without root, I guess any average user who runs into this problem is SOL, just like the few search results of similar issues I found. Always root your phones kids.
But honestly, for non-Daydream usage, it's better off to uninstall all of it so your battery doesn't get lit on fire. Removing all of Goolag's BS will result in the phone running whatever VR video or app normally instead of having their Daydream/VR services running + NFC + Bluetooth + GPS + other BS they have running which makes the battery hit 50 ****ing degrees Celsius in 20 minutes rendering "Daydream" useless.
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I guess you can uninstall the updates wthout root, then update. or download an apk and reinstall it. But yeah, not as surefire as root

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I guess you can uninstall the updates wthout root, then update. or download an apk and reinstall it. But yeah, not as surefire as root
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That was the first thing I did since it could be done directly without an app like Titanium Backup (which is what I ended up using), but that didn't work. Fixing the bug required a full uninstallation of Google VR services.

S10 Plus Really Slow after updates

I recently installed the latest 2 forced updates from AT&T and updated most of my apps. Now my phone is now really slow and I am unable to tell what is causing it.
How can I find out what is causing the Phone to be so slow and unresponsive? Battery use is good and not draining faster than normal. Guessing it has something to do with CPU usage, however with Google now blocking all app access to the CPU usage, not sure how to diagnose this. Thanks!

Have a look power mode is not on save mode...
If else clean the phone should sort the issue.

After the last AT&T update which brought me to ASIP, my phone has been a little buggy. I think AT&T is to blame. Why do these phones force updates anyway? You would think there would be a lawsuit going or something on that.

brunotuga said:
Have a look power mode is not on save mode...
If else clean the phone should sort the issue.
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Power saver mode is not enabled.
After a reboot, the phone is fast and slowly degrades.
By clean the phone I assume you mean a factory reset?
Thanks!
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From recovery mode try to wipe the cache

I would recommend that you follow these steps (in order):
Reset Accessibility
Reset Network Settings
Reset Settings
Phone will reboot and after that go to recovery mode (Vol Up+Bixby+Power) and clear cache.
When phone is restarted, wait 5 min. Then install Galaxy Labs and Install the App Booster module. Optimize apps using the App Booster. Reboot. Now see if these makes any difference.

Just go to recovery and clear cache will do

I did clear the cache after updating my apps. I tried it again yesterday and it did help some, although the Gmail app is still very sluggish.
@izephyr, I will try your suggestion if things dont improve soon. Thanks!
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With Galaxy labs. It detects we did an update and will offer a full optimization per app. Called App booster. Takes a little bit of time but works.

I ended up turning off AT&T Mobile Network Diagnostics in Mobile Networks and this solved the phone slowness. Found that solution in another thread.
Thanks for the help!
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I actually have the same issue after android 10 updates and I can't fix it. Already did a factory reset while on beta 6 and I don't want to do again if I'm not sure it will solve it. After a day it seems slowish, and I think it has something to do with the gpu. Apps that don't need it (like xda labs and other simple apps) are fine, but when I open camera, instagram stories or a game, sometimes it even becomes unresponsive.
I don't have myself that setting to test (mobile network diagnostics)