XT907 Strange Video Playback Issues & More - Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I have a completely stock XT907 that's been working fairly well for over a year. Completely unmodded, just a 32GB SD card for photos and music, no roots or anything, and the phone is Wifi only with no plan, but as of a few days ago a few problems cropped up. Video playback in the YouTube app, Instagram, Chrome, Dolphin browser and more have been acting weirdly, with browsers reverting several pages back, to the homepage or crashing entirely usually under a minute after a video starts playing. The YouTube app randomly pauses videos about every 30 seconds, and Instagram, even just looking at photos, randomly switches back a page or two after a few minutes of browsing images. Even the Android photo gallery acts strangely, switching back to random photos when I'm browsing through them.
I've done a factory reset on the phone (the SD card didn't clear, however), and looked through settings to see if anything had changed. Nothing. My apologies if I've come to the wrong place, but this seems like an extremely particular issue that I haven't seen anywhere.

cranfield said:
I have a completely stock XT907 that's been working fairly well for over a year. Completely unmodded, just a 32GB SD card for photos and music, no roots or anything, and the phone is Wifi only with no plan, but as of a few days ago a few problems cropped up. Video playback in the YouTube app, Instagram, Chrome, Dolphin browser and more have been acting weirdly, with browsers reverting several pages back, to the homepage or crashing entirely usually under a minute after a video starts playing. The YouTube app randomly pauses videos about every 30 seconds, and Instagram, even just looking at photos, randomly switches back a page or two after a few minutes of browsing images. Even the Android photo gallery acts strangely, switching back to random photos when I'm browsing through them.
I've done a factory reset on the phone (the SD card didn't clear, however), and looked through settings to see if anything had changed. Nothing. My apologies if I've come to the wrong place, but this seems like an extremely particular issue that I haven't seen anywhere.
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reset from settings or recovery.?
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sd_shadow said:
reset from settings or recovery.?
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From the settings. What do you mean by recovery?

cranfield said:
From the settings. What do you mean by recovery?
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https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-103978/
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tried it, no luck.

cranfield said:
From the settings. What do you mean by recovery?
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no luck on the full recovery unfortunately

cranfield said:
tried it, no luck.
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as in nothing was wiped?
if so, likely no fixing
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sd_shadow said:
as in nothing was wiped?
if so, likely no fixing
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the wipe itself worked, but the problems still persist.

cranfield said:
the wipe itself worked, but the problems still persist.
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Could try flashing firmware with RSD Lite
See
[INDEX] Motorola Droid Razr M (2015)
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sd_shadow said:
Could try flashing firmware with RSD Lite
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followed the process, except RSD doesn't seem to want to actually start when pressing start.

cranfield said:
followed the process, except RSD doesn't seem to want to actually start when pressing start.
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What does bootloader screen say?
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cranfield said:
followed the process, except RSD doesn't seem to want to actually start when pressing start.
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My phone wouldn't restore from RSD lite either so I had to restore the firmware manually from the command line.
https://www.kriztekblog.com/2016/09/restore-unbrick-motorola-xt907loop-rom.html

cranfield said:
followed the process, except RSD doesn't seem to want to actually start when pressing start.
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Have to decompress i think it is.

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Most annoying glitch issue in my phone

Wtf is wrong with the youtube app it always ssays problen with network and only thing to fix it is to reboot phone?
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Side note u have to reboot this bitcj all tje time recently ____?ec05.
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deisel said:
Side note u have to reboot this bitcj all tje time recently ____?ec05.
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If you are having problems, boot into CWM and reflash the rom right over what you are running. It will backup the apps and everything for you and you will be back up and running in under a half hour.
You might want to try this before doing that though:
Settings>Applications>Manage Applications>All
Scroll down to Youtube and select it. Hit "Clear Data" and then exit out and try Youtube again.
Are you running stock or a custom ROM? It has been so long since I have run stock that I wouldn't be able to help you out with that. I am currently running SyndicateROM Frozen. It's sold as a rock, fast, and I can go days without rebooting.
Getting the same EXACT issue as the OP. Running stock and rooted EC05. I think it started recently with the latest YouTube update. It didn't do that when I first got EC05.
Yes, me too. Stock EC05. I also noticed that the video camera and stock video player stop working when the youtube app fails.
elrey75 said:
Yes, me too. Stock EC05. I also noticed that the video camera and stock video player stop working when the youtube app fails.
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Have you considered trying a custom ROM? I tried the scenario you described and didn't have a problem. I am running SyndicateROM Frozen, but there are others to choose from.
Just a thought.
Thanks, I'm sure that would help but I don't want to root.
I read the reviews in the Market for our current version of YouTube and apparently a lot of other users on different phones are getting the same problem. Many 1 star reviews lately because of it. As I stated earlier, this didn't start occurring until recently, which I attribute to the latest upgrade of the app.
Mine is the inability for the phone to roam on the PCS band. Really Samsung? Fix the bug!
Yes, this happened a lot to me when I was running EC05. So annoying.
Sounds like it's an EC05 bug. I refuse to power cycle 3 times a day for luxurious mutimedia. My Flash works, that's all I need. But wait, now the same error occurs when checking Voicemail, taking video, using the stock player... what's next? But I will not power cycle.
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I think the Youtube glitch was due to a problem Google was having. If you've noticed, Gmail also had an insane lag and fail to send rate during that time too. Might actually just be Google servers.
I had the same issue but it stopped after so long and I'm back to normal.
I tried a fix I read in another thread and it seems to work. Uninstall the official twitter app and use another like tweetcaster. I have power cycled and haven't had that youtube problem anymore. Don't know why that worked.
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Unmount your SD card and Mount it back again and that will fix the youtube app. I don't know why it fixes this problem for me. Let me know if it worked for you.
The only rom this happens to me on is ec05 plus.
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[Q] Random restarts: how to tell cause?

Hi all,
My MS2 has been randomly restarting and was wondering if it (or Android in general) has a way to see what happened directly before the restart, or more helpfully, what actually caused it to restart?
It hasn't restarted on me while I use it, but seems to restart when it's just sitting around and hasn't been used for a while (ranges from 10 mins or a couple hours) - I know it restarts only by the vibrator going off a little as it boots back up.
The phone is running the stock ROM, and I don't recall installing any new apps recently that may be causing it (such as system apps or anything etc, but NFI really).
Any and all help much appreciated!
Edit: "vBulletin Message Sorry, search is temporarily unavailable. Please try again in 20-30 minutes." in before flames.
So I'm not going to read through pages and pages of posts to find one specific issue which may/may not have been asked etc.
mine restarts 4 out of 5 times i reboot, its really annoying
still dont know the cause, does it with both stock and argen2stone, so it seems like hardware
normally it boots properly when its cold
dont know if this has any relevance... but yeah
weird. im using stock 2.2 AsiaRetail firmware and i have never experienced such a problem - random reboots. perhaps you have some sort of very buggy software that you installed, or perhaps you tampered with something after rooting your phone (if you did)? in any case this is very odd, as it should not just reboot out of the blues. do check each and every downloaded software to see if that is the cause.
I don't have the same problem with UK 2.2.2 running on it.
But random restarts do exist when I was using Argen2Stone 1.8, so I don't think this is hardware problem?
agent008my said:
weird. im using stock 2.2 AsiaRetail firmware and i have never experienced such a problem - random reboots. perhaps you have some sort of very buggy software that you installed, or perhaps you tampered with something after rooting your phone (if you did)? in any case this is very odd, as it should not just reboot out of the blues. do check each and every downloaded software to see if that is the cause.
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actually, my phone was being pretty stubborn when i tried to root it. had to do a few battery pulls cos it never finished rooting, just kept spinning and spinning. Ive done factory restores with sbf's too, didnt seem to fix it?
I had reboots, but only very few. Not worth mentioning but it occured when I restarted the phone once. It seems to be faulty software.
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scottyn said:
actually, my phone was being pretty stubborn when i tried to root it. had to do a few battery pulls cos it never finished rooting, just kept spinning and spinning. Ive done factory restores with sbf's too, didnt seem to fix it?
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what do u mean by stubborn when you tried rooting it? if your phone is still rooted, try unrooting it and see if the problem still exists
agent008my said:
what do u mean by stubborn when you tried rooting it? if your phone is still rooted, try unrooting it and see if the problem still exists
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stubborn in that z4root wouldnt finish no matter how long i left it. took forever, so i had to reset or batterypull. had to do that about 3 times before the process actually finished
might try unrooting it, such a hassle *sigh*
ill get around to it when exams finish
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stubborn in that z4root wouldnt finish no matter how long i left it. took forever, so i had to reset or batterypull. had to do that about 3 times before the process actually finished
might try unrooting it, such a hassle *sigh*
ill get around to it when exams finish
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I couldn't root stock 2.2 asia retail with z4root. Try superoneclick. It worked for me
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scottyn said:
stubborn in that z4root wouldnt finish no matter how long i left it. took forever, so i had to reset or batterypull. had to do that about 3 times before the process actually finished
might try unrooting it, such a hassle *sigh*
ill get around to it when exams finish
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u should have used one click when z4 didnt work. i tried z4 several times, and when it just didnt root i tried one click instead. btw it really is no hassle unrooting. just click unroot on z4 if that does solve the problem, try re-rooting it, but use one click instead. i believe ur set has the RageAgainstTheCage loophole sealed too
agent008my said:
weird. im using stock 2.2 AsiaRetail firmware and i have never experienced such a problem - random reboots. perhaps you have some sort of very buggy software that you installed, or perhaps you tampered with something after rooting your phone (if you did)? in any case this is very odd, as it should not just reboot out of the blues. do check each and every downloaded software to see if that is the cause.
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Yeah I suspect it might be a downloaded app (hoping so anyway) but I dont want to have to uninstall everything or try a trial'n'error uninstallation process as that will take forever.
I was hoping someone would know if there are logs that show kernel panics or last processes run prior to the reboot...
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I was experiencing some stuck and random reboots when I was using 2.2 with my class 10 sd card, so I decided to try the 2.2.2 sbf, and it kept the same behavior, them i saw the thread about problems with high speed cards, and since i saw it i'm using the original card and experiencing no more stuck or reboots.
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lucasdss said:
...i'm using the original card and experiencing no more stuck or reboots.
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Thanks for the reply, but im still using the SD card that came in the phone
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cobo_ said:
Thanks for the reply, but im still using the SD card that came in the phone
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try using lookout security (free)...just to see if any apps you have downloaded are contain malwares. i also heard such reboots can be caused by external wifi scanning/searching apps.
Thanks I might try lookout and see what it says...is itself trustworthy tho?
Also I dont use wifi and have it disabled.
Can anyone else offer any further suggestions?
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bump...anyone know if MS2 has kernel logs or sth to help me narrow down these random restarts?
I didn't meet with random restart problem at all. using uk 2.2. only once it restarts again and again, and that turned out to be caused by my battery.
sometimes when my tombstone is too hot (above 48℃), it will shut down automaticly to cool down itself. and my battery reports a wrong value of current temperature to system sometimes, then cool down mode will be startup and shut down my phone.
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cobo_ said:
bump...anyone know if MS2 has kernel logs or sth to help me narrow down these random restarts?
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Type dmesg and logcat on terminal.
Also, download live dmesg and live logcat from market, they are bootanimations with live logs apearing on the screen. Pro version suports both at the same time.
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dangpzanco said:
Type dmesg and logcat on terminal.
Also, download live dmesg and live logcat from market, they are bootanimations with live logs apearing on the screen. Pro version suports both at the same time
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Awesome thanks for this! I wasn't sure what stuff came with android re unix utils so these will come in handy
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Flickering screen only when playing videos

Hello everyone,
I have my i9500 for about a year and had no problems until now ... the problem started around two weeks ago. whenever i play a video (it happens on any player including youtube app) the screen starts flickering (it never flickers when you do anything else!). I wanted to know if anyone has seen this and if there is a fix for it.
thank you for anyone who can help
I have seen it before and reboot the phone fix the problem.
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Thanks I have rebooted phone full wiped changed roms everything like that it keeps coming back...
Edit: after reboot it stopped... But it comes back... There isn't any better fix for it?
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maorgit said:
Thanks I have rebooted phone full wiped changed roms everything like that it keeps coming back...
Edit: after reboot it stopped... But it comes back... There isn't any better fix for it?
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have your tried reflashing a rom or an official firmware?
makaroonzkr said:
have your tried reflashing a rom or an official firmware?
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I have switched roms with full wipe and it keeps coming back ... i was on omega and now on ozcan and it keeps doing it
Have you changed modems lately?
Could be modem related
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Obagleyfreer said:
Have you changed modems lately?
Could be modem related
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Only if rom included updated modem I haven't flashed a modem
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Same here. Did you find a solution?
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achaw said:
Same here. Did you find a solution?
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Go to Settings, More tab, Developer options (if it's not enabled please google how to enable), Force GPU rendering
I found this fixed it in my S4 Black edition.
If this solution doesn't work for you then also try to clear the cache partion.
To do this, Hold power, home and volume up until the phone shows [Samsung Galaxy I9500 blah] then release only power button. you are now in recovery mode. use volume buttons to scroll to the correct option (clear cache partition, i think) and press power to select it.
Then reboot. Hopefully this will work for everyone.
Fix for screen flickering upon video playing
I just got a brand new s4 i9500. And when I play videos from YouTube, whatsapp through Samsung player or vlc etc my screen starts flickering like crazy and then blacks out.
To fix I went to developer settings and enabled a function called " Turn off hardware overlays"
This instantly solved the problem of the flashing screen during video playing.
Hope this helps.

Galaxy S5 Randomly Corrupted

Monday morning my device working great. Then randomly my finger print scanner stopped working. I also noticed my SD card is no longer working, says it's corrupted and asking to format. I now have to access my phone via a pattern and for some reason it is VERY slow to show the screen after pressing the power/home buttons. I cannot install any applications, and alerts me my device is running out of storage even though there is 500MB+ remaining. It's now also very slow in response.
I tried checking the finger print scanner settings but alerts me that and error has occurred and to restart the device. - doesn't work..
I've had my device for two years and never has an issues.
Device is rooted but still has stock.
Model: SM-G900P
Kernal: 3.4.0-9634333
Android Version: 4.4.2
Software Version: G900PVPU1ANCB
I also want to mention that I got a text message the other day saying that I'm eligible for an upgrade from Sprint... Day later phone starts acting up. I'm sure restoring the phone or installing a custom rom might fix this, but I'm wondering what would cause this.
Thanks
Try booting into recovery and clearing the caches, often cures random problems like that
500Mb is not a lot... I would back up your SD contents, format it like its asking, then put your backup back on it, low space would certainly explain the lag and what not, not too sure about the fingerprint scanner though.
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*Detection* said:
Try booting into recovery and clearing the caches, often cures random problems like that
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Thanks for the response. Unfortunately that didn't work.
Perhaps it is some sort of virus or malicious attack on my device?
drizzle02 said:
Thanks for the response. Unfortunately that didn't work.
Perhaps it is some sort of virus or malicious attack on my device?
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Have you installed anything that would have caused that?
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Rakuu said:
Have you installed anything that would have caused that?
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Didn't install anything. Really just use my phone for text, email, and calling. It's really bizarre. I think I'll just have to back up and restore or get a rom.
Thanks for the response.
drizzle02 said:
Didn't install anything. Really just use my phone for text, email, and calling. It's really bizarre. I think I'll just have to back up and restore or get a rom.
Thanks for the response.
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Did you try my above suggestion? If you're open to it then yes, I would factory reset.
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Resetting it to factory fixed all my issues.
Thanks everyone for the responses and helping out!

android 10 jitters after update

Ever since I got android 10 my phone gets these random jitters from time to time. Also I noticed whenever I'm in an app and I close to go back to my home screen the home screen refreshes (using nova) I don't ever recall having these issues on pie. It just seems really buggy. I never got to try the beta's since my country didn't have the program.
How did you install the update, OTA, sideload, SmartSwitch?
The Root said:
How did you install the update, OTA, sideload, SmartSwitch?
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OTA
orlans21 said:
OTA
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Try reinstalling with SmartSwitch.
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Try reinstalling with SmartSwitch.
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I really don't want to wipe. I put so much time into customizing everything the way i want it
Mine hasn't been hitting at all, however sometimes when I pull my notification shade down and then expand a notification it freezes. I'm almost ready to do a factory reset to see if that fixes it
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I also noticed that the ram management has been horrible. I notice this after the phone has been rebooted and it's several hours later. Never was like that on pie
If you backup, it takes like 10 minutes to factory reset and restore. You could be done by now...
The Root said:
If you backup, it takes like 10 minutes to factory reset and restore. You could be done by now...
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It's not just about backing up apps, it's setting them all up the way you want them
orlans21 said:
It's not just about backing up apps, it's setting them all up the way you want them
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You'd also be done with that by now. Lol
The Root said:
You'd also be done with that by now. Lol
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It would take me over an hour to set everything back up
The Root said:
You'd also be done with that by now. Lol
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Don't "lol" as you've clearly never backed up & restored on nonrooted Android or via Samsung SmartSwitch.. They don't cover everything, by a mile.
Not sure why you you think it's okay around here to recommend something you don't understand. People are looking for help, not uniformed smugness.
orlans21 said:
It would take me over an hour to set everything back up
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But everything would work.
Has anyone else experienced anything similar to what my thread is about?
portzblitz said:
Don't "lol" as you've clearly never backed up & restored on nonrooted Android or via Samsung SmartSwitch.. They don't cover everything, by a mile.
Not sure why you you think it's okay around here to recommend something you don't understand. People are looking for help, not uniformed smugness.
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I did it not to long ago, enjoy your bugs.
I have jitters and stutters within both Samsung and Gmail apps. I also get freezing when I pull down my notification shade and try to expand Gmail notifications. The latter happens about 80%of the time where as email jitter and stutters are constant. I have factory reset twice without restoring from any backups.
This did not do this in PIE.
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Same here. Horrible ram management, random freezes. Samsung is definitely rushing to release the "stable" version of the android 10.
Not quite sure why people still believes doing a factory reset can fix everything.
For me scrolling in any internet browser is choppy.
Yeah so it seems they released this update too early and it's still feeling like a beta. I'll probably wait til January patch comes out and see if they fixed it
Am also experiencing the same random jitters this thread is talking about. I updated to Android 10 (BSKO) the day it became available to Greece (EUR, December 9th) on my S10+ (SM-G975F). Am holding up till January update before resetting and possibly downgrading, first versions of Android OSes suck in general anyway. Bit of advice, if your S10 is having a "lag attack" on Android 10, do not, under no circumstances open the camera. Touch input will freeze up and camera will just show a laggy feed of what's going on for about 5-7 minutes before unlagging and forcing a reboot.

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