Apps keep disappearing - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Using 17/8/14 build cm11 and noticed apps keep disappearing any got to reinstall em, especially xda. But when they reinstalled original settings are there. Anyone else having this problem?
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had this on the carbon rom, sometimes I would restart my phone, sometimes it died and then when it started up I would notice apps missing, I usually tried restarting the phone again and most came back

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Data drop??

I'm running serendipity 6.4
Lately my data just randomly stops working. for a while I was turning data off in the extended power menu after browsing or sending mms or using the market. The last few days ive been keeping it on when I'm not using it. it will say it is on on the notification bar but wont receive any data. If i reboot with data enabled it will fix itself but then I get the amazon market error in some apps saying that I have to reinstall the app. Sound like my ip its getting changed our something? What the bleep is going on here?
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Hmmm..
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nawlage said:
I'm running serendipity 6.4
Lately my data just randomly stops working. for a while I was turning data off in the extended power menu after browsing or sending mms or using the market. The last few days ive been keeping it on when I'm not using it. it will say it is on on the notification bar but wont receive any data. If i reboot with data enabled it will fix itself but then I get the amazon market error in some apps saying that I have to reinstall the app. Sound like my ip its getting changed our something? What the bleep is going on here?
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This happened to me as well before ... dont know how ifixed though ... try wiping dalvik and cache
spose it couldnt hurt. Ill give it a shot.
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Swap modems?
I have been seeing this as well. The only time I see it is when I am at work.
I stream Pandora as well as use IM+ alll day at work. Pandora has no issues as it caches data, but I see my IM+ connection resetting every so often. Also occassionally when attempting to access the internet the site will be initially unavailable.
I have tried several modems all with the same result, messed around with my band settings and even reflashed my ROM clearing all caches.
I have been watching for someone else with the same issue. This is the first post I have seen addressing it.
in addition to my data dropping it also happens with my service, seemingly around the same time if not in unison.
To the above poster: are you running serendipity 6.4 on a captivate?
Note: I had been running serendipity 5.x and switched to phoenix ultimate to test it. Had a bunch of problems with it so i switched back to serendipity. my phone hasn't been the same since. Weird random problems like this. I've odin master cleared and reflashed a coupled times but it didn't bring back my first flawless experience with serendipity before trying phoenix. Maybe I should try the stock rom and see if the problem persists..
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nawlage said:
in addition to my data dropping it also happens with my service, seemingly around the same time if not in unison.
To the above poster: are you running serendipity 6.4 on a captivate?
Note: I had been running serendipity 5.x and switched to phoenix ultimate to test it. Had a bunch of problems with it so i switched back to serendipity. my phone hasn't been the same since. Weird random problems like this. I've odin master cleared and reflashed a coupled times but it didn't bring back my first flawless experience with serendipity before trying phoenix. Maybe I should try the stock rom and see if the problem persists..
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I am running Phoenix Ultimate and always flash back to stock.
I wonder if phoenix has something to do with it. dont see how that would affect me tho since I'm not using it now. I also flash stock and master clear everytime. I did clear dalvik cache as someone motioned earlier and it hasn't happened yet.
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i feel i should also mention that i have been seeing a gray icon in my notif. bar which i believe appears during data sync. its like recycle circle. looks pretty much identical to the reboot icon in the extended power menu. so - maybe i have too many apps and too many of those apps are set to auto sync and when they do it jams my data connection. still doesnt explain the affect on the amazon apps tho. im just rattling things off here to try and figure out whats going on and maybe jog someone elses brain in the process.
I get the sync icon in the notification bar as well. If I refresh gmail it will appear.
I have not heard of any others on the Phoenix ROM having this issue.
I've turned off auto sync in system settings and I haven't had the problem since. Its only been a couple days but so far so good. Still can't figure out why it affects amazon app authentication tho. Only thing I can think of is that with the syncing and data freezing my connection resets and I get assigned a different ip and can no longer validate with amazon.
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Still no drops. I'm not having lag issues anymore either. I guess turning off auto sync was the fix. Prolly had a bunch of apps auto-syncing at once.
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Well it didn't solve the amazon app force close. Just happened again when I opened gentle alarm.
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Google play updates notifications, reboots and some.

Hello.
I've wrote it before that my phone just random likes to reboot itself like once every day.
I also noticed that usually after these reboots it shows up app update notifications. But when the phone is on, these notifications don't show up. I have to either check manually or it will show up when the phone restarted from a reboot. Or if I restart it myself.
I have notifications set to on for this.
Wondering if this might be one of the reasons my phone decides to reboot. It hasn't failed yet, it is one reboot per day. And it's random when I use the phone.
I'm hoping it's a software bug in the new firmware. I've already tried the repairs, flashed other roms and so in. Tried a new sim card and also a new microsd card. Still the same.
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Now,
A nice logcat would be useful here....
Tell me how to create logs and i will provide logs like never before
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[Q] Galaxy S5 system crashing constantly?

I have an unrooted Galaxy S5. A few days ago, I was using the phone (can't remember an app) when the phone froze completely for about 5 seconds and then restarted. Ever since it recovered, the phone has had all sorts of problems: app crashes (Chrome in particular), dropped calls, very slow performance, and very slow gallery and camera. I haven't installed any apps recently.
Does anyone know what would cause this? Am I correct in assuming that the only way to fix this is a factory reset?
lathamc said:
I have an unrooted Galaxy S5. A few days ago, I was using the phone (can't remember an app) when the phone froze completely for about 5 seconds and then restarted. Ever since it recovered, the phone has had all sorts of problems: app crashes (Chrome in particular), dropped calls, very slow performance, and very slow gallery and camera. I haven't installed any apps recently.
Does anyone know what would cause this? Am I correct in assuming that the only way to fix this is a factory reset?
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I'm no expert, but usually a full factory reset helps Try wiping cache from recovery too, that could help. If all else fails then there's nothing (except a hard paperweight) that a reset can't fix
lathamc said:
I have an unrooted Galaxy S5. A few days ago, I was using the phone (can't remember an app) when the phone froze completely for about 5 seconds and then restarted. Ever since it recovered, the phone has had all sorts of problems: app crashes (Chrome in particular), dropped calls, very slow performance, and very slow gallery and camera. I haven't installed any apps recently.
Does anyone know what would cause this? Am I correct in assuming that the only way to fix this is a factory reset?
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It's strange that so many unrelated things would stop working but they all sound software/OS related so the wipe will probably fix it. You could clear app data for a few separate apps & see if one is the culprit but it might be a deeper problem like play services or something.
Im coming from an s4 and this phone does crash more. Ive had 5 battery pulls over last month.....though I am towelrooted
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cybershawngates said:
Im coming from an s4 and this phone does crash more. Ive had 5 battery pulls over last month.....though I am towelrooted
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I'll admit to some f.c. on apps but nothing to do with the system crashing. Maybe try a fresh flash through Odin and a factory reset before fullboot. Also towel rooted. And how bad does this locked bootloader suck.
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Camera crashing all the time

Has anyone experienced this bug with camera, I can't even start it up, it has started crashing 2 weeks ago while I was on ViperOne rom, now i have flashed cm11 and still the same, I just can't start it up, tried with force stopping the app, clearing cache/data and nothing
edit: if anyone encounters that sometimes camera is working and sometimes not, you just need to hit the phone around camera
It seems that when my phone has fallen from the table flex cable from camera has been losing contact and that was the issue..
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Top left corner screen

So I have had three ROMs now - resurrection, cm 12.1, and computerfreek - and all thee have the issue where the top left part of screen becomes disabled to touch. A restart fixes for a few. I got a message to disable chat heads in FB messenger but it didn't help. Any ideas?
I also have this issue. I'm inclined to think it's a hardware problem, since although it didn't start happening until after I unlocked the bootloader, it's persisted through many different ROM installations.
I too am having this problem restarting the phone fixes it for a wile running CF rom as well any ideas on what it might be would be much appreciated
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We can't be the only ones with the issue
Same problem
I'm having the same issue with CM 12.1 on my T-Mobile Note 3 (Sm-N900T) and rebooting also temporarily fixes it.
I'm trying to narrow it down, does anyone else use PocketCast?
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Facebook Messenger
Same problem here... I saw somewhere that Facebook Messenger is the culprit. I uninstalled it, and no problems since... But I really need the app for work and personal use. Seems crazy that an app can cause this problem!
It's the Facebook messenger app that causes this. It happens to other phones as well.

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