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Low memory error after new ROM flashes

For about the last 2 weeks I keep getting a "Voice Command has quit due to low memory" with any ROM. Yes, I always do a hard reset after I flash the ROM. It shows up before I even try to install anything. I'm not using any auto install programs during this so they are just the plain ROMs. Free program memory is also at least 50 MB, depending on ROM with 30-35 MB in use. I've just been removing VC from the StartUp.
I went back and tried the April 1 Dutty ROM that I think ran fine when I first tried it but now gives me an error. I reflashed the stock AT&T ROM and everything was fine.
I'm also having issues with HTC Home Customizer v1 in that it runs fine for a while then stops and gives a string of directory errors. I've gotten this when installed on both SD and device memory. It happens after I install some additional software but doesn't seem to be related to anything specific and has occurred with 2 version of HTC Home.
Wondering if there is a diagnostic program to check for bad chips or anyone else has seen this. I've had the Tilt for a few months and it just started acting up.
Thanks

Cant think of anything but hardware issues that would cause that.....
If i were you, i would flash back to the stock rom and spl, and take it back to att for a new/refurb one

mwp_742 said:
For about the last 2 weeks I keep getting a "Voice Command has quit due to low memory" with any ROM. Yes, I always do a hard reset after I flash the ROM. It shows up before I even try to install anything. I'm not using any auto install programs during this so they are just the plain ROMs. Free program memory is also at least 50 MB, depending on ROM with 30-35 MB in use. I've just been removing VC from the StartUp.
I went back and tried the April 1 Dutty ROM that I think ran fine when I first tried it but now gives me an error. I reflashed the stock AT&T ROM and everything was fine.
I'm also having issues with HTC Home Customizer v1 in that it runs fine for a while then stops and gives a string of directory errors. I've gotten this when installed on both SD and device memory. It happens after I install some additional software but doesn't seem to be related to anything specific and has occurred with 2 version of HTC Home.
Wondering if there is a diagnostic program to check for bad chips or anyone else has seen this. I've had the Tilt for a few months and it just started acting up.
Thanks
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Use KaiserTweak or Advanced Configuration to Disable the File System Cache, in most of the new ROM's they are enabled that is why it is using so much memory even on startup.

impalass said:
Cant think of anything but hardware issues that would cause that.....
If i were you, i would flash back to the stock rom and spl, and take it back to att for a new/refurb one
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Yeah, that was kind of my feeling. Was hoping someone would say, "Oh, happens all the time, just hit CTRL three times, say the magic word and it will be fixed."
My USB connector is getting loose anyway. I got mine through work and we have a dedicated AT&T rep so hopefully it won't be a big deal. I just need to remember not to say the words Flash or ROM.

KDKobes said:
Use KaiserTweak or Advanced Configuration to Disable the File System Cache, in most of the new ROM's they are enabled that is why it is using so much memory even on startup.
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I seems no one else has reported this problem (and you know the forum would be full of posts it was common) so that's why I'm leaning toward a hardware issue.

mwp_742 said:
I seems no one else has reported this problem (and you know the forum would be full of posts it was common) so that's why I'm leaning toward a hardware issue.
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Have you tried what I had suggested? People do talk about it just in the ROM Development Forum where it should be. And just so you know the AT&T Tilt is an 8925 not an 8950.

mwp_742 said:
I seems no one else has reported this problem (and you know the forum would be full of posts it was common) so that's why I'm leaning toward a hardware issue.
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Don't worry I have the problem too.. now I am searching for the tweak and will post result after I try it

maybe clear the temps files from pIE

I've seen this same problem three times since flashing dutty's April 1 rom about two weeks ago. Haven't spent any time to investigate it yet.

Sounds like a possible .net issue.
I know there were a few missing files from the Apr. 1 ROM.
First, try re-installing .net cf.
Then if you are using Opera delete the Cache files, Take a look for files in \Temp, \Application Data\Volatile, & the cache/history/temp files for PIE.

Thanks for all the input guys (and gals? - yeah right!)
Guess I won't send it in to the shop yet (especially if they replace with a refurb).

Has Flashing wiped my Micro SD??????

First of all thanks to all on the forum for all the useful tips and tweaks.
I finally took the bold step of my first flash two days ago to Dutty's latest Rom.
As he advised I have slowly added programmes and tweaks to make sure there were no bugs. Last night I was playing around with different wallpapers after a day of the phone being stable. Waking up this morning I found a lot of my tweaks for the today screen had reset themselves. Using file explorer i tried to open my storage card (I kept all the cabs i have been using on it) and it wasn't found. I took i out and have tried to open it through my laptop and it keeps asking to 'insert card' i.e it can't see it either. I tried a hard reset on my HD to see if it was anything I had installed and still nothing!
I have most things backed up on my PC and yesterday set up microsoft myphone so hopefully I haven't lost anything...BUT. Has flashing caused this or is it just coincidental that my storage card has gone tits up!
many thanks in advance.
P.S Off topic. has anybody else found that the Virgin advert causes a stuttering effect when scrolling down a page?

Hi Mate,
take a look at this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=506560
Should explain all, it looks like when you upgrade to one of the newer roms not based on the 1.14 it kills the SD card, you could try formatting it again..
Happens quite randomly , so ...
Bloke

Cheers Bloke
Although the cause doesn't seem to be very clear. I flashed my HD without the SD card in. I have a sandisk card. It came with the phone but it was a replacement phone so not exactly bundled per se. (after getting the phone on an upgrade last Dec with Orange actually paying me a fiver for it, I lost it/had it stolen after owning it a month and had to then fork out £160 for it )
Sods law that i haven't been backing up my SD card as the majority of it was music that i have on my laptop anyway.
Thanks once again

I've never lost any info on my SD Card from flashing any roms, and I've flashed a lot. Even when going from 1.14 roms to 1.59 roms. No probs
However I have heard others have had similar problems and unfortunately only remedy was to format card. Once formatted problem shouldn't arise again

So to update:
tried out spare sd. Not a problem although only looked at it rather than file swap etc
Hard reset: still didn't find card
flashed stock 1.14 rom. Had colours go strange on screen whilst first installing but then touch flo started and colours as norm. Put SD card in and it wasn't found. Soft reset with card in and once booted funny colours came back (all kind of negative and opposite original colours, kind of cool but obviously not good). Still not finding card. Took card out and soft reset, all good and colours back to normal.
So, it seems, I will have to format. Bye Bye data!
I tried to look at the card from command prompt on my PC (xp pro) and it still couldn't see it. Muchos corruption me thinks. Not sure how I am going to format it now?
I hope HTC will look into this and release some sort of fix. Unless they know it's a hardware fault on the card reader and realise it will cost a small fortune to fix everybodies HD not to mention the bad publicity.

Okay, maybe not the most common method to do this, but when I had this happen to me, I also couldn't format the card anymore in my PC (Vista). What I did wat put the card in an old Samsung phone I had lying around, and the phone initialised the card for itself. After that it was also readable again on my PC and in my HD.
Since this happened to me I always take out the SD Card if I flash my phone. Just to be on the safe side.

Phone hangs in sleep mode

Hello there,
I really am stumped, and would really like some help! I've searched the forums, can't really find what I'm after, so apologies if this as already been asked/answered.
Basically, my G1 hangs a lot when it goes to sleep. I'm running Cyanogen 4.0.4 with an 8Gb Class 6 card - everything was fine when I was using the stock 2Gb card that came with the phone, but after having loads of trouble trying to transfer my apps, I decided to just wipe and start again. The card is Ext2 parted with a 293Mb size partition. I did have it as Ext3, but thought this might be the problem (since I didn't have any problems with Ext2 on my old card), and wiped and repartitioned as Ext2 but that wasn't the case and problems persisted. Occasionally the phone will hang when it is on, but mostly the hanging happens when I leave it alone for a while; the screen stays dark and nothing happens, and I have to take the battery out and restart the whole phone.
One thing to note is that when I did reinstall everything, MybackupPro often didn't like the card, and gave me 'I/O problems with card' or 'Cannot install app' mesaages until I rebooted and started again each time the messages came up. I had to reinstall my apps in 10 - 20 app chunks in the end, rebooting when errors came up, but eventually I got everything reinstalled.
I'm running Swapper (I know Cyanogen does something similar natively, but wasn't sure how it worked...someone please correct me if I shouldn't be using it), and Overclock Widget. Like I said. I never had a single problem before with my old card and these apps, so this all leads me to think it may be the card, but any advice would be much appreciated!

markdjj said:
Hello there,
everything was fine when I was using the stock 2Gb card that came with the phone
MybackupPro often didn't like the card, and gave me 'I/O problems with card' or 'Cannot install app' mesaages until I rebooted and started again each time the messages came up.
I never had a single problem before with my old card and these apps, so this all leads me to think it may be the card, but any advice would be much appreciated!
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Hmm... sounds like the card to me. And the fact that you are using swapper on a possible defective card may very well be causing your system to hang. The system is relying on the sdcard as part of it's memory. So if the cards fails at any point, so will your phone. It'll be like pulling the RAM module out of your computer while your using it. Include a logcat of the phone crashing if you can and post it. Also reformat and check the partition for errors.

Thanks for your advice, I thought it may be the card too. Partitions seems fine...I used Partition Manager and it didn't throw up any problems.
As for Logcat, I did try and do that, but got a bit stuck trying to fiddle with my computer, and I don't think it's going to happen. I'm a bit of a newbie I'm afraid.
I don't mind getting a new card, but the only thing I'm concerned about is moving my apps...on this post here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=553469 it looked pretty easy, but could you tell me if these commands are to be executed in the terminal on the handset? Does it copy the apps, because I imagined that if you fiddled with stuff that's in use (like moving an app from the Ext2) would cause a lot of FCs and possibly even hangs.

odd hang
I myself am getting a bit of a hang when waking the phone up, i have to hit the menu button several times, kinda reminds me of the coma issue that we had back on the old kernal. i didn't have a problem till i clean out my phone by wiping and reformating my card, it is not that big off a deal but it is just strange. oh and to the op, you do not need to run openclocker since cyanogen's rom has cpu scaling that does it already and if you have your partions in order as fat,ext,swap than it will auto use compchace

gridlock32404 said:
I myself am getting a bit of a hang when waking the phone up, i have to hit the menu button several times, kinda reminds me of the coma issue that we had back on the old kernal. i didn't have a problem till i clean out my phone by wiping and reformating my card, it is not that big off a deal but it is just strange. oh and to the op, you do not need to run openclocker since cyanogen's rom has cpu scaling that does it already and if you have your partions in order as fat,ext,swap than it will auto use compchace
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My phone did the exact same thing when I was using either Jac's Hero 1.3 or cyanogenmod 4.0.1. I tried everything and it wouldn't go away so I ended up switching to xrom.

Since cyan has been doing a lot of kernal tweaks lately do you think that it is possible that the coma issue has gotten reintroduce though, I mean both mine and the op is doing it, his is worse but if you remember that is what was happening to a lot before, mine never got to the point of pulling the battery but to the point of annoyance just like it used to

How is the xrom <that's jac's non hero build, right?> is it comparable to cyanogen's, I love cyan's performance but if this persits, I might find something else for awhile

I love it honestly. He just updated it to 1.4r3 and its is sweet, it has a custom theme and it looks really good. The performance is great and I don't even use a swap with it. I tried cyan again when 4.0.3 came out and only used it for 2 days before switching back to xrom. Personally I liked the icons and lockscreen of xrom 1.3r3 better then 1.4r3 but that is just my opinion, If you want to try 1.3r3 I can send it to you since it's not up anymore. Try 1.4r3 first though and see what you think because IMO it is the best rom out. Hero is nice but no matter what you get some lag and after a week or to it gets slower so I don't use it yet, I try the new builds but never stick with them.

Yeah I feel the same way but the hero builds too, nice to play with but nowhere near usable for me, I might just have to check out the xrom but I don't wanna give up loccy's browser, it is just friggin sweet and it works good for me because of the option of viewing just destop versions of sites since I get the men's health daily newsletter and whenever I would click on a link it would give me the moble version and not the article I would like to read, if loccy's brower works on the xrom, we might just have a winner

I haven't tried it yet so I'm not sure. Is it just a simple .apk to install or do I need to push it?

I just read the thread on the browser and it says it should work on xrom. It says to push it but I have just installed it like a normal apk before

Yea I am downloading it right now so I will let you know how it goes. Just so you know the browser on xrom doesn't have those zoom in/out buttons that pop up when you touch it, also it has multi touch just no double tap to zoom. I don't see any settings for turning off mobile pages though.

Well I am downloading the xrom right now so I will be flashing within the next half an hour or so, let me now if the browser works for you, by the way is compchache or swap automatic on it like cyan's or do I need to set it up myself, I perfer swapper, it just seems to work better for me

I think swapper is automatic but to be honest I never have used it for xrom because it is fast enough without it. The better browser works I just installed it normally, no pushing and I am using it right now with no problems, you have a pm.

If you like the notification bar icons in the first picture on the xrom thread they are from 1.3r3 because they changed in 1.4r3. If you want the older ones I can give you that rom amd it runs just as fast, only has a few differences from the newer one.

This xrom is nice, I am happy with the newest, oh and when I installed swapper and went in it was already set at 96mb and swappiness of 80 and I am on a fresh install and reformat so it must be automaticly set to then, explain why it is so smooth. Definitely comparable performance wise to cyanogen so I might have to stick with this for a while

I dont even have a linux-swap partition on my sd and I haven't had any problems with speed or lag.

Mine is silky smooth, better than I have had on any roms even the stock one

My X1 restarts by it self at random times

this started happening randomly about 2 weeks ago now
I've tried 3 different roms, but the problem still exists
it first started happening when i had the eneryrom flashed
but now i believe its not the roms thats causing this, i think its the hardware in my x1 or something, im not sure
what can i do to fix this?
basically my x1 restarts by it self, randomly at random times
maybe every other day, and sometimes even twice in a day
its really weird and not looking good at all
any help is appreciated, i just want to fix this

qritikal said:
this started happening randomly about 2 weeks ago now
I've tried 3 different roms, but the problem still exists
it first started happening when i had the eneryrom flashed
but now i believe its not the roms thats causing this, i think its the hardware in my x1 or something, im not sure
what can i do to fix this?
basically my x1 restarts by it self, randomly at random times
maybe every other day, and sometimes even twice in a day
its really weird and not looking good at all
any help is appreciated, i just want to fix this
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Did you install any kind of softwares or applications? Could be due to an unstable application
Also, does it restart when you are using it or doing something on your phone? or does it just restart while sitting on the table?

If it just restarts when the phone is in your pocket while walking/running (when u r not using it), then it could be possible that your battery is loose.
Check to see if you battery fits perfectly. stick in a folded small piece of paper at one of the bottom side of the battery to tighten the battery if your battery is loose.
Let me know if this is the case.

I would suggest flashing back to stock rom and see if the problem still exists....sd card could be a factor also...
Regards,
WC

haroonazeem638 said:
Did you install any kind of softwares or applications? Could be due to an unstable application
Also, does it restart when you are using it or doing something on your phone? or does it just restart while sitting on the table?
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nope i didnt install any softwares of applications, i just use the roms how they are
also yes it only restarts when its sitting on the table

haroonazeem638 said:
If it just restarts when the phone is in your pocket while walking/running (when u r not using it), then it could be possible that your battery is loose.
Check to see if you battery fits perfectly. stick in a folded small piece of paper at one of the bottom side of the battery to tighten the battery if your battery is loose.
Let me know if this is the case.
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i will check my battey, doesnt seem like battery is loose but i will double check, and get back about that

Wild Child said:
I would suggest flashing back to stock rom and see if the problem still exists....sd card could be a factor also...
Regards,
WC
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i;ve been using roms for months, it never happened before just recently
its really hectic for me to flash back to stock but if thats the only option i will do it
also if its sd card,,,how could i fix that, should i reformat it or something?

This has happened to me in the past when using an HTC Touch Diamond. I think it has something to do with not wiping the device or doing a hard reset before flashing a new rom. Does it hard reset when the phone restarts?

Zaslav said:
This has happened to me in the past when using an HTC Touch Diamond. I think it has something to do with not wiping the device or doing a hard reset before flashing a new rom. Does it hard reset when the phone restarts?
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nope just a regular restart
i've installed my rom's with the right procedures, including a hard reset its not that

any other solutions please?

I mentioned the flashing back to stock to rule out its not a hardware issue....but a software issue....remove your sd card copy the contents of it to your hard driver....reformat the card....Im not saying this will solve it...but i have seen the sd card becaue of reminants of other flashes mess some things up...
Regards,
WC
qritikal said:
i;ve been using roms for months, it never happened before just recently
its really hectic for me to flash back to stock but if thats the only option i will do it
also if its sd card,,,how could i fix that, should i reformat it or something?
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reflash your stock rom.. if your phone is not functioning as normal, then i suggest to check with SE

I would download the ROM and re-flash your phone. Could be possible that the download got corrupted. Wouldn't hurt.

Wild Child said:
I mentioned the flashing back to stock to rule out its not a hardware issue....but a software issue....remove your sd card copy the contents of it to your hard driver....reformat the card....Im not saying this will solve it...but i have seen the sd card becaue of reminants of other flashes mess some things up...
Regards,
WC
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i flashed back to the latest stock rom
i thought it was okay at first but still my phone restarts at random time when its laying on the table
i have no clue what to do anymore
i did also reformat the sd card
i dont think i have warranty with SE any more, i dont have my receipts n etc
what can i do? please help

Remove the sd card and see what it does...other then that...your device may be giving up the ghost and may need to be sent to a service center....
Regards,
WC
qritikal said:
i flashed back to the latest stock rom
i thought it was okay at first but still my phone restarts at random time when its laying on the table
i have no clue what to do anymore
i did also reformat the sd card
i dont think i have warranty with SE any more, i dont have my receipts n etc
what can i do? please help
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tried everything, im sure there something wrong with the phone
cant do anything about it, but thanks for the help guys

Why does my SD card keep disappearing ?

So I have to reboot my Galaxy S about 10-20 times a day -- every day -- because it disappears all the time. I have an external card in there too - but that too goes missing.
Anyone know how to fix this ?

no one knows why this happens ?

no one has EVER had their SD card disappear randomly and have to reboot ?
I don't buy that.

Apparently the 51 viewers as of this post haven't had this problem.
I certainly haven't.
Maybe someone that has, will show up.
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It's just super annoying

Funkadelick said:
It's just super annoying
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Might help to know what firmware and apps you are running.​

maybe you need to format the card inside the phone using the built in format app. Maybe you have a fake card. Maybe you have bad phone, in that case get it looked at

happened to me for a few days too.
Went uninstalling everything (tried a bunch of podcast/rss readers trying to find something that could handle passworded podcast feeds) as well as the games I was trying out and a few apps.
Hasn't happened since so one of them had to be the culprit.
- Completely vanilla sgs-i9000m from Bell, just unlocked. Not even rooted.