[Q] Occasional music lag - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi.. I have a question regarding music stutter issues with my Bell i9000. On the stock music player. Im currently running android 2.1 stock rom, rooted and one click lagfixed. I noticed it happens when im doing cpu intensive tasks, aka a bunch of things running at the same time.. For the time i wrote this thread it happened twice. I just wanted to know whether this is normal or if someone else experiences the same.
also. . When i download applications from the market, after the download finishes the phone becomes barely responsive and only goes back to normal when the message 'successful indtalation of -APPNAME-. This usually lasts from 10 to 20 seconds, and it happens almost everytime.
Would greatly appreciate if anyone could link me some useful info regarding flashing as i am a complete noob.
Thanks in advance

any ideas anyone

I have the exact same issue you described so I assume it is "normal" in a way. I'm guessing it is linked to the crappy RFS file system, have you tried a lagfix?

same experience too.

shadowugz said:
I have the exact same issue you described so I assume it is "normal" in a way. I'm guessing it is linked to the crappy RFS file system, have you tried a lagfix?
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yes... I have the One Click Lag Fix by RyanZA.. it helped with general lag, but i still suffer from slowness at times, and music stuttering.

no one else has this issue?

I have occasional stutters too. so I went back to my iPod, lol.

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[Q] Jerky video after Froyo update

Has anyone else experienced this?
After the Froyo update on my S, video playback has become jerky at times, to the extent that the video stops but the sound continues. This never happened before....but it returns to normal after about 10-30 seconds.
I'm playing back xvid and divx avi files, approx 700mb.
Can anyone help please!? it's getting really frustrating!
Yeah I have also experienced it. But not in all videos. In mine it is just minute that is for about a 2 seconds and it becomes normal. I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I am better off with Eclair.
My videos are fine, but MP3 playback hiccups...also apps force close all the time, even mid-call at times...Eclair was better, 2.1.1 made it bad and 2.2 has made it worse
Galaxy S flashed through Odin...unrooted..don't know if I ought to risk rooting it..any suggestions?
I have the same issue..already did a post about it.
did u guys restore apps/system using backup?? as far as I know this could be the issue.
I will do a reflash from scratch this weekend and try videos on a fresh install.
I am convinced that this is one of the issue. I had flashed a custom rom froyo and I have also flashed through kies hack JPO. In both versions of froyo, I have the same issue. I have not restored any backup or anything.
yeah I just upgraded to asian jpd via odin was on stock optus rom. Hardreset etc. lagfix fixed via z4mod rooted. Experiencing the same jerky video playback with standard divx videos. Tried another data wipe but problem persists.
seking said:
Yeah I have also experienced it. But not in all videos. In mine it is just minute that is for about a 2 seconds and it becomes normal. I am slowly coming to the conclusion that I am better off with Eclair.
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Did you find any solution to the problem.. me too stuck with the same issue..for me mkv's play good, without any issues..but if its avi back comes the jerkiness..
at least i'm not the only one....
I'm still having problems and I had to give up watching somethign on the way to work as it was so bad and kept saying "cannot play this file".
I started from scratch, done a factory reset after upgrading and it hasnt fixed the problem. Also I've tried to close down all programs before watching something and even clearing the RAM, but it makes no difference.
I'm getting really annoyed with it now! Does anyone have a solution? Anyone!!?
arun1uk said:
at least i'm not the only one....
I'm getting really annoyed with it now! Does anyone have a solution? Anyone!!?
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It was so bad that I have to revert back to eclair jm1. Wonder if JPX have this issue. Any upgrade yet?
I have watched for hundreds of movies at my HTC wildfire but after yesterdays update to Froyo the video is no more smooth. The problem is so rediculous, the phone became much faster but the video playing .....Will keep searchin for solutions.
replok said:
I have watched for hundreds of movies at my HTC wildfire but after yesterdays update to Froyo the video is no more smooth. The problem is so rediculous, the phone became much faster but the video playing .....Will keep searchin for solutions.
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I guess it not just the galaxy hardware but other as well... maybe it froyo.
None of the players could help, but yxflash. The main problem with yxflash that together with smooth playing it produced significantly lower quality of video-rendering.
Anyway I've managed to solve the issue. The steps were:
full reinstall of official android 2.2,
hardware reset,
microSD card formatted,
the video converted with Movavi Video converter into Ipod preset or what ever your device needs. That's all.

[Q] Periodic slowdowns in all apps

I have a Galaxy S i9000M, the Bell Vibrant in Canada. Ever since I got it I get slowdowns while I'm using it. I've had this happen most noticeably in a few games but it also happens in the browser, market, etc.
I'm currently running Darky's ROM 9.2 with Voodoo lag fix but I've also run Darky's 9.1, tried turning on and off the lag fix, and also had this happen with the stock firmware.
When these slowdowns occur everything becomes less responsive and screen updates slow a great deal, both in games and scrolling.
Once a slowdown has started I can either wait it out and it will sometimes resolve itself. Otherwise I usually drag down the notification bar or open a new window and return to where I was and everything's fine. For example in Robo Defense when this occurs I simply open the in-game options menu and immediately return to the game and everything's usually fine for a bit again.
Can anyone suggest anything that could cause this or any way to search for others having an issue like this? I've tried searching around and haven't really found anyone with an issue that sounds like mine.
Problem before or after first custom rom flash .
jje
JJEgan said:
Problem before or after first custom rom flash .
jje
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Both before and after. With stock firmware I had this issue then also with both Darky's ROM 9.1 and 9.2 I still have this issue.
SD card failure ??? multiple posts on here might be worth a look at .
jje

[Q] Multimedia Playback Failed after running for a few days

Dear all,
I noticed my phone has an issue and I think this may not be rom / kernel related, so I would like to ask here.
My phone is running fine every time after booting up, however after running for a random period of times (say 2 - 7 days), it cannot play any media files. I can't play youtube (it said the video cannot be played), can't listen to mp3 (music player reported unsupported codec), ringtone disappeared (phone don't ring if i get call) and other apps failed in similar way. A reboot can solve the issue.
It is a bit annoying (especially when you when to play something and you suddenly identified that you need to wait for 5 min for a reboot), does any one experienced similar issue?
To clarify , I am running darky rom with darky kernel 1.0, however I had this issue for a few months, I was using super optimized kernel and had the same issue as well.
Same here. i'm running Darky's 9.4 but I don't know if it is related to this rom.
I don't remember that I had this problem before.
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Another one running Darky rom with a problem .
jje
I have this problem.
(dark kernel 1.4 and darky rom 9.5)
I get this occasionally and I'm on stock 2.2.1. It's a massive pain in the arse. I thought maybe it was something to do with my external micro sd card but I formatted it and waited hours to copy all my music to it again and I'm still having problems.
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So quite a few of people having this problem. Did anyone of us find out the root cause? And what's the reason that others do not suffer from this? This happened on Darky, Super Optimized Kernel, Speedmod, Stock Rom...
Some experts can help?
Also know this problem. Had it on stock and some custom roms too. Tried nearly every kernel ever available for our phone but didnt help. so it really maybe some strange Hardware issue...just speculating but when did you guys get your galaxy? cause mine was one of the `first generation` got it immediately when it was available here in germany in june/july 2010...perhaps this got fixed by Samsung later on
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An old Nokia trick may work . Delete your MP3s .
Load only a few MP3s to phone and see if it works .
jje
JJEgan said:
An old Nokia trick may work . Delete your MP3s .
Load only a few MP3s to phone and see if it works .
jje
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And then??? next time when my cars engine does not work i will follow your tip and try to remove all my seats and move back my drivers seat only to see if it works again...
Sorry but i dont get your point...i also have completely formatted internal and external sd several times for different reasons and the Problem still occurs. In addition this is not only for mp3s but also for recorded vids etc no matter were i store them
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hofinho said:
And then??? next time when my cars engine does not work i will follow your tip and try to remove all my seats and move back my drivers seat only to see if it works again...
Sorry but i dont get your point...i also have completely formatted internal and external sd several times for different reasons and the Problem still occurs. In addition this is not only for mp3s but also for recorded vids etc no matter were i store them
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Ignore it then your choice try Samsung Service ..
jje
I've seen another thread were someone said it was called by the twitter client. They have updated the official twitter client recently, and I've not had the problem occur since. Although, it may be too soon to tell, it used to happen to me very regularly.
And just to followup, the problem hasn't gone away with the new version of twitter.
So, I'm not sure of what is the cause (or solution) to the issue.
echidna2001 said:
And just to followup, the problem hasn't gone away with the new version of twitter.
So, I'm not sure of what is the cause (or solution) to the issue.
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Hi, where do you find the post also mentioned the same problem?
I am having the problem regularly too, after updating the Twitter client the same problem still happen yesterday, the phone run for around 2 days after last reboot.
HKcow said:
Hi, where do you find the post also mentioned the same problem?
I am having the problem regularly too, after updating the Twitter client the same problem still happen yesterday, the phone run for around 2 days after last reboot.
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Nope, i though you are talking the twitter update around 1 week ago. I just found that twitter have a new update today and never tried it if it fixed the problem. The change description do mention something similar, fixed a bug to skip music player while updating.. not sure if this is really the case.... need to test now...
good topic
I'm going to get rid of the twitter app then to see if it helps as updates don't seem to have done anything and I reformatted the sd card again and stuck everything back on there today and not only did it happen again, it's getting worse! Not only could I not play any music a minute ago, a load of my apps had vanished too! I assume ones that installed to SD by default rather than the phone storage.
If this sorts it out I'll be very happy. Twitter's crap anyway.
I've been having the same problem for a while now. I have just uninstalled Twitter and will see if that helps.
Basically all media stops working. Can't even record anything with the camcorder app. Nothing plays back. No youtube, no camcorder videos, no nothing. BUT arcmedia will open some videos sometime. HMMM weird, because other video player apps don't seem to be able to play them.
I'll give an update later today if it works. Videos normally stop working after only a few hours on my phone.
Bell SGS Vibrant I9000M
Alex
Do you guys have 8GB or 16GB models?
I've only come across this once and it was on a stock 16GB, one of the early ones, started about a week ago...upgraded to JVB seems to have solved it for now, time will tell.
16gb model, I've had 3 updates, and none have fixed the problem.
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16gb model, I've had 3 updates, and none have fixed the problem.
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Wonder if it's just the 16GB?

[Q] strange occurences post-flash

about an hour ago, my galaxy had only been rooted. between then and now, i've backed up my apps, flashed a faster kernel, and flashed it up to a gingerbread rom.
something strange has happened during this, and now not only did a lot of things no longer when restored (root explorer), but my phone seems to have a problem with background music, strangely enough.
speedx and fruit ninja seem to play fine with all the sound effects, but no background music plays! i mean, that's definitely something i can live with, but it just hints at lots of other hidden things wrong. has anyone else experienced this?
If it was ok before you flashed then its the flash/rom .
Even though Gingerbread is BETA not heard of your problem so far .
best is factory reset .
#Followed by a new flash if still wrong.
You do not mention any details regarding what you flashed
deadly
jje
the4d said:
about an hour ago, my galaxy had only been rooted. between then and now, i've backed up my apps, flashed a faster kernel, and flashed it up to a gingerbread rom.
something strange has happened during this, and now not only did a lot of things no longer when restored (root explorer), but my phone seems to have a problem with background music, strangely enough.
speedx and fruit ninja seem to play fine with all the sound effects, but no background music plays! i mean, that's definitely something i can live with, but it just hints at lots of other hidden things wrong. has anyone else experienced this?
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Aha. Finally someone with the same issue. I am missing the background music in fruit ninja too. Reinstalling does not fix the problem either. I would try reflashing, but I am having my first exam on Monday, so I can't spare the time at the moment.
I'm running debusrom g1. I'll maybe try flashing another rom and see what happens. Good to know I'm not alone with this.

[Q] O2x performance degradation.

Got a sim free o2x and immediately upgraded it to gingerbread using LG's tool.
I have noticed that the performance degrades over time especially noticable with scrolling web pages and youtube.
From a clean boot, i fire up youtube and can watch big bug bunny in 1080p full screen and very smooth. When I come back to it a few days lastr, the same video stutters and the audio also skips. I can create this effect a lot quicker by playing something with the built in video player. After having played a video on SD card, i go back to youtube and its a stutter show again.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this using standard gingerbread on the O2x? I'v tried killing various apps and uninstalling others but nothing very scientific and the only way I can get back to normal performance if with a reboot. Any help gratefully appreciated!
Sounds to me like the ram is busy. Just try an app that cleans up the ram.
Stock kernel has bug in memory management. Solution is to flash for example Spica's kernel, latest r11-c is very very good.
Evidently that supposes to root - instal clockwork mod recovery first.
Striatum_bdr said:
Stock kernel has bug in memory management. Solution is to flash for example Spica's kernel, latest r11-c is very very good.
Evidently that supposes to root - instal clockwork mod recovery first.
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I have a problem with Spica's kernel , I think that it doesnt support netfilter (iptables) thus I cant use Droidwall, any solution?
Thanks
Instal iptables from market?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mgranja.iptables
Edit: the app says that iptables is already installed in kernel, not in the latest version but present. That's perhaps the problem. Only thing is to ask Spica to update to last version.
Ohhhh, i will check it later! thanks!!!
Have tried some RAM clean up apps, unfortunately it makes no difference. The amount of RAM free seemed to make no difference, i had it running smoothly with 82mb free and stuttering with over 100mb ram. If something like this was happening on my linux box I would assume something is hogging the cpu but the apps i have tried seem to indicate nothing is consuming a lot of cpu resources.
I don't want to consider reflashing with another ROM if I can avoid it. Is there anything else I could try?
Kernel problem. Read above.
Striatum_bdr said:
Instal iptables from market?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mgranja.iptables
Edit: the app says that iptables is already installed in kernel, not in the latest version but present. That's perhaps the problem. Only thing is to ask Spica to update to last version.
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Hi, I tried but it doesnt works, same error.
Zub said:
Got a sim free o2x and immediately upgraded it to gingerbread using LG's tool.
I have noticed that the performance degrades over time especially noticable with scrolling web pages and youtube.
From a clean boot, i fire up youtube and can watch big bug bunny in 1080p full screen and very smooth. When I come back to it a few days lastr, the same video stutters and the audio also skips. I can create this effect a lot quicker by playing something with the built in video player. After having played a video on SD card, i go back to youtube and its a stutter show again.
Has anyone else experienced anything like this using standard gingerbread on the O2x? I'v tried killing various apps and uninstalling others but nothing very scientific and the only way I can get back to normal performance if with a reboot. Any help gratefully appreciated!
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Reboot your dam phone then.... pcs also get laggy when they have been on for a long time, so reboot and or flash a decent kernel.
Use stock kernel\rom from 20o
I have the same problem. After about 36 hours, the phone becomes laggy. It lags when waking up the screen, it lags in menus, etc so i have to reboot it every 36 hours or so.
Speaking of kernels and roms, i've tried them all by now. From CM7 (which i could not get along with, functionality wise) to Topogigi, spica, Thanatos, carburano, gueste and erestor.
I am now on gueste 2.1 stable SR1 and the problem persists.
After about 16 hours wake-up and the lockscreen lags, after about 24 hours scrolling becomes choppy, after 36 hours dialer, contacts and other apps start slowly and lag big time.
This is the same behaviour in all roms and kernels tried (except CM7 which is a no go for me).
L.E.:
Of course, rebooting solves the problem for the next 20 hours or so, but its quite inconvenient.

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