Major Freezing Issue

pyxiwulf · 06-15-2011, 07:51 PM

All of a sudden my PE is freezing when we try to open apps that were never a problem before. Now they are larger apps, but there are others bigger that work. I haven't done anything of note to the thing since the last time they worked, I'm so frustrated! So far the apps we're having trouble with (off the top of my head) are Aporkalypse, Cat in the Hat Lite, and Golden Rule Lite. Any suggestions? Yes, I've restarted it and I have run an appkiller app with no improvement.

kennyminot · 06-15-2011, 07:52 PM

How much space do you have left in your base memory?

pyxiwulf · 06-15-2011, 07:55 PM

tell me how to tell you!

emusan · 06-15-2011, 09:07 PM

go to the settings app and tap Device storage and then tell us the numbers under Available Space for the Application storage and Internal storage...

pyxiwulf · 06-15-2011, 09:19 PM

application: 93.76mb

nothing says internal storage in there.

pyxiwulf · 06-16-2011, 08:17 AM

update: Last night the battery ran out to a shutdown. When I restarted it after charging, it was taking a VERY long time and I was getting concerned because it also showed the little cursor in the upper right hand corner of the tablet. Last time it did these things, it got stuck in a boot loop and I had to reflash it. When it finally did start back up, it looked like it was back to original factory settings. When I opened the app drawer, my apps were there and my library is intact and it does still have ermine, but I think it might be possessed

obsessed2 · 06-16-2011, 08:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyxiwulf

All of a sudden my PE is freezing when we try to open apps that were never a problem before. Now they are larger apps, but there are others bigger that work. I haven't done anything of note to the thing since the last time they worked, I'm so frustrated! So far the apps we're having trouble with (off the top of my head) are Aporkalypse, Cat in the Hat Lite, and Golden Rule Lite. Any suggestions? Yes, I've restarted it and I have run an appkiller app with no improvement.

Try uninstalling and reinstalling at least one of the apps to see if it makes any difference.

kennyminot · 06-16-2011, 09:25 AM

I think that is a good recommendation. Can you think of the last thing that you might have changed? The last program that you installed? And so on? And what kind of build are you operating on? (Are you rooted? Have you been playing around with the system in any way, as per the "Ermine tweaks" thread?) I was thinking it might be because your memory was low, but that sounds like it is not the case.

Filark · 06-16-2011, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pyxiwulf

When I opened the app drawer, my apps were there and my library is intact and it does still have ermine, but I think it might be possessed

I think you are right! Call Scully and Mulder to help!

Seriously, I am wondering if your appkiller application could be doing more harm than good. I read that Android doesn't/shouldn't need app killers because the OS has its own special app-killing style with which we humans should not mess.

Maybe one of the gurus here can say whether the appkiller itself might be causing/exacerbating your problem.

emusan · 06-16-2011, 10:08 PM

The app killer may be causing the problems, though I really don't know enough to be sure... Android is kinda neat in that it leaves app's "running" in RAM, without giving them much if any CPU, it will give up the RAM if another, more active app needs it but it doesn't always need to. Unfortunately, when people see that they only have a few Megabytes of RAM left it tricks them into thinking they will need to clear it out, when really there is nothing wrong with filling up your RAM completely(as long as you aren't actively using all of it of course)... So yes, appkiller's are not necessary and can in fact do more harm than good.

pyxiwulf · 06-17-2011, 06:31 PM

I removed the appkiller and tried to remove one of the apps and reinstall. No go. I think the last thing I changed was downloading a free amazon app of the day that I never even opened. I'm running ermine, not rooted and the closest thing to a tweak is installing an .apk or two from sites that are not amazon or slideme.

Filark · 06-17-2011, 08:30 PM

If I were you I'd get rid of the free app from Amazon. Chances are good it won't work anyway, and if you want it again it will still be in your account to redownload. I am guessing that as long as you installed the app, even if you didn't open it, it could cause problems. And Amazon doesn't check compatibility as well as they might, IMHO.

Maybe restart again after you remove that free (too good to be true??

) app.

Good luck! Report back, please!

pyxiwulf · 06-17-2011, 08:46 PM

now, if only I knew which one it was...lol!

pyxiwulf · 06-30-2011, 04:42 AM

Grumblegrumble....nothing has gotten better since I last posted. I deleted all of the free apps, things still aren't working well, nearly every new app I try freezes up or fails install, even ones that are confirmed working with ermine. And tonight, while I was raving about how much I love my PE on the woot blog, the danged thing froze up in hibernation and I had to paperclip it to get it back. I guess I'll reflash it and hope that whatever got screwed up with the last flash doesn't happen this time. I'd really like Pandora and Facebook back

Along with my daughter would love her autoread book apps back

Filark · 06-30-2011, 08:48 PM

Did you say you ordered another 1 or 2 from Woot? It will be interesting to see if those work better for you. I can't imagine why your apps quit working.

I will admit my eDGes occasionally freeze or otherwise give me trouble, but I have never met a computer that ran perfectly all the time. Still, yours sounds worse than most.

Did a reflash fix anything?

06-15-2011, 07:51 PM	#1
pyxiwulf Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Entourage Edge	UPDATE: Major Freezing Issue All of a sudden my PE is freezing when we try to open apps that were never a problem before. Now they are larger apps, but there are others bigger that work. I haven't done anything of note to the thing since the last time they worked, I'm so frustrated! So far the apps we're having trouble with (off the top of my head) are Aporkalypse, Cat in the Hat Lite, and Golden Rule Lite. Any suggestions? Yes, I've restarted it and I have run an appkiller app with no improvement. Last edited by pyxiwulf; 06-16-2011 at 08:17 AM.

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06-15-2011, 07:52 PM	#2
kennyminot Groupie Posts: 183 Karma: 90022 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Louisville, KY Device: HTC EVO View 4G, HTC Wildfire S, Asus T91MT	How much space do you have left in your base memory?

06-15-2011, 07:55 PM	#3
pyxiwulf Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Entourage Edge	tell me how to tell you!

06-15-2011, 09:07 PM	#4
emusan lol Posts: 472 Karma: 1031 Join Date: May 2011 Device: eDGe	go to the settings app and tap Device storage and then tell us the numbers under Available Space for the Application storage and Internal storage...

06-15-2011, 09:19 PM	#5
pyxiwulf Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Entourage Edge	application: 93.76mb nothing says internal storage in there.

06-16-2011, 08:17 AM	#6
pyxiwulf Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Entourage Edge	update: Last night the battery ran out to a shutdown. When I restarted it after charging, it was taking a VERY long time and I was getting concerned because it also showed the little cursor in the upper right hand corner of the tablet. Last time it did these things, it got stuck in a boot loop and I had to reflash it. When it finally did start back up, it looked like it was back to original factory settings. When I opened the app drawer, my apps were there and my library is intact and it does still have ermine, but I think it might be possessed

06-16-2011, 09:25 AM	#8
kennyminot Groupie Posts: 183 Karma: 90022 Join Date: May 2011 Location: Louisville, KY Device: HTC EVO View 4G, HTC Wildfire S, Asus T91MT	I think that is a good recommendation. Can you think of the last thing that you might have changed? The last program that you installed? And so on? And what kind of build are you operating on? (Are you rooted? Have you been playing around with the system in any way, as per the "Ermine tweaks" thread?) I was thinking it might be because your memory was low, but that sounds like it is not the case.

06-16-2011, 10:08 PM	#10
emusan lol Posts: 472 Karma: 1031 Join Date: May 2011 Device: eDGe	The app killer may be causing the problems, though I really don't know enough to be sure... Android is kinda neat in that it leaves app's "running" in RAM, without giving them much if any CPU, it will give up the RAM if another, more active app needs it but it doesn't always need to. Unfortunately, when people see that they only have a few Megabytes of RAM left it tricks them into thinking they will need to clear it out, when really there is nothing wrong with filling up your RAM completely(as long as you aren't actively using all of it of course)... So yes, appkiller's are not necessary and can in fact do more harm than good.

06-17-2011, 06:31 PM	#11
pyxiwulf Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Entourage Edge	I removed the appkiller and tried to remove one of the apps and reinstall. No go. I think the last thing I changed was downloading a free amazon app of the day that I never even opened. I'm running ermine, not rooted and the closest thing to a tweak is installing an .apk or two from sites that are not amazon or slideme.

06-17-2011, 08:30 PM	#12
Filark Armed with a smile :) Posts: 1,421 Karma: 2463560 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: California, USA Device: enTourage eDGe & Pocket eDGe, Samsung Galaxy Note II	If I were you I'd get rid of the free app from Amazon. Chances are good it won't work anyway, and if you want it again it will still be in your account to redownload. I am guessing that as long as you installed the app, even if you didn't open it, it could cause problems. And Amazon doesn't check compatibility as well as they might, IMHO. Maybe restart again after you remove that free (too good to be true?? ) app. Good luck! Report back, please!

06-17-2011, 08:46 PM	#13
pyxiwulf Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Entourage Edge	now, if only I knew which one it was...lol!

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06-30-2011, 04:42 AM	#14
pyxiwulf Connoisseur Posts: 76 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2011 Device: Entourage Edge	Grumblegrumble....nothing has gotten better since I last posted. I deleted all of the free apps, things still aren't working well, nearly every new app I try freezes up or fails install, even ones that are confirmed working with ermine. And tonight, while I was raving about how much I love my PE on the woot blog, the danged thing froze up in hibernation and I had to paperclip it to get it back. I guess I'll reflash it and hope that whatever got screwed up with the last flash doesn't happen this time. I'd really like Pandora and Facebook back Along with my daughter would love her autoread book apps back

06-30-2011, 08:48 PM	#15
Filark Armed with a smile :) Posts: 1,421 Karma: 2463560 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: California, USA Device: enTourage eDGe & Pocket eDGe, Samsung Galaxy Note II	Did you say you ordered another 1 or 2 from Woot? It will be interesting to see if those work better for you. I can't imagine why your apps quit working. I will admit my eDGes occasionally freeze or otherwise give me trouble, but I have never met a computer that ran perfectly all the time. Still, yours sounds worse than most. Did a reflash fix anything?