Help Phone runs like garbage

[dinosquirrel]

Hey guys, i don't know if I can really do more research and use the search button more than I have so I'm now asking.

My phone runs like complete crap.

Before I "upgraded" to 2.2 it ran fine. Fast, screens were smooth, aps loaded quickly, and no crashes ever.
Now that I'm on 2.2, which i have been since the launch, I have random aps force close, all, the, time. One day it'll be TWLauncher, the next, rhapsody, the next, internet browser, etc. I'm literally not exaggerating at all. I close aps using "Program Monitor" that came with the phone. I've looked at and used other ap killers but there's no difference in what shut down. The one that came with the phone dose the same so I've tested those waters. I saw something about using titanium to "freeze" aps but I'm still unsure as to what that is. I'm rooted, saw no difference, have galaxytuner to OC when I play a game or two. i have only galaxy tuner about 7/8 times. I have startup auditor and shut down EVERYTHING it would allow. My battery life has sucked the more the performance went down. I do work in a low reception area so I go into airplane %50 of the day, by my choice. In airplane mode i would still see MAYBE 10 hours on my phone, wtf is running? I bought Juice Defender and love it, it increased battery life by 1.98 to 2.44 depending.

I'm a computer tech, don't know much about linux, reading all i can, but there's so much and I'm so far behind it's confusing. I'm open to suggestions and willing to try anything.

New rom
yes, I'll go to a different rom if that's what the consensus says but I love swype and samsung's layout. Can i keep that... somehow?

also. Since i got into 2.2 the browser BLOWS. Just sucks so bad. I haven't pin pointed when this happens, but sometimes on a large page when I'm zoomed in and I scroll it makes everything TINY and scrolls that, then goes back into my zoom or it just makes the page the background HTML color while I'm scrolling so i have no idea what I'm looking at. wtf is that? some setting i haven't found?

Ok, well i hope this is enough info. I'm posting this in XDA and Android Forums to maximize my coverage. thank you for reading and I apologize in advance if I sounded like an idiot.

Samsung epic 4g, SPH d700
firmware version 2.2.1
kernel 2.6.32.9
froyo.ec05
hardware version d700.0.5
3.5ah battery

 

[mojomojo]

Exchange it .Mine has always run great.

 

[rounsy222]

What are you rooted with? Clockword mod 2.5 or 3.0? I would first start off by going into recovery and wipe data and then under advance and run fix permissions. If that dont clear it up some i would suggest running a custom rom. Custom roms will have all the bloat removed and have been tweeked to optimize performanceand battery. There are a few good ones to choose from but to be honest each on of our phones are so different from the next that its really better to try one for a few days, dont like it try another one, etc until you find one that suites your needs. Hope this helps you some.

 

[pflol]

Hey guys, i don't know if I can really do more research and use the search button more than I have so I'm now asking.

My phone runs like complete crap.

Before I "upgraded" to 2.2 it ran fine. Fast, screens were smooth, aps loaded quickly, and no crashes ever.
Now that I'm on 2.2, which i have been since the launch, I have random aps force close, all, the, time. One day it'll be TWLauncher, the next, rhapsody, the next, internet browser, etc. I'm literally not exaggerating at all. I close aps using "Program Monitor" that came with the phone. I've looked at and used other ap killers but there's no difference in what shut down. The one that came with the phone dose the same so I've tested those waters. I saw something about using titanium to "freeze" aps but I'm still unsure as to what that is. I'm rooted, saw no difference, have galaxytuner to OC when I play a game or two. i have only galaxy tuner about 7/8 times. I have startup auditor and shut down EVERYTHING it would allow. My battery life has sucked the more the performance went down. I do work in a low reception area so I go into airplane %50 of the day, by my choice. In airplane mode i would still see MAYBE 10 hours on my phone, wtf is running? I bought Juice Defender and love it, it increased battery life by 1.98 to 2.44 depending.

I'm a computer tech, don't know much about linux, reading all i can, but there's so much and I'm so far behind it's confusing. I'm open to suggestions and willing to try anything.

New rom
yes, I'll go to a different rom if that's what the consensus says but I love swype and samsung's layout. Can i keep that... somehow?

also. Since i got into 2.2 the browser BLOWS. Just sucks so bad. I haven't pin pointed when this happens, but sometimes on a large page when I'm zoomed in and I scroll it makes everything TINY and scrolls that, then goes back into my zoom or it just makes the page the background HTML color while I'm scrolling so i have no idea what I'm looking at. wtf is that? some setting i haven't found?

Ok, well i hope this is enough info. I'm posting this in XDA and Android Forums to maximize my coverage. thank you for reading and I apologize in advance if I sounded like an idiot.

Samsung epic 4g, SPH d700
firmware version 2.2.1
kernel 2.6.32.9
froyo.ec05
hardware version d700.0.5
3.5ah battery

were u rooted when this started? did u use a rom that has journaling off? I had alot of data corruption with journaling off roms... esp if u have to pull the battery which would cause tons of FC's.

If not, I would exchange it like the guy says.. my phone runs extremely smooth on acs or midnight 5.2.

 

[TheEngineer]

Exchange it .Mine has always run great.

Why? It is a software issue, not a hardware issue.

I would do a complete wipe of the system as well as the cache (from Recovery and if you cannot do that then do it with the hardware keys). Start with the factory ROM. Sure it has bloat, but I bet he does not have all the issues.

If you go the third-party ROM route like I did, take responsibility for screwups. The reason insurance is going up by a dollar every month is because the number of replacements has skyrocketed. I'd rather Sprint spend money on the network rather than replacing phones for people who screw them up themselves.