Help Various apps exiting with no error

[antun]

Hi all,

Recently, my Galaxy S3 has started exiting applications without any error. I might be using (say) GMail, and as I start to scroll through a message thread, GMail exits. There is no dialog. It happens with Play Store too. I can't seem to update apps either via the Play store. (They keep downloading).

I've tried restarting my phone, and turning it off and taking the battery out.

I've captured the logs, and the error I think corresponds with the app's "exit" is this one:

[HIGH]03-21 06:33:00.439 E/dalvikvm(8832): Fatal spin-on-suspend, dumping threads
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): DALVIK THREADS:
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): (mutexes: tll=2 tsl=1 tscl=0 ghl=2)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): "main" prio=5 tid=1 SUSPENDED
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): | group="main" sCount=1 dsCount=0 obj=0x40c68cd0 self=0xfd0c18
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): | sysTid=8832 nice=0 sched=0/0 cgrp=bg_non_interactive handle=1074333064
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): | schedstat=( 0 0 0 ) utm=5 stm=6 core=1
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at android.os.MessageQueue.nativePollOnce(Native Method)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at android.os.MessageQueue.next(MessageQueue.java:118)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:118)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:4514)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:511)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:980)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:747)
03-21 06:33:00.439 I/dalvikvm(8832): at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)[/HIGH]

I'm not certain that is the relevant part, so I'm attaching the log file too.

Here's my device info:

[HIGH]build.board: MSM8960
build.bootloader: T999UVALEM
build.brand: samsung
build.cpu_abi: armeabi-v7a
build.cpu_abi2: armeabi
build.device: d2tmo
build.display: IMM76D.T999UVALEM
build.fingerprint: samsung/d2tmo/d2tmo:4.0.4/IMM76D/T999UVALEM:user/release-keys
build.hardware: SGH-T999
build.host: SEP-103
build.id: IMM76D
build.manufacturer: samsung
build.model: SGH-T999
build.product: d2tmo
build.radio: unknown
build.serial: 381516e0
build.tags: release-keys
build.time: 1337695682000
build.type: user
build.user: se.infra
version.codename: REL
version.incremental: T999UVALEM
version.release: 4.0.4
version.sdk_int: 15[/HIGH]

Anyone have any ideas on what to try here? The only thing I've installed recently is a chess application.

Thanks in advance!

 

[Mayhem]

I'm guessing here, but I'd try clearing cache. If that doesn't do it, remove the last app you installed.

If that still doesn't do it, I'd do a factory reset and start over. But that's just me.

 

[antun]

Thanks for the reply. A factory reset is always possible, but I'm trying to avoid that

After some digging, I think I fixed it. Here's what I did:

Settings>Application Manager>All>Download manager

Clear cache *and* clear data. (Clear cache on its own didn't resolve the problem).

So far so good. No more exits.