[Q] KK ROMs: restarting UI

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starwatto

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Hello,

I have this issue with pretty much any 4.4 ROM for Nexus S out there - system UI is restarting. For example I use Facebook Messenger to chat with me friend, then I switch back to Nova Launcher to go into GMail… and the phone freezes for 20 seconds. After that freeze, the screen goes black and after another few seconds it gets me to the lockscreen. So I unlock the phone and what I see? Everything is booting up like I've just rebooted the phone. This also happens alot when I try to pull out notifications list.

This happens with every 4.4 ROM I've tried at least 4 times a day, so it's pretty annoying. I did a bit of research and I don't see anybody else having this sort of issue, so my question is - has anybody had this issue with 4.4? If so, what was the solution? I really love using KitKat because it's smoother than older Android versions, but this breaks the overall experience so much…

Thanks alot for your time! :)
 

starwatto

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I've tried KitKang, SlimKat, MoKee and right now I am testing out C-RoM, which is pretty good feature-wise and speed-wise, except it does the same thing like other 4.4 ROMs. I always do clean installs (including manual formats).
 

dzee206

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its due to cm's new theme engine. revert to an older version of a rom that uses the previous version and see how things go.

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Setting.Out

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its due to cm's new theme engine. revert to an older version of a rom that uses the previous version and see how things go.

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I haven't had any issues with the latest BeanStalk or C-rom.. Both are CM based, but Mokee, CM and EuroSkank seem to suffer from the bug.. I haven't tried Slim since 4.6, but no ui bug there either.. I would recommend either BeanStalk for battery, C-rom based on performance and Slim 3.0 for being the best choice to have both...

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I haven't had any issues with the latest BeanStalk or C-rom.. Both are CM based, but Mokee, CM and EuroSkank seem to suffer from the bug.. I haven't tried Slim since 4.6, but no ui bug there either.. I would recommend either BeanStalk for battery, C-rom based on performance and Slim 3.0 for being the best choice to have both...

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C-Rom started crashing hard after about a day and a half of use. Totally unusable.

I'm back on Euroskank now and the latest build has been much better.

Hopefully they get the Theme Chooser bug figured out soon!
 

Setting.Out

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C-Rom started crashing hard after about a day and a half of use. Totally unusable.

I'm back on Euroskank now and the latest build has been much better.

Hopefully they get the Theme Chooser bug figured out soon!

I'm still on C-rom, nearly a week now and it's working flawlessly, but I am using the stock theme, dark, with custom icons on Nova launcher...

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I'm still on C-rom, nearly a week now and it's working flawlessly, but I am using the stock theme, dark, with custom icons on Nova launcher...

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Interesting. I was also using the stock theme (not dark), but with Trebuchet. I wonder if the launcher may also have something to do with it.
 

g33k0 b3lk0w

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theme engine

it really seems like something to do with the theme engine,try using normal theme and any other launcher except trebuchet, it should work :fingers-crossed:
 

g33k0 b3lk0w

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damn

it started restarting the ui now o_O didn't use to do that before.... C-Rom with devil kernel, default theme black, nova launcher
 

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    its due to cm's new theme engine. revert to an older version of a rom that uses the previous version and see how things go.

    Sent from my Half Baked Vibrant using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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    its due to cm's new theme engine. revert to an older version of a rom that uses the previous version and see how things go.

    Sent from my Half Baked Vibrant using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

    I haven't had any issues with the latest BeanStalk or C-rom.. Both are CM based, but Mokee, CM and EuroSkank seem to suffer from the bug.. I haven't tried Slim since 4.6, but no ui bug there either.. I would recommend either BeanStalk for battery, C-rom based on performance and Slim 3.0 for being the best choice to have both...

    Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium 4 mobile app