[Q] Diagnosing random reboots and stuttering

[deV14nt]

I had been using an older version of the PACman ROM for a while without too much difficulty, then did an in-place upgrade to the latest version, clearing cache/dalvik. This caused severe lag and stuttering. Using Chrome was next to impossible sometimes because scrolling would just stop, swipes would register late, and taps might hit the wrong link cause the page decided to shift down before registering the tap. Additionally, booting was horrendous, especially waiting for WidgetLocker to load and start working so I could unlock.

Tried switching to the Marla kernel. No help.

Then decided to go slightly further back to the source with the PA ROM. Stuttering is gone but phone randomly reboots frequently. I'll just be browsing FlipBoard or Facebook or using Chrome and the bootanim will appear. Tried hiding Halo. Didn't help. Tried installing Marla. Didn't help.

Also got CatLog to try to diagnose the reboots but I don't know what to look for. So many more errors at the E level than I thought there would be. And having to tap each one to find the approximate time of the reboot didn't help much.

Considering going to straight CM but I really don't want to lose the app DPI stuff from PA.

Any ideas?

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[icenight89]

Odin stock , factory reset then flash twrp and pa.

 

[deV14nt]

So I guess I haven't fixed it yet. Did the restore to stock, flashed Carbon, Marla, gapps. Would still freeze for a few seconds and reboot occasionally. I've updated to latest nightly 3 times now, every time formatting system/data/cache/dalvik.

The only thing I can think of is an incompatibility between Carbon and Marla. I've had same problem while using Moretz too.

On top of the reboots, sometimes YouTube stutters now, with the sound cutting out in a glitchy/clicky way, seeming to be CPU/IO related, not network. Never had that with stock so it's a big step backward.

More info: DPI is changed to 160, Xposed app settings, NFC frozen, Greenify, Lookout.

Not sure where to start to fix this. Reboots 2-5 times a day.

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