In the past 24 hours, I’ve gotten several emails from Good and EVO readers who are experiencing serious lag with contacts and SMS messages on the HTC EVO 4G LTE. G&E reader Nick wrote:
Since one of the previous updates my phone has had a SERIOUS delay when I try to open text messages. Sometimes it could be for up to a minute – it will say “Loading” with the rotating ring and then load the contacts. I put the Messages widget on one of my homescreens and it will show the phone numbers, but not the contacts, and after some time it will refresh itself with the contact names. It is VERY aggravating. Also, when I try to send a new text, it won’t suggest contacts as I put in the phone number or name – I have to wait about 30 seconds to one minute and then the list will appear. Is anyone else having this issue? I am getting frustrated enough to pay the early upgrade fee with Sprint and move to the iPhone (for group messaging and easier music management). … One supposed fix is to resync contacts and not sync with Facebook contacts. I’ve tried that and it hasn’t helped.
PS – the phone isn’t rooted and I only use the stock messaging app.
Reader Wayne wrote:
I had a crash last night, with screen freezes and apps freezing. I went ahead and did a reset. Wow! It is back to being a super fast phone, and apps open up great.
I too have started experiencing some serious lag problems on my own rooted but stock EVO 4G LTE, and until recently, I thought it was just me. My problems have centered around the stock dialer, Google Voice, and Gmail. Namely, it sometimes takes up to a full minute for my phone to actually make a call after pressing the button, and I’ve also experienced problems in both Gmail and Google Voice in regards to the apps automatically populating the address fields with the correct information for my contacts. Sometimes, Gmail will also get stuck loading.
Members at XDA and Android Central are also experiencing similar problems, and the only universal fix seems to be a factory reset. (I’ve done that, and I haven’t experienced these issues for a couple weeks now.)
This still leads me to wonder how many of our readers are experiencing similar issues. If so, know that you aren’t alone – and post a comment below, letting us know what your phone is doing and what your setup is (i.e. rooted or not, what ROM you are running, etc.).
Hopefully, HTC will fix this at the same time it rolls out Jelly Bean, but we’ll just have to wait and see.
I have experienced from time to time where my texts won’t send out until a day later. I can receive them but not send. That is the only lag I have noticed from time to time. I figured it was a network issue.
I have had people send me a text that professes great confusion. Upon investigation I find that they finally received a text that I had sent (in some extreme cases) 2 months earlier. Since then, I’ve started paying attention, and every once in a while I will catch an outgoing text still in “sending” mode hours after I thought I’d sent it.
I’ve learned to copy the text, delete the still sending copy, then paste the copied text into a new message and send again. Almost always that one sends immediately.
Occasionally, I’ll have more than one text stuck in sending mode. Doing that trick above seems to shake the others loose as soon as I delete the first stuck one.
Very frustrating.
I am not rooted, use the stock ROM, and use Go SMS Pro as my sms client. I thought it was a bug in Go SMS Pro, but after this article, I’m starting to wonder if it’s not Go SMS Pro.
I have the exact same thing.
-uprooted Evo
when hanging up a call my 4G LTE goes on the fritz with random tactile feed back as if tapping letters on the keyboard but the phone is in my pocket locked then when you get it to open random screens pop up its like it’s possessed irritates me
I am having the EXACT same issue with SMS. I am also having issues where I will keep receiving the same text multiple times, which I really don’t understand. My gf is having the same issues as well. I REALLY don’t want to factory reset. I am not rooted so I don’t have a way to back everything up. I wonder if the Jelly Bean update will help this issue any?
That’s the same thing that’s happening with me. Sometimes I’ll get the same text 10 times. SO FRUSTRATING!
I haven’t had issues sending or receiving texts, but I also use Google Voice a lot. The delay when dialing out KILLS me a little bit every time it happens, though.
Before I ditched my LTE, I went to the Sprint Store to address my text lag issues among others. (Mine were not leaving my cell and just continued showing the sending symbol.) The technician said they had received a bulletin from Sprint saying this issue needed to be addressed through a reprogramming download which he performed. That issue was cured in my case. I just wish they would tell people up front when a phone has a manufacturing defect.
Same happening to me and it’s driving me crazy.
Glad to know it’s not just my device. During the past week, I have experienced some lag time between dialing a phone number and it actually connecting to ring. Two days ago, I also started experience some delay receiving SMS texts and then having them delivered to my device 2x or 3x about 15 minutes apart. I’m going to hold off doing a factory reset and see if the glitch clears up on its own.
My mother’s Evo LTE isn’t rooted, and she is having the same SMS issues. She keeps asking me how to fix it, but I’m using CM10 & Google Voice, and have yet to experience this problem.
However, my wife & I (as well as a few other friends with Sprint) have all been having issues receiving & making phone calls over the past few days. I will look down and see Google Voice telling me that I have 7 missed calls in the past 5 minutes, while my phone has been sitting next to me and didn’t ring.
I have had these issues and more on a stock HTC unlocked/rooted device. The more part has included randomness with the WiFi/Mobile Network not turning on/off and if the WiFi is turned on the phone will reboot itself at random. I’ve done everything, sent in the device for replacement, factory reset 3x. The factory reset seems to help the issues for a week or two, but they come right back. I’ve been hoping for JB to fix it, but I’m not getting my hopes too high over it.
G&E, you’re FINALLY (FINNNNNNALLY) posting about this? This has been a serious, frustrating, and absolutely way-to-long-to-have-been-resolved-by-HTC issue since the last update!!!
The “LOADING” issue happens in the messages app, as well as the phone app… hell, even Gmail and anything accessing contacts. It takes MINUTES sometimes for it to finally load. Incoming calls of contacts I have in my phone sometimes only display the number, so I don’t answer (because I don’t know who is calling).
This is mind-numbing frustrating. I’m hoping the Jelly Bean update, whenever it FINALLY gets to us, will resolve this (which I hope G&E will keep us in the loop on any info regarding JB).
Sorry, setup: Stock (unrooted/no fun shenanigans until HTC gives up on official updates).
THANK YOU. Yes, I’ve had the same issues with the standard messaging app and my People app. Mine just don’t load until some undetermined point in the future.
I usually have to use Google Voice for my SMS app now to get around this. But it is definitely a problem.
rooted stock…no issues at all.
Hope Sprint will push Jelly Bean out now come on !
…I have all the same issues, the text load circle, the sending delay, the no name suggestion and recently when I try to answer a call from the locked screen, it sends me to the unlocked screen and keeps ringing throughout. I’m unrooted. And when I restart phone, it’s good for a day and then it starts all over.
I had a similar issue with mine. I had this same issue on the Evo 3D and Evo 4G. Deleting all of the text message threads fixed the problem. I literally had this problem two days ago and resolved it by doing the delete.
Running MeanROM FYI. Not sure if this would work with other ROMs or stock.
rooted, only issue is occasional dialer lag.. then again I use Voice for most functions.
Seems to be during a sync you can see it
Mine won’t send the text and if I reboot it will be fine for a few days. I wish I would have left the stock version alone from new. It seemed to work the best of all.
I have also been having serious lag issues lately. The phone takes forever to call once I hit “call”, and the sms has slow as well. I’m rooted with Stock w/Goodies ROM. I just reset and reflashed last night. We will see if it is fixed….
Similar to the others…texts not sending until later…or after a Reboot get the (phone encountered a serious error)… NOT ROOTED either.
DITTO! I have to restart to get the text messages that are “stuck” to send and once rebooted I get a crash report.
Of course I hit “Sent to HTC”. I wish I could change the message to “WTF HTC FIX THIS ALREADY”.
I have the same error or the phone will just randomly reset itself because it has had a system error.
The same issuing is happening to my non-rooted stock HTC EVO.
Unlike Nick, I HAVE had success with unsyncing my facebook calendar and contacts. Since doing so, no lag time with SMS or dialer.
That’s a really poor solution to the problem, though.
Yup I have experienced the very same messaging/contacts lag described here ever since the 2.13 update. At the time it first showed up, I was running stock rooted Sense ROM. But now I’m on MeanROM since version 4.8 and the problem occurs in that ROM as well since it is also Sense-based.
I’ve done several full wipes and factory resets of my phone since then and it’ll clear up the problem for several days, maybe even up to a week, but then eventually the lag returns.
I symptoms are the same as others have already described here: SMS messages sometimes taking up to a minute to load, phone calls sometimes taking up to a minute to go through, contact fields not populating when trying to address a message, etc. The issue appears to revolve around the contacts file since all reported symptoms occur when the app in question is accessing your contacts.
Mikey, the developer of MeanROM, has looked at several logcats from when the problem occurs and saw database locks on the contacts file not being released, thereby causing it to hang. Something he said suggested that this occurs when your contacts file contains more than 400 contacts, and that is certainly the case with me. Even without my Facebook contacts (which I haven’t been linking in ever since this problem started), I have 455 Google contacts. I’ve tried to prune it down some but most of the contacts remaining are numbers and email addresses I do need to keep somewhere.
We discuss the issues several times a week over in the MeanROM thread on xda-dev since several of us are experiencing it.
Add me as a “me too”.
I am not rooted, and use stock ROM. I use Go SMS Pro as my SMS client.
My contacts list will sometimes not show up for minutes after launching “Contacts”. After a while, I sometimes get an application exception.
Go SMS Pro will sometimes hang in trying to launch, or even if launched, I too get the bit where I type in a name, but the associated phone number doesn’t fill in.
When I receive a call, I can tell that “it’s doing that thing again” if I get no contact info on the incoming call.
Sometimes I have trouble starting an outgoing call.
I’ve taken to killing services (anything HTC), and running FastReboot, then trying again. Sometimes that helps. Sometimes it doesn’t. Sometimes rebooting the phone helps, sometimes it doesn’t (usually it doesn’t….rebooting seems to awaken the sync process, and while that is active, my phone acts sluggishly).
It seems to me that the common denominator is the contact database. In other words, any app and/or action that needs to look up a contact seems to hang at times.
I read in one blog that someone suspected that the process that syncs your contact list with your Google Contacts in “the cloud” was causing this hang. I can’t attest to that, but it sounds plausible.
Yeah, it’s definitely the contacts database. This wasn’t a problem on earlier firmwares, though, right?
The problems started with the 2.13 update.
Completely stock. Having sms issues where it won’t send untill I restart the phone then it says it had an abnormal shut down. Also some times the dialer freaks out and I’m getting a lot more of the loading screen when exiting out of apps into home screen.
When I click on a contact in favorites widget it has been pulling up the wrong contact, I have to select back several times before it will go back to the right contact
I am intermittently having lag issues – with phone and text/contacts…..PLEASE fix.
***Also recent issue is that on a force restart now it won’t show me my pics through camera gallery!!!! ARGH!
I thought it was just me also. I am rooted running viper lte. I hope there is a fix for it soon.
I have had several noticeable lag issues with the dialer, but my lag issues REALLY show with text messages.
I thought it may have been a bug in the ROM I’m using (Fresh) but now seeing this I guess it’s not.
I have consistent send/receive text issues. Additionally when I open text conversations with certain contacts my phone will lag often.
I have had major lag issues with the dialer and SMS. I even receive multiple duplicate messages.
Same Issues .. SMS loading lag and Longer than normal dialing times. Stock.Unrooted. HTC Rep says that I have to many messages and those need to be deleted I have like 5 contacts and at the most 200 messages per (since I set the message limit) kind of crazy that we cannot keep as many messages as we want without crippling the SMS app .. I even thought it was a multitasking issue but noticed today it happened after a fresh restart with only a the message app being accessed.
last month or so having serious dial/phone lag, SMS not loading, unable to find contacts in SMS, and multiple system crashes resulting in error reports to HTC each week. sometimes once a day. unrooted, stock..
Rooted LTE, lag persists throughout the phone and not just with SMS. Kinda feels like the broken multitasking is rearing its head.
My biggest issue by far is the blank notifications pulldown. It’ll happen at least once a day, and usually when changing networks, like from Wifi to 3G. The blank notifications will prevent the Wifi icon from updating to reflect a better signal and most importantly? Prevent me from even typing.
I yearn for jellybean in the hopes these issues are fixed.
To be honest, I feel my rooting and minimal tinkering lead to my woes.
Sorry to reply to my own post.
SMS delays up to hours and days are indeed what I’m seeing as well.
Is a factory reset really the only way to resolve these issues?
+1! i thought it was just me..
ill hit dial on a contact and the phone will take forever to actually place the call, it will just freeze waiting.
i also have contacts sometimes slowly / not populate when trying to add them to a message.
i’m using the google voice app (i’m not experiencing duplicate SMS/ delayed rx, but with google voice its all through the internet anyways), and a stock, not rooted, fully updated phone.
i tried clearing all sense data, and contact data… which fixed it for about a day (maybe no effect), and then it came back again..
Not rooted;
A few weeks back it started for me, I did a factory reset and no more problems. Until this week, it’s back!
I have experienced these problems as well, both with SMS, contacts, and Gmail. Very laggy. A reset did in for awhile, but it has come back. Sprint said I had to many apps on it…sounded a little like the emperor Amadeus (too many notes!)
I found that if I go into the task manager, and close several apps from there, it seems to fix it for awhile. I am not rooted.
Ditto to this one…thought it was just me.
I’m completely stock having the exact same issues plus my phone randomly restarts itself, my internet browser kicks my out from time to time, and my contacts are completely screwed (he’ll it will not even let me delete a lot of the).
Starting having this problem when 2.1.3 came out it was supposed to fix the ringtone problem. Maybe it has created another problem. Been a few weeks getting on my nerves.
Definitely happening to me. I tried rebooting and sometimes it helps, sometimes not. It’s really effecting SMS, Contact, Phone. Really making me think iPhone……
No sms lag for me, but often times I have problems with repeated texts, or ones not sending or receiving for hours at a time. I don’t know if it’s sprint or my evo. but all these hiccups and the fact we don’t have JB yet is making me hopeful a really good nexus device comes out when my contract is up.
Here’s my problem with this; http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g-lte/608868-ota-4-0-4-update-caution-s-off-root-user-ringtone-issue-fix-8-29-12-a.html#post4918209
So frustrating.:(
I have this problem every other day. When I experience this BS I jus reboot the phone. I shouldn’t have to but it works. Give it a try.
Stock rom and not having any problems at all. Maybe picture downloading but that’s about it. Lucky me…
It appears as though I am not the only one having these issues, we are all in the same boat. We can only hope that someone at htc is paying attention and realize that moving on to Windows 8X is gonna force a lot of people (myself included) to switch to a different manufacturer. Get us JB and get it to us NOW!!! That is all.
I have the same issue. I am on MeanRom 5 or 6, whatever is latest. I know Mikey stopped looking into it 10-15 versions ago just because it wasn’t his roms it was all roms. Also s-off rooted blah blah
Ditto here. Major issues with Google Talk, im constantly losing connection and most of the time ill open it and its just blank and it wont let me access the keyboard. GVoice will take minutes to open. Entering recipients email will not autofill on my reg gmail and corp gmail. Im getting the Nexus 4 next week so I dont care at this point. No wonder HTC is going out of business.
Stock Evo 4G LTE here, Had the same issues you are. I cant remember the source but i did find a fix. This is related to the Facebook app (anyone surprised?). Back up all your contacts via gmail (or your preferred source). First turn off sync for all of Facebook, and gmail. Then go to Apps and clear contact storage, restart your phone and turn on only gmail contacts sync. problem solved! If you turn on Facebook again you will run into the same prob again in about a week or two.
Found my source: http://androidforums.com/htc-evo-4g-lte/608868-ota-4-0-4-update-caution-s-off-root-user-ringtone-issue-fix-8-29-12-a-2.html#post4989279
I’ve confirmed that the slow loading of Contacts (which affects the Messaging app, People app, and and anything else that does contact lookup) is indeed related to Facebook Contact syncing. Once I reset my Contacts file and removed all Facebook data, everything was back to normal again.
Note that all of my contacts are stored in my gmail account so if you’re going to follow the process I’m outlining below, make sure your contacts are either synced to your gmail or you made a backup from within the app.
- Disable Facebook Contact syncing of contacts (from Facebook settings or Settings -> Accounts & sync -> Facebook -> UNCHECK Sync Contacts/Sync Live Feed).
- Disable Google Contact syncing (Settings -> Accounts & sync -> Google -> UNCHECK Sync Contacts)
- Clear data of your contacts file. (Manage apps (All tab) -> Contacts Storage -> Force stop/Clear cache/Clear data)
- Restart device (to make sure all temp files are properly cleared)
- Launch Contacts and verify it’s empty (except for the single My Profile which auto creates) and then exit it immediately
- Accounts & sync. Turn Google Contact Syncing back ON. (Leave Facebook syncing off for now.)
Voila! Once I did the above, speed of all the apps accessing my Contacts file was back to normal, and my Contacts file itself shrunk down from 37 MB to 6.5 MB!
PS – I haven’t turned Facebook syncing back on just now since it’s possible that turning it back on would slow everything down again. I’m not sure. For now, I prefer to just leave FB Contact syncing off until I have more time to play with it again.
I’ve attempted this fix too and it works for a few days but then the problems arises again, as some people in this forum have already noted.
And this does *not* work on Ice Cream Sandwich, for the Sprint EVO 4G LTE.
Any other options?
I was having this problem with the contact list . Mine was es file explorer wanting to launch when the contacts were interacted with. removed it speed right back up
I used to have this problem. I’m using Mean ROM 6.0 right now. At version 5.7, I did full a full wipe and ifresh install of the ROM. Haven’t updated any of my apps since version 5 .7 because it was suggested there’s a slight possibility that some updated apps could be holding onto the contact database, instead of releasing it. I’m going to do a backup before I start to update my apps again to see if this is the problem. It has been working so well I don’t want to see this problem rear its ugly head again.
I was having the same lag issue until about 5 days ago. i did the factory reset and noticed 2 things (1: the lag went away, 2:my battery lasts a lot longer….and yes i loaded all the same apps and have the same auto sync setting on my gmails and twitter…etc).
Same sms and contact issues. Tried Tanner’s suggestion about a few weeks back, and it worked. I’m sad to say the issue has reared its ugly head again, but it’s not nearly as bad as it was before. I guess I have to I guess I have to do it again while I wait on a possible MR fix for it (along w/JB). The frustrating part about these issues is no word from HTC or Sprint on them.
I just updated my PRL and User profile. I don’t know if either of those even have anything to do with it, but I figured it was at least worth a shot.
Tried Tanner’s suggestion and so far the lag has gone away. I’ll wait and see what happens after the weekend.
Same issue here. Everything is stock. Outgoing SMS will say pending and will not send even after restart. I need to delete message and try to send again. Incoming texts will come hours late or will be broken up and I will be unable to see the 2nd part until I send the contact a response. My direct dialer shortcuts are also randomly dialing other contacts. That has lead to some interesting phone calls lately. They need to fix this pronto!! This combined with mutlitasking issues, wifi issues, spotty 3G service,no 4G yet makes me wonder why did I get this phone. Should have stuck with my OG EVO with 4G and no major issues.
I dont have Facebook but still have the lag everytime I Flash to an updated MeanROM version.
Go into Titanium Backup>Contact Storage>”Wipe Data”
Then in TB look for the People 4.0* Find out which app you need to view your SMS client by freezing them one at a time. Im running MEAN rom and I have two people apps frozen. The one I have running ends in the number 38. Go into the one that you have confirmed you are using and do a “wipe data”
Works everytime for me. No lag whatsoeva
FYI if you simply do a search on Contacts from inside of TB, the relevant People app that’s related to your Contacts file will come up in the Search results too. That’s the way I do it to make sure I’m always wiping the right file. Hope that’ll make it easier on ya in the future.
Like many people, I’ve done the procedure you’ve described above several times myself and though it’ll keep the lag away for a couple days, it eventually returns. I know others have experienced the same thing with it returning no matter what we try.
I have also been having the same problem. Pausing contact syncing, clearing data in the Contacts app, the redoing syncing solves the problem for a few days only. The issue must be the contact database. Its getting infuriating, they need to fix this yesterday with the problem being so widespread. This is worth an interim fix until Jelly Bean arrives.
This is really getting out of hand.
Been a week since I folowed Tanner’s suggestion only have had two times my phone lag beyone that phone is fast and my battery last almost twice as long now.
I did a full factory reset and cleared my memory card. I chose to keep Facebook syncing on and so far in 2 days I haven’t had any issues, but then again I had periods with no lag before I restored my phone anyway. Jelly Bean anyone?
This is beyond unacceptable. I run a sole proprietorship (an independent computer repair company) and I have seen this phone degenerate beyond the point of usability. I hard reset a few weeks ago but now it’s back, and worse than ever before, to boot.
The mere fact that this has been happening for literally months with no fix is stunning for what is supposed to be a flagship device. HTC’s QA is seriously pitiful. With this sort of service there is absolutely no way they will ever regain ground against their competitors. I know for one that I have since sworn off ANY future devices they manufacture. I owned many prior to this one, but at this point it is quite clear that their time has passed.
Anyone who downplays the importance of this fix and the massive delay in producing it is delusional and is not thinking of those who live by their phone. Today’s smartphones are meant to be an extension of ourselves, and in order to compete, they must be utterly reliable. HTC as a company has proven repeatedly that, for all their strengths, they simply cannot be trusted to deliver reliable products.
Samsung it is for me… I just have to assemble a plan on how to make it there.
/$. 02
I have been seeing the exact same lockups with people contracts app and text messages. There is a central contacts database that may be getting locked by some process that is preventing apps that use the contacts database from responding in a timely manner. I see com.android.htccontacts app constantly crashing when the lock ups occur. Its pretty maddening. Ive also seen the contact database lockup issue in my logs before. Maybe there is a contacts database corruption occurring.
Here are my logs.
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc android.process.acore for content provider com.android.providers.contacts/.CallLogProvider: pid=15092 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc com.android.htccontacts for broadcast com.android.htccontacts/.NotificationRemoveBroadcastReceiver: pid=15138 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/ActivityManager( 442): Process com.android.htccontacts (pid 15138) has died.
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc com.android.htccontacts for broadcast com.android.htccontacts/.NotificationRemoveBroadcastReceiver: pid=15207 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
I/ActivityManager( 442): Process com.android.htccontacts (pid 15207) has died.
I/WindowManager( 442): WIN DEATH: Window{418c9a98 com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.ContactDetailLayerCarouselActivity paused=false}
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc com.android.htccontacts for broadcast com.android.htccontacts/.NotificationRemoveBroadcastReceiver: pid=15655 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
I/ActivityManager( 442): Process com.android.htccontacts (pid 15655) has died.
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc com.android.htccontacts for broadcast com.android.htccontacts/.NotificationRemoveBroadcastReceiver: pid=15704 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.im.permission.READ_ONLY in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.im.permission.WRITE_ONLY in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_LOCATION in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.permission.useprovider in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.permission.SOCIAL_NETWORK in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.CHAT_DATA_PROVIDER in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.SHOW_SHARED_FILES in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.BIND_SERVICE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.CHAT in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission htc.friendstream.renrenwebplugin.permission.SYSTEM_USE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission htc.friendstream.sinaweiboplugin.permission.SYSTEM_USE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.fusionone.android.sync.permission.READ_WRITE_PROVIDERS in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.NEW_CHAT in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.orangelabs.rcs.permission.RCS in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.orangelabs.rcs.common in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.syncml.permission.READ_SYNCML_PROFILE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.permission.useprovider in package com.android.providers.contacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.android.providers.contacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion
I/ActivityManager( 442): Process com.android.htccontacts (pid 15704) has died.
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc com.android.htccontacts for broadcast com.android.htccontacts/.NotificationRemoveBroadcastReceiver: pid=16405 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.im.permission.READ_ONLY in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.im.permission.WRITE_ONLY in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_LOCATION in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.permission.useprovider in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.permission.SOCIAL_NETWORK in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.CHAT_DATA_PROVIDER in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.SHOW_SHARED_FILES in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.BIND_SERVICE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.CHAT in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission htc.friendstream.renrenwebplugin.permission.SYSTEM_USE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission htc.friendstream.sinaweiboplugin.permission.SYSTEM_USE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.fusionone.android.sync.permission.READ_WRITE_PROVIDERS in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.NEW_CHAT in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.orangelabs.rcs.permission.RCS in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.orangelabs.rcs.common in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.syncml.permission.READ_SYNCML_PROFILE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.permission.useprovider in package com.android.providers.contacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.android.providers.contacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion
I/ActivityManager( 442): Process com.android.htccontacts (pid 16405) has died.
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc com.android.htccontacts for broadcast com.android.htccontacts/.NotificationRemoveBroadcastReceiver: pid=17200 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.im.permission.READ_ONLY in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.im.permission.WRITE_ONLY in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission android.permission.ACCESS_LOCATION in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_LOCATION in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.permission.useprovider in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.permission.SOCIAL_NETWORK in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.CHAT_DATA_PROVIDER in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.SHOW_SHARED_FILES in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.BIND_SERVICE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.CHAT in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission htc.friendstream.renrenwebplugin.permission.SYSTEM_USE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission htc.friendstream.sinaweiboplugin.permission.SYSTEM_USE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.fusionone.android.sync.permission.READ_WRITE_PROVIDERS in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.rcschat.permission.NEW_CHAT in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.orangelabs.rcs.permission.RCS in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.orangelabs.rcs.common in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.android.providers.syncml.permission.READ_SYNCML_PROFILE in package com.android.htccontacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.permission.useprovider in package com.android.providers.contacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.android.providers.contacts
W/PackageManager( 442): Unknown permission com.htc.socialnetwork.plurk.permission.useprovider in package com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion
I/ActivityManager( 442): Process com.android.htccontacts (pid 17200) has died.
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/PackageManager( 442): Adding preferred activity ComponentInfo{com.android.htccontacts/com.android.htccontacts.DialerTabActivity}:
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc com.android.htccontacts for broadcast com.android.htccontacts/.NotificationRemoveBroadcastReceiver: pid=17939 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
V/PeopleApp(17939): PeopleApp constructed: com.android.htccontacts.PeopleApp@40dc5c98
V/PeopleApp(17939): PeopleApp created done: com.android.htccontacts.PeopleApp@40dc5c98
D/AccountTypeManager(17939): Registering external account type=com.skype.contacts.sync, packageName=com.skype.raider
I/ActivityManager( 442): Process com.android.htccontacts (pid 17939) has died.
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@40e6f2b8 x [I@40e6fa90/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@40e6fab0)
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@4125e748 x [I@411d1578/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@411d1598)
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@41c18b68 x [I@41bed030/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@41bed050)
I/ActivityManager( 442): Start proc com.android.htccontacts for broadcast com.android.htccontacts/.NotificationRemoveBroadcastReceiver: pid=17999 uid=10020 gids={3003, 1015}
V/PeopleApp(17999): PeopleApp constructed: com.android.htccontacts.PeopleApp@40dbf7c8
V/PeopleApp(17999): PeopleApp created done: com.android.htccontacts.PeopleApp@40dbf7c8
D/AccountTypeManager(17999): Registering external account type=com.skype.contacts.sync, packageName=com.skype.raider
V/ContactsListFragment( 810): setFastScrollEnabled ? true
V/ContactsListFragment( 810): setFastScrollEnabled ? true
I/ActivityManager( 442): Process com.android.htccontacts (pid 17999) has died.
V/ContactsListFragment( 810): setFastScrollEnabled ? true
V/ContactsListFragment( 810): setFastScrollEnabled ? true
W/MessageQueue( 810): Handler (com.android.htccontacts.fragment.BrowseGroupsFragment$QueryCountHandler) {41526ff8} sending message to a Handler on a dead thread
W/MessageQueue( 810): java.lang.RuntimeException: Handler (com.android.htccontacts.fragment.BrowseGroupsFragment$QueryCountHandler) {41526ff8} sending message to a Handler on a dead thread
W/MessageQueue( 810): at com.android.htccontacts.fragment.BrowseGroupsFragment$QueryCountHandler.updateTheFirstItemOneByOne(BrowseGroupsFragment.java:2482)
W/MessageQueue( 810): at com.android.htccontacts.fragment.BrowseGroupsFragment$FirstQueryAllIdleHandler.queueIdle(BrowseGroupsFragment.java:2367)
W/MessageQueue( 810): Handler (com.android.htccontacts.fragment.BrowseGroupsFragment$QueryCountHandler) {41526ff8} sending message to a Handler on a dead thread
W/MessageQueue( 810): java.lang.RuntimeException: Handler (com.android.htccontacts.fragment.BrowseGroupsFragment$QueryCountHandler) {41526ff8} sending message to a Handler on a dead thread
W/MessageQueue( 810): at com.android.htccontacts.fragment.BrowseGroupsFragment$QueryCountHandler.updateTheFirstItemOneByOne(BrowseGroupsFragment.java:2486)
W/MessageQueue( 810): at com.android.htccontacts.fragment.BrowseGroupsFragment$FirstQueryAllIdleHandler.queueIdle(BrowseGroupsFragment.java:2367)
I/ContactDirectoryManager(15092): deleted 0 stale rows which don’t have any relevant directory
I/ContactDirectoryManager(15092): Discovered 1 contact directories in 69ms
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@412a57b0 x [I@41294c00/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@41294c20)
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@41b4db90 x [I@41b4dbb0/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@41b4a010)
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@412ae398 x [I@412ae3b8/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@41265688)
E/SqliteDatabaseCpp(15092): native_execute (step): errno = 0, error message = Success, path = /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases , key = gkjtYgtw6, handle = 0×1568078
D/PhoneApp( 794): ACTION_CONTACTS_DB_READY
D/NotifyDialerScheduler(15092): ACTION_CONTACTS_DB_READY
D/HtcCustomOpenHelper(15092): cacheMyContactIds mMyContactCardRawId: 9223372034707292161
D/HtcCustomOpenHelper(15092): cacheMyContactIds mMyContactCardId: 9223372034707292161
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@411d0360 x [I@411d0380/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@41872940)
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@411b07e0 x [I@4129c530/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@4129c550)
D/CombinedWidgetProvider( 1125): addFxWidget: WidgetSummary(People/FX_WIDGET/[I@40feedb0 x [I@40feedd0/-2/ComponentInfo{com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion/com.htc.htccontactwidgets_3d_fusion.WidgetReceiver}/[I@412652b8)
I found a workaround to the contacts lag issue. The root cause for the lag is that the contacts process gets killed from memory and every time you invoke any apps that have anything to do with contacts (i.e. Dialer/Texting app) they have to get reloaded into memory and thus takes forever.
The workaround around I found is to install an app called “TouchPal Contacts”. It’s a third party dialer/contacts app which works every well. This app forces the contacts to be kept in memory and never gets killed. If you don’t like the app, you don’t even have to use it. Just install it and it forces the contacts to be loaded and kept in memory. It’s been working very well for me and I haven’t experienced any lag when texting, calling or opening up the People app.
I am having all of these same problems. I do not want to do a factory reset!
My wife’s phone and my phone are both doing it. I go to send emails and mass texts when I go to type in names it doesn’t recognize the person. When I get phone calls the phone isn’t working fast enough to even show the name of who’s calling, just the phone #.
This phone was supposed to be lightning fast and it’s slower than my Samsung S2 which I couldn’t stand.
Guys, install “TouchPal Contacts”. Ever since I installed it the lag went away. This app somehow forces your contacts to be kept in memory so they don’t have to get reloaded everytime you invoke any apps that use contacts, which is what causes the lag.
Also, my in laws just got the HTC One X through AT&T.
WOW am i jealous of their speeds internet wise. Sprint is so freakin’ slow it’s unreal.
Also when are we getting LTE!? Awful.
I have the exact same issue with the calls taking a minute to connect sometimes. I have an HTC Evo Design 4G.
Jellybean has NOT resolved this bullshit issue, and I am NOT going to suffer through another USELESS factory reset, with a week or two of tweaking and installing apps to get my phone back where I want it. HTC, YOU SUCK!!! I’m going to try TouchPal contacts to see if that works!
So I installed TouchPal and was hoping for the best, but it´s still the same. Did this really work for one of you, and is there anything particular to do to make TouchPal force contacts to be kept in memory?
Same things here… When trying to make calls it freezes and then might make the call 30+ seconds later. In messaging it will take 30+ seconds to bring up the names and will not send message out until contacts appear. I was hoping JB would fix the problem but it didn’t. I tried 3rd party messaging apps to no avail. I am glad I am not the only one experiencing this (though I am sorry for all those who are). I was trying to avoid a reset but I guess that is my only option…
In my case, a reset was helping only for the first few days. As the sms were piling up again, the lags were back.
We have 2 Evo 4G LTE bought at the same time. Both unrooted and everything stock.
While it only happens occasionally with mine, it happens quite often with my wife’s. She can receive sms no problem but sms she sends will be stuck in pending mode for days if she doesn’t do anything about it. A restart or power off will NOT help. The only thing that helps is to do a “simulate battery pull” by holding down the power button for more than 10 seconds. Then when it power itself back up, all the pending sms will get sent. But in a few days, the lag will come back again.