Who else has experienced this? I had my i5 just newly charged in a bit extended time. I started playing music and there were times that the song will get this repeated jumping like a faulty CD. This was regardless of the format. I've tried FLAC, WAV & MP3.
I turned off the i5. Tried listening again and it's okay now. Weird.
Unfortunately my i5 stop working, freezing!
After I update to 1.81 firmware and installed a couple of 3rd party apps, i5 freeze after 2-3 touches so I perform [COLOR=2D2C2C]wipe cache partition and Factory Reset but it still not work.[/COLOR]
[COLOR=2D2C2C]Has anyone experience this situation? Since Andy'll be back to his office at OCT, 20th please help?[/COLOR]
Catradio(Thai streaming radio), Roon, Speedtest, Tidal
T__T
Mine worked perfectly for 2 days before I install Catradio.
While we have Google Play pre-installed and you have the freedom to install a lot of app. on the i5, please be reminded once again that i5 is a FULLY CUSTOMIZED Android music player, being able to install an app doesn't necessary means the app will function 100% as intended. Occasionally the compatibility problem were raised when the app. required certain function or service that is not provided (or has been sealed) by i5. For example, any app that require Your Location will bond to have error sooner or later because i5 does not have hardware or software support to GPS/APGS. Other commonly requested but not supported services are Camera, Microphone, SMS/MMS, Contact, Calendar, ...
The memory management system of Android 4.4 is far from perfect, and the problem will get worse if the app installed introduced hidden background task for whatever reasons. We run into a lot of bad experience in Mainland China as the local applications are horrible on this aspect, lots of spam activities once you installed the app and it will stay in the system as long as they could, slow down the system response, and occasionally causing system to crash and halt, iOS users probably didn't aware of these consequence but experienced Android users should be familiar with these problems.
The difficult part is, i5 is customized and has a different memory management system. All too often, some app are supposed to release their memory when they are idled but in reality they can't do that completely or they don't do that intentionally. If you read the package box carefully, you'll notice i5, in the attempt to minimize the interference of music data utilization from system function, has a uncommon dual internal memory system: 4GB for system and 32GB for data. Theoretically all Application data should reside on the 4GB System memory and left the 32GB Data memory alone, but I do notice some app has built an App Data folder on the 32GB Data Memory and these app will have a higher tendency to introduce problem down the road.
For pr0b3r's case, if this is an one off instance and the player resume normal operation after power off and power on again, I believe there were a memory crash, possibly between the native HiBy Music Player and a third party application. On top of turning off the player (to reset internal memory), you can try the Advanced Task Killer function under the Third Party Application menu. This function will kill off a lot of non-system tasks and resume the efficient of the system.
I just give it a try on my i5, I do not have a lot of third party app installed, and the Advanced Task Killer has managed to reduce the memory usage from 345MB to 247MB.
For Beamharit's case, since he noticed that the player is functioning alright until he installed some third party applications, it is quite possible that they problems he encountered are not system bud from v1.81 but due to incompatable third party applications. I'll advice Beamharit to uninstall all the app. he installed after v1.81 upgrade to confirm whether the i5 is performing satisfactory, and then install the apps again one by one, making sure the app is compatible before adding another to the library, and leave the Catradio till the last minute.