First, my phone information:
Android version: 4.0.3
Baseband: I9000XXJVU
Kernel: 3.0.8-NEO-3.0-TeamICSSGS-257174-g197c9a1-dirty
Build number: GT -I9000-user 4.0.3 IML 74K eng. onecosmic-20120204.223407 test-keys
Rooting the phone went OK, and so did installation of ICS. All the built-in apps worked fine. I then installed my preferred apps including Chrome, but I found that over a few weeks the phone got much slower. Chrome in particular was impossibly slow, and the stock browser was far better. Navigation became useless as the app was too slow to detect satellites. Apps commonly halted and had to be closed, especially the camera. I have now deleted Chrome and other less useful apps, and the phone is a bit better, especially navigation. But now I am unable to install any new apps! The progress bar on the Play app just keeps scrolling and never completes. The same happens if I try to install anything via USB from the Play website.
From what I have read, the i9000 should run ICS and even Jelly Bean with acceptable speed. I don't think I can clean up the phone any more, so there must be something else wrong. Any ideas? I've done all the usual things - hard reboot etc.
Android version: 4.0.3
Baseband: I9000XXJVU
Kernel: 3.0.8-NEO-3.0-TeamICSSGS-257174-g197c9a1-dirty
Build number: GT -I9000-user 4.0.3 IML 74K eng. onecosmic-20120204.223407 test-keys
Rooting the phone went OK, and so did installation of ICS. All the built-in apps worked fine. I then installed my preferred apps including Chrome, but I found that over a few weeks the phone got much slower. Chrome in particular was impossibly slow, and the stock browser was far better. Navigation became useless as the app was too slow to detect satellites. Apps commonly halted and had to be closed, especially the camera. I have now deleted Chrome and other less useful apps, and the phone is a bit better, especially navigation. But now I am unable to install any new apps! The progress bar on the Play app just keeps scrolling and never completes. The same happens if I try to install anything via USB from the Play website.
From what I have read, the i9000 should run ICS and even Jelly Bean with acceptable speed. I don't think I can clean up the phone any more, so there must be something else wrong. Any ideas? I've done all the usual things - hard reboot etc.