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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by lightedman on Saturday October 12, 2019 @10:33AM (#21233438)
Your phone is probably one of the ones that came out with bad RAM and is defective, it works great on both my Moto Z Play and Moto G6 Play.
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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by MrRadar on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:15AM (#21233773)
Same on my Moto G7 Power and Moto E4. I've never had a (regular) problem with FF crashing on any of my Android phones.
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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by Glyptodon on Saturday October 12, 2019 @11:24AM (#21233839)
Do you have a link about this?
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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by lightedman on Saturday October 12, 2019 @02:01PM (#21234975)
No, I'm a BGA repair tech that has had to deal with the bad RAM chips on that model of phone, among others.

The RAM will appear to pass hardware checking in our testers, but you hit it hard and suddenly the frequency becomes unstable, often dropping down to DDR1 speeds. Plenty of room for error, there.

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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by Pxtl on Saturday October 12, 2019 @09:58PM (#21237781)
Ugh, I'd suspected something like that because it behaves very badly sometimes, but it's intermittent. Is there any recommended test for this? Or is it too ephemeral to test for?
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Re:A uBlock Origin update was rejected from the Chrome Web S... by lightedman on Sunday October 13, 2019 @10:56AM (#21240679)
You need a dedicated BGA removal/reflow tool (like a Metcal) a compatible RAM board to mount the removed BGA upon for insertion into a RAM tester, then you need a hardware RAM tester like RAMCHECK LX.

That's an expensive set of kit.

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