So I figured out what causes the app drawer lag and FPS drops when entering & exiting
Most of you probably won't notice it, but when pressing the app drawer, the frames kinda of drop and you can see it stutter, regardless of what launcher you're using.
The thing that causes the lag is the button glow animation on the navigation bar. Try for yourselves. If you have AOKP just go to rom control->navigation bar->button glow animation and set it to off or super quick. Play around with it and jump back to the navigation bar settings and set it to normal to see the difference. You want it at off for best performance. Now there is no lag or FPS drops when entering and exiting the app drawer.
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Most of you probably won't notice it, but when pressing the app drawer, the frames kinda of drop and you can see it stutter, regardless of what launcher you're using.
The thing that causes the lag is the button glow animation on the navigation bar. Try for yourselves. If you have AOKP just go to rom control->navigation bar->button glow animation and set it to off or super quick. Play around with it and jump back to the navigation bar settings and set it to normal to see the difference. You want it at off for best performance. Now there is no lag or FPS drops when entering and exiting the app drawer.
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This is an already discovered fix for the UI lag. Seems ICS struggles when layers are drawn on the UI. A good example would be when a toast notification is displayed, try navigating around using the phone and it will lag until the notification closes.
Personally I just set the glow to off as even with super quick it can still lag.
Regards.
I need to find where to tweak this in stock rom.
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bk201doesntexist said:
I need to find where to tweak this in stock rom.
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Give or take (in case my code slightly differs from stock).
Try to figure out why GNex is slower in landscape than portrait while you're at it. It's very frustrating in ICS based launchers and Google chrome.
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I just set the button glow animation to off. I actually prefer it set that way. So Win/Win!
For me, turning button glow animation off has no effect, even after a reboot. What I mean is, the glow animation is still there.
I've also noticed the lag/stutter when showing screen previews with the home button. However, I don't get any lag/stutter if I initiate screen previews with a gesture or other methods, only the home button.
Is this fix already included in any ROMs?
That's not a lag. Ever hear of animation? It takes a sec or 2 to complete. Is intended that way.
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It's a juddering of the normal animation. It's definitely a lag. Try not to be rude
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android is big
thank you adrynalyne, i was actually talking to myself, you just took all the fun and dispair away with not one, but 4 great pointers.
more seriously, i'm glad you took the time to awnser/search it. thanks.
If you are running CM9 or CM9 based ROM try enabling the 16bit transparency option and disable surface dithering. It makes absolutely no visible difference in quality but makes a huge difference in performance.
You know I've always wondered why there was this little Stutter/Lag whatever you wanna call it when I press the app drawer button.
I'am running AOKP and just took the glow off and while the animation will always be there, I no longer have that little stutter as it opens.
I was meaning to ask about this in some Rom threads, gingerbread app drawer always seemed so much faster opening. Since ICS is suppose to be better, I always thought, something wasn't right.
So much smoother. I'll take it.
I have noticed in ICS, when let's say you play a game, lets say Temple Run, you press on the volume keys and a pop up comes up, then the game shutters until the popup is gone, same thing when you have the keyboard up and you navigate the screen, it lags until the keyboard goes away.
Why is it like that in ICS?
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I have noticed in ICS, when let's say you play a game, lets say Temple Run, you press on the volume keys and a pop up comes up, then the game shutters until the popup is gone, same thing when you have the keyboard up and you navigate the screen, it lags until the keyboard goes away.
Why is it like that in ICS?
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Because you just forced an OS popup into a fullscreen 3D game?
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I have noticed in ICS, when let's say you play a game, lets say Temple Run, you press on the volume keys and a pop up comes up, then the game shutters until the popup is gone, same thing when you have the keyboard up and you navigate the screen, it lags until the keyboard goes away.
Why is it like that in ICS?
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I think it's just the nexus's GPU isn't the best.
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Remoteconcern said:
I think it's just the nexus's GPU isn't the best.
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Nah. Its some method which they wrote code that is not efficient prioritizing the toast message. Thinking about it, a toast message can originate from almost infinite sources as long as the app/process is running. So it may be too difficult to cleverly handle properly prioritizing toast pop ups in an efficient way. That's all I can think of.
I know when I wrote an app, it was very easy to put in any toast message I wanted anywhere. So who knows what the proper way is to handle them on a OS or kernel level.
I hope they remove this animation from stock android not only from our device but ice in general. It just looks poor and doesn't add any value.
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On any given rom what do you do to this code. Do you remove it or change something on it. I know how to use apk tools and decompile and recompile these but I don't know what to do to the code itself.
Anyone wanna post the original lines of code and then the modified lines of code. The line numbers don't seem to be exact.
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I hope they remove this animation from stock android not only from our device but ice in general. It just looks poor and doesn't add any value.
On any given rom what do you do to this code. Do you remove it or change something on it. I know how to use apk tools and decompile and recompile these but I don't know what to do to the code itself.
Anyone wanna post the original lines of code and then the modified lines of code. The line numbers don't seem to be exact.
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Two lines, you can adjust the animation time. Another line is for the actual image, which you can set to null for none.
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Two lines, you can adjust the animation time. Another line is for the actual image, which you can set to null for none.
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Do I have to recompile and download the whole source from the from or can I use APktool or some kind of tool to change it.
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I love how smooth this phone is, but moving between home screens is just a little too slow for me. Is there an app or a mod that I can get that will let me speed it up.
I know I can use 3rd party launchers and do this, but I want to stick with Touchwiz.
Thanks
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I love how smooth this phone is, but moving between home screens is just a little too slow for me. Is there an app or a mod that I can get that will let me speed it up.
I know I can use 3rd party launchers and do this, but I want to stick with Touchwiz.
Thanks
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Spare Parts Plus
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I changed the home screen animation to fast and it didn't change the speed at all.
Touching and dragging across the boxes just above the launcher is too slow?
Or are you just swyping one screen at a time?
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Dalmus said:
Touching and dragging across the boxes just above the launcher is too slow?
Or are you just swyping one screen at a time?
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you can actually just touch the corresponding button on that line to go directly to i instead of holding and then sliding to whichever homescreen. There are (I forget how many you can have since I am without my epic touch for 9 days and counting THANKS SPRINT FOR THE DEFECT...) each individual little buttons and tapping one quickly brings you direct to that page.
Love the phone, dont leave it in your steamy bathroom while you shower (I do 3 times a day often) or the battery will register 6.4 degrees far. and refuse to charge...
JC
switch to LauncherPro. you can tweak the transition speed with it
Try changing max window events, maybe heap size as well
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Go Launcher, quick effect, "wave" transition. About as nice as it gets. LauncherPro is about the same speed
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Just wondering for those of you who have the device already, have you guys found some neat features/tricks using 4.0 that haven't been documented or heavily advertised?
I would love to make a list of these features for other users to explore...
Lets get this started
List:
Reserved........
I know it's documented,but it was still a surprise to me - you can now finally delete apps straight from the app drawer, by dragging them just as if you were going to place them on the desktop,but then putting them in the recycle bin on the top.
No affiliation with apple. Or siri.
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Nobody's talking about the search app. It's way better than the one in Gingerbread. Much easier to find stuff in your phone : music, app, sms, docs, etc. The old one was returning web search suggestion in 90% of the result... useless.
Search in browser let's you edit suggestion if you want to add something to it. But we lost popular web site suggestion
Just read it on Pocketnow but you can make folders in the favourites bar. Apologies if obvious.
When in the stock browser and you change orientation, tap the screen to make it rotate.
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I know it's documented,but it was still a surprise to me - you can now finally delete apps straight from the app drawer, by dragging them just as if you were going to place them on the desktop,but then putting them in the recycle bin on the top.
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You can do that on stock fascinate.
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mkropf said:
You can do that on stock fascinate.
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which runs TouchWiz, so it's not stock Android
Rotate the phone to the right whilst in any stock app (so the speaker grill and front camera are on the right). Notice that the back, home and task switch buttons have moved to the top of the screen so that they stay on the right.
When using an ics app hold down on an icon in the action bar to get a description of what it does
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Not heavily advertised, but it should be:
The quick control in the browser. Almost the same as on honeycomb. Activate it in the labs settings of the browser. Love it!
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Not heavily advertised, but it should be:
The quick control in the browser. Almost the same as on honeycomb. Activate it in the labs settings of the browser. Love it!
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NICE find! Thanks!
This is known about, however you said undocumented and I haven't a single document for the Nexus/ICS apart from on one which came with the phone,telling me how to fix the battery.
Hold the volume down and power key, and you take a screen capture. Which is very handy on occasions
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If you tap the volume button which makes the volume bar appear, you can then press the icon to the left of the volume bar and it toggles between ring and vibrate.
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In settings/about phone. Tap repeatedly on the android version number (4.0...) then a little android appears. Keep ur finger on it and it grows into a screen animation.
If u didn't know about this,I guess u r now thinking this is a joke. Or is it?
Need someone to test; try swiping the web pages up/down using 2 fingers
, is it a feature or a glitch?
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Need someone to test; try swiping the web pages up/down using 2 fingers
, is it a feature or a glitch?
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what's supposed to happen?
You can use the front facing camera to record in 720p hd
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what's supposed to happen?
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I thought it scrolled page by page. try by flicking with 2 fingers.
U guys tried out LL yet?? Its pretty impressive as in speed and how different it is..im rockin wit it for now
Was reading this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1523859 and there was a mention of lightning. So I am trying it now. Seems to be a completely different approach to launchers. Kinda liking it. Not sure if it is just the "newness" but i am going to stick with it for a bit and see. Really like the approach except would like to see a horizontal and vertical options for the home screen. I would definitely recommend people to give it a shot.
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Looks interesting, think I'll give it a try.
Edit..Hmmm. this is really different. Can't figure out a way to add any widgets except their own ones, can't figure out a way to add dock items. Not for me. uninstalling
There is no dock.
Have to spend a dollar on the LL widget add on. (There's always a catch)
I still like the creative concept. Been using it for a couple of hours and is taking some time to break the traditional launcher layouts. Still haven't defaulted it though as i do like GO Launchers features. Time will tell.
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I like it. Nice and simple. Thanks for pointing it out.
Yeah thanks for mentioning this, I'm using it now too..
Kinda disappointed at the $.99 cost to use widgets outside of his, but otherwise it's pretty cool, definitely not like the other launchers I've used
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I like the concept behind it using next to no RAM. Otherwise though I'm just not feeling it.
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Thanks for everyones feedback..i thought it was different..u know how we are..gotta try to it all to find the best!! Im bout to throw this beta cm9 on so i might come back to it lol...happy rooting!!
OK, my mind is now officially blown. Lightning Launcher has turned my Android world upside-down.
With Froyo and GB, I happily used LauncherPro - Had to have my scrolling dock and nothing else really mattered. On CM9, I experimented with Zeam (my favorite dock--smooth scroll instead of paged) and Nova (really nice-lots of options-but IMHO the dock wasn't as good as Zeam) and Go (blecch-too many links to commercial sites for me). I'm now on CM10 and tried Trebuchet (blah), Apex (really nice-a lot like Nova) and was using Zeam, then Holo HD (nice-a lot like Nova and Apex). I still missed the smooth-scrolling, scaled-down icons in the Zeam dock, though.
Today, I went on a quest for the "perfect" launcher and ran across a really good thread on the Experia S forum that lays-out all the launcher options -->here
For no particular reason, I decided to try Lightning. Holy #@$%! It is sooo different from the rest (and no dock either, but I'll see if I can do without it). It's a whole new way of approaching launchers - no pages, no grid if you don't want it, no sizing limitations, free rotation of elements, just one big zoomable scrolling page. I'm sure there are a lot more options to explore. I just haven't gotten around to it yet. And I CAN put my old favorite widgets on there without an additional paid app. The possibilities are seemingly endless. There's a 10 minute video demonstration of Lightning in the Play Store that sucked me into loading and trying it.
Just wanted to share this with all of you fellow Epic users - I now have a new toy that will keep me occupied for hours and hours :laugh:. Lightning might be cooler than Android, itself.
Al
Clean and simple. I dont like the fact all your apps seem to be right on top of each other though
Figured it out. Make less columns in the app drawer.
I can't seem to find it where do you get it.
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I can't seem to find it where do you get it.
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Its in the play store. Just search "lightning launcher" and it should be the first one.
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I just downloaded this and noticed a few things that others may find useful.
First, the any widget addon is free
Second, a dock effect can be achieved by pinning the items you would otherwise place in a dock bar. First, press the home key to center the screen (or you might pin an item off-screen, making it useless). Then long-press to enter editing mode (or menu->customize). Then position your chosen icon where you would like to stay (relative to the physical screen). Then long-press the icon and select customize. From there, go to common item settings and scroll down to the pinned option. Click the ball to turn it green, then check the box. Now the icon will stay in place as you scroll and zoom, just like a dock. The only problem (or feature, depending on perspective) I've found is that pinning an icon at the bottom of the screen in portrait mode will cause it to be off-screen in landscape mode - it will take some experimentation to get things just right. A similar problem exists for the right side of the screen in landscape, causing the icon to be off-screen in portrait. Basically, the position is based on the top left corner, so you could make a dock along either of those sides without issue, as long as they are not longer than the short side of the screen (you'll see what I mean, if my description isn't clear enough)
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styles420 said:
I just downloaded this and noticed a few things that others may find useful.
First, the any widget addon is free
Second, a dock effect can be achieved by pinning the items you would otherwise place in a dock bar. First, press the home key to center the screen (or you might pin an item off-screen, making it useless). Then long-press to enter editing mode (or menu->customize). Then position your chosen icon where you would like to stay (relative to the physical screen). Then long-press the icon and select customize. From there, go to common item settings and scroll down to the pinned option. Click the ball to turn it green, then check the box. Now the icon will stay in place as you scroll and zoom, just like a dock. The only problem (or feature, depending on perspective) I've found is that pinning an icon at the bottom of the screen in portrait mode will cause it to be off-screen in landscape mode - it will take some experimentation to get things just right. A similar problem exists for the right side of the screen in landscape, causing the icon to be off-screen in portrait. Basically, the position is based on the top left corner, so you could make a dock along either of those sides without issue, as long as they are not longer than the short side of the screen (you'll see what I mean, if my description isn't clear enough)
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Thanks for the report, styles. I'll give that method a try.
This Lightning Launcher has some amazing capabilities but is pretty complicated to navigate all the settings and options. Still worth the effort for me, tho -- it's fun to learn new stuff.
Al
arschend said:
Thanks for the report, styles. I'll give that method a try.
This Lightning Launcher has some amazing capabilities but is pretty complicated to navigate all the settings and options. Still worth the effort for me, tho -- it's fun to learn new stuff.
Al
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It is an interesting concept with a lot of potential, but there are still some blatant rough edges... for example, using a wallpaper image or any transparency will cause the icons to streak and leave trails while zooming and panning. It can be considered a neat effect, but basically the screen doesn't truly redraw - each frame is just drawn on top of the existing one, so you need to use a solid color bg at with absolutely no transparency to cover the previous frame and eliminate the trails. I'll be keeping my eye on this launcher though
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Hmmm...I just tried this with one of my standard wallpapers from my gallery and had no issues whatsoever. Everything scrolls and zooms above the wallpaper layer, although scrolling wallpaper would be nice.
FWIW, I'm running stock CM10, 9/26 nightly.
Had it on my nexus s....it was the slim roms base launcher
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OscarTangoMike said:
There is no dock.
Have to spend a dollar on the LL widget add on. (There's always a catch)
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You can fake a dock:
- Create a folder
- Insert phone, browser etc in it and arrange it
- Keep the center of the screen free from other widgets
- Set folder settings not to close, if an app was startet
Now you have permanently (as long as you don't click on free space of the desktop) a dock in the middle of your screen.
Yes, a dock (even a scrollable one) is very easy to set up = create a panel at the bottom or on the side, add icons (with AllApps icon as menu launcher), pin it. You can have it scrolling sideways like Nova, or up/down, all inside the "dock" panel.
Anyone else notice that it gets a little jittery when you're on the app drawer and you hit the home key? When the icons do that zoom out, it's not as smooth as the rest of the phone usually is. It's minor, I know, but I'm starting to think maybe Apple has a patent on a smooth UI (that's a joke).
I've also noticed bad performance with live wallpapers on the home screens, it's really rough with most live wallpapers. I previously had the Epic 4G Touch (Galaxy S 2) and it was ALWAYS smooth as butter, even with live wallpapers... when running the stock TouchWiz UI. So while the processor/gpu in the GS2 is probably better, it seems to me like it's more of a software issue.
It doesn't bother me enough to want to go back to the Galaxy S II, mind you, physically this phone is superior and I sure love me some vanilla ICS... but are any of you noticing this with custom ROMs as well?
EDIT: I wanted to add, I've tried Nova & Apex, and I didn't notice a difference in this regard.
When you tried Apex did you turn on the setting that saves your home screen in memory? I have noticed almost zero lag with this option selected
BMWPower06 said:
When you tried Apex did you turn on the setting that saves your home screen in memory? I have noticed almost zero lag with this option selected
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It seems to help just a little with live wallpapers when sliding between homescreens, but it has zero effect on how jittery it is when you're in the app drawer and you hit the home button (when the icons "fly away" and you go back to the home screen).
I dont have any App drawer to Home lag.
Every stock LWP except "Phase Beam" lags afaik. Kinda sucks but how it is.
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Anyone else notice that it gets a little jittery when you're on the app drawer and you hit the home key? When the icons do that zoom out, it's not as smooth as the rest of the phone usually is. It's minor, I know, but I'm starting to think maybe Apple has a patent on a smooth UI (that's a joke).
I've also noticed bad performance with live wallpapers on the home screens, it's really rough with most live wallpapers. I previously had the Epic 4G Touch (Galaxy S 2) and it was ALWAYS smooth as butter, even with live wallpapers... when running the stock TouchWiz UI. So while the processor/gpu in the GS2 is probably better, it seems to me like it's more of a software issue.
It doesn't bother me enough to want to go back to the Galaxy S II, mind you, physically this phone is superior and I sure love me some vanilla ICS... but are any of you noticing this with custom ROMs as well?
EDIT: I wanted to add, I've tried Nova & Apex, and I didn't notice a difference in this regard.
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I will confirm that the zoom out animation when hitting home from the app drawer is not as smooth as it should be. My old Samsung Fascinate is on AOKP and the transition out of the app drawer is actually smoother than my Nexus. I wouldn't call it lag but it's definitely not as smooth as it should be.
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Every stock LWP except "Phase Beam" lags afaik. Kinda sucks but how it is.
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On this phone, yes. On the Galaxy S2... no.
To contradict the apple joke, I have an iPod touch 4th Gen and my friend has an iPhone 4S, both of them get laggy transitions after a while, especially after opening a few apps. I'm on stock and have zero lag. Nova had less then apex from what I've used.
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Same for me ..
The live wallpapers all lag, but its gotta be a software issue not yet fixed.
The app drawer fly away animation is weird, cause I do see that stutter sometimes. But then a lot of the time its smooth. Not sure what that's all about. But I'm of the opinion that everything can be smoothed with a software tweak.
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It seems to help just a little with live wallpapers when sliding between homescreens, but it has zero effect on how jittery it is when you're in the app drawer and you hit the home button (when the icons "fly away" and you go back to the home screen).
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You found the cause
Ryjabo said:
On this phone, yes. On the Galaxy S2... no.
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Well, feel free to switch then. Not every phone is as perfect as the GS2.
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You found the cause
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No... because I said: It seems to help just a little with live wallpapers when sliding between homescreens, but it has zero effect on how jittery it is when you're in the app drawer and you hit the home button (when the icons "fly away" and you go back to the home screen).
adrynalyne said:
Well, feel free to switch then. Not every phone is as perfect as the GS2.
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These forums exist for many reasons including discussing problems, right? This is an obvious problem and I'd like to discuss it. Thanks.
Your solution here is to live with it or get a different phone and you've been "thanked" at least a couple of times for it. That's super constructive. Do you honestly not understand why I brought up the Galaxy S2 as a comparison, or do I need to draw pictures?
Am I the only one that finds it frustrating that Google's flagship device doesn't perform as well as other devices in something as simple as homescreen transitions or opening/closing the app drawer?
IMO its the soft key glow animations causing the "lag". There's a mod which I have done which shortens the length of the glow animations, its basically eliminated the lag you are talking about.
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I find it funny that my Nexus S runs all the Lwp perfectly but my gnex doesn't.
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FrostyF7 said:
I find it funny that my Nexus S runs all the Lwp perfectly but my gnex doesn't.
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You spelled "ridiculous" wrong.
rob151515 said:
IMO its the soft key glow animations causing the "lag". There's a mod which I have done which shortens the length of the glow animations, its basically eliminated the lag you are talking about.
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you're right. set them "off" within AOKP ROM settings and the appdrawer is smoother now when closing
Ryjabo said:
Am I the only one that finds it frustrating that Google's flagship device doesn't perform as well as other devices in something as simple as homescreen transitions or opening/closing the app drawer?
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Nope it drives me crazy too. I have started using Apex launcher with the widgets tab hidden so its just apps and its better but still jitters a bit. I even get jitters and lag on the lockscreen. I turned auto brightness off which helped but from time to time it lags crazy if i swipe fast.
Its not good enough.
My friend and my wifes best friend have nexus s's and they perform a lot better than my Gnex with the stock launcher which is just embarrising.
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You spelled "ridiculous" wrong.
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this made me literally LOL.
Ryjabo said:
No... because I said: It seems to help just a little with live wallpapers when sliding between homescreens, but it has zero effect on how jittery it is when you're in the app drawer and you hit the home button (when the icons "fly away" and you go back to the home screen).
These forums exist for many reasons including discussing problems, right? This is an obvious problem and I'd like to discuss it. Thanks.
Your solution here is to live with it or get a different phone and you've been "thanked" at least a couple of times for it. That's super constructive. Do you honestly not understand why I brought up the Galaxy S2 as a comparison, or do I need to draw pictures?
Am I the only one that finds it frustrating that Google's flagship device doesn't perform as well as other devices in something as simple as homescreen transitions or opening/closing the app drawer?
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So...what did you accomplish by bringing up the GS2?
Did you...fix your problem?
Did you...make yourself feel better?
We all get it, the GS2 doesn't lag on live walls. Well, guess what? This one does, like most android devices. This is a fact, and it may or may not get fixed. So really, bringing the GS2 into any conversation regarding the Galaxy Nexus is NOT constructive. Comparing the GS2 to this device is going to be met with irritated folks because we have been listening to it for the last 6 months. I am sure I am not speaking only for myself when I say I am sick and tired of it.
This is not a PC. We can't just go throw extra parts in it, and upgrade the hardware. Therefore, the only solution to your problem is another device. I am sorry if it offends you, but it is a fact. Take the good with the bad, or find another device that is better for you. This is how the smartphone world works.
While the majority of this update brings smoothness and (possibly) better battery life for all, there are a few things that can make life more difficult for the power user. Here I'll list what I found, and I'll try to add people's replies as they come in.
Superuser is kinda broken
None of the 4.3 superuser hacks have been 100% successful, many parts don't work. For example, restoring apps with TB or RTP result in only the apps being restored, but data is left behind. Tested with Chainfire's SuperSU for the S4 (which also works on any AOSP 4.3 ROM)
Secure Settings Helper can't toggle airplane mode anymore
This one is particularly bad for Tasker users, as many of their profiles that depend on Secure Settings toggling airplane mode for them will now have to do it by hand until someone finds a new way.
USB OTG slightly broken
Mounting with StickMount on my Galaxy Nexus is fine, but after unmounting, sdcard disappears and shows content from root directory. Sure, everything is safe and sound in /data/media, the mount points just get a little messed up. Perhaps this is due with the root issue?
Slight stutters
Slight stutters have been noticed in the following areas: when pressing the recent apps button, switching from notification to quick settings, and CRT off. I don't get these often except for the recent apps, which seems to be persistent. All the others, at least for me, come and go.
Feel free to post whatever thing you notice in 4.3 that seems off!
ickboblikescheese said:
While the majority of this update brings smoothness and (possibly) better battery life for all, there are a few things that can make life more difficult for the power user. Here I'll list what I found, and I'll try to add people's replies as they come in.
Superuser is kinda broken
None of the 4.3 superuser hacks have been 100% successful, many parts don't work. For example, restoring apps with TB or RTP result in only the apps being restored, but data is left behind. Tested with Chainfire's SuperSU for the S4 (which also works on any AOSP 4.3 ROM)
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https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/LtttyekSUoi
It will probably take a while till SU gets reimplemented in a proper way. In the mean time if someone needs to backup&restore data, I've used koush Helium app which uses adb, works fine.
madd0g said:
https://plus.google.com/110558071969009568835/posts/LtttyekSUoi
It will probably take a while till SU gets reimplemented in a proper way. In the mean time if someone needs to backup&restore data, I've used koush Helium app which uses adb, works fine.
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That pretty much messes up any app that requires root... wow.
CRT animation
The CRT animation when you turn off the screen of the device is still laggy like in 4.2
Quick-settings panel
The animation that make appears the quick-settings panel is not always "60fps smooth" like in 4.1/4.2.
Nav-bar buttons animation
The "glow" animation of the virtual button is not smooth (mostly on the multitasking button, when you are in the home screen)
"App"
"Applications" is now replaced from "App" everywhere in the phone (Settings, multitasking screen if empty). Just REALLY ugly.
Fow now, this. If i discover more, I'll update the post
matteventu said:
CRT animation
The CRT animation when you turn off the screen of the device is still laggy like in 4.2
Quick-settings panel
The animation that make appears the quick-settings panel is not always "60fps smooth" like in 4.1/4.2.
Nav-bar buttons animation
The "glow" animation of the virtual button is not smooth (mostly on the multitasking button, when you are in the home screen)
"App"
"Applications" is now replaced from "App" everywhere in the phone (Settings, multitasking screen if empty). Just REALLY ugly.
Fow now, this. If i discover more, I'll update the post
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Seems like nitpicking to me
What does mean "nitpicking"?
matteventu said:
What does mean "nitpicking"?
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It means you are trying hard to find something wrong, and the only things wrong are very minor.
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matteventu said:
What does mean "nitpicking"?
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new dialer is laggy for me
Yuhfhrh said:
It means you are trying hard to find something wrong, and the only things wrong are very minor.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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Nope.
I'm just saying what was perfect in 4.2/4.2 and is made worse in 4.3 (or in 4.2 from 4.1).
thegios said:
new dialer is laggy for me
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Where exactly?
Mine seems smooth...
matteventu said:
CRT animation
The CRT animation when you turn off the screen of the device is still laggy like in 4.2
Quick-settings panel
The animation that make appears the quick-settings panel is not always "60fps smooth" like in 4.1/4.2.
Nav-bar buttons animation
The "glow" animation of the virtual button is not smooth (mostly on the multitasking button, when you are in the home screen)
"App"
"Applications" is now replaced from "App" everywhere in the phone (Settings, multitasking screen if empty). Just REALLY ugly.
Fow now, this. If i discover more, I'll update the post
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Could it be that you have problems with that? Same like the guy before has a laggy dialer, and you don't ... In my case, the CRT animation is a lot better, smoother than it was before ... Nav-bar button glow is working smoother than ever here ...
my gnex after 4.3 is running like butter on silk. it's that smooth. 4.2.2 was more laggy than 4.3
matteventu said:
Nope.
I'm just saying what was perfect in 4.2/4.2 and is made worse in 4.3 (or in 4.2 from 4.1).
Where exactly?
Mine seems smooth...
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bever mind: after a couple of reboots all is smootha s butter now
matteventu said:
CRT animation
The CRT animation when you turn off the screen of the device is still laggy like in 4.2
Quick-settings panel
The animation that make appears the quick-settings panel is not always "60fps smooth" like in 4.1/4.2.
Nav-bar buttons animation
The "glow" animation of the virtual button is not smooth (mostly on the multitasking button, when you are in the home screen)
"App"
"Applications" is now replaced from "App" everywhere in the phone (Settings, multitasking screen if empty). Just REALLY ugly.
Fow now, this. If i discover more, I'll update the post
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Same lags here. And first scrolling down in settings its laggy too.
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matteventu said:
CRT animation
The CRT animation when you turn off the screen of the device is still laggy like in 4.2
Quick-settings panel
The animation that make appears the quick-settings panel is not always "60fps smooth" like in 4.1/4.2.
Nav-bar buttons animation
The "glow" animation of the virtual button is not smooth (mostly on the multitasking button, when you are in the home screen)
"App"
"Applications" is now replaced from "App" everywhere in the phone (Settings, multitasking screen if empty). Just REALLY ugly.
Fow now, this. If i discover more, I'll update the post
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I only get the recent button lag which doesn't bother me at all, and the quick settings lag which does bother me
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Mylenthes said:
I only get the recent button lag which doesn't bother me at all, and the quick settings lag which does bother me
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Have you tried the Lagfix app from the playstore? Maybe you emmc needs some trimming.
Fixed the recents button lag for me. You need root though.
niekez said:
Have you tried the Lagfix app from the playstore? Maybe you emmc needs some trimming.
Fixed the recents button lag for me. You need root though.
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i doubt it has to be with that...
About quick settings frame drop I think it happens only when there is any notification. If I swipe all then the transition is smoother
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dasche said:
my gnex after 4.3 is running like butter on silk. it's that smooth. 4.2.2 was more laggy than 4.3
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Same for me here!
I have experienced a better battery usage. But i have made a clean isntall, so I dont know if the better battery usage is due to the 4.3 itself or the clean install.
For this first day, no issues.
Kustaa said:
i doubt it has to be with that...
About quick settings frame drop I think it happens only when there is any notification. If I swipe all then the transition is smoother
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Here I have the lag every time i make appear or disappear the quick-settings panel, except the first time from when I pull down the notification bar.
Independently of having or not having notifications.
matteventu said:
Here I have the lag every time i make appear or disappear the quick-settings panel, except the first time from when I pull down the notification bar.
Independently of having or not having notifications.
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its really hard to notice for me if there is any difference between the first time and the rest...seems like the same, only difference is when there's a notification.
Another minor lag: Google Now
If I press and hold home button, the Google 'circle' shows up normally, but if I do it swiping the finger from the bottom instead of pressing and holding home, the Google 'circle' animation showing up is laggy.
Mostly importat to see if they fixed the problem with eMMC speed.