Hello whoever is reading this,
I'm getting real tired of how slow my phone has consistently been slow for months now. I've tried a bunch of roms and kernels in combination, and while it seems to work smoothly after a clean flash, it slows back down to its usual laggy state within a few days (or even hours!)
I partially blame the age of the phone, as it's old processor probably can't handle all of the customizations being thrown at it that are really being developed for the Nexus 4. But aside from that, everyone in every rom or kernel thread is always raving about how "buttery smooth" or "lightning fast", or whatever else their phone is, claiming performance is awesome. It could just be that all those users are just used to some lag, but I'm really starting to feel like I'm the only one who has such performance issues.
For this reason I'm wondering if it's possible that something hardware-wise might be starting to die, similar to how "cheap memory is killing off Google Nexus 7". Is this possible?
Is there any app that can run hardware tests to check for things like that? I would love to see if my suspicions are correct or totally wrong. Is there anything else I should try?
I'm currently running the latest ak47 rom (AOKP Milestone 2 on top of VANIR (linaro), and using Fancy Kernel. I've found the performance is pretty good compared to other roms I've tried but I still find myself waiting seconds for the app drawer to open, to scroll through pages in the app drawer, etc.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Hmmm... if it is anything related to what was happening with the Nexus 7, then you've probably heard what Android 4.3 did for it. I'm writing this from my Galaxy Nexus, and it hasn't been faster since 4.1; whatever 4.3 did for the Nexus 7 has a similar effect on my GNexus. It took a couple days, but I have my butter back!
Before the update, I was in the same boat as you. Even the keyboard was ridiculously laggy. Now? Buttery. Not Nexus 4 buttery, but buttery.
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Hmmm... if it is anything related to what was happening with the Nexus 7, then you've probably heard what Android 4.3 did for it. I'm writing this from my Galaxy Nexus, and it hasn't been faster since 4.1; whatever 4.3 did for the Nexus 7 has a similar effect on my GNexus. It took a couple days, but I have my butter back!
Before the update, I was in the same boat as you. Even the keyboard was ridiculously laggy. Now? Buttery. Not Nexus 4 buttery, but buttery.
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I didn't hear what 4.3 did, but I gather that it improved the speed? Sweet, maybe I'll try that. My issue is I'm too addicted to AOKP
But I'll have to try a stock 4.3 rom or something and hopefully I'll find the same results as you. Thanks for your input!
My question about an app that runs hardware integrity tests still stands.
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I didn't hear what 4.3 did, but I gather that it improved the speed? Sweet, maybe I'll try that. My issue is I'm too addicted to AOKP
But I'll have to try a stock 4.3 rom or something and hopefully I'll find the same results as you. Thanks for your input!
My question about an app that runs hardware integrity tests still stands.
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No problem! And it provided a lot of behind-the-scenes improvements for graphics processing. It also made FSTRIM turned on by default in the system; it will run whenever the battery is above ~70% and the device is idle. It basically stops the device from needing to perform multiple actions in the storage whenever it needs to read or write. You only notice the effects of it NOT being present over many write cycles, which is why performance may seem to have deteriorated over time.
And yeah, custom just gives you so many choices! But a few days with 4.3 should REALLY ramp up your performance. It takes a little while for FSTRIM to do it's magic. App drawer opens after 0.7 seconds or so, and swiping between pages is quite fluid and responsive.
Glad to be of service! Hope it helps out.
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Aside from 4.3, I've found that if you goto Developer options, and lower the Transition, Window, and Animator scales from 1x down to .5x things seem to move more smoothly. Albeit they only reduce animation times, the visual effect may be enough. I also use Nova Prime launcher and turn animations to "Nova" speed. Things like the app drawer open instantly. Absolutely zero lag. What I'm running is in my sig...
jakis39 said:
Hello whoever is reading this,
I'm getting real tired of how slow my phone has consistently been slow for months now. I've tried a bunch of roms and kernels in combination, and while it seems to work smoothly after a clean flash, it slows back down to its usual laggy state within a few days (or even hours!)
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Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
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This frustrated me for a long time until I came across this app (root needed):
LagFix Free: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.grilledmonkey.lagfix&hl=en
XDA thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104326#fm
"Some Android users suffer from poor performance after some days/weeks of heavy usage. This is due to a well-known TRIM bug affecting these devices. The source of the problem is that internal storage is not properly TRIMmed when needed. It is also well-known fact that running fstrim Linux tool from time to time fixes the issue until internal memory runs out of free blocks. LagFix is a user-friendly implementation of fstrim utility. It allows you to select which partitions to trim (you should leave defaults unless you know what you are doing) and run the process easily."
Android 4.3 finally implements this fix, so if you go a 4.3 ROM, you won't need this.
Yep, like they all said, 4.3 fixes that with things like TRIM, and I can attest to that firsthand.
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I must say that the phone is faster on 4.3, but my battery life is horrible when comparing to 4.1.1 or even 4.2.2, especially when using the phone.
I don't know if it's true or I'm too bugged about it. Could someone please confirm it to me?
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I must say that the phone is faster on 4.3, but my battery life is horrible when comparing to 4.1.1 or even 4.2.2, especially when using the phone.
I don't know if it's true or I'm too bugged about it. Could someone please confirm it to me?
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infact my battery life is improved a lot after 4.3
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infact my battery life is improved a lot after 4.3
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^^^that^^^
and for some reason, one screen time was BETTER than 4.2
I guess it's just bad luck haha.
Gonna test it calmly to be sure.
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Could anyone throw in a modified framework.jar for stock ROM or CM9 with scrollingcache disabled? For the Sprint galaxy nexus
Most people think the Galaxy Nexus is pretty smooth, but for us OCD type and especially us former iPhone owners know it's not 60fps smooth.. It's very stuttery due to the scrolling cache... Disabling it makes it MUCH smoother.. Like iPhone 4S smooth.
I'm not sure if this was ever done on other models of the GN but there's nothing like that available for the Sprint version yet. AOKP has that option, but so far there isn't a port, either.
Thanks!
lolwut
This thread is useless. Stop being paranoid, your phone isn't lagging.
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zeuzinn said:
Could anyone throw in a modified framework.jar for stock ROM or CM9 with scrollingcache disabled? For the Sprint galaxy nexus
Most people think the Galaxy Nexus is pretty smooth, but for us OCD type and especially us former iPhone owners know it's not 60fps smooth.. It's very stuttery due to the scrolling cache... Disabling it makes it MUCH smoother.. Like iPhone 4S smooth.
I'm not sure if this was ever done on other models of the GN but there's nothing like that available for the Sprint version yet. AOKP has that option, but so far there isn't a port, either.
Thanks!
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Understandable. I've been trying to get my nexus as smooth as my 3gs. If u want to disablr scrolling cache, u could put in your build.prop
persist.sys.scrollingcache=3
Some custom ROMs, like the latest AOKP, allow you to disable the scrolling cache. Otherwise, it's not built into the default system.
I'm a bit confused. Isn't scrollingcache supposed to help with smoothness? Why does disabling it make the system smoother?
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liquid ics has the feature
Hi,
Found this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411317&highlight=scrolling+cache
- Some android applications have some lag when they scroll.
I found in logcat that garbage collector is working to much when I do some scroll in application.
I googled about it and found the 'scrollingcache' function inside android making problem.
Some application developers recommend disable 'scrollingcache' in app's internal config.
But not all applications have disabled scrollingcache.
So the mod I'll do will disable the scrollingcache throughout the Android OS.
All apps will have no problem with scrollingcache.
I've had scrolling improvements with facebook,playerpro,poweramp,gallery apps , etc.
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And Google it...
scrolling cache
Smokeey said:
This thread is useless. Stop being paranoid, your phone isn't lagging.
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I was also an iphone 4s user and i noticed a huge difference in the smoothness of the devices, the 4s is much smoother and actually has 0 stuttering, on s3, even on the home screen if i scroll medium to fast i see the stuttering.
Your reply is useless.
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I was also an iphone 4s user and i noticed a huge difference in the smoothness of the devices, the 4s is much smoother and actually has 0 stuttering, on s3, even on the home screen if i scroll medium to fast i see the stuttering.
Your reply is useless.
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Go back to your awesome iphone then. BTW, this is a Nexus forum
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Go back to your awesome iphone then. BTW, this is a Nexus forum
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Stop your dam trolling the iPhone is just an example. Hell he could used a windows phone for an example.
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Lol.. the Nexus Laggy? Maybe on ICS. Slap a Jb ROM on there and you'll forget the iweight. If your still not satisfied then go back to the isheep world and live forever in apple harmony.
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That's cuz the iOS designers killed many kittens for that ability sort of like making a philosophers stone
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As I've understood it the iPhone freeze all other tasks and uses all cpu to do the scrolling...
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy
I just wanted to confirm the OP. A good confirmation came from improved scrolling in Adobe Reader, which was horrid across multiple ROMs I've tried. It was a great deal faster with the newest Sprint OTA and GLaDOS 2.1 kernel.
EliWay said:
Could anyone throw in a modified framework.jar for stock ROM or CM9 with scrollingcache disabled? For the Sprint galaxy nexus
Most people think the Galaxy Nexus is pretty smooth, but for us OCD type and especially us former iPhone owners know it's not 60fps smooth.. It's very stuttery due to the scrolling cache... Disabling it makes it MUCH smoother.. Like iPhone 4S smooth.
I'm not sure if this was ever done on other models of the GN but there's nothing like that available for the Sprint version yet. AOKP has that option, but so far there isn't a port, either.
Thanks!
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As I've understood it the iPhone freeze all other tasks and uses all cpu to do the scrolling...
Swype'ed on my CM10 Galaxy
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And jelly bean does not require that for buttery goodness
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The advantange of disabling the scrolling cache is more smoothness.
But what is the advantange, when it is on?
Wgich advantage has the scrolling cache?
hate to echo some users above, but wouldn't scrollling cache set to true/on be better for smoothness?
http://developer.android.com/reference/android/widget/AbsListView.html#attr_android:scrollingCache
For those curious about the scrolling cache here's a video called "the world of ListView" :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skD1fjxSRog (jump to 37:14) .
Even though it's quite an old video, there are still many questions on StackOverflow related to ListView which would get solved by just watching this video.
OP, Learn a little bit about how to use Android and Linux. And then ask your questions.
I use stock CM11 with Smitty's Kernel. OC'd CPU 1.5Ghz and GPU at 512Mhz. ZRAM enabled. And a custom 3800mAh battery for battery.
Gotta say without any additional Linux tweaks my device is flying!
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So guys I created this thread because I am very angry! I have on my nexus the latest paranoid Android build and it is annoying as hell. It reboots often and gets so slow that u can't imagine. Can anyone explain that to me. I tried so many things to fix this but nothing really helped. -.- by the way I am on ak kernel purity v30
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Try a different kernel
Why don't you flash the stock 4.2.2 update. It's fantastic,very smooth, very responsive , and quick. A hell of a lot better then 4.1
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Why don't you flash the stock 4.2.2 update. It's fantastic,very smooth, very responsive , and quick. A hell of a lot better then 4.1
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It's more interesting in terms of new features indeed. Unfortunately is by far more sluggish and buggy than rock stable jzo54k. Scrolling lag that comes after a while take away all the joy of using 4.2.2. It actually made me downgrade to 4.1.2. I've never thought I would admit that but deodexed CNA_3.8.0 feels much smoother and lighter than odexed stock JDQ39 (that feels really smooth right after reboot)
Try latest ak v014 kernel, sounds kernel related, either way that's the best kernel currently for galaxy nexus an more dramatically improve your gnex speed an performance.
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Franco
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Franco
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That's what I'm using over clocked at 1.4GHZ running everything smoothly
Why do people keep suggesting switch kernels? With the quantity of people with lag issues, it's definitely AOSP related. All switching kernels will do is sometimes wipe cache and dalvik or the users usually wipe cache and dalvik which supposedly helps for a bit along with the reboot which definitely helps for a bit. Custom kernels may help performance a bit but they don't clear whatever's happening in the code that causes the issue for many?
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Why do people keep suggesting switch kernels? With the quantity of people with lag issues, it's definitely AOSP related. All switching kernels will do is sometimes wipe cache and dalvik or the users usually wipe cache and dalvik which supposedly helps for a bit along with the reboot which definitely helps for a bit. Custom kernels may help performance a bit but they don't clear whatever's happening in the code that causes the issue for many?
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Its probably not directly AOSP related or else every single android device would have the issue on an AOSP ROM.
If I had to guess I'd say that people just aren't maintaining their phone. They let garbage data build up in the internal storage, collect tons of apps that they almost never use and almost never reboot. With just a little upkeep I've had almost none of the issues people are complaining about and when I did it was gone as soon as I did some tidying up.
I mentioned it very often now in different thread as it seems a very common issue - did you try lagfix from PlayStore? This helped me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39273944&postcount=21
Not a final solution, but it works (for some time) and I hope Google fixes it in Android 5...
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I mentioned it very often now in different thread as it seems a very common issue - did you try lagfix from PlayStore? This helped me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39273944&postcount=21
Not a final solution, but it works (for some time) and I hope Google fixes it in Android 5...
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Actually it fixed my all problems related to performance
I had these slow down problem too for almost 2 months because my available storage was too low (around 1gb).
Then I realized that its related to trimming problem.
So far the combo of lagfix and seeder is working good.
No lag n other problems at all
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If I had to guess I'd say that people just aren't maintaining their phone. They let garbage data build up in the internal storage, collect tons of apps that they almost never use and almost never reboot. With just a little upkeep I've had almost none of the issues people are complaining about and when I did it was gone as soon as I did some tidying up.
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It can be very true. However I use my device in exactly the same way I used to do while running previous versions of JB. I have installed the almost exactly the same amount and sort of apps. I try to keep my gnex clean. I've never had less free memory than 4 GB. To be honest I don't remember when I had to reboot my nexus before 4.2.2 was released cos I've never had this low fps scrolling issue until JDQ39. I am not trying to advertise any rom. I've always been huge fan of stock due to its stability and smoothness, but Purity Rom was the only one I haven't noticed this bug so far.
No response from Thread creator, he is no care with our comments...lol..
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i'm using Rootbox, it's amazing!
Has Asus improved the flash memory used in the new Nexus 7? How is the I/O?
This will be a major factor in others buying the tablet.
Yes they fixed it. Buy one.
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Yes they fixed it. Buy one.
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It's a bit dangerous to make blanket statements like this when you actually have no idea whether this is the case or not, unless you'd like to provide some actual facts/figures to back it up.
How would you like us to test it. Its VASTLY faster than the old N7 no doubt.
Here are some of my Antutu numbers...
35.5MB/sec write
27.8MB/sec read
Andro Bench...
Seq Read: 57.47MB/sec
Seq Write: 17.74MB/sec
Ran Read: 11.99MB/sec
Ran Write: 00.83MB/sec
SQLite Insert: 88.81 TPS
SQLite Update: 100.1 TPS
SQLite Delete: 99.46 TPS
Browser: 75.5ms
Market: 188ms
Camera 183.75ms
Camcorder: 425.25ms
I have about 3Gigs of apps install now, had probably 20 or so running in the background and 40-50 apps overall.
I have one and Comparo of performance between Nexus 7, old Nexus 7, Nexus 4 and Nexus 10*http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2013...ce-preview-a-huge-speed-upgrade-in-every-way/
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The only way to really test this is the hard way. Install stuff until it's down to below 1g free then use it for a few days in a row without rebooting. Does stuff start slowing down, problems loading/wifi/scrolling at the same time, etc?
See anandtech review.
Android 4.3 uses fstrim, which helps with i/o speeds. Will even help the old n7
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It's a bit dangerous to make blanket statements like this when you actually have no idea whether this is the case or not, unless you'd like to provide some actual facts/figures to back it up.
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All.that has to be done is read Anandtech review. It has been fixed and a dramatic improvement over previous model. He has several benchmarks and test figures to back it up.
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See anandtech review.
Android 4.3 uses fstrim, which helps with i/o speeds. Will even help the old n7
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Yes, it will help. Various reports from original nexus7 owners said improvement was drastic. Anantech broke it down as to how the new feature in 4.3 works to achieve this. Its something called Ftrim, I believe. It cleans up and prevents device memory.from being bogged down after its loaded with apps and stuff. So users who updated to 4.3 on OG nexus7 are already seeing improvements. I will be updating both of my nexus7's soon to 4.3.
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Anantech broke it down as to how the new feature in 4.3 works to achieve this. Its something called Ftrim, I believe. It cleans up and prevents device memory.from being bogged down after its loaded with apps and stuff. So users who updated to 4.3 on OG nexus7 are already seeing improvements. I will be updating both of my nexus7's soon to 4.3.
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"Fstrim"
I was using it for the last couple of months on my OG N7 and it helped a lot. The app was called 'lagfix', it manually ran the fstrim utility that was present in android 4.2, but not yet implemented until 4.3
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"Fstrim"
I was using it for the last couple of months on my OG N7 and it helped a lot. The app was called 'lagfix', it manually ran the fstrim utility that was present in android 4.2, but not yet implemented until 4.3
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Thanks for.clarification. I've been away from n7 forums for a while. I.came back when I heard they were updating to 4.3. Sad to hear about team eos going a different direction on Roms. Can't wait to test out first hand how 4.3 improves my OG n7's.
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Thanks for.clarification. I've been away from n7 forums for a while. I.came back when I heard they were updating to 4.3. Sad to hear about team eos going a different direction on Roms. Can't wait to test out first hand how 4.3 improves my OG n7's.
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lol keeping up to date with these forums is like a full-time job, so much...stuff. I think i'll take a break once i get my gen 2 setup. What happened with team eos?
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lol keeping up to date with these forums is like a full-time job, so much...stuff. I think i'll take a break once i get my gen 2 setup. What happened with team eos?
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I believe they no longer supporting team eos Rims or.the one at least on OG nexus7. I haven't read up on the details. But I heard they joined up with another group and going to take this rom or collaboration to a whole new level. Sounds like big things in the works now.for.them.
I.just recently flashed cleanrom 4.0 on my on n7. Its the first rom out with 4.3 build. I'm letting it settle for a while. As I have a million apps updating from playstore since I haven't used the device in over a month. But so far everything looking good. Can't wait to really dive Into it and see how she performs on 4.3. This might hold me off for a while on buying newer model. We will see. But I do want it though..lol I have my LG optimus G pro to satisfy my 1080P cravings for now.
I've only had my new Nexus 7 for about 7 hours, but can say it is VERY fast. I was downloading all my apps and did not suffer the SLOWNESS of my previous Asus devices (TF101 and TF300).
To early to say with absolute certainty, but do far it is FAST and SMOOTH. Oh, and the 1920x1200 display is something to behold
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I've only had my new Nexus 7 for about 7 hours, but can say it is VERY fast. I was downloading all my apps and did not suffer the SLOWNESS of my previous Asus devices (TF101 and TF300).
To early for.com to say with absolute certainty, but do far it is FAST and SMOOTH. Oh, and the 1920x1200 display is something to behold
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I can say the same! I downloaded 20 apps after updating my Nexus, and there was very minimal slowness. I am amazed with this baby!
It will be interesting to see the performance reports come in over the next few weeks...
Any videos that I've seen so far show the new N7 demonstrating noticeable lag. In fact the responsiveness seems on par with that of the 2012 model. Worse, in some videos, when compared to my current 2012 with CM and M-kernel.
Anyway, I'll be waiting for at least a month to see how things settle down (can't rely on just a few videos). As it stands now, for my needs and uses, the V2 doesn't seem worth it based on what I've seen...
Coming from Asus TF300T, which is incredibly, unbearably slow and laggy due to i/o problems, this was a huge concern for me.
Set and setting: I've been using it all day now, have 4 games installed and played, lots of facebook and chrome and youtube. My personal benchmark test is to open everything I use, use it for a few minutes, and then download something while browsing the internet and the facebook app.
Results: If my iPad 4 is 100% lag free, and my Nexus 4 is 88%, and the Asus TF300T is 0%, then the new Nexus 7 is about 75%. It's utterly nowhere near as horrible as the TF300T (which is unusably laggy), but not quite as lag-free as an iPad/iPhone or even a Nexus 4.
tl;dr not lag-free if iOS is the standard, but lag-free compared to previous Asus devices famous for having i/o problems.
Its noticeable coming from the OG N7.
Also the new N7 is supposedly faster then the N4 in all the benchmarks. I don't have an N4 but the benchmarks show a good distance gap between the 2.
This is my first non-tegra tablet and it feels wonderful.
Hopefully my Galaxy Nexus can get some benefit from 4.3. Its been horribly sluggish lately. Its a work phone with minimal apps. I'll try the lag fix on it.
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I would think that a great way to find out whether its any better than the 1st gen N7 is to completely fill the new N7 up with a bunch of movies, magazines, music, etc. and see if it glitches out and lags. Thats how I would test it out first. But I don't have one yet.
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Coming from Asus TF300T, which is incredibly, unbearably slow and laggy due to i/o problems, this was a huge concern for me.
Set and setting: I've been using it all day now, have 4 games installed and played, lots of facebook and chrome and youtube. My personal benchmark test is to open everything I use, use it for a few minutes, and then download something while browsing the internet and the facebook app.
Results: If my iPad 4 is 100% lag free, and my Nexus 4 is 88%, and the Asus TF300T is 0%, then the new Nexus 7 is about 75%. It's utterly nowhere near as horrible as the TF300T (which is unusably laggy), but not quite as lag-free as an iPad/iPhone or even a Nexus 4.
tl;dr not lag-free if iOS is the standard, but lag-free compared to previous Asus devices famous for having i/o problems.
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Off topic, but there's an AOKP based ROM that helps phenomenally with the lag. I have yet to notice any while using it. Just my two pennies.
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Getting back to the fstrim, does that mean that it's finally been implemented properly, and that apps like LagFix will no longer be necessary *in theory*?
Hey guys. I borrowed my brother's old Galaxy Nexus while my HTC One is being repaired and I couldn't help noticing it lags. Immensely. I flashed SlimKat build 3 on it and before that I ran LiquidSmooth. I was under the impression that KitKat was supposed to be less resource hungry.
Is it because it's not "official" (from Google)? Would 4.3 run better, say in the form of CM10.2.1 stable?
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Hey guys. I borrowed my brother's old Galaxy Nexus while my HTC One is being repaired and I couldn't help noticing it lags. Immensely. I flashed SlimKat build 3 on it and before that I ran LiquidSmooth. I was under the impression that KitKat was supposed to be less resource hungry.
Is it because it's not "official" (from Google)? Would 4.3 run better, say in the form of CM10.2.1 stable?
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Try Deleting The (Google +) and if its Build in App try deleting it with Root Permission.
this Should Fix that Lag. It did For mine ^.^
The unfortunate reality is that most Galaxy Nexus units have sluggish internal storage, and any background processes that are trying to write to it while you interact with the phone can create lag in processing and the UI. It was such a relief to switch to the Nexus 5.
Mine is not lagging but not fast too.. But with the right rom and kernel and some tweaking its pretty fast for its age
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I flashed back to 4.3. CM10.2 stable and now it runs better but still lagging. Not as much, though.
lets try cm11 remix .....
Let me know how it is.running slimkat right now and I'm getting pretty much decent performance. We all have to remember this phone is older. I've been trying to justify getting the nexus 5. Will wait until the price comes down a little bit
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Hey guys. I borrowed my brother's old Galaxy Nexus while my HTC One is being repaired and I couldn't help noticing it lags. Immensely. I flashed SlimKat build 3 on it and before that I ran LiquidSmooth. I was under the impression that KitKat was supposed to be less resource hungry.
Is it because it's not "official" (from Google)? Would 4.3 run better, say in the form of CM10.2.1 stable?
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It's just the phone. My work phone is a gnex bone stock. And it lags horribly.
Mine is very fast, no lag at all, even after more than 1700 hours without rebooting :good:
Vanir 4.3.1 (final version)
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This thread is active again. I thought I could get my One yesterday but Telecare messed up and sent me one that had even more tint than before, so I'm stuck with this until after May 9th because my carrier store closes for renovation between April 22nd and May 9th..
C'est la vie.
Since someone already opened a topic on this, I would like to chime in. This started happening too to me two days ago and it's driving me nuts. I must have done something somewhere but I just couldn't find any solutions.
As of two days ago, my Gnex started to lag since I flashed Fancy kernel r50. Serious f-ing lag. Nothing I do seems to help. I've dirty flashed my current rom (OmniMetal), I tried reflashing a previous version of the kernel like I've always done, I tried clean flashing everything again, I tried installing another rom (Paranoid Saberdroid) and whatever option available. The lag won't go away. This ain't your average lag. Even TWRP is lagging. Any suggestions?
SOLVED: It was a rewrite problem, what i did was i ran lagfix(fstrim) app and voila! Fast and speedy again.
Really happy with cm 11 remix, almost no lag.
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As mentioned before some of the nexus's suffer from the degrading EMMC performance. Refer to this thread to make sure which side you are on...
hope that helps :good:
I think cm remix is the most stabile/fast ROM now
Keep in mind you came from a HTC One to a Galaxy Nexus.. That's a big loss of processing power. Another thing is if he's had it OC'd a lot the processor may be in it's final days.
My Thunderbolt gave me the same issues while I waited to get my Gnex.
So i have just upgraded from the Nexus 5 and very happy with most things, but the screen seems very slow to respond. The phone is obviously faster and runs very well, but just scrolling up and down lists, it seems like there is a lag between my finger and the picture. Is this normal? It feels like even the Nexus 5 is much more responsive.
I read a few bits about encryption slowing phones down if its not hardware supported. I had intended on disabling the encryption when i got it but soon found it that there is no easy way to do so. Whats the best procedure to do this and would it make any difference?
Thanks.
I had issue with lag, and even had Google send out a replacement because I thought I had a defective phone. It was unbearably slow, especially when using the camera. I finally broke down and rooted my phone and disabled the encryption. It is a night and day difference! I'm kicking myself for waiting so long. There is an all-in-one tool in the original development thread I used and then installed the Pure Nexus rom.
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caseyweed said:
I had issue with lag, and even had Google send out a replacement because I thought I had a defective phone. It was unbearably slow, especially when using the camera. I finally broke down and rooted my phone and disabled the encryption. It is a night and day difference! I'm kicking myself for waiting so long. There is an all-in-one tool in the original development thread I used and then installed the Pure Nexus rom.
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Thinking lag is a hit and miss because mine didn't lag at all un-rooted and encrypted. Granted that was only like 12 hours of being at work, so an hour usage.
I haven't had any lag on stock encrypted, I have had this phone for 3 weeks, and runs quick and responsive for me
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What do you mean encrypted?
I am getting this phone tomorrow, I want to make the best out of it. Do I root it or do I use stock?
lol0 said:
What do you mean encrypted?
I am getting this phone tomorrow, I want to make the best out of it. Do I root it or do I use stock?
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This device comes with its user storage encrypted out of the box, that way no one can obtain access to your files if you were to lose it. For example the FBI is trying to force Apple to decrypt an iphone for them right now which is bringing a lot of attention to the subject.
Anandtech has shown encryption can lower the storage speeds by about 30% on the 5x versus the LG G4 which uses the exact same NAND. However even at 30% reduced speed the NAND is still considerably faster than both the Nexus 6 and Nexus 5 and theoretically shouldn't cause any issues.
I have no slow downs with my device BTW, it is stock, not rooted, and encrypted as it was coming out of the box.
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What do you mean encrypted?
I am getting this phone tomorrow, I want to make the best out of it. Do I root it or do I use stock?
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bblzd said:
This device comes with its user storage encrypted out of the box, that way no one can obtain access to your files if you were to lose it. For example the FBI is trying to force Apple to decrypt an iphone for them right now which is bringing a lot of attention to the subject.
Anandtech has shown encryption can lower the storage speeds by about 30% on the 5x versus the LG G4 which uses the exact same NAND. However even at 30% reduced speed the NAND is still considerably faster than both the Nexus 6 and Nexus 5 and theoretically shouldn't cause any issues.
I have no slow downs with my device BTW, it is stock, not rooted, and encrypted as it was coming out of the box.
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^^ What he said. And definitely root and flash a custom ROM and kernel. Otherwise you'll be missing out on much of the glory there is in owning a Nexus device. You'll also have more customization options and things should be a bit faster as well.
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^^ What he said. And definitely root and flash a custom ROM and kernel. Otherwise you'll be missing out on much of the glory there is in owning a Nexus device. You'll also have more customization options and things should be a bit faster as well.
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Can you suggest me what ROM?
I have the phone, its dope atm. It's also fast as heck!
I love the fingerprint scanner, so beautiful!
lol0 said:
Can you suggest me what ROM?
I have the phone, its dope atm. It's also fast as heck!
I love the fingerprint scanner, so beautiful!
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Before you get settled in, I suggest you try different ROMS until you find one you like. Some are chock full of features, some are more performance minded. Depends on your tastes. I'm currently running Ubermallow ROM, which is in my signature. As for kernels, it's the same story. All have different features and abilities but I'm running Phasma Kernel which focuses on performance.
Experiment. That's the beauty of a Nexus device. There's something for everyone.
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Before you get settled in, I suggest you try different ROMS until you find one you like. Some are chock full of features, some are more performance minded. Depends on your tastes. I'm currently running Ubermallow ROM, which is in my signature. As for kernels, it's the same story. All have different features and abilities but I'm running Phasma Kernel which focuses on performance.
Experiment. That's the beauty of a Nexus device. There's something for everyone.
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Thanks, will check them out!