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Hey guys,
I loaded CM6 on my Rogers HTC Dream the other day, and I've noticed some serious delays when going back to the home screen from certain apps.
In the Cyanogen Performance settings, I have "lock home to memory" enabled, but I still occasionally get some serious lag on the home.
Basically, I leave an app and when the home screen loads, there are no apps, no widgets, and the bottom task bar doesn't even load the shortcuts. It just shows "LAB" and "RAB" and the main button. It takes quite a few seconds until it finally loads. During this time, you also can't scroll or anything, it's basically just frozen.
Any ideas on how to fix/improve this?
Also, would you guys recommend sticking with the ADW or going over to Launcher Pro? I heard LP might be quicker on the G1?
Thanks
damien8 said:
Hey guys,
I loaded CM6 on my Rogers HTC Dream the other day, and I've noticed some serious delays when going back to the home screen from certain apps.
In the Cyanogen Performance settings, I have "lock home to memory" enabled, but I still occasionally get some serious lag on the home.
Basically, I leave an app and when the home screen loads, there are no apps, no widgets, and the bottom task bar doesn't even load the shortcuts. It just shows "LAB" and "RAB" and the main button. It takes quite a few seconds until it finally loads. During this time, you also can't scroll or anything, it's basically just frozen.
Any ideas on how to fix/improve this?
Also, would you guys recommend sticking with the ADW or going over to Launcher Pro? I heard LP might be quicker on the G1?
Thanks
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Do you have compcache or swap enabled?
Also Launcher Pro is a lot smoother on the G1 than ADW, but it also uses more memory.
G1ForFun said:
Do you have compcache or swap enabled?
Also Launcher Pro is a lot smoother on the G1 than ADW, but it also uses more memory.
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Where do I enable compcache and swap?
Also, do you think that LP would still be faster despite the memory hogging?
Thanks
damien8 said:
Where do I enable compcache and swap?
Also, do you think that LP would still be faster despite the memory hogging?
Thanks
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Well, I would say go ahead and try it. Then remove ADW Launcher altogether once Launcher Pro is installed.
Also you can go to settings/cyanogenmod settings/ performance settings/ Use Compcache should be checked if you want compcache. Also Lock Home in Memory should be checked.
G1ForFun said:
Well, I would say go ahead and try it. Then remove ADW Launcher altogether once Launcher Pro is installed.
Also you can go to settings/cyanogenmod settings/ performance settings/ Use Compcache should be checked if you want compcache. Also Lock Home in Memory should be checked.
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Downloaded Launcher Pro, and removed ADW. Seems a bit smoother.
Still getting lag going to the home screen though.
Any suggestions?
Check out this guide by My_Former_Self. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8397178&postcount=4048
With his tutorial, my CM6 with ADW is running just as fast as the 1.6 Rom I reverted back to after using CM6 before.
Try Zeam launcher. It's less bloated than ADW and Launcher Pro.
I had the same problem after upgrading to CM6. Definitely install swap and firerat's all in one.
Pretty much follow this guide:
http://ip208-100-42-21.static.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773407
I am pretty much in the same situation,
I went with LauncherPro, now can someone post the command how to remove ADW with ADB.
I have ADB running, but I am a newbie in commands.
Thx.
The CM slowdowns and reboots are not bugs, they're features! CM builds have so much linux and so little Android under them that they'll eventually force you to get a real life.
Hey, look at that! You posted in the wrong section!
Is there any way to uninstall CM6 and go back to my stock Android?
damien8 said:
Is there any way to uninstall CM6 and go back to my stock Android?
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As anyone would tell you:
Yes there is a way to go back to stock, but it is easily searchable. Please do a bit of research and you'll have your answer.
Here's a push in the right direction:
http://tinyurl.com/2dsbcvo
nolimit78 said:
As anyone would tell you:
Yes there is a way to go back to stock, but it is easily searchable. Please do a bit of research and you'll have your answer.
Here's a push in the right direction:
http://tinyurl.com/2dsbcvo
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Thanks!
How did you send that Google search bit?
damien8 said:
Thanks!
How did you send that Google search bit?
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NOOOO DON'T GO BACK TO STOCK.
Flash this ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=811620
this is the Fro-Yo OTA for the mytouch 3G. They made it flashable for the g1 and it runs SO MUCH SMOOTHER than CM 6.
Hello,
Does anyone with a Nexus S have experience with running the Supercharger script here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991276
I was hoping to share experiences here and try to find the best settings that work for everyone. I just tried it for the first time today and am currently using the "512hp Unledded" settings, will report back with results after I've had a chance to use the phone for a while.
In the meantime, if anyone is using this script, please do share your experience here.
Thanks!
I've used settings 6 and 9. Tbh I don't noticeuch of a difference with or without it. A solid kernel does alot of what the script does. And I can lock the launcher through cm7. Did however make a substantial difference on my epics available ram.
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I've been running ZuluZulu 1.3.1 (it's pretty old but still works great typically) with Trinity's TEUV kernel at 800MHz and I CONSTANTLY get launcher redraws. I'm hoping this script can fix the problem. Maybe it's just a placebo effect, but I feel like my phone is a tiny bit snappier.
I have noticed that free RAM went from typically 70-75MB free at all times before the script to now about 80-85MB free at all times. I've switched to 512hp balanced settings since 1000hp aggressive was killing all my apps too quickly - messaging and exchange email, both of which i use constantly, were always getting killed so I dialed it back to 512hp balanced for now.
Thanks.
My available ram without it currently is usually 120 to 150, I'm on newest cm7 nightly. Perhaps you have alot more going on on your phone then I do, but you may want to try out a different rom perhaps, and see if you benefit. I'm using tuv10, and my redraws are minimal, don't have launcher locked atm.
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Been running 512hp unledded (balanced) setting for close to a day now, I'm happy to report that my launcher redraws are 100% gone! Not a single one yet!
EDIT: Btw I'm running GO launcher and i have unchecked the "keep home in memory" options as the script suggested. It's working great so far.
corythug said:
My available ram without it currently is usually 120 to 150, I'm on newest cm7 nightly. Perhaps you have alot more going on on your phone then I do, but you may want to try out a different rom perhaps, and see if you benefit. I'm using tuv10, and my redraws are minimal, don't have launcher locked atm.
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Yeah I have too many apps that are running services all the time, it's kind of annoying.. I may give TUV10 a try too, although i'm digging the battery savings from teuv and ezekeel's deep sleep.
It may be time to go back to CM as well.
Newest tuv betas have deep idle also
Follow the leader @corythug
the7thson said:
Been running 512hp unledded (balanced) setting for close to a day now, I'm happy to report that my launcher redraws are 100% gone! Not a single one yet!
EDIT: Btw I'm running GO launcher and i have unchecked the "keep home in memory" options as the script suggested. It's working great so far.
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I'm interested by this. Currently using juwe11 ram optimization that's with NScollab but I get redraws all the time. Using GOlauncher too. Might turn juwe's stuff off and try that, although I've tried in the past and it didn't change s***...
polobunny said:
I'm interested by this. Currently using juwe11 ram optimization that's with NScollab but I get redraws all the time. Using GOlauncher too. Might turn juwe's stuff off and try that, although I've tried in the past and it didn't change s***...
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On the GO launcher home screen, go to Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings and then uncheck "System Persistent" and "Prevent Force Close".
Then run this script and pick the 512hp balanced setting, save and exit.
Boom, launcher redraws gone
corythug said:
Newest tuv betas have deep idle also
Follow the leader @corythug
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Will check out the new TUV. Not to get off-topic, but any particular advantages of running TUV over TEUV?
the7thson said:
On the GO launcher home screen, go to Menu - Preferences - Advanced Settings and then uncheck "System Persistent" and "Prevent Force Close".
Then run this script and pick the 512hp balanced setting, save and exit.
Boom, launcher redraws gone
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Is that really NO redraw? I'm close to no redraw, but let's say I play a game for a while and exit i'll get a 5ish seconds redraw. Same if I surf the web using Dolphin for a while and I play a flash game in it. :/
Edit: The script changed and I don't have the same options as before. What are the values next to the option you're using? :/
polobunny said:
Is that really NO redraw? I'm close to no redraw, but let's say I play a game for a while and exit i'll get a 5ish seconds redraw. Same if I surf the web using Dolphin for a while and I play a flash game in it. :/
Edit: The script changed and I don't have the same options as before. What are the values next to the option you're using? :/
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I have been TRYING to get it redraw to see where it breaks, but it just won't do it I open up a few apps and hit home quickly, this usually used to make the launcher redraw, but it won't do it anymore.
On the script - just pick the 512hp balanced - i don't remember the settings exactly, but amongst the ones I've tested, this one is working pretty good for stability and multitasking.
the7thson said:
I have been TRYING to get it redraw to see where it breaks, but it just won't do it I open up a few apps and hit home quickly, this usually used to make the launcher redraw, but it won't do it anymore.
On the script - just pick the 512hp balanced - i don't remember the settings exactly, but amongst the ones I've tested, this one is working pretty good for stability and multitasking.
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That's the thing, the one I got from the thread, update 8, doesn't have those same options anymore.
I'm using #6 512 HP ledded and #12 hard to kill. Working great so far only redraw I had is when I was moving an app from SD to phone and backed out of the menu quickly while it was in the middle of moving. Very impressed so far.
Now trying #5,#13
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#5 and #12 together seem to work best for me.
Sent
not sure which version is implemented in NexusMV rom, but i don't like the supercharger script one bit
apps never stay in ram, always reloading
ShadowVlican said:
not sure which version is implemented in NexusMV rom, but i don't like the supercharger script one bit
apps never stay in ram, always reloading
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Maybe your right, I thought it was working but decided to remove it to compare. Seems about the same. Oh well.
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the7thson said:
Will check out the new TUV. Not to get off-topic, but any particular advantages of running TUV over TEUV?
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Not a ton, mainly tuv10 is capped at 1ghz instead of 880mgz, i run both. Just was using tuv10 at the time.
Follow the leader @corythug
Anyone else keep getting sense restarting after coming out of an app?
Nope... Not got any other launchers installed have you?
I'm sure this question gets asked daily. It's because the sensation doesn't have that much memory, and sense 3.0 is hogging too much of it. A change of launcher bypasses the issue.
StuartTheFish said:
I'm sure this question gets asked daily. It's because the sensation doesn't have that much memory, and sense 3.0 is hogging too much of it. A change of launcher bypasses the issue.
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strange, my device always has 150+mb free when idle, and 200mb+ when i clean my prog-list,
do you actualy close any programs, or only just use the home-icon.
only a different launcher would not change much, sense will still be present.
No, it's the sense launcher itself that causes the issues, and it's that which keeps restarting, hence seeing the HTC screen while it starts up again. Using a different launcher bypasses the issue entirely, though you do lose the ability to use sense widgets. You still use the sense keyboard and can use HTC's apps though.
I never use the home icon as I don't like leaving apps running, I always quit out of them properly if I can help it. Sense takes up too much of the phone's memory, so when you try to change or exit tasks it runs out of memory and can't do it, hence sense stops and restarts from scratch. Seems to happen more the more apps you have on the phone.
Are you rooted?
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I am now, but it was doing it beforehand too. Hence why I use a different launcher.
I have noticed that on my Sensation the Sense interface restarts every time I close the market using the "Back" key after installing or upgrading one or more apps.
It does not happen if I go back home using the "Home" button...Can anyone else confirm this trend?
Charlie3999 said:
Anyone else keep getting sense restarting after coming out of an app?
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Do you have spareparts installed and if you do is app management set to aggressive?
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I used to have the same problem on stock ROM not-rooted so I rooted my phone and installed a custom ROM. This solved my problem and i have no more random reboots.
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I had this same issue and just removed spare parts and bingo it's not crashing any more. Spare parts was kinda pointless on gingerbread as the battery history was the main thing I used it for but that doesn't work on gb.
Thanks d3vilskid
Edit: spoke too soon.... Stopped happening with browser and home key. But still happening with market place and back button.
If u have root u can try the market app ram manager it balances ram for everyday. Use and the paid version can free ram for multitasking And gaming
Cyanogenmod Nightlies
Tdj's Demonspeed v10 Kernel
ClockWorkMod Recovery 5.0.2.0
You can add HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to the build.prop file, and that will prevent Rosie (the launcher) from being killed/restarted by the memory manager.
pakraider said:
You can add HOME_APP_ADJ=1 to the build.prop file, and that will prevent Rosie (the launcher) from being killed/restarted by the memory manager.
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True! Just did it yesterday and problem solved! Not a single reload since. And I had a LOT of them. Unfortunately you have to be rooted...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1151771&page=2
search for rorycs post, he explained it .
Hi guys,
Since the AOSP ICS builds I noticed that when the Phone app is not in memory it opens very slow. The next time you open it is almost instant. I thought that it would be fixed in the OTA, and even if it is a little faster it is still quite frustrating sometimes. Tried many roms/kernels and even if in some configurations it open faster, it is still slow.
Since I dont use the Phone that much, almost every time that I use it it is not in the memory and it is slow. Anyone has an idea to fix it, like a hack to make it persistent in the memory?
Thanks.
Bump. Is there a way to keep it in memory ? Maybe giving it a special permission like the launcher will help. I will take a look...
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This is my only problem with ICS - I've tried a few memory management programs to see if I could keep the dialer, or contacts, persistent in memory, but nothing works. When I launch the dialer, the application 'Contacts' ('com.android.contacts', which seems to be the new ICS 'People' app) is shown as an 'active application' in my 'SystemPanel' app off the Market, and as long as that stays as an active app then the dialer usually re-launches straight away when pressed the next time, sometimes with only a small bit of lag if the screen has been of for a minute or two. When the 'contacts' app is shut down by the system, I guess when you open other apps up that need memory, the dialer lags again.
All the time, the process 'Phone' ('com.android.phone') seem to be sitting there as an 'Internal System Process' and seems to be persistent, but that alone doesn't make the dialer launch quickly, the 'contacts' app needs to be active as well.
My observations, but I am not a techie.
actually i recently read a thread here on XDA that addressed this issue. it involved a command on the terminal that allowed you to prioritize certain apps. too bad i can't seem to find that thread anymore!
found it! it involves using the Renice command. you can run it as an init.d script
or demo it out using the prioritzer apk (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1224125) kind thanks to this developer for creating the app. it works great!
all i did, was set the phone and contact app to -20 priority. it loads MUCH faster... try it and report back.
here are more links related to renice
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1271637#17746874
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401858
Great, thanks for coming back on this, this sounds interesting - I'm not rooted at the moment, I will look into doing this as I think it would be worth it just to sort out this problem, as well as the other benefits. I will report back with my results!
I decided not to root in order to fix this, I've gone a different way with the dialer - exDialer has a polished looking ICS theme and I installed that to see how it would work, and it works great. It opens up consistently quicker, maybe due to the 'Keep in Memory' option that it has. I haven't had one laggy episode with it yet. Most other third party dialers don't look so good but this has a great ICS look, has smart dial, and a great call history function, and it's free (or you can donate as I did). Worth a look for anyone having similar problems.
I would still go back to the stock dialer if it worked properly, maybe a future update will solve this without having to root.
Hi guys,
an old thread, but i would like to now if there is something new about the "bug" that the Phone app opens slow if it is not in memory.
I'm new to the nexus s and running the newest skank Version.
On my Desire S the phone app opens much faster .
Cheers
EbiEre said:
Hi guys,
an old thread, but i would like to now if there is something new about the "bug" that the Phone app opens slow if it is not in memory.
I'm new to the nexus s and running the newest skank Version.
On my Desire S the phone app opens much faster .
Cheers
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One thing to keep in mind is that the Desire S has more RAM.
Mine opens up instantly however. Have you rebooted after installing the rom?
I remember on GB it was instant! On ICS it is indeed very slow. Hopefully JB fixes it...
rasengan82 said:
I remember on GB it was instant! On ICS it is indeed very slow. Hopefully JB fixes it...
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That's funny because mine doesn't even take a second. :silly:
Same here if not in memory, i can easily notice certain lag on ics roms on my phone, when opening certain apps.
Yeah i did.
Hm Sounds like i have to live with it, or does someone have an alternative way to Set the priority for apps. The one mentioned earlier does Not work for me.
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Thanks for the suggestion to try exDialer. The phone lag was really irritating me and this did the trick. With ics dark theme, it's a perfect complement to bugles beast. Hopefully this will be fixed in 4.1, but till then ...
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Hello,
Today I have flashed Slimbean into Nexus S and it has the Holo Launcher HD as the stock launcher and I dont like it much.
Also I have bought NOVA Prime and its the main launcher I use on all my devices and I want to intergrate it to the system as the stock launcher and remove Holo HD completely. what im trying to achieve is save some ram that native launcher using while its in background.
I have read couple of articles says rename the NOVA apk as the native launcher and place it in system/app folder. but almost everyone replied had said that it leads to force closes. and also I think there's something missing too. what about the app data folder? shouldn't it be replace the native one too?
so can you please guide me on how to achieve this correctly?
Thank you for your time.
suspect008 said:
Hello,
Today I have flashed Slimbean into Nexus S and it has the Holo Launcher HD as the stock launcher and I dont like it much.
Also I have bought NOVA Prime and its the main launcher I use on all my devices and I want to intergrate it to the system as the stock launcher and remove Holo HD completely. what im trying to achieve is save some ram that native launcher using while its in background.
I have read couple of articles says rename the NOVA apk as the native launcher and place it in system/app folder. but almost everyone replied had said that it leads to force closes. and also I think there's something missing too. what about the app data folder? shouldn't it be replace the native one too?
so can you please guide me on how to achieve this correctly?
Thank you for your time.
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If you go to "slimcenter" in the phone settings, there is a place where you can delete system apps. There should be one that is called "launcher2.apk" that you can remove, then you should only be left with nova.
Force Closes repeatedly
123go! said:
If you go to "slimcenter" in the phone settings, there is a place where you can delete system apps. There should be one that is called "launcher2.apk" that you can remove, then you should only be left with nova.
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Thank you very much for your reply. Slim 3.1 didnt have that slim center. but I managed to do this from using aroma file manager in CWM.
but as every other one said, it leads to force closes every time. After the boot, nova repeatedly closing itself.
is this the only method? what about the data folder? would it be the reason?
suspect008 said:
Thank you very much for your reply. Slim 3.1 didnt have that slim center. but I managed to do this from using aroma file manager in CWM.
but as every other one said, it leads to force closes every time. After the boot, nova repeatedly closing itself.
is this the only method? what about the data folder? would it be the reason?
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I have no idea what could be causing the FC's. I have not done this myself. Maybe what I would suggest, is to leave that launcher there, and just disable it from the app menu. I don't think that program uses too much space if its just sitting there.
123go! said:
I have no idea what could be causing the FC's. I have not done this myself. Maybe what I would suggest, is to leave that launcher there, and just disable it from the app menu. I don't think that program uses too much space if its just sitting there.
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for now yeah I replaced it and now working fine and nova set as default. you know our nexus dont have much ram. with marmite bigmem and after disabling all the unnecessary google apps and even by disabling hangouts, moving youtube like those to sdcard, I only free ram around 160 at startup. however thank you very much for your advices.
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for now yeah I replaced it and now working fine and nova set as default. you know our nexus dont have much ram. with marmite bigmem and after disabling all the unnecessary google apps and even by disabling hangouts, moving youtube like those to sdcard, I only free ram around 160 at startup. however thank you very much for your advices.
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no problem! this phone is showing its age sometimes thats for sure! But its still great, and I would be sad if I upgraded. This thing has treated me well for over 2 years!