I had this idea that it would be great if ice cream sandwich would allow to replace the lockscreen just like it is possible with launcher, mediaplayer, keyboard etc.
I know there are alternatives like widgtlocker but they dont seamlesly integrate into the system and often cause lag and problem (at least for me)
How do you see chances this might become true? Is there a way to let the AndroidDev Team know of this wish?
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Hi,
Actually, every application running on an android device needs 2 seconds to be launched, as a security. I don't think that ICS will change that, even if I know that lot of people would love.
Nevertheless, I assume that your phone is rooted, so it shouldn't be a problem for you, as you give the rights to the application not to wait the 2-second delay ;-)
Excuse for my English,
Florian69
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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Okay, so I'm running Sky Ice Cream Sandwhich and I have done everything correctly I believe. Every once in a while, Ice Cream Sandwhich launcher would FC and sort of put me in this annoying loop that would bring me back to what I was doing before. It's not that big of a deal but I really like the launcher and want to continue using it.
I upgraded the launcher to version 4 (or 1.4, whichever it is) because I prefer that look instead of the previous version (the black bar at the bottom looks very ugly to me and throws off everything).
Is there a way to stop the launcher from force closing?
go to setting manage application and clear data.
if you still have fcs uninstall and install it again.
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Okay, so I'm running Sky Ice Cream Sandwhich and I have done everything correctly I believe. Every once in a while, Ice Cream Sandwhich launcher would FC and sort of put me in this annoying loop that would bring me back to what I was doing before. It's not that big of a deal but I really like the launcher and want to continue using it.
I upgraded the launcher to version 4 (or 1.4, whichever it is) because I prefer that look instead of the previous version (the black bar at the bottom looks very ugly to me and throws off everything).
Is there a way to stop the launcher from force closing?
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Still FCs :/ Guess I gotta use something else
anybody come across with the FONT error? i mean like if you are searching apps on play store (market) and suddenly the word become blur and unreadable. but after i reboot the phone it works just fine. Any comment would be appreciated .
This is a known problem of ICS ROMs, which is expected to be fixed when HTC release ICS for this phone.
Sometimes restating the Launcher works, but a reboot is guaranteed to clean things up.
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okie dokie. thank you for the reply ~
I'm trying cyanogenmod 10.1 for the first time and was on ICE DS before.
Now in android 4.2.2 the included mail app differs from the one which was included in ICE DS.
Which app was in ICE DS and is it possible to get them working in CM10.1?
The one in cm is not as friendly as in ice ds. for example; only showing the unread mail from several folders.
The mail app in ice ds is part of the whole sense framework /environment, so I'm quite sure it's not possible to get it working on any cm rom.
You could look at mail Apps from play store, maybe there's something there you would like better than the stock cm one.