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Problems with LauncherPro Plus

Hello guys,
I'm using LauncherPro Plus since a long time now, but since a few days I have some problems with it.
Today I had a lot of FCs in the morning, fixed that (almost) with new memory usage settings.
And very often I get the "Problem while loading widget" error, which is quite annoying. I have to restart LauncherPro or delete the widget and place it again. The new memory usage settings did make it much better, but the problem still exists.
I even had FCs with 102MB free RAM, so it isn't RAM related.
My dalvik heapsize is 26MB, wasn't better with 32MB...
My memory usage settings are:
Memory usage preset:
Medium
Only clicked "Use homescreen caches" on the page
Homescreen cache type: Compressed
Other settings:
Elastic scrolling on, 3D drawer on
My screen configuration:
Can someone help me to fix these things?
Thanks

Fwiw compressed cache caused me bad lag issues the last time I used LPP.
Compressing or decompressing anything will need system resources.
Might be worth a shot.
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Since yesterday evening it's stable again, but before I could use normal instead of compressed.
I have to use compressed, otherwise it gets unstable and I get the "problem loading widget" thing again
But even with my settings it's very smooth.
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I loved LauncherPro and was with it since day one on my phone, but recently it gave me almost the same problems that you have and i tested few other launchers (wich was a bit of a hasle 'cause most of them are crap). I'm currently with GO Launcher Ex and i can confirm it's the ONLY ONE whos been able to keep up with the outstanding performance of LauncherPro.

[Q] phone slowing down after rom install!

So I have had a few roms on my droid 2. liberty 1.5 and the latest fission rom. I notice that after a few weeks of use, the phone starts lagging. I clear cache as much as I can and I always delete tasks that are running that are not being used anymore. Any ideas on what the problem may be? I have clockwork installed and I clear cache from there. Also from titanium backup. Any suggestions?
I am currently running Fission 2.5.7 overclocked to 1.2ghz.
Thank you!

I would recommend downloading the latest fission rom manager application from teamdefuse's website and then installing it on your phone, from there you can download a newer version of fission (fission 2.6.1) and that should speed up your phone. Also task managers can often slow your phone down. I try and make it a priority to not have a lot of un-needed apps installed and just occasionally look through my app drawer and clean it up. Also if you open up the app "spare-parts" (which should be installed by default on fission) you can look at which apps are using up the most memory and battery life.
If you download the app quadrant standards you can run a quick test and it will show a bunch of information about your system and how fast your phone is compared to other phones and other roms.
Other little things that help are using a faster web browser like opera mini, dolphin browser, or dolphin browser mini.
Another thing that helps is removing widgets from your homescreen, I only use one widget on my whole launcher, ClockrEvolution (I'm really minimalist lol).
Overclocking can also use up your battery life and on the DROID 2 overclocking won't really help that much because you can't go that high, if you could go to 1.5 stably that would be a different story
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ljbaumer is correct about the task managers.
Android has a built in automatic task killer that works far better than any one you can get on the market. It will kill apps only when more memory is needed. Android was made to put as many apps in its memory as possible to make your apps load faster. When you kill all your tasks, Android will instantly start loading them back in the memory, which actually slows your phone down and eats up battery life because your making it work harder.
The only reason I keep a task manager on my phone is to kill any app that may freeze or start acting funny. I never kill all tasks on my phone.

Thank you all for your replies. Took them both into consideration and now I have less lag and jitter!
Thanks!

nice! just click the thanks button at the bottom of our posts

Launcher Comsumption

Well since I'm always looking for the lightest launcher (not that my phone is slow but I want a launcher just to play my 3d intensive games), I decided to post my findings about various Launchers here, I'll add more as I test them, this is using Task Manager when the Launcher is running as the main app (because if I launch GO for example and it isn't the default one, it will show the same RAM usage but 0% CPU usage), I measured at least five times each so I could get an average - that's using a Milestone 2 (Droid 2) non overclocked, rooted:
Home (Motorola): CPU 5%ish, RAM 20-25 MB
Go Launcher: CPU 10-12%, RAM 20-31 MB
Launcher 7: CPU 10-12%, RAM 22-25MB
Regina Launcher 3D: CPU 1-5%, RAM 15-25MB
Zeam: CPU 0%, RAM 9-12 MB
Zeam would always give me 0% CPU no matter what except when it was starting (drawing icons, app drawer and all) when it gave me 40%ish CPU and 50mb RAM.
LauncherPro would never appear on Task Manager so if anyone has a tip on which program to use to measure its RAM and CPU consumption I'd love a suggestion.
Since Dungeon Hunter 2 is the only game that constantly gives me slowdowns (other demanding games like Eternal Legacy, Reckless Racing and Spider Man Total Mayhem almost never show slowdowns, Hero of Sparta does but al reviews say it was badly coded compared to the iPhone version so I thought there was no point in using it to test Launchers), I used that game as a 'benchmark'.
I was only able to play it without it slowing down constantly when I performed certain actions (the animation of the trasure flipping when you open a chest) and having 90% smooth battles even using the fairy spells (which are full of effects) using Zeam. The game was almost unplayable using default Motorola Blur Home (although I tested Spider Man, which is the fastest action 3D game I have, and it worked flawlessly), and I'd say LauncherPro, even leaving all widgets (facebook, twitter, sms, calendar) on, delivered an experience almost as good as Zeam, same can be said for Regina Launcher although the Launcher itself slows down because it's all 3D and stuff. Performance under Launcher7 wasn't good.
I'm going to test ADW and the Gingerbread launchers now (have 4 of them, one by Steve Lin, one by someguy373 - sorry forgot the name, HELauncher and another one called Gingerbread Launcher like the 373 guy's one), but I'm hoping someone will come with better way to test hi-end game performance under several launchers (since in my case it's the only thing that seems to be affected by them, I charge my phone daily and since Droid2's battery sucks anyway I can't say I have noticed battery differences among them).

Awesome info Although I'm surprised at the moto home using up so little resources though
And to see Launcher Pro, If you're using Advanced Task manager go into Settings then change the security level to low so you can see all the Apps and processes running, Launcher Pro should be one of them

MacaronyMax said:
Awesome info Although I'm surprised at the moto home using up so little resources though
And to see Launcher Pro, If you're using Advanced Task manager go into Settings then change the security level to low so you can see all the Apps and processes running, Launcher Pro should be one of them
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Oh thanks, I'll install advanced Task Man to see, there are other launchers I can't see as well such as the gingerbread ones.

LauncherPro has a debug feature IIRC, it should be in the Advanced settings.

TheDeadCpu said:
LauncherPro has a debug feature IIRC, it should be in the Advanced settings.
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Yeah it's showing me 15-25mb most of the time.
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With atrix I use adw paid version with every animation possible but HTC magic 32b I needed all the resources I could get and use zeam. Thanks for the info
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Try GO, too. It appears to consume little overhead while offering the best features of adw ex and lpp (plus I like its task management widget).
I'm curious to find out what its footprint is in comparison to the others
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mkioshi said:
LauncherPro would never appear on Task Manager so if anyone has a tip on which program to use to measure its RAM and CPU consumption I'd love a suggestion.
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You can try Home Manager for the RAM usage (about 28 -32MB on my phone - X8, stock 2.1). Still no clue to the CPU consumption tho.

Thanks
Thank you so much for this info, is very very helpfull.
Currently I'm using ADW Ex, but I will look for either Zeam of LauncherPro.
Zeam is a very good launcher, I hope to get more features in the next updates.
Thanks again.

This pretty much sums up why I use the Zeam Launcher over other feature-heavy launchers like LPP, GO or ADW. Of course, the results are more or less expected except for the MotoBlur. @[email protected]
If anyone can provide the info regarding the usage of the Touchwiz and Sense, I'll really appreciate it. I'm itching to go back to my home launcher again. XD

Have you tried HeLauncher?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.handlerexploit.launcher_reloaded&feature=search_result
Seems like it might be light but im not sure...

With the built in launcherpro memory useage display the highest I see is 10.x MB, and for the most part it hovers around 9.5-9.8MB.
EDIT: I found launcherpro in Task Manager as android.process.acore. Task manager has it consuming about 28MB of memory and 0-1% CPU.
Sent from my cm7 Aria.

Ics update bugs

I have recently updated my GT-p6200 to ICS(Hate it) and found lots of bugs.
1. Message Icon in the home screen is showing 1 unread message without any unread one (The Menu Message icon is Normal) , when i restart all backs to normal.Please hit a solution for me.
2. I had Chrome like New tab feature with fav sites widgets in my old gingerbread browser and this ICS browser is normal, Any thing can be done for this?
3. It hangs a lot when many apps are opened simultaneously even when Ram is free.
4. Everytime I come back to Homescreen after closing any app it take time to come to normal ,it seems like it refreshes everytime.Please give some solution at-least for the first question as it is the most irritating one.
5.Do someone have detail explanation for developer option s in settings.
Please reply with solutions.
Thanks

1. You might have killed the process using some task manager. Not sure. If you're gonna use Nova at number 4, try Tesla Unread Plugin.
2. Download Chrome Browser
3. You may have an app or some apps that causes lag. In my experience, playing some huge games while doing other stuffs(e.g. Browser, Slices, and etc.) did not lag at all. Investigate as to which app is causing the intensive usage of your CPU.
4. Change the stock Launcher to either Apex or Nova. There are others too like Go Launcher HD for Pad and etc. I personally recommend Apex or Nova. Make sure to make it as default and keep in memory for less withdraws. Also you might be using the built-in task manager to kill all apps at once, this apparently also kills the stock launcher if you are not on the homescreen or app drawer. Same goes even for other launchers. Avoid using that without being on the homescreen.
5. Google that.

Hi
Could someone also check if the front camera is downgraded to 0.3 megapixel?
Mine says 640x480 after official ics update, philippines
Tnx

Graffiti Exploit said:
1. You might have killed the process using some task manager. Not sure. If you're gonna use Nova at number 4, try Tesla Unread Plugin.
2. Download Chrome Browser
3. You may have an app or some apps that causes lag. In my experience, playing some huge games while doing other stuffs(e.g. Browser, Slices, and etc.) did not lag at all. Investigate as to which app is causing the intensive usage of your CPU.
4. Change the stock Launcher to either Apex or Nova. There are others too like Go Launcher HD for Pad and etc. I personally recommend Apex or Nova. Make sure to make it as default and keep in memory for less withdraws. Also you might be using the built-in task manager to kill all apps at once, this apparently also kills the stock launcher if you are not on the homescreen or app drawer. Same goes even for other launchers. Avoid using that without being on the homescreen.
5. Google that.
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Thanks alot mate but i found soln for the ist prob.
Just had to uncheck kill task after leaving in developer option and standard event in process option.
And thanks for answering other questns

Better Battery Life for Core(Rooted)

Here are some tips to increase the battery life of our galaxy core
Requirements-
1.Rooted galaxy core
2.Link2SD(download from google play)
Steps-
1.I noticed that the display used the most % of battery. Then I found out it was because of Touchwiz launcher.
so first thing you should is use a different launcher, eg. HOLO, Nova, Apex
After installing the launcher open link2sd and freeze TouchWiz Home(optional)
2.there are some apps which we don't use and which consume a lot of juice, so use link2sd n freeze them
here's the list of apps-
1.Clock(digital)
2.Clock(funky)
3.Clock(modern)
4.Dual clock(analogue)
5.Dual clock(digital)
6.Favourite Apps
7.Game Hub
8.Music Player(optional)(the default music player uses a lot of battery, if you use other music players the freeze this, otherwise leave it)
9.PageBuddyNotiSvc
10.Samsung Apps
11.Simple Alarm Clock
12.Yahoo! Finance
13.Yahoo! News
Do all these n see if you notice the difference..

I had already applied nova launcer ... but didn't new how to remove touchwiz launcher .... anyways thanks a lot !!
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does this speed my phone up to ? need to know for testing purposes

omaroe666 said:
does this speed my phone up to ? need to know for testing purposes
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Well It does... The apps I listed use 2-3mb ram each, so if you freeze them more ram will be available which will make your phone faster.
if you want performance over style then install SickSky launcher(free on play store).

kulboyfz said:
Well It does... The apps I listed use 2-3mb ram each, so if you freeze them more ram will be available which will make your phone faster.
if you want performance over style then install SickSky launcher(free on play store).
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yeah i used it and if i use super task killer it will give 400-450 instead of 300-340 ;o HUGE differents!
I now use apex launcher with a galaxy s4 theme looks almost 100% like Real touchwiz. but the one thing that bothers me is that is no labels under the dock icons can i add labels to dock icons on apex ?
GOOD GUIDE BTW!!!

To freeze system apps you neither need root nor any app like Link2sd.All non essential apps can be disabled from application manager itself.Just go to settings/application manager/all and click the app you want to disable and then simply click on disable.To enable just click on enable to enable it again.

wow it's really works, now i have 500mb ram free space . thanks a lot:laugh::good:

im get a better battery life more, thanks for this thread

or just uninstall those bloatwares if your phone's rooted.

Hey thanks, i want to reshare with all my friend

#just_a_note
please don't remove any system app .. this might cause system instability ..just greenify apps that are not in use .. use 2 background processes as maximum thanks

there are many sys apps which are BLOATWARES , you can safely remove them(only non important ones)
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kulboyfz said:
Here are some tips to increase the battery life of our galaxy core
Requirements-
1.Rooted galaxy core
2.Link2SD(download from google play)
Steps-
1.I noticed that the display used the most % of battery. Then I found out it was because of Touchwiz launcher.
so first thing you should is use a different launcher, eg. HOLO, Nova, Apex
After installing the launcher open link2sd and freeze TouchWiz Home(optional)
2.there are some apps which we don't use and which consume a lot of juice, so use link2sd n freeze them
here's the list of apps-
1.Clock(digital)
2.Clock(funky)
3.Clock(modern)
4.Dual clock(analogue)
5.Dual clock(digital)
6.Favourite Apps
7.Game Hub
8.Music Player(optional)(the default music player uses a lot of battery, if you use other music players the freeze this, otherwise leave it)
9.PageBuddyNotiSvc
10.Samsung Apps
11.Simple Alarm Clock
12.Yahoo! Finance
13.Yahoo! News
Do all these n see if you notice the difference..
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Your tutorial gave me a significant increase in battery life!
Off topic:
I also added these apps to be frozen, since I don't use these apps, I'm using Titanium Backup Pro.
List of Apps:
14. ChatOn
15. Email
16. Gmail
17. Google Play Newsstand
18. Help
19. Google Play Music (I'm using Poweramp Pro)
20. S voice
21. Talk
22. Youtube (using Viral Pro since youtube buffers so long)
@kulboyfz, Thanks +1 given!:good::highfive:

Or simply change your rom

How do you root samsung core 2?
How do you root samsung core 2?
kulboyfz said:
Here are some tips to increase the battery life of our galaxy core
Requirements-
1.Rooted galaxy core
2.Link2SD(download from google play)
Steps-
1.I noticed that the display used the most % of battery. Then I found out it was because of Touchwiz launcher.
so first thing you should is use a different launcher, eg. HOLO, Nova, Apex
After installing the launcher open link2sd and freeze TouchWiz Home(optional)
2.there are some apps which we don't use and which consume a lot of juice, so use link2sd n freeze them
here's the list of apps-
1.Clock(digital)
2.Clock(funky)
3.Clock(modern)
4.Dual clock(analogue)
5.Dual clock(digital)
6.Favourite Apps
7.Game Hub
8.Music Player(optional)(the default music player uses a lot of battery, if you use other music players the freeze this, otherwise leave it)
9.PageBuddyNotiSvc
10.Samsung Apps
11.Simple Alarm Clock
12.Yahoo! Finance
13.Yahoo! News
Do all these n see if you notice the difference..
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I'm confused, do these for get more RAM or for better battery?