Hello all. I'm a recent convert to the transformer from an HP touchpad. I'm using the stock transformer setup that has been rooted via the one click method. I'm using Kernel-ICS-V21.11-OC1700-fb_607 as my kernel and it's OCed to 1400. I also tried this on 1200 and the stock 1000. I have an app from time warner that lets me watch my stations on the tablet. On my TP, it runs well. It's like looking at HD TV. On the transformer, (skype and groove IP were loaded at the time I admit), the video is choppy. It's like . . a comparison between an onboard video card and a dedicated. I'm also a tad shocked to see at the same OCing, my TP has outscored the transformer on AnTuTu. Shouldn't the transformer be performing better? I don't mind the similar benchmarks but I'm really shocked at the video performance. Is there a ROM I should try that might be better? I'd really like to see the video of the TWC app at least being equal to how it is on my TP.
Would something like the android revo rom with its forced GPU rendering be better? I do admit the TP has chainfire loaded but my transformer does not. Could that be it?
Certainly give a custom rom a try, does the choppy playback happen on apps such as Youtube etc? I'm on Revolver and i haven't had any video playback issues but I cant say i remember playback issues on stock ether
You might also try to flash the new nvidia codecs. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24534878 guevor has a link to it in that thread.
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I'll make a back up and try the nvidia codecs and see how the performance is on something like netflix, YT or crackle.
Well with the new codec, "the set IO to busy under interactive" tweak and increasing the OC up to 1400, my AnTuTu went up about 900 or so. Prior to all the tweaks, I checked YT and Netflix. They ran great. Even after the tweaks, the TWC app still has some stutter especially during motion. I noticed swiping animations seem to be really fast now. It really does seem to be performing well except for this app. I even killed a live wallpaper and some tasks just to see if it was causing issues and it didn't help.
Installed Android Revo as my ROM but sadly, I can't test right now. TWC released a new app so we have to wait for somebody to remove the root checks again.
The android revo ROM (or possibly the updated version from TWC) is now performing as it should. As a matter of fact, it looks beautiful. If anybody lost their ability to use the app due to the new update, check out this thread here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29339067#post29339067
Basically, superuser needs to be renamed.
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So I have always a lot of buffering lag/stutter when trying to watch YouTube videos on my wifi xoom. I thought it was just a network issue and have been ignoring it. A couple of weeks ago my wife got an Ipad 2, I noticed she had none of the issues I was having. We are sitting side by side watching the same HD videos with the same wifi connections but hers plays flawlessly while mine buffers so much and so often it is practically unwatchable. I did some Googling and found lots of posts of people with similiar problems but no solutions that work. Any ideas?
Xoom: Wifi, rooted, Tiamat Tom 1.1, oc CPU at 1.5, oc gpu, huluified flash
i was reading it's a custom kernel issue in another post. flash to stock and try it.
I have the same problem on my stock wifi model.
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i was reading it's a custom kernel issue in another post. flash to stock and try it.
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Thank for the suggestion but I had the same issue before I rooted and customized.
I've noticed the same thing (though to be fair I also have a bad internet connection). But I actually get better performance if I use Splashtop and buffer the video on my computer then stream it to the Xoom.
I changed my home router to a netgear that can handle the ton of data and speed of hd youtube videos. That was the only way I could get data faster. Seems the older routers just can't get it fast enough.
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I changed my home router to a netgear that can handle the ton of data and speed of hd youtube videos. That was the only way I could get data faster. Seems the older routers just can't get it fast enough.
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I can get smooth streaming HD video on every other device in my house (Logitech Revue Google TV, HTC Inspire, all computers wifi and wired)...it's only on my Xoom that this happens.
interesting! My ipad used to stutter really bad. That's one of the reasons I switched to the xoom (which is smooth as butter).
So I thought this was interesting, I tried out Maxthon browser today and YouTube ran smoothly on HD videos for the first time since I bought the Xoom. Coincidence? Maybe, time will tell. Just thought I would share.
I don't even use the YouTube app the browser works much faster and probably better than the ipad make sure you have flash 10.3 installed though.
hi all.
great phone had mine since 7july,luckily not had any problems like, heat or battery etc..
everyone seen does get impressed.
just to let know when i play in built video clips on 3d tv it only play audio not video, some sort of copyright.
"unauthorised video output" message comes up.
plays the games and ur own recordings on the big screen ok though.
have fun
Well I'm glad you don't have the problems with battery and heat but unfortunately I got the mentioned issue and much more such as random boot ups crash of the android system eg but never the less I still love the phone and always a show stealer with this phone.great to watch 3d content. I get sometimes frustrated with the fon. We need a lot of optimisation for this fon
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Well I'm glad you don't have the problems with battery and heat
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I got these too.
To be quite honest i've had the phone since july 5th, stock froyo i dont use that crap of performance pack.
And untill now no issues, fast as hell, around 35 app running with no lags, today i ran a test i opened 20 of my downloaded apps while i was listening music with Winamp, Browsing with the native browser, and downloading 2 songs one with the browser and the other with the Mediafire app, and opened a 3D game and the phone managed to open the game and execute it smoothly; got a little warm but not like the reports that i've been reading here of extremely high temps.
Having said that i cannot wait untill Gingerbread with full support for dualcores is out.
Overall is a superb phone, feels like a brick in your hand, very fast, excellent design, bright and responsive screen.
Im very pleased with this handset.
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I'm not sure about this "full support for dual-cores" business as being sat on top of Linux a lot of the OS should already be utilising dual core. In fact it MUST be, as things like UAE4Android runs games full speed yet on my N900 overclocked to 1Ghz it could not, so clearly its utilising both cores.
You will notice despite running Android 2.2.2 the O3D is running the same kernel version as 2.3.4 (which doesn't necessarily mean it is IDENTICAL to the kernel 2.3.4 uses, I do not know). So the O3D is likely already benefiting from all the SMP kernel enhancements from Gingerbread.
Of course it might be Dalvik that required rewriting for dual-core, in which case some apps will certainly see a boost in performance. I have no idea how to tell what apps are using native code vs Java code.
This discussion also makes me wonder what on earth is going on: http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/browse_thread/thread/b754408b9af17e55?pli=1
The phone is fast enough as it is I just want it to have slightly better battery as its poor, so hoping the move to 2.3 will help out as its got better power management.
So you think those problems are rooted in the performance pack? If so I should get rid of it as I have quite few random boot ups
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Hi, I've noticed with ICS Roms the video playback is very jerky and low quality compared to GB which could play the same video files smoothly. I am talking about a 720p movie but I get the same thing with the recorded videos from the phone's camera.
Any ideas as to why this is and how it can be improved?
I'm currently running Insert Coin 5.1.1, Sensation XE, latest firmware 3.32.
PS I've also noticed the fruit ninja seems kind of pixelated on ICS so i'm guessing it's a general graphics issue with the whole OS.
even i am on the same rom........and i noticed that while playing video the screen gets dim itself even when on full brightness and auto brightness off
Is the force gpu turned on in dev settings? I personally think its equal if not better.. (also talking 720p mkv's)
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I just tried forcing GPU, didn't help much if at all.
I remember watching the same movie when I first got my phone and looking at the quality in awe, now that I'm on ICS I'm disappointed.
Hopefully someone will know how to fix.
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I just tried forcing GPU, didn't help much if at all.
I remember watching the same movie when I first got my phone and looking at the quality in awe, now that I'm on ICS I'm disappointed.
Hopefully someone will know how to fix.
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Been using VI ICS for a while now and watched a few mins of Cowboys and Aliens and Transformers3 without issues.
For me, I think playback is a bit smoother than GB. Could be a placebo though lol.
I was just browsing around and saw that theres an app called System Tuner that tells you if the second core is running...found out that the second core on my phone was disabled!
I enabled it and success! my video played so smoothly it was beautiful once again
So it's probably a kernel issue rather than ICS issue. (can't remember whether i chose OC Kernel or Stock)
I'm wondering if anyone can weigh in on how their device performs out of the box. I got mine on Saturday and unlocked it and am thinking of installing some of CM9's work because I've always like what he's done on the Droids, but I'm noticing that this tablet, for lack of a better way to say, is awful.
It freezes all the time. When you get into a the browser, whether it's stock or chrome, the pages are unresponsive to zoom in and out. I mean ultimately your action will be performed, but I've seen it take 5 seconds. It's actually unbearable. My D4 NEVER has this problem EVER and the tablet should blow the D4 away.
How does everyone else's tf300 work? And will custom ROM's improve this awful experience? I don't want to have to take it back and I won't if there is potential somewhere that I'm not realizing. I have 10 days left to decide and right now, it's a no-go. So if anyone can share their experience I'd love to hear it.
I bought my tf300 yesterday, and couldn't be happier. I unlocked it and installed aokp this morning and things have been great. Haven't noticed any lag viewing webpages, youtube, music etc. I've been very happy with this tabIet, as it's my first one. I believe aokp allows you to overclock to 1.5ghz (obviously it drains batteries a little bit more) but even on the stock asus rom, i encountered no lag whatsoever.
as shocking as it might be to know..i have not yet rooted the tf300t. i've been using it for over a month now..i got it the week that it came out..and i've happy with it. every once in a while you will see a "freeze" for now reason. It does seem to freeze more on startup because it is trying to do several things at once (like update gmail, corporate account, and sync up other things). But after that it is really smooth.
I was talking to another friend about this and he managed to hunt down someone else having similar issues to me and Asus declared their product to be defective, issue a new one, which works "flawlessly". I guess it's back to Office Depot I go. I refuse to let Apple win.
Hopefully you get a working one, I'm enjoying mine quite a bit. The aokp rom is quick and fun to use, and I refuse to ever own apple products. Go android!
I bought mine about 2 weeks ago , and it freezes one or 2 times , but in general works great , didn't unlocked and changed to custom roms yet but will in future , but for now i am loving it
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Have it now for 6+ weeks. Stock/rooted. Works like a champ. Good tablet apps are the issue, not the tab. No way you should have the issues you do.
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Nice performance
Got mine 3 weeks before. unlocked it and rooted from the second day, i am really happy from the latest update the us.30 for me. i dont experience any lag or freezes or force closes at all. The performance is better but it always depends on the owner.
I found useful to install an app called autostarts (needs root) that prevents apps from being loaded at any time u use your device.
For example i cant understand why google play store must open when i remove an application. With this program i prevent things from loading at startup of the device, so i have a quicker startup time and i know that no other apps are in use when i dont need them and only working is the app that i use.
U can see what apps are runnig at any time with a task manager or something relevant.
So as i say before the performance of a device depends also on the owner.
I bought 2 tf300's, one for me and one for my girlfriend. Mine has Cyanogenmod 9 on it, hers has stock (.30 firmware).
I will say that mine is noticeably faster, Chrome doesn't lag hardly ever, hers freezes up a lot more.
You should be careful about some apps too, Facebook in my opinion is the worst. That app will cause your phone/tablet to lag like nothing else, as soon as I uninstalled Facebook on my girlfriends tablet it was like a brand new machine (though still not quite as fast as CM 9)
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I'm wondering if anyone can weigh in on how their device performs out of the box. I got mine on Saturday and unlocked it and am thinking of installing some of CM9's work because I've always like what he's done on the Droids, but I'm noticing that this tablet, for lack of a better way to say, is awful.
It freezes all the time. When you get into a the browser, whether it's stock or chrome, the pages are unresponsive to zoom in and out. I mean ultimately your action will be performed, but I've seen it take 5 seconds. It's actually unbearable. My D4 NEVER has this problem EVER and the tablet should blow the D4 away.
How does everyone else's tf300 work? And will custom ROM's improve this awful experience? I don't want to have to take it back and I won't if there is potential somewhere that I'm not realizing. I have 10 days left to decide and right now, it's a no-go. So if anyone can share their experience I'd love to hear it.
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I was having this issue also and was getting pretty fed up with it.
However, after doing a reset on the device it works perfectly now. Resetting the device formats the primary partition and takes it back to stock (keeping firmware updates). You can get to this option by turning the device off and holding the volume down button when powering on and it should be the second option. This stopped the force closes and lags with my TF300T
I know that asus has loaded some bloatware on the tablet which cause it to lag occasionaly so i used seanz rom. It's so fast it's scary it really takes advantage of the power of this tablet.
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I know that asus has loaded some bloatware on the tablet which cause it to lag occasionaly so i used seanz rom. It's so fast it's scary it really takes advantage of the power of this tablet.
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Yeah. Seanz' Hydro rom makes stock appear laggy and unresponsive my device was running slow before the. 30 firmware update.
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The lag is mostly happening due to the I/O scheduler in the kernel. We probably won't see the true performance on this tablet until we get a custom kernel. The source is on ASUS's website but no kernel hackers have this device. The lag only shows when mounting and un mounting SD cards, writing to SD cards/NAND and downloading/updating Play store apps.
The only fix I know so far is to go find a SIO scheduler from the Transformer Prime's forum and install it. I did that and the lag went away but looking at benchmarks for I/O schedulers (noop vs SIO), noop has lag but higher scores and SIO has very little or no lag with lower scores.
Try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27948613
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Hey all. Is anyone else having major problems with Netflix? When trying to navigate through the library it is painfully slow, I am talking 6 second delay and then a choppy partial scroll when trying to scroll. I have uninstalled updates and cleared cache to no avail. Haven't rooted yet so I cant do a complete uninstall.
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Hey all. Is anyone else having major problems with Netflix? When trying to navigate through the library it is painfully slow, I am talking 6 second delay and then a choppy partial scroll when trying to scroll. I have uninstalled updates and cleared cache to no avail. Haven't rooted yet so I cant do a complete uninstall.
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I have this issue.. the netflix app is extremely laggy and unresponsive to me. Can't scroll because it thinks I am clicking where I start the scroll. Pages take forever to load. Very frustrating.
Otherwise happy with my infinity!
Yeah the netflix app is unusable in its current state. If you force 2D hardware rendering it does perform quite a bit better, but still damn clunky and way to slow to use IMO.
I am also having the same issue. Purchased my tablet from Amazon and this weekend I was playing around with it. Netflix very slow.
I've been going to the website and adding videos to the instant queue so I don't have to scroll on the Netflix app. The actual streaming works quite well though.
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I've been going to the website and adding videos to the instant queue so I don't have to scroll on the Netflix app. The actual streaming works quite well though.
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Yeah It does look good once you get it started. Its pretty crazy that they put the app on here stock in its current state though.
At least you can open your Netflix, mine just crashes when i try to open it. (As does the website... which is pretty odd)
Can anyone post the latest apk - I cant seem to download it from play.
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Don't worry, they updated their description on the play store with a download link.
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So my wife's Nexus 7 tablet does not have the slow Netflix experience.
However my TF700 and MK802 both have the slow Netflix.
Considering the Nexus 7 and the TF700 are both Asus Tegra3 devices, can only guess it might be a problem with ICS, solved with the butter in Jelly bean.
Given that the MK802 is an ICS device with the same slowness, it does at least support the theory.
Did try netflix on my old SPH-D700 (Samsung Epic 4G) running on Gingerbread, and the netflix app seems entirely different, and has no scrolling lag. So That narrows it down to the tablet version of netflix on ICS.
Does anybody have another device that it works well?
Maybe it's optimized for some specific GPU?
More likely it's a resolution issue. 1920x1080 takes a lot more rendering power than 1280x720.
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Considering the Nexus 7 and the TF700 are both Asus Tegra3 devices, can only guess it might be a problem with ICS, solved with the butter in Jelly bean.
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Setting the option to force GPU rendering fixes the issue entirely. I had horrible UI performance in Netflix until I turned on the option.
Go to settings\developer options\force GPU rendering. Terminate and then relaunch Netflix. Problem solved.
ashuras said:
Setting the option to force GPU rendering fixes the issue entirely. I had horrible UI performance in Netflix until I turned on the option.
Go to settings\developer options\force GPU rendering. Terminate and then relaunch Netflix. Problem solved.
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it does a lot better, but still not optimal. mine sometimes registers a tap when it supposed to be a drag and launches a movie or description when not wanted. i wonder it it's the tablet or netflix's fault on that.
I just tried Netflix again yesterday. I'm on Zeus 3. Downloaded Netflix from market. No lag for me anymore.
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I'm on Zeus' rom as well. Netflix doesn't perform any better now than it did when I was on stock. Still have to force 2d rendering to even be able to navigate at all, and even then it's still pretty slow. I want an interface that is smooth like the app drawer. It can't be that friggin hard.
The interface also sometimes interprets a swipe for a tap and loads up an episode I was trying to scroll past.
I'm not sure where the difference may be in our setups. I'm not even using forced 2d. Everything scrolls smoothly with no aberrant taps being detected. It works the way it should.
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I'm not sure where the difference may be in our setups. I'm not even using forced 2d. Everything scrolls smoothly with no aberrant taps being detected. It works the way it should.
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is it 1.8.1 build 573?
edit: actually can you give more info than that? are you using his default build.prop? have you changed minfree at all? disabled autodimmer? any other changes?
ashuras said:
Setting the option to force GPU rendering fixes the issue entirely. I had horrible UI performance in Netflix until I turned on the option.
Go to settings\developer options\force GPU rendering. Terminate and then relaunch Netflix. Problem solved.
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Thanks. Although Netflix browsing still isn't perfect, the above significantly improved it. It actually scrolls when the just a tinge of lag, but nothing to spoil the experience. Before, it was like it wanted to wait till all the images were loaded.
I also found this made just moving around in the OS much snappier.
Forced GPU renderign helps, but this is still slow, compared to Vimeo for example.
I also find that the audio is frequently out of synch with video when I view Netflix HDMI out to a HD TV.
I often have to wait for Netflix to respond to touch commands, I am very unhappy with the app.
I also have the problem of subtitles not being o/p to the HD TV, but I saw a suggested fix for that elsewhere.
I wonder if I should uncheck the Netflix developer fixes when I am not using Netflix. Any suggestions?
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So my wife's Nexus 7 tablet does not have the slow Netflix experience.
However my TF700 and MK802 both have the slow Netflix.
Considering the Nexus 7 and the TF700 are both Asus Tegra3 devices, can only guess it might be a problem with ICS, solved with the butter in Jelly bean.
Given that the MK802 is an ICS device with the same slowness, it does at least support the theory.
Did try netflix on my old SPH-D700 (Samsung Epic 4G) running on Gingerbread, and the netflix app seems entirely different, and has no scrolling lag. So That narrows it down to the tablet version of netflix on ICS.
Does anybody have another device that it works well?
Maybe it's optimized for some specific GPU?
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I have a tf700 with JB and experiencing same problems so it's not an issue with the android version.
ashuras said:
Setting the option to force GPU rendering fixes the issue entirely. I had horrible UI performance in Netflix until I turned on the option.
Go to settings\developer options\force GPU rendering. Terminate and then relaunch Netflix. Problem solved.
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This helped tremendously!