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[Q] Launcher carousel lag

Is it just me or is really hard getting the carousel to work. Everytime I try messing around my phone to get the carousel effect I end up selecting something. For the life of me I just cant get the dam carousel effect. Anyone else having this issue?

I don't own it yet, but on all 4 of the sensation's i've had my hands on i thought it was pretty simple. In only two swipes you should be able to get that thing spinning. Oddly enough, I don't really know it adds any real functionality but it does look cool. Are you experiencing any other oddities with your touchscreen or is that it? Just to make sure that it works try swiping across two blank screens and see if you can do it. Two quick little swipes is all it takes.

Paging Dr B said:
I don't own it yet, but on all 4 of the sensation's i've had my hands on i thought it was pretty simple. In only two swipes you should be able to get that thing spinning. Oddly enough, I don't really know it adds any real functionality but it does look cool. Are you experiencing any other oddities with your touchscreen or is that it? Just to make sure that it works try swiping across two blank screens and see if you can do it. Two quick little swipes is all it takes.
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Having a 2 blank screens may help as I have widgets on all my screens although I shouldnt have any issues to begin with. I have notice in a few evo 3d reviews on youtube that its a lot more fluent and talking about touch response ive notice that sometimes I have to press the power button to be able to select some widgets or icon shortcuts I have on my home screens. Im not liking this at all.

asj2583 said:
Having a 2 blank screens may help as I have widgets on all my screens although I shouldnt have any issues to begin with. I have notice in a few evo 3d reviews on youtube that its a lot more fluent and talking about touch response ive notice that sometimes I have to press the power button to be able to select some widgets or icon shortcuts I have on my home screens. Im not liking this at all.
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I saw those EVO 3D comparison videos too and was a little shocked. The reason I was shocked is because the sensations that I tried out didn't have any of that lag in the videos. I've also read about some people here saying they have homescreen lag, and others that don't. Have you tried a factory reset? I should have mentioned the devices I tried had all 7 screen loaded with junk, and I was still able to spin the carousel with two swipes.

Paging Dr B said:
I saw those EVO 3D comparison videos too and was a little shocked. The reason I was shocked is because the sensations that I tried out didn't have any of that lag in the videos. I've also read about some people here saying they have homescreen lag, and others that don't. Have you tried a factory reset? I should have mentioned the devices I tried had all 7 screen loaded with junk, and I was still able to spin the carousel with two swipes.
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Same here, my **** spins buttery smooth. Not at all like the Evo3D vs Sensation
video online.

KillaHurtz said:
Same here, my **** spins buttery smooth. Not at all like the Evo3D vs Sensation
video online.
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Lol, yeah I think the one in that video looks pretty nasty. Not a fair comparison at all if you ask me. Maybe it needed to be restarted or something.

works like a charm on my sensation! just one gentle swipe and there it goes...

Mines lag or very hard to make it spin... Hmmm
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immunityx said:
Mines lag or very hard to make it spin... Hmmm
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Just started using mine today and I'm having the same issue...must be a trick to this Sence

Mine is really smooth. It stutters once in awhile, but it's no big deal.

Just exchanged mine at Walmart for the same reason... It didn't recognize fast swipes... Try pulling the notification bar up and down real fast and see if it lets it go.... The new phone I got works fine for now.
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anyone notice that having a screen protector makes the carousel much harder to spin?

Search for touch screen issue here.
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iv been reading that thread for awhile and have posted in it... just curious about the screen protector aspect

Some reported it affected problem, some said it didn't. Pull it off and see for yourself I guess.
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iv been reading that thread for awhile and have posted in it... just curious about the screen protector aspect
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I really dislike the auto rotate on this phone

I like to use my landscape mode sometimes for keyboard preferences but I notice the iPhones rotate screen is much smoother and nicer and you see the rotation anyway we can get that?
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I say we fix a2dp, s.o.d, reboots, freezes, get an update and end world hunger... THEN we can make our phones more like the iphone... until then... it's kind of a small issue to me and I can live with it.
Edit: hell I forgot to throw gps on that list too...
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If you want to make the phone more like the iPhone, why not just get an iPhone in the first place?

I agree with the op. After getting a text and setting it down flat on a table it goes into landscape mode. You have to pick up the phone tilt it verticle before you can read it. Annoying! Samething goes when pulling it from your pocket though not as bad.
That's one thing the iPhone got right.

jsapp said:
If you want to make the phone more like the iPhone, why not just get an iPhone in the first place?
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Amen... it's snappier than an Iphone, the screen is bigger, Widgets, replaceable battery, not controlled by Steve jobs, almost COMPLETELY customizable... shall I go on?
I got to tell you. I didn't even notice any issue with the screen rotation... even as I go through 360 degrees(which the iPhone doesn't do). Barely an issue at all, and if that is all you are complaining about, well I guess it could be worse...
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My last phone (which was not an Iphone) had multiple choices for screen rotation graphics. The pretty rotation (which is not unique to an iphone or invented by Bill Gates) just delays the actual rotated screen.
The G2X got it right to just snap the screen in the rotated position. How ever, the issue when it goes to sleep and comes back in portrait when it was in landscape is annoying and should be fixed. Maybe some one that that was a good thing.

I actually love my g2x and would never downgrade to an iPhone but I just noticed there smooth transition into the different landscape and portrait modes you can see the transition instead of it just switching so fast
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ikarma said:
I agree with the op. After getting a text and setting it down flat on a table it goes into landscape mode. You have to pick up the phone tilt it verticle before you can read it. Annoying! Samething goes when pulling it from your pocket though not as bad.
That's one thing the iPhone got right.
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You don't have to tilt it back to portrait, you can simply press the capacitive back button. I agree to an extent overall though a little glamour would be nice, I reneger the G1 had a special option where it had a fancy rotation animation deal. Either way it is not even close to something we actually need and I'm fine with what it is now.
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we are supposed to get hardware acceleration enabled in icecream sandwich.

I agree with the OP about the rotation transition not being aesthetically pleasing, but at the same time think about all the important pros we have over other operating systems (mainly Apple's iOS). We have Widgets, full adobe flash, we almost have the ability to fully customize all aspects of our phone without even rooting it! etc... etc... We even have the largest dev support (I'm referring to Android as a whole) out of any OS developing community. Unfortunately we can't have all the pros that we want, but we do have a good majority of pros vs the cons.
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wendellc said:
we are supposed to get hardware acceleration enabled in icecream sandwich.
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yep and honeycomb has the rotate animations, so they will most likely be in to ice cream sandwich too.

strung said:
yep and honeycomb has the rotate animations, so they will most likely be in to ice cream sandwich too.
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That's if we're lucky enough to officially get Ice Cream Sandwich from LG.
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this is something the windows phones actually do really really well

Yea I have a Transformer running 3.1 and the rotation animations are nice.
I have a pretty good method for using the rotation aspect on the G2x and it requires CM7. I Disable rotation but keep a notification button in the pull down for rotation toggling. This way it always stays in portrait unless I toggle orientation on, then I can rotate it for a specific website or video, then toggle it off.
I had an iPad 1 and 2... and they would rotate all crazy ways if you sat them flat too. Best option is that if you don't want it to rotate randomly, then just disable it completely.
Here's an idea. How about only allow rotating when keyboard is up? That would be sweet.
However I don't use landscape keyboard layout. But good idea. Maybe get a keyboard developer to include that as an option.

i know that in CM7.1 you are able to decide how you want your layout. you can have it landscape, portrait , or the way it is set up now. pretty cool.

Swiftkey

I REALLY want to use swiftkey. It seems to not "fit" properly on the note though. Anyone else having this issue?
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I'm getting my Note later this week and was planning to use Swiftkey as well, so I'm interested in the answer to this.
Did you try both the tablet version and the phone version?

kentmartin said:
I'm getting my Note later this week and was planning to use Swiftkey as well, so I'm interested in the answer to this.
Did you try both the tablet version and the phone version?
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I did. Both had scaling issues
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I am currently using Thumb keyboard without any issues. The dev are even adding support for this phone (so I have read in another forum).

I'm currently using tablet version and only think with (sometimes) wrong size are suggestions, on short words only since the font size decreases on longer words.

eallan said:
I REALLY want to use swiftkey. It seems to not "fit" properly on the note though. Anyone else having this issue?
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I bought SwiftKey some time ago already and really don't have any problems at all.
It did update a couple of times without any issue.
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I tried both Swiftkey X and Swiftkey Tablet X on my phone and both worked fine. I decided to use the tablet version because in landscape it splits the keyboard so I can reach it better.

Swiftkey X works fine for me

ajoshi said:
I am currently using Thumb keyboard without any issues. The dev are even adding support for this phone (so I have read in another forum).
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do you really like that layout in that screenshot?
Do you know you can select a different layout for landscape and portrait?

ChodTheWacko said:
do you really like that layout in that screenshot?
Do you know you can select a different layout for landscape and portrait?
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I am aware that I can choose different layout but as I get used to it I find it more easier to use. My passwords consists of various numbers and letters and I find it easier to type as the numeric keys are present on the same screen

On Swiftkey X I decreased the long press to 250ms from 500ms so I just have to hold the letter for a split second to get a number. It's pretty fast.

mircury said:
On Swiftkey X I decreased the long press to 250ms from 500ms so I just have to hold the letter for a split second to get a number. It's pretty fast.
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I don't doubt you but I am just trying it this way to see whether it's better for me, although I also have paid for Swiftkey (from my SGS 2 days).

ajoshi said:
I don't doubt you but I am just trying it this way to see whether it's better for me, although I also have paid for Swiftkey (from my SGS 2 days).
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Cool beans. Half the fun is trying out new ways to do stuff.

I noticed someone mentioned there was an app that rescaled everything
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Its really the suggestion bar that looks terrible it works OK. I'm using thumb keyboard as well. It types quickly enough.
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fudge2011toffeebar said:
I noticed someone mentioned there was an app that rescaled everything
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Spare Parts -> turn off Compatibility?

The people who make Switkey are aware of the issue and working on a fix (lekky emailed them to enquire).

Waiting for a size fix then. Need also more predictions.
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Swiftkey tablet x work fine:

ive got thumb keyboard, works fairly well here. it auto scales to suit the galaxy note when you choose the phone portrait setting. and you can also adjust the height of buttons and long press response times as well.

Addicted to hardkeys/S2W

Okay, this may be dumb but I am wondering if I am the only one thinking about this. Currently, I am rocking the latest ICS version of venom and beast mode kernel. At first I though sleep to wake was really cool. Recently, however, I have come to depend on it. It is so awesome to be able to wake my phone from the front (like an iDevice) and now I even am starting to hate that I can't sleep my iPad from the front the way I can with my HOX.
Typically I just enjoy my phone and at the same time look forward to future hardware improvements. Sadly, however, it looks like HTC and others are going with on screen keys in increasing numbers. Its sad to think that my next upgrade may result in a loss of functionality (and maybe even less usable screen real-estate.)
Am I the only one?
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i agree, i'm really liking s2w and on-screen keys are NOT cool.

You are definitely not the only one. I completely depend on s2w. I used a JB sense ROM the other day and I don't know how many times I tried to use s2w. Went back to JellyBam and Rohans kernel with a quickness. And yes, on screen keys would suck. Never used one like that but I feel like I'd hate it.
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I've got s2w on my n4
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bongostl said:
I've got s2w on my n4
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.paranoid.touchcontrol
Thanks for enlightening me! I still prefer the screen of my HOX to my buddy's N4 but it's nice to know that s2w is possible!
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I felt the same way about screen real estate, but I realized its a matter of perspective. Look at your phone. Look at the hardware keys. Now imagine your screen extending to where they are. Your screen is bigger. Now imagine that when you need them, those buttons can pop up, and when you don't need them they can go away.
Its a glass half empty or glass half full issue. My buddy says "depends on whether you are drinking or filling the glass" I say true. You need to ask yourself if you want the overall phone to be bigger or not because that's really the only thing that is changing. A 3.7" screen with hw buttons could be 4" without. Or conversely a 4" screen would end up 3.7" if you put those buttons under it and kept the phone the same size overall.
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Opposite for me, the only thing I liked about my gnex was the on screen keys and being able to remap them to what I want and change their color etc.
Especially with PA newer feature where they have per app color.
I'd look forward to a HTC device with on screen keys.
Slithered from my HTC One X+

The lack of s2w is one of the reasons I haven't moved up to JB yet.

iElvis said:
The lack of s2w is one of the reasons I haven't moved up to JB yet.
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I was bummed on that at first, but I gave it a few days and now I'm just used to the power button. But I have the otterbox commuter, which makes the power button way way easier to press.
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Describe your lag...

Mine was pretty bad, but after doing a factory reset twice now, I can report my lag is not bad.
I see a SLIGHT stutter in the opening/closing animations of apps. Definitely lag in the app drawer. The lockscreen is probably where I see the most unresponsiveness/lag. You hit the power button and you have to wait a second, then its fine. The animation from the lock screen to the home screen almost always stutters. The default browser seems about 95% zippy and responsive. Pinch to zoom stutters occasionally. But touchwiz seems very smooth and fluid for the most part. The camera takes perfect pictures. There also is some shutter lag, but not bad.
Overall, the phone is nice, but I am going to be calling Samsung/AT&T and do whatever it takes for them to fix this. This is unacceptable. I noticed that the apps I put on my phone, the more the lag grew. I disabled a lot of the AT&T bloatware and Samsung garbage. Right when I performed a factory reset my phone had ZERO lag. So those getting new devices are probably experiencing what I did. The lag slowly came back, but not as bad as before.
My only reason for not returning it is, once this device gets roms, its going to be a beast. But right now, its performing like a 2011 device.

I reset mine 20 times and it still lags
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drakeymcmb said:
I reset mine 20 times and it still lags
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How bad though, and where?

I've done one factory reset and things have improved quite a bit. However, it's still not performing anywhere near where it should be. Can't wait for AOKP..
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mine was sluggish too.. When opping application, can feel the jerk...

slight lag when opening messaging, and phone. also, the occasional stutter when swiping thru home screens and app drawer pages. samsung better acknowledge and release an update!!! im still contemplating on returning this!!! s2 was beast otb, s3 was better but s4 otb just feels unfinished to me.

sameer1807 said:
slight lag when opening messaging, and phone. also, the occasional stutter when swiping thru home screens and app drawer pages. samsung better acknowledge and release an update!!! im still contemplating on returning this!!! s2 was beast otb, s3 was better but s4 otb just feels unfinished to me.
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What about with the lockscreen?
The S2 was such a beast OTB, I actually miss it.
I just got off the phone with Samsung support and they took notes on this issue. Of course, this was the first he heard of it. We gotta inform Samsung there is a problem.
Call 1-888-987-4357

Why in the world would you start a new thread about this. We're the other 10 or 15 lag threads not worthy of this content?
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americasteam said:
Why in the world would you start a new thread about this. We're the other 10 or 15 lag threads not worthy of this content?
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I've read them all, trust me. Nobody exactly describes what is going on with their lag. Some are reporting minor lag, while others are reporting much worse lag. I was hoping everyone call describe exactly where the lag is and when its happening.

i guess i'm lucky. I dont experience any lag, whatsoever.

MattMJB0188 said:
I've read them all, trust me. Nobody exactly describes what is going on with their lag. Some are reporting minor lag, while others are reporting much worse lag. I was hoping everyone call describe exactly where the lag is and when its happening.
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Dude this is the 2nd thread you made about the lag, theres already 20 threads about it

To be honest I kind of agree with the OP. I've read many lag threads but nobody mentions what's lagging. The only lag I've noticed on mine is the gallery is super slow. At least 3 seconds to load from home. I haven't tried quickpic yet though. Mostly because I'm finding air view useful.
But really, other than the gallery, zero lag.
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When i got my wifi on i still seen the 4glte in use at the same time,,,and when i have a weak signal and then i make a call signal goes up immmediately ,,,after i finish the call goes down again but that happen when i got a weak signal....

Hmmmm is this like the homebutton lag like the first GS2 had ? or is it worst ?

Hey guys just wanted to say, I followed the trickster mod in the general section and my lag has been reduced by about 95%. My quadrant scores are also a bit higher.. Might wanna check it out
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Hey guys just wanted to say, I followed the trickster mod in the general section and my lag has been reduced by about 95%. My quadrant scores are also a bit higher.. Might wanna check it out
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I deleted about 97 apps / processes and have another 4 frozen, turned animations to zero, forced enable GPU rendering, installed Nova launcher, and am running Trickster..
The entire phone is lightning fast now with the exception of the keyboard opening and closing. The Samsung KB is unusable.. Swiftkey works much better but it does still have very minor lag.
The steps I have taken are insane and should not have to be done on a phone carrying these specs. This phone should flat out scream right out of the box.

raqball said:
I deleted about 97 apps / processes and have another 4 frozen, turned animations to zero, forced enable GPU rendering, installed Nova launcher, and am running Trickster..
The entire phone is lightning fast now with the exception of the keyboard opening and closing. The Samsung KB is unusable.. Swiftkey works much better but it does still have very minor lag.
The steps I have taken are insane and should not have to be done on a phone carrying these specs. This phone should flat out scream right out of the box.
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Yea I reduced my animations to 0.5x and it definitely helped. Everyone should at least do that much. Most people do that on custom ROMs anyway.
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Go here for lag discussion http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2263311