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[Q] Is anyone getting operating lag?

The OS seems to be lagging. It could be the hardware or maybe its the infancy stages of Honeycomb, but not a single thing on the TF is smooth.
-Switching home screens lags
-Playing Angry Birds lags
-Window animations lag
[Q] Is anyone else getting these problems?
It kind of hinders the experience, and for industry leading specs, the performance is quite poor.

The only lag I've noticed so far is with the keyboard input on web pages.

denverseven said:
The OS seems to be lagging. It could be the hardware or maybe its the infancy stages of Honeycomb, but not a single thing on the TF is smooth.
-Switching home screens lags
-Playing Angry Birds lags
-Window animations lag
[Q] Is anyone else getting these problems?
It kind of hinders the experience, and for industry leading specs, the performance is quite poor.
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Have you tried using Advance Task Killer to kill background running apps or processes? This helps me when I experienced any lags.

I have never experienced lag on Angry Birds, but then again you may be running more apps than me.

denverseven said:
The OS seems to be lagging. It could be the hardware or maybe its the infancy stages of Honeycomb, but not a single thing on the TF is smooth.
-Switching home screens lags
-Playing Angry Birds lags
-Window animations lag
[Q] Is anyone else getting these problems?
It kind of hinders the experience, and for industry leading specs, the performance is quite poor.
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I experienced this a few days after I got my tablet. It ended up being an app/widget I had installed off of the market called weather3d. As soon as I tracked the problem down and uninstalled the app, it was smooth again. Kind of scary how much a wonky/non honeycomb tested app can destroy the performance of your device.

jimbob1971 said:
I have never experienced lag on Angry Birds, but then again you may be running more apps than me.
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I checked out my memory usage, at the moment the tablet is telling me I am using 157 mb and have 353 mb of Ram left.

evensen007 said:
I experienced this a few days after I got my tablet. It ended up being an app/widget I had installed off of the market called weather3d. As soon as I tracked the problem down and uninstalled the app, it was smooth again. Kind of scary how much a wonky/non honeycomb tested app can destroy the performance of your device.
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Unfortunately, it was lagging out of the box. I was showing it off to my sister and she's like "what are you trying to show me, the sketchy transitions?"
Maybe its all the widgets? I have all the stock ones including calendar, youtube, android market, and browser widgets

Mine is laggy too especially during home screen transitions using the HC launcher. It is noticeable especially if you are coming from an iPad. I have read that 3.1 fixes these problems and transitions are silky smooth with no lag. I'm currently using Launcher Pro with 1 home screen since I don't use widgets and I like to keep all my apps on one screen. This seems to save on RAM and makes app switching smoother.

denverseven said:
Unfortunately, it was lagging out of the box. I was showing it off to my sister and she's like "what are you trying to show me, the sketchy transitions?"
Maybe its all the widgets? I have all the stock ones including calendar, youtube, android market, and browser widgets
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I have all of the stock widgets and then some. Runs as fast as any other tab I've seen including if ad. I'm also running the newer firmware 8.2.3.9.

evensen007 said:
I have all of the stock widgets and then some. Runs as fast as any other tab I've seen including if ad. I'm also running the newer firmware 8.2.3.9.
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How much RAM is everyone getting. My tablet is reading out 185 mb being used and 380 mb free, so a total of 565 mb.
I know the tablet is supposed to have 1 gb of RAM.

Turn the Live Wallpaper off.

denverseven said:
How much RAM is everyone getting. My tablet is reading out 185 mb being used and 380 mb free, so a total of 565 mb.
I know the tablet is supposed to have 1 gb of RAM.
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that's shared memory (with video)

atxer said:
Turn the Live Wallpaper off.
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I don't have live wallpaper. Plus, if I did, isn't it supposed to handle it?

I was getting lag with the default launcher, right now using VTL Launcher and its much better. I am getting lag with the browser (default) but with the debug tweak pages are loading much faster then before but theres times when it does lag. Was getting lag with the asus keyboard and just the android one and its much better.

Like any techsupport would ask:
what have u loaded on-the-job tablet? And don't say nothing because everyone loads at least one thing on a new tablet.
Have u tried to remove all installed apps (and Flash-bet u installed that)?
Have u rooted it yet?
Have u tried to root it yet?
Have u attempted/completed any firmware upgrades?
Are u using a dock?
Have u tried it without the dock?
Have u tried a hard reboot (hold power button for 12-15 secs?

i get panel transition lags when i set some live wallpapers
stock, no root, with latest firmware

If u want no lag and and want to use as many widgets with out system lagging do this
1 download ADW ex in market
2 go to adw setting and go to general behavior,animations and effects, transition effect and select *Curve ( I've tryed all pf them and some reason curve has the best fluid swiping)
4 make sure wallpaper scrolling is disabled
5 set desktop bounce to 15
6 set scrolling to 230
This is my way of a lag free life.
Also turn off alm the gestures there not needed
Ill do a video of before and after soon

You are correct...that really made my home screens fly!

unknown_owner said:
Like any techsupport would ask:
what have u loaded on-the-job tablet? And don't say nothing because everyone loads at least one thing on a new tablet.
Have u tried to remove all installed apps (and Flash-bet u installed that)?
Have u rooted it yet?
Have u tried to root it yet?
Have u attempted/completed any firmware upgrades?
Are u using a dock?
Have u tried it without the dock?
Have u tried a hard reboot (hold power button for 12-15 secs?
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-First thing out of the box: lag from scrolling. Then got flash, still lagging
-then got Angry Birds
-then got other android apps
-Not rooted, haven't tried
-just got notice of available firmware update today, will do after battery charges past 50
-No dock
-hard reboot did help a touch
I think I will try to restore it factory settings first, then runnig the firware upgrade, then getting flash. Will post results

Good News! I restored the tablet to factory settings and actually restored it from backup after that. Here is what I have noticed:
-The tablet is working much faster now, with no appreciable lag. Still some tiny amounts here and there but totally forgivable
-The preloaded music (4 songs) was gone. I think this means that before the ship the tablet they preload it with random software. So now its all gone, and whatever was causing the slow down before is gone now as well.
-I restored from back up so I have all my apps back as well as flash and it works perfect
-Also, the Asus keyboard no longer lags! Which is great because I like it better than the Android one. So if anyone wants to use the Asus keyboard without lag, just reset your tablet to factory settings.
Thanks for all the help everyone, I will still try Cowballz69 idea to speed it up even more

[Q] [ICS] Lag opening Phone app when it is not in memory

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...
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

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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Dead Trigger - Self Closing

Hello,
Since I saw a few guys report that Dead Trigger is working perfectly for them I am a bit curious why it doesnt work perfectly for me.
Now when I start the game and set the graphics to High, I can play for a while then the game freezes and closes itself which leads me back in my launcher which loads everything again.
I suppose I run out of RAM but how those guys managed to get the game running?
Also many other games close themselfs and dont let me play them.
If device is halting and waiting for a little bit more RAM which causes freezing, why it behaves this way and closes the game?

try running the v6 optimization script here in xda it will help with the ram issue
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Doesn't work.
Also can you recomend me option for the supercharger?

I use the 512 HP super unleaded with bulletproof launcher and I even tried dead trigger n played good I like it
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I had the same problem. Lower the graphic details to medium or low.

you can also disable in game music,after you finish the mission which force closes then u can re-enable it,i had the same prob,every time the big zombie which spits green vomit appear on screen,even when i put the graphic on low,it still self closed,but when i disabled music,i coul finish the mission

[Q] Real Racing 3

Hi,
I tested RR3 on TF101 with CM10.1 but that's lag a lot.
Is it possible to explain how to configure CM10 to avoid this lags ?
Thanks

I haven't used CM10, but if you can overclock try that first. Check my sig for a free app to do it.

You can overclock natively in CM10, it's in performance settings, no app needed.

Comments on Play store say the last updated caused the lag, I have it on EOS4 too

The update is causing lag.
Hope it clears your doubt.

I been playing RR3 on my modded stock rom tf101 and it didn't lag at all...ran perfect along with NFS most wanted...idk but seems to me that these roms y'all have seems to help smoothness and newness of your tf101 but if nothing is wrong then no need to fix or use different ROMs causing your tab to think differently and run harder...but that's just my opinion on this tab as I'm a heavy customizer on other phones...try the touch booster
sent accidentally from my gangsta ASUS Transformer

I am not having issues play RR3 with my TF rooted running only the stock ROM. It would be cool if the mirrors worked though.

*Detection* said:
Comments on Play store say the last updated caused the lag, I have it on EOS4 too
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Thanks for the info.
Other question : The o/c to 1500 mhz changes something in the game ?
Chainfire works with cm10 ?
Is it something to change in the configuration of cm10 ?
Thanks for your replies :good:

I upgraded but it's always lagging.
Any solutions ? Other games works smoothly (wildbloods, nfs, ...)

I know I am a noob. (I watched the video)
I rooted my tf101 yesterday (CM10.1 nightlies ROM) and now I was trying to install RR3.
The problem that I have is that I cannot install this game.
Device is not compatible.
I know I am doing something wrong and I searched this forum.
Can someone send me in the right direction?

hke1306 said:
I know I am a noob. (I watched the video)
I rooted my tf101 yesterday (CM10.1 nightlies ROM) and now I was trying to install RR3.
The problem that I have is that I cannot install this game.
Device is not compatible.
I know I am doing something wrong and I searched this forum.
Can someone send me in the right direction?
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Could be a vareity of things, like Build.prop, screen dpi, or market region.

Theres a real racing 3 config app on the play store that lets you choose graphics presets, lags on my tf300 too but if i put it on low-high preset it runs fine.

JoinTheRealms said:
Theres a real racing 3 config app on the play store that lets you choose graphics presets, lags on my tf300 too but if i put it on low-high preset it runs fine.
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I downloaded the APK over on the Nexus 7 forum & that was a post at the beginning of the month. I don't know if there is an updated version or not. If there is I would like to try it. There is a MOD to the graphics setting to make the mirrors work. I did try it & the game was almost unplayable. I reverted back to the original setting. I am rooted but completely stock & the game is really smooth with the normal settings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2175817

I play real racing 3, sometimes crashes

[Q] Nova Launcher Redraws

Hey guys, I'm having a problem with Nova Launcher. Almost every time I return to the home screen, Nova takes about 5 seconds to redraw all of the apps. I know 5 seconds may not seem like much, but trust me it is. I only have folders and 2 widgets on my homescreen. I'm also trying to get rid of apps but I'm still having the problem. I've tried using aggressive desktop and locking it in memory through the build prop, but it's not working. Any advice?
FIX: Install Performance Control from XDA, set minfree taskkiler to medium, and bye bye ram problems. I've had zero problems since.

that is very unusual. power down ur phone and restart
or
delete nova launcher and then load it again from play store

I'm having these slow redraws, with any launcher (Google launcher, nova, tsf...).
I want to know a solution too this too. It's very annoying.
Sent from my XT1033 using XDA Free mobile app

5 seconds sounds too much but there is nothing you can do about these redraws except for maybe trying a new launcher. Every android phone with 1 GB ram is going to experience constant redraws if you are a heavy user. That's just sad but hey we got a budget phone after all and at least it doesn't lag within apps.
Sent from my XT1032 using Tapatalk

Go to nova settings. Advanced settings and enable Aggressive Desktop. I just found the option while I was annoyed with redraws too.

Guys Idk if it could be something else, but I rebooted my phone and nova seems to be behaving well now. Maybe you guys should reboot your phones every now and then to increase performance.
Edit: I may have spoken too soon. It seems that heavy resource apps like chrome and Facebook still cause redraws when exiting :/

I solved this problem using this tip: http://www.keanei.eu/2011/07/19/prevent-home-screen-replacement-launchers-from-constant-redraws/
Sent from my XT1033 using XDA Free mobile app

FIX: Install Performance Control from XDA, set minfree taskkiler to medium, and bye bye ram problems. I've had zero problems since.