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I've tried a few different ICS ROMS now and if they don't have battery life issues, they have home screen transition lag, app drawer lag, random reboots, screen flickering (like when it shuts off), app compatibility issues, etc... (some have all of those things, others just have one or two, you know what I mean) yet I always see a lot of posts in here about people praising X or Y ROM and somehow don't seem to have the same issues I have.
At first I wanted to call it an ID-10-T error on my part, but I'm doing full wipes and even using the wipe_all script on top of that, and this is my 5th or 6th Android phone, so it isn't like I lack experience flashing.
I've been using a stock, rooted 2.3.7 ROM + ADW EX and I'm in stability heaven. It's buttery smooth, no crashes, etc. I'm the kinda guy that'll go back to stock from a custom ROM the first time it gets laggy or randomly reboots. Stability and smoothness is everything to me. I really want to like ICS... but I don't have any good reason to force it upon myself right now if I can't find a stable ROM/kernel combination.
Anyhoo... what's the smoothest, most stable, ICS ROM for the Nexus S 4G? I expect to hear different opinions, but surely there would be some kind of consensus, right?
I'm looking for the same, and experiencing identical issues to you. I don't think it's an idiot error because as a result, but it seems to me that ICS roms have a long way to go in order to satisfy users like you and I.
The screen flicker appears to be a function of voodoo settings. I've tried a few kernels with no obvious differences, though I haven't messed w/ Voodoo as of yet. The lag seems to have been mitigated in entirety by using Launcher Pro instead of the ICS launcher, and general lag during homescreen and app drawer transition follows in the same path. OS lag, on the other hand, is much more obvious than in GB IMO.
It seems that the most stable/popular rom is oICSv43 paired with Eugene's kernel (ICUP). I'm using that kernel with CM9 (alpha19) by burnsra. Can't say I'm thrilled with it but I'll definitely be happy once this damn batch restore finishes without causing boot loops
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1417499
Battery is great, the system is smooth. Very Very Stable. Everything works.Nothing is broken. Truly a pleasure to use.
The built in kernel is great but I used a newer version called ICUP 3.1.6
I am rooted and unlocked. After numerous rom flashes (always fully wiped, never flashed dirty) I started experiencing pretty substantial lag in my daily use. This wasn't choppy lag, but more slow response to touch and general movement, with painfully slow typing. My first reaction was to flash back to stock using Odin. I did this, re-rooted, unlocked, and flashed synergy 1.4. I had previously run this rom for quite some time without an issue. I set my phone up, clean installing all apps. After a day or two my snappy phone became slow again. I wiped (system, cache, dalvik) and flashed bean's build 9. Again the phone started snappy, then after a day or two went slow. I next tried several custom kernels. I overclocked them using setcpu. Initially this fixed the slowdown, but only temporarily. At this point I assumed it was a rouge app. I clean installed my rom, and ran it with only the stock apps. After a day of use its running slow again. If anyone has any idea what steps I might take to solve this, I would greatly appreciate the help. I know the phone is fully capable of running lag free, as I had no issues for weeks prior to this. I almost feel like there are files not being fully purged when I flash stock via odin. I don't know if this is possible, and could really use the expertise of someone more knowledgeable than me.
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I am rooted and unlocked. After numerous rom flashes (always fully wiped, never flashed dirty) I started experiencing pretty substantial lag in my daily use. This wasn't choppy lag, but more slow response to touch and general movement, with painfully slow typing. My first reaction was to flash back to stock using Odin. I did this, re-rooted, unlocked, and flashed synergy 1.4. I had previously run this rom for quite some time without an issue. I set my phone up, clean installing all apps. After a day or two my snappy phone became slow again. I wiped (system, cache, dalvik) and flashed bean's build 9. Again the phone started snappy, then after a day or two went slow. I next tried several custom kernels. I overclocked them using setcpu. Initially this fixed the slowdown, but only temporarily. At this point I assumed it was a rouge app. I clean installed my rom, and ran it with only the stock apps. After a day of use its running slow again. If anyone has any idea what steps I might take to solve this, I would greatly appreciate the help. I know the phone is fully capable of running lag free, as I had no issues for weeks prior to this. I almost feel like there are files not being fully purged when I flash stock via odin. I don't know if this is possible, and could really use the expertise of someone more knowledgeable than me.
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Maybe u got a defected unit
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luigi311 said:
Maybe u got a defected unit
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Although that's certainly possible, it did work well for weeks, and the lag seemed to come about as a result of my tinkering.
Question for everyone running this awesome ROM I of course am running this for now have been for three days haven't noticed Abby major problems but last night phone freaked out went into phablet mode system dpi 600 I think and phone would not stay on even long enough to change it back to phone mode or 240 dpi it would restart to PACMAN BOOT screen wait forever! ( maybe a min or two) then screen lock would come on hurry to unlock it and change dpi but no luck after about 45 realized I was defeated and no way to fix it wiped everything and reinstalled PACMAN and do far so good again but is anyone else running phablet mode? Or has anyone had this issue?
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I've been running Pacman since it came out and haven't noticed any issues like yours. Been pretty steady as a matter of fact.
I haven't had any problems for the longest time.. but......
well my problem is very random. recently i have picked up lag. for the longest time the ROM was nothing but smoothness. now there is lag. i reboot it and it goes away and shows up the next day.
i took the extreme measure of wiping everything and reflashing the ROM. but still I am encountering the same. Oh and I am "Stock" on minfree settings in Venom tweaks
Did anyone of you experience this as well? While rebooting is not a big deal,i would rather not do it. Any help is hugely appreciated!
Thank you....
Lag issues have been discussed on the ViperXL thread quite a bit. Just search the thread using the term "lagfix".
redpoint73 said:
Lag issues have been discussed on the ViperXL thread quite a bit. Just search the thread using the term "lagfix".
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Thanks Redpoint.
I downloaded the lagfix app. it finishes running in under 1/2 a minute but it doesn't seem to fix the issue. I just backup-ed and restored the ROM. not sure if the lag will show up tomorrow.
Someone did suggest un-checking the infinite scrolling in Venom Tweaks, Let's see if it fixes it.
If your SD card is pretty full, this will also cause lag on ViperXL, and some other JB ROMs. If you have less than 1 or 2 GB free, try clearing up your SD card.
I also have this problem and only on viper and it starts a few hours after install I can't seem to do anything to fix it so I have given up on the Rom
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If your SD card is pretty full, this will also cause lag on ViperXL, and some other JB ROMs. If you have less than 1 or 2 GB free, try clearing up your SD card.
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Thanks Redpoint. I have 9GB free on my SD card. But to report on what I see in the past 24 hours - no lag whatsoever after the backup and restore routine.
Another thing which I did was uninstalled Bulletproof Kernel. For some reason, I feel my phone is more reliable with the stock kernel and I do not know much about the kernels to try Elemental.
EDIT1: Sad to report that the lag when scrolling between screens has returned. running lagfix did not help
I had the same problem. Full wiped, flashed 3.2.7 then 3.2.8 update. Stock kernel, uptime of 36 days and still fast as hell.
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I had the same problem. Full wiped, flashed 3.2.7 then 3.2.8 update. Stock kernel, uptime of 36 days and still fast as hell.
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When you say full-wipe, did you wipe the storage and android secure? or just the Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset and System?
PS Rooting for the Aussies to thrash the Pommies.
Do you use Google+ on your phone? I have discovered that, if you open Google+ and do as much as BROWSE your photos swiping left or right to go next/previous, it will trigger major lag, especially on home screen,until you reboot.
Its a pretty major bug that happens on Sense. I have to browse my photos by only looking at thumbnail view and opening by tapping on them. No swiping left or right or it will trigger the bug and it gets pretty bad.
EliWay said:
Do you use Google+ on your phone? I have discovered that, if you open Google+ and do as much as BROWSE your photos swiping left or right to go next/previous, it will trigger major lag, especially on home screen,until you reboot.
Its a pretty major bug that happens on Sense. I have to browse my photos by only looking at thumbnail view and opening by tapping on them. No swiping left or right or it will trigger the bug and it gets pretty bad.
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Thanks. unfortunately, i did not use google+.. i just flashed cyanogenmod nightlies and it is buttery smooth. not sure what is causing the lag in ViperXL. and i absolutely love ViperXL.. it has always been good to me. I just wiped everything in the "Wipe" menu and restored it using Nandroid back-up..
and have been getting lags ever since...
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I just wiped everything in the "Wipe" menu and restored it using Nandroid back-up..
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Restoring a nandroid basically negates the wipes you just did (aside from maybe wipe cache).
sriramll said:
I haven't had any problems for the longest time.. but......
well my problem is very random. recently i have picked up lag. for the longest time the ROM was nothing but smoothness. now there is lag. i reboot it and it goes away and shows up the next day.
i took the extreme measure of wiping everything and reflashing the ROM. but still I am encountering the same. Oh and I am "Stock" on minfree settings in Venom tweaks
Did anyone of you experience this as well? While rebooting is not a big deal,i would rather not do it. Any help is hugely appreciated!
Thank you....
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Are you running a custom kernel? If you're using ElementalX, do NOT enable zram. Disabling zram and changing minfree to stock completely rid my phone of any lag whatsoever.
I'm having the exact same issue with Viper on my evita -- only swping between homescreen and exiting to home screen lags. I've seen this with Nova, Apex and Action Launcher. Reboot solves it temporarily but the lag comes back after some time, from a few hours to several days.
For me, this is literally the only issue on Viper. Rom is great on every single other aspect!
alvin612 said:
I'm having the exact same issue with Viper on my evita -- only swping between homescreen and exiting to home screen lags. I've seen this with Nova, Apex and Action Launcher. Reboot solves it temporarily but the lag comes back after some time, from a few hours to several days.
For me, this is literally the only issue on Viper. Rom is great on every single other aspect!
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So recently, I flashed stock 3.2.7 and OTAed to 3.2.8. works great. no lag whatsoever. I thought why not flash bulletproof. I flashed the 1.3 version which is on the venom hub. and you know what the lag came back.
i have heard people say this - not all devices are the same. like for some there was a navigation crashing issue and for some it worked flawlessly. (why this happens is a different discussion altogether).
So maybe our devices don't do too well with custom kernels!
First off that's an old version of the kernel.
Second, I don't suggest flashing kernels from venom hub
Factory reset should be done prior to flashing a kernel so if you did not....
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sriramll said:
So recently, I flashed stock 3.2.7 and OTAed to 3.2.8. works great. no lag whatsoever. I thought why not flash bulletproof. I flashed the 1.3 version which is on the venom hub. and you know what the lag came back.
i have heard people say this - not all devices are the same. like for some there was a navigation crashing issue and for some it worked flawlessly. (why this happens is a different discussion altogether).
So maybe our devices don't do too well with custom kernels!
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I went with the kernel that comes with Viper 3.2.7 and it still has the homescreen lag
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First off that's an old version of the kernel.
Second, I don't suggest flashing kernels from venom hub
Factory reset should be done prior to flashing a kernel so if you did not....
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exad, before i tried flashing 1.3 from the venom hub i did flash 1.4. here is the thing, i absolutely hated DTtW. my pocket detection wasn't the best and i would get random button pressing.
but here is the thing, i didn't do a factory reset before flashing the kernel. doing it now. will report back with results
EDIT: Almost immediately after installing the kernel the lag returned!
EDIT2: After a day of no lag, it returned first thing in the morning
Conclusion: No more custom kernel for me, unfortunately. At least not on Sense based ROMs
anybody facing ui lags and stuters after updating to android 10?
I'm getting a little lag and freezes at times maybe a few times a day
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I see no difference between A9 and A10, but I am using Nova Prime launcher since day one.
I think it's a Asus launcher problem I actually had it crash on me yesterday it's not a frequent problem maybe once or twice a day but I am considering a hard reset of the phone
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I did hard reset,so most of times lag is gone but still experience lag in switching and in apps as long as chrome is in background,if chrome is closed everything goes to normal
Chrome stutters and lags because of Chrome is known problem of Chrome and Android 10. We should wait for Google to rectify this issue.
The last android 10 update killed the smoothness of phone.. ram management is also not that good compared to android 9.. pretty laggy UI
having lags also, and seems to be draining more battery since upgraded to android 10. Lag is especially noticeable after quitting games.
Not sure if it's asus rom or what, was hoping to avoid rooting it for custom rom.
Even fingerprint scanner lags .. my phone rebooted first time in its own
I've heard doing factory reset solves it, which is annoying. Can anyone try and report back?
EDIT: did a factory reset and that seems to work. Also tried asus local backup feature to restore apps. No problem restoring apps, but app data and settings are hit and miss, some apps work, most don't.
I installed the new firmware and the lag disappeared
Noticeable improvement after I did a hard reset yesterday so far so good. There's also a new update that rolled out I haven't received it yet it's suppose to address some of the issues
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there's an update today on my phone.
1. Fixed an issue where ASUS Launcher and Settings may not work occasionally
2. Improved the reliability of Fingerprint to unlock the device
3. Optimized system stability