[Q] Screen redraws - Droid Ultra Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

What's up all. Was wondering if anyone is seeing slight screen redraws when pressing the home button. Typically I see it with the moto circle widget where it flashes on the screen and redraws itself to the screen. I know back I the day HTC phones had it and doing a build. Prop edit fixed it or something. Was wondering if anyone else noticed it.
I am rooted and have some X posed stuff working but I saw it before I rooted as well. Just curious
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Franzie3 said:
What's up all. Was wondering if anyone is seeing slight screen redraws when pressing the home button. Typically I see it with the moto circle widget where it flashes on the screen and redraws itself to the screen. I know back I the day HTC phones had it and doing a build. Prop edit fixed it or something. Was wondering if anyone else noticed it.
I am rooted and have some X posed stuff working but I saw it before I rooted as well. Just curious
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Would like to know this as well. My Maxx runs super smooth, only not smooth thing I have noticed is when I press home the Moto Droid circle widget redraws sometimes. A fix would be appreciated!

MrZ123 said:
Would like to know this as well. My Maxx runs super smooth, only not smooth thing I have noticed is when I press home the Moto Droid circle widget redraws sometimes. A fix would be appreciated!
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I'm pretty sure a fix is going to have to come from Moto itself. I was wondering if anyone could find a work around in the meantime.

I see the Droid circle widget redraw every once in a while. It's so fast that it doesn't bother me at all.

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
mattdub1 said:
iv been reading that thread for awhile and have posted in it... just curious about the screen protector aspect
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Only One Thing I Don't Like

Only one thing so far I don't like about HOX. Bone stock, non-root.
Sense 4 stutters in the app tray when swiping between app screens. I think my gnex with official 4.04 is smoother. With more powerful hardware on the HOX, you wouldn't think even Sense 4 could slow it down. But it is consistently laggy or stutters when swiping between app tray screens. Not bad mind you, just a little stutter step during the first 1/3 of the transition as you swipe side to side.
I actually find Sense 4 to be quite usable so have no complaints with it. Just wish it were smoother. Maybe one day I will use a de-sensed rom but that will have to wait until I've owned it a month. We'll see.
Just use another launcher like Apex and Nova and you should be fine.
Sometimes it takes a second for my app drawer to pop up if I haven't opened it for a while, but not once has it stuttered swiping between screens. You really should root, that's what xda is for ya know...
Thanks, I tried Nova and liked it. Smooth.
Sense is so pervasive throughout though I couldn't get over the idea that I was running one launcher on top of another so decided that the Sense 4 stuttering app tray bothered me less than using two launchers and the resources that might suck up. It's not that bad, just mind boggling that HTC can't get this one part right.
pl0xn00b said:
Just use another launcher like Apex and Nova and you should be fine.
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lol click the thanks button
I haven't had any issues with lag with mine.
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Nexus 7 UI on Motorola Xoom?

I know it sounds silly, with such a big screen, why would we want a UI that consumes so much of the screen? Well I think it would just be kinda neat to see it on the Xoom, who knows maybe people like it more? Is there any possibility of this happening? I have EOS 3 126 and it is running just fine.
Here's some more info for you, even though I don't have the answer.
Nexus runs phone UI, Xoom runs tablet UI.
Nexus can be tweaked to run tablet. My guess is its a build.prop tweak.
See that's what I thought cause that's how you get the Nexus 7 to run the tablet interface, so I don't know of the same thing can be done with a simple build.prop mod.
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To get the phone UI, you need to change the DPI I believe. I tried it and my XOOM didn't boot, had to reflash my ROM. Probably not a good idea.
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Same, I was messing with the DPI but after I did that it just wouldn't boot, which sucks.
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I wish I had a link to the article so this wasn't such an anecdotal response but I'm 99% sure that I read the ui the nexus uses is actually an in between mode for 7ish inch screens. The thing I read said there was a phone, a 7" and a 10" mode. The only reason I bring this up is that I would be interested in seeing that other view too just to compare so if you find anything else on the subject please let us know.
Edit: http://liliputing.com/2012/07/how-to-change-the-nexus-7-user-interface-to-full-tablet-mode.html
That article has a little more detail on the three ui modes and lists the dpi of the nexus 7 (213). As well as what range to set it to to get it to display the full tablet mode. This might be a good place to start from to try to get the xoom to go down to the middle size ui mode
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Well, compare nexus to phone UI. It seems the same.
TheStickMan said:
Well, compare nexus to phone UI. It seems the same.
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Not really, in landscape the notification tray pulls down covering only the left of the screen and in portrait it only covers the middle of the screen.
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If anyone finds a ROM with nexus style ui plz post it I'd love to try it out on Xoom or gnex and won't get a n7 until Oct or DEC 25
I don't think it is possible t get the Nexus 7 UI n a phone with a smaller display....
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I set the 213 DPI on my Galaxy nexus... it was very similar
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KidCuda said:
I set the 213 DPI on my Galaxy nexus... it was very similar
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Think you can mess with the DPI on the Xoom?
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it works on JB for me (partially)
i just used the dpi app on the market, in 4.1 it changes to 'hybrid' mode if you like, but the navbar is missing from the bottom! atm im using virtual buttons to emulate home and back buttons! any way to force navbar to appear? EOS JB Wingray Nightlies (143)
Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1893923
Very much what I was looking for, thanks
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Smokexz said:
Very much what I was looking for, thanks
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That's what the thanks button is for.
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I made a universal mod for this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898907
I really like this on my Xoom, it makes the screen a little weirder to type on but that's only in the beginning, after a while you get used to it. It feels a little slow when dragging the notification window down but it feels faster in some other areas like scrolling through my pages of apps in the app drawer.
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rmkilc said:
I made a universal mod for this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1898907
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Sorry to double post, but I have to say, your universal mod is SO much better on my Wingray. Much faster, the bar is a lot bigger so the soft keys aren't so small and difficult to tap and it is just overall less glitchy, with the other mod, my Xoom restarted every time I held the power button, with yours everything works just fine. Thank you so much.
Oh and the keyboard is so much bigger and better to type on, it seems the other one makes the screen size feel smaller so it all is very much wasting screen real estate.
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Smokexz said:
Sorry to double post, but I have to say, your universal mod is SO much better on my Wingray. Much faster, the bar is a lot bigger so the soft keys aren't so small and difficult to tap and it is just overall less glitchy, with the other mod, my Xoom restarted every time I held the power button, with yours everything works just fine. Thank you so much.
Oh and the keyboard is so much bigger and better to type on, it seems the other one makes the screen size feel smaller so it all is very much wasting screen real estate.
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Awesome, glad to hear! Maybe you should write a post like this in my thread.
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Glitch in Apex Launcher

Hi there.
Ive got a question regarding apex Launcher.
Everytime i browse through my homescreens, a glitch (dark square) in the top left corner of the screen appears and keeps flashing(while swiping my finger on the screen) . sometimes after exitting an app it stays on the screen and i have to tap something to get rid of it. Has anyone of you guys experienced that kind of glitch on your devices?
I have a rooted htc one s with a Trickdroid 7.1 rom. sorry for my bad English,havent been using it for a while. anyway, i attached a photo, so if anyone got that kind of bug, write here:good:
Hey,
same here on my one s, but only when i tab/swipe my finger on the screen.
i suspect that it is since the update to 4.04....
i have a unrooted device.
Same on my unrooted One S using Apex.
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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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sameer1807 said:
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

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