Strange overheating problem - Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys. A couple of minutes ago something strange happened to my phone. I just don't understand what's going on with it. I'm so disappointed. I mean... this phone costed me some money and experiencing such a thing makes me regret so much I bought my Nexus 5. It is indeed the best phone I've ever had but if this is what it takes to have a phone for such a small period of time and already have so many problems with it then... I think it's just a waste of money.
I don't know what's going on with it - It just overheated horribly while scrolling down on Facebook. Never happened this before. I was just scrolling like normal and using FB like normal and all of a sudden my phone becomes so hot - quickly I opened System Monitor and CPU temp was at 60-67ºC.
Also if I go to the Battery Tab in System Monitor the graph is pretty strange in my opinion, I mean the battery´s temperature is going up and down all over again it's like the graph of a heartbeat record or something.
Don't get me wrong, the Nexus 5 is the best phone but if this is really what it takes to own a phone for straight two months.... I mean, really?

Uninstall Facebook

dicecuber said:
Uninstall Facebook
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I don't think that's the problem... as I said I never had this issue using Facebook and any other app (except Autorun Manager)

What ROM? are you using stock kernel?

a g bell said:
What ROM? are you using stock kernel?
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Stock ROM and Kernel. Only rooted.

KodRoute said:
Stock ROM and Kernel. Only rooted.
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Though it sounds like a app causing you problems there l would recommend trying a custom rom and kernel l have always found the stock ROM to run a little warm. But maybe before doing that have a look at trickster in the play store you change many more things to help keep things cooler.

The stock kernels the culprit I'd say. It's set in a narrow freq towards the top end causing it to run hot. Use Elemental X.

KodRoute said:
I don't know what's going on with it - It just overheated horribly while scrolling down on Facebook. Never happened this before. I was just scrolling like normal and using FB like normal and all of a sudden my phone becomes so hot - quickly I opened System Monitor and CPU temp was at 60-67ºC.
Also if I go to the Battery Tab in System Monitor the graph is pretty strange in my opinion, I mean the battery´s temperature is going up and down all over again it's like the graph of a heartbeat record or something.
Don't get me wrong, the Nexus 5 is the best phone but if this is really what it takes to own a phone for straight two months.... I mean, really?
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Perhaps it's those monitoring apps that you have installed. Just reboot the phone, should be fine.

beekay201 said:
Perhaps it's those monitoring apps that you have installed. Just reboot the phone, should be fine.
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It was indeed because of these apps. Uninstalling them seems to have solved the issue. Thank you for pointing it out! I guess I was a lil bit scared at first.
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My Screen keeps turning on by itself!

when i have my phone locked and im not even touching it, every few minutes the screen will turn on and sit there for around 30 seconds then will turn back on a few mins later, this is very annoying and im sure uses a ton of battery over the course of a day, im running leedroid 3.1.2 and it used to do it on 3.1.1 so idk if its rom related
Are you sure your not getting notifications??or if any app is causing it (alerts?)?
hyun18 said:
Are you sure your not getting notifications??or if any app is causing it (alerts?)?
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No thats the weird thing, i have no notifications at all when this happens
scottrod said:
No thats the weird thing, i have no notifications at all when this happens
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Check for any stray apps. Install "Battery history for GB" app from market and check for apps that are using "wake lock" excessively.
I had a similar problem with my inspire. It seemed to be caused by a faulty usb cable. After I plugged my phone into my car charger it started working fine.
I have an Inspire 4G with the same problem. I doubt that it is an app, because I changed the rom 3 times so far. And with every one of them, the problem persists. Anyway, i'm trying the Battery log now.
kevin_3_57 said:
I have an Inspire 4G with the same problem. I doubt that it is an app, because I changed the rom 3 times so far. And with every one of them, the problem persists. Anyway, i'm trying the Battery log now.
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Do you have any apps that you set up profiles for, i.e. Llama? They can be buggy sometimes with the screen commands.
I have the same problem. Going to have to waste my upgrade in august for a new inspire. I am trying battery history for gb now. IF anyone has any ideas, please lets us know. This is absolutely ridicolous.
diablo009 said:
Check for any stray apps. Install "Battery history for GB" app from market and check for apps that are using "wake lock" excessively.
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That app isnt on the market, at least not that i can tell. I found one in the desire hd forum.
gho5t82 said:
That app isnt on the market, at least not that i can tell. I found one in the desire hd forum.
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In my signature (the "here" link after you see "Targeting Battery Drain").
Thank u very much.
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Simba501 said:
In my signature (the "here" link after you see "Targeting Battery Drain").
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The links in your sig are excellent. They should be required reading before anyone starts a "My Battery Life Sucks" thread.
meiguoguizi said:
The links in your sig are excellent. They should be required reading before anyone starts a "My Battery Life Sucks" thread.
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Thanks, hopefully people will notice them and check them out. That's my aim. Surely they'll help someone.
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annoying screen randomly turning on
Hey I've been having the same issue, my SGS I9000 international version keeps turning the screen on by itself randomly, I've flashed my phone back to stock Eclair 2.1 and then I went to Froyo, Cyannogen mode 7, ICS rom which I forgot the name of it, and then I'm running on the new value pack now which is 2.3.6XXJW4 however nothing has solved this damn problem, my screen keeps turning on and it's killing my battery, help please..!! I've tried to see if the sensor is not working, however I believe it's something else.. please let me know if someone has fix for this..!
I'm running LeeDroid v5.1.1 and haven't experienced this yet. I've been running it close to 2 weeks now with no real issues. Just an occasional lag spike on wake up.
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No such problems like that for me.maybe someone is trying to contoll your phone?? Lol jk
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ok peeps been searching this for a week now n ive solved i have htc one s n screen random turns on .its one of 2 things no1 is usb port clean it out n blow dust out of it and no2 is change your recovery I guarantee one of these is the issue to check if it is usb port plug in charger n wiggle it and if screen comes on its that one

Battery Life ??

I have ran cataclysm for over 4 months now and decided to try a different rom. I ended up flashing SlimKat and love it. I am noticing a bad battery drain on SlimKat. I am running SlimKat build 4 + franco kernel latest nightly. Something caught my attention once I opened the battery stats. It said "mm-qcamera-daemon". Could that be the battery drain issue ? If so, what is it ?
its a known issue thats getting fixed in the next update. reboot your phone to fix it for now. its from using the camera.
simms22 said:
its a known issue thats getting fixed in the next update. reboot your phone to fix it for now. its from using the camera.
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I was running 4.4.2 cataclysm and it never happened.
Because Cataclysm is awesome
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I don't get this bug. I've ran every rom available almost, and stock....and never seen it. Must only be a few lucky ones that get it.
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I don't get this bug. I've ran every rom available almost, and stock....and never seen it. Must only be a few lucky ones that get it.
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Do you kill the camera app after finish taking pictures? I always do that and have never had this issue either.
Or does that process wake by itself even without using camera after boot?
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
Do you kill the camera app after finish taking pictures? I always do that and have never had this issue either.
Or does that process wake by itself even without using camera after boot?
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i kill my apps as well, which kills the bug as well. i didnt even know that i get the bug until 2 weeks ago, when i didnt kill my apps, then saw the battery drain and why it drained. i figured out that me killing my apps fixes that camera deamon bug.
GUGUITOMTG4 said:
Do you kill the camera app after finish taking pictures? I always do that and have never had this issue either.
Or does that process wake by itself even without using camera after boot?
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No, I just hit back button. Its not greenified, its still a system app. But, I have a regular list of things I freeze directly after flashing. I wonder if the bug is caused by something else, that I happen to freeze all the time. So I've never had the bug, cause its partner in crime app is frozen??
Can't imagine what though. Nothing I freeze seems to be related directly to the camera.
Maybe i'm just lucky. Not everyone gets the bug....do they?
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No, I just hit back button. Its not greenified, its still a system app. But, I have a regular list of things I freeze directly after flashing. I wonder if the bug is caused by something else, that I happen to freeze all the time. So I've never had the bug, cause its partner in crime app is frozen??
Can't imagine what though. Nothing I freeze seems to be related directly to the camera.
Maybe i'm just lucky. Not everyone gets the bug....do they?
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Maybe some apps like whatsapp or facebook enable the process because of the picture stuffs.
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Maybe some apps like whatsapp or facebook enable the process because of the picture stuffs.
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i dont have either of those apps, nor any other app that uses the camera(besides for hangouts).
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Maybe some apps like whatsapp or facebook enable the process because of the picture stuffs.
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This is what I freeze. On first boot after I flash anything, I get TB from the play store, and freeze these. Then I reboot and restore apps. Maybe its one of these??
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Thanks for the help everyone. Every time I use a camera app, ill just have to kill it

Google service drain?

Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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Perhaps you should go into your accounts and stop many of the the Google services from syncing. I only have Calendar, Contacts and Gmail on. That might help with battery life.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/one-x-att/general/guide-google-play-services-battery-t2822726
Make sure you read the last post, it streamlines the process, I just haven't had time to update the OP.
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Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
vanessaem said:
Perhaps you should go into your accounts and stop many of the the Google services from syncing. I only have Calendar, Contacts and Gmail on. That might help with battery life.
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Why would they do that? The whole point of having a smartphone is having instantaneous access to your info and using these features. This is a known bug affecting many. Supposedly oneplus one will fix this with the next ota update.
yankees45us said:
Why would they do that? The whole point of having a smartphone is having instantaneous access to your info and using these features. This is a known bug affecting many. Supposedly oneplus one will fix this with the next ota update.
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Things running constantly so that you can have instantaneous and continuous access will drain battery-operated electronics. That's nothing unique with OPO, other smartphones, or any other electronic device which runs on a battery.
vanessaem said:
Things running constantly so that you can have instantaneous and continuous access will drain battery-operated electronics. That's nothing unique with OPO, other smartphones, or any other electronic device which runs on a battery.
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Yes it will drain your battery, but not excessively like the google services bug present in cm11s. Most people don't buy a smartphone to have everything turned off on it. My g3 has all the same things constantly active and battery is a beast on it.
yankees45us said:
Yes it will drain your battery, but not excessively like the google services bug present in cm11s. Most people don't buy a smartphone to have everything turned off on it. My g3 has all the same things constantly active and battery is a beast on it.
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Well, I posted my suggestion. If you have a better one, feel free to let the OP know.
vanessaem said:
Well, I posted my suggestion. If you have a better one, feel free to let the OP know.
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That is a great suggestion for a temporary battery life improvement but hopefully the update coming from oneplus will resolve it permanently. I hope it does, I really like this phone but will switch over to the g3 permanently if it doesn't get fixed.
this did the trick on mine. I made this video for couple friends
just stop all the services and do immediate reboot
should be fine after
Paulisan said:
Did you try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53739230&postcount=5031
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Works for me.
rikardo1979 said:
this did the trick on mine. I made this video for couple friends
just stop all the services and do immediate reboot
should be fine after
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Once you reboot, the process starts again, so they are running again. Por thats TVE way it should be?.
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Does anyone else have this. What is the fix
Left unplugged for night. Here is morning results.
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I have exact same issue !! check my posts in Franco kernel thread in original development !! Initially i thought it was due to CM11S battery drain. But then franco has already fixed it in latest kernel and i have this google search performing atleat 250 wakelocks overnight and draining the battery !!!!
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Once you reboot, the process starts again, so they are running again. Por thats TVE way it should be?.
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Yes,it have to start again but it should be fixed
put location on 'battery saving' instead of 'high accuracy'.
difference was night and day for google services wakelocks for me
timothydonohue said:
put location on 'battery saving' instead of 'high accuracy'.
difference was night and day for google services wakelocks for me
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I dont use location almost always is off. I am trying a xposed combo of greenify & wakelock terminator.

[Q] Exteme lg flex 2 lag

I have had My sprint lg g flex 2 , for 3 days now....and I've been using it non stop. I was expecting a smooth beautiful phone...with the Qualcomm 810 but I can't even listen to Spotify and surf chrome without extreme lag, or an app closing out. The lag will come and go....and its actully lagging as i write this....i have nothing open.....I think its mostly a ram problem...and I'm so confused because they say the g flex 32 GB variants have 3 gbs of ram....mine is 32gbs....but I have 2....anyway...I've attached a video for proof of the lag...I've updated everything and everysthinga stock with about 20 apps installed....this is very frustrating because I didn't even have this much lag coming from my g2 and that's 2 years older..so I would love it if someone could get me some sort of help!
Link to lag video: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1vU6325yeNnWmJacHlESFo0dUU/edit?usp=docslist_api
Chrome was my problem.
Left it and the overall experience is better.
Not perfect though.
erhnam said:
Chrome was my problem.
Left it and the overall experience is better.
Not perfect though.
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Lol definitely not chrome, it's my phone.... It could be a combination of Spotify, and Skype, and Spotify would is shut off it's mostly a ram problem
It's probably memory leaks. I changed my thermal throttling and I still have that happening. It's a known issue in 5.0. We will probably have to wait until we get 5.1 to see real relief. Often I am forced to restart my phone because it wont respond because it seemingly can't load anything else into RAM.
I'm pretty sure this is a ram issue. I've never experienced that with my 3gb model. Although the lag you're experiencing is what I had with my S4 with android 5.0 and it all got fixed when I upgraded to 5.1.
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It's probably memory leaks. I changed my thermal throttling and I still have that happening. It's a known issue in 5.0. We will probably have to wait until we get 5.1 to see real relief. Often I am forced to restart my phone because it wont respond because it seemingly can't load anything else into RAM.
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Ahhhhhh okayyy ...that helps I looked it up.....and I see that memory leaks are a common glitch in 5.0x other than waiting for sprint to push out 5.1x , is there any fix?
lowther_hall said:
Ahhhhhh okayyy ...that helps I looked it up.....and I see that memory leaks are a common glitch in 5.0x other than waiting for sprint to push out 5.1x , is there any fix?
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Unfortunately it looks like the best method requires Xposed which we can't install right now. You could try an app that will kill apps that are using a lot of memory. I don't have any recommendations though since I'm not currently using one but may end up trying it out soon since I'm getting tired of restarting my phone.
uh60james said:
Unfortunately it looks like the best method requires Xposed which we can't install right now. You could try an app that will kill apps that are using a lot of memory. I don't have any recommendations though since I'm not currently using one but may end up trying it out soon since I'm getting tired of restarting my phone.
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I'm actually using clean master atm...using the widget for a fast ram fix
lowther_hall said:
I'm actually using clean master atm...using the widget for a fast ram fix
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Does it seem to help?
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Does it seem to help?
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Hardly, it makes it useable though... Also the thing about xsposed, how come we can't use it, I know there is a beta for a lollipop? PS..... regardless I can't root because I'm on a lease with Sprint, can't risk, loosing the warranty ?
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Hardly, it makes it useable though... Also the thing about xsposed, how come we can't use it, I know there is a beta for a lollipop? PS..... regardless I can't root because I'm on a lease with Sprint, can't risk, loosing the warranty
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Currently there isn't a way to install the framework without an unlocked bootloader. It's possible that could change at some point but for now it's not possible.
uh60james said:
Currently there isn't a way to install the framework without an unlocked bootloader. It's possible that could change at some point but for now it's not possible.
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I was fine on my g2 installing xsposed on 5.0, but I did have an unlocked bootloader, I know there's a root method for the Flex 2, but I guess there's no boot unlock?
lowther_hall said:
Ahhhhhh okayyy ...that helps I looked it up.....and I see that memory leaks are a common glitch in 5.0x other than waiting for sprint to push out 5.1x , is there any fix?
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On my S4 with 5.0 it helped to run the app Greenify with root access. I would have it hibernate apps I didn't want to have taking resources in the background. Made a big difference for me. Even without the xposed features it helped a lot.
probaina said:
On my S4 with 5.0 it helped to run the app Greenify with root access. I would have it hibernate apps I didn't want to have taking resources in the background. Made a big difference for me. Even without the xposed features it helped a lot.
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I heard about greenify, I downloaded it about 3 hours ago, I'm not using it with root access but my phone hasn't been slow since

S8+ being laggy?

So my wife and I both got s8+ when they first got released. It seemed as if when we first got the phones, they were running flawlessly and fast as hell. Now a month or so later, both our phones seem laggy and sluggish. I always run device maintenance on both to keep things cleared up. Dunno what else to try. Wish we had root already so I can get rid of all this bloat and unnecessary stuff. Any recommendations from anyone? Dunno if maybe debloating apps or programs with a app is possible without root?
Same problem here !
albaniandroid said:
Same problem here !
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Idk what else to try. Wonder if anyone else is having this problem
powerstroke said:
Idk what else to try. Wonder if anyone else is having this problem
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Idk , i tried hard reset but still nothing its like im using galaxy s3
albaniandroid said:
Idk , i tried hard reset but still nothing its like im using galaxy s3
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So doing a factory reset didn't help? I've tried wiping cache in recovery several times and it doesn't seem to help much.
I'm just waiting for the OnePlus 5 . This lag isn't horrible but unacceptable at this point.
Tw has always been laggy sluggish.
powerstroke said:
So doing a factory reset didn't help? I've tried wiping cache in recovery several times and it doesn't seem to help much.
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It didnt help at all
Have you checked who the offenders are in your phone? Which apps/processes are running the most and see if they are 3rd party apps that ruin the experience.
Have you tried changing launchers, maybe try Nova
powerstroke said:
So my wife and I both got s8+ when they first got released. It seemed as if when we first got the phones, they were running flawlessly and fast as hell. Now a month or so later, both our phones seem laggy and sluggish. I always run device maintenance on both to keep things cleared up. Dunno what else to try. Wish we had root already so I can get rid of all this bloat and unnecessary stuff. Any recommendations from anyone? Dunno if maybe debloating apps or programs with a app is possible without root?
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I never faced any issues or lag except *bixby* for sure. I am using the exynos variant here i am not sure if it's something related to snapdragon chipset or not but
* we encountered lots of problems with note 4 snapdragon variants with emmc bug failure. The nand seems to be corrupted within 2 years and no solution for this kind of problem unless you buy a new motherboard
I bought this phone month a go and it runs as fast as it should
* my only advice for you is to try enabling debug GPU overdraw under developer option google it, definitely it's a 3rd party app causing this problem but in both phones i doubt.
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powerstroke said:
So my wife and I both got s8+ when they first got released. It seemed as if when we first got the phones, they were running flawlessly and fast as hell. Now a month or so later, both our phones seem laggy and sluggish. I always run device maintenance on both to keep things cleared up. Dunno what else to try. Wish we had root already so I can get rid of all this bloat and unnecessary stuff. Any recommendations from anyone? Dunno if maybe debloating apps or programs with a app is possible without root?
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Same problem here !
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Are you guys using any of the Bye Bixby remapping apps? I had a slight lag but after uninstalling the app it's completely gone. By slight I mean I notice a little stutter when scrolling through my apps in settings, other than that nothing to complain about.
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Are you guys using any of the Bye Bixby remapping apps? I had a slight lag but after uninstalling the app it's completely gone. By slight I mean I notice a little stutter when scrolling through my apps in settings, other than that nothing to complain about.
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No never used any of these apps !
powerstroke said:
So my wife and I both got s8+ when they first got released. It seemed as if when we first got the phones, they were running flawlessly and fast as hell. Now a month or so later, both our phones seem laggy and sluggish. I always run device maintenance on both to keep things cleared up. Dunno what else to try. Wish we had root already so I can get rid of all this bloat and unnecessary stuff. Any recommendations from anyone? Dunno if maybe debloating apps or programs with a app is possible without root?
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Try this...
https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?ur...share_tid=3616562&share_fid=3793&share_type=t
[Possible fix] Stuttering with the notification pull down and app switcher.
Disable the animations in developers​ options​
You'll see the change !
NexuStar said:
Disable the animations in developers​ options​
You'll see the change !
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That just hides it.
Galaxy S8+ Black
For me also it's the same...the shutters and lags are more when I unlock the phone after few hrours of inactivity and after using the phone for a while they seem to reduce...my one plus3 was way smoother than this phone...
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mine will randomly start lagging sometimes after long uptime i think, a reboot fixes it though
Yeah see how much free space you have left... on your internal memory? I have noticed that my phone is filling up with all sorts of crap from a couple games I play and stuff the little advert videos and stuff it's taking up gigs of space...
The only place I see lag in the UI was when using the stock launcher. On the Snapdragon S8+ that i have the launcher that came with the phone is the worst performing launcher I've had out of the box in my 5 years of buying Samsung phones.

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