I'm not sure how much of this phone's lag and delay issue is due to the Lollipop version it is running. I know there is a known memory leak, but even if I reboot often, the lagging persists. This is really the only issue that is keeping me from really liking this phone. I have tried all the standard tricks to keep the phone running at it's best, but it seems that the lagging is inherent. Do you think Alcatel will address this issue and make improvements????
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I'm not sure how much of this phone's lag and delay issue is due to the Lollipop version it is running. I know there is a known memory leak, but even if I reboot often, the lagging persists. This is really the only issue that is keeping me from really liking this phone. I have tried all the standard tricks to keep the phone running at it's best, but it seems that the lagging is inherent. Do you think Alcatel will address this issue and make improvements????
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No lag here. How severe is it? Did you install latest updates?
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i think its the onetouch launcher im using nova launcher and its been lagging less maybe its due to that memory leak lollipop has but other than that its running fine for me
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i think its the onetouch launcher im using nova launcher and its been lagging less maybe its due to that memory leak lollipop has but other than that its running fine for me
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Is the double tap feature working for you with Nova? Are you using the free or paid version?
Double tap to wake works in any launcher. Double tap to sleep will work in Nova but only the paid version (Prime.) You also need an app to go along with Nova Prime or any other 3rd party launcher that support gestures. The app many of us are using is called Screen Off & Lock. In Nova Prime you set the double tap gesture to launch the Screen Off app. Works every time.
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Is the double tap feature working for you with Nova? Are you using the free or paid version?
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yes it does for me im using nova prime
i think that will be update soon to solve this issues.....i hope Alcatel complete it's mission by enhancing its software and always address issues
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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
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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.
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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.
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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/
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FIX: Install Performance Control from XDA, set minfree taskkiler to medium, and bye bye ram problems. I've had zero problems since.
Recently isntalled Google Now Launcher and it doesn't work quite well.
In App drawer pages, few of the pages will be completely blacked out...
And icons on the home page will be visible as Black rectangular boxes...it happens quite often on my new Mi4I, Friend of mine facing the same issue...
Any solutions provided will be much appreciated...Thank u
Use Nova
Nova has the same problem.
Yes... Nova also have the same Issue..
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No problem.
Give it some time
Waiting for any fix from Google now or Nova launchers
Just updated now no problems
Update what?
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May be he is talking abt MIUI 6.5.4 update.. But I'm still facing the issue...
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May be he is talking abt MIUI 6.5.4 update.. But I'm still facing the issue...
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In nova launcher, go to nova settings then in advanced enable aggressive desktop then restart nova. DONE
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In nova launcher, go to nova settings then in advanced enable aggressive desktop then restart nova. DONE
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Its working fine with this settings... Have been using from last 3 days and no issues as of now.... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup:
A simple solution, install latest nova launcher and in nova settings>advanced enable aggressive desktop and restart nova.
Same problem
I am using Xperia Launcher. It also has the same problem. But far better than others. Only the widgets blacks out
Its an MIUI bug
Has anyone found a solution to this issue? I would really like to run the Google Now Launcher but it is too glitchy.
Thanks!
OC123 said:
Has anyone found a solution to this issue? I would really like to run the Google Now Launcher but it is too glitchy.
Thanks!
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None, I guess.. Its a problem with RAM management of MIUI that causes third party launchers to redraw so often.. You can either use Nova launcher with above mentioned setting to keep it in memory or try updating MIUI to latest version... I had the same issue with GNL in MIUI, I rooted and am using wilson's CM12.1 ROM now
Recently i updated my phone to Nougat. And since then apps in "Recent Apps" have started closing themselves. I m using nova launcher prime. And last night too i observed it, before going to sleep i had 16 apps in recent apps, and when woke up there were only 6 apps showing in recent apps. And it has been happening since last few days. Not sure whether this is an issue with nova launcher or nougat?
Is anyone else facing the same issue? Is this some setting in Nougat?
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omer7 said:
Recently i updated my phone to Nougat. And since then apps in "Recent Apps" have started closing themselves. I m using nova launcher prime. And last night too i observed it, before going to sleep i had 16 apps in recent apps, and when woke up there were only 6 apps showing in recent apps. And it has been happening since last few days. Not sure whether this is an issue with nova launcher or nougat?
Is anyone else facing the same issue? Is this some setting in Nougat?
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No one else having the same issue?
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App power monitor in device maintenance closing them?
I always close them manually once I've closed the app so wouldn't know if it was happening or not, don't like leaving loads of recents open in the background
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App power monitor in device maintenance closing them?
I always close them manually once I've closed the app so wouldn't know if it was happening or not, don't like leaving loads of recents open in the background
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I do not know what is closing apps in recent menu. Can't even find any option related to this.
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Nougat does that, I don't know why. I use moto g4 plus and moto z play, the same happens in both. Android police wrote an article talking about it, but I haven't found anything solving the problem
Yes, I'm having the same annoying issue. The update just went through about 4 days ago for me and it has happened ever since then. Did you ever find a fix? I don't use nova launcher, so I think this is a nougat issue.
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Yes, I'm having the same annoying issue. The update just went through about 4 days ago for me and it has happened ever since then. Did you ever find a fix? I don't use nova launcher, so I think this is a nougat issue.
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This is how recent apps work in Nougat. So there's no fix i guess. And yeah it would happen on nova and stock launcher as well (and most probably on every launcher). I m getting used to it now, since this is how it will work.
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Thanks. It's very frustrating. I leave apps open sometimes because I want to come back to something only to discover the app has closed on its own. It is incredibly annoying.
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Thanks. It's very frustrating. I leave apps open sometimes because I want to come back to something only to discover the app has closed on its own. It is incredibly annoying.
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But apps auto close if u leave ur phone inactive for a long time, which i have observed.
Some people liking this thing and some disliking.
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Yes Very Frustrating
I have read that it's part of Nougat's design to close all but 7 apps in the Recent Apps list, but this has not been my experience. I have had 6 apps in the list and when I come back after a few hours, there is only two in the Recent Apps list. And yes, I had these apps "locked" and they still disappeared from the Recent Apps list. From what I've read, they did not design this to be an option, nor is there any way to disable this... yet (though I'll keep looking).
Very annoying and frustrating.
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Any fix or workaround for this yet, even if root is required? This makes recent apps function pretty much useless - if you cannot rely on an app you're trying to get back to or open back up to be there like it should then you would be wasting time trying to get to that app using the recent apps list so might as well not even try.
Still no workaround? No mods? Come on hackers! Am I going to have to learn to hack the code from scratch & do this myself!!!??? I'm not even a programmer or hacker........ yet!
Recent update seems to have fixed my complaints. Finally.
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Still no workaround? No mods? Come on hackers! Am I going to have to learn to hack the code from scratch & do this myself!!!??? I'm not even a programmer or hacker........ yet!
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now the fix is possible via xposed module called "Recents auto-removal override (android recents override)"
Hi guys,
Could someone please confirm if the Nova Launcher's Direct Dial shortcuts work in the new Mate 9 EMUI 5.
I'd be happy to upgrade but there's one thing that's stopping me.
I've been using my Mate 7 running KitKat 4.4.2 and EMUI 3.0 for a couple of years now. It's my main business tool. I basically got stuck with it as any further firmware update was ruining the Direct Dial function in my Nova Launcher, and I highly rely on it. It was failing to dial with "permission denied" error. They say it's a problem with EMUI but there's NO fix. I tried every possible way to make it work.
PS I know you can get other direct dial apps, but unfortunately they can't be assigned to Nova's gestures, and that's how I need it.
Thank you
I'm using romaur 1.5 and I'm on the beta program for nova prime. At some point it started working again. Couldn't tell you what it was though, I think maybe the latest version of nova fixed it on their end.
This problem bugged me for a very long time, but now it seems this ROM and phone does almost everything I want and how I want. I come from a nexus 5, so the lack of options here was a very sore spot at first but now I'm a happy camper and this bug was the last thing that bothered me.
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I'm using romaur 1.5 and I'm on the beta program for nova prime. At some point it started working again. Couldn't tell you what it was though, I think maybe the latest version of nova fixed it on their end.
This problem bugged me for a very long time, but now it seems this ROM and phone does almost everything I want and how I want. I come from a nexus 5, so the lack of options here was a very sore spot at first but now I'm a happy camper and this bug was the last thing that bothered me.
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Thanks mate, I'll keep rom aur 1.5 in mind as a workaround. Would love to hear if anyone's tested it with the stock ROM.
no it does not. I have the latest B185 update and it's the same error you mentioned. I contacted both Huawei and Nova Launcher developers, they are pointing finger to each other each blaming the other party.
I'm using an app to speed dial.
Hi everyone,
Has anyone tried to put Nova launcher on their Honor 8? I have recently decided to change the look of my phone a bit so i downloaded the Nova launcher (prime). I managed to modify it to my liking but there is one problem with it - i think that it is slowing my phone down a bit. App opening seems to be slower and even scrolling through pages in apps is a bit laggy (facebook, instagram, chrome, etc..). I think that my phone is working better on stock emui launcher. I really like the google feed which is not available on EMUI 5.0.1
Is there anyone else who encountered the same issue? Is there any way to fix this? I tried to change the animation time in phone and nova settings and it is not helping...
Thank you.
I have Nova on mine and it doesn't run slow at all. Maybe try turning off App Animations in the Look and Feel section?
I've been running Nova on mine for over a year, and can say that I have never noticed any slowdowns at all.
Same as the person above have been running nova launcher since i bought it back in september and havent experianced any slowdowns
Ok then the problem seem to be with my phone only. Maybe i should restore it to factory settings as i haven't done that yet. I guess i will just stay with stock emui launcher for now. .. Thanks for help
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Hi everyone,
Has anyone tried to put Nova launcher on their Honor 8? I have recently decided to change the look of my phone a bit so i downloaded the Nova launcher (prime). I managed to modify it to my liking but there is one problem with it - i think that it is slowing my phone down a bit. App opening seems to be slower and even scrolling through pages in apps is a bit laggy (facebook, instagram, chrome, etc..). I think that my phone is working better on stock emui launcher. I really like the google feed which is not available on EMUI 5.0.1
Is there anyone else who encountered the same issue? Is there any way to fix this? I tried to change the animation time in phone and nova settings and it is not helping...
Thank you.
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Hey just convert NOVA LAUNCHER to system app thats it. It runs flawlessly
Ran it on my Honor 8 and never noticed a slowdown with it.
Thank you for you help regarding it. I wouldn't say that the phone is lagging with Nova launcher. It just seems to be slower than with EMUI launcher which is what i don't really like. Maybe it is just in my head. I think i will stay on emui launcher for now.
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Hey just convert NOVA LAUNCHER to system app thats it. It runs flawlessly
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How do you do that sir?
Try removing the spyware and resource hogs 'facebook, instagram' and I am sure it will run much faster its certainly not Nova.
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How do you do that sir?
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Using magisk module!
Some tips I discovered. It starts to run smoothly after I granted acces in advanced settings security device administrator, then Apps- Special settings - ignore battery otimization, draw over the apps, write system settings
Been using Nova Classic since I got my phone. Since I love the old Holo look I prefer this version. Never looked back. Works great.
Still using my Honor 8 on Android 6 and EMUI 4.1.
See no reason to upgrade.