Memory Issues with Marshmallow - Xperia Z5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Is anyone else having really bad memory issues with the their Z5 post Marshmallow update? I noticed that my phone had been stuttering for a while and in looking at my memory usage, it's always at 90% - 95%. This was never the case with Lollipop and with the same apps installed.

None here, .185 and considering the apps are now installed on phone.

I am also having similar issues (on the .185 update). I've tried to determine if it was an app that was causing it but it doesn't seem to be. Hard to live with considering the marshmallow update was so delayed to begin with...especially since the mantra seemed to be that Sony took longer to release a bug free update.

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should I update?

I just ordered the shield tablet from amazon, it should be here in a few days, and I am wondering if I should let the tablet update to lollipop or stay on kit kat. I have read some problems with lollipop like memory leakage and battery issues.
Do the benefits of Lollipop out weigh the glitches?
I haven't used xposed on my current tablet. I know that in lollipop you can't use xposed (I plan to root)
I have yet to see a real benefit lollipop offers. Even SD card compatibility, the one feature I was excited about, is limited to recently updated apps that took advantage of the API. But that's not accounting for the amount of trial and error that goes into making the Google Storage Access Framework actually work with your SD card after the proper apps are found!
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Rumor has it another update is coming soon. Wait and see how that goes
I see no reason not too as long as you follow some simple advice - do a complete wipe of the device afterwards.
If for nothing else, the performance is much better than KitKat. At one point I down graded back to Kit Kat and within a few hours felt it was a different device in terms of lagging. Lollipop does a much better job of having more consistent performance.
I generally have no issues with Lollipop.
Now... is it perfect absolutely not! Battery is not as good or at least the measurements are no longer accurate (which I believe is the case). And it does not address specific pitfalls of the Android OS like SD cards (But with rooting you can fix that easily)...
sky.walker said:
I just ordered the shield tablet from amazon, it should be here in a few days, and I am wondering if I should let the tablet update to lollipop or stay on kit kat. I have read some problems with lollipop like memory leakage and battery issues.
Do the benefits of Lollipop out weigh the glitches?
I haven't used xposed on my current tablet. I know that in lollipop you can't use xposed (I plan to root)
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Ok thanks a lot for everyone's opinions. If a wipe is recommended I might as well do the update from the start.
stanglx said:
I see no reason not too as long as you follow some simple advice - do a complete wipe of the device afterwards.
If for nothing else, the performance is much better than KitKat. At one point I down graded back to Kit Kat and within a few hours felt it was a different device in terms of lagging. Lollipop does a much better job of having more consistent performance.
I generally have no issues with Lollipop.
Now... is it perfect absolutely not! Battery is not as good or at least the measurements are no longer accurate (which I believe is the case). And it does not address specific pitfalls of the Android OS like SD cards (But with rooting you can fix that easily)...
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[Q] Nexus 5 lags on Lollipop

Hi,
Sorry if this has been posted before, I didn't find anything related on here though.
Since updating my Nexus 5 to Lollipop when it was released, it has been a huge annoyance most of the time. Fresh after a reboot it's fine but the longer I use it (it usually starts after about a day), the worse it gets. It lags badly, sometimes freezes and apps get killed constantly (even if I only go back to the homescreen for a second, apps are being closed immediately). I did a factory reset which didn't help for very long, tried a different ROM (Paranoid) and regularly clear the cache (which also helps a bit but not for very long either). The RAM is never fully used and I have several GB of disk space left, so I can't explain why it's behaving like this.
I don't know what else to do or to try and while I found a couple of articles via Google, I didn't come across any solutions that helped. I hope you can help me, I don't want to go back to Kitkat...
Thanks,
Manu
Pretty sure you're talking about the memory leak issues that MANY people have experienced. 5.1 will hopefully resolve a lot of them.
This was my first guess, too. But wouldn't a memory leak use up all the RAM? I usually have a fair chunk free even though my phone is barely usable anymore. Nevertheless, I will flash the factory image this weekend and hope for the best!

Stuttering on November update?

I don't see any reason a security update would cause any issues so I know how stupid this sounds. Ever since a couple days ago I've had large amounts of micro stutter when scrolling or doing anything on my phone, never had it before. Has anyone else had this issue with this update? I also tried two different kernels in case it was related to that.

Occasional stutter and slowdown

I started noticing recently serious stutter and slowdowns in the apps and GUI fluidity. This can happen now and then, like every few days, and goes away after a reboot. Why would this start to happen only now? I had this phone since the last year. I suspect the recent firmware updates have brought this issue. Incidentally, some people complained about such issues with the new Honor 7X too.
yes, my honor 6x us getting hang sometimes but it doesn't happens before the b360 update
Same here started feeling the device lagging and stuttering after the latest updates
It's been my experience with Android updates that sometimes a major update can ruin a phone unless you reset it to factory settings (deleting all your data and settings of course). This actually worked on my Nexus 5X after the Oreo update which seemed to effectively ruin the phone until a hard reset. Of course, I don't necessarily suggest that we do this on the Honor 6X yet. Lets wait and see what happens. Perhaps newer firmware will fix this. I also notice that this often starts to happen when I open something like 20 tabs in Chrome. *Mental note to self: Don't open 20 or more tabs in Chrome*
Akopps said:
It's been my experience with Android updates that sometimes a major update can ruin a phone unless you reset it to factory settings (deleting all your data and settings of course). This actually worked on my Nexus 5X after the Oreo update which seemed to effectively ruin the phone until a hard reset. Of course, I don't necessarily suggest that we do this on the Honor 6X yet. Lets wait and see what happens. Perhaps newer firmware will fix this. I also notice that this often starts to happen when I open something like 20 tabs in Chrome. *Mental note to self: Don't open 20 or more tabs in Chrome*
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Chrome uses even more memory after their latest update
Akopps said:
I started noticing recently serious stutter and slowdowns in the apps and GUI fluidity. This can happen now and then, like every few days, and goes away after a reboot. Why would this start to happen only now? I had this phone since the last year. I suspect the recent firmware updates have brought this issue. Incidentally, some people complained about such issues with the new Honor 7X too.
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Guys same thing is happening to me for last couple of days. Anyone has any idea for a fix? I am not rooted. only reason I am not rooting is because I dont want to lose data and settings

LG G7 Ram Management is still a mess for me after the 10f update.

So by now I've mentioned a few times already how awful my experience with the ram management has been.
If I have chrome open I can go look for something on other app and when I come back chrome will be wiped out of memory.
This is for me a normal everyday use of my phone, I'm not trying to look to some absurd way of doing speed tests or whatsoever.
This videos is based on something that happened today.
Scenario: I had music playing on GPM, I was browsing the web, and somebody answered to me on a Dutch forum asking why I thought the G7 haptics were so awesome (and yes it is), so I wanted to go to the camera app so I could just confirm what parts of the software would have a feedback attached to it after playing a bit I accidentally pressed the shutter button, at this moment the music stream should lower the volume for the shutter sound, well the music simply stopped and GPM was force killed, and so was chrome .
It isn't lack of ram, 4GB is more than enough for a flagship phone to work, besides the phone reports having over 400MB of free memory.
What have I done so far:
-Because after I got the phone I got an OTA update, I actually did a full reinstall via LG bridge and a software reset
-10f update was also done via LG bridge
-I have kept the installed apps at a minimum, and no app shows excessive ram or battery usage.
https://youtu.be/o5gs1n13jt0
Could it just be that you have a faulty? Because I never get this kind of app killing
xtrocata said:
Could it just be that you have a faulty? Because I never get this kind of app killing
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I assure you, his device isn't defective.
I find the app killing to be MUCH stronger than I was used to after two years on the OnePlus 3. (A wonderful, smooth device, even two years later! Yes, I still miss it.) I was thinking it was the drop from 6 to 4GB of RAM, but it just isn't taking them out of RAM, it's entirely background killing apps from the recents list too. I used to have apps in my recents list I hadn't opened for WEEKS on the OnePlus. So I'm also inclined to believe it's aggressive RAM management on LG's part.
It's not unliveable for me, but definitely noticed, and a bit shocking that a flagship two years newer isn't as good in pretty much any respect as something 'budget' from two years back.
LG bloat and everything is terrible on this device. I wish when they release the android one G7 that they make it available to install on the flagship G7.
Henaway said:
I find the app killing to be MUCH stronger than I was used to after two years on the OnePlus 3. (A wonderful, smooth device, even two years later! Yes, I still miss it.) I was thinking it was the drop from 6 to 4GB of RAM, but it just isn't taking them out of RAM, it's entirely background killing apps from the recents list too. I used to have apps in my recents list I hadn't opened for WEEKS on the OnePlus. So I'm also inclined to believe it's aggressive RAM management on LG's part.
It's not unliveable for me, but definitely noticed, and a bit shocking that a flagship two years newer isn't as good in pretty much any respect as something 'budget' from two years back.
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And what version of Android were you running before on the OP3? Just curious...
I also can assure you that this is Not normal! I get nothing like this on my G7. I can multitask between many many apps all day long and none close, music plays no matter what etc etc
No problems here either, I migrated from my old phone yesterday and had 110 apps installing and configuring them. No unwanted force closing as far as I could see, listened to YT Music for a long time and no glitch, all notifications works just fine. I'm on 10f.
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And what version of Android were you running before on the OP3? Just curious...
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It was (is) on Android 8.0. We got it on the OP3 last year. They're skipping 8.1 and going straight to 9.0 on them though .. and that'll be the last official update for the 3/3T series. But they're unlocked and really easy to flash, so the ROM community will look after future Android versions for quite some time I'd imagine. The specs of those phones will keep them going strong for a long time. Basically until something fails catastrophically.
I'm hoping LG will be a BIT timely with updates to the G7 ThinQ. They really don't have a great reputation for it though, so I'm not holding my breath.
Maybe the next update (10g) will fix it.
I'm having problems with the poor ram management too. I used to have an xperia XZ Premium with same 4gb of ram where i never encountered these ram problems.
I've yet debloated the G7 which improved but didn't improve to a satisfying point. Has anyone tried some of the ram booster apps and do any of them work as expected?
Greets
I had this issue with the HTC U11 on stock. It was just a complete pain. So, I installed the latest unofficial Lineage ROM on it and it's been working pretty well since. I don't currently have this problem on my g7 yet.

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