hi guys I have a little problem with my Xperia Z5 i don't know if this problem is known
Sometimes the Z5 have a lag issue, doesn't respond touch but the unique solution is turn off screen and turn on.
Any solution?
Thank you for your attention
Well, it's quite normal I guess. Might be just a performance issue if you're running stock. By this time the Z5 is becoming a pretty old device so maybe you should start wondering if you want a custom rom, which could give you better performance, better customization and better battery life.
There are tons of custom roms out there, some examples are CarbonROM, LineageOS, CyanogenMOD if you aren't running nougat etc.
But be aware that having a customROM if not flashed properly could lean towards other problems, it's kind of easy to flash a ROM but just making you aware of the risks.
Search for more information about CustomROMs and all that kind of stuff, but otherwise I don't know if you can do much about your lag issue.
I could be wrong, giving you my personal experience and opinion, I had the same issue and since I got a CustomROM it disappeared and performance and battery life have highly increased.
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So I recently made the plunge and rooted my Nexus S. It was well worth the trouble. But maybe not for the reason most people might think.
Obviously, my aim was to try out different ROMs and get more power/battery life/functionality out of my phone. I agree on the functionality, but I have great doubts about the other two.
For the last week I've been testing Cynogenmod against Inf1nity against NSCollab and the results have been poor on most accounts.
Improved battery life:
Absolutely no way. My battery life has never been worse. No matter what I try, the battery drain is pretty bad. Not helped by the fact that in all three ROMs there are serious bugs which means auto-syncing even though it's switched off and constant notifications, even though they are all switched off. And that's just on the surface. System processes are going berserk on all three ROMs for no good reason at all.
Improved speed:
If there is, it's a bloody small one. In my opinion, it's quite the opposite. Maybe there's a performance improvement in certain areas, like gaming or audio. But in general the phone was prone to sluggish behaviour, no matter what settings were selected. Only Infinity felt snappy. In all cases you have to remove whatever non-stock launcher was on there and switch off many things.
The only thing you get from all of them is more functionality. But to be honest, I'm back on the stock 2.3.4, rooted and flashed the kernel and my phone is the snappiest it's ever been and so is the battery life. And there was no ROM in sight to get it there.
I'm new to this, so if I have been testing the wrong ROMs then please do point me in the right direction. If not, I'm just going to stick to my rooted phone and customize the parts I want when I have a need for it.
For some reason there is often a disparity between the experience that one individual has with a ROM, and that which another person may have. Even on the same make/model device and the same ROM, peoples 'luck' may be completely different. Perhaps it's the interaction of ROM + Apps installed, configuration, usage, variations at the silicon level...sheer luck...? Who knows?
My device hates Stock ROMs but excells with CM7, whereas others with the same device often have the opposite experience. That's why we're lucky to have a diverse dev culture and usually many options available to us. You just have to find one that fits.
Well, I'm not giving up, that's for sure The Nexus S compatible ROMs seem to be quite new, so I'm hoping future versions will show improvement.
In the meanwhile I have to applaud the community spirit and the work some people put in this. Just a pity it's not translating into results on my phone quite yet. I hope to see a real lean and fast ROM run on my phone soon.
I hope I won't hurt the moderators feelings by creating yet another thread on this issue.
I've been using my ONE S (S4) for a year and a half now, and have tried only two roms to date: the official one and currently CM10 (10.1.3).
Official rom seems to be smooth and responsive enough, greatest camera software (I guess that applies to any Sense based rom though), but only untill you start dealing with multitasking. Sense probably takes to much memory, so switching between heavyweight apps (Facebook, Navigon, Torque) basically means starting them over again.
CM 10 has it's own pros and cons:
it's lightweight, responsive, but camera software kinda sucks in comparison with stock one and screen turn-on lag drives me crazy sometimes.
I also have weird problems with CM when it all of a sudden reboots and gets into the bootloop mode, or starts being power greedy (100 to 30 in 10 hours without apparent processes responsible for it), in which case cleaning caches and fixing permissions helps.
Also, can't really say that battery life is much different on both roms, but on the other hand I don't bother switching off GPS/WIFI/3G (I still need my phone to be 'smart', you know).
Maybe I'm missing something an there are roms (or maybe kernels?) that combine the best of both worlds?
Is there a lightweight, responsive rom (maybe supporting some alternative tuned power saving kernels) which has great camera app and is stable as hell?
i use odyssey rom (3.21 build) which has been the most stable/quick/customisable i've found (it's a happy medium at least). battery is ok with the kernel that comes with it, but i've tried with the bubba kernel which does give slight battery improvements, but i get bootloops with it.
Hi,
I'm running on PAC-Man ROM. It's based on Cyanogenmod and has some extra mods. I can say I have never seen a better rom than this one. I am very satisfied with it. And one thing you should be interested in about this rom is that it doesn't have only the basic CM camera, it has an app called Focal too. It is a built-in app so you don't have to care abut downloading some extra camera software.
I am really very satisfied with this rom so far. I can only recommend it.
But, of course, you should try it on your own.
Good luck! :good:
@twotimer I understand that you are simply trying to find the best combo of rom and kernel for your device. The problem with these kinds of threads is often times they tend to move more to discussion which compares roms and kernels or sometimes even other software. For the sake of the public, these threads simply just aren't allowed to exist, no matter how they are phrased or presented. Sorry.
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I came from using an iPhone. The things I loved about iOS were the smoothness of the operating system (especially the animations and scrolling in apps) and the nice slection of apps that is available. Now I was up for a new phone last month and after serieusly considering the new iPhone 6 I decided to give Android another go. I really liked what google had done with android 5 and the new apps coming out were much more to my taste. I tried several phones in shops and my wife's One plus One. To my surprise the one plus was very smooth most of the time. Scrolling was finally almost without lag and it felt nice enough to use.
Now I decided to go for the Z3 as I loved the phone itself. As it has the same insides as the oneplus I assumed it would be just as smooth. It isn't. Its a lot more laggy and that is especially the case when scrolling in various twitter and rss apps. I annoys me to the point where I read want to ditch the phone.
I have tried several factory resets and even flashed the stock firmware (old and new) via flash tool. Whatever I do it doesn't seem to help. Why is the one plus (and the nexus 9) so much smoother than my Z3 when I use them side by side. Is there something I could try to improve this? Maybe performance will improve when we finally get Lollipop? I am at a loss.
Just a thought, but under Settings > Power Management > STAMINA mode, do you have Extended usage turned on?
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Just a thought, but under Settings > Power Management > STAMINA mode, do you have Extended usage turned on?
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I have. But I only when have stamina mode turned on when I don't use the phone for long periods. Otherwise it is turned of.
Try turning it off and reboot your device. Normally the Z3 is working buttery smooth without any lag or stuttering. When activating extended usage the phone should display a message advising you to keep the setting turned off if it causes too much performance issues. In my experience, once you turn extended usage on, it kind of remains active in the background until you actually reboot the phone, even if you turn the setting off. I also find that the performance loss coming with the extended usage setting is out of all proportion to its power saving abilities.
Tried but that has no effect. Still way less smooth scrolling through fenix timeline than scrolling through exact same timeline on my wife's one plus. Really strange. Games are comparable but scrolling in all apps is just poor.
what firmware are you using? before the latest update mine was a bit laggy, but even with extended stamina mode enabled all the time now, phone is super quick.
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what firmware are you using? before the latest update mine was a bit laggy, but even with extended stamina mode enabled all the time now, phone is super quick.
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23.0.1.A.5.77
Tried reflashing it twice with full factory reset and still no improvement. I will say it is slightly less laggy though than it was on the previous firmware. Maybe its just i am used to IOS. But what bothers me is that my wife's Oneplus is much smoother while that has the same hardware,.
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23.0.1.A.5.77
Tried reflashing it twice with full factory reset and still no improvement. I will say it is slightly less laggy though than it was on the previous firmware. Maybe its just i am used to IOS. But what bothers me is that my wife's Oneplus is much smoother while that has the same hardware,.
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what apps do you have installed? my z3 next to other peoples iphone 6's and s5 etc, seems lightning quick, again with extended stamina enabled. maybe you have a rogue app or an app running in the background killing your resources?
No looked into that. That's not the problem.
Maybe the title of the thread is misleading. I agree the Z3 is snappier than an iPhone. That's pure speed though. What I am talking about is smoothness. Particularly when scrolling. That's when the laggyness is most noticeable
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No looked into that. That's not the problem.
Maybe the title of the thread is misleading. I agree the Z3 is snappier than an iPhone. That's pure speed though. What I am talking about is smoothness. Particularly when scrolling. That's when the laggyness is most noticeable
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i never really thought about it before, but maybe because i am using apex launcher? are you able to try another launcher, do you get the same thing?
do you have any dev options enabled?
I use Nova Launcher. The launcher is fine. Its scrolling inside apps that is the main problem. And occasionally elsewhere in the os but going through homescreens is smooth
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I use Nova Launcher. The launcher is fine. Its scrolling inside apps that is the main problem. And occasionally elsewhere in the os but going through homescreens is smooth
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ok so its the apps that cause the problem then. how about the dev menu, do you have any options in there enabled? if so which ones.
Only Verify apps over USB and USB debugging.
hmm, not sure what else to suggest looking at. maybe someone else will have an idea? something is clearly not quite right though. have you tried using cpuz to see what your cpu is doing? do you get fullspeed on the cpu?
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hmm, not sure what else to suggest looking at. maybe someone else will have an idea? something is clearly not quite right though. have you tried using cpuz to see what your cpu is doing? do you get fullspeed on the cpu?
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Just checked. It seems like the CPU is working fine though there are a lot of spikes when I only have cpuz open.
I think I will probably just wait and see what lollipop has to offer in a month or so and if it doesn't improve I'll likely switch back to an iPhone. Maybe my priorities are just in the wrong place for android.
Have u tried using any other Z3's as a point of reference? The comparisons that I've seen btwn the OnePlus & the Z3 seem to state near identical performance re: ui smoothness & stutter free scrolling, etc.
I, for one, have no such issues with my Z3 although I may not be comparing the same apps with which u speak of? I'm using Nova Launcher & the lollipop theme.
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Have u tried using any other Z3's as a point of reference? The comparisons that I've seen btwn the OnePlus & the Z3 seem to state near identical performance re: ui smoothness & stutter free scrolling, etc.
I, for one, have no such issues with my Z3 although I may not be comparing the same apps with which u speak of? I'm using Nova Launcher & the lollipop theme.
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Unfortunately I have no way of comparing another Z3. All the apps that I use are not installed on the demo models in shops. I have been using my wife's oneplus now for 24 hours and the difference is immense. I would say it is almost completely lag free. A lot nicer to use. Such a disappointment for me as I really wanted to like the Sony more than I do. I now also notice that I very much dislike the glass back.
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I came from using an iPhone. The things I loved about iOS were the smoothness of the operating system (especially the animations and scrolling in apps) and the nice slection of apps that is available. Now I was up for a new phone last month and after serieusly considering the new iPhone 6 I decided to give Android another go. I really liked what google had done with android 5 and the new apps coming out were much more to my taste. I tried several phones in shops and my wife's One plus One. To my surprise the one plus was very smooth most of the time. Scrolling was finally almost without lag and it felt nice enough to use.
Now I decided to go for the Z3 as I loved the phone itself. As it has the same insides as the oneplus I assumed it would be just as smooth. It isn't. Its a lot more laggy and that is especially the case when scrolling in various twitter and rss apps. I annoys me to the point where I read want to ditch the phone.
I have tried several factory resets and even flashed the stock firmware (old and new) via flash tool. Whatever I do it doesn't seem to help. Why is the one plus (and the nexus 9) so much smoother than my Z3 when I use them side by side. Is there something I could try to improve this? Maybe performance will improve when we finally get Lollipop? I am at a loss.
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First thing
Please don't compare iOS to Android..they are both very much different platform and iOS manages memory very much efficiently and also their hardware platform is completely different from other companies.
Now About OnePlus > it uses CyanogenMod which is modded to work more efficiently than pure android or any other skinned android like SenseUI, XperiaUI or TouchWizUI.
Nexus 6 uses pure android which is way more light then other UI so you got the answer maybe why our Z3 lags...but i dont mind a little lag here and there..its quite normal its a phone after all..
My mom has the iPhone 6, I can't say its any better than my Z3 in function but the Z3 has a much much better battery life and is as smooth as the iPhone 6. Maybe you have an errant app/s, try a factory reset is nothing works. Most people who switch to Android from iPhone seem to prefer HTC Sense UI, my dad bought the M8 for that very reason. The Z3 is pretty close to stock and almost as good as Sense in my opinion and is stutter free in use.
I don't know about CM being more efficient because some review sites like GSMArena found the colors OS version of the Oppo phone to be better performing and having slightly better battery wise. CM is less cluttered compared to OEM garbage and has more useful options though.
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My mom has the iPhone 6, I can't say its any better than my Z3 in function but the Z3 has a much much better battery life and is as smooth as the iPhone 6. Maybe you have an errant app/s, try a factory reset is nothing works. Most people who switch to Android from iPhone seem to prefer HTC Sense UI, my dad bought the M8 for that very reason. The Z3 is pretty close to stock and almost as good as Sense in my opinion and is stutter free in use.
I don't know about CM being more efficient because some review sites like GSMArena found the colors OS version of the Oppo phone to be better performing and having slightly better battery wise. CM is less cluttered compared to OEM garbage and has more useful options though.
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I would want to agree on that...my friend... Completely true...
The transition to Lollipop has been one of the most frustrating transitions on my OPO. Battery life completely destroyed, random reboots, bluetooth glitching, screen sensitivity issues. Just horrid. Many times I have considered going back to CM11S because it was amazingly stable and the battery life was top notch.
FINALLY I have found a lollipop rom that hasn't made me want to throw my phone into the wall (I have literally thought about it several times when my screen is having a completely unusable moment).
If you are having any of the above problems, I recommend grabbing the ParanoidAndroid rom. Bluetooth finally works without a glitch, battery is acceptable (still not 11S worthy, but 2 days without a charger at least). No reboots/crashes that I was getting with CM12. No more frustration.
Has anyone else had my frustrations and been happy with PA? Anyone have any other rom suggestions?
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The transition to Lollipop has been one of the most frustrating transitions on my OPO. Battery life completely destroyed, random reboots, bluetooth glitching, screen sensitivity issues. Just horrid. Many times I have considered going back to CM11S because it was amazingly stable and the battery life was top notch.
FINALLY I have found a lollipop rom that hasn't made me want to throw my phone into the wall (I have literally thought about it several times when my screen is having a completely unusable moment).
If you are having any of the above problems, I recommend grabbing the ParanoidAndroid rom. Bluetooth finally works without a glitch, battery is acceptable (still not 11S worthy, but 2 days without a charger at least). No reboots/crashes that I was getting with CM12. No more frustration.
Has anyone else had my frustrations and been happy with PA? Anyone have any other rom suggestions?
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I haven't had any stability issues with Lollipop, apart from BSOD problems on Nameless. The battery isn't as good as KitKat, but all ROMs I've tried have preformed really well. Have you tried Exodus?
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What are the requirements for Exodus (firmware, kernel, etc.)? It is based on CM, does it have CM theme engine? I am looking at the thread, but not finding any relevant (via XDA app tough) Thank you!
Edit 1: ON G+ site, I found all the info
Hi guys,
I have been on stock for months now (latest firmware, with factory reset aswell), and I keep bumping into people claiming a custom ROM should fix all janky stutters that Samsung applied as a feature to their software, same goes for the RAM management.
Weird, stupid stutters happen all over the device, even in stock apps like the Phone app (pulling up the digit input pad or switching tabs is just hillarious)..
It is really effecting my experience I have with this device, while it could (and should) be amazing, considering the power it has..
I've had a Nexus 5 before this, and things just seem smoothher in terms of scrolling etc.
Could a custom ROM give me the same non (barely) stuttery performance I had on the Nexus 5?
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I'm just very carefull with this thing as it might mean the end of my warranty.
What is your experience when you compare a stock ROM with a custom ROM?
I tried looking for comparison videos, but they are non existent.
Cheers!
At this point of development (No CM etc) mostly underlying performance tweaks and MODs that you won't have to flash yourself (Skip track volume buttons for example).
But how about real life performance?
Are the performance tweaks worth tripping KNOX for?
Everyone knows how Samsung messes up the software part, while they absolutely nail the hardware part.
I'm just afraid of tripping KNOX, and accepting my warranty loss, and not (or barely) notice any difference..
I've already had to send my S6 for a repair once cause the Quickcharge was not working.