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Launcher Pro Issues

Many people have offered using Launcher Pro instead of TW for a fix to the lag issues. Personally, I experience terrible lag when using Launcher Pro and only moderate lag when running TW. I have tried this under a variety of different wiget, homescreen, and application configurations.
Any perceivable reason for this? I would prefer to use Launcher Pro...but the lag is so bad that I have to give up. TIA

That's really odd man. I can attest that my phone flies with LP (and TW is rarely feels laggy to me).
I'm starting to wonder if a lot if people talking about lag just have an app(s) that are ready poorly done and the cause of issues. I think it's easier to blame an app than assume an issue with the phone you know?
Random, but how many apps do you have you think installed? Any that you question? Using a task killer?

i can also say that LP has made my phone virtually lag free. I was hesitant to try it out but glad i did!

I havent experienced any lag yet since I got this phone on launch... Maybe I keep my system clean too much coming from a n1 with hardly any App storage space.
I dont see most bugs people post... Im either lucky or less picky.. Maybe both.

Been using LP since the first day I got my Vibrant. There's no lag whatsoever on my phone.

Factory reset.
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Yeah, I would try resetting your phone. As others have said.... no lag here.

Or do the method that moves your apps to make the phone faster. Look for the thread on vibrant lag or vibrant stutter.
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I have reset the phone, downloaded roughly 75 apps, no task manager.
This thing still struggles when running LP, but it is better on TW. I'm baffled.

try ADW Launcher?

there are settings in LP that will make the icons appear faster or slower. I have mine set at a 4 because I like to watch them fly onto the screen. try setting yours to 10 it should eliminate the animation and potentially your lag.

I havent had any issues with LP. I didnt really have any with TW either but now that I'm running LP the phone has a little more snap.

After resetting and reinstalling, you say issue is still present. Like my earlier post, I'm calling acrappy deigned app.

I run adw and experience no lag from what I can tell.
Feeling Vibrant on xda-app

I think it was an app issue. Bought a task kilter from the market and kill everything but my eidos when the screen turns off and the issue has stooped.
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MTC44 said:
I think it was an app issue. Bought a task kilter from the market and kill everything but my eidos when the screen turns off and the issue has stooped.
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Be careful with stuff that you're installing. With that many apps, you're bound to find a couple that either A) didn't get installed properly or B) are poorly designed and cause problems.
You shouldn't need a task killer as your phone is designed to multitask and take care of things you aren't using, but glad you got it figured out!

I find it concerning that I need a task killer to get it to run smoothly. From what I can tell all my apps are are legit. How would one go about troubleshooting a potentially harmful app?
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for me TW and ADW were very laggy and LP was super fast with option to keep it in memory, that was before RESET. After reset, I havent tried others, but I dont even need to keep in memory, its still very fast. I am using Autokiller as a task manager....

Some users experienced lag issues on launcher pro and the support forums at the official site suggested not using live wallpapers. So if you are using one disable it and see if that helps.

Faizt20 said:
Some users experienced lag issues on launcher pro and the support forums at the official site suggested not using live wallpapers. So if you are using one disable it and see if that helps.
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Thanks for the suggestion. Not using a live wallpaper. I also don't keep LP "in memory". Should I?

Long time for Home screen apps to load

Hi guys,
I'm a proud new owner of a G2 and have had my head in it for the past week installing and exploring what's available.
Thing is I've installed a fair about of apps (perhaps around 50?) and have three home screens more or less full up.
I'm not sure if it has something to do with how many apps I have but when returning to the home screen from a locked screen or sometimes coming out of an app the apps on the home screen take a second or so to appear.
This even happens when I have my phone running at 1.4GHz whilst it is plugged in..
I was wondering if anyone else had encountered this and found a way around it!
Perhaps I should consider the CM build?
Much appreciated!

It would be helpful to know what launcher you're using.
If you haven't tried already, get launcher pro. If you have that try keeping it in memory.
To be honest though I have not run into this on the G2 like I had with my G1.
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kevdawg said:
It would be helpful to know what launcher you're using.
If you haven't tried already, get launcher pro. If you have that try keeping it in memory.
To be honest though I have not run into this on the G2 like I had with my G1.
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My G2 handles it fine aswell but if youre having issues just lock home in memory

Web browsing performance? smooth scroll?

So, any browsing lag like described here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873364

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So, any browsing lag like described here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873364
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I havent had anything even relating to lag since i started using this phone at 8 , i love it ,, sorry Nexi, you will never been forgotten <3

Start at 2:05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=scawEG9dryA
Flash enabled though.

It has something to do with the fact that the Hummingbird SoC is not optimized for flash acceleration.

Someone post a video scrolling around Android central zoomed out like that with Flash disabled so we can tell how much of that lag is actually caused by Flash.

I went to both anandtech.com and androidcentral.com to try to replicate the issues witnessed in those videos.
No problems whatsoever. Scrolling is fine, even when not zoomed in. Pinch-to-zoom is fast. Flash is enabled.

mmas0n said:
I went to both anandtech.com and androidcentral.com to try to replicate the issues witnessed in those videos.
No problems whatsoever. Scrolling is fine, even when not zoomed in. Pinch-to-zoom is fast.
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What's your definition of fine? It would still be great to get a video so we can judge for ourselves.
Fine like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZZXeF5uV8

gtg465x said:
What's your definition of fine? It would still be great to get a video so we can judge for ourselves.
Fine like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZZXeF5uV8
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Not fine like that, no.

SADLY: the LAG in the browser is indeed there - and it shows up only after you have installed a decent number of apps (i have 67).
This is EXACTLY how it was on the SGS until Samsung released a fix.
Out of the box, it hardly lags - but as soon as i install some apps the lag starts. not always, but it is there.
shame.

67 apps and you complain about the lag?

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67 apps and you complain about the lag?
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Seriously?
YES i complain about lad with 67apps installed where my droid X has 100apps and there is zero lag.
My Nexus one has 110apps and there was no lag.

Solution:
Stick with Droid X or Nexus One. I use my phone heavily for work (2 Exchange accounts used all the time, 1 GMail) and I develop Android apps and have never had the need for more than 20-25 apps. Out of those 67, 30-40 can be useful tops, but 67, no way jose

Web browsing is smooth and fast. I think I like this phone better than the Vibrant. So far so good, no issue.

My mytouch 4g was definitely smoother when it comes to scrolling. It also automatically re-wrapped the text when I used pinch to zoom. With the nexus s it only re-wrapps text when I use the zoom control buttoms on the display.
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When I finish my exam tomorrow I will try to post a video. There is a lag sometimes but foe this site it's. Almost as smooth as what u posted.
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What's your definition of fine? It would still be great to get a video so we can judge for ourselves.
Fine like this?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkZZXeF5uV8
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c_licious said:
My mytouch 4g was definitely smoother when it comes to scrolling. It also automatically re-wrapped the text when I used pinch to zoom. With the nexus s it only re-wrapps text when I use the zoom control buttoms on the display.
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Pinch zoom and then double tap the text for reflow. The standard way.

I think lag is caused by using more app in the background. It will be very smooth but if u open like 10 apps or so you will get some lag. So try to test it with and without that many apps running ...
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raeef said:
I think lag is caused by using more app in the background. It will be very smooth but if u open like 10 apps or so you will get some lag. So try to test it with and without that many apps running ...
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I said installed apps. Not running apps. Of course I don't run 67apps in the background...not even one to be honest.
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Browser is not at all improved from my Nexus One. EXTREMELY disappointed and the main reason why I will probably return this phone within the 30 days.

what i noticed is that flash (mostly ads) is causing the lag on my phone. i dont need flash all of the time so it went into the browser settings>enable plugins> and set it to on demand. that way flash isnt loading all of the time, only when i click on a certain flash element that i want to watch. makes pages load faster and probably saves battery too.

Is there a fix for laggy/choppy scrolling w the Xoom? Perhaps a FPS increase?

I bought one. I love it. Do not want Ipad, I want to stay with Android and will.
However - the scrolling is not smooth, there is no denying that. Is there a way to fix this?
I remember when I first got my Evo I had to root and put in a kernel that increased FPS. Is there an option for that yet?
Thanks.

My scrolling is smooth - i am overclocked, have been since the first 5 minutes of taking it out of the box.
I thought that I read we didn't have a cap on the FPS.

Use a new launcher like launcher pro
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Ok. I'll try the LauncherPro when I get home. Thanks for the suggestion.
Did you get some choppiness before you switched launchers? Or before you OCed?

The stock launcher is very laggy... if you use launcher pro you can set how fast the menus open. Get spare parts out of the market and you can configure how fast either things open too
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The stock launcher is perfect. Really no need for a new launcher. I did experience some lagging but have to say that once I overclocked my XOOM it runs smooth as butter.

bishop72 said:
The stock launcher is perfect. Really no need for a new launcher. I did experience some lagging but have to say that once I overclocked my XOOM it runs smooth as butter.
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I guess we had different stock launchers lol. Have u tried others to compare?
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No and now I'm worried that my Xoom is different than other peoples'!
Maybe my best bet is to upload a quick video of it. If I can even figure out how to do that.

Sprockethead said:
No and now I'm worried that my Xoom is different than other peoples'!
Maybe my best bet is to upload a quick video of it. If I can even figure out how to do that.
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Just try wht I said first it'll help
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ok.
I'll report back.

This is going to sound really stupid, but make sure it's right side up, in landscape orientation.
All other orientations are far less smooth (on the homescreen at least). Even 180 degree landscape is horrible. Only the standard orientation, with the Motorola logo in the top left, works well.

willverduzco said:
This is going to sound really stupid, but make sure it's right side up, in landscape orientation.
All other orientations are far less smooth (on the homescreen at least). Even 180 degree landscape is horrible. Only the standard orientation, with the Motorola logo in the top left, works well.
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Such a true statement, it doesn't sound stupid. It is odd to me why it should matter
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"SetCPU" to over-clock it and "VM Heap Tool" to increase the heap to above 32 (i set mine to the max(48?)). After that, my stock launcher is smooth as butter in any orientation.

curtisc19 said:
"SetCPU" to over-clock it and "VM Heap Tool" to increase the heap to above 32 (i set mine to the max(48?)). After that, my stock launcher is smooth as butter in any orientation.
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Mine lags abit, so i take it I will have to root the xoom ? for increasing cpu?

Yes, you will need to root the Xoom. You can get the one-click root over on the Development side of this forum.

That is just retarded... in order to have my xoom running smooth and how it should, I have to root. Does that make sense to anyone.
This is not exceptable... FAIL
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The only time I found it not running smooth(before I rooted) is if i dragged my finger across the screen to scroll. If i just tapped the side, it was crisp.

Xoom or Doom!!!!
i guess it is all comes down to personal preference. cuz my Xoom is pretty smooth and i am running stock. i don't think anyone has a Super Xoom or a Doom Xoom. it is the same hardware, just that some people see fast different. get a thunderbolt if you wanna be super fast. or take the risk and overclok (something i'll never do), cuz there is obviously a risk factor to it. low battery for one, i won't be trading battery power for speed anytime soon. and then you xoom might not have a long life. it might be fast now, but we all watch nascar and see what happens when you go too fast, you CRASH!!!!. and within a year you could end you with a Doom Xoom. (dead Xoom).
cuz if this thing was safe to be overclock, i have said in other thread, uncle Moto would have been the one to do it, and would have brag and claim that they have the fastest tablet on the market @ 1.5Ghz. we all know it can be push even further. but with the cons, i won;t take my chances. i don;t need the nano second it will take to load an app, am fine with the extra second it will take me to load a web page. and scrolling is normal as it has been since i got mine. plus others have tried launcher pro and experience better. but do what you feel, just don;t come back crying foul about how you tablet didn;t last, and try to blame motorola for your fault.

How high are y'all overclocking? Hows the battery life?
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Also make sure you do not have a livewallpaper running
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Laggy after 4.010.13 update

Has anyone else had lagging like turning up the volume the volume bar would lag?
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Or when dragging an app around on the home screen
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Everything seems to be working ok havent really noticed anything really.

I haven't noticed anything either, although, admittedly, its early in the game.

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Or when dragging an app around on the home screen
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If this is the 2nd update, then yes I am noticing some lag. Especially when doing things like you mention which totally frustrates me 'cause it was these types of activities that got so much better with the 3.1 upgrade... at least for me. Smoother swipes between home screen, moving widgets and a few others... sigh
Oh well, just hoping 3.2 will fix these. Asus is getting it this week, please Acer keep up with the Jones on this stuff!

Mine got it a few days ago. During the 2nd reboot, it was stuck with the screen backlight on, but nothing showing up. I had to force it off, then back on. I did get the "update was successful" message after unlocking it. Since then, it seems to be a little slower, especially with screen draws. It still plays videos fine, but the more apps I have open, the slower it changes screens, for example.

I noticed mine was laggy after the update... I thought maybe I installed something that was eating up the CPU, but I think it was probably the update that did it.
It's not horrible, just annoying.

Me too I have been some FC with launcher in addition to the laggyness.
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qhinton said:
Me too I have been some FC with launcher in addition to the laggyness.
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I've had some lagginess, but only after I installed several apps. Skype was one that kept running, so I uninstalled it. Not sure what happened, but I only noticed lag after a few days of running and installing several apps, so I'm having trouble pinning it down.

I just went and backed up my apps with TB and factory reset and restored my apps back and no more lag
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