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[Q] Home button lag

Hi,
Did you noticed that it takes about 2 seconds (!!) to reach home screen when pressing the home button from any application.
It's happening only on Sony Ericsson launcher so this is pure launcher oriented.
I realy like the SE launcher and don't want to give up and move to another.
Is there any solution for this issue ??
Thanks !!

Try V6 Supercharger.
And post in the correct section and use the search function!

Thanks .
But is that actually solving the SE Launcher's Home Button 2 seconds lag ?
I did search but couldn't find any post talking specifically about that.

Usually it should fix the issue, because among other things it lock the home in memory.

dp94 said:
Usually it should fix the issue, because among other things it lock the home in memory.
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Thanks for the fast answer .
Do you mean that Go launcher, for example, is already memory locked ?
While SE launcher is not, and that is the reason it takes about 2 sec ?
If you already installed that, how much time it takes you to reach home screen from within another app (Whatsapp for example) ?

isotoper said:
Thanks for the fast answer .
Do you mean that Go launcher, for example, is already memory locked ?
While SE launcher is not, and that is the reason it takes about 2 sec ?
If you already installed that, how much time it takes you to reach home screen from within another app (Whatsapp for example) ?
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I'm not really sure about that, but I think so.
That's definitely.
I'm not using Whatsapp, but usually it responds instantly and don't have to refresh the apps/widgets on the homescreens (or you won't recognize it).

dp94 said:
I'm not really sure about that, but I think so.
That's definitely.
I'm not using Whatsapp, but usually it responds instantly and don't have to refresh the apps/widgets on the homescreens (or you won't recognize it).
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Forgive me for asking, but can you can try to do it from any app, just launch any app you wish, and then press Home. Can you tell me how many seconds passed from the moment you pressed home till the home screen really shown ?
Thanks!

isotoper said:
Forgive me for asking, but can you can try to do it from any app, just launch any app you wish, and then press Home. Can you tell me how many seconds passed from the moment you pressed home till the home screen really shown ?
Thanks!
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As I said, it should respond instantly.
And I'm not using the stock SE Home any more, so I can't.
Just try it.

isotoper said:
Hi,
Did you noticed that it takes about 2 seconds (!!) to reach home screen when pressing the home button from any application.
It's happening only on Sony Ericsson launcher so this is pure launcher oriented.
I realy like the SE launcher and don't want to give up and move to another.
Is there any solution for this issue ??
Thanks !!
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Mine responds instantly. Using stock ROM v.42 with no modifications.

I dont have any issues like that. Only sometimes
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Bazoocaze said:
Mine responds instantly. Using stock ROM v.42 with no modifications.
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This is exactly what I'm using... stock ROM v.42 with no modifications.
And I don't have so much widgets...
Very strange...

Restarting the phone will help for a while. If you are like me and don´t want to mess around with that supercharger thing this is the only way to fix that

restart didn't help...
Anyway, I installed zeam launcher and everything is super fast.
As I said its a pure launcher issue.
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isotoper said:
restart didn't help...
Anyway, I installed zeam launcher and everything is super fast.
As I said its a pure launcher issue.
Sent from my LT15a using Tapatalk
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I tried SE launcher and go launcher, both got lagging issue (sometimes) when backing to home screen. I'll test zeam later.
BTW, my wife's ArcS perfoams very well. No lag at all.

isotoper said:
restart didn't help...
Anyway, I installed zeam launcher and everything is super fast.
As I said its a pure launcher issue.
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yes, zeam launcher helps a lot. now i am happy with it. thanks.
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Home screen reloading issue - fix

I've been experiencing this quite a lot
Surfing the net pressing home button and find the home screen reloads. So bit of a lag which is very annoying, until samsung sort this out with a software update there is a work around. Simply disable s-voice from.settings that's it. I haven't actually experienced screen reload since.
Let me know if this works for you or not.
Try this
Untick under s-voice settings the following:
Launch S Voice
Wake up command
Under application manager go to running select s-voice and stop all services.
Go to all and disable s-voice. This will remove the app from app draw list too, you can also disable chat on app too.
This should stop the app running in the background.

My mate has got this phone has has also experienced this problem a bit as well.
I was just wondering when you say 'disable s voice' do you just mean just disable s voice opening when double pressing the home button? Or is there a setting to actually turn it off?

Yer had same issue, disabled see voice, all good
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Fulwood Sedge said:
My mate has got this phone has has also experienced this problem a bit as well.
I was just wondering when you say 'disable s voice' do you just mean just disable s voice opening when double pressing the home button? Or is there a setting to actually turn it off?
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I would also like to know this. I stopped s voice opening when I double tap home button. That fixed the home button lag, however, I'm still experiencing the ocassional reload of the home screens.
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Another nice side effect is it makes the phone feel alot snappier because it removes the home button lag.
EDIT: should have refreshed the thread :/ mattyt_491 was faster.. I don't think there is a way to disable it completely (without rooting) I didn't have any reloads since I disabled the double click. Then again I restarted the phone and it usually takes half a day or so to start happening..

Fulwood Sedge said:
My mate has got this phone has has also experienced this problem a bit as well.
I was just wondering when you say 'disable s voice' do you just mean just disable s voice opening when double pressing the home button? Or is there a setting to actually turn it off?
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Try this
Untick under s-voice settings the following:
Launch S Voice
Wake up command
Under application manager go to running select s-voice and stop all services.
This should stop the app running in the background.

i noticed it happens to me ALWAYS(with or witouth S Voice) when replying to a sms and going back to home after sending. and btw stock sms appis quite laggy.

nice---thankyou this may help out the battery too

monkey450 said:
nice---thankyou this may help out the battery too
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No probs - it should I've noticed my battery lasts longer.
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It doesn't work at all for me. Still have the Home Button delay.

riz157 said:
I've been experiencing this quite a lot
Surfing the net pressing home button and find the home screen reloads. So bit of a lag which is very annoying, until samsung sort this out with a software update there is a work around. Simply disable s-voice from.settings that's it. I haven't actually experienced screen reload since.
Let me know if this works for you or not.
Try this
Untick under s-voice settings the following:
Launch S Voice
Wake up command
Under application manager go to running select s-voice and stop all services.
Go to all and disable s-voice. This will remove the app from app draw list too, you can also disable chat on app too.
This should stop the app running in the background.
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This is for home button lags, it doesnt fix reloading homescreen icons and widgets..
My s3 just reloades nearly every single time i press home button..

reservin said:
This is for home button lags, it doesnt fix reloading homescreen icons and widgets..
My s3 just reloades nearly every single time i press home button..
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How about if you go with black wallpaper too.
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This is why they have 2GB RAM. This issue us because of lack of memory.
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riz157 said:
How about if you go with black wallpaper too.
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What is the point of using quad core phone if you only can use black wallpaper.
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mobilehavoc said:
This is why they have 2GB RAM. This issue us because of lack of memory.
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LOL come on man.
Sent from Rooted debloated stock Galaxy S3 OG I9300

I am facing this issue from day one and i feel so disheartend wen dis thing happens so dam frequently
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Guys don't get frustrated. As per thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1694508&page=3, just set the size of dalvik cache to 128MB and everything will be fine. My personal experience, just perform these two extra steps:
1. Use Nova Launcher or Apex, takes less memory
2. Use 2D rendering from developer options, It does not make it slow at all.
3. From developer option, limit background processes to 4. Trust me you will not notice it.
4. And yes, disable S voice after you are done with initial experiment. Its not useful for anything.
And my phone is working snappier as it was when I opened the box. I will update it after few day's use. Running smoothly for 2 days. Today is third.

reservin said:
This is for home button lags, it doesnt fix reloading homescreen icons and widgets..
My s3 just reloades nearly every single time i press home button..
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Why don't I have this problem? I think it's be ause I usually check what's open and close things. You should go into deb settings and have 4 processes max to test if it really is your memory or you just need to reflash.
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I'm having the same problem.
Is rooting the phone and making these adjustments the only solution to this issue?
Switching off S-voice did work temporarily, but the problem has returned.
I'm new to andorid having just switched over from the dark side of iOS. Is Samsung likely to fix this in a coming update?
I find it hard to believe they didn't spot this in pre-testing the phone.
Thanks

I don't have this problem too. Strange.
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Home button lag

Anyone notice a 1-2 second lag time when you click the home button?
I notice that I can close the app drawer much faster if I use the capacitive back button to the right of the home button, instead of the home button. I read another post that this might be due to S Voice because it is waiting to see if you will double click the home button to activate A voice. Tried disabling s voice but still have lag.
It's getting a little annoying for me especially considering that the rest of the phone is so snappy.
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ForcedZucchini said:
Anyone notice a 1-2 second lag time when you click the home button?
I notice that I can close the app drawer much faster if I use the capacitive back button to the right of the home button, instead of the home button. I read another post that this might be due to S Voice because it is waiting to see if you will double click the home button to activate A voice. Tried disabling s voice but still have lag.
It's getting a little annoying for me especially considering that the rest of the phone is so snappy.
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Disable the S-Voice home-button double-tap in settings and the lag disappears.

Where in settings is this located in can't seem to find it.
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ForcedZucchini said:
Where in settings is this located in can't seem to find it.
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In the s-voice settings...
google says:

zmore said:
In the s-voice settings...
google says:
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This eliminates about 50% of the lag. Hopefully someone comes up with a fix for it.

You can turn off hard keys. (sm-p600 mk1)

Sorry if this is old news but I seen a few people asking if you could disable these especially over at the clean Rom thread cause the developer included soft keys in the rom. Anyways again I'm sorry if this is old news but you go to accessibility/access control. It then walks you through a series of steps like if you want certain parts of the screen to not be affected by touch and so on. I thought this was pretty sweet. Not sure if it's for all models and firmware but worth a shot!
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I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?

Zrutisan said:
I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?
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No... I'm stock right now. I don't remember seeing it before so not sure how I got it there. Maybe from exposed?
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Again not sure how it got here...
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Zrutisan said:
I'm on stock and I can't find Access Control in Accessibility. Is this a CleanRom only feature?
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It's all the way at the very bottom of Accessibility. It is listed under Recognition. Turn it on. Then hold down the home button and and volume down to enter the wizard.
It should be helpful for when I do note taking at a meeting so I don't have to worry about touching the physical buttons. But for Button Savior Pro it disables the Home, Menu and Back so it's not something I can have on all the time. Plus the notification drawer cannot be interacted with anymore while this mode is on.

Stocklone said:
It's all the way at the very bottom of Accessibility. It is listed under Recognition. Turn it on. Then hold down the home button and and volume down to enter the wizard.
It should be helpful for when I do note taking at a meeting so I don't have to worry about touching the physical buttons. But for Button Savior Pro it disables the Home, Menu and Back so it's not something I can have on all the time. Plus the notification drawer cannot be interacted with anymore while this mode is on.
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It can if you have nova launcher pro. With a gesture. The notification drawer that is...
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I can open the drawer just fine. You just can't touch any of the notifications after you open the drawer.

Stocklone said:
I can open the drawer just fine. You just can't touch any of the notifications after you open the drawer.
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Weird... Did you x out of the past that says disable parts of the screen with touch? Wonder why it does that.
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Touch wiz problem

Hello everyone! Does anyone know how to fix this problem when pressing the home button I get this screen that ask you if you wanna switch between Touch wiz easy Or home. I got it to the default app in setting and choose Touch Wiz Home and the press the home button once. It seems to come back after awhile.
Please help
Thank you!

When the choices come up select touchwiz home and then press always.
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dzhowandai said:
When the choices come up select touchwiz home and then press always.
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I have done that and it comes back.

something is breaking your defaults then. uninstall things that manage your settings.

Isriam said:
something is breaking your defaults then. uninstall things that manage your settings.
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Not sure but I reset the phone and it still does it

could be a bug in the version rom you have, try an older or newer version?