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Did my Xoom just get faster?!

I picked up the Xoom on launch day and I've been pretty content with it so far, but I won't hide the fact that the device has a lot of random laggy moments, stutters, and glitches. Opening the app drawer looked like it was at 10fps, scrolling through the home screens would lag quite often, etc.
I don't know what happened, but after I just went into the android market to update my applications I swear my Xoom got a speed increase. Going through homescreens is super snappy now, it was never this smooth before. The app drawer looks great when you open/close it now, and everything just seems so snappy now. I was getting a little annoyed by all the home screen lag and random stutters, especially with a dual core processor that just shouldn't happen. I know other users have reported lag as well, has anyone else recently noticed a speed increase?
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Since its that then im willing to bet that you had an app that was (before update) making your xoom seem slower than it should. Now that the app was updated, Xoom runs smoother. Thats my guess.

HorsexD said:
Since its that then im willing to bet that you had an app that was (before update) making your xoom seem slower than it should. Now that the app was updated, Xoom runs smoother. Thats my guess.
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People say that, but I doubt it dude! One application couldn't make the entire device sluggish like that

Arcadia310 said:
People say that, but I doubt it dude! One application couldn't make the entire device sluggish like that
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One application can hijack your Xoom and hose it up. All it takes is one....

I also noticed the lag, and mine is gone now too. When I added my google account, all the apps from my phone were loaded onto my Xoom, plus it was downloading all of my picasa web pics. It was cool, but way too much going on and it installed way too many apps that were probably not cool with honeycomb.
I removed all of the apps and rebooted, and things run perfectly now.

I agree with horsexd. I haven't really felt much lag...well besides in the accelerometer which I think was intended.

I noticed a drop in lag after restarting after initial boot.
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Same after restart my xoom is lightening speed.
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I have found that once I got more comfortable with the xoom, I was going straight to what I needed. Not clicking too many things and going back because I meant to open something else.
I have the same experience on my phone.

Hmm. I've been in the market for the past 30 minutes and nothing has changed for me.
Rebooting my XOOM.
The honeycomb boot screen seems to be a bit faster.
[edit] I call shenanigans. The app screen is still choppy when I hit the apps drawer button.
Seems the same to me. Aside from pulling up the app drawer, it's been pretty snappy since I got it.

whenever mine gets turned on, the little honeycomb looking animation is usually choppy. I think once it ran smooth, but it was uber choppy on this first turn on.

I haven`t restarted my xoom but once since I got it and its blazing fast all the time.
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Laggy xoom

Anyone elses XOOM super Laggy...any ways for the fix
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Yep, I think theres lag in every Android tablet I've played with. Googles min specs just aren't high enough for Honeycomb... Hopefully a bit more RAM and Quad Cores will fix it...

You know how you can install crappy software that runs at boot which will make even a core i7 with a good GPU and lots of RAM start lagging?
Yeah. Like that. Don't install lots of crap and expect the OS to handle it.
Computer Dreams said:
Anyone elses XOOM super Laggy...any ways for the fix
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ZanshinG1 said:
You know how you can install crappy software that runs at boot which will make even a core i7 with a good GPU and lots of RAM start lagging?
Yeah. Like that. Don't install lots of crap and expect the OS to handle it.
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+rep for this (well the equivalent... no rep on XDA?). The Xoom is a computer like any other computer.

bobblack said:
+rep for this (well the equivalent... no rep on XDA?). The Xoom is a computer like any other computer.
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I've seen logs from users with 40+ boot services while trying to diagnose field issues with my apps.
The scary thing is I think it's more common than people who are careful about watching app behavior/installing minimal apps.
To make it worse, there's a lot of crappy software for Android. It's easy to cruft up your device.
Sometimes I almost wish for Apple's walled garden and non-multitasking app switching...

ZanshinG1 said:
I've seen logs from users with 40+ boot services while trying to diagnose field issues with my apps.
The scary thing is I think it's more common than people who are careful about watching app behavior/installing minimal apps.
To make it worse, there's a lot of crappy software for Android. It's easy to cruft up your device.
Sometimes I almost wish for Apple's walled garden and non-multitasking app switching...
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+1 +1 +1 sir

Custom rom for me such as team tiamat's latest takes away much of the lag. I also run adw ex launcher which pretty much takes away all the lag.
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Hi all,
Well from day one i installed ADW EX as my launcher and only ever install apps i actually need and use as opposed to installing as many as i can because i can. So far i have yet to see any of the issues some users report and have never seen any lag, crashes or freezes maybe I've just been lucky but my Xoom has done all i wanted and more without issue so far.
Marc

I have over 100 apps on my xoom, stock 3.2 and it lags after being up for 6+ days. I think some devices need to be reset. I still had horrible keyboard lag on 3.1 after that update so I did a reset and it went away. Since the 3.2 all lag in the app drawer, home screens in different orientations, and opening of apps and menus is gone for me.
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I barely have any apps on my XOOM
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Computer Dreams said:
I barely have any apps on my XOOM
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I have almost 300 apps, use ADWEX and Hammerhead Rom--everything zips right along. It's true that it begins to lag just a bit when I go a long time w/o rebooting.

okantomi said:
I have almost 300 apps, use ADWEX and Hammerhead Rom--everything zips right along. It's true that it begins to lag just a bit when I go a long time w/o rebooting.
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Yessir hammerhead rom + adw launcher is a match made in heaven. My Xoom seems to fly with this combo
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im experiencing some serious lag. Not many apps installed but plenty of lag time.

Will suggest to try custom rom. It's easy. Before that may be some maintenance could help. Wipe cash and stuff. Meanwhile was thinking to try v6 supercharged script to illuminate lagging. Is there anyone have tried?

I m in stock but i nvr experience any lag .. except long boot time

its annoying. ive also experience this on my xoom wifi and i dont even have alot of apps installed. i have to reboot the tablet atleast once a day so it doesnt lag badly.

I noticed it too. It appears to have apps just sitting in a tray. If you open it, it never really gets dumped. Multitask just isn't killing these apps when idled for hours. If I am not switching between apps after an hour why keep it up?
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hammer4203 said:
I noticed it too. It appears to have apps just sitting in a tray. If you open it, it never really gets dumped. Multitask just isn't killing these apps when idled for hours. If I am not switching between apps after an hour why keep it up?
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Just like any other pc, just close 'em. I use Active Apps widget-just check it when my ram is getting low and close whatever is still active. No need to kill apps that aren't active, though.

Computer Dreams said:
Anyone elses XOOM super Laggy...any ways for the fix
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And how exactly is it laggy? I get almost no lag, ever, on mine. And I've had the pleasure of owning quite a few tablets: XOOM, Galaxy Tab 10.1, iPad, TouchPad, Viewsonic Gtab, and Nook Color. Out of all of them, the XOOM and Tab 10.1 were arguably the most responsive.
Prior to 3.2, GPU performance was horrible when the screen was in upside-down landscape. This resulted in horrible home screen lag. Thankfully, this has now been fixed. Portrait mode is still slow. But at 0 degrees landscape, it's fantastic.

hammer4203 said:
I noticed it too. It appears to have apps just sitting in a tray. If you open it, it never really gets dumped. Multitask just isn't killing these apps when idled for hours. If I am not switching between apps after an hour why keep it up?
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Read up on the Android Process Lifecycle before complaining about it. App handling done in a very intelligent manner, optimizing speed and responsiveness. We have tons of memory on the device, so why not leave apps as background cached processes? Plus, as part of the process lifecycle, there's a very limited amount of resources that can be devoted to background processes that do not display an ongoing notification. It's on the order of ~5% CPU utilization.

Unresponsive/rebooting tab

Soo ever since friday my tab has been going wild..
Itll just randomly become unresponsive and then reboot.
It started once i hooked it up to charge on a ferry... which makes me worry. however, i do have chrome on it. I figured after it came out of beta itd be fine, and its run fairly well up until recently.
Im stock rooted, running latest ota. Locked boot loader... though I tried to unlock before, but since im a c4okct there was a time where my sn wasnt recorded, and that's when I attempted to unlock.
Now, im worried that my tab is possibly fried, and im stuck without warrenty.
Does anyone have any ideas either way?
Thank you in advance and sorry for the rambling, i just tried to cover all the bases.
Ps - isnt ics supposed to be built off 3.0 kernel? I just noticed that this tab apparently is built on 2.6
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Update - did a factory restore. Well see how it affects anything.
Soo, things seem to work better now...
But, i cant get trebuchet back the way I wanted it.i tried to rip it out of the latest cm9 nightly, but i cant access the settings like i used to be able to.
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i have the same problem but my touch screen is responsive
if i touch the corner of my tablet it automatically says do you want to power off you're device

Sick Transformer Pad TF 300T
Over the past several weeks my Pad would randomly decide the touch screen will no work forcing a paper clip restart. Tonight it has decided it will not recognize either battery is charged and will not see the once in the dock. Do I have a Lemon?

ver the past several weeks my Pad would randomly decide the touch screen will no work forcing a paper clip restart. Tonight it has decided it will not recognize either battery is charged and will not see the once in the dock. Do I have a Lemon?
looks like we both have lemons
kinda suck that a tablet so good has to perform so badly
hope best buy will still take in after it 30 day policy

R3Z4545 said:
ver the past several weeks my Pad would randomly decide the touch screen will no work forcing a paper clip restart. Tonight it has decided it will not recognize either battery is charged and will not see the once in the dock. Do I have a Lemon?
looks like we both have lemons
kinda suck that a tablet so good has to perform so badly
hope best buy will still take in after it 30 day policy
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I did a factory reset, and all seems well so far.
Just hate the stock launcher, and I can't get trebuchet to work just right anymore.
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new ion? said:
I did a factory reset, and all seems well so far.
Just hate the stock launcher, and I can't get trebuchet to work just right anymore.
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FR twice didnt work did a cold boot didnt work fastboot back to old firmware made some changes but i still have the back problem is annoying as hell
have you gotten any random reboots

R3Z4545 said:
FR twice didnt work did a cold boot didnt work fastboot back to old firmware made some changes but i still have the back problem is annoying as hell
have you gotten any random reboots
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Not yet... then again, I haven't installed really any root programs, no ezoverclock... no CPU sleeper, nothing really....
Hell I haven't even set my email up on it yet
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When I reset my tab it at first works well. Then as it goes on it just goes to hell. Its main problem is graphicly demanding things, like gmail animations make it crash, and so does Google Music. Google Play store also is pretty laggish (I notice a trend with google products). I want to unlock it and install CM to see if it fixes anything, but I'm worried about losing warranty. Any thoughts?

JakedGr8 said:
When I reset my tab it at first works well. Then as it goes on it just goes to hell. Its main problem is graphicly demanding things, like gmail animations make it crash, and so does Google Music. Google Play store also is pretty laggish (I notice a trend with google products). I want to unlock it and install CM to see if it fixes anything, but I'm worried about losing warranty. Any thoughts?
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Well, that doesn't sound like normal behaviour.
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My tab too now resets it's self, and I have the issue of power off selection appearing on screen. Also, any pressure on the top left of the screen causes a reboot. Bought from eBay a month ago. US tab in the UK, i bet asus won't help me! Fault stared this week. Not built to last!

factory reset... lmk what happens. you do not lose root btw.
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new ion? said:
factory reset... lmk what happens. you do not lose root btw.
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Tried reset but still have the issue. The power off icon randomly pops up and then it reboots. 3 times today so far. Followed the guide in this thread and hope it's fixed with updated firmware. Regret buying now, dull screen with horrible bleed, poor io performance, and reboots make it super unreliable.

jennies said:
Tried reset but still have the issue. The power off icon randomly pops up and then it reboots. 3 times today so far. Followed the guide in this thread and hope it's fixed with updated firmware. Regret buying now, dull screen with horrible bleed, poor io performance, and reboots make it super unreliable.
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Other than the issue i had, ive loved this tab
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Screen not as responsive after 4.1.2

Hi all,
Anyone else noticed the screen isn't as responsive since the 4.1.2 update?
I scroll on the home screen and it goes in the opposite direction.
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garpunkal said:
Hi all,
Anyone else noticed the screen isn't as responsive since the 4.1.2 update?
I scroll on the home screen and it goes in the opposite direction.
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Yep !!! Deffo !
Also have you noticed, flicking doesn't change the page any more, you have to properly swipe.
Finally have you noticed you can't flick downwards for the Notifications you have to slide it all the way down?

Yep. Agree with this. Why did they change this. Sol annoying
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garpunkal said:
Yep. Agree with this. Why did they change this. Sol annoying
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Atleast its not just me

I haven't noticed this. I was having continual touch screen issues that seemed to get progressively worse as time went on. Days before I received my 4.1.2 update, majority of the time my tablet was unusable it seemed, requiring a reboot to work again. Then I finally got a notification that 4.1.2 was available. Since installing it, I've had *zero* touchscreen issues...
You can check me off next to "I fricken love it", however I have nothing to offer in regard to the other issues that you folks speak of. Maybe they were existent prior and I never noticed, who knows.

Damn, this is true. All. I thought it was TSF shell that I use, but it is not. I almost immediately upgraded to 4.1.2 so I was not that accustomed to 4.1.1, but now that you say, yes. You have to slide all the way, both screens and what bothers me more, notifications. Ugh.

I'm still not sure I'm following this. With both Apex and the stock launcher, I'm not noticing any significant change. If I'm in the app drawer and I want to swipe left or right, I can flick the screen and move my finger all but a half inch and the gesture applies accordingly and I see the screen move. Notifications feel no different as well. Am I missing something?

Same here homepage screens bounce back if I don't follow through with the swipe
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Hey guys, I can flick home screens just fine if I do from the center of the screen. Imagine a vertical line from the camera to the charging port. Flicking from near the edges makes the screens scroll in the opposite direction every now and then.
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Having this exact problem to. For me I would hesitate to suggest that this is more prominent when the tablet just been woken up. Really wish it hadn't changed.

I'm having similar problems on my stock, rooted 4.1.2 N7. It's become harder to flick-swipe between screens and the like. I don't have a screen protector on my device either.

Was first raised in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943613 guess more people are noticing it now. Hope it'll be fixed in 4.2

has anybody tried the 4.2 update to see if it has fixed this?

After updating to 4.2.1 i started noticing this issue in both AOSP browser, chrome, app drawer and notification pulldowns... Annoyed my ass off... anyway, after some hard googling, it appears to be a 4.2.X issue? So after flashing CM10 (4.1.2) the problem is gone, but the 4.2 sweetness is as well...
Please star the issue here: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=39892
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After flashing 4.2.1 again, everything seems to be working just fine... I'm just left clueless

I used to have the same problem. Can anyone here who has this problem right now tell me if they have enabled "Magnification Gestures" under accessibility in the settings menu? If so, disable it and see if the problem is better.

[Q] Lag / Stutter - Nexus 4

I've been having this issue for a while, occasionally the phone would lag/stutter when simply swiping through home screens or the apps drawer (With no applications open) it would still run games and apps perfectly smooth though. Only way to fix the lag is to turn wi-fi off and back on, restart the phone, or wait for the lag to go away. Any thoughts on this? has anyone been experiencing this? I tried searching the forum, but couldn't find anyone experiencing this.
Here is a video I uploaded:

you might be better off trying a factory reset tbh. this hasnt been a vocalized issue

Do you have a constant wifi connection during the lag?
On my xperia arc it connects and immidatly disconnects again and because of this the lag appears..

Crenshaw-PCGH said:
Do you have a constant wifi connection during the lag?
On my xperia arc it connects and immidatly disconnects again and because of this the lag appears..
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no wi-fi issues, everything works fine, just lag when swiping through home screens and menus.

Same problem:/
Hey,
I have the same problem with the Nexus 4..
You already got a fix for it?

Are you using custom kernel? It was happening to me with one of the first version of faux kernel, fixed now
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No, i have the stock rom + stock kernel
since i posted the problem, it wasnt there again
i hope this wont change

GT-I9100 said:
Hey,
I have the same problem with the Nexus 4..
You already got a fix for it?
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Did a factory reset but lag still occurred occasionally.
If you have a Google Play Music widget on your home screen, that may be the cause of the occasional lag. I removed the widget and so far no lag.

This is normal for an Android phone regardless of clockspeed, number of cores or GPU power.

KurianOfBorg said:
This is normal for an Android phone regardless of clockspeed, number of cores or GPU power.
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um, no....THAT is not normal. That may have been normal when the nexus 1 came out, but not at all now.

KurianOfBorg said:
This is normal for an Android phone regardless of clockspeed, number of cores or GPU power.
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Never had this issue with my previous devices and others seem to be not having this issue, so I don't think it is normal for an Android to behave this way.

I'll add my voice to this thread.
I've had mine since the weekend. Yesterday night, it started stuttering, in exactly the way you said. I restarted, it went away for a bit, then came back. I tried killing all running applications, made no difference. Another restart fixed it and its smooth as it was again.
Wonder if it is the WiFi causing it?
Incidentally, I was reading some custom kernels fixed the problem for some, but I'd rather not get back into all that nonsense (I've had enough flashing ROMs to last a lifetime thus far).

JPowered said:
Any thoughts on this? has anyone been experiencing this?
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Meh....im not of much help but I can share that this happens to me to but only if I'm in a third party launcher. I'm sorry I can't see your video because YouTube is blocked in my country
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What's happening in that video is not normal. Everything does appear to remain stock so just keep searching until you fix it. No butter to be found there!

I only get this initially when I restart it and when its on. Swiping first time stutters. Then all ok
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So your phone is not rooted and you haven't flashed anything on it? Maybe you can remember when this started and you install some app , maybe it causes this? If so this is not normal! go to the thread dediacated to factory re-flash , this is the only option then

beeboss said:
So your phone is not rooted and you haven't flashed anything on it? Maybe you can remember when this started and you install some app , maybe it causes this? If so this is not normal! go to the thread dediacated to factory re-flash , this is the only option then
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Phone is not rooted or flashed. Might be an issue with one of the apps but it would be very hard to isolate the issue. I have requested a replacement device from Google since I couldn't figure out the cause of it.

Mine does stutter ocasionally but thought that is normal... In xda-app it stutter on almost every single scroll.
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ruzkay said:
Mine does stutter ocasionally but thought that is normal... In xda-app it stutter on almost every single scroll.
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It has no problems running apps, perfectly smooth, no lag at all. The stutter only occurs occasionally when simply scrolling through the home screen or app drawer.

It's normal because it's Android.
Android lags. And will forever. It lagged on the G1, it lags on the N4. It will lag on the N5.
It will lag until Google decides to fix Android.
All the people who claim that their device doesn't lag are lying. Simple as that.