the old Market v2 could download multiple apps at the same time but the latest market v3.1 downloads 1 app at a time.. is there a way to make the latest version of the Market download multiple apps at the same time ?
No. Besides it won't go any faster for you.
Say you get 3mb/s download. You download 2 apps, 1 at a time, it takes 10 seconds at the full 3mb/s per app to download. 20 seconds download time.
Now say you were to download 2 apps simultaneously. Each App would only be able to download at 1.5mb/s. taking twice as long. 20 seconds for each app (at the same time) is still 20 seconds download time.
They reason they changed it is that on slower data connections, multiple apps downloading at the same time could actually cause downloads to time out and stop, never downloading the app like it should.
oh.. but i just prefer the old way of multiple downloads. i tried rolling back to the old market but it auto updates back to the latest after a few mins.. sigh..
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This has happened to me numerous times and i'm wondering if its a common issue:
You receive a call and you cant slide the slide the slider to accept the call for the life of you. A sew seconds later you get a dialog saying that the Dialer app is not responding; Force close /Wait.
This usually happens when you're trying to load a web page or playing a game. (anything processor intensive)
Is there a fix for this? Maybe set the priority of the dialer process higher if you have root ?
britoso said:
This has happened to me numerous times and i'm wondering if its a common issue:
You receive a call and you cant slide the slide the slider to accept the call for the life of you. A sew seconds later you get a dialog saying that the Dialer app is not responding; Force close /Wait.
This usually happens when you're trying to load a web page or playing a game. (anything processor intensive)
Is there a fix for this? Maybe set the priority of the dialer process higher if you have root ?
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this happened a lot with G1... but never with Nexus One. I even watched movies or listened to music etc., and still the call will come through immediately.
I wonder how many apps you have installed, and how much memory you have left?
Cleaning up all unnecessary apps you never use + checking all automated services (such as feed readers, news/weather updaters, Email probers, etc. should be set to decent times (e.g. my news feed reader never loads news automatically, only on app start, weather updates every 4 hours, etc.)
I have a LOT of apps installed (around 180). Only about 20MB internal disk space left.
In fact I frequently need to uninstall apps to install new ones
I don t have a lot of apps running. Usually about 40-50MB RAM free.
britoso said:
I have a LOT of apps installed (around 180). Only about 20MB internal disk space left.
In fact I frequently need to uninstall apps to install new ones
I don t have a lot of apps running. Usually about 40-50MB RAM free.
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WOW WOW WO
180 apps? How can you possibly make use of them all? I have 120 right now, and already feel it's too much (like... do we really ever use Google Goggles, or Finance?, or Wikitude, or... or...)
I have about 90MB internal disk space left, and I don't want to go much lower than that
But I guess what's killing you is that a lot of these apps, although maybe not running permanently, will wake up from time to time, to check your location, to update this or that, to do this or that....
I would try to reduce the number a lot and see whether the problem goes away, maybe say at 50MB internal space.
I always tell myself, even if it's cool to show off an app to a friend, if I don't really use it a lot or at all, I can delete it and always install it again if I want to - that's the beauty of the market (also paid apps remain paid, and can be redownloaded for free, unless you have refunded them).
hope it helps
another thing that could give you another 40MB, + using the second memory bank which is currently not in use on stock is to root the phone and flash cyanogen's CM 5.0 beta5 (or wait until it's out of beta).
That's maybe why I have 90 MB left at 120 apps, and you have only 20 MB left at 180 apps.
This would also provide more RAM, and you could run smoother with the number of apps open.
but just do the rooting if you really want to, as it voids warranty
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another thing that could give you another 40MB, + using the second memory bank which is currently not in use on stock is to root the phone and flash cyanogen's CM 5.0 beta5 (or wait until it's out of beta).
That's maybe why I have 90 MB left at 120 apps, and you have only 20 MB left at 180 apps.
This would also provide more RAM, and you could run smoother with the number of apps open.
but just do the rooting if you really want to, as it voids warranty
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Thanks for the advice. cyanogen's ROMs are very tempting, but looking at the changes it looks like it gets better every week. I think I'll wait for a bit before rooting and jump in at 5.0 FINAL.
For a while I've been finding Android market on the phone really slow and bad
Downloads keep failing and restarting
very slow downloads once they start (even on WiFi)
Very slow UI
Basically a piece of rubbish
Anybody else have this?
I'm on elelinux gingerbread ROM
I've had very few if any problems with individual app downloads, but any time I touch the "update all" button, the whole thing tanks. Instead of queueing up the downloads, it tries to download and install everything all at once, and the phone just can't handle it.
Edit: This reminded me to check how the new version of market works, and I'm kind of impressed, kind of not. It queues up downloads now, which is great, so far the apps have all installed successfully. However it is still dog slow, and seems to hang for a long time doing nothing.
@ OP
You can downgrade the Market by going into Manage Applications > All > Market > Uninstall Updates.
Hi,
I just got another tab because my first one was defective..
I've noticed that there was an update to the google market.. anyway
WHen selecting multiple apps to install 2-3 it used to be fast at installing..
now its very slow, takes over 1 minute + to install even small apps.
When I frist got my n7, I believe it took about 30-40 seconds to boot up. As I have installed apps it has taken longer and longer.
I've cleared up a fair about of space (1.5 gig free) but it's still a slow bootup.
I've read all about google 'takes of everything' and will kill idle processes, but really I don't want to give these apps permission to start in the first place. here's an example: appsales, a neat app that will let you see what is on sale. But I want to run it when I want to run, not get notifications in my task bar '5 new apps on sale!'. I'm not saying this app is the culprit but you get my point.
From what I've read, there's no real way to stop this, task killers just continually check and re-kill the app. I just wanted to confirm, there's no way, (even with a custom rom) to have control and say no this app can never launch?
If that's true, what do others use to kill background apps.
I was going to wipe it and install a custom rom, but I bet as I install all my apps again, I'll be back in the same boat. And I've read others install their apps one at a time to find which ones are causing issues, well there must be a better way.
Remember when you first started using windows 95/98 and you discovered msconfig? It was like, 'Cool now I can stop all these freaking apps from loading at startup!'
here you go, only enable the apps you want, and problem solved. https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wsMSwxLDEsImltb2JsaWZlLnN0YXJ0dXBtYW5hZ2VyIl0.
You could go one step further and use openpdroid. You will need to be rooted on a non-stock ROM, though.
Once you have it installed, you can control a slew of permissions, including the one that allows booting at start.
Hi!
Is it just me or does it take quite a lot of time to load the apps and their info in the application manager?
Can't speak for others but on my N910C the list of downloaded applications appears within 1 second, and the list populates with the app sizes in about 5 or 6 seconds. I have 130 apps installed from the Play Store and about 20 or so from the Amazon app store.
EDIT: Maybe it's slower if you have lots of large games installed, or have moved a lot of apps to the SD Card?
I see. If I scroll down immediately after opening the app manager, it begins to stutter. I have also about 130 apps installed.
Yes, there is a slight stutter if you begin scrolling as soon as you open the list - however this only lasts for the few seconds it takes to get the app sizes. I was still able to scroll all the way to the bottom of the list despite the stutter along the way. The phone never actually freezes or stops responding in any way.
Thanks for sharing! So i guess, a little bit of stutter is quite normal.