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[Q] Why doesn't my N7 feel as fast and snappy on 4.2.1???????

Hi all I just purchased a new N7 16gb I updated it to 4.2.1 prior to making the purchase I did my research on here other forums including YouTube. And I'm not to happy with the outcome as far as the speed of the N7 others that I've seen out there as I mentioned seem faster and the videos I watched were stock N7`s running 4.2.1 I even did a quadrant test and scored a 3616 or so. I do understand that is a rough estimate but I was expecting a higher avg then that for a quad core T3. Any help or insight is appreciated
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lordandroid said:
Hi all I just purchased a new N7 16gb I updated it to 4.2.1 prior to making the purchase I did my research on here other forums including YouTube. And I'm not to happy with the outcome as far as the speed of the N7 others that I've seen out there as I mentioned seem faster and the videos I watched were stock N7`s running 4.2.1 I even did a quadrant test and scored a 3616 or so. I do understand that is a rough estimate but I was expecting a higher avg then that for a quad core T3. Any help or insight is appreciated
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root it, install a custom kernel that allows for increased performance and faster cpu speeds(and other tweaks). if youre looking for increased performance out of the stock kernel, you wont find it. also, even with stock(rooted) you need to bench correctly. you want to set your cpu speeds as the highest speed for hi and low speed. that way it doesnt scale cpu speeds(if you let it scale, youre actually testing a lower speed since quadrant doesnt max out the nexus 7). disabling fsync also helps immensely.
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root it, install a custom kernel that allows for increased performance and faster cpu speeds(and other tweaks). if youre looking for increased performance out of the stock kernel, you wont find it. also, even with stock(rooted) you need to bench correctly. you want to set your cpu speeds as the highest speed for hi and low speed. that way it doesnt scale cpu speeds(if you let it scale, youre actually testing a lower speed since quadrant doesnt max out the nexus 7). disabling fsync also helps immensely.
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Guess I'm SOL I'm not to good at understanding the process of rooting
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lordandroid said:
Guess I'm SOL I'm not to good at understanding the process of rooting
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take a little time, read around here. theres lots and lots of info. the process is actually very easy. it does appear intimidating at first, but the intimidation is all in the terminology. once you pick what everything means, itll be less intimidating. and once you go through the process the first time, youll be kicking yourself when you realize how easy it actually is. and dont fall into the root toolkit path. ot might appear easy, bit you will be worse off in the longer run. especially when itll come to upkeep or fixing issues. root toolkits prevent you from learning the right process, which could have harmful affects when it is time for maintenance.

simms22 said:
take a little time, read around here. theres lots and lots of info. the process is actually very easy. it does appear intimidating at first, but the intimidation is all in the terminology. once you pick what everything means, itll be less intimidating. and once you go through the process the first time, youll be kicking yourself when you realize how easy it actually is. and dont fall into the root toolkit path. ot might appear easy, bit you will be worse off in the longer run. especially when itll come to upkeep or fixing issues. root toolkits prevent you from learning the right process, which could have harmful affects when it is time for maintenance.
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Thanks for solid advice I kinda thought taking the toolkit direction was a temporary way at success.
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lordandroid said:
Thanks for solid advice I kinda thought taking the toolkit direction was a temporary way at success.
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The answer to your question is actually pretty simple. Just open the Google current app, go to menu (the 3 dots on the top right corner), go to Settings and untick the enable background sync, finally reboot your n7. I found the solution and applied it myself. I now have absolutely nothing to complain about my tablet

minhqp107 said:
The answer to your question is actually pretty simple. Just open the Google current app, go to menu (the 3 dots on the top right corner), go to Settings and untick the enable background sync, finally reboot your n7. I found the solution and applied it myself. I now have absolutely nothing to complain about my tablet
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It seems a bit more fluid and snappier that helped.
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Hi!
What do you in fact disable when disabling background sync? Is it email notification and such? Because then it is not worth it I think.

You're preventing Google Currents from downloading new articles and whatnot while it's not the active app. If you, like 99.99999% of the world, don't use Currents, there's no reason not to disable it.

I agree.
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GS4 Running slowly, keyboard missing keys, and just other miscues

Hey Guys
So I am coming up from an HTC Evo 4G..(not LTE) so you already know this phone is a come up for me. I noticed, however, that the phone is running a tad slowly. Here are a few examples, maybe you all could help me out.
First - when I put in my password pin the phone will lag and catch up when I press OK. Now, technically, this is not that much of an issue because the phone opens up when I press OK...but to see that lag is a little disconcerting.
Second - if I am typing some messages the keyboard will miss certain inputs in my typing. Now maybe I am typing a little too fast, but, come on? I know I am touching those keys... I am using SmartKeyboard but I figure that could be an issue too.
I notice that my ram climbs up pretty high. I clear all my programs...but still. Anyway to remove this bloatware?
Finally is there a root out yet?
Thanks guys. Sorry for the litany of questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZ6ydFHLX4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Either debloat for yourself or flash a custom ROM.
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There is a root available for the phone as well as a stock ROM that is entirely free of bloatware located here.
The lag may, in fact, be the keyboard you're using. The most popular keyboard of choice - and for good reason - is SwiftKey; have you given this keyboard a shot? I use it myself and type extremely fast and it keeps up better than my iPhone 4S ever did.

XcoNjA said:
There is a root available for the phone as well as a stock ROM that is entirely free of bloatware located here.
The lag may, in fact, be the keyboard you're using. The most popular keyboard of choice - and for good reason - is SwiftKey; have you given this keyboard a shot? I use it myself and type extremely fast and it keeps up better than my iPhone 4S ever did.
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Thanks man. I'll check it out for sure!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KBZ6ydFHLX4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Either debloat for yourself or flash a custom ROM.
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How can I debloat it myself? I guess uninstalling the apps?

jookskidd said:
Thanks man. I'll check it out for sure!
How can I debloat it myself? I guess uninstalling the apps?
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You can try to uninstall most of the bloatware apps but a lot of them aren't able to be uninstalled which is why people root and head to a custom ROM.
Sooner or later you'll find yourself flashing AOSP ROMs for a complete Vanilla stock Android experience and a performance increase and flashing often.
It's an addiction, I caution you my friend!

XcoNjA said:
You can try to uninstall most of the bloatware apps but a lot of them aren't able to be uninstalled which is why people root and head to a custom ROM.
Sooner or later you'll find yourself flashing AOSP ROMs for a complete Vanilla stock Android experience and a performance increase and flashing often.
It's an addiction, I caution you my friend!
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o yes, i understood that. but I just don't want to brick this thing...I'm a little nervous about that

its kinda hard to brick any samsung galaxy phone.. u would have to do thing really stupid for a brick

100% stock here and using the stock samsung keyboard I also can validate the lag and skippy issues. The chief editor over at phone dog goes over and over about this. So its kind of a known issue. I am coming from the s3 and it was smoother when it came to typing and multitasking. I end freezing and dropping frames a lot I am hoping samsung comes up with a fix.
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I dont see a bug thread so this is the closet thing. Anyone have problems with youtube top bar? Its starts normal then I switch from landscape to portrait and the top bar seems to reflect different parts of the app. Since you guys dont like bloatware are there any sprint apps you actually like?
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[Q] GPS lock is awful

I'm currently on Optimus DE v2.3 with Sprint as my carrier. I've tried multiple ROMs, including stock, and the GPS is wildly inaccurate. Sometimes it'll get a good enough fix to navigate, and other times it'll get confused and freeze my location or be really inaccurate. I honestly think these problems started after the KitKat update because it wasn't quite this bad on Jelly Bean. This makes me think it's software related, not hardware related. Take a look at this picture below, I have an S3 on the left and the G2 on the right:
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DJMaj07 said:
I'm currently on Optimus DE v2.3 with Sprint as my carrier. I've tried multiple ROMs, including stock, and the GPS is wildly inaccurate. Sometimes it'll get a good enough fix to navigate, and other times it'll get confused and freeze my location or be really inaccurate. I honestly think these problems started after the KitKat update because it wasn't quite this bad on Jelly Bean. This makes me think it's software related, not hardware related. Take a look at this picture below, I have an S3 on the left and the G2 on the right:
Any ideas on possible fixes? I really don't want to downgrade to Jelly Bean just because of this. I've tried using GPS apps from the Play Store, such as GPS Status and Toolbox, GPS Test, etc. but they haven't made any difference.
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Guessing you already have it on high accuracy? Might have to flash a stock ROM and get a good GPS lock then reflash again

I had the same issue. Let me tell you absolutely no stock ROMs helped either. Oddly enough only aosp is 100% accurate and gives me zero gps issues. I'm running paranoid android and while it does have it's issues like volumes are a tad too high and there are wakelock issues.... Having the ability to use my GPS far outweighs that. I need to use GPS quite a lot.
Try out paranoid android and let me know if you see the same.
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Have you tried FasterGPS from the play store?
made a world of difference on my n5

Try this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdDJqFxpRy8

Thanks for the suggestions guys. I'll try all of them and report back

MeestaAytch said:
I had the same issue. Let me tell you absolutely no stock ROMs helped either. Oddly enough only aosp is 100% accurate and gives me zero gps issues. I'm running paranoid android and while it does have it's issues like volumes are a tad too high and there are wakelock issues.... Having the ability to use my GPS far outweighs that. I need to use GPS quite a lot.
Try out paranoid android and let me know if you see the same.
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Which PA version are you on? I want the exact build so I can flash it and know that I have better chances of the GPS working.
meangreenie said:
Have you tried FasterGPS from the play store?
made a world of difference on my n5
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Didn't help.
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Try this:
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Interesting. Had high hopes for it, but it didn't help either, or only helped marginally.

I've tried all that as well, only aosp works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502789
That's where I got it. OP has all the info to download it for our variant. Also find out if you're LGD or JDI panel so you can use the necessary kernel.
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MeestaAytch said:
I've tried all that as well, only aosp works for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502789
That's where I got it. OP has all the info to download it for our variant. Also find out if you're LGD or JDI panel so you can use the necessary kernel.
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Edit: Back on Stock and idk what I did differently but it's good now! Thanks everyone!

I did nothing special. I was official stock ZVC. Did root via ioroot then autorec then flashed PA and been using it for a while.
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DJMaj07 said:
Interesting. Had high hopes for it, but it didn't help either, or only helped marginally.
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It helped me alot, my GPS used to always lose signal mid road and I can't describe how frustrating it was.
This fix solved it for me, it can now stay connected for over an hour without losing signal.
Try putting a thicker layer under the antennas.

Goodbye LG

Got the nexus 6 today. I really had enough of the LG lag even with many tweaks and stuff.
Thanks everyone, and good luck.

Don't notice lag on my G3. Enjoy.
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mbruster said:
Don't notice lag on my G3. Enjoy.
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Same here, lag free, but, to echo the above -enjoy!

G3 on lollipop is RAPID, zero lag

stas333 said:
Got the nexus 6 today. I really had enough of the LG lag even with many tweaks and stuff.
Thanks everyone, and good luck.
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Lag? Maybe the tweaks caused the lags because I haven't had a single lag on my LG G3 3GB/32GB. :S
Regardless, I was debating between the G3 and the Nexus 6 when I was buying my phone. I got the G3 obviously! Enjoy your Nexus 6! It's a fantastic device

stas333 said:
Got the nexus 6 today. I really had enough of the LG lag even with many tweaks and stuff.
Thanks everyone, and good luck.
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Nexus 6 is a good choice if you dont mind its size.
about that lag, i had it first when i got it. only way to fix it is to switch to ART instead of dalvik .really eaz to set and you wont believe the difference. of course no tweaks come close to it. struggled with that lag myself in first week.
also installing lollipop also removes the lag completely, of course its using ART by default and rom itself is a much better performer.
1 more thing. if you dont wanna switch to ART for some odd reason, i think the culprit is the launcher so just check nova launcher out. set it to default and restart phone.
anyway personally i love Nexus 6 but its unusable for me cause of the size but if you are ok with it, good for you.

I wanted to get n6 cos g3 had some lags .. But after i updated to lollipop V20D i changed my mind ..cos its very smooth the camera very good and bo lags at all ..good luck man with your n6 ... Just tell me which camera is better g3 or n6 ?

So far the nexus phone is awesome, but it is bare. I do miss a few features if the g3, but the dual front speakers make the switch a good move. The phone is slightly bigger than the g3, but I love it. Videos, browsing the web is so much better.

Bye Felicia!
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I wonder how all these people get lag like wtf are you doing on your phone
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Neurom707 said:
I wonder how all these people get lag like wtf are you doing on your phone
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Hahaha. A lot of stuff.

stas333 said:
Got the nexus 6 today. I really had enough of the LG lag even with many tweaks and stuff.
Thanks everyone, and good luck.
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That's very nice of you. thanks.
Good luck trying to fit your phone in the pocket.

So do the rest of us but no lag maybe your doing something wrong.
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i would have bought the nexus 6.. coming from a nexus 5 it was the logical upgrade.. thing is... its massive... no longer a phone.. its a tablet. you will realize its a mistake , way 2 big
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Coming recently from the Moto X (2013 model):LG is beautiful, screen is much better.. But, on stock Android: it IS a bit slower than my Moto X was..
I wait for lollypop, hope it will solve the lag issue.

The G3 does have some lag. I even see lag on the lock screen when entering my PIN (sometimes). It's been this way since I bought the phone. Running stock rom with root, xposed, and g3 tweaksbox.
I tried the CM12 unofficial recently and it is a lot smoother than the lg rom. The only issue is that it literally eats the battery... once they get this sorted out and a stable release comes I will move over to CM on my G3.

Benchmark scores

I'm just curious if anyone has performed benchmarks recently? I never bothered, but was curious if my phone had slowed down at all in the 15 months I've used it without any wipes. It feels just as fast to me but sometimes things can slowly degrade and not be noticeable to us.
Anyways my benchmark scores basically all came out much higher than the scores reported for the OnePlus 5 when it was new. So I'm assuming maybe updates have done something to improve that? My phone is 100% stock and never even rooted.
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350Rocket said:
I'm just curious if anyone has performed benchmarks recently? I never bothered, but was curious if my phone had slowed down at all in the 15 months I've used it without any wipes. It feels just as fast to me but sometimes things can slowly degrade and not be noticeable to us.
Anyways my benchmark scores basically all came out much higher than the scores reported for the OnePlus 5 when it was new. So I'm assuming maybe updates have done something to improve that? My phone is 100% stock and never even rooted.
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Benchmarks aren't representative cause manufacturers can cheat like op did. If your real life performance decreases, a wipe of caches can be help in the first time otherwise a factory reset.

As I said I haven't noticed a performance drop but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't notice a big improvement if I wiped everything tomorrow and started fresh (which I don't want to because obviously it's a big hassle. Also I'm not sure that I am on the "OnePlus cheated" bandwagon if the device was running maxed out for games also (not just bench marks) than I can't personally see how it's cheating. But lots of people will disagree on that.
What I'm trying to see is if other phones are also scoring over 200k on AnTuTu on the latest software because that would make it seem like my phone is in line with others. If they're getting 220k on a fresh install than maybe my phone could benefit from a full wipe. Does that not at least make some sense?
I never ran a benchmark on it before but I'm getting 203k now and when it first came out others were getting 170k according to my Google search.

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As I said I haven't noticed a performance drop but that doesn't mean that I wouldn't notice a big improvement if I wiped everything tomorrow and started fresh (which I don't want to because obviously it's a big hassle. Also I'm not sure that I am on the "OnePlus cheated" bandwagon if the device was running maxed out for games also (not just bench marks) than I can't personally see how it's cheating. But lots of people will disagree on that.
What I'm trying to see is if other phones are also scoring over 200k on AnTuTu on the latest software because that would make it seem like my phone is in line with others. If they're getting 220k on a fresh install than maybe my phone could benefit from a full wipe. Does that not at least make some sense?
I never ran a benchmark on it before but I'm getting 203k now and when it first came out others were getting 170k according to my Google search.
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What rom and version you're running exactly?

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What rom and version you're running exactly?
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Bone stock. Out of the box. This phone cured my need to root and ROM. I still have a custom ROM on my HTC one m8 and flashed a different one today but that's just because it had a problem I was trying to fix, just like half the custom ROMs I ever ran.
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Bone stock. Out of the box. This phone cured my need to root and ROM. I still have a custom ROM on my HTC one m8 and flashed a different one today but that's just because it had a problem I was trying to fix, just like half the custom ROMs I ever ran.
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I have a op5 open beta 21, 6/64GB and get 205637

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I have a op5 6/64GB and get 205637
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So yours scored almost the same just slightly higher than mine did. Can you tell me what you're running and how long since it was installed? I'm guessing now they're going to be pretty close together and probably all getting higher scores than when new for whatever reason but I'm still curious.
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So yours scored almost the same just slightly higher than mine did. Can you tell me what you're running and how long since it was installed? I'm guessing now they're going to be pretty close together and probably all getting higher scores than when new for whatever reason but I'm still curious.
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It's running oos open beta 21 dirty flashed from open beta 19(clean flashed) all with stock kernel.