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[Q] Who is happy with the 3.1 update?

I have read through all of the "issues" threads and there seems to be a lot of inconsistancy except for the gmail widget(I don't use it anyway). Has anybody had marked improvements over 3.0? Any less FC's or SOD's?
I ask because I am very happy with my Tf so far and am kind of reluctant to install.

So far everything seems basically the same. I didnt lose my widget but my gtalk application keeps saying its lost connection to the server despite it being on a known to be reliable data connection and actively surfing. Not sure if thats really 3.1 though.

Its better for me. Did not lose gmail widget; YouTube is much better; Browsing seems better. Need to play more to see what else, and validate better browsing.

The battery seems to stay longer than before (with the dock), i have charged it this afternoon till around 2pm and up till now (10:45pm) it is still at 100%, with no light flashing from the keyboard dock battery indicator.
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Yeah I should note that the youtube app plays videos well now.

I only had a few hours with 3.0 but 3.1 is nice. There are a few FC issues and that's it.

I've had a few issues with 3.1... primarily that my TF seems to randomly reboot when sleeping. Its annoying.
But, its well worth the fact that youtube runs great and browsing has been better. Primarily youtube though, old firmware youtube was absolutely embarassingly bad. I didn't want to show my friends my sweet expensive gadget that couldn't play a video

So far no bad issue.
Not sure about this gmail widget as i do recall seeing one before. But my unit want to update to 3.0.1 when I got it.
What I have noticed
1. Better browser behavior
2. more controls on browser when set to appear.
3. Video playing is much better. I watch a podcast before 3.1 I could not watch there HD videos. Know I can.

My honest opinion is that this was a step in the right direction but it better not be the last step. Though youtube app is playing better and more controls in the browser, expandable widgits are good there are still issues. There's little hitches in general from time to time and flash still doesnt seem like it plays all that well. Overall it's a good step but not the super improvement some of the reviews have stated.

Videos play slightly smoother but still not silky smooth. I've tried encoding the videos many many times with both baseline (yes even baseline) and high profile handbrake presets from another thread, but the video still lags compared to playing the same video on my desktop. Is anyone else facing the same problem or is it just me?

I still don't have the dock update which is a bit more critical in my book since I sold my laptop. Typing in the browser just stinks. I'm glad I'm a fairly accurate typist. The tablet itself seems a bit snappier. Videos play a bit smoother. I just want my typing speed.

High profile h.264 playing, smoother UI. I never got any SOD's anyway. And so few FC's that its tough to tell if that's better so soon. I'm _very_ happy.
I do still want a little more, E.G. it looks like there is mkv container support in 3.1 but the file extension isn't plumbed in for some reason. I'd also like a portrait mode for the market.

So after theupdate i figured id start freah and did a facrory reset
Ive notcied my boot up time tobe faster.
Doesnt hang on the asus logo for long anynore

I'd appreciate others adding to this thread as they install 3.1 in the coming days. I'm also 100% satisfied with my TF and don't want to start getting frustrated. I've now read reports of wi-fi dropout, random dock disconnect, decreased battery life, and random reboots after 3.1. I also use the Gmail widget a TON, so I'm a bit worried about losing that...
Thanks for the reports everyone!

video performance is far superior
hdmi support is far superior
Browser is a bit more flaky
a little concerned about the quadrant drop especially where it hags on the database test.
all in all worth it, but hopefully not the end.

I just replaced the Gmail widget with the email widget and added in my hotmail

You can get the gmail widget using muliple methods if you lost it in the update, stop being so damn lazy and look for the method and THEN complain about it.

Browser speed and inbrowser scrolling is much worse after the 3.1 update
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gottahavit said:
video performance is far superior
hdmi support is far superior
Browser is a bit more flaky
a little concerned about the quadrant drop especially where it hags on the database test.
all in all worth it, but hopefully not the end.
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In what way hdmi is supperior? It was working ok before here with the exception of too much cuts in the edges of the screen.

Does the stock music player workokay for you guys after the update? Some have said it stops when the screen is asleep. I guess it doesn't go to the next song right away.

Transformer Screen Refresh speed!?

Yes, this is my first ever post here! but the fact is, that I never saw the need to post and Q/A because most of the stuff that came to mind were asked and answered. Until now...
First off, I am a happy Transformer user and never had reasons to complain. But this kinda upset me..
I had a chance to play with a buddy of mines Galaxy Tab 10.1 yesterday for the first time, and I noticed something...scrolling and just moving around the tablet felt smoother than my Asus (Mind you, I have a custom rom installed, OC kernel with many optimization's)
So I figured, since his was bone-stock, and it pretty much being the same spec hardware (Tegra 2 etc..) I would run some benchmarks.
As soon as I ran Quadrant I noticed his was smoother...but, my scores were HIGHER!
Then i noticed on the bottom left hand side FPS were locked at 30FPS?!?! on mine!! and his were going well over 30!! actually maxing out at 60!!!
So what gives!?!?!
Are our Asus Refresh rates stuck at 30??? If that is indeed the case that would suck! BIGTIME!
Hopefully somebody can shed some light
THANKS GUYZ

aurena said:
Yes, this is my first ever post here! but the fact is, that I never saw the need to post and Q/A because most of the stuff that came to mind were asked and answered. Until now...
First off, I am a happy Transformer user and never had reasons to complain. But this kinda upset me..
I had a chance to play with a buddy of mines Galaxy Tab 10.1 yesterday for the first time, and I noticed something...scrolling and just moving around the tablet felt smoother than my Asus (Mind you, I have a custom rom installed, OC kernel with many optimization's)
So I figured, since his was bone-stock, and it pretty much being the same spec hardware (Tegra 2 etc..) I would run some benchmarks.
As soon as I ran Quadrant I noticed his was smoother...but, my scores were HIGHER!
Then i noticed on the bottom left hand side FPS were locked at 30FPS?!?! on mine!! and his were going well over 30!! actually maxing out at 60!!!
So what gives!?!?!
Are our Asus Refresh rates stuck at 30??? If that is indeed the case that would suck! BIGTIME!
Hopefully somebody can shed some light
THANKS GUYZ
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Download this off market and u should get atleast 58 frames per second
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.edburnette.fps2d
Unlocking the frames would be an awsome thing in a custom kernel but I don't believe it can be done. However ill ask again

so could it be that 2d is able to run at 60hz and 3d cannot? This still doesnt quite answer the general smoothness advantage of the tab.
Im going to try to get my hands on his tab and do a side by side comparison
Btw thx for the quick reply

aurena said:
so could it be that 2d is able to run at 60hz and 3d cannot? This still doesnt quite answer the general smoothness advantage of the tab.
Im going to try to get my hands on his tab and do a side by side comparison
Btw thx for the quick reply
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Np that just tells u the fps as a whole I believe. But a video of a side by side would be ultra helpfull

I got an average of 40fps...

St8 from the cows teet
clemsyn said:
Just an update on JRCU implementation in the kernel. It seems to give us highes scores in 3d benchmarks in antutu and seems more responsive BUT the dreaded sleep of death and intermittent reboots have made me decide to drop it. It seems to be related to wifi, if it is off, there are no reboots or sleep of death but with it on and then turning the tab off, then reboots or sleep of deaths happens.
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In short its possible but then it would fk stuff up

Please note that it's a known fact that Tegra 2 based tablets have a worse graphics performance when running in portrait mode. Did you run these tests in portrait or in landscape mode?
Also, I've not seen this other fact reported anywhere, but I have the dock, and I have noticed that scrolling the home pages or any other item via the touchpad does produce a way lower refresh rate than using the touch screen. Although it would be very silly if true, I think the problem is related to the touchpad mouse cursor sprite, which seems to be implemented by overimposing a full screen transparent layer on top of the normal flipping animation, thus affecting performance greatly.
I would really like this being addressed by ASUS our Google, since I use my Transformer way more in NetBook than in tablet mode...

With virgin stock HC 3.2, my TF101 scored 62.50 fps in Nenamark1 3D benchmark. The previous record was 44.40 fps... The trick is to run the benchmark in 'Zoom to fill mode' Now my device is the 3rd fastest TF101 on the net .
Ref :
http://nena.se/nenamark/view?version=1&device_id=424

cowballz69 said:
Download this off market and u should get atleast 58 frames per second
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.edburnette.fps2d
Unlocking the frames would be an awsome thing in a custom kernel but I don't believe it can be done. However ill ask again
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Why would this be awesome? Running anything higher than the native refresh rate of the screen doesn't do anything except waste CPU and GPU cycles.
I am just guessing here but the native refresh rate is probably 59 or 60 Hz.

Android 5.1 Lollipop OTA released for Tegra Note 7

Just saw on Twitter that NVIDIA has announced the release of Android 5.1 for Tegra Note 7 and Shield Portable.
https://twitter.com/nvidiashield/status/624279523572498434
I'm not seeing it, but am currently rooted.
Anyone have the zip?

cant see it either...

it got available for the shield portable devices. i read that news on androidpolice.com
but didn't know that nvidia said it is available for our TN7 (which isn't true for the moment). maybe it needs a few days to roll out to every one.

Just got it on my tegra note 7, installing now
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i just got mine it in the UK this morning to. Currently rebooting after installing, hanging on the spinning green circle as it probably converts everything to ART.

I have also received it here in India. Captured the OTA as well. It is tegra_note_7_system_update_3.0__5.1.zip file size 446 MB.

here is the ota update just in case someone needs it Android 5.1 ota update

stay away from it, my tablet feels more laggy now and more hot it was never before i updated this... first impressons are bad i regret i updated to 5 .1

mortuus82 said:
stay away from it, my tablet feels more laggy now and more hot it was never before i updated this... first impressons are bad i regret i updated to 5 .1
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you could try downgrading to kitkat it may work or it may brick your device. I would love to know if downgrading works. maybe i will try it once i pull the system images

mortuus82 said:
stay away from it, my tablet feels more laggy now and more hot it was never before i updated this... first impressons are bad i regret i updated to 5 .1
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Seriously, I'm disappointed too. We waited months for it and now it lacks it's charm.
Some people are saying that it's faster than before and even high-end games are not lagging even a bit.
I didn't try any game like that yet, but it still feels a bit laggy anyway.
Plus, the thing I miss the most is the split system of notifications on the left, and quick setting on right. And we can't change performance settings like before such as to use 2-cores. My quick settings widget is not working either.
I just updated, and I'm already missing my 'old tablet'.

rohitanshu said:
Seriously, I'm disappointed too. We waited months for it and now it lacks it's charm.
Some people are saying that it's faster than before and even high-end games are not lagging even a bit.
I didn't try any game like that yet, but it still feels a bit laggy anyway.
Plus, the thing I miss the most is the split system of notifications on the left, and quick setting on right. And we can't change performance settings like before such as to use 2-cores. My quick settings widget is not working either.
I just updated, and I'm already missing my 'old tablet'.
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did you see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/nvi...tention-how-to-to-power-control-menu-t3164381

Tomsgt said:
did you see this http://forum.xda-developers.com/nvi...tention-how-to-to-power-control-menu-t3164381
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Thanks for that. That's one problem less.
Man i used to love this tablet a lot! It's a bit ruined now.
I still think NVIDIA should release smaller updates to better the layout and options. The notification bar is so narrow, it feels like I'm using my phone. Though, I don't have high hopes given how much time it took for this update. :fingers-crossed:

just a heads up System boot and recovery images have been pulled and test for Lollipop and uploaded to server. Now to work on updating the super tool to version 3.0 Lollipop

rohitanshu said:
Seriously, I'm disappointed too. We waited months for it and now it lacks it's charm.
Some people are saying that it's faster than before and even high-end games are not lagging even a bit.
I didn't try any game like that yet, but it still feels a bit laggy anyway.
Plus, the thing I miss the most is the split system of notifications on the left, and quick setting on right. And we can't change performance settings like before such as to use 2-cores. My quick settings widget is not working either.
I just updated, and I'm already missing my 'old tablet'.
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I feel exactly the same

this update is a joke, now the tablet feels like a cheap **** with crappy graphics chip.. why the hell did they released if its gonna lag so badly ? if they said this update dont come because of this then i would be ok... now games that didnt lag before like clash of clans lags.. its like micro freeze what the hel lis this nonsense ? do i have to buy a new tablet now ? and i have a weird battery bug, it goes from 100% backwards to like 97% and below even if it says its charging with cable in....

Some improvements are there
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I feel exactly the same
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The stylus recognition has improved immeasurably ,and thats the only positive thing that i can say about the update.

I'm going to try clearing out all the app caches or reinstall my apps. This is so much slower than before, and it commonly freezes up for a few seconds...especially when switching apps.
Before, we could control our processor to save battery by reducing the number of cores used. That option is gone completely.
I see no noticeable upside to the lollipop update.
Sent from my TegraNote-P1640 using XDA Free mobile app.

Vibrate actually u can access the performance option its just hidden from us, check this thread how to access it.. for me it doesnt help 2 cores or 4 cores 30fps limit or 60.. still lags even basic games
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nvi...tention-how-to-to-power-control-menu-t3164381

mortuus82 said:
Vibrate actually u can access the performance option its just hidden from us, check this thread how to access it.. for me it doesnt help 2 cores or 4 cores 30fps limit or 60.. still lags even basic games
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nvi...tention-how-to-to-power-control-menu-t3164381
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Neat app but aside from the fact it's non native, its just too many steps to enable what I want. So I won't end up using it.
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Before everyone trashes this update, someone should try a full factory reset... I've fixed many issues with previous updates by doing this, and with an update this big, I'd suspect it could help.

Remix 2.0: staggering video playback, game freezes

Hi, ever since I installed remix 2.0 on my remix ultra I have been suffering with a staggering video playback. Every few second the image freezes for a fraction, sound stops, and then continues again.
Something similar happens when playing games, plinder pirates, starwars commmander, and others I play, the screen freezes, becomes unresponsive, and then continues.
Is anybody else experiencing this? Is there a known problem causing this?

Which update do u have?
Your Jide Ambassador is here!!!

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Which update do u have?
Your Jide Ambassador is here!!!
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I had it ever since I installed it, the 303, the one before that, and before that and just tested the 305, it still does it but less frequently.

Had that issue myself. Wiped the device back to 1.5 (there's a link somewhere on this forum) and updated with each iteration. Device seemed a lot more glitch/judder free when I checked it on 305. Haven't had time to see if its still judderfree all week though.
Bloody annoying when it happens though, isn't it? Gotta wonder about the QA testing process.

lusephur said:
Had that issue myself. Wiped the device back to 1.5 (there's a link somewhere on this forum) and updated with each iteration. Device seemed a lot more glitch/judder free when I checked it on 305. Haven't had time to see if its still judderfree all week though.
Bloody annoying when it happens though, isn't it? Gotta wonder about the QA testing process.
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Yes, I have been updating ever since april, hopong it would go away, but after each update, Im considering to go back to 1.5. Even when simply working in google keep it judders.

u needto fill out the form in my sig explaining ur issue. pics and video will help the teäm pin-point ur issues.

i have a related but not identical problem. often i have to force-shutdown the tablet. once a day on a good day. it's usually when using the youtube app, so maybe it's their fault. but it also happens when loading images in sync pro (a reddit client.)
usually it stops responding and parts of the screen black out or flicker. sometimes it goes to the lock screen by itself, but when i unlock it again it's still not responding to touches. less often it just reboots itself. most of the time i have to hold down the power button to shut down, then restart.
i've installed a log cat app, but of course once the machine stops responding to touches it's too late. can't get a screen capture either, for obvious reasons. maybe i should try taking a video with my phone camera.... that's an idea.
in the logs i get a lot of open GL memory errors, actually a lot of errors of all kinds, but i think it's a memory problem related to open GL. but i don't know enough about graphics to really say.
i think i will avoid NVDIA in the future. i really love the jide build quality -- the ultra tablet is the nicest looking and feeling tablet i've ever had, and i've had a few. and i love the aesthetic polish of remix OS, but i never had so many lockups like this on stock android or custom ROMs, or on rockchip and other processors -- and if i did there were usually already discussions on XDA and people working on it. i feel a little hopeless about this situation because i know jide has limited resources and this is not where their focus is.

no nvidia in ultra tab pro, so yeah!!!!! :highfive:

AmoraRei said:
no nvidia in ultra tab pro, so yeah!!!!! :highfive:
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that's nice to hear, but having just spent over $300 USD on this one, it'll be a long time before i can replace it! i would have waited for the new model if i'd known it was coming. ((

Pie lag?

Anybody know of a fix for the ridiculous amount of lag on Pie? Between that and the sad excuse of video recording, I'm really debating on going back to my buttery smooth Z2force. The only problem is this phone is pure eye candy, comfortable to hold, and my hands have betrayed my eyes recognition of the lag and fell in love this phone. . The performance is more like snapdragon 620 than 835. Any help regarding this situation would be highly appreciated

I have no lag on Pie, beta 3 or official. Sounds like your due for a full wipe

Well now that sucks considering I just moved about 90gigs to the device and thought I did a full wipe but just notice Alexa still installed. The funny thing is I had very little late lag on Beta 3.

mookiexl said:
Well now that sucks considering I just moved about 90gigs to the device and thought I did a full wipe but just notice Alexa still installed. The funny thing is I had very little late lag on Beta 3.
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I discovered this a month ago and it helps.just go to root/system/buildprop. Add the following to right under additional build settings.then reboot. That's the default setting, but u can mess with the value to get it to your liking

You're only saying there is lag, you're not describing where you are seeing this lag?
The only thing I can say is I thought apps would open faster on this, I have a phone with a SD625, and between this and the Essential, opening and closing apps seems like the same speed. But the startup on the Essential is faster...

DoR3M3 said:
You're only saying there is lag, you're not describing where you are seeing this lag?
The only thing I can say is I thought apps would open faster on this, I have a phone with an SD625, and between this and the Essential, opening and closing apps seems like the same speed. But the startup on the Essential is faster...
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Scrolling in-app, swiping in-app and launcher, and also scrolling cards in recents. I have a z2force with SD835 and comparing this phone to the z2 this phone feels like an SD626

mookiexl said:
Scrolling in-app, swiping in-app and launcher, and also scrolling cards in recents. I have a z2force with SD835 and comparing this phone to the z2 this phone feels like an SD626
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If I were you, I'd wipe everything, and then fastboot the full official pie update. Just to fully eliminate software.

Hi there I am the same boat like you . I got lag typing on keyboard scroll is not smooth at all .I tried reinstalling the latest build and factory full reset pus wipe all data .I can't resolve the lag I think they rush to get it in the same date like the pixel but is not optimised for this device for example get an icon and hold it and get it to place it in another location you will find out that the icon is behind when you move it
The only and I think temporary fix is by doing this
Go and click 5 times on build number and go in developer settings you will find there touch sensitivity set it to 10 let say default is 4 I think . You will improve touch latency a bit .
I just bought the device I don't know how it was on Oreo but I can say on this pie build official is not smooth

@mookiexl got to the Developer Options;
Windows animation scale - off
Transition animation scale - off or .5x
Animator duration scale - off or .5x
Also increasing the 'Touch Sensitivity' increases the scrolling speed.
Play with these and watch it fly! LOL
It would be great if someone can take a video so we can actually see this lag with our own eyes.
I just got my phone and it turned out bad, sending it back, new one on the way. It makes me wonder now if all the stories about bad hardware is true on these phones, since I've never had a bad phone ever in my life, then my first Essential turns out bad.
Wifi problems connecting
Statusbar icons appearing in white, turn all black
Phone speaker, bad quality, can't even turn it up, or it gets distorted
Head speaker, is low, volume isn't loud enough
Adaptive brightness doesn't work
Volume got stuck at one point when it was set as all the way down, no sound, then I wasn't able turn the sound back on, nothing would happen on either buttons...
So hopefully new phone arriving will be better, and from this experience, I think I'll keep it on Oreo for a long time, until people start raving over Pie.
And between a SD625 and this SD835, can't say I saw a big speed difference too... hmm

post error...

DoR3M3 said:
@mookiexl got to the Developer Options;
Windows animation scale - off
Transition animation scale - off or .5x
Animator duration scale - off or .5x
Also increasing the 'Touch Sensitivity' increases the scrolling speed.
Play with these and watch it fly! LOL
It would be great if someone can take a video so we can actually see this lag with our own eyes.
I just got my phone and it turned out bad, sending it back, new one on the way. It makes me wonder now if all the stories about bad hardware is true on these phones, since I've never had a bad phone ever in my life, then my first Essential turns out bad.
Wifi problems connecting
Statusbar icons appearing in white, turn all black
Phone speaker, bad quality, can't even turn it up, or it gets distorted
Head speaker, is low, volume isn't loud enough
Adaptive brightness doesn't work
Volume got stuck at one point when it was set as all the way down, no sound, then I wasn't able turn the sound back on, nothing would happen on either buttons...
So hopefully new phone arriving will be better, and from this experience, I think I'll keep it on Oreo for a long time, until people start raving over Pie.
And between a SD625 and this SD835, can't say I saw a big speed difference too... hmm
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I hear ya brother. To be fair I haven't had any of those other problems I heard about before buying the phone besides what's mentioned in this thread. 3rd party camera apps with full manual control drastically improved camera quality for my device. If you want to see the lag I'm taking about just YouTube it.
As far as SD625 and Sd835, there's a huge difference for me being a power user. Lots of gaming, editing videos, download big files, or even just transferring data from internal to external sd you will definitely see a big difference in performance during any memory extensive task.

@mookiexl
Do you know any YouTube videos with the same issues you're having, you can show us?
I only found one for Camera Portrait Lag.

Fastboot install of 9.0 over the official July 8.1. Magisk root.
No device lag or issues with WiFi, volume or any of the things above. The only lag I see is my own getting to grips with the UI changes.
USOpen device used in the UK.
It sounds like you're both having some kind of install/integrity issue. Did you test the checksum?

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Do you know any YouTube videos with the same issues you're having, you can show us?
I only found one for Camera Portrait Lag.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbw_TUnfXuU

kboya said:
Fastboot install of 9.0 over the official July 8.1. Magisk root.
No device lag or issues with WiFi, volume or any of the things above. The only lag I see is my own getting to grips with the UI changes.
USOpen device used in the UK.
It sounds like you're both having some kind of install/integrity issue. Did you test the checksum?
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All I've done since receiving the device is take all system updates and then unlocked bootloader which in turn wipe data. See the video I posted for details. If you have another SD835 device to compare it too try tha,t or better yet don't because it will make the lag very bothersome once you know its there.

That video is a year old. I have no discernible lag even with upward of 20 apps in the background, but I'm not saying that you don't.
Also, I had this and a Google PXL at the same time up until a few weeks ago. If anything, the PH1 was better, smoother and faster.

I've got serious lag... Keyoress lag, stuttering during scrolling. Could it be because of RAM usage? The stats in developer options say that I using 3.4 out of 3.9 gb on average....

garywojdan81 said:
I have no lag on Pie, beta 3 or official. Sounds like your due for a full wipe
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Can you explain how I dod a full wipe?

Since the Dec update much less ram.locked up

autosurgeon said:
Since the Dec update much less ram.locked up
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I'm on November and ram management Is fine for me.
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