Just got my Galaxy S yesterday, but had big problems with the Samsung apps right out of the box.
The main launcher would repeatedly lock up, it was totally unusable. After being frozen for a few minutes I would be able to kill twlauncher process, then it would start up again and run for a few seconds before freezing. I managed to download LauncherPro from the market place to replace it, which is much better.
However, the calendar is causing me grief now. It takes a long time to load, and is not particularly responsive, but the big issue is the battery usage.
1 hour 40 since unplugging and I'm down to 50% battery left (from a full overnight charge) - calendar is responsible for 17% of this(!) with 47 minutes of CPU usage. What is going on?!
Any advice on how to either fix this, or blitz the Samsung calendar app and use the standard google one?
Hi Meza1,
First thing to be aware of is that it takes about 5-7 days before the battery starts to settle down, the first 2 days are a little scary.
Your launcher locking up doesnt sound normal, so I'd keep an eye on that.
As for calendar, I've not noticed it being an issue. The usual battery hogs are when apps are set to high frequency updates. So recently I installed twitter on a 15min update and it took my battery from 2-3days standby down to 6hours!
You could reset your phone to factory and start again and if its still locking up you might want to get it exchanged. We all suffer lag of a few seconds here and there which we hope will be fixed, but not to the level you've just reported.
Root your phone and install "AutoKiller". Great app, it automatically cleans out your ram and uneeded background applications. Phone runs smoothly with no lag. I use "LauncherPro" instead of "TouchWiz".
My GPS also fixes almost instantly, less than 30 secs in most cases. This is in both Google Maps and Co-Pilot.
I really think that it would be unwise to root the phone at this stage, because it would appear to have problems that are not seen on most SGS's and therefore the chances are that the phone needs to be returned.
This would not be possible if "rooted".
Thanks for the responses. I think I'll try one of the lag-fix ROMs that are being mentioned and see how it goes. Is there a way to back up my apps and settings before doing this?
I would agree with Geryatrix and hold off rooting or upgrading your phone just yet, in case you need to return it.
Recently I updated my device but It took 23 minutes to boot (First Boot) !! It was 12:21 AM and It finished booting at 12:44 AM !! Is it normal or there's something wrong ??
I suggest full wipe ...
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It's normal, it's rebuilding the Davlik cache. The more content and apps you have installed, the longer it will take.
It's a once only thing (at least until the OS changes, and then it may rebuild it again)
Yeah it's normal it happened to me the first time i put revolver on. Trust me I was freaking out
That's why it is recommended to always have full charge or AC adapter connected. Writing flash uses battery.
Thanks for sharing. I would've force rebooted it. Now I now I shouldn't!
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this is my most hated thing about the EeePad - even if it's not the first boot, it takes ages. I hope CM9 and/or the ICS update fixes it.
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this is my most hated thing about the EeePad - even if it's not the first boot, it takes ages. I hope CM9 and/or the ICS update fixes it.
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It's an Android thing, and unlikely to change. It's compiling and optimizing apps so they launch quicker. Without it, things will be very pedestrian.
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this is my most hated thing about the EeePad - even if it's not the first boot, it takes ages. I hope CM9 and/or the ICS update fixes it.
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Still much faster than a simple? itunes update.
CrazyPeter said:
It's an Android thing, and unlikely to change. It's compiling and optimizing apps so they launch quicker. Without it, things will be very pedestrian.
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Yeah, but it does it on every reboot. My eeePad takes about 5 minutes to boot even if it's not the first boot. We used to have this problem back in the days of Android 1.x, but the CM team managed to find a workaround for CM7. Some manufacturers have included a similar workaround (HTC's 'quick boot' function on the Sensation comes to mind), but obviously not Asus. Hence my hope that CM9 and/or the Asus 4.0 update fix things
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Yeah, but it does it on every reboot. My eeePad takes about 5 minutes to boot even if it's not the first boot. We used to have this problem back in the days of Android 1.x, but the CM team managed to find a workaround for CM7. Some manufacturers have included a similar workaround (HTC's 'quick boot' function on the Sensation comes to mind), but obviously not Asus. Hence my hope that CM9 and/or the Asus 4.0 update fix things
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Then something is not right.
After a ROM install, mine takes about 10 minutes or so to boot, but it's once only. After than, it's int he region of 10 - 15 seconds from a cold boot to a working desktop.
CrazyPeter said:
Then something is not right.
After a ROM install, mine takes about 10 minutes or so to boot, but it's once only. After than, it's int he region of 10 - 15 seconds from a cold boot to a working desktop.
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10 - 15 seconds, I'd love to see that, I get about 1 - 2 minutes average boot time rooted running revolver.
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mine takes about 20 seconds to boot from off to desktop
I use Android Revolution HD 2.3.0
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10 - 15 seconds, I'd love to see that, I get about 1 - 2 minutes average boot time rooted running revolver.
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Mine is stock but rooted.
And it's 20 seconds at the most from off to desktop.
To the person that said its an android thing- completely false. Zip aligned, number of apps etc. All factor. My transformer (rooted with latest revolver) boots within minutes if not seconds. After installing my backup of 100+ apps is when I get over 8 minutes.
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My Average boot time is 10 minutes....
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10 - 15 seconds, I'd love to see that, I get about 1 - 2 minutes average boot time rooted running revolver.
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I do not believe anybody's TF101 tablet starts up in 10-15 seconds. It's not even close to being ready to start at that point on stock, unrooted Honeycomb 3.2 firmware. Just tested my own tablet, which is close to as lightly-loaded on startup as you can get:
Slightly less than one second from the backlight turning on to the Asus logo appearing
Nine seconds from the backlight turning on to the "loading" circle animation appearing
77 seconds from the backlight turning on to the desktop appearing
90 seconds from the backlight turning on to my desktop widget being started up (ie. battery indication appears)
My desktop uses ADWLauncher EX, and has only one screen, one widget (TF battery widget), and the stock Asus (non-live) wallpaper. There is literally nothing else on the desktop, not even a single app icon.
My tablet has the following running at startup (bold are non-stock items):
* Lookout (2 processes, 1 service)
* Facebook (1 process, 1 service)
* TF battery widget (1 process, 1 service)
* com.asus.keyboard (1 process, 1 service)
* DMClient (1 process, 1 service)
* Google Services (1 process, 3 services)
* Maps (1 process, 1 service)
* MyNet (1 process, 2 services)
* Android keyboard (1 process, 1 service)
To those claiming their tablet boots in twenty seconds on stock firmware, I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. Post a video if you want to change my mind. My tablet couldn't start in twenty seconds (or even anything close to it), stock and straight out of the box without a single application installed.
Mine takes about 1 min on rooted stock 8.6.6.19
I *think* it is now longer than before, probably due to the amount of apps and widgets installed compared to before (although I try to keep as least as possible)
I have video to prove it, but I think it's a pretty normal time.
Will wipe and try revolver soon though!
Edit: it's a B70 SBK2
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I do not believe anybody's TF101 tablet starts up in 10-15 seconds. It's not even close to being ready to start at that point on stock, unrooted Honeycomb 3.2 firmware. Just tested my own tablet, which is close to as lightly-loaded on startup as you can get:
Slightly less than one second from the backlight turning on to the Asus logo appearing
Nine seconds from the backlight turning on to the "loading" circle animation appearing
77 seconds from the backlight turning on to the desktop appearing
90 seconds from the backlight turning on to my desktop widget being started up (ie. battery indication appears)
My desktop uses ADWLauncher EX, and has only one screen, one widget (TF battery widget), and the stock Asus (non-live) wallpaper. There is literally nothing else on the desktop, not even a single app icon.
My tablet has the following running at startup (bold are non-stock items):
* Lookout (2 processes, 1 service)
* Facebook (1 process, 1 service)
* TF battery widget (1 process, 1 service)
* com.asus.keyboard (1 process, 1 service)
* DMClient (1 process, 1 service)
* Google Services (1 process, 3 services)
* Maps (1 process, 1 service)
* MyNet (1 process, 2 services)
* Android keyboard (1 process, 1 service)
To those claiming their tablet boots in twenty seconds on stock firmware, I'm sorry, but I don't believe you. Post a video if you want to change my mind. My tablet couldn't start in twenty seconds (or even anything close to it), stock and straight out of the box without a single application installed.
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Yeah, agree with you, mine takes about 1 min to show the desktop from cold boot and even from start with stock and no apps it took about this time.
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To the person that said its an android thing- completely false. Zip aligned, number of apps etc. All factor. My transformer (rooted with latest revolver) boots within minutes if not seconds. After installing my backup of 100+ apps is when I get over 8 minutes.
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so 3:30 - 4:00 minutes boot time with 200+ user apps is normal?
Hi guys,
Has anyone noticed heavy lag and freezing when using the phone. I don't have a lot of apps installed and i have disabled most apps that i don't use and the phone is still giving me issues.
Any advice is appreciated. [emoji4]
I switched from RAZR MAXX HD and this phone is a space rocket in comparison to my old Droid. Have you tried factory restore? Then if it lags - I would try to return it to Moto.
Check CPU utilization. Maybe some app hangs on. I've noticed that noozy (music player) lags like hell when album is over and player remains in notification bar.
emineh17 said:
Hi guys,
Has anyone noticed heavy lag and freezing when using the phone. I don't have a lot of apps installed and i have disabled most apps that i don't use and the phone is still giving me issues.
Any advice is appreciated. [emoji4]
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I have the same problem, I tried to removing as much as possible automatic start calling but often when I uncheck the receiver this puts me "failed" in Rom Toolbox, I have tried Xposed Auto Boot module, but I do not feel that it works.
But for me, I have a lot of app instaled and my UI is very modified (Nova Launcher, Gravity Box, various Widget), so I know why he lag, but I still find it overheating lot and that's what most do slow.
Hi, I am having same issue. My configs was same as you, @Trinytix, but I had uninstalled all of them because lag issues. And now I continue to have same lag issues. When I use the standard cam for five minutes it become freezy and lag and sometimes I lose some photos. All the time it is burning. Just stops to burn when I leave it without work about 30 minutes. I think the problem is the snapdragon 810 but in other foruns some say that the problems with this processor was fixed.
I've been having similar issues, I got really into theming (using nova prime) the last couple of months and at the end of January the phone started to really lag hard. A couple weeks ago I stopped being able to open any apps other than the phone and google's messenger. I tried to factory reset from settings and could not (device gets stuck un the power down sequence), so I went the recovery mode route. reinstalled a fraction of my apps, put back a much stripped down version of my theme, and things were mostly ok, if a little laggy. However, the phone insisted that there was no SD card (internal or external) despite there being a 64GB card, which would sometimes show up when viewed in settings, some apps (podcast addict) were able to access the internal memory, but others couldn't (cameras, sms, photos, music). Yesterday the keyboard ceased to launch for more than a split second at a time, and would not take any input (you would not believe how infuriating this is unless you've experienced it first hand). In an attempt to regain some functionality I started uninstalling everything that I don't consider vitally important (bus app, podcasts, messenger) couldn't get through more than 1 or 2 at a time because multiple windows would stack telling me processes like "motorola" "android" and "media" had stopped. I did succeed in stripping away all the automation apps and theming apps (tasker, nova, icon packs, etc). I can't even place a phone call on the first try.
Oh and to add insult to injury I have to darned green lines about 0.5cm wide now.
Looks like hw problem or system got corrupted. Try to re-flash whole system but if is hw...
Running the latest purenexus ROM and my phone has suddenly had a dramatic decrease in performance. I would have to wait anywhere from 5 to 20 seconds for performing as simple an action as pressing the home button or opening a link. Does anyone else have this problem and if so, a fix?
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Running the latest purenexus ROM and my phone has suddenly had a dramatic decrease in performance. I would have to wait anywhere from 5 to 20 seconds for performing as simple an action as pressing the home button or opening a link. Does anyone else have this problem and if so, a fix?
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No problems here with PureNexus and EX.
Have you tried to reboot (when was your last reboot)?
Have you installed any "tweaks" that could mess with settings?
Is your device in thermal throttling mode or energy saving?
Are there any apps running in background?
I'd suggest to check the running processes if anything keeps the device "busy" and to check the actual CPU frequencies to determine if an app or process is the cause of the performance decrease...
I had the latest OEM rom. I've installed the custom Lineage OS 18 rom listed here. The OEM ran 'better' but still not well, even after a full wipe. Really only want to use the tablet for Plex. With all apps disabled that can be disabled, the CPU stays maxed. Clicking something takes seconds for the OS to respond. Bluetooth regularly crashes. I tried installing the YouTube app since Plex was super-choppy, and it literally took 10+ minutes to install. Being that the tablet runs like a complete turd with fresh wipes/installs, I'm thinking there's some sort of hardware fault.
Before I give up on it, any suggestions? I literally only want it for watching Plex or YouTube, but it can't even handle that as-is.
Maybe it could be that the eMMC is gone for a toss and some error correction is in process that causing CPU Load to go 100%? Not really sure here.
I have the same issue. I would think old age makes emmc veeeeery slow. Same thing happened with my old Nexus 4. I am using the tablet as wall tablet with Home Assistant opened in a full screen browser and still is verry sluggish. What seems to make things a bit better is using memory trim software.
Any trim software you recommend?
I ended up just buying a Galaxy Tab S8+, but if I can get some life out of the Nexus 10 that would be great too...