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Anyone else having performance issues with their S7 edge?

I got my S7 edge a few weeks after release, and it's always performed worse than my other phones; however, in the last few weeks, it's become extremely slow. There are tons of frame drops, and my other phones (2015 and 2016 flagships) consistently perform better. For example, I sometimes have to wait 2-3 seconds for recent apps to load after I press the recent apps key. I'm on the latest update, just reset the phone, and don't have any particularly intensive apps.
Do you guys have any tips to make the phone quicker?

Yeah me too. While the phone is awesome to look at and hold and it takes awesome pics the user experience isn't all that great. It is no quicker or snappier than my G4 or M9. Actually it's quite slower at times and the memory management sucks. I'm constantly getting freezes and lags and for a while random reboots. Probably a TW/bloat thing because the hardware is more than capable. Once or twice a day I've been booting into Recovery and wiping the cache. That seems to help some.

klbjr said:
Yeah me too. While the phone is awesome to look at and hold and it takes awesome pics the user experience isn't all that great. It is no quicker or snappier than my G4 or M9. Actually it's quite slower at times and the memory management sucks. I'm constantly getting freezes and lags and for a while random reboots. Probably a TW/bloat thing because the hardware is more than capable. Once or twice a day I've been booting into Recovery and wiping the cache. That seems to help some.
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Hmm, okay. Glad to see I'm not the only one with this problem.

Yeah that's always reassuring just sucks because this is almost a masterpiece. It's a shame that TW and other crap is dragging it down and not being able to root without giving up useful functions blows. And from what I'm hearing rooting doesn't help all that much. Not that it ever did for me with Samsung phones. I guess that was the reason I stayed away since the Note 2. There is a program that let's you disable some of the bloat without root and it sounds like it helps. Maybe you can give it a try. I bought the Pro version but been a little wary since I can't just reflash and start over if I screw something up. It's in the Market and it's been featured on xda TV. It's called Package Disabler Pro

Mine just dies really fast after rooting

I am on the U firmware and don't have any of those performance issues. Plus I use nova launcher so idk if that has anything to do with it

None of what you are describing is normal. I have my S7 edge on the 7.0 beta and the only time I have seen that behavior is when download booster is enabled, which is beta related/stable on 6.0...
I also had a friend tell me the same thing was going on with hers, I made sure the T-Mobile app was not running any diagnostics and that all accounts were syncing properly. After checking those two things the stove inside turned off and performance was restored.
tl;dr NO, it's not because of TouchWiz. Something is not right with your accounts or an app.
I don't root my Samsung phones anymore because its not been necessary for me since the Note5, my Samsung devices have performed flawlessly through updates, backups and restores for over a year now including my S7e, Note7:crying:, and after several updates, S6e, on stock unrooted firmware, no PDP either.

Top much lag

Hi my friends, well... I write this thread because I want to know if you are in the same situation. 2 weaks ago my cellphone becomes laggy and I don't know why, it was fast and when I felt that it turned slow I did a factory reset and it didn't works... If someone have a solution if will very grateful

Davidgpalma said:
Hi my friends, well... I write this thread because I want to know if you are in the same situation. 2 weaks ago my cellphone becomes laggy and I don't know why, it was fast and when I felt that it turned slow I did a factory reset and it didn't works... If someone have a solution if will very grateful
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Mine did the same thing after the last update, I think android just sucks at not getting laggy, not sure why google wont take this stuff seriously.

forrestnc said:
Mine did the same thing after the last update, I think android just sucks at not getting laggy, not sure why google wont take this stuff seriously.
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That's not a Google problem. There are hundreds of possibilities why the phone becomes slow. Without providing any useful information, help impossible. So better to write some facts about the phone model, bootloader status, and what rom and other things you flashed. Then we can have a look.

I just turned on Battery Saver & Lag Is Gone my phone is flying. I have no idea why (I know it turns some sync stuff). I just find the speed change interesting. I am running Stock 6.0.1 Marshmallow. On a G Plus XT1644.
Try it out Settings>Battery>3 Dots Top Right>Battery Saver> Turn On.
Anyone got any ideas?
Sent from my Moto G(4) + using Tapatalk

Yes! same as me , but I didn't update anything, just like that boom is really slow, I tried everything, clean storage, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, delete some apps, check wakelocks, I don't know what to do, don't want to factory reset the whole thing!

To be honest, I never found this phone to be really lagging. I always owned budget phones and this has been the best one yet.
Yea the heating issue in sd 617 can't be appreciated much though.

Got serious lag issues with my phone. At times it is zipping fast.. and st times it makes me wait for couple of minutes just to dial a number. Tried everything under the sun

IS it worth Rooting ?

I just bought a Sprint V20 and so far I have been looking through the roms and non are without bugs or problems. Which rom would you guys use and is it really that much better to root the phone over stock ?

Mine was lagging horribly and the battery was draining really fast.
I rooted and it has been so much better.
DevDigital's Sprint roms have been flawless for me. Not a single hiccup.
Just don't factory reset within twrp or you'll end up in a bootloop. Not bricked but aggravating.

I've had mine since Black Friday and still haven't rooted. I'm enjoying the phone despite the lack of data tethering. Is there a way to set the wide angle camera as the default camera so that 3rd party apps use the wide angle rear camera instead of the current primary? I'd enjoy the phone that much more if that were possible.

For me it's worth it just for adaway.
Sent from my LG-H918 using Tapatalk

Yushawan said:
Is there a way to set the wide angle camera as the default camera so that 3rd party apps use the wide angle rear camera instead of the current primary?
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There is no way. At least for Tmobile's variant. However, it only take a second to either zoom out or just click the icon and it will both take you to widescreen. I find zooming out easier for me. I dont know why

I personally only root to control programs that we should be able to control anyway (aka facebook), I get annoyed at how programs continually relaunch themselves without my knowledge.
That being said at this time I haven't rooted mainly because I've only had the phone for a month and I want to make sure that the phone works properly for at least 6 months.
Right now I am running greenify to attempt to control apps that think my personal phone is their playground to do whatever they want.
If I was younger and not dependent on my phone for a lot of things (business and organization) I would try other builds people have made but since I need reliability above all I personally tend to stick to stock builds.
Sent from my LG-H918 using XDA-Developers Legacy app

midmadn said:
Mine was lagging horribly and the battery was draining really fast.
I rooted and it has been so much better.
DevDigital's Sprint roms have been flawless for me. Not a single hiccup.
Just don't factory reset within twrp or you'll end up in a bootloop. Not bricked but aggravating.
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I may try this soon. I just hope DevDigitals Sprint roms are stable. I use Black Player as my music player for the gym and the camera is awesome for my Cruise I'm taking in April.

It still looks like people are having issues with DevDigitals rom. The data and texting issues. Are all these issues solved in V6.5 ? I use my phone for work and cant take the chance of it not answering a call or a text. Is the new V6.5 working as a daily driver for Sprint users ?

no issues at all on 6.5 for most.....
people sometimes don't read/search anymore

I did post once that I was having data issues but it was no fault of DevDigitl's great rom.
It was my wifi wasn't shutting off and I had previously signed into xfinity wifi. Every time I got anywhere near an xfinity wireless connection, (which is every other house in Boston) it would try to connect.
I'm still learning LG. Been on Samsung for a long time.
I firmly believe the rare connection issues are user error. Once the rom is installed you just need to click update profile and then update prl once.

It's worth rooting
Settings/Developer Options/Tick on "Force GPU Rendering" this should make this beast smoother/snappier" If root available try L Speed/Entropy/fstrim apps found on Play Store! LG V20 & LG G5 are snappy beasts, well optimised with Snapdragon 820 and is better than Samsung.

my LG-V20 was also laggy and draining battery quickly. i finally rooted my phone and it is 100% better i am currently using Maximum OvrDriVE Rom. its extremely nice. so if anyone else has the lag/battery drain quicker i suggest rooting your phone should fix. its been about 2 weeks and still doing great also so.

If you want a stable amazing ROM the NotSoStock ROM is the only option....
Don't hesitate just do it. You won't regret it.

S8 is laughably slow

I have an unlocked s8 G950U (US snapdragon) model and it's laughably slow. For instance I can have an app open and the phone will grind to a halt when a call comes in unable to accept or reject it for 5 seconds or so. It runs fine but the responsiveness is not there.
Typically I would take a phone flash a custom rom on it and tweak the kernel to get it to work right. It's my understanding that the locked bootloader will greatly limit what I can do in this regard, so the best I can do is flash the same factory rom again.
Does anyone have any recommendations for this issue? Am I expecting too much?

zerocover said:
I have an unlocked s8 G950U (US snapdragon) model and it's laughably slow. For instance I can have an app open and the phone will grind to a halt when a call comes in unable to accept or reject it for 5 seconds or so. It runs fine but the responsiveness is not there.
Typically I would take a phone flash a custom rom on it and tweak the kernel to get it to work right. It's my understanding that the locked bootloader will greatly limit what I can do in this regard, so the best I can do is flash the same factory rom again.
Does anyone have any recommendations for this issue? Am I expecting too much?
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Mine runs unbelievably fast I even have it underclocked some bassicly stock rooted and debloated
only lag I ever see is opening the notif bar

no such issue here for me, one of the fastest and smoothest phones i've ever held in my hand, would recommend a factory reset or at least cache clearing from recovery, it helps to do it from time to time

Gasser.Atef said:
no such issue here for me, one of the fastest and smoothest phones i've ever held in my hand, would recommend a factory reset or at least cache clearing from recovery, it helps to do it from time to time
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I'm sure that would help but the phone is 2 months old. Factory resets every two months would be horrid, at least we have an SD card slot so I can keep all my documents there during the reset..

zerocover said:
I'm sure that would help but the phone is 2 months old. Factory resets every two months would be horrid, at least we have an SD card slot so I can keep all my documents there during the reset..
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if the phone is only 2 months old then there is something wrong, my first factory reset was after 8 months of purchasing the device and it wasn't out of lag or it not being responsive, maybe you should try a factory reset or maybe a different firmware ( an official one ) to see if the problem is solved even after 2 months of using
and you don't have to necessary lose your data, with smart switch you can backup everything, except apps data itself, but pretty much everything else from call logs to apps, photos and music on both phone and SD card can be backed up and restored in minutes

No such issues here. The phone is smooth as melted butter. Am on Oreo beta. SE 9.0 is much better than SE 8

try a settings reset in settings, might help, together with clearing cache.

Gasser.Atef said:
no such issue here for me, one of the fastest and smoothest phones i've ever held in my hand, would recommend a factory reset or at least cache clearing from recovery, it helps to do it from time to time
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Than hold one oneplus5T haha kills the s8

It's pretty sad that the user who paid close to a thousand dollars has to resort to wiping their data, because Samsung is so incompetent at creating software that stays smooth after use...
My device has never been wiped and I got it on the 20th of April last year, battery life is excellent as always, but app opening animations are 20 fps and the UI stutters when doing normal things like switching between apps. It'll be interesting to see what the Oreo / SE9.0 update does for smoothness, I might even think of doing a factory reset if performance doesn't improve after the update.

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Than hold one oneplus5T haha kills the s8
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i didn't really like it. its not a matter of just how smooth and fast the device runs, but for me as for overall features, s8 is the best phone in the market right now

Nexus 6P horrible lag issue when rooted

So I picked up a 6P again after I got rid of my original a couple years ago. It arrived yesterday and I got it all setup, but then it started having issues that night. So I did a factory reset. I should mention that the very first thing I did when I got it was root it and install elementalx. Didn't bother with a ROM since Pure Nexus hasn't been supported for awhile (which is what I installed on my old 6P) and I was already running Oreo.
Today was going great until about an hour ago. I unplugged it from charging and the same symptoms as last night happened. When this happens I have to hold the power button until the device reboots.
What happens is that severe lag happens. The screen turns on after a few seconds when I use the fingerprint scanner or power button, but it's very slow and glitchy. Like it'll show half the notification bar and below that there will be a 2 inch long by 1 inch long rectangle in the upper left corner that shows the bottom of my wallpaper. The rest of the screen will show my wallpaper but it'll be glitched, where like the bottom is actually a section of the top. And trying to pull down the notification shade is just impossible. It glitches big time but after lagging of course. I really wish I had pictures to better explain. If it happens again I'll be sure to take some.
From what I've said though, does anyone have any idea why this is happening?
I have a few days where I can still return the device, but I really would like to keep it since it's in mint condition. Battery life is great still and there doesn't seem to be any performance issues when it's working properly. I really don't want to keep doing resets, which if I'd have to then I don't see any point in keeping it since it basically won't be usable.
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Just had it happen again so I took some pictures. It got to the point the screen wouldn't come on at all, so I had to hold the power button again to reboot. But I found out it still registers the fingerprint to unlock (I hear the sound) and hitting the power button twice still launches the camera (the phone vibrates). When this first started happening this time, after waiting for a little bit with the screen on, I got the popup that the System UI wasn't responding.

Just wanted to update that I flashed the stock ota from Google's site for the October 2018 update. Since doing so the phone has been working fine *knocks on wood*. So right now I'm thinking there was an issue with rooting, elementalx, or magisk. I'll make a backup and do those things one at a time and see when/if my issues return.

Just another update for those who stumble across this topic from Google or whatever.
Things were working great for a few days so I decided to go ahead and root but not install elementalx or anything. Did so last night and upon waking up this morning the phone was having the lag issue again. So it seems rooting is causing my problem. I used magisk, so I'm going to try SuperSU and see if that causes my problem as well.

Switching from magisk to SuperSU did not solve my problem. The phone started freezing up and lagging bad again, requiring me to hold the power button and reboot. So I guess I'll just unroot again and leave it that way.
Unless someone seeing this has any other ideas.

I dont recommend oreo. Im having a lot of issues like the worst of all not being able to install TWRP, lag, screen stutters and excessive battery usage

I love Oreo. Have zero problems with it, my problems are this specific phone. Don't root it and it works flawlessly. Oreo runs better for me than any previous version of Android ever, especially on older lower spec devices. There is zero reason something as powerful as the 6P can't handle it.
TWRP installed without issue, never had an issue with it and Oreo shouldn't affect it anyways. I've got the phone running kind of stock. I installed TWRP and ElementalX and left it at that. Using other apps and adb commands I was able to install a bunch of "Pixel only" stuff and get what I wanted without root. So I'm happy.
The thing's just a side project next to my Note 9 anyways. So long as the hardware issues stay at bay that render the 6P worthless, I'll stay happy.
Sounds like to me you need to do a full re-flash from the stock files on Google's Nexus site and start fresh. Or yours is starting to show signs of the hardware defects.
Either way, this topic is moot to me now I guess. Mainly just left it here in case others find it through Google searches. Good luck!

Whenever I do a major android version upgrade I wipe internal storage. I found that if I didn't do this would get all kinds of little issues. Internal storage carries over files from one android version to the next.

My 6P is doing very similar as yours is. Extreme lagging, basically totally freezing and sometimes half the screen is visible just like on your pictures. I haven't find a solution to it, but you are saying not rooting it fixed it for you? Seems far-fetched but I guess I have no other option. I have been using Lineage OS.

Yeah, removing root instantly fixed the issues for me. I made sure to clear cache and everything like that from recovery too. I'm still unlocked and using TWRP with Elementalx, setup however I like. I just can't root. Soon as I do I can actually feel a little slowdown in using the phone, and then after a day or so the horrible lag with freezing and stuff starts.
Not sure about using a custom ROM since like I said I didn't try it on this phone. My original 6P didn't have any of these issues and I could root, ROM, and modify my heart out.
So to recap, currently and since my last actual update here basically, I've been unlocked, using elementalx and TWRP, but running stock October 2018 Oreo ROM and all that. I used adb commands to get Greenify setup as close to root settings as possible, and to install some Pixel stuff to get night light and whatnot. Got immersive mode by using systemuituner app. And a couple other things to get it as close to how my original 6P was on Pure Nexus.
Hope this helps. I'll be glad to provide anything else I can.

Oreo is crap on the nexus 6p. Seems.like google is slowing it down. Not only on the operating sysyem but also on its latest apps. The latest version of maps is too laggy but the one that comes with nougat is smooth. Thats why i went back to nougat is lile heaven and hell. Shame on goole being thay oreo runs very good on the 5x but not the 6p

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Oreo is crap on the nexus 6p. Seems.like google is slowing it down. Not only on the operating sysyem but also on its latest apps. The latest version of maps is too laggy but the one that comes with nougat is smooth. Thats why i went back to nougat is lile heaven and hell. Shame on goole being thay oreo runs very good on the 5x but not the 6p
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Take your conspiracy theories elsewhere. Oreo runs smooth as butter on perfectly (or even in my case, not perfectly since it won't root) fine 6P's. Everything works as it should and I have zero issues and zero lag. All you're doing is cluttering up my topic on something that has absolutely nothing to do with Oreo. This topic is about the issues I'm having after rooting, nothing else. If you don't like Oreo, fine. If you think a device that's several years old at this point isn't running the newest OS as smooth as it ran older ones, that's fine too. Especially since Google has at this point completely disowned the Nexus nameplate. Just don't come into someone else's topic and run your mouth. I told you before I had no issues with Oreo and that it sounds like your device is showing odd behavior, if you didn't like that... well that's fine too. Why subscribe to this topic and keep coming back if it has nothing to do with you. Go away or contribute helpful info to the issue at hand here; rooting complications not Oreo.
Although at this point I'm not having any issues. My 6P has been running buttery smooth since I removed root on what, October 18th... that's about two weeks ago. And this includes installing and tweaking stuff on it that it's supposedly too obsolete to run and only Pixel devices can handle. It goes toe to toe with my Note 9 in daily activities, all while running Oreo.

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Take your conspiracy theories elsewhere. Oreo runs smooth as butter on perfectly (or even in my case, not perfectly since it won't root) fine 6P's. Everything works as it should and I have zero issues and zero lag. All you're doing is cluttering up my topic on something that has absolutely nothing to do with Oreo. This topic is about the issues I'm having after rooting, nothing else. If you don't like Oreo, fine. If you think a device that's several years old at this point isn't running the newest OS as smooth as it ran older ones, that's fine too. Especially since Google has at this point completely disowned the Nexus nameplate. Just don't come into someone else's topic and run your mouth. I told you before I had no issues with Oreo and that it sounds like your device is showing odd behavior, if you didn't like that... well that's fine too. Why subscribe to this topic and keep coming back if it has nothing to do with you. Go away or contribute helpful info to the issue at hand here; rooting complications not Oreo.
Although at this point I'm not having any issues. My 6P has been running buttery smooth since I removed root on what, October 18th... that's about two weeks ago. And this includes installing and tweaking stuff on it that it's supposedly too obsolete to run and only Pixel devices can handle. It goes toe to toe with my Note 9 in daily activities, all while running Oreo.
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It wasnt for you but in general, there are more users complaining about it. I tested oreo without rooting and it lags as hell. You can even check comparison videos too... this topic is about having lag issues so I gave you an answer, go back to nougat.

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It wasnt for you but in general, there are more users complaining about it. I tested oreo without rooting and it lags as hell. You can even check comparison videos too... this topic is about having lag issues so I gave you an answer, go back to nougat.
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I told you the first time you mentioned that "solution" , Nougat isn't an option for me and shouldn't be because I'm pretty sure I made it clear Oreo wasn't the problem. I even made it clear I basically solved my issue before your first foray into this thread.
I made it clear again in my last post.
I really don't care if there are comparison videos, I have absolutely zero lag if I'm unrooted. That is what this topic is about, lag caused by root. Those who actually spend the time to read more than the topic title can understand that. I've been working with electronics for a long long time, I know how to diagnose everything and I think I made that pretty clear by providing updates as I did things. If not for the fact the thing is all setup and running great, I'd wager I could go back to Nougat and still have root lag issues. The 6P and the 5X for that matter, are ticking time bombs. They both have hardware defects that basically turn them into fancy paperweights. Those defects could be causing my issues, your issues, and edda's issues. No real way to tell that until the bootloops or early shutdowns start. I'm of course hoping this late in the game that maybe those of us with still functioning units don't have those issues, but my gut tells me it's always a "time will tell" issue.

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I told you the first time you mentioned that "solution" , Nougat isn't an option for me and shouldn't be because I'm pretty sure I made it clear Oreo wasn't the problem. I even made it clear I basically solved my issue before your first foray into this thread.
I made it clear again in my last post.
I really don't care if there are comparison videos, I have absolutely zero lag if I'm unrooted. That is what this topic is about, lag caused by root. Those who actually spend the time to read more than the topic title can understand that. I've been working with electronics for a long long time, I know how to diagnose everything and I think I made that pretty clear by providing updates as I did things. If not for the fact the thing is all setup and running great, I'd wager I could go back to Nougat and still have root lag issues. The 6P and the 5X for that matter, are ticking time bombs. They both have hardware defects that basically turn them into fancy paperweights. Those defects could be causing my issues, your issues, and edda's issues. No real way to tell that until the bootloops or early shutdowns start. I'm of course hoping this late in the game that maybe those of us with still functioning units don't have those issues, but my gut tells me it's always a "time will tell" issue.
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If that was a hardware issue Id be having it with other versions of android but no, only oreo. And everything points out that oreo is the issue. Not only me but all the users posting videos and on forums

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Oreo is crap on the nexus 6p. Seems.like google is slowing it down. Not only on the operating sysyem but also on its latest apps. The latest version of maps is too laggy but the one that comes with nougat is smooth. Thats why i went back to nougat is lile heaven and hell. Shame on goole being thay oreo runs very good on the 5x but not the 6p
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I agree with you on that. I have had much better luck running Pure Nexus over any other rom.
Chris

RockwellB1 said:
Yeah, removing root instantly fixed the issues for me. I made sure to clear cache and everything like that from recovery too. I'm still unlocked and using TWRP with Elementalx, setup however I like. I just can't root. Soon as I do I can actually feel a little slowdown in using the phone, and then after a day or so the horrible lag with freezing and stuff starts.
Not sure about using a custom ROM since like I said I didn't try it on this phone. My original 6P didn't have any of these issues and I could root, ROM, and modify my heart out.
So to recap, currently and since my last actual update here basically, I've been unlocked, using elementalx and TWRP, but running stock October 2018 Oreo ROM and all that. I used adb commands to get Greenify setup as close to root settings as possible, and to install some Pixel stuff to get night light and whatnot. Got immersive mode by using systemuituner app. And a couple other things to get it as close to how my original 6P was on Pure Nexus.
Hope this helps. I'll be glad to provide anything else I can.
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I had problems similar to this and found out it was the immersive mode causing it, activating it with any app caused problems. If you download terminal emulator and use some commands that can be found elsewhere in the Nexus 6p part of the forum it works fine. Hope this helps. Currently on Resurrection remix with magisk installed. Running smooth as butter. Just waiting for pie to be more stable now

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I had problems similar to this and found out it was the immersive mode causing it, activating it with any app caused problems. If you download terminal emulator and use some commands that can be found elsewhere in the Nexus 6p part of the forum it works fine. Hope this helps. Currently on Resurrection remix with magisk installed. Running smooth as butter. Just waiting for pie to be more stable now
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Thanks but I wasn't even messing with immersive mode at the time. Or are you saying just having it present because I made uituner visible in settings that it might have been causing it?
My issue very much seems to be straight up linked to rooting. If I used magisk or SuperSU (really the only two I'm willing to trust) I'd notice the phone felt sluggish soon as it would reboot after rooting with them. It wasn't a huge slowdown though so I thought nothing of it, until the horrible lag/freezing issues started usually within the day. Remove root, and everything went back to normal.
I've since been using immersive mode without any issue, but of course I gave up on root.
And yeah, I hear ya on Pie. Soon as it becomes stable enough I'll be testing it out. I had 8.1 running on my Note 4, just sold it about a month ago, and it was running great. Only minor issues that were still being worked on. Being a Nexus though I have high hopes this'll be a bit easier to port to.

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I agree with you on that. I have had much better luck running Pure Nexus over any other rom.
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Im talking about pure oreo on the nexus 6p. Ive installed it many times thinking coukd be a bad installation but its just that oreo is crap on the nexus 6p. I went back to nougat and its working like a charm again.