What do you do to keep your Eris fast? - Droid Eris Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

At boot, once I close everything, I keep 80mb of ram free. (besides what I need.)
I have auto task killer set to aggressive, every 30 minutes. Phone is generally fast, however sometimes everything just gets restarted at once. Phone crawls until autotask killer does its magic again. These are default GAPPS and the like. I love maps, gmail, and the like, but I'm damn near ready to delete them.
Is there anything I can do?
(overclocked to 710, any higher and the phone gets slow as soon as it gets warm, anything lower doesn't help at all)
Maybe I'm missing something. I come from a blackberry, before that a windows phone. Task killing was important, I've read that it isn't so here. But I just don't know what to do to keep my phone from going into a crawl.

viogrep said:
At boot, once I close everything, I keep 80mb of ram free. (besides what I need.)
I have auto task killer set to aggressive, every 30 minutes. Phone is generally fast, however sometimes everything just gets restarted at once. Phone crawls until autotask killer does its magic again. These are default GAPPS and the like. I love maps, gmail, and the like, but I'm damn near ready to delete them.
Is there anything I can do?
(overclocked to 710, any higher and the phone gets slow as soon as it gets warm, anything lower doesn't help at all)
Maybe I'm missing something. I come from a blackberry, before that a windows phone. Task killing was important, I've read that it isn't so here. But I just don't know what to do to keep my phone from going into a crawl.
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They really aren't so important here, and most ROM's already come overclocked with task killers and/or governors.
What ROM are you using?
Do you have alot of widgets on your homescreen?
The only time I've had your problem is when I had like a total of 5 homescreens COMPLETELY filled with widgets.

viogrep said:
At boot, once I close everything, I keep 80mb of ram free. (besides what I need.)
I have auto task killer set to aggressive, every 30 minutes. Phone is generally fast, however sometimes everything just gets restarted at once. Phone crawls until autotask killer does its magic again. These are default GAPPS and the like. I love maps, gmail, and the like, but I'm damn near ready to delete them.
Is there anything I can do?
(overclocked to 710, any higher and the phone gets slow as soon as it gets warm, anything lower doesn't help at all)
Maybe I'm missing something. I come from a blackberry, before that a windows phone. Task killing was important, I've read that it isn't so here. But I just don't know what to do to keep my phone from going into a crawl.
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Personally, I used to use the task killers a lot, and while on 2.1 I think it helped a little. But as I switched around different froyo ROMs and am now on gingerbread, I noticed that the task killers actually hindered my phone's performance. Battery would discharge quickly, the phone would become sluggish and sometimes lag so bad I would reboot.
I found that just leaving the android system to do its own thing worked out the best. Memory management has been greatly improved, and really eliminated the need for task killing apps and the like.

Always good reading:
"FAQ: Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android"
"Multitasking the Android Way"
"Android Task Killers Explained: What They Do and Why You Shouldn’t Use Them"

Using Gingerbread, clocked at 604mhz. CPU governor ondemand. (Bump it to 748mhz and interactive for heavy games)
No killers, although I used to be religious about autokiller memory optimizer. GB handles memory and app killing very well.
And the stock app management tool loads quick and is easy to use to kill something that's acting naughty or hung.
I use cache cleaner, set to clean once a day.
I am picky about my apps. If I don't like their startup and shutdown behavior, I find an alternative program.
I'm also rather anti social so no twit, face, up ur butt, whatcha doing apps constantly syncing for me.
I do use genie for news and weather and smooth calendar synced with my exchange via gmail. But these don't update but one every 3-4 hours. Gmail on demand unless I'm expecting something, then I'll let the sync run.
Used to be an adw fanboy. But switched to LP. Its simple and light. Adw is still my favorite especially EX, but LP performs better for me.
I also uninstall everything I don't use, email, dpm, stock music, HTML viewer, setup wizard, keyboard tutorial, development, rom manager, carhome, couple other none dependencies. Use that free space to more some of my root apps, widget apps, utilities.
Also use. Zach's cache2cache. Freeing up a little more data room. No apps on SD.
Widgets I use; note everything 3+ Widgets, genie news and weather, smooth calendar, a photo slide widget app. Usually about it. Sometimes a full month calendar.
No lag or performance loss. My daily usage averages 4 to 6 hours a day.
Edit - also turn off orientation if I don't need it to keep my screen from redrawing every time I pick upmy phone or adjust my wrist
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I do as little as possible.
I kill some tasks when my phone first starts up, that's the only time I use my task killer unless a program is glitching out.
I keep setcpu profiles.
I keep my apps up to date.
I keep my ROM up to date.
After installing/ uninstalling a lot of programs (Such as when I first flash a new rom) I always make sure I Wipe my dalvik cache.
I always wipe between ROMs. It's more stable and always faster.

I suggest to keep your phone fast you DONT:
use setcpu's widget.
use autotaskkiller (it's just one more process. And once you kill tasks, there's no reason to continuously re-kill persistent ones)
Clear your cache too often. Your cache is there for a reason. I personally never clear mine, just my dalvik.

Dedication
amfetamine said:
Using Gingerbread, clocked at 604mhz. CPU governor ondemand. (Bump it to 748mhz and interactive for heavy games)
No killers, although I used to be religious about autokiller memory optimizer. GB handles memory and app killing very well.
And the stock app management tool loads quick and is easy to use to kill something that's acting naughty or hung.
I use cache cleaner, set to clean once a day.
I am picky about my apps. If I don't like their startup and shutdown behavior, I find an alternative program.
I'm also rather anti social so no twit, face, up ur butt, whatcha doing apps constantly syncing for me.
I do use genie for news and weather and smooth calendar synced with my exchange via gmail. But these don't update but one every 3-4 hours. Gmail on demand unless I'm expecting something, then I'll let the sync run.
Used to be an adw fanboy. But switched to LP. Its simple and light. Adw is still my favorite especially EX, but LP performs better for me.
I also uninstall everything I don't use, email, dpm, stock music, HTML viewer, setup wizard, keyboard tutorial, development, rom manager, carhome, couple other none dependencies. Use that free space to more some of my root apps, widget apps, utilities.
Also use. Zach's cache2cache. Freeing up a little more data room. No apps on SD.
Widgets I use; note everything 3+ Widgets, genie news and weather, smooth calendar, a photo slide widget app. Usually about it. Sometimes a full month calendar.
No lag or performance loss. My daily usage averages 4 to 6 hours a day.
Edit - also turn off orientation if I don't need it to keep my screen from redrawing every time I pick upmy phone or adjust my wrist
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THAT is a lot of work and you do this EVERY day? WOW that is dedication!

Kent_Davis said:
THAT is a lot of work and you do this EVERY day? WOW that is dedication!
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Errrrrrrrrrr?

Just an update. I used the majority of advice here. Installed watchdog. After about 4 days worth of running and watchdogs help I just Uninstalled Google Reader and Facebook. Never have to kill a task and everything runs smooth now.
Thanks!

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THAT is a lot of work and you do this EVERY day? WOW that is dedication!
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Hee-hee... I live on my Eris
Naw, pretty much just the new rom setup routine. But I do seem to spend more time in settings menus than in actual apps
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Contrary to what most people will tell you, I use a Task Killer and some will call me a liar but I see a very good improvement on my battery life. As soon as I'm done doing whatever I was doing on my phone, I open Advanced Task Killer and kill every task running then lock my phone (press the end button) and tuck it away. People say it doesn't work but everyone's Eris is different and reacts different to different apps. I love having it and I love using it. I usually go in to cyanogenmod settings and use the overclocker, 748Max, 122Min, Ondemand gov, set to boot. I also use LauncherPro Plus which seems to be faster and smoother than ADW therefore using less power. I also have absolutely no widgets whatsoever. Wifi is only on when I'm home and GPS is never on unless I'm using navigation. That's really about it and my Eris runs smooth as a baby's backside !!

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Taskkiller not necessary on Android?

I have read that taskkiller is not necessary on Android as the OS will kill off running apps when it needs memory - what are people's thoughts on this?
Hmmm...I read somewhere (maybe on here) heard if the App is coded properly that when not in use it will be background so not take up memory.
Not too knowledgable, but in that case would imagine they are acting like a windows service so will be taking up memory somewhere....so perhaps what I read was nonsense
Well, I have stopped killing tasks and guess what - I notice no difference at all! Hero is just as speedy (or slow depending on how you wanna look at it!).
Interesting!
Killing truly idle applications wont have significant effect. There are however many applications which appear idle, but still drains resources. An example is Peep, the twitter client, which starts automatically even if there's no twitter account configured. It has some frequent checks that put load on the CPU and thus helps drain power. Killing it adds many hours of standby time.
i'm not using any task manager/killer, did try them for a couple of days, can't really tell the difference, except i was wasting time constantly killing apps :/
suisen said:
i'm not using any task manager/killer, did try them for a couple of days, can't really tell the difference, except i was wasting time constantly killing apps :/
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Ditto... surely there is no need as the OS will kill a unused app if it needs the memory ??? I don't have any problem running any apps one after the other... they just load.
The only lag I get is while the handset starts a widget update, once they are started everything runs slickly.
I found it a little slicker without taskiller. Especially in the use of big apps like copilot or documents2go. It seems to be managing itself pretty well.
Yep. I can report that the phone is working very well without Taskkiller. I have uninstalled it now.
If you are reading this, give it a try for a few days and tell us what you think. You may be pleasantly surprised...
Ditto - I've removed taskiller so I don't get tempted. Surprise surprise, no problems, no lag, etc. Now mostly this is due to removing the clock and people widget, but memory management seems fine after playing many different games and browsing the internet.
I think a benefit to doing this is that you aren't going to get and bizarre problems caused by killing system processes by accident - ie you won't miss alarms or stop receiving email alerts.

Task killer et al

Hi,
Since I read up on how the Android OS works I have not used TaskKiller or similar and the OS works great (MCR 2.8).
I think these task killer apps are redundant.
Anyone actually think they are needed at all?
It's true that the system will kill apps itself when the memory is needed, but a side-affect of having 192MB available to android, is that there will be a lot of open apps before that happens.
While some apps will become 'frozen'/ only taking memory and no cpu time, other will not.
Having these apps in memory, and using cpu while not needing/using those apps, will drain the battery faster.
In such a case, a task killer will be useful.
It may do more harm than good though, I missed an alarm because I killed the clock app once
short answer: no, not needed unless an app is draining the battery while the app is not used/necessary.
Theory is one thing, reality is another.
When I hit the 'kill all' button on taskiller my phone definatly speeds up, sometimes it's essential when an app hangs(phandroid has gone like this recently) or is rather resource heavy (like sky map) as the phone gets rather laggy untill it's taskilled.
yeah, what she said ^^^
If an app is still using cpu after you closed it, then (task-)kill dat motherf-
I've got Taskiller ocd! Less stuff running definitely keeps your phone running nice and fast so if I'm not actively using an app then I kill it. Although I do have all the important stuff on the ignore list so the phone doesn't crash... or I miss an alarm like E2K
I'm currently trying to decide which app I like best for the purpose, Taskiller Full or TaskPanel.
TaskPanel has more useful options like Auto-kill however I think it has a bigger memory footprint than Taskiller.

System Panel + Battery Life

So I downloaded the free version of system panel just to get an idea of whats running on my phone, since the default task manager isn't too accurate.
after a restart i have a bunch of random things. for example, calendar storage (dont use the calendar at all), maps (i havent opened it yet), media hub (never use this), Messaging (i use handscent).
i remember how i used to have an app killer to end these things but from what i've learned most people believe app killers waste more battery than they save? and that at this point android is good on ending processes on it's own?
how come these random things are running?
basically i wanna save battery life. i use SuperPower but it's kinda annoying tbh. data disable when screen off = gotta keep my screen on for market to update apps, fb chat to keep running/stay online, etc.
any suggestions?
darkness122 said:
So I downloaded the free version of system panel just to get an idea of whats running on my phone, since the default task manager isn't too accurate.
after a restart i have a bunch of random things. for example, calendar storage (dont use the calendar at all), maps (i havent opened it yet), media hub (never use this), Messaging (i use handscent).
i remember how i used to have an app killer to end these things but from what i've learned most people believe app killers waste more battery than they save? and that at this point android is good on ending processes on it's own?
how come these random things are running?
basically i wanna save battery life. i use SuperPower but it's kinda annoying tbh. data disable when screen off = gotta keep my screen on for market to update apps, fb chat to keep running/stay online, etc.
any suggestions?
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Don't use Super Power, I've come to realize that was a much larger hassle than the benefits it made. If you have Titanium Backup Pro freeze all apps you never use, like Media Hub and other Samsung apps. And things like Calander Storage don't worry about, I'm sure it's nothing that's draining your battery.
And also, task killers DO drain more battery than they save, assuming you're on a froyo 2.2 based rom. And if you want turn off Auto Sync in settings and this will save some battery. Otherwise, your battery life should be pretty solid.
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Don't use Super Power, I've come to realize that was a much larger hassle than the benefits it made. If you have Titanium Backup Pro freeze all apps you never use, like Media Hub and other Samsung apps. And things like Calander Storage don't worry about, I'm sure it's nothing that's draining your battery.
And also, task killers DO drain more battery than they save, assuming you're on a froyo 2.2 based rom. And if you want turn off Auto Sync in settings and this will save some battery. Otherwise, your battery life should be pretty solid.
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thanks man, i got rid of superpower and will see how much it truely effected my battery life.
as for titanium backup, i don't have pro but i guess i will buy it if there aren't any free alternatives to freeze apps?
thanks man

Have a question about task killer?

I have kinda nooby question... i am using a phone with stock gingerbread and i am using an advanced task killer. I know a lot of people say that I shouldn't do it, but it just makes my phone a lot faster and smoother. As a noob, i have one question: is task killer really harmful to my phone and is it better for me to not use it? If you say yes, please provide me some specific reason why. Thank you ask much guys!
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its not that bad... but u should not kill background services!
keep settings on safe... don't use aggressive mode
applications u know u use often for example- browser or music player... u can add to excluded section... currently im using ZDBox and it works perfect... it also has additional features that you will need... hope this helps
I only use the ATK to kill an app that's not responding well.
For example, when I was using CM7, sometimes my Google Reader app would hang and display a loading symbol for a long time instead of displaying my articles, and the arrow that shows transmission over the network wasn't displaying so I knew it wasn't waiting on data, I would use ATK to kill ONLY Google Reader. Then I could go back into the app and it would load very quickly.
But since I switched to an ICS ROM, I haven't had that same issue and haven't had a need for ATK.
Also, do note that it does take processing power, and therefore battery power, when your phone decides to restart any of those apps you are killing, and it will restart apps.
For a great explanatory article, see here:
http://androidandme.com/2011/11/app...lers-still-dont-give-you-better-battery-life/
and also the links in the phrase "(see here, and here, and here)".
So in short, they are not exactly "harmful" but they don't provide any real benefit if you "kill everything, every time."
It is a common myth that more RAM = better performance, and this is a result of the market being dominated by Microsoft for so long. Android does not equal a desktop OS. Free RAM literally does nothing. In fact, it is wasteful to have bunch of free RAM. Android manages RAM very effectively and aggressively works to ensure that you have sufficient resources to do whatever it is you want to do. If you notice an increase in performance with a task killer, it is because you have a misbehaving app. Watchdog is the only task manager I would recommend, all it does is watch for apps that are using an abnormal amount of resources and alerts you. Part of the Android experience is the emulated multi-tasking, or having several apps saved to memory simultaneously to facilitate ease of switching between them. An app in the background will not affect the performance of your device, it is not using any resources. Aside from that, if you end a task, it will usually just start right up again, using more resources, because that is how Android is designed to work.
So, I would say finding the misbehaving app is a much better option than a task killer. They were important in eclair, maybe even FroYo. But anything above that they are unnecessary.
i dont really believe in android"s app managmentbut task killers make it only worst IMHO
I have to agree with member devator22.
Android is not Windows. Android is basically Linux and Linux is using a different memory management than Windows does. (Although Windows has got a lot of improvements during the last years)
RAM which isn't used, is wasted! That's a fact.
So, if you run a specific application, some of its data my be cached. Linux is reporting this as "buffered" (you can see the amount by running the 'top' command)
There might be a more or less big chance to hit this cache. If so, the data is loaded much faster ( definetly > 10 ) than if it had to be requested from the file system.
By killing your application by a task manger you are releasing this buffered resources (actually you are forcing the OS to release it). In the worst case you are wasting your advantage of loading already cached data from the RAM. In the best case you are gaining nothing because your device has to load it from the file system anyway.
(sorry for my english )
Get watchdog!
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*just because nobody understands you, doesn't make you an artist..
Thank you so much for these replies! I really appreciate it! I decided to keep my task killer but not use it aggressively. I probably will use it to end apps that i really find it pointless. And also to the people who said android dies it's own task managing, you're right but wrong at the same time. When i didn't use my task killer, android did killed some apps in in order to launch more apps, but it left only like 10mb of 300mb, which i found little odd and also it mainly killed launchers which was very annoying.
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Task killer will speed up your phone if you know what you're doing. Only kill tasks that you are familiar with...e.g. apps that you know you have launched and won't be using anymore. Those apps running in the background can slow down your device.
If I'm on ICS, its better to use the bult-in task killer, or download one from the market?
Guys, he's not saying he does it for the memory. He says the phone's smoother. I don't know whether this is true, but if there are background tasks performing operations that he doesn't want them to do, it's *absolutely appropriate* to kill them.
The flip side of that is that the applications will eventually be automatically started again, and that startup takes extra CPU time. As long as the process startup and process killing happens when the screen is off, I would think this could improve the responsiveness.
But I think on most people's phones, the background processes really don't use a lot of CPU...
I know by default even Gbs memory management isn't the best. The app priorities are a bit weird aand the launcher gets killed to easily. Running the v6 supercharger scripts and making the launcher hard to kill and fixing the priorities and changing the oom settings makes any from wicked fast
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Instead of killing an app over and over again install something like Gemini App Manager and disable the app's autostart permissions. For example, dropbox and dropbox sync are set to automatically start at boot or when there's a connectivity change. I understand why they're set to do that but for my purposes I only needed them to start when I actually used them.
Having said that, I no longer use Gemini and have never used an automatic task killer. I think android (ICS) does a good enough job managing it's memory that I don't need to be anal about micromanaging it myself. I think it also helps that I'm not an appaholic. I'm very picky about what I install and will only keep an app installed if I regularly use it.
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If I'm on ICS, its better to use the bult-in task killer, or download one from the market?
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Built-In is much better
im on ics on my captivate and it runs beyond smooth
like stated before having free RAM with not do anything
android has a good way of muti tasking

Sluggish. HDX 8.9" 4th gen

I'm running OS 4.5.5 and my my performance slows Way down after about a day and a half. At first, I thought it may have been the launcher but I started using GQ launcher about a month ago and it still get sluggish. I ran Clean Master on it for a while so every time I shut it down, CA would clean up the RAM. This helped a little but it would still get sluggish after a few days. So I wound up removing it. The booster widget for GQ says my "normal" RAM usage is 70-80% which seems really high to me. The sluggishness starts when I get above 80%. After a reboot, I'm normally sitting around 45%. I'm not using any high performance apps. I mostly use my tablet for email, Facebook, and the like. Any ideas? I keep hoping OS 5 will get released and solve my problems.
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I'm running OS 4.5.5 and my my performance slows Way down after about a day and a half. At first, I thought it may have been the launcher but I started using GQ launcher about a month ago and it still get sluggish. I ran Clean Master on it for a while so every time I shut it down, CA would clean up the RAM. This helped a little but it would still get sluggish after a few days. So I wound up removing it. The booster widget for GQ says my "normal" RAM usage is 70-80% which seems really high to me. The sluggishness starts when I get above 80%. After a reboot, I'm normally sitting around 45%. I'm not using any high performance apps. I mostly use my tablet for email, Facebook, and the like. Any ideas? I keep hoping OS 5 will get released and solve my problems.
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On higher end phones/tabs sluggish performance is typically due to excessive background tasks. Memory swapping is less of an issue due given the overall speed of the device. 70-80% (even 90%) memory utilization is not excessive as much of that reflects cached tasks that do not need to be reloaded from permanent storage when recalled. Android will swap them out (oldest first) if memory is needed.
Unfortunately, you can't see everything running on 4.5.5 as it can not be rooted. FireOS in general and Amazon apps in particular tend to launch multiple processes when you activate one app in a 'suite'. For example, launching the Amazon shopping app also starts Kindle reader, instant video, Amazon music and parental controls. Those apps continue to run in the background until the device is rebooted.
Snag a decent task manager and see if there is unneeded 'stuff' you can kill (note modt system tasks won't be displayed on FireOS). You might just stumble across the culprit.
Any suggestions for a task manager?
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Any suggestions for a task manager?
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Well - Clean Master is popular, easy to use and has options to 'clean' memory on sleep and other events (this normally isn't necessary or advised except for diagnostic purposes). It will also reveal auto starts although you may not be able to stop them without root. Downside is a heavy dose of marketing and promos for other apps.
Other suggestions:
- CCleaner (simple and effective)
- ES Task Manager (time proven)
There are dozens available; everyone has their favorite. Be aware FireOS may restrict the operation of some functions. If you can not find what you want in the Amazon app store consider installing an alternative market place like 1Mobile which tries to emulate the Play Store. Just be careful what you download/install as it's not as well curated as the Amazon and Google stores.
It's possible you have a hardware issue; I tend to think not given it takes a day or two for the problem to fully manifest. Yet another option is to simply restart your device once a day. Doesn't address root cause but might be the easiest solution.
I downloaded especially task manager and it seems to be doing a good job. I haven't been able to track down a culprit for the sluggishness though. However I've been shutting down my kindle at night every few days. I have noticed something weird though. When I power down the kindle and then try to charge it, it comes back on immediately. Even when I have the power cord connected first and then power it down, it still comes back on. Is this normal? It seems awfully strange to me. And it obviously makes it take way longer to get a full charge
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I downloaded especially task manager and it seems to be doing a good job. I haven't been able to track down a culprit for the sluggishness though. However I've been shutting down my kindle at night every few days. I have noticed something weird though. When I power down the kindle and then try to charge it, it comes back on immediately. Even when I have the power cord connected first and then power it down, it still comes back on. Is this normal? It seems awfully strange to me. And it obviously makes it take way longer to get a full charge
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My HDX 7s behave the the same way. Not all android devices do; many will simply display charge status without fully booting. This has nothing to do with the rom that is installed as it is determined by lower level code.
There is no need to power down your device to charge. Simply put it to sleep. Charge time/rate will not be significantly impacted. When it's done charging you can initiate a reboot if desired to begin the day with a 'clean slate'. I realize this involves a few extra steps and a bit of time. Not ideal but have to work with the hand that has been delt.
If your device is waking while charging try placing it in airplane mode. Many apps will check network status and defer full wake-ups until connectivity is restore. The check is done with the screen off and consumes little power. I can't speak to the most recent FireOS framework; previous versions were relatively quite during sleep provided the device was in airplane mode. Note the built in function to disable WiFi while sleeping does not work reliably in my experience.
In my last post, I meant I had gotten ES Task Manager not especially task manager.
I've noticed lately the stock launcher seems to have a large cache associated with it. It's normally second to Silk or Facebook. However, I've been using GQ Launcher almost exclusively lately.
Just a few minutes ago, everything started slowing down so I opened Task Manager. The cache for Launcher (the stock Fire one) was almost 80Mb. It was second largest behind Silk which was 200Mb. As soon as I cleared the cache for the Launcher, performance returned to normal. I did not clear the cache for anything else. Any ideas on why the cache for the Launcher would be so large? Could I have something corrupted with OS 4.5.5 causing this on a regular basis?
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In my last post, I meant I had gotten ES Task Manager not especially task manager.
I've noticed lately the stock launcher seems to have a large cache associated with it. It's normally second to Silk or Facebook. However, I've been using GQ Launcher almost exclusively lately.
Just a few minutes ago, everything started slowing down so I opened Task Manager. The cache for Launcher (the stock Fire one) was almost 80Mb. It was second largest behind Silk which was 200Mb. As soon as I cleared the cache for the Launcher, performance returned to normal. I did not clear the cache for anything else. Any ideas on why the cache for the Launcher would be so large? Could I have something corrupted with OS 4.5.5 causing this on a regular basis?
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GO Launcher in general is just bloated with unnecessary features, ads, etc.
I would avoid task managers and cleaning apps (i.e. Clean Master), as they often do more harm than good.
Facebook apps are notorious for constantly running in the background and eating up battery life.
As alternatives, I'd highly recommend switching to some more lightweight apps:
Nova Launcher
If you really need to clean your app caches and the like, at least do it with SD Maid, which doesn't try to oversell what it does and isn't loaded with junk.
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GO Launcher in general is just bloated with unnecessary features, ads, etc.
I would avoid task managers and cleaning apps (i.e. Clean Master), as they often do more harm than good.
Facebook apps are notorious for constantly running in the background and eating up battery life.
As alternatives, I'd highly recommend switching to some more lightweight apps:
Nova Launcher
If you really need to clean your app caches and the like, at least do it with SD Maid, which doesn't try to oversell what it does and isn't loaded with junk.
Metal for Facebook
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Concur with Nova (excellent!) and SD Maid recommendations. Clean Master is obnoxiously bloated and self boasting but core functionality is solid with an easy to digest UI. Task managers can be good diagnostic tools but generally aren't needed once the culprits have been identified. In general never enable any of the automated cleaning functions unless you can configure to target a specific app vs the entire portfolio of active/cached tasks.
As I recall your device isn't rooted (4th gen) so you are stuck with the stock FireOS launcher. Occasionally dumping the cache may be your best option.
Started using Nova about a week ago. It seems when I use only Nova, everything runs great. However, if for some reason I open the native Launcher, everything gets sluggish a few hours later. It sure would be nice if I could set it as the default. Right now I have to choose every time I hit the home button. Thanks for all the help
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Started using Nova about a week ago. It seems when I use only Nova, everything runs great. However, if for some reason I open the native Launcher, everything gets sluggish a few hours later. It sure would be nice if I could set it as the default. Right now I have to choose every time I hit the home button. Thanks for all the help
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Not aware of a method for permanently selecting a non-stock launcher on FireOS v4 without root which itself is not an option on a 4th gen HDX. Might be a way via adb but the risk is high without a way to recover if something goes wrong.
Vc027708 said:
Started using Nova about a week ago. It seems when I use only Nova, everything runs great. However, if for some reason I open the native Launcher, everything gets sluggish a few hours later. It sure would be nice if I could set it as the default. Right now I have to choose every time I hit the home button. Thanks for all the help
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Try this in adb:
Code:
adb shell
pm block com.amazon.kindle.otter

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