So I did a fair bit of searching on the topic and didnt find what I was really looking for.
I have tried both GoLauncher and ADW EX on my note and am experiencing some severe screen transition lag. Im currently running GoLauncher and have tweeked all the settings to be the fastest and smoothest possible. I am also only running 3 screens with only a few widgets.
What info I did find on the topic was in regards to the Int'l versions. People seem to find that certain roms greatly improve the performance, but for us AT&T people, only having it for a week now, we don't yet have the option to flash a ROM.
I also read that it's because the launchers haven't been optimized for the Notes screen yet. Any truth to that?
So my question is...
Has anyone else experienced lag using launchers?
If so, have you found anything to help reduce it?
Much appreciation in advance.
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I have dag's kernel and tpc ROM and noticed much less lag. Very smooth... Using go launcher by the way
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Using adequate ex no issues.
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I had the same issue with ADW EX. Launcher Pro didn't have the issue as much, but you have to pay to resize the widgets. I ended up on SPB Shell on tablet mode and haven't had any issues.
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I've noticed lag on home screen transitions on everything (GO, ADW EX, LauncherPro) except the default TW launcher and Zeam launcher.
Yes, I have been through several launchers, all with plenty of lag. I agree that it must be the odd dimensions of the screen. Its certainly not the hardware...
I'm currently running TPC ROM overclocked to 1.83 with supercharger script (I think, lol) all in an effort to defeat the lag! Everything helps, and the difference is night and day compared to stock, but still a little lag.
Also, I INSIST on running live wallpaper, but that's just me being difficult...
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Good to hear Im not alone on this.
I just finished reading the threads regarding Da G's root and kernel method as well as TPC rom.
Just to clarify the broad steps.
1. Root using regular or O.C. Da G method.
2. Reset
3. Flash TPC's Rom
The reason I ask is bc TPC's post looks a little cluttered to me. If I read correctly, I dont have to push the libraries if I choose the O.C. method bc TPC included them?
Once again, thanks!
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Once you get the drivers installed (took forever on my computer) and you download and run Odin, connect your phone, browse to the extracted .tar file in the PDA section for the ROM (TPC V2) hit start. Then flash the kernel the same way.
Don't worry about the libraries for the kernel, they are included in the ROM.
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See that's where I was confused. So the TPC rom will also root?
I thought I needed to do root w/ kernel before I did TPC's rom.
Glad I am getting clarification vefore I started lol.
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Yes. I found the screen transitions on goLauncher stuttered and was unusable for myself.
BUT I found a proper setting over on the International Note Forum which worked. So, I'm back to using GoLauncher and am very happy regarding my Note launcher setup.
Basically In Preferences:screen settings:screen transitiion speed:custom slow down the "screen transition speed " to 25 and "elasticity " to 55.
So in this case the key was to slow down the transitions not speed up which just made t worse.
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I found nemus launcher and it has been smooth. Transitions are good and so is the app drawer
Is it just me, or does GoLauncher put the apps in a crazy, non-alphabetic order?
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They do, but you can move them around with a long press.
Im still a bit confused as to what order I am supposed to be doing this root/rom.
Let's say I have Da G's stock kernel and root. I want to try the overclocked root and TPC rom.
TPC rom first then the overclocked kernel?
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slaydog said:
Is it just me, or does GoLauncher put the apps in a crazy, non-alphabetic order?
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It does. As you add and update apps it gets out of order. You can hit the menu button when the app drawer is open and choose the sort option. I just reselect the alphabetical option and reapply and that orders them correctly again.
As far as lag, definitely noticed it when I first loaded GO launcher but I use the bulldozer transition and a lot of the lag had become almost imperceptible. Still see some occasionally, but nothing that affects my experience.
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GO Launcher is mentioned all over the forums as being laggy. I wouldn't use it myself because it 'phones home'. I'm thinking that's what the lag is all about. Look at the permissions and you'll see - they track and sell user information. All of the GO products are like that, I don't use any of them. I know you can block it, but why should I have to do that? I'd rather pay for software outright.
Never had any lag issue on my Atrix, and that was with 6 screens, a ton of GoLauncher apps and scrollable widgets. Ran smooth as butter.
never mind. love you
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Perhaps this was not for XDA? Maybe a text to your wife that you somehow posted in Tapa? lulz
Not getting any lag with ADW EX with 3 home screens and 8 widgets.
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Yes. I found the screen transitions on goLauncher stuttered and was unusable for myself.
BUT I found a proper setting over on the International Note Forum which worked. So, I'm back to using GoLauncher and am very happy regarding my Note launcher setup.
Basically In Preferences:screen settings:screen transitiion speed:custom slow down the "screen transition speed " to 25 and "elasticity " to 55.
So in this case the key was to slow down the transitions not speed up which just made t worse.
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I tried this and it's still not as smooth as the default TW launcher.
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Okay, so this isn't the worst launcher I've used, I can think of ones I hate more. But I do have an issue with it. My home screen always winds up all weird, or everything disapears off of it after a reboot. The other pages are fine and retain their apps and such just fine. So I can't figure it out. Anyone else have any issues? Yes, I'm rooted, unlocked, running Joker Skinny ROM version 0 (Haven't had time to upgrade yet) with the 1.3 ghz kernel for now.
That sounds really weird. I haven't had any issues with go launcher except that some times i want to go to landscape mode and it won't...but i think that's just my settings...it ain't for everyone, but try uninstalling ,wiping cache/ dalvik before trying to reinstall?
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I had a very similar issue with GO Launcher as well. See link below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332813
I am rooted and running stock ROM. I performed a factory data reset, removed the battery and all went well. My widgets started loading perfectly. Widget Locker loaded perfectly. It was like nothing was wrong. I know it sounds very simple but it worked for me. Qbking77 pm me back and he said that he experienced some issues with GO Launcher as well.
Hope this helps!
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Okay, so this isn't the worst launcher I've used, I can think of ones I hate more. But I do have an issue with it. My home screen always winds up all weird, or everything disapears off of it after a reboot. The other pages are fine and retain their apps and such just fine. So I can't figure it out. Anyone else have any issues? Yes, I'm rooted, unlocked, running Joker Skinny ROM version 0 (Haven't had time to upgrade yet) with the 1.3 ghz kernel for now.
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Go launcher ex sucks. For me. I have the same issue....plus its laggy as he'll from time to time. Especially after unlick the phone from the lock screen.
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phyba said:
Go launcher ex sucks. For me. I have the same issue....plus its laggy as he'll from time to time. Especially after unlick the phone from the lock screen.
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Been noticing the same issue actually. After unlocking it lags. I am probably gonna uninstall and try wiping and see what happens.
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xTMFxOffshore said:
Been noticing the same issue actually. After unlocking it lags. I am probably gonna uninstall and try wiping and see what happens.
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I'm gonna try Launcher Pro and see if I like it better...and as it turns out, there are some trade offs it seems:
1) Max 7 homescreens - You can get 18 in Go Launcher EX (9 screens x 2 sets) I think, but I've never gone past 8
2) Can't uninstall from homescreen - You can do this in Go Launcher
3) Can't change icon/name of app in homescreen - You can do this in Go Launcher
4) Less screen to screen animations available - There are about a dozen in Go Launcher
5) Faster than Go Launcher - Though still laggy straight off of lock/screen off
6) 3D app drawer is a nice touch - I almost prefer the side scrolling pages
7) Doesn't seem glitchy - Widgets and apps sometimes would have to be replaced on homescreen in Go Launcher
8) Can't drop multiple apps onto homescreen - Go Launcher can...
I guess if you're all about customizing, Go Launcher might be the way to go...but performance-wise Launcher Pro seems a bit better.
I actually had the best luck with gingerbread launcher.
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Wow! I can't believe the problems you're having. I've never experienced any of those. I agree with ktt16 on the universal suggestion. Also delete any widgets created during setup so you start with any empty desktop.
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yeah, I'll do something, just haven't had any time today.
When it boils down to it, speed is king. We all love to see our phone fly at the touch of a button.
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I'm running cybiks CM7 port and I'm using go launcher ex with no problems. I think I did have an issue once while on stock but go launcher got updated and had no problems since. I do know that go launcher had a good update cycle so I wouldn't be surprised if your issue gets fixed in the next app update.
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I'm running cybiks CM7 port and I'm using go launcher ex with no problems. I think I did have an issue once while on stock but go launcher got updated and had no problems since. I do know that go launcher had a good update cycle so I wouldn't be surprised if your issue gets fixed in the next app update.
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......one thing I know for sure...SPEED IS KING!
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I ended up switching back to Go Launcher...it's so much easier to use.
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I'm gonna try Launcher Pro and see if I like it better...and as it turns out, there are some trade offs it seems:
1) Max 7 homescreens - You can get 18 in Go Launcher EX (9 screens x 2 sets) I think, but I've never gone past 8
2) Can't uninstall from homescreen - You can do this in Go Launcher
3) Can't change icon/name of app in homescreen - You can do this in Go Launcher
4) Less screen to screen animations available - There are about a dozen in Go Launcher
5) Faster than Go Launcher - Though still laggy straight off of lock/screen off
6) 3D app drawer is a nice touch - I almost prefer the side scrolling pages
7) Doesn't seem glitchy - Widgets and apps sometimes would have to be replaced on homescreen in Go Launcher
8) Can't drop multiple apps onto homescreen - Go Launcher can...
I guess if you're all about customizing, Go Launcher might be the way to go...but performance-wise Launcher Pro seems a bit better.
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In launcher pro, you can uninstall stuff from the home screen if you hold it over the trash can for a second or two.
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Thanks for the tip. Although a diehard go launcher ex fan, I'm trying launcher pro just for giggles and grins.
MoPho with Joker's skinny unlocked rev1 ext4
I like go launcher ex the most out of all the launchers. Just works better and has a better interface to me.
My 3devo is very laggy, my evo 4g seemed to handle multi tasking much better. I've been to sprint multiple times about this issue and today they told me it's probably because I'm using a launcher. I've been using launcher pro since way back with my cliq never had any problems. Just wanna know if anyone out there using a launcher is experiencing anything.
I don't like launchers, but whenever I would use any launcher, I found there was little to no lag. I'd have slight lag on occasion, but that's from having too much stuff running.
I use launcher pro and have absolutely no lag at all
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Used to use LP and even paid for it a long with ADW but converted to Go launcher a long time ago. It seems like the go team releases more frequent bug fixes and updates than other launchers.
At least give a few others a shot first. I had the Evo 4g for a little over a year and it's a beast but the 3d does seem to do better.
Ymmv
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uninstall the launcher on the stock htc sense laucher remove ALL widgets icons make sure theres no live wallpaper ect ect then reinstall launcher should fix your problem
The problem is that Sense is a complete RAM hog. You're losing over 400MB from it and its processes alone. Adding another UI skin on top of that is only going to slow things down even more and take up more memory. You should definitely consider an AOSP ROM (I usually have about 600MB of free RAM at most times and absolutely no lag using Trebuchet Launcher on kushdeck's latest ICS alpha. Or you could just root, install an OC kernel and use a CPU governor to overclock your phone (but your battery life will be terrible). I hope this helped a bit, definitely look into the dev section for more info.
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Just curious, how many you have installed?
Mine is 68 in Google play market and the total is 215 with Titanium Backup Display (include system apps.). Not sure that many of apps are slowing my Note down.
26 user apps, 169 total including system apps. I'm running TPC v2, Da_G's PC kernel @ 1.83 GHz, and all bloat removed. No lag whatsoever, my phone is fast as hell.
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According to Appbrain..
Apps: 211 total, 176 free (83%), 35 paid (16%)
TiBu says "384 elements" whatever that means.
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...No lag whatsoever, my phone is fast as hell.
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not what i want to hear since I'm trying to stick w/stock setup.
186 phone is effin fast!
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not what i want to hear since I'm trying to stick w/stock setup.
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Mine is stock rooted, I have no lag... I switched to Launcher Pro though, although I was kind of liking CheeseWhiz's launcher, it's not really that bad but the fact that folders in the apptray and folders in the launcher desktop were completely separate pissed me off.. In hindsight if I really wanted to use CheeseWhiz I could have just put all of the apps I want to hide in one folder and not otherwise had folders in the apptray, but I spent 30 minutes or so organizing apps in folders in my apptray only to find out you couldn't put those folder on the desktop then. WTF?
40 apps not more!
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not what i want to hear since I'm trying to stick w/stock setup.
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Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I'm using ADW EX for my launcher as well, which can do a lot for reducing lag if you have any. My phone didn't have lag anyways before I went away from stock, I just like being able to flash stuff and mess with my phone. Also, more importantly than the national increase in performance, rooting allows me to mod my phone's theme much more with custom status bar icons and such using UOT kitchen. Any reason you're staying stock?
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260 to date and counting...
No lag on mine.
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Oh yeah, forgot to mention that I'm using ADW EX for my launcher as well, which can do a lot for reducing lag if you have any. My phone didn't have lag anyways before I went away from stock, I just like being able to flash stuff and mess with my phone. Also, more importantly than the national increase in performance, rooting allows me to mod my phone's theme much more with custom status bar icons and such using UOT kitchen. Any reason you're staying stock?
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No lag in ADW EX? You must have very few icons, folders, and Widgets on your device. I found ADW EX really jittery, especially with the fancy folders on. Even disabling that, it was jittery. I eventually just went back to Launcher Pro.
300+...been keeping since my Evo days
have try thousands but most are junk so i uninstall
just need one more app to make perfect.....that app that makes your camera flash when you receive a text or call....does anyone know of any that works for the note?
two thumps up to app brain
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No lag in ADW EX? You must have very few icons, folders, and Widgets on your device. I found ADW EX really jittery, especially with the fancy folders on. Even disabling that, it was jittery. I eventually just went back to Launcher Pro.
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I only ever use one home screen with 5 apps and one minimalistic text widget. That being said, adding more screens and populating them did not show any lag still, and my app drawer is totally smooth and opens instantly as well. Who knows, maybe your device doesn't like ADW EX?
I don't like having more than one home screen, because I don't use a ton of widgets, and I only have a handful of apps I use often. everything else can go in my app drawer.
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Everything goes in my app drawer I dont have a single icon not on my launcher or app drawer. Only 3 widgets too. Facebook, time/weather, and google voice widget.
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Everything goes in my app drawer I dont have a single icon not on my launcher or app drawer. Only 3 widgets too. Facebook, time/weather, and google voice widget.
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I don't have any icons on my home page either. I use swipe pad for favorite apps.
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I did this on my S2 but i forgot. How you lock the one home screen steady? (not move back and forth?)
losplatanos said:
300+...been keeping since my Evo days
have try thousands but most are junk so i uninstall
just need one more app to make perfect.....that app that makes your camera flash when you receive a text or call....does anyone know of any that works for the note?
two thumps up to app brain
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Did u find the app yet?
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not what i want to hear since I'm trying to stick w/stock setup.
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Im totally stock, non rooted and see no lag, have all the bloatware still in and have install about 6 more.
I have loads of apps installed. It doesn't seem to be slower bit both quadrant and antutu get slower results each time I add an app AND I definitely notice battery performance degrades as I add more apps.
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I have loads of apps installed. It doesn't seem to be slower bit both quadrant and antutu get slower results each time I add an app AND I definitely notice battery performance degrades as I add more apps.
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I starting uninstall apps that i never used hope to boost the battery life
I have abut 120. OT: ADW EX is super laggy for me.
I notice with the GS3, Apex and Nova both show signs of a shutter type lag while swiping through screens. Anyone notice this as well? I have another buddy with a Verizon version and his also does it. I know I didn't see this type of lag on my E4GT and he doesn't see it on his gnex. I would assume that the additional gig of ram would help keep things smooth as can be but I'm just not seeing it. Other observations, there isn't any lag in tw launcher, tsf shell or even in the actual app drawer in Apex. So I'm just curious why we are seeing this or is there a fix? Thanks for looking.
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I noticed this as well. It was more noticeable in Nova though.
I use Apex with card stack homescreen scrolling and a min. scroll time of 40, and it's barely noticeable now.
I suspect resolution and caching are to blame, but not sure if there's a fix...
Did you check keep in memory under advance settings? It seems to help.
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radeon_x said:
I noticed this as well. It was more noticeable in Nova though.
I use Apex with card stack homescreen scrolling and a min. scroll time of 40, and it's barely noticeable now.
I suspect resolution and caching are to blame, but not sure if there's a fix...
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Yeah, if I set the scroll speed to a faster setting, it definitely makes it not noticeable but then the animation isn't as cool. Kinda disappointing since apex is my favorite.
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In Nova, if you set scroll speed to faster than light and turn power saving off, smooth as butta!
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In Nova, if you set scroll speed to faster than light and turn power saving off, smooth as butta!
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Exactly... kinda ...not sure I even did all that but nova had very noticeable lag... apex was smooth as hell out of the box...
Completely stock phone
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I see lag in every launcher on every ROM I've tried. Nova, Apex, TW all lag somewhat at one point or another. Sometimes they're smooth, other times they're laggy. I'm hoping Jelly Bean will improve things. The CM10 beta seems a lot smoother.
Maybe give go launcher ex a try. Barely lags for me and only when I wake up the phone and not all the time. I use stack transition. Using default, cube in, wave, are also super smooth.
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Maybe give go launcher ex a try. Barely lags for me and only when I wake up the phone and not all the time. I use stack transition. Using default, cube in, wave, are also super smooth.
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Yeah, was an avid go user for a long time. There were things that I just started to dislike.
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that's weird to me.. I'm on stock (not rooted) running Apex with minimum scrolling time set to 25 (cube out transition) and there is absolutely no lag whatsoever. On any transition type, I just tried several.
I'm usually the first person to jump on lag if present, and I can honestly say I see none on my GS3. T-Mobile.
I only notice it with power save mode on.
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that's weird to me.. I'm on stock (not rooted) running Apex with minimum scrolling time set to 25 (cube out transition) and there is absolutely no lag whatsoever. On any transition type, I just tried several.
I'm usually the first person to jump on lag if present, and I can honestly say I see none on my GS3. T-Mobile.
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Right, but set at 20 and you will barely see the animation. I'm running jb right now and it does the same. Oh well, may just have to deal with it.
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Yep, laggy somewhat
Lag is very noticeable for me in both Nova and TW launchers. Nova has "faster than light" animation speed as well as no animation - these help.
I'm hoping JB from CM or Samsung will fix those kiddy issues.
I just got a DNA coming from an s3. I don't know if its me but the phone just feels sluggish at times. For example when I close an app sometimes idyll close and then itll be a few seconds before ally icons pop up. I'm using nova launcher btw.
Just wondering if its just me. Is there anything I can do to fix??
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I just got a DNA coming from an s3. I don't know if its me but the phone just feels sluggish at times. For example when I close an app sometimes idyll close and then itll be a few seconds before ally icons pop up. I'm using nova launcher btw.
Just wondering if its just me. Is there anything I can do to fix??
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Try a different or stock launcher. This phone is fast.
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Try a different or stock launcher. This phone is fast.
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This.
It actually sounds like nova is getting unloaded from memory. Just use the stock launcher. It's perfect.
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yea i'm using nova launcher cause i like the look of aosp rather than sense and i get some lag sometimes...i just want root and cm 10.1 ^_^
I'll try sense. I like nova cause I can change the icon themes. Any other launchers that work well with the DNA??
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I am using apex and love it. Im also running beastmode at 1.8 and its super smooth.
Coming from Sprint's network and the EVO Shift, this phone rocks stock. It's the first phone I don't feel the NEED to root (But I do want :victory: ). Smooth and fast and beautiful. But HTC Sense is a preference, and the camera is great. I forgot what I was saying...
I'd love to root but it has the latest software, boo!!!
I put sense on and its much better. I'll keep it this way til I get bored and I'll try something else.
Much faster though!!! Thx.
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That's strange about nova and speed. I am currently running nova and its faster than sense for me. I am using viper Rom though so that may make the difference.
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With nova, make sure you change the animation and transition speeds to fast or fastest..
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With nova, make sure you change the animation and transition speeds to fast or fastest..
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I have but nova launcher launches sometimes... Its cool. I can deal until I get root
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I have but nova launcher launches sometimes... Its cool. I can deal until I get root
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It sounds like you're definitely having an issue with the launcher configuration. I've dealt with that before too, but the good thing is sometimes I'll have trouble with nova trying to get the settings dialed in perfect and it still will feel off, and I'll try apex and the stock settings out of the box perform crazy fast and smooth. Or it might be vice versa, but I would tinker with that.
Also, make absolutely sure you aren't restoring your launcher backup or settings or anything that you used on the S3 over to the DNA.
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I have but nova launcher launches sometimes... Its cool. I can deal until I get root
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I'm talking about the settings in the Nova launcher settings, not the ones in developer settings. There are speed settings in Nova launcher's settings that you can tell it to give priority to speed over graphics.
Edit: Found another person's post on another site about it:
To make it even faster go to nova settings, look and feel and change scroll and animation speed to faster than light.
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I'm talking about the settings in the Nova launcher settings, not the ones in developer settings. There are speed settings in Nova launcher's settings that you can tell it to give priority to speed over graphics.
Edit: Found another person's post on another site about it:
To make it even faster go to nova settings, look and feel and change scroll and animation speed to faster than light.
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That does make it feel a little faster but i was saying that nova launcher made my phone unresponsive once.. The button clicks would take few seconds to register.... A reboot fixed it... Thank you. I am trying the faster setting and i like it
I tried adw but went back to nova cause I just am familiar with it.
I changed the settings to faster than light and its way better so far!!
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Check if you have kill all apps when leaving in the developer options. This doesn't play nice with the launcher.
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Check if you have kill all apps when leaving in the developer options. This doesn't play nice with the launcher.
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I don't recall seeing an option like that.
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I don't recall seeing an option like that.
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there is an option like that (dev options -> advanced -> "Don't keep activites") but i don't have that enabled...idk. i cleared cache with nova launcher and it oddly seems more responsive..
Maybe you just aren't used to sense? Sense has always been known for being a heavier skin. I'm fine with it, however sense 5 is way faster and smoother. Just because the phone doesn't feel fast, doesn't mean it isn't. It is a very quick device.
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I don't know if this thread is dead but for people with this issue in either nova or apex in their respective advanced settings you can make the launcher stay in memory. This brings redraws to nothing on apex for me.
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