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Ive noticed this sinse ive bought the phone but i cant see why it lags so much on the simple task ie. when on the home screen it stutters when scrolling through the home panels ( i do have quite a bit of widgets but that shouldnt make a diffrence ) the browser on the other hand is fine? . One other thing ive noticed is that the camera takes quite a bit of time to take to picture and ready itself for a next one? the pictures still look amazing but my freind has a single core desire hd which has the same results instantly? Is there a fix to this in a rom or such im currently running a stock rom which has had the mods so that it doesnt lag?
Possibly bloatware? Try going into the privacy & security settings and do a factory wipe + usb wipe as well. If you bought the phone from carrier, this should hopefully remove all the carrier bloatware apps. If they are still there, then that means the bloatware is built into the ROM and you can't get rid of it without rooting and a custom ROM.
anyway there is absolutely no reason why the phone should be sluggish at the home screen. The stock touchwiz is already the smoothest stock launcher out there imo
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Ive noticed this sinse ive bought the phone but i cant see why it lags so much on the simple task ie. when on the home screen it stutters when scrolling through the home panels ( i do have quite a bit of widgets but that shouldnt make a diffrence ) the browser on the other hand is fine? . One other thing ive noticed is that the camera takes quite a bit of time to take to picture and ready itself for a next one? the pictures still look amazing but my freind has a single core desire hd which has the same results instantly? Is there a fix to this in a rom or such im currently running a stock rom which has had the mods so that it doesnt lag?
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The lag most prob is to do with having lots of Widgets remove them and see if it makes it better.
Not noticed a delay with the camera app tbh might be to do with the focus options, you could mess about with the see if it speeds it up.
Yeah having too many widgets might be one factor, personally ive no lag whatsoever.
how do you have your phone set up so i can use the same rom as you etc.?
Bro we hav same prob but mine even worse..item age:1week(without root),1widgets, was downloaded 15 application from Android Market(Antivirus Free,Quadrant Standard,Fruit Ninja,Battery Indicator..etc).RAM status frequently maximum 355MB in use after clear 248-258MB. Setting Power Saving Mode. Rate with Quadrant Standard 3107point. The Main problem are 1)DELAY-(when open application such as clock, calendar, calculator,downloads,message inbox... average delaying 3-4sec), 2)LAGGING-(sometimes open gallery delay up-to 18sec, Playing Third Blade with delay performance, sometimes no response), 3)FORCE CLOSE-(When open new tab with Internet Browser, No Response while Playing certain Market Games-Task Manager status took-off all processing speed.Half Playing of Fruit Ninja, no response, auto jump to main menu...Somehow no solution to fix it....
Hi OP i have the same problem with the camera lag as well....recently ive notice a distinctly longer waiting period for the photo to save before the next shot is ready. anyway i thought it was my imagination until i compared it with my friend's S2 - which was lightning fast when processed.
If anyone have ideas on how to rectify the issue that would be really great!
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Bro we hav same prob but mine even worse..item age:1week(without root),1widgets, was downloaded 15 application from Android Market(Antivirus Free,Quadrant Standard,Fruit Ninja,Battery Indicator..etc).RAM status frequently maximum 355MB in use after clear 248-258MB. Setting Power Saving Mode. Rate with Quadrant Standard 3107point. The Main problem are 1)DELAY-(when open application such as clock, calendar, calculator,downloads,message inbox... average delaying 3-4sec), 2)LAGGING-(sometimes open gallery delay up-to 18sec, Playing Third Blade with delay performance, sometimes no response), 3)FORCE CLOSE-(When open new tab with Internet Browser, No Response while Playing certain Market Games-Task Manager status took-off all processing speed.Half Playing of Fruit Ninja, no response, auto jump to main menu...Somehow no solution to fix it....
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You have power saving mode activated? Then turn it off!
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hi man
i had this weird thing with my sgs2 it was laging alot
but the proplem was with the clock widgets when i removed them the phone was smooth !
just try that it might work with like it did on mine
~~ Stopped Running ICS!! ~~ (for a Reason)
Hi to everyone,
i just want to tell you about my experiences of the ICS-ROM for the RAZR XT910 GSM-version.
First of all, i think that the ics in todays status is more worth than the "old" 2.3.5-rom.
Yes, there are bugs, but if you don't need some features, you could live with it
So here's my list of bugs found:
sometimes background picture disappears or just show's half (reboot fixes)
the gallery is slow on loading (only first time, but load it... otherwise it could crush)
sent mms were not shown in the messaging history
photo editor crushes lots of times
bluetooth does send data, but still does not recieve nything
the lock screen sometimes can't be unlocked (just use next bug)
you can bypass the lockscreen by pushing the home button
while switching music the standard player crushes
some apps does not work (they aren't made for ics now)
BUT some apps just crush the first time, second try they work
app overview screens can be switched fast, but widget screens are very slow in the menu
flash seems to be unsupported
if you don't work with english language, both are mixed (reboot does not fix)
while tiping a number the background becomes pixelized (reboot fixes)
some widgets can't be added to the homescreen
smart actions crushes (uninstall all updates and reboot fixes the bug - DO NOT UPDATE AGAIN!!)
shows time for + 0:00 timezone
MotoCast appears as test app (seems to be not modified for ICS)
ockscreen crushes several times after pushing power bottun
data error while getting free coins/crystals/bottles in apps
4 software buttons aren't enlighted (sometimes reboot fixes)
market crushes while using it by update-notification of android
But there's not everything bad or bugy. Here are some things that work correctly (for me):
sms sending and receiving
make and take calls
make photographs
alarm function
restore root from previous version with OTA rootkeeper
market
app updates
loading and installing apps
wlan
data networks (GPRS / 3G / HSDPA)
standard browser
downloads via browser
google maps
google+ app
adding gmx-account / sending and receiving mails
taking screenshots by POWER + VOLDOWN
autofocus while taking videos (did not work on 2.3.5)
setting and using smart actions (with nonupdated version)
So i think the main parts of the os are working and it's usefull. i'll run this ics-ota till the official ota will be published.
PS: i'll add some more bugs and working features after longer tests
PPS: Sorry for my bad english
greetings,
Sh4itan
restarted usage of red color.
if anyone else uses this ota you could provide your information about bugs and working features in this post!
2 problems that make me go back to Gingerbread:
- the phone gets to be pretty warm (not hot) and that has some impact on the battery
- sometimes it does not remember wireless passwords and you have to put them in manually
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2 problems that make me go back to Gingerbread:
- the phone gets to be pretty warm (not hot) and that has some impact on the battery
- sometimes it does not remember wireless passwords and you have to put them in manually
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The battery life in gingerbread sucks also.
I hope the ics update brings better battery life.
If not,the razr is end off story.
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The battery life in gingerbread sucks also.
I hope the ics update brings better battery life.
If not,the razr is end off story.
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Till now i've not noticed any change in battery life... maybe it's little better, if you don't do very much, but in usage it's the same... Dead after max 14h...
ICS is draining the battery fast if you don't use SetCPU or something like that. It seems to not scale the CPU to the minimum frequency almost permanently when the display is off.
If you use SetCPU you'll see that you can save a lot of battery life when the device is in standby.
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ICS is draining the battery fast if you don't use SetCPU or something like that. It seems to not scale the CPU to the minimum frequency almost permanently when the display is off.
If you use SetCPU you'll see that you can save a lot of battery life when the device is in standby.
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There's some weirdness going on with the CPU governors in the ICS leak. It includes the hotplug governor, but default is interactive (which was a firm favourite of mine on single core devices). The second core doesn't seem to be sleeping properly, and the frequency steps seemed a bit large to me.
Oh well, more governors is nice when we can't add more ourselves, eh?
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while using AnTuTu CPU Master to set the cpu to scaling variable between 300MHz and 800MHz and deleting/backup some side running bloatware with Titanium Backup ★ root the battery life risen sharply.
While doing some pretty normal stuff like sending sms, using google maps with WLAN and doing research on the internet, my battery has endured two days!
And it's not the RAZR MAXX
Stopped running ICS!!
'cause i realised after every 're'-update (flashed back to 2.3.5 and went to ics again) there appears other bugs...
after third try keyboard stopped working!!!
installing this leak is very unstable and it's pretty sure to get unlogged bugs...
maybe after several try's there could be a 'perfect' working version of ics
but i'll try it no more
now running The Arctic 3.0.5 GSM
Those of us who are too scared or just lacking in skills to upgrade ROMs and have the OTA ICS, probably should have had it for a few days now. I was wondering what people were making of it, good bad?
I would say that for me by far the best thing is the Launcher (I think I have described it correctly) Replacing the excessviely large "phone" button and the very rarely used after you have got your phone set up "personalise" button with 4 customisable ones is fantastic (I know that other launchers offer this but I tried them and always prefered to stay with sense)
I was insensed when I used the Quick Settings and coudln't see settings there, I even went as far as to place a shortcut on my deesktop, only to see that they have hidden it as the small grey and white symbol, lol!
I would say that it seems to be somehow even worse on battery useage, although not by much and I haven't propperly obseved it yet.
Apart from that I haven't really noticed any major changes aside from teh removal of the pwer saver settings, I have installed an app that allows access but can't see how to change when it is activated.
Here's a thread where it's already being discussed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732984
Crackly sound in 'temple run' and other games/apps in the official OTA ?
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Here's a thread where it's already being discussed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1732984
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But that thread is nearly entirely about installing without losing root etc, I was wondering more about peoples experiences of actaully using ICS.
Ics sucks.big time.i really regret updating.
Cons
I cant use screen filter app to turn off the soft keys.the irritatin soft keys wont turn off any more.the resultant light leakage at the base just makes me angry.
3d video playback isnt as smooth as it used to be.it stutters very minutely.took the fun out of watchin 3d movies on the phone.
Previously i was able to play 1080p mkv via dice player without any hiccup.now there are hiccups.
The stock video player is crappy as usual.
No burst mode or takin stills while recording in camera.
Asphalt 6 doesnt work on 3d any more.
Srs doesnt work on music player.
So no real improvements for me here except for the changed settings menu and a bit smoother transaction animations.its like htc was purposefully makin it worse to make people change the phone.
I wish i didnt update.i wish i could downgrade :'(
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By softkeys I assume you mean the capacitive buttons? If so try Keyboard Backlight Controller. I didn't give it the rather misleading name. I think you can get it from Play.
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Is this update the same base as the custom ones that have been circling around? Ive been using a custom one for a while, and while it is good, the battery life is making me consider getting a galaxy s3.
Well for me , the ICS is great. I love the new camera app. I have a lot more colors in the pictures. And i love this. The old GB made photos almost black and white even with the saturation on full.
The widgets and the new sense 3.6 i love. Is more customizable. And it really works a lot more smoother the sense 3.
I found till now some bugs. But i don't know where to report them to htc. Can't find the "contact dev team " on they site.... anyway.
Bugs so far:
Widget Power Dashboard , sometimes the animations stay over and i have a wifi icon with 7 bars over it , not 3.
The streaming player is really a disaster. 80% of sites that used to use stream player , now says " Can't load video " Only youtube works. Not even ES Video Player works, the only app that i can use now is Sopcast.
The videos playing on the default browser , are really horrible. In FULL SCREEN MODE in 90% of the cases i can't use any of the players buttons. You just push them , and doesn't work. You have to exit the full screen , push what you need and then go back into full screen.
Sometimes if you try to seek the video a bit further it just ramains Black , the player. The video plays in background , you can hear it , but no image. Only solution to get it back , is to refresh the page. And restart the video. ( strange is that on youtube videos , all this works perfectly , but on any other websites or flash player based videos doesn't)
No more power management
If phone is unde 5% battery and you put it on charge. The screen will keep turning of after 30 seconds till the phone passes 10-15% battery , and then get's back to 1 minute timeout screen.
Edit :
Onavo Extended doesn't work.
Onavo says " Are you running an official ROM of ICS for your device?
In any case, It seems that your device uses a ROM that is missing important networking support that Android 4.0 APIs and Onavo Extend rely on. Android OS upgrade should fix the problem. Also, if you manually installed the ROM yourself, trying a different ROM should fix the problem.
We are compiling a list of supported ROMs and plan to publish it in the near future. We will keep you posted.
We truly apologize for the inconvenience and hope that you will be able to enjoy Onavo Extend benefits soon enough. "
I like the ICS update.
1. Battery longer lasting.
2. My screen brightness is much higher.
3. Phone is much more responsive.
4. 3D rendering seems much easier.
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I like the ICS update.
1. Battery longer lasting.
2. My screen brightness is much higher.
3. Phone is much more responsive.
4. 3D rendering seems much easier.
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I agree with you. And some apps just work great on ics.
I also love that music player , that they put a volume button . And that if you press the volume key , you can then slide with your finder the volume from the screen. Also , the mails are more responsive. Usually they had a delay of about 15-60 seconds. Now sometimes are instant. So an improvement .
And i love the new Folders. Are sooo usefull now.
The task manager from the ics is also great. ( pressed home key )
Oh , and the youtube new app , is great. It even has a Live category where you can watch Live shows. Great.
The new gallery is a bit improved and more hansom .
dnslammers said:
I like the ICS update.
1. Battery longer lasting.
2. My screen brightness is much higher.
3. Phone is much more responsive.
4. 3D rendering seems much easier.
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long lasting?... compared to stock gb?or custom rom?? ....and one most important thing I hopeyou could shed light with is the performance of the new htc cam app... is it more responsive?? as in the shutter speed... how long before the click after the press.... hope you can elaborate more on this...
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long lasting?... compared to stock gb?or custom rom?? ....and one most important thing I hopeyou could shed light with is the performance of the new htc cam app... is it more responsive?? as in the shutter speed... how long before the click after the press.... hope you can elaborate more on this...
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The camera Shutter Speed , is almost the same. No improvement there.
Last longer compared to GB , cause now for navigating trough the menu doesn't use that much CPU anymore. But uses GPU with a bit of cpu (if needed) , and this increases the battery life.
An exemple: with tha battery at 20% i can now read news , navigate the web , watch some videos ( no games ) for almost 2 hours.
Compared to GB where when the battery reaches 20% was like saying "battery depleted" couse in max 20 minutes the battery was almost empty.
Don't know if it was just me or....
From 20% to 0% how much take's you?
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The camera Shutter Speed , is almost the same. No improvement there.
Last longer compared to GB , cause now for navigating trough the menu doesn't use that much CPU anymore. But uses GPU with a bit of cpu (if needed) , and this increases the battery life.
An exemple: with tha battery at 20% i can now read news , navigate the web , watch some videos ( no games ) for almost 2 hours.
Compared to GB where when the battery reaches 20% was like saying "battery depleted" couse in max 20 minutes the battery was almost empty.
Don't know if it was just me or....
From 20% to 0% how much take's you?
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thanks dude, shutter speed really sucks... custom roms have not make much improvements on this too... i agree with you on gb battery life... main reason i root my phone....
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I've updated today, and now the 3D doesn't seem to be working - this happened once before and a reboot resolved it, but that has not worked this time round.
Any pointers? Basically, the 3D "eyes" are generating a cross-eyed image on screen, playback has the right image showing from the left & vice versa, camera use just generates blurry 2D images.
other than that, the ICS update seems very good - start up is a lot quicker, and all the Google apps seem to have been aesthetically improved. "More Tron like" as somebody said to me.
I got the ICS+Sense 3.6 update and I'm enjoying it so far. It's all stock since I bought (no custom ROM or root, as I haven't saw the necessity of this).
So much sleeker and faster than 3.0!
Had a problem with the spell correction but after playing with the settings it normalized. Apart from the default SMS "Messages" app, where it'll underline in red all the words that aren't English [my mother language is Brazilian Portuguese, I use the phone in English and the keyboard in Portuguese] - but I'm not sure if this problem is new with this update lol.
I like how I can disable stock apps now, I could disable all the bloatware and take away many apps I don't use from the app drawer.
(Immediately disabled Google+, take that Google! haha)
Also, it solved a bug where the phone would think it was with the headphones plugged-in which made it stop doing any sounds through its speaker: if you stopped the music using the physical play/pause button in the headphones and unplug them while the device in sleep mode (screen turned off) that would happen and there would be no ringtone or alarm sounds until I played a media sound manually for it to recognize the headphones aren't there anymore. :good:
The Music app got a queue feature where we can select which songs to play next, like a playlist you build in real time. That's everything I was looking for in the music player!!
The new HTC Notes app is very good and comparable to the one I'm using, Handrite. I'll be testing the new one, the difference being Handrite has dedicated buttons to quickly copy, paste, undo, redo and more text/trace/paper formatting settings..., and more widget sizes to choose. While HTC Notes let you to sync with Evernote and record sound into your notes, I don't really dig into this idea so it's a matter of personal needs.
What I don't like about it:
HTC:
- There's no direct Wi-fi toggle in the notifications bar anymore, I don't understand why HTC would remove it.
- The album art in the Music app appears smaller, I wish there was some sort of configuration...
ICS:
- The setting for entirely disabling background data doesn't exist anymore. :/
- There's no way to set ringtone and notification sound volume separately.
These are my impressions so far.
I might send some e-mails to HTC regarding these issues. It seems they value user feedback as they have a wonderful customer support service.
I've been recently thinking about flashing the latest stable CyanogenMod into my Galaxy S3, having been really satisfied with CM 7.2.0 on the Galaxy Ace. However, having seen a friend of mine who flashed Cyanogen into his phone, I have a couple of insecurities about some system features I'm afraid I might lose.
Specifically:
Will I lose USB and wifi tethering? I use it to give my home computer internet without having to put my laptop's Ethernet and wifi on bridge mode, and back when I had my old Galaxy Ace, CM 7.2.0 didn't have USB tethering while Samsung's official ROM did.
Will I lose the power saving mode? I find it very, very useful when I go on a night out, which means having to keep the phone on for at least 12 hours straight. I kinda have seen that axing the phone's maximum CPU speed to 800 MHz kinda helps, as well as using GO Power Master's 3G pulse mode (so I can keep receiving messages while having the 3G off), but I have yet to do some extra testing.
Will I lose the notification bar toggles? When I checked my friend's Galaxy S3 with CyanogenMod, it didn't have any power toggles on the top bar. I tried using an app called Power Toggles, but My Data Manager interferes with it, it doesn't have full access to the system's toggles (like the GPS which as far as I know is per Jellybean's programming), and its flashlight also turns off after I lock the screen.
How do other third party launchers (Apex, Nova, GO) perform compared to Samsung's TouchWiz launcher? (haven't installed them yet because that would mean having to put again in folders every single shortcut for my ~200 apps).
Will I lose the NFC? I'm fine with settling for Android Beam instead of S Beam, but will I be able to keep the NFC function? I kinda remember my friend saying CyanogenMod 10.1 didn't support it.
Lastly, how does Cyanogen's camera compares to Samsung's? I find the picture stabilizer, button zoom, picture burst and panoramic stitch modes extremely useful, though I remember Cyanogen 7.2.0 having the ability to bind the volume up button to the shutter, which allowed for some seriously stable shots.
Thanks in advance.
1) no
2) can be replaced with various apps such as SetCPU
3) can have toggles like now or quick tiles. Choice of both. Or none.
4) Much better. Better on Touchwiz ROMS too
5) I dont use it but its in settings so I assume it works
6) Its not quite as good.
1-4) As answered above.
5) Yes it works.
6) Camera isn t as good as the stock Samsung camera. But everything pretty much works. Recently, touch to focus with flash also got fixed in CM.
Note : - If you try CM, I advice you to try Temasek s ROM. It is based on CM. And it has quite a few nifty features added extra + kernel with features ported from Andreilux kernel (Good battery backup) [This is just my personnel opinion and I am in no way advertising any ROM].
Ok I have a galaxy note i717. I have 2 problems that are absolutely horrible. One problem is if I recieve a phone call and have certain apps or games either open or were just open, my phone freezes. When I say freeze I mean all I hear is my ringtone, I have no way to answer, and my phone is a paper weight till I power cycle it, once I turn it back on I see no missed calls, and have no idea who called me. The other is I slide to unlock my phone and it is extreemely slow, I press a button and wait an average of about 3-5 seconds before it opens, and every button I push is just as slow, this problem seems random, but I think it has something to do with the other problem. I am right now running black jelly, it is not the rom as all the Jelly Bean Roms have this problem. One solution posted is to revert it to stock ics then have Samsung do the upgrade to Jelly Bean, then reroot it, same problem and did not change. I really want to get a good Jelly Bean rom that works for my i717. I can get any ICS Custom Rom to work correctly, so I will revert it just to get normal functionality, if no one knows how to fix this. This is the last thing I am going to try before reverting back to ICS. Any help is appreciated.
theapplejuicereallysmells said:
Ok I have a galaxy note i717. I have 2 problems that are absolutely horrible. One problem is if I recieve a phone call and have certain apps or games either open or were just open, my phone freezes. When I say freeze I mean all I hear is my ringtone, I have no way to answer, and my phone is a paper weight till I power cycle it, once I turn it back on I see no missed calls, and have no idea who called me. The other is I slide to unlock my phone and it is extreemely slow, I press a button and wait an average of about 3-5 seconds before it opens, and every button I push is just as slow, this problem seems random, but I think it has something to do with the other problem. I am right now running black jelly, it is not the rom as all the Jelly Bean Roms have this problem. One solution posted is to revert it to stock ics then have Samsung do the upgrade to Jelly Bean, then reroot it, same problem and did not change. I really want to get a good Jelly Bean rom that works for my i717. I can get any ICS Custom Rom to work correctly, so I will revert it just to get normal functionality, if no one knows how to fix this. This is the last thing I am going to try before reverting back to ICS. Any help is appreciated.
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May just need to disable ripple effect.
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I am not an expert but I would suggest Downgrade to the Stock Rom 2.3.6 and then start from that process.
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I am not an expert but I would suggest Downgrade to the Stock Rom 2.3.6 and then start from that process.
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I may try that, ICS works fine, normally I just try it from there, may try from Gingerbread.
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May just need to disable ripple effect.
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That made it much better I removed my screen saver, and also turned power saver mode off. After I changed that setting the phone worked correctly most of the time. It still runs slow sometimes, but I just turned power saving mode off, so we will see, thanks for the help, the ripple screen lock was doing something bad as it got much better when I removed it.
I tested my phone for a few days, it seems the phone call thing is fixed, thanks for the info about the ripple screen saver. Only problem I currently have is if I forget and leave my game running on a certain screen that is animated and it screen locks, when I unlock and start using the phone it is extreemely slow. A simple restart fixes it, and I am fine with that as my phone actually works correctly most of the time. I was researching the problem and the GPU settings may be the answer, but I have no idea what settings need to be set. One setting is Force GPU rendering ( use 2d hardware acceseration in applications) currently it is turned on. Was thinking also kill all background processes, I really don't know, Anyone out there an expert with GPU or how to finish tweeking my phone.