(All Sony ICS Devices) Instant Speed Improvement to ICS - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

Have you been running stock Sony ICS and found that it's very slow/laggy on your phone? :good: Annoyed about RAM issues? Think your device runs poorly on ICS?
Want an instant fix?
Settings/Developer Options/Background Process Limit/*Select* 2 Process Limit
This INSTANTLY improved my Sola, the speed and smooth movement through the phone with this setting is incredible. I spent many hours trying to change settings and look for more suggestions and amazingly this speeded up my phone. I can actually use ICS with fewer problems. I see 150MB RAM compared with 20MB a few days ago, even though I have the same apps and data.
This would reduce multitasking ability a little. I haven't found a problem but that's theoretically the compromise for this faster UI. Also note that this setting is *reset* after you restart your phone, so you will need to press this after a restart. If there's a way of overcoming this I'll post it.
IF you find your Sony device on ICS is running slowly, this may run well for you.

thanks a lot it helped

darkn1ck said:
thanks a lot it helped
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I'm glad. I'm absolutely sure it works for my device. One thing though, if you restart your phone, that setting is reset - so you need to press 2 process limit again.
I wonder can any more experienced users than I can recommend a tweak/script or something to do this at boot or something? Or some similar idea to take advantage of this?

Posted it 16 days ago
Shows improvement in benchmarks too.( alot of improvement) .. Bt it is useful only for devices having 512mb ram...

drsanket_xperia_u said:
Posted it 16 days ago
Shows improvement in benchmarks too.( alot of improvement) .. Bt it is useful only for devices having 512mb ram...
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I wonder is there a way of applying this setting to a ROM permenantly? If you select this setting and reset the phone, the setting is reset and the phone slows down, so you need to press 2 process limit once more. If we could apply this at boot or something...:victory:

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I wonder is there a way of applying this setting to a ROM permenantly? If you select this setting and reset the phone, the setting is reset and the phone slows down, so you need to press 2 process limit once more. If we could apply this at boot or something...:victory:
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This is the first thing I do after a reboot i.e, set max background process to 2
Will let u knw if I find some tweak to make this permanent
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Now that I think about it, you can just about anything in Android, right? There must be a file we could modify to make this happen as standard. Any ROM devs for example might be able to help.

have you guys checked into your device's multitasking capability after set this stuff? this setting reduce your device multitasking capability alot.

Yes, this will definitely reduce multitasking ability a bit, that's the compromise. If you prefer more multitasking (I don't) then no need to try this.
I can't be sure of all the devices but definitely the Sola on ICS is embarassingly slow. If it were a custom ROM, few people would choose it, it's that slow for many of us. :crying:

Who wants multitasking?? I want speed
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Even if this is disabled. The multitasking still sux. Apps after calling to home are closed. If I reapply them from recent apps menu they are simply relaunched... this is not what we can call multitasking
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What is developer options, how to access that
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Well...that's depend on how manage our apps. With my lil tipo I could run my browser,messenger,and game at same time. Anyway, thanks for op for sharing this tips for us. Im still wondering how did this stuff work. I thought that it related with low memory killer stuff but after I checked into the coresponding values, nothing is changed. I wonder how could we make the setting permanent.

thanks man!
thanks man, it helped me a lot! Previously I was getting 60-70 MB of free ram, now I'm getting around 130 , thanks!

Most of the time I get 150mb+, 200+ is rare.
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imr.uvce said:
What is developer options, how to access that
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Yes it's in ICS.
Go to settings, scroll to the bottom of the screen and the second to last option is Developer Options.

corsav6 said:
Most of the time I get 150mb+, 200+ is rare.
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Hey fellow paddy!! Which phone do you have? That's a huge amount of free RAM...

thanks i'll try it

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Hey fellow paddy!! Which phone do you have? That's a huge amount of free RAM...
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Looks like he has a Xperia U.

That strange...I got 170 free ram on ny device easily.

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[TIP][ICS ONLY]Improve MultiTasking, reduce launcer redraws and better gaming

Ok I am not sure if it will work for some people cause they are not using too many apps like me -125 at least. So just go to { } Developer Options in setings and scroll down - Background procces limit - 3 processes at most. It also improvers Supercharging
Cool I will try it, I am using a 2gig sd-ext4 partition which is full with apps so my ram Max's out a lot.
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sucker for sony's said:
Cool I will try it, I am using a 2gig sd-ext4 partition which is full with apps so my ram Max's out a lot.
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Yeah try even 4 bg procceses . Have you noticed that when you exit a game you wait around 5-10 secs to launcher to show. When you press teh app drawer every app is there. That means that the launcehr is succesefully locked by (ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1) but when you game you have 1bg process witch is the launcher. Then you have gapps on background there are 2 and smthing other till they are 3 bg process. so that why i use 3 teh standart limit is 1 so the launcher is locked but its to active... if you get it xD. Also try ading Zipalign apks at boot. It will also help for more free ramhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1266735
Hey mate, previously with ICS Beta this setting was always got reset when device is rebooted. Is it fixed in in 4.0.4? such a silly question i guess when in fact i can triy it myself But if it's still the same, any workaround?
hansip87 said:
Hey mate, previously with ICS Beta this setting was always got reset when device is rebooted. Is it fixed in in 4.0.4? such a silly question i guess when in fact i can triy it myself But if it's still the same, any workaround?
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Oh yeah they are reseted witch sucks. Hpefuly we can set it but i dont know where to look

[Temp "fix"] helps with multitasking issue a little

Hey everyone! I know some people have done this and said it helped but I'm sure there's a bunch who have never heard of this so figured I'd make a thread. What I'm going to explain is how to change the min free values and make the multitasking slightly less aggressive.
1.download system tuner (you can do this in the free version if you haven't gotten the pro version but pro is definafely worth the cost)
2.open up system tuner, grant superuser, and click "tweaks"
3.now it should bring you to a screen with 6 slider bars if you will and in the bottom it says presets.
4.click presets and then select very light.
5.(optional) if you want this to stay between reboots click "boot settings" at the bottom and then select "re-apply memory limits" and select "on boot completed. (I think this is only in pro, someone with free report back )
6. Enjoy a slightly less aggressive task manager.
Note: this will not completely fix the issue but it does help a bit. In the task manager app that comes on our phone my phones free memory would never dip below 110mb give or take and now it will go down as far as 65mb(from what I've seen) before it starts to close things. So don't flame if it doesn't completely fix the issue because this isn't going to do it, but its a start haha
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Thanks this helped me a lot
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lbxmobbin_1 said:
Thanks this helped me a lot
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Your welcome
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Yea I've tried this among other things and my phone just refuses to multi task.. FML
firmbiz94 said:
Yea I've tried this among other things and my phone just refuses to multi task.. FML
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Yeah HTC really fuzzed this up haha. And with this you can't multitask large apps like games but bouncing between messaging and tapatalk and other light apps seems to work a little better with this. Like I mentioned this is only a little "fix" haha
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Good to know, thanks for the tip!
firmbiz94 said:
Yeah HTC really fuzzed this up haha. And with this you can't multitask large apps like games but bouncing between messaging and tapatalk and other light apps seems to work a little better with this. Like I mentioned this is only a little "fix" haha
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Yea it seems that some phones do better than others..all I want is to multitask in between webpages..that's my biggest gripe..either way this is good info and may help a lot of ppl
Try the Holo Launcher 4 posted here on XDA. It uses less memory than Rosie and can multitask better. Doesn't completely fix it though. That's going to take AOSP.
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sn0b0ard said:
Try the Holo Launcher 4 posted here on XDA. It uses less memory than Rosie and can multitask better. Doesn't completely fix it though. That's going to take AOSP.
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or some kernel source, if htc would just upload it already! jeez
Good info, I just got the phone today and will try this asap.
Thanks for the tip.
PhxkinMassacre said:
Hey everyone! I know some people have done this and said it helped but I'm sure there's a bunch who have never heard of this so figured I'd make a thread. What I'm going to explain is how to change the min free values and make the multitasking slightly less aggressive.
1.download system tuner (you can do this in the free version if you haven't gotten the pro version but pro is definafely worth the cost)
2.open up system tuner, grant superuser, and click "tweaks"
3.now it should bring you to a screen with 6 slider bars if you will and in the bottom it says presets.
4.click presets and then select very light.
5.(optional) if you want this to stay between reboots click "boot settings" at the bottom and then select "re-apply memory limits" and select "on boot completed. (I think this is only in pro, someone with free report back )
6. Enjoy a slightly less aggressive task manager.
Note: this will not completely fix the issue but it does help a bit. In the task manager app that comes on our phone my phones free memory would never dip below 110mb give or take and now it will go down as far as 65mb(from what I've seen) before it starts to close things. So don't flame if it doesn't completely fix the issue because this isn't going to do it, but its a start haha
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Works on Very Aggressive on my phone. Very light causes it to NOT multi task.
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nite2k said:
Works on Very Aggressive on my phone. Very light causes it to NOT multi task.
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o.0 u sure? that seems like it would be the exact opposite haha

CM9 DX2 gutting

I came from a blackberry where gutting the os is a way of life.
What all can be removed without affecting function, while freeing up space?
So far, from system/apps, I have dropped most of the live wallpapers and apps I don't use
I have tried deleting ringtones I don't use but that put me into a boot loop and had to wipe and reload.
Any ideas on how to safely delete more useless files?
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it really doesn't gain you anything other than a placebo effect if you are used to devices with less than sufficient memory. The Dx2 has lots of memory and CM9 doesn't come with bloatware.
DigitalMD said:
it really doesn't gain you anything other than a placebo effect if you are used to devices with less than sufficient memory. The Dx2 has lots of memory and CM9 doesn't come with bloatware.
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Really?
From what I have already cleaned up I can tell a difference is less lock ups already. The available ram went from 86% used to 69%
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Freezing some apps will free RAM, especially on services you don't use if those apps run by default. However the live wallpaper apk is not running if you aren't using one from that package, therefore it is redundant. If you don't use corporate exchange, try freezing the email.apk and the exchange.apk. If you feel adventurous, nandroid your cm9 and freeze all the apps that don't look important. If you get stuck with a bootloop, simply nandroid back. Simple.
I recommend freezing RomManager (we can't use it).
It wont free up RAM, but it will stop Google Play from updating it.
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What I have been doing is each morning I freeze one app, I use my phone all day and if there are no problems I delete it the next morning and freeze a new one.
So far I think I've done some good with my phone since I have deleted everything I can from the system folder.
The trick to deleting ringtones is confirm all profiles are set to the same ringer and notification. Then delete all the others.
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JStiner said:
Really?
From what I have already cleaned up I can tell a difference is less lock ups already. The available ram went from 86% used to 69%
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Well then you have done something amazing, since the Android memory manage strives to keep RAM around 80% full all the time, by design and that's how it works best. If you remove every single app you should be able to achieve around 90% free and everything should run like liquid butter. And yes, this Alpha is more stable if you do not touch the phone or run anything.
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Well then you have done something amazing, since the Android memory manage strives to keep RAM around 80% full all the time, by design and that's how it works best. If you remove every single app you should be able to achieve around 90% free and everything should run like liquid butter. And yes, this Alpha is more stable if you do not touch the phone or run anything.
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Grab a 50lbs weight and go run up a hill. Now do it again with 20lbs. What's easier running with more useless weight or less?
I loaded a task manager widget that shows percentage of memory used (ram) i went from 60/404 to 123/404 after dropping useless files.
With all due respect the Android OS is nothing more than an Iphone with Blackberry problems. I have used all 3 i like Droid best but it has room for improvement, as everything does.
Im applying what i learned from the BBos to this one and it appears to work. Now you can be a negative fly on the wall all you want but someone else will read this topic and try it. Once a few do it and my results are duplicated you'll see it was useful to try something
Plus what's the worst that happens, you boot loop and have to reload?
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Just a little check in.
I booted up this morning at 193/404 that's using 52% ram
I took everything out of system/apps i could and cleaned any app off my phone i don't or can't use. I also enabled "long hold back button to kill apps" instead of jumping back to the home screen when im done in an app i kill it.
All the above are habits i learned to service on a blackberry.
I wish more people would try and get my results.
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with all due respect unless you have rewritten the Android OS, it simply doesn't work like that.
. Android likes to keep memory about 70-80 % full once it settles so that when it needs a task you were using before its faster to reactivate it than to load from scratch. You can kill things, but the OS will load them again anyway. If you fight that with 3rd party mem / task managers, it will degrade performance, not improve it. But if you insist on believing some fantasy about memory management. by all means ....
Maybe im wording this wrong.
Would it help if i changed the title to gutting an android.
I love CM9, ive even bought the developer a case of beer. Hahaha
Im not doubting what the system wants to do. Im just trying to guide it better by removing worthless files and managing ram with white and black lists.
For example I dont need dropbox to be running in the background when im not using it.
Make sense
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JStiner said:
Maybe im wording this wrong.
Would it help if i changed the title to gutting an android.
I love CM9, ive even bought the developer a case of beer. Hahaha
Im not doubting what the system wants to do. Im just trying to guide it better by removing worthless files and managing ram with white and black lists.
For example I dont need dropbox to be running in the background when im not using it.
Make sense
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You will notice a big Jump in performance if you stop using a task manager.
You are better off playing with min free values and oom adj values.
I understand removing apps and files you don't use, I.do the same thing on my nexus.
But when it comes down to it, the task manager app is REALLY doing more harm than good. Of course when you use the task manager its going to seem like its doing what you want it to, thats how the apps are written, so that you FEEL like you're getting results you want.
Fact is, task managers haven't been needed in android OS for a log time now. Most ESPECIALLY if you are running an ICS based rom.
Trust me, if you wanna see an increase in overall smoothness, mess with min free and oom settings, and dump the task manager.
Or just keep doing what you're doing, just don't get offended when almost everyone tells you that clearing apps from memory and using task manager to kill apps is doing more harm then good.
There is a HUGE difference between an app RUNNING in background, and an app being cached in RAM. If you go to your manage apps list in settings and go to running apps, you most likely won't have many apps actually running and hogging system resources. If you switch to the cached tab you SHOULD see lots of apps in cache. Which means next time you open them it will open faster and use A LOT LESS CPU to get it going.
I do agree with getting rid of appd and files you don't use tho. I have ALWAYS felt that removing apps that are cached in ram that I do not use, will give more space for apps that I DO use to be cached.
But a task manager will not grant you that ability.
I feel like i learned something new today
Thank you
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JStiner said:
I feel like i learned something new today
Thank you
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I also just wanna apologize, I didnt mean to come off condescending (I just re read what I posted Lol)
was just trying to inform a bit.
Any questions don't hesitate to ask. Android operates like.Linux, but not EXACTLY like Linux even tho it is VERY similar. A good thread to read on how is memory management works is the official v6supercharger thread started by zeppelinrox. That guy has torn thru the android os on the memory management level and his first few posts in that thread(even tho they may not make the most sense to you at first) have a LOT of valuable info in them.
ashclepdia said:
I also just wanna apologize, I didnt mean to come off condescending (I just re read what I posted Lol)
was just trying to inform a bit.
Any questions don't hesitate to ask. Android operates like.Linux, but not EXACTLY like Linux even tho it is VERY similar. A good thread to read on how is memory management works is the official v6supercharger thread started by zeppelinrox. That guy has torn thru the android os on the memory management level and his first few posts in that thread(even tho they may not make the most sense to you at first) have a LOT of valuable info in them.
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No harm done. Tone is hard to convey through text. I read everything in a mono tone voice ans pull from it what i need.
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Holy hell v6supercharger is the way to go, my music doesn't skip anymore.
Now if i could just get my home and back button switched back hahaha.
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could try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403013
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could try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1403013
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Genius, i flipped a few numbers around and it works normal again.
Never would have figured that out.
Thank you.
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Holy hell v6supercharger is the way to go, my music doesn't skip anymore.
Now if i could just get my home and back button switched back hahaha.
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Did you also turn on the option.in v6supercharger for the nitro lag nullifier also? It used to be option #20 i believe.
I always did and i swear, (placebo or not), it used to smooth out everything even more.
Then on top of v6, i would also run Kick ass kernelizer(KAK) with. I/O tweaks implemented (make a nandroid first just in case it bootloops ya..if it bootloops just pull battery and.put back in then plug phone into wall,.it will.boot BSR(since our bsr hijacks charge.mode) & you can restore nandroid) and it would be even more buttery.
Enjoy!
I'm glad I could help turn you away from task managers/killers
Your Android experience should improve greatly
Did the kak at lunch. Running nicely so far.
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JStiner said:
Holy hell v6supercharger is the way to go, my music doesn't skip anymore.
Now if i could just get my home and back button switched back hahaha.
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Did cm9 switch the buttons? I've been wanting to flash either cm9 or paranoid android just haven't had time to yet.
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SuperNexus ROM Problems JB 4.1.1

I have had this ROM installed on my Galaxy s2 i777 for about 2 days. in this time, i have noticed that there is no way to clear RAM on it so when i am close to running out, the device starts to lag a lot and slows down. is there any way to clear the RAM? i know that the stock firmware has Program Monitor and i used that but this SuperNexus one doesnt have anything to clear my multitasking. I have tried to hold down the home button until the tasks pop up in the small windows but when i slide to clear them, im not sure theyre actually being killed.
Please help me find a way to fix this lagginess because i am thinking of going back to stock firmware.
I cant post this on the android development thing because i am a "New User" so i have to post it here
This is the ROM thats lagging/ how to clear RAM on JellyBean -->[ROM][AOSP][JB][4.1.1] SuperNexus - I777 - BUILD 2 [12-08-12
Geezuz man what are u running that you're running out of RAM? haha I've never had that problem.....ever. what is it showing when u check out running apps? How much free ram?
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yj121 said:
I have had this ROM installed on my Galaxy s2 i777 for about 2 days. in this time, i have noticed that there is no way to clear RAM on it so when i am close to running out, the device starts to lag a lot and slows down. is there any way to clear the RAM? i know that the stock firmware has Program Monitor and i used that but this SuperNexus one doesnt have anything to clear my multitasking. I have tried to hold down the home button until the tasks pop up in the small windows but when i slide to clear them, im not sure theyre actually being killed.
Please help me find a way to fix this lagginess because i am thinking of going back to stock firmware.
I cant post this on the android development thing because i am a "New User" so i have to post it here
This is the ROM thats lagging/ how to clear RAM on JellyBean -->[ROM][AOSP][JB][4.1.1] SuperNexus - I777 - BUILD 2 [12-08-12
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Correct me if I'm wrong but couldn't you just download a task manager or task killer from the market and kill the apps to free up the ram?
Lol idk! I just restarted the phone because it started to lag/ freezeup . When I checked ram there was only 64mb free out of around 800. After I restart it the phone works fine but I guess I have to reboot frequently
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yj121 said:
Lol idk! I just restarted the phone because it started to lag/ freezeup . When I checked ram there was only 64mb free out of around 800. After I restart it the phone works fine but I guess I have to reboot frequently
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Where can I check the ram using this rom I can't find it? I am using the same rom as well and would like to see what mine is like
U have to go to settings>apps and then go to running services
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U have to go to settings>apps and then go to running services
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Thank you, I have 334 free
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Thank you, I have 334 free
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Heres some pictures of everything thats running currently on my phone. i used to have advanced task killer but that barely freed up any space. so now, im using RAM Manager Pro but im not sure if its working
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Heres some pictures of everything thats running currently on my phone. i used to have advanced task killer but that barely freed up any space. so now, im using RAM Manager Pro but im not sure if its working
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If your phone does not lag, or if performance has not changed I wouldn't worry to much. I have been using this rom for a few days now with no issues with speed or performance, so I wouldn't worry to much
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Heres some pictures of everything thats running currently on my phone. i used to have advanced task killer but that barely freed up any space. so now, im using RAM Manager Pro but im not sure if its working
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here are the pics
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here are the pics
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Well like I said I have not noticed any issues on mine so I am going to continue to use till I notice. Hope you get your issue worked out :good:
azriley82 said:
If your phone does not lag, or if performance has not changed I wouldn't worry to much. I have been using this rom for a few days now with no issues with speed or performance, so I wouldn't worry to much
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I'll see what i think of it by the end of this week, w/o the lag this rom is great! if it lags too much by the end of this week im probably switching to a different ROM
I don't see anything taking up a lot of ram. How much stuff do you have open at the time of lag?
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I'll take more screenshots when Ur starts go lag and show u soon
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I have been checking mine since you started this thread and still have not been able to experience any lag
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Auto-Brightness & Picasa photos
Anybody having issues with the auto-brightness not working 100% of the time?? The screen takes incredibly long to change brightness levels on the few times it does work.
Also, I've been having an issue with not being able to view my online picasa and google + albums in the gallery.
Suggestions anyone??
This is whats running when it started to lag
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Tell me why its lagging with just this much open? How do I clear ram? I liked how the stock firmware had program monitor, is there any way I can get that for this? View attachment 1268452
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Tell me why its lagging with just this much open? How do I clear ram? I liked how the stock firmware had program monitor, is there any way I can get that for this? View attachment 1268452 View attachment 1268453
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Is that all?
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Well I don't know what to say. I've run all the jb ports and most of the ICS roms and haven't noticed this happening to me. Then again I probably have a lot less apps installed than most. Have u tried doing full wipe a reinstalling and giving it some time to settle in again?
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How do I stop android closing my browser when left to run in background?

Kinda irritating to load the pages again. Any ideas?
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It's all about ram. If you have 512 mb and running ICS or JB, just forget it..1 gb would be just ok, if you don't open much apps. You can set priority of apps in some tasks manager, maybe system tuner? Never tried... Waiting for the galaxy note with 2 gb!
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Well. My iPad 2 with 512ram doesn't do this.. So I assume it's the os.
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Ev0d3vil said:
Well. My iPad 2 with 512ram doesn't do this.. So I assume it's the os.
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I cannot see which device the question was for, but it depend MANY things, still ram is first.
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kojinmalia said:
I cannot see which device the question was for, but it depend MANY things, still ram is first.
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For the s3 using dolphin.
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It's kinda weird that my s3 which has twice the ram of my ipad has not enough ram...
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Mine does this also, using s3 with stock browser. My HOX does it too. Annoying
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I assume its the OS just closing inactive background tasks no? Cant be ram issues...
Ev0d3vil said:
Kinda irritating to load the pages again. Any ideas?
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Have you tried long pressing on the home button to selecting the browser from there?
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Have you tried long pressing on the home button to selecting the browser from there?
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Ah not yet...
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Still doesn't work. Pages still have to reload after inactive for a while.
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Android is a totally different operating system than iOs (and also requires more Ram for itself)
It runs a lot of tasks in the background unlike iOs, which makes it a lot more adaptable and flexible but also more resource-intensive.
Secondly apps are categorized in groups, which are then consecutively killed based on their OOM (Out of memory) score, the lowest group being "empty app" and regrouping all apps that are no longer being needed. Typically "empty" is killed when there are 90MB left (customizable if rooted).
First off you may want to check what eats your Ram (Java is one of the worst languages for Ram in the entire universe) and kill/freeze/remove those processes.
Then take a look into zRam for extended Ram (swap) and set swappiness to 99
There once were experimental patches that forced selected tasks into swap instead of killing them but since they were hooked right into memory management, that used up lots of Cpu cycles and caused strange behaviours - sadly.
Btw, needing 1Gig for Ics or Jb is just bollocks. Galaxy S1's run awesome under Ics and even such devices as the 256MB Ace get a lot better.
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How do I customize the thing? The part where you say I need to be rooted.
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Its only reload if you closed it on tasks
So dont do it
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when you want to leave the browser in the background do you press back button or home? I have the experience with facebook app that if i press back than when i get back to the app it reloads as if i closed it, but if i press home then come back to the app it's there as i left it. As to the browser can't really say anything as I use maxthon browser and don't usually have reloading problems.
One such app is "Advanced tools".
However it is strictly recommend to leave those values alone unless you REALLY know what you are doing since tweaking these values without any knowledge will only worsen the problem or make your phone more or less unusuable with lag.
HMJ-q8 said:
Its only reload if you closed it on tasks
So dont do it
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No it doesn't.. It somehow auto closes. I've read somewhere android auto closes inactive tasks.
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I've read somewhere android auto closes inactive tasks.
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No!!!
I explained a few posts earlier exactly when and how Android kills processes. Inactivity is a LRU factor but certainly not the trigger to kill an app.
Two words: v6supercharger,swap!
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Sorry to bump an old thread, but has anyone actually found a solution to this problem? I've tried supercharger, minfree manager, RAM manager pro, and Galaxy Tuner. None have proven to be an actual solution to the problem that seems to be baked right in to the heart of all versions of Android after eclair (I'm actually on the Epic, not the GS3).
Is this fixable or am I just chasing my tail on this one?
bill
UPDATE: Current list of things tried
- Supercharger/Bulletproof
- MinFree Manager
- RAM Manager Pro
- Galaxy Tuner
- "build.prop" trick
- "local.prop" trick
- Auto memory manager application

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