I have the US998 on 20H, unlocked with TWRP, rooted with Magisk 19.1. Whenever the TWRP flashable version of 20H was released, I upgraded from 20G. For some reason my games are now lagging, where the screen will pause for half a second then resume animations. I've tried game mode which will lower the frame rate and resolution but it's not a solution. This happens in other apps too, but is especially noticeable (and annoying) in games.
As best I can tell, this started a few weeks ago, but I can't link it to anything specific. In the recent past I've gone to 20H, I believe Magisk was incremented, and the games have updated as well. Is there a graphics setting that may cause the half second bloop? I'm ready to wipe and restore, if I thought there was a chance it might fix it.
Nobody experienced this? Is this a general android question rather than specific to this phone?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-nfs-injectorv1-t3857231
You could try this magisk module. I would look into recently installed apps running in the background. For instance, I have the Neutron app installed and sometimes I can see it scanning for new media in notifications. What'sapp location icon occasionallly appears in the status bar for a split second even though I haven't used its location service in days. I won't turn either of them off since I use them both but I'm sure Neutron slows my phone down.
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/magisk/module-nfs-injectorv1-t3857231
You could try this magisk module. I would look into recently installed apps running in the background. For instance, I have the Neutron app installed and sometimes I can see it scanning for new media in notifications. What'sapp location icon occasionallly appears in the status bar for a split second even though I haven't used its location service in days. I won't turn either of them off since I use them both but I'm sure Neutron slows my phone down.
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This didn't seem to decrease lag, and it caused launcher redraws.
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This didn't seem to decrease lag, and it caused launcher redraws.
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Did you go into TWRP and clear cache and ART?
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BROKEN1981 said:
Did you go into TWRP and clear cache and ART?
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I did, it solved the redraws, but the lag is still there.
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I did, it solved the redraws, but the lag is still there.
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Backup everything in TWRP and do a clean flash. Then later on just restore data.
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BROKEN1981 said:
Backup everything in TWRP and do a clean flash. Then later on just restore data.
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Dang, was hoping it wouldn't come to that over a few games lagging. There goes my weekend...
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Dang, was hoping it wouldn't come to that over a few games lagging. There goes my weekend...
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So is your issue fixed?
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So is your issue fixed?
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I didn't get around to wiping. At this point, whatever updates one of my games had last week seemed to eliminate it from that game (PaD). I also uninstalled some old games that I didn't realize weren't working anymore. I don't think I'm in dire need of a wipe at this point.
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Am I the only one that is sometimes seeing major lag when an app closes and the launcher redraws? In by case it is sometimes over a second.
Well known issue that has been mentioned already in numerous threads. I use SS launcher so don't have that problem.
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the stock launcher will not lag on its own, check for background cpu utilization with os monitor app and disable those apps .
Dr.Paul said:
Am I the only one that is sometimes seeing major lag when an app closes and the launcher redraws? In by case it is sometimes over a second.
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The latest firmware update fixes it
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The latest firmware update fixes it
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I thought that but still happens sometimes :-(
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Still happening with me after the update. Annoying.
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Still happening with me after the update. Annoying.
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Not sure but what is the build number? LF2?
Yeah LF2, solved my issues straight away even with a different launcher
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Not sure but what is the build number? LF2?
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Yeah, I'm on fl2? Oddly enough I only got one firmware update though. Is that correct? My build number is IMM76D.I9300XXALF2
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Yeah, I'm on fl2? Oddly enough I only got one firmware update though. Is that correct? My build number is IMM76D.I9300XXALF2
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If you read carefully enough, Dr. Paul, you'll find that you are on ALF2!
Is LF2 only through Kies? I got the OTA update to LF1, and that's all the OTA updater says is available. Or it's just VodaGroan being rubbish as usual.
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Is LF2 only through Kies? I got the OTA update to LF1, and that's all the OTA updater says is available. Or it's just VodaGroan being rubbish as usual.
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I'd say it's voda and there slow releases
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Been looking in the forum and found this issue under another heading. I fixed it by rooting and changing the davlik VM heap size from 256 to 128mb. How did Samsung manage to screw this up?
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Another thing to consider is whether you've got power saving on or off? If it's on and CPU power saving is turned on, the CPU runs at 800mhz rather than 1400mhz. This will show a noticeable difference in smoothness.
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Been looking in the forum and found this issue under another heading. I fixed it by rooting and changing the davlik VM heap size from 256 to 128mb. How did Samsung manage to screw this up?
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God knows but as with any phone there are always issues at first. As long as they are resolved then it's not a big deal
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Another thing to consider is whether you've got power saving on or off? If it's on and CPU power saving is turned on, the CPU runs at 800mhz rather than 1400mhz. This will show a noticeable difference in smoothness.
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Not me, I turned off all power saving the day I got the phone
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Oli2k said:
The latest firmware update fixes it
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Still happens for me also.
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i just wanna share how i got rid of the lag and home respawn issue on my sgs3... i'm not saying it is a fix but these are the only things i did that work for me... there is no harm in trying...
1. disable double tap home button to activate s voice.
2. disable s voice using application manager
3. reboot... and after 3 days, no lag or whatsoever... but there was always the home respawn thing when i'm running a lot of apps on background...
4. uninstall facebook app... this app seems to eat most of the memory... reboot... now, i don't need to close any program running thru task manager... i check it and see 12 apps running but never had a respawn.. all is well now... i don't even think of rooting flashing a rom now... everything just seems to be running so well...
**i know some of you would say that it's not an option to uninstall FB app, i for myself would love to use it but i'd rather have a lag and respawn free sgs3 and use the FB desktop mode... but then again...that's just me...
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Try using fast facebook, a lightweight facebook app, its getting better all the time
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My phone is really sluggish and slow. Ifi click the menu button for example the round spinning loading logo comes up for a few seconds.:crying:
Any tips.
Thats not right at all. There is something fundamentally wrong.
I would download mybackup pro trial aand take a backup of your data that you absolutely cannot lose and then do a factory reset because this should not be happening.
overclock!!! :fingers-crossed:
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Thats not right at all. There is something fundamentally wrong.
I would download mybackup pro trial aand take a backup of your data that you absolutely cannot lose and then do a factory reset because this should not be happening.
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This.
That sort of lag isn't right at all.
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angeliou said:
overclock!!! :fingers-crossed:
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Not a good solution to this problem. He shouldn't have to overclock to get the performance that should be available without any modifications.
remove all the bloatwares and it should boost your phone
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remove all the bloatwares and it should boost your phone
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+1 removing not used apps and widgets makes a great difference in performance and battery life.
No matter what, the phone shouldn't act like this. Something is heavily draining ram(not using, draining) probable a rogue app.
factory reset and if the problem persist take it back to the store
jeezy85 said:
My phone is really sluggish and slow. Ifi click the menu button for example the round spinning loading logo comes up for a few seconds.:crying:
Any tips.
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One solution lies in rooting your device and installing a good rom on it.
jeezy85 said:
My phone is really sluggish and slow. Ifi click the menu button for example the round spinning loading logo comes up for a few seconds.:crying:
Any tips.
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A launcher issue based on your description? Nova launcher is good. You coukd give it a try. If not, factory reset is a good idea.
How is your setting in developer option, animationscale set on 1x?
I'm having weird issues with Google Navigation. Google Maps works fine.
The navigation app freezes and doesn't follow my movement. When I go from portrait to landscape it cuts off half the screen.
Any way I can reinstall or update Navigation? It's not showing in play store like it used to.
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I am having the exact same issues that you are describing. Have tried rebooting several times to no avail.
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I am having the exact same issues that you are describing. Have tried rebooting several times to no avail.
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I'll let you know if i figure something out. Please do the same.
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happened to me as well, did ##GPSCLRX# on the dialer, seems to have fixed it.
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happened to me as well, did ##GPSCLRX# on the dialer, seems to have fixed it.
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It asks for password. Could you point me to some instructions? Thanks
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Password = MSL
IT WORKED! THANKS!!!!!
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Nevermind its still broke :/
BUMP
My last resort is hard reset and i dont wanna! lol
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happened to me as well, did ##GPSCLRX# on the dialer, seems to have fixed it.
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Gonna give this a shot to see if it corrects my navigation crashing too. Thanx for this suggestion....cross my fingers
Edit: as a side note, anyone with the navigation problem, have you done complete firmware software and hboot update or just the os update with older firmware? I only did software change and kept my old hboot etc.
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jbdrthapa said:
happened to me as well, did ##GPSCLRX# on the dialer, seems to have fixed it.
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Are you all running completely stock, locked, no htcdev unlock, root or anything? The reason I ask is because gf has completely untouched stock elte and gonna see if she has these problems, maybe its just us unlocked/rooted users having problems. Just another angle to think about possibly.
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I am having the exact same issues that you are describing. Have tried rebooting several times to no avail.
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I'm having weird issues with Google Navigation. Google Maps works fine.
The navigation app freezes and doesn't follow my movement. When I go from portrait to landscape it cuts off half the screen.
Any way I can reinstall or update Navigation? It's not showing in play store like it used to.
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I'm completely stock untouched everything.
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I'm completely stock untouched everything.
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Ok thanx for the info, so far hers didn't crash yet in the 20 mins or so I messed with phone...mine usually crashes in the first 5 mins...so I will keep tabs on hers to see if it happens on her phone tomorrow.
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I am unrooted, completely stock everything. Everything worked well before the JB update. After the JB update, everything still works with the only exception of Google Navigation. Maps works well, but Navigation starts acting up within a couple of minutes. I tried clearing the app data and cache, didn't help either. Symptoms are exactly the same as the OP. Turning phone sideways cuts screen by half, no rendering, gets unuseable. It finally sends a message that the app stopped working.
Interestingly enough, the old TeleNav GPS Navigator (used to be called Sprint Navigation) does work, but that app is pretty ugly, and not as accurate. That makes me think it is not necessarily something broken with the GPS, if other apps can access it with no problem.
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I am unrooted, completely stock everything. Everything worked well before the JB update. After the JB update, everything still works with the only exception of Google Navigation. Maps works well, but Navigation starts acting up within a couple of minutes. I tried clearing the app data and cache, didn't help either. Symptoms are exactly the same as the OP. Turning phone sideways cuts screen by half, no rendering, gets unuseable. It finally sends a message that the app stopped working.
Interestingly enough, the old TeleNav GPS Navigator (used to be called Sprint Navigation) does work, but that app is pretty ugly, and not as accurate. That makes me think it is not necessarily something broken with the GPS, if other apps can access it with no problem.
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I've tried everything to make it work and still no dice. Some other user reported doing a hard reset and still having same problem. I've been starting to use Waze GPS.
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For what it's worth, tons of reports on other forums on this exact same issue. Even on Google Play, if you filter user reviews by phone, it is being reported there as well.
For that slight lag we get especially going into the app drawer I figured I try switching to Art instead of Dalvik and BAM lag was gone and feels much snapper for sure.
I do think it made my G3 snapper, but over time it just created more issues than it solved. I recently started using Nova Launcher Prime again and it's definitely faster than the stock one. That's a good enough bump in speed for me for now.
I did this about 4 days after owning the device, and since then, its been nothing but positives for me. It also seems as if it REALLY boosts battery life (almost doubled mine)
I switched about 2 weeks ago and honestly I cant tell any difference. I am using Apex Launcher
What lag ?
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Just switched to art myself yesterday... The lag is nonexistence now which is awesome, but is there a way to make some of the app compatible? (I searched but came up with,nothing) sorry for the stupid question
The lag exist just a few secs in the app drawer when you flip through the 1st or 2nd page. To another post you don't notice lag if you use a launcher. I personally like to use the stock launcher.
Finally making the switch to ART today. So far, so good. I will edit if I encounter issues.
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Finally making the switch to ART today. So far, so good. I will edit if I encounter issues.
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I made the switch a couple days ago.. Haven't had any issues either...
I can't get my phone into art...
wojo797 said:
I can't get my phone into art...
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Do you have exposed installed. That's usually the reason.
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Do you have exposed installed. That's usually the reason.
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Yes I do and I never knew that.. Thanks
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What lag ?
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I know right, I switched mine after uninstalling xposed & the phone flew right outa my hand into the sky. Gone. Now I had to call sprint & have them reup my Nexus 5.
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How do I do this on my phone???
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How do I do this on my phone???
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settings > about phone > software information > and keep tapping build number until it says developer options unlocked. It'll be under a separate tab for developer options and go in there and enable art
Tried ART on 2 separate occasions for roughly a week. Both times, I had random freezes or reboots every day or 2. None of these issues on Dalvik.
Using Nova Launcher and that minimizes apparent lag for me.
Turning off all animations helps.
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I see the art option but Ill wait for now
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I see the art option but Ill wait for now
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ART has been nothing but positive for me even with Note 2. Only drawbacks some apps don't work and cannot use xposed. Oh well would rather have a snappier phone with better battery life.
Every so often certain parts of my sprint g3 lags out and become unresponsive for a few seconds. Anyone experienced this before?
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I notice this when installing apps, especially side-loaded apps where the install button is at the bottom. Sometimes it won't do anything for a couple seconds.
I hate to be the guy who claims his device runs perfect, and I am only a week in- but it does run perfect. Smoother than my note 3.
Two suggestions are typically given when this issue comes up- 1: change runtime from davlik to art. 2: disable thermal throttling using a ## code on the dialer screen.
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I hate to be the guy who claims his device runs perfect, and I am only a week in- but it does run perfect. Smoother than my note 3.
Two suggestions are typically given when this issue comes up- 1: change runtime from davlik to art. 2: disable thermal throttling using a ## code on the dialer screen.
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Yeah i have to say mine is still smooth as hell and im on dalvik and have made no changes to the thermal daemons the only thing i have changed is im running nova launcher instead of stock.
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Well, that reminds me- I suppose I should mention that I run Google experience launcher. So maybe the stock launcher is the issue...
Also, don't forget, enabling developer options and setting animations to .5 for all.
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Well, that reminds me- I suppose I should mention that I run Google experience launcher. So maybe the stock launcher is the issue...
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I run nova myself and it's a big improvement over the stock launcher.
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Well, that reminds me- I suppose I should mention that I run Google experience launcher. So maybe the stock launcher is the issue...
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I think it is
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I'm just running stock. Launchers have always ended up being an issue for me. I did run art, and some games don't load on art.. Such as kingdom frontiers the defense game.
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manaup said:
I'm just running stock. Launchers have always ended up being an issue for me. I did run art, and some games don't load on art.. Such as kingdom frontiers the defense game.
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Interested to know if google now launcher from the market would be smoother for you.