Is battery life reduced when you have 2 launchers. I installed Espier and noticed now that I have 2 launchers battery life has reduced is this normal? I like the way to uninstall apps from espier. I still use TWLauncher and just use Espier to uninstall apps since I did not set a Default launcher I guess both are running simultaneously.
dudejb said:
Is battery life reduced when you have 2 launchers. I installed Espier and noticed now that I have 2 launchers battery life has reduced is this normal? I like the way to uninstall apps from espier. I still use TWLauncher and just use Espier to uninstall apps since I did not set a Default launcher I guess both are running simultaneously.
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Activate one of the Launchers, then go to Settings > Applications > Running Services, if you see both launcher you're using in there, then yes, both are consuming battery. Normally, you should only see the launcher that is ACTIVE.
I've seen a similar behavior, but in my case is I found that the problem was with the launcher itself, in this case "GO Launcher EX", I've noticed that after a while, it will start consuming CPU (around 3%) even if it is idle, the solution I found is restarting it (the launcher).
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Hello,
I switched to APEX launcher instead of Sense, and was looking for the RAM usage of both.
Seems like the Sense launcher uses (on my device) arount 67MB of RAM vs 36MB for APEX.
I also noticed that the Sense launcher remains cached in the RAM even if you use an other launcher.
I cleared the cached Sense launcher via:
Options\Apps\Activated Apps\Menu => Show cached processes
There you should be able to select HTC Sense and click stop, to free the RAM\Cache.
I froze the Sense launcher, all the widgets, lock screen and settings using Titanium backup (required root). The phone with Apex launcher shows a saving of 100MB after a reboot.
Bigmille said:
I froze the Sense launcher, all the widgets, lock screen and settings using Titanium backup (required root). The phone with Apex launcher shows a saving of 100MB after a reboot.
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After freezing of sense, do you notice any better battery?
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I only cleared the sense launcher out of the cache to free up RAM when using an other launcher.
Sckank said:
After freezing of sense, do you notice any better battery?
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Not sure, but I'm sure less memory use means less power consumed.
I did under-clocked the CPU to 1.2GHz and changed the governor from on-demand to interactive. This saves on battery and make the phone runs cooler without any noticeable performance drop.
I've tried the V6 supercharger script, nova, and apex. NONE of them eliminate launcher redraws. It's so annoying!
The only launcher that provides a smooth stock experience with no redraws is...the stock launcher. Why? I love the features of the other launchers, especially being able to back up my homescreen. But the redraws kill the experience. Why is it so hard for aftermarket launchers to replicate the experience?
Whaa...
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ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
Try adding this to your build.prop. I had the same problem and this little tweak locks the home screen in memory works great for me. Pay attention, that you don't mess something up in your build.prop!!!
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I believe Apex has the option to lock the launcher in memory, if not do the build.prop tweak in the post ^ mine.
Hydrony said:
ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1
Try adding this to your build.prop. I had the same problem and this little tweak locks the home screen in memory works great for me. Pay attention, that you don't mess something up in your build.prop!!!
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Add. "ro.HOME_APP_ADJ=1" right? I I might use this cause it annoys me too
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Try a less intense kernel too.
Wow. My nova launcher rarely redraws. Rarely. And when it does its quick.
let it be.
Laucher reloads and redraws are the results of Androids wonderful memory management. You'll have to find a launcher which locks in the memory, but by doing so, other apps will auto-kill faster than usual.
When I run nova or anything other than stock launcher, system panel shows its process as "perceptible" and using 40mb of ram while stock launcher has a process running too. Essentially I find its running both launchers, being more prone to kicking it out of memory.
Also on 4.0.1 this happened with the stock launcher getting redrawn. On 4.0.4 it seems to be fixed almost completely.
I still don't have perceptible in my sys panel and my nova usually hovers around 42ish and Max around 50. But I did buy the nova prime and set it as default. No sign of the other launcher unless it is system UI which hovers around 25mb.
let it be.
Yeah I'm jealous then. I been messing around tonight and can't get it to stop showing like that.
RogerPodacter said:
Yeah I'm jealous then. I been messing around tonight and can't get it to stop showing like that.
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This is why I freeze/uninstall all launchers except the one I'm using in Titanium backup. Though you shouldn't really have to, because Android should kill off the old launcher process eventually (when it needs more memory for something else) and it shouldn't return unless you manually switch back to that launcher. But I freeze it anyways just to ensure it doesn't interfere with anything. I freeze a lot of other Google/Android services that I don't use too.
I have been using apex launcher since the beginning on my galaxy nexus. However after android 4.2.2 update, I found that redraws have been really frequent and annoying.
The same happens on my nexus 7, especially after using memory hog apps like the "new hangouts" (really, really poorly optimized...)
Indeed apex reloads always, after exiting from hangouts.
Recently I tried also nova launcher (importing all settings from apex, so my configuration is identical), and I have to say that nova has much less redraws with respect to apex (both on galaxy nexus and nexus 7).
For example when rotating the screen from portrait to landscape, I don't experience any visible redraw with nova, while apex was redrawing quite often...
So far so good, I decided to switch to nova, even if I liked apex really much
wetter app caused launcher redraws
I also had frequent launcher redraws on my GN... the issue came with Android 4.2 and got MUCH worse with the recent 4.3 update (i'm on stock rom).
yesterday I removed the widget from wetteronline.com's "wetter app" I had on my homescreen - and surprise! I could not believe it, did not have a SINGLE launcher redraw since then (2 days heavy use) what a relief...
so I still think it is a bad memory management issue in Android, but maybe it is worth trying if one of your apps or widgets is contributing to the problem.
Galaxy Nexus i9250, Stock Android 4.3 Build JWR66V
Hi all,
I've been using the latest XenonHD w/ Air Kernel #580 and for the most part, everything works fine as it should, however there are periods were i get sporadic launcher redraws, the one i use is Apex Pro and have the 'keep in memory' option checked. This hinders my productivity and communication at the hospital because i would need to wait like 10 seconds everytime for the launcher to redraw then i can proceed to opening my medical applications. The main apps i use through the day are Pulse, Spotify, Epocrates, Medscape, Nurse Drug Handbook, Mini-Nurse, Gmail, browser, and etextbooks. Any launcher suggestions I could try where i don't have to deal with these redraws? Thank you
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Hi all,
I've been using the latest XenonHD w/ Air Kernel #580 and for the most part, everything works fine as it should, however there are periods were i get sporadic launcher redraws, the one i use is Apex Pro and have the 'keep in memory' option checked. This hinders my productivity and communication at the hospital because i would need to wait like 10 seconds everytime for the launcher to redraw then i can proceed to opening my medical applications. The main apps i use through the day are Pulse, Spotify, Epocrates, Medscape, Nurse Drug Handbook, Mini-Nurse, Gmail, browser, and etextbooks. Any launcher suggestions I could try where i don't have to deal with these redraws? Thank you
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It's a complicated issue. Redraws may be due to memory or the widgets you're using. Try removing some widgets to see if the redraws go away.
Particularly, Blik causes redraws for me but I've learned to live with it because I very much like the widget.
Simply try Holo Launcher (non-HD version), it's the lightest of them. It has an option to keep in memory.
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nova with agressive launcher option checked, have all 5 homescreens full with widgets and no redraws
vbauer86 said:
nova with agressive launcher option checked, have all 5 homescreens full with widgets and no redraws
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This!!!
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I just bought my first Samsung Galaxy device and am now looking into replacing the Touchwiz launcher with Nova.
However, I'd like to know if using the Nova launcher will eat up more memory or cpu power and result in higher battery usage.
Even when I switch the launcher to Nova, isn't all the Touchwiz stuff still running in the background?
Go with Nova.
It'll fun faster, likely use less RAM and CPU as well. As for battery... Your launcher shouldn't seriously afffect your battery use, I've never seen a difference between launchers. Then again, I've been on Nova for 2+ years.
Don't worry, Touchwiz Launcher should shut down when Nova is set as default.
I'm am a great fan of Nova but seems that is using more battery lately. Unfortunately, until now I didn't find a better alternative (tried to use Themer but on Note 4 it's becoming unresponsive).
Anyway... Nova is great compared to TouchWiz.
Where can I find theme supported by NOVA?
If you have root, open a terminal window and type "su", then confirm the authorization and type "cd /system/app/" then do "ls" to view the containings and then do "rm -rf nameofthedefaulttouchwizlauncher.apk"
I love my realme 6 pro, but there are 2 major issues with it that I face.
1. The ram management, which is manageable cuz 8gb. Still i find it really hard to digest that system constantly used 3gigs of ram.
2. I can't use 3rd party launcher because it lags on the homescreen while switching apps. I first thought it was because of High refresh rate, switched back to 60hz but still the same. I have nova prime, lawnchair and poco launcher, all three of them lag every time I swipe back to the home screen. Like there is good few seconds pause between the swipe and seeing my homescreen, apart from that everything works fine. But, that lag is what is keeping from using any 3rd party launcher.
Aby sort of help will be appreciated.
vs3450 said:
I love my realme 6 pro, but there are 2 major issues with it that I face.
1. The ram management, which is manageable cuz 8gb. Still i find it really hard to digest that system constantly used 3gigs of ram.
2. I can't use 3rd party launcher because it lags on the homescreen while switching apps. I first thought it was because of High refresh rate, switched back to 60hz but still the same. I have nova prime, lawnchair and poco launcher, all three of them lag every time I swipe back to the home screen. Like there is good few seconds pause between the swipe and seeing my homescreen, apart from that everything works fine. But, that lag is what is keeping from using any 3rd party launcher.
Aby sort of help will be appreciated.
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Try disabling saving mode and enabling autostart for nova, and disable intelligint saving mode (the one that has a "recommendend" label in yellow that you find in Settings -> Battery). It worked for me, nova is not laggy anymore and battery consumption is barely affected.
Sorry for my bad english btw.
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Try disabling saving mode and enabling autostart for nova, and disable intelligint saving mode (the one that has a "recommendend" label in yellow that you find in Settings -> Battery). It worked for me, nova is not laggy anymore and battery consumption is barely affected.
Sorry for my bad english btw.
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Alright, man.
I'll try to do these steps and post results.
Thanks a lot again.
Jpigas said:
Try disabling saving mode and enabling autostart for nova, and disable intelligint saving mode (the one that has a "recommendend" label in yellow that you find in Settings -> Battery). It worked for me, nova is not laggy anymore and battery consumption is barely affected.
Sorry for my bad english btw.
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It really helped a lot with lags. It's not 100% but it's finally usable.
Thanks again, man.
vs3450 said:
It really helped a lot with lags. It's not 100% but it's finally usable.
Thanks again, man.
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Hi
Try to get ad app to see system logs (you will just have to do an ADB thing then) to identify problems.