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Is anyone else finding their Arc starting to lag?

I have had my Arc since it first came out in the UK but have noticed on occasions of late that it seems to have developed a lag, especially on things like accessing the gallery & messaging. Has anyone else noted this?

Nope. However I do use a cache cleaner every few weeks.
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Yup, after about 2 weeks mine started to lag every once in a while. I just assumed it was because of some faulty app. So I did a clean install, and 2 weeks later it was the same again. (didn't install too many apps this time)

Mine is still great.

try an app called fast reboot....I find it speeds things up

No lag at all here, 2 months in.

Had the Arc (UK) about 2 months and in the last two weeks things have really started to lag. Have had to resort to rebooting and cleaning the cache regularly but it only takes a day to start lagging again. Wondering whether there is a CPU/ memory hog there in my app suite or a widget but haven't been able to identify anything yet. Once the phone goes below 40-50MB free it is all over and I have to reboot.

This may sound weird but my phone lags during the day and it runs super fast at night lol
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I have this lags, too. But I had not to reboot the system, yet...
Any more ideas?
Cheers!
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After update on Android 2.3.3 i don't hve any lag. Before that I had lag but nothing to worry about. I think it was Android 2.3.2 that cousses lag.

Gpsboy said:
Had the Arc (UK) about 2 months and in the last two weeks things have really started to lag. Have had to resort to rebooting and cleaning the cache regularly but it only takes a day to start lagging again. Wondering whether there is a CPU/ memory hog there in my app suite or a widget but haven't been able to identify anything yet. Once the phone goes below 40-50MB free it is all over and I have to reboot.
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Same here after about 1 to 2 days the phone memory goes to about 25MB and is practically not useable and need to reboot. I am on 2.3.3

I went through my apps & by trial & error ended up removing a particular app & that seems to have sped things up a bit. Also downloaded a history cleaner & used that & that has improved things a bit as well. But in certain areas it definitely still seems to lag. Have to wonder now if it is something to do with the Arc's hardware?

ok guys after using SeePU+++ i think i found the process that uses the most cpu power and lags down our Arc is "ndroid.process.acore"
not sure what it does but i believe it is the culprit for random slow downs and lag on our phone...
does anyone know what it does? can anyone confirm my findings?
P.s. I am on global generic 2.3.3 firmwre 145

This problem may be caused by a bug in the Google Contacts Sync , just as seen in this bug:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=2377
In other devices like HTC Evo this problem persist
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-sup...ore-why-sucking-up-so-much-battery-power.html
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-sup...andom-reboots-magic-bullet-facebook-sync.html
I don't have the Google Sync activated and i don't feel my Arc Laggy

This phone is incredibly laggy. Many FCs or lags when I open the messaging app or other apps... Very sad and frustrating.

One of the major causes of lag on the HTC hero was having too many text messages stored on the phone. Ever since then i tend to not let the numbers build up too much, and i havent noticed any lag problems on the arc (maybe it's a general android problem).

majik8ball said:
ok guys after using SeePU+++ i think i found the process that uses the most cpu power and lags down our Arc is "ndroid.process.acore"
not sure what it does but i believe it is the culprit for random slow downs and lag on our phone...
does anyone know what it does? can anyone confirm my findings?
P.s. I am on global generic 2.3.3 firmwre 145
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one of the main android apps, your keybord and other important funtions are here, so my advice : dont touch it or you end up reflashing ROM

[Q] ShadowGun loading issues

So I was loading up a round of ShadowGun and everytime I go to load my game or start a new one it leiter bumps back to the homescreen or reboots my phone. I even went as far as redownloading it from the market and wiping the games cache but still the same result. Is anyone else having the same issue? I have tried to play it every day for 3 days with the same issue every time. Getting annoyed as I love this game....

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So I was loading up a round of ShadowGun and everytime I go to load my game or start a new one it leiter bumps back to the homescreen or reboots my phone. I even went as far as redownloading it from the market and wiping the games cache but still the same result. Is anyone else having the same issue? I have tried to play it every day for 3 days with the same issue every time. Getting annoyed as I love this game....
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Which rom do you use?
Sorry for my bad English. It's not my native language.

Xcited android user said:
Which rom do you use?
Sorry for my bad English. It's not my native language.
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Stock rom heavily modified and debloated, root and DoomKernel. I am going to wuipe cache in recovery and see if that resolves the issue, will report back

Hmm, I had the issue with Fifa 12. I wanted to play it but it forced closed the app everytime i´ve wanted to play a match. So i´ve replaced the SD-Files from a earlier backup and it worked. Maybe you´ll have to redownload the SD Files because some games maybe don´t delete them when you deinstall the app and they are damaged by faulty SD Card and the game doesn´t recognise it.

I have redownloaded the sd files a few times already and same thing, I even completely uninstalled and reinstalled redownloaded sd files and same result

Can you guys help me with my issues too? I'm having the same. for me, NOVA 3, mass effect infiltrator and shadowgun. But what I encountered is SUPER LAG. It's like, my phone just hangs or doesn't respond. Tried v6 and/or ram manager. But my reboot is kinda weird. Usually if you reboot you can see the doomskernel logo, then only Sony Ericsson right? What I see is only the Sony Ericsson logo only. And can i ask what is nitro lag nullifier from v6?(or is it spelled like that?
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Help! N7100 lagging bad!

Hi all,
I have a n2, which I am currently running stock.
When I first bought this phone last august, it didn't lag at all.
Since then, I flashed many stock based ROMs, and mods.
I flashed back to stock a few weeks back, cos I get better data speeds on stock then on revolution HD (I am guessing its something to do with the RIL as I tridd different modems).
I did a full wipe, formatted everything, ran fore ever gone to clean the SD card, and flashed the latest stock thru Odin.
I have deleted all the unnecessary system apps, disabled sync, power saving mode, Bluetooth, NFC, and most other things.
I only have 78 apps installed, and I have disabled root.
I have a 64gb SD card inserted, with movies, etc.
I am getting really horrible lags, like when I scroll a web page, it is not at all smooth, it just jumps and jitters.
Its like that in most apps, animations are not smooth, when I type, the keyboard lags, its just really horrible.
I have full wiped and flashed stock 3 times now, it even lags on stock based custom ROMs.
I don't want to use cm, as I need some of the Samsung apps.
Does anyone know how to fix this?, as my warranty is with kogan, so if I send it in, I will be stuck with my 8x for a few weeks.
Thanks in advance
Cheers
Corey
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Maybe some app(s) you installed put some heavy strain on the cpu. Install Betterbatterystatts and cpu spy for app behaviour.

do you also get lags when you have flashed a new rom without installing any user apps, i mean only stock apps? Have you tested to force gpu-rendering?
Otherwise your device could be damaged...

gee2012 said:
Maybe some app(s) you installed put some heavy strain on the cpu. Install Betterbatterystatts and cpu spy for app behaviour.
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Hi,
I tried installing them, and all the behavior waa normal, so i am beggining to think it might be a hardware problem (maybe from too much over clocking ).
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do you also get lags when you have flashed a new rom without installing any user apps, i mean only stock apps? Have you tested to force gpu-rendering?
Otherwise your device could be damaged...
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Hi,
Yes it lags even then, with only stock apps.
I tried force GPU rendering the other day, as well as disabling animations, but it didn't fix anything.
I rang kogan today, and they said I could send it in for warranty, but it would take up to 21 days
So I am still trying to get the courage to depart with my main android device (my other android devices are also at service centers being repaired ).
As I will be stuck with a wp8 HTC 8x ( a not quite as **** as i**** device ) for 3 weeks if I send it in .
Thanks for your help.
Cheers
Corey
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I have over 200 apps installed, full sync and undervolted -100mV all freqs and i suffer absolutely no lag. So i wonder what is causing yours? Running ARHD 15.0 with stock kernel.

check if you are on energy saving mode! that makes its slow!

PAC-Man ROM problems

This is the first time I have used a PAC-Man rom, and I have spend a half hour trying to find a couple of settings. If anyone else is familiar with the ROM, and can lend a hand, I would GREATLY appreciate it.
Ok, first off, where to I set the screen timeout? I don't see the setting under the normal settings->display options.
Second, I found that when I look at my recent apps, I see a little app bar with Apollo music player, camer, calendar, calculator, twitter and a couple others in it. Is there any way that I can customize these shortcuts? I play all my music through Google Play Music, and would love to substitute Apollo for it.
For now, that's all I can find (or can't find) wrong. Finally having an S-Off One is really showing off how awesome this phone is.

For the display timeout. Settings>Display&Lights>Sleep.
As for the bar in recents, I'm looking for a way to customize it as well.
Have you noticed any problems with WiFi or loading videos at all? For some reason I can't play Videos through the web or app for YouTube. And my WiFi seems to run at about half speed when I run a speedtest, compared to other devices.

I had problems for a while with YouTube, but without really doing anything it started working (I may have rebooted due to problems with my home screen). I haven't seen away to customize the shortcuts on recent apps yet either. Have you guys charged at all? Mine phone got pretty hot.
takeclear said:
For the display timeout. Settings>Display&Lights>Sleep.
As for the bar in recents, I'm looking for a way to customize it as well.
Have you noticed any problems with WiFi or loading videos at all? For some reason I can't play Videos through the web or app for YouTube. And my WiFi seems to run at about half speed when I run a speedtest, compared to other devices.
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brholt6 said:
I had problems for a while with YouTube, but without really doing anything it started working (I may have rebooted due to problems with my home screen). I haven't seen away to customize the shortcuts on recent apps yet either. Have you guys charged at all? Mine phone got pretty hot.
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I've been running the ROM since we got rumrunner, and I've noticed my phone actually runs cooler while charging and normal use.

I just happened to wake up in the middle of the night and checked it. It was cooler than usual like you mentioned. I dont know what the deal was.
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Have you had problems with a laggy launcher at all? Sometimes when I return to the home screen from an app, none of my icons or widgets show up until I hit the app drawer.
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I still have yet to figure out how to change the recent apps. I haven't noticed my phone getting hotter than normal, so I'd check to see what apps you have running.
I also haven't had any issues with YouTube, but for some reason, Google Search doesn't want to work. It just looks like it keeps trying to load and nothing ever comes up. It states that a new version is available, but when I try to update, saying that the "Package file was not signed correctly. Uninstall the previous copy of the app and try again." So, whenever I need to search for something, I have to go into chrome and search, which is a pain.

I updated to the 10/13 nightly and it seems to be running pretty well. Battery life is a bit better too. In the PACman thread it sounds like the 10/14 nightly didn't quite build right.
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PAC-Man seems to be the best of all worlds. Unfortunatly, I have had little luck with it on any phone I have tried it on. Works great on my Samsung 7.7 tablet but tried it on my GNEX and S3 and I would have constant issues. Very laggy and random reboots. Some apps also did not place nice with it on the GNEX and S3. I have not tried it on the One as Vanir seems to be running really good.

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PAC-Man seems to be the best of all worlds. Unfortunatly, I have had little luck with it on any phone I have tried it on. Works great on my Samsung 7.7 tablet but tried it on my GNEX and S3 and I would have constant issues. Very laggy and random reboots. Some apps also did not place nice with it on the GNEX and S3. I have not tried it on the One as Vanir seems to be running really good.
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I did have some issues with lag, but after switching to Nova launcher I haven't had any problems. It does sound like the most recent nightly has some fixes for the laggy launcher. Other than that minor issue, this ROM has been pretty stable.

I'll give it a shot. Thanks.

Nexus 7 2013 Becoming Slow.

Hey,
I got my N7, 16GB WiFi, 1½ month(s) ago, and it was amazing. I was playing games, like Modern Combat 4, at a super smooth frame rate, I was browsing the web at amazings FPS's, just the general UI was so fluid.
The day I got it, I unlocked, flashed a recovery and rooted. I play the game I mentioned above, MC4, a lot and am quite good at it. I though that it would be a good idea to record what I was doing and show the world! (www.youtube.com/user/StealthGamingAndroid if you want to see)
The game was smooth before, just playing, and was still smooth after. What impressed me was that even while recording, it felt like I still had amazing frames.
About a week or so ago, that stopped. I was getting lag, the game was jittery and making the whole thing unplayable, even when not recording. But it wasn't just the game. The whole UI felt, even though it wasn't terrible, sluggish.
I didn't/haven't changed my setup, regarding ROM, Kernel or Processor Speeds since the day I got it. It is running the version of 4.3 it came with out of the box. (My choosing to keep it on that and not update)
The only things I have done regarding root have been using SCR Pro, the recording software, and using Xposed and Gravitybox.
I do not know what is causing this sudden lag, and how I can fix it. A brief search on Google didn't turn up anything that I could relate to. So I present to you my question.
How do I fix this lag?
I do not mind if it means using root, flashing a new ROM or even a new kernel. (Never flashed a different kernel on all 4 of my devices) Over clocking I also haven't done, but if it means removing the lag, I will consider it.
I am extremely grateful for what ever solutions or suggestions you give me, and will happily look into them.
Thank you for your time reading this, and for helping a confused user out.
Faithfully,
-R

Boot into recovery, clear you caches, boot normally, see if that fixed it, if not...boot into safe mode and see if the problem persists, if that fixed it, it's one or more of your apps, you'll have to either flash to stock and reinstall one at a time, when it starts lagging again you've found the app, or remove one at a time and see when it stops, if the problem still occurs in safe mode, backup and flash back to stock and see if it persist, if it does, maybe it's hardware.

mdamaged said:
Boot into recovery, clear you caches, boot normally, see if that fixed it, if not...boot into safe mode and see if the problem persists, if that fixed it, it's one or more of your apps, you'll have to either flash to stock and reinstall one at a time, when it starts lagging again you've found the app, or remove one at a time and see when it stops, if the problem still occurs in safe mode, backup and flash back to stock and see if it persist, if it does, maybe it's hardware.
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That has fixed some of it, but it still feels choppy. (The wiping of the caches, I mean)
#Nexus

Strike_Riku said:
That has fixed some of it, but it still feels choppy. (The wiping of the caches, I mean)
#Nexus
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I use an app called Clean Maste. You can get it in the Play Store. It's basically like CC Cleaner on the computer (if you don't have it, get it!). Just clear all the stuff in the junk option EXCEPT obsolete APKs. If you know what you're doing, cleaning in Junk Advanced can help too.
Also, be sure to delete all the apps you don't need, and clear your multitasking often.
For a big performance boost. you can overclock your tablet. First, tell us if the other things work above. If not, PM me and I'll be glad to teach you to overclock

Strike_Riku said:
... How do I fix this lag?...
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Did you try uninstalling Xposed?

When my tablet lags a little, I usually turn it completely off for a couple minutes. This helps me quite a bit.
This may sound dumb or crazy but you got to remember that it's a computer and turning it off once or twice a week will clear the cobwebs.

IndianaBond said:
When my tablet lags a little, I usually turn it completely off for a couple minutes. This helps me quite a bit.
This may sound dumb or crazy but you got to remember that it's a computer and turning it off once or twice a week will clear the cobwebs.
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Totally agree.