The phone is on rooted ICS LG1 and has been mostly wonderful. However, lately it's behaving like what I'd expect from an older Windows machine. In the last month or so, the homescreens redraw fairly often and once in a few days the phone freezes completely and takes a bit to recover. It seems laggier than it did when it was new as well and seems to be getting worse. This is my first android phone and I'm wonder if this is the norm. Maybe a factory reset will bring back the glory.
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Ok i want to start off by giving much thanks to the few but proud devs we have left that are developing for our Nitro HD, and this little article is just my 2 cents and my general experience. By no means am I cutting down anybodys hard work for the Nitro HD.
Now onto the real story....
So for the last 2 months or so i have been a flashaholic junky and have tried every rom available for our dear Nitro HD. The multiple yet small selection of roms all have great perks and nice added features with lots of customization. Which in part each rom available for the Nitro HD is great but also each comes with its own negatives. I recently went through the unbrick guide and went back to the v20c ATT stock rom. And really to be honest its is very solid, and the battery life has been the best from any other rom i have tried. Ill keep this short and sweet. So my conclusion is that after probably 3 or more months "probably longer" of scouring XDA for anything new for the Nitro HD and after losing countless hours of staying up late to flash recoveries, roms, backup and recover data, and even a unbrick here and there, I can say that I am actually more satisfied with the Stock v20c rom. Although ATT bloatware is annoying and really not used the stability of v20c is honestly more satisfying than having reboots, and screen flickers, and jumbled pictures in multiple apps, and dead battery after 5 hours, and those are just a few bugs I have experienced on a day to day basis with custom roms.
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Honestly in my experience, the stock ICS firmware wasn't for me. I couldn't stand the default icons on the device and every launcher that I tried was laggy and annoying that I just ended up using the stock launcher. The stock launcher had some pretty nice scrolling animations though, that's probably what I miss most about the rom. That being said, I had tons of problems with it. I couldn't use the phone without it rebooting itself and this happened everyday. Also, there was this incredibly annoying bug that caused the screen to jitter around, lag and look distorted. Fixing this issue, you almost always had to reboot the phone, or at least force-close the launcher.
As for your issues, everyone experiences things differently. However, your complaints about screen flickers and artifacts can be consistent to running a non-stable rom. If you were to run CM9, I'm pretty sure that most of those problems wouldn't exist if you properly flashed the rom by clearing out your caches and wiping all data. As for your battery life, I believe that the Android operating system in general has a feature that can gradually see how you use your phone and eventually; say 2-3 weeks, your battery life will get better. I don't know how true this is, but it's something that I've read and maybe someone can confirm that it's true.
As for my current rom, I'm currently running CM10 M2 at the moment. I have a few problems like artifacts and this one annoying problem where my Alarm won't go off, but generally I'm happy. Especially considering that the rom is still in development. Generally, my battery-life consumption has been around 10-11 hours per day and I'm using the stock battery. I haven't even given the battery time to settle into this rom either, seeing how M2 was released on 10/11 and I flashed it 2 days later. Before, I was using cm9 and it was as stable as can be. I had a few resets within cm9, but those weren't even noticeable compared to the stock ICS restarts I was getting. As of now on CM10, I had one restart so far, with one complete crash. I'm still happy, since I know CM10 is in development and honestly, I was expecting it to be worse. Those crashes don't really bother me. What does bother me however, is that I can't get the pesky alarm application to work! On top of that, using swiftkey in landscape mode can be tedious because of the lag. It lagged before in ICS, but CM10 is much worse. I can't see myself using another keyboard, so hopefully performance improves. Other than that, I still prefer CM10 over stock any day.
The cm10 10/15 nightly is rock solid...this is someone coming from stock Bell ICS v20e. The artifacting issues are gone...and I haven't had any black screens or weird issues yet. Stock keyboard is fine...I have always found the android keyboard to be sluggish.
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I'm like 90% satisfied with stock and that is what I'm running. My battery life has always stayed the same though, no matter what i'm running. I'm always getting a consistent ~10 hours of moderate use, and ~5-6 hours of heavier use.
This phone would be perfect if it had a battery that was just a it larger in capacity.
Victor B said:
I'm like 90% satisfied with stock and that is what I'm running. My battery life has always stayed the same though, no matter what i'm running. I'm always getting a consistent ~10 hours of moderate use, and ~5-6 hours of heavier use.
This phone would be perfect if it had a battery that was just a it larger in capacity.
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Yeah, I bought 2 extended batteries that I can get a full day of heavy use out of with brightness turned up. So I swap the batteries every other day, that way I only have to charge every 2 days.
Hey guys I've had my Gnex for just under a year now and lately the touch screen goes through moments of unresponsiveness.
I'm more interested in knowing if its software based. Ive been rooting/modding non stop for most part of its life and its never been on a ROM longer than 2 weeks. Over a month ago I got bored of it all and just put the stock rom on with the stock kernel and now after 2 months its now having touch screen and lag issues.
I have run Lag fix on it to TRIMM the lag but touch screen issues remain, Is this a common thing with the Stock rom? Or is it something more dire
Based on the fact that you say you are flash happy (nothing wrong with that), I would suggest a factory reset & /system format. If you have a spare hour or two maybe even move files to the comp and format the sdcard, then transfer the ones back you want.
Hey Guys
Just a quick one , a while back I tested a G3 for about a day ( Contract Phone) and had horrific UI Lag and App Lag on the simplest of things (coming from a HTC One M7) and performed the usual of ART, try to debloat, Transistions to 0.5 etc but that lag was still present and ruined the experience of the phone which I returned a few days later as that level of lag was experience breaking.
I have an opportunity to Upgrade as I never did and want to know if 5 Months on has the UI Lag/Redraws been resolved at all with Updates it has received in the meantime as it was an awesome phone apart from those Issues.
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Hey Guys
Just a quick one , a while back I tested a G3 for about a day ( Contract Phone) and had horrific UI Lag and App Lag on the simplest of things (coming from a HTC One M7) and performed the usual of ART, try to debloat, Transistions to 0.5 etc but that lag was still present and ruined the experience of the phone which I returned a few days later as that level of lag was experience breaking.
I have an opportunity to Upgrade as I never did and want to know if 5 Months on has the UI Lag/Redraws been resolved at all with Updates it has received in the meantime as it was an awesome phone apart from those Issues.
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Yes, lag is a lot solved. Even after update, it happen some but tot that usually.
Lag is completely fixed at Lollypop version, but this one use little more battery.
When i got my phone, it took entire night to finish all updates, but after that, phone was completely different. You should update.
I have the download and things are fine. Is there an advantage to hard reset anyway ?
Will the phone run any better?
just curious
thanks
It did for me. I did a cache wipe then a factory reset. It helped the battery life and got rid of the lag. Good luck
I installed Lollipop and ran it for a couple days. I thought my device was running fine however beginning with gingerbread I began doing resets with every major update, and I did one again for lollipop two days after the ota. I haven't noticed any big difference. Really. However I don't obsess over things like lag and battery life like others. There have been little bugs here and there, like smart lock not working but even that is no longer an issue (working now). Resets, while inconvenient, are good practice because the more you do them, the less daunting they seem. And if you're having major problems it's definitely a good idea.
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I installed Lollipop and ran it for a couple days. I thought my device was running fine however beginning with gingerbread I began doing resets with every major update, and I did one again for lollipop two days after the ota. I haven't noticed any big difference. Really. However I don't obsess over things like lag and battery life like others. There have been little bugs here and there, like smart lock not working but even that is no longer an issue (working now). Resets, while inconvenient, are good practice because the more you do them, the less daunting they seem. And if you're having major problems it's definitely a good idea.
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Thanks, I went for it and dedicated the time to redo the phone. I compare it to Windows install
Thanks
I have the Verizon flavor and passed on the upgrade due to my experience on my lg g2. My battery life went all to hell so i rolled back to kitkat and am quite happy to stay there. I'm curious as to how the upgrade is working for you on this device.
I personally love CM12.1 right now. It very (as in never) rarely crashes and for some reasons, apps seems to be more stable than on other roms. I have not experienced any battery issues and it seems to be the contrary for me because I am getting noticeably better battery life than before. Just to clarify things, I am running a V500, rooted, and running TWRP 2.8.
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I personally love CM12.1 right now. It very (as in never) rarely crashes and for some reasons, apps seems to be more stable than on other roms. I have not experienced any battery issues and it seems to be the contrary for me because I am getting noticeably better battery life than before. Just to clarify things, I am running a V500, rooted, and running TWRP 2.8.
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That was not his question...
Although I recognize some things I don't like in official Lollipop for the VK810.4G, I like it. Smoother, faster, especially [insert plug here] on my maximum debloated stock ROM in my signature below [/insert plug here]. ?I'm a function over form guy, though.
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Thanks for the reply. Hopefully some more will reply.
I upgraded my VK810 (Verizon) and I am not very happy with it. The battery life is similar to kitkat during normal use, but it is terrible at idle - burns 1.5%/hour overnight. It lags pretty regularly, sometimes even on the pin unlock screen for a few 5-10 seconds in the middle of entering.
I have done a full factory reset and set it up from scratch, which didn't improve the performance.
I am considering a flash of KK or even going back to JB. 4.2.2 was the most stable and bug-free version, in my opinion. I am reluctant to flash it, because it's a work tablet and I'd rather not risk bricking it. The only real reason I upgraded to LP was for the proper handling of trim on encrypted devices.
(I am not usually one to bash new releases. My Sony Z1c is incredible with LP, though it needed a factory reset to get there.)
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I upgraded my VK810 (Verizon) and I am not very happy with it. The battery life is similar to kitkat during normal use, but it is terrible at idle - burns 1.5%/hour overnight. It lags pretty regularly, sometimes even on the pin unlock screen for a few 5-10 seconds in the middle of entering.
I have done a full factory reset and set it up from scratch, which didn't improve the performance.
I am considering a flash of KK or even going back to JB. 4.2.2 was the most stable and bug-free version, in my opinion. I am reluctant to flash it, because it's a work tablet and I'd rather not risk bricking it. The only real reason I upgraded to LP was for the proper handling of trim on encrypted devices.
(I am not usually one to bash new releases. My Sony Z1c is incredible with LP, though it needed a factory reset to get there.)
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Same here. Upgraded and not very happy with it. Has more issues connecting to hotspots in my house (issues I didn't have with KK) and it lags, a lot. Some things are certainly better, but I don't think it's any faster - if anything, just the opposite. Is anyone else having the lagging issues? I find it mostly when I'm playing games or doing things that tax the processor.