Hi guys:
The idea is to make a bugs list to send it to Sony talk forum....
I did full wipe for all things before installing the rom so it's real bugs.
Bugs List:
1- WiFi stop working with some sim cards (redions) like Syrian Sim Card.
2- Scrolling up bar have some lags on home screen with default Sony wallpaper (comparing with ICS and Acro S JB).
3- RAM memory always between 220-350 I mean it's less than ICS.
4- Video recording is laggy on HD\FHD resolutions.
5- Album now shows all photos and images for games in Android\data that wasn't show it with ICS Album.
For me it's still better than ICS but it's not realy smoother.
HD isn't laggy at all.
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Marsou77 said:
HD isn't laggy at all.
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Why would you post that in a "What's wrong with it..." thread?
I think this should be talked about in the DISCUSSION THREAD.
However if you keep the posts STRICTLY bugs/issues wrong with the firmware, I will let it go.
PLEASE DO NOT POST WHAT YOU LIKE OR WHAT WORKS.
ONLY POST PROBLEMS HERE
The DISCUSSION THREAD is for ALL the rest.
That is the whole point I started my thread that was closed. People are not reading the discussion thread and the ones adding seem to be spreading false information. From the looks of it is only a handful of users are even having any issue.
1. I have had zero issue with wifi but that's not to say other countries are not.
2. I have seen zero issue with scrolling after I have let my device settle. Though I do still get launcher redraws coming back home from some apps.
3. Indeed there are scrolling issues in some apps with the Play store being the big one. It seems to me the adds are the culprit on this one.
4. My ram usage is actually less than it was on ICS.
5.Camera is fine for me with the only issue being screen lag with movement while recording in full HD video but it does not effect the recording. Cyber-shot should fix this.
6. There is some extra lag in the power button and shutdown but do not really see this as being a bug.
7. Album is perfectly fine for me.
zackspeed said:
That is the whole point I started my thread that was closed. People are not reading the discussion thread and the ones adding seem to be spreading false information. From the looks of it is only a handful of users are even having any issue.
1. I have had zero issue with wifi but that's not to say other countries are not.
2. I have seen zero issue with scrolling after I have let my device settle. Though I do still get launcher redraws coming back home from some apps.
3. Indeed there are scrolling issues in some apps with the Play store being the big one. It seems to me the adds are the culprit on this one.
4. My ram usage is actually less than it was on ICS.
5.Camera is fine for me with the only issue being screen lag with movement while recording in full HD video but it does not effect the recording. Cyber-shot should fix this.
6. There is some extra lag in the power button and shutdown but do not really see this as being a bug.
7. Album is perfectly fine for me.
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Nice to see some positive reviews of the new firmware. Personally I'm waiting on CWM to come out for the new firmware before updating, but all the negative reviews have definitely made me hesitant in adopting the new firmware. You would say you like JB more than ICS?
Edit: Also, like you said, if the ram usage really is between 220 and 380 mb, that's about what I'm seeing with ICS. I never see 380 unless I don't have anything running, and 180 isn't uncommon when I've been using it a few days and have something like Skype running in the background while using the home screen. Also is the screen choppy or is it smooth but just a bit behind where it actually is?
To me it seems to run better than ICS. Not having a working recovery I have not been to brave at trying to change things. For what its worth I have been running it from they day it showed up and I don't get near as aggravated with it as I did on ICS. I did a Antutu run today and scored a 8647 and that is quite a jump from ICS.
The $niper said:
Hi guys:
The idea is to make a bugs list to send it to Sony talk forum....
Bugs List:
1- WiFi stop working with some sim cards like Syrian Sim Card.
2- Scrolling up bar have some lags on home screen.
3- Scrolling apps menu have some lags.
4- RAM memory always between 220-380.
5- Video recording is laggy on HD\FHD resolutions.
6- Turning off take much of time.
7- Album now shows all photos and images for games in Android\data that wasn't show it with ICS Album.
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1- My wifi is good (well the problem is region oriented so is not for everyone)
2- Dont know what you mean, I use Nove Prime and have 0 lag but redraws sometimes
3- You mean the Downloaded Apps in settings? Yes there's some lag due to been scanned for size listing.
4- Free RAM is waste almost every time, that doesnt mean the phone is slow, if the OS has good RAM manager doesnt matter.
5- Full HD video laggy / 720p less lag but still there
6- The same that ICS for me, I hardly turn off my phones.
7- Not happening for me.
Overall this update is good, I wont change it for ICS..
I dont know about the purple tint on photos with auto and flash, haven tested really.
There is a small app on the market that shows real time free ram. I suggest everyone check it out as I was very surprised at what it showed me.
The $niper said:
Hi guys:
The idea is to make a bugs list to send it to Sony talk forum....
Bugs List:
1- WiFi stop working with some sim cards like Syrian Sim Card.
2- Scrolling up bar have some lags on home screen.
3- Scrolling apps menu have some lags.
4- RAM memory always between 220-380.
5- Video recording is laggy on HD\FHD resolutions.
6- Turning off take much of time.
7- Album now shows all photos and images for games in Android\data that wasn't show it with ICS Album.
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Remove 1,2,3,4,6,7.
Volume up bug.
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The $niper said:
Hi guys:
The idea is to make a bugs list to send it to Sony talk forum....
Bugs List:
1- WiFi stop working with some sim cards like Syrian Sim Card.
2- Scrolling up bar have some lags on home screen.
3- Scrolling apps menu have some lags.
4- RAM memory always between 220-380.
5- Video recording is laggy on HD\FHD resolutions.
6- Turning off take much of time.
7- Album now shows all photos and images for games in Android\data that wasn't show it with ICS Album.
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thanks
Isn't 1 because you've flashed a rom for a wrong region? And for the bugs - are bugs are the same as the Xperia S bugs, no need for a separate list
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6thsurvivor said:
Isn't 1 because you've flashed a rom for a wrong region? And for the bugs - are bugs are the same as the Xperia S bugs, no need for a separate list
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I've had a few random hangs. The phone freezes and pushing the back, home or power button does nothing. The phone goes back to normal but it is annoying. Could have been a bad flash though, i wiped data, cache and dalvik but didnt do a factory reset(and didnt format internal memory which i like to do on a clean install).
Also camera takes its sweet time to focus on night shots(plus you need a steady hand or you get blurry pics).Got some redraws here also.
Overall i still like it a lot more than ICS. Rom is a LOT smoother and performance is a lot better, plus i like the new look.
Okay to everyone if you don't want to have a bunch of bugs I would highly suggest you do a full reset before flashing JB. If you don't then your just asking for problems.
Marsou77 said:
HD isn't laggy at all.
Envoyé depuis mon LT28h en utilisant Tapatalk 4 Beta
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Still laggy for me and for many people.
zackspeed said:
That is the whole point I started my thread that was closed. People are not reading the discussion thread and the ones adding seem to be spreading false information. From the looks of it is only a handful of users are even having any issue.
1. I have had zero issue with wifi but that's not to say other countries are not.
2. I have seen zero issue with scrolling after I have let my device settle. Though I do still get launcher redraws coming back home from some apps.
3. Indeed there are scrolling issues in some apps with the Play store being the big one. It seems to me the adds are the culprit on this one.
4. My ram usage is actually less than it was on ICS.
5.Camera is fine for me with the only issue being screen lag with movement while recording in full HD video but it does not effect the recording. Cyber-shot should fix this.
6. There is some extra lag in the power button and shutdown but do not really see this as being a bug.
7. Album is perfectly fine for me.
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1- Yes it's about the regions sims.
2- You just put the default sony JB Wallpaper and compare it with scrolling the up bar in Acro S "I mean the bar for bluetooth - voice - data traffic) you will see that Xperia Ion is laggy.
3- I mean when you press the middle menu bottom , but i will remove it because it is not so laggy.
4- That's what i mean.
6- I will remove it.
7- Just install games like "Draw Race 2" that require download data , after downloading the data to "Android\data" you will see that all data photos are in album , that wasn't shown in ICS.
armando_rod said:
1- My wifi is good (well the problem is region oriented so is not for everyone)
2- Dont know what you mean, I use Nove Prime and have 0 lag but redraws sometimes
3- You mean the Downloaded Apps in settings? Yes there's some lag due to been scanned for size listing.
4- Free RAM is waste almost every time, that doesnt mean the phone is slow, if the OS has good RAM manager doesnt matter.
5- Full HD video laggy / 720p less lag but still there
6- The same that ICS for me, I hardly turn off my phones.
7- Not happening for me.
Overall this update is good, I wont change it for ICS..
I dont know about the purple tint on photos with auto and flash, haven tested really.
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2- No i mean middle menu bottom , while scrolling the menu you will find some lagg but not too much. i will remove it.
6- it taks longer than ICS but i will remove it.
7- You need a games that have data with photos amd it will show all data photos in album that wasn't in ICS.
lee480 said:
Remove 1,2,3,4,6,7.
Volume up bug.
Sent from my LT28h using xda app-developers app
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1-2-4-7 are realy bugs. OIthers removed.
What is this bug? gime me more informations to add it.
6thsurvivor said:
Isn't 1 because you've flashed a rom for a wrong region? And for the bugs - are bugs are the same as the Xperia S bugs, no need for a separate list
Sent from my LT28h using xda app-developers app
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Maybe it's for wrong region but it wasn't on ICS. There is some bugs not the same of Xperia S.
3- RAM memory always between 220-350 I mean it's less than ICS.
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I wouldnt call it a bug
Btw, you can reduce launcher redraws by adding one setting to the build.prop .
In the themes section is a mod for better camera, which also reduces the time of focus.
w3nZ said:
I wouldnt call it a bug
Btw, you can reduce launcher redraws by adding one setting to the build.prop .
In the themes section is a mod for better camera, which also reduces the time of focus.
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So can you give us links?
the app drawer in home screen is very laggy
lag while playing games
full HD video recording lags
other than these, the rom performs way better than sony's crappy ics
wifi not working on syria
Video recording is laggy on HD\FHD
0000alex0000 said:
the app drawer in home screen is very laggy
lag while playing games
full HD video recording lags
other than these, the rom performs way better than sony's crappy ics
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darkknightma said:
wifi not working on syria
Video recording is laggy on HD\FHD
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Guys we need new bugs , and bugs like lag while playing games we can't add it , because first i play games fine , second it's not in all games.
My ion running okay without any problems.
Just video recording in Full HD 1080 cause a laggy, but if u record video with HD 720 it fine and the video is still good...
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I didn't experience the stock browser confusion and stutter described by many including the Phone Arena review
I think it's actually caused by HTC 3 fingers gestures mode which disable full multi touch abilites, this gesture mode is used to send image to the HDMI dongle by 3 fingers swipe
with this setting off the browser ran locked 60fps like the video below, only the screen flashing/tiling for a split second when it snaps, its so smooth you don't mind the snapping effect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=KATvmiBcXvw&nomobile=1
can everyone who experience browser issues and corruptions issues, try the following:
- Clear the notification area, it can cause interference with the browser, thanks to emahmood87 for finding this
- Disable 3 Gesture swipe HTC mode, to fix browser UI confusion and stutter
- Make sure all the develop options are unticked, a few of these options can cause screen flashing etc
- Disable Settings>Power>Fastboot mode, this can cause incompatibility with certain apps
reboot your phone and report back
As you already i know it works great for me by disabling it, and again thank you for bringing it up eariler.
What is the page address in the video?
Edit: it's still stutter after disabling it, it's smoother in my htc desire/ bravo :S.
I agree the browser is smooth. No problems here in fact I am amazed that so many threads are here with complaints. I have owned lot of mobiles including the dhd, evo 3d, gs2 and iPhone 4s also galaxy nexus. And I must say this mobile is beautiful in hardware and software.
Btw
Gsmarena.com
It should be smoother and removes the lag when scrolling up and down. It won't remove the slight stutter when the text reflow kicks in however. 2 diffrent things
jedi5diah said:
Attention! I found out that the damn FASTBOOT option is causing a lot of problems esp related to camera and browser screen glitches.
My wife's one X is on fastboot and had a auto reboot and a few force closes and screen glitches started to appear, compared to mine with fastboot off from first day had non of the above mentioned issues.
Go to settings/Power then uncheck fastboot option and restart your phone.
pardon me if this has been mentioned.
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ok ill add this suggestion too
lets hope we get to the bottom of this
browser bug
Guys the glitches in browser or corruption of the url only happen when you have something in the notification tray for example you are downloading something from the market or Amazon appstore side by side or it can be anything like a message or a missed call being shown in notification tray . Just clear all notifications and use the browser there will be no glitches or corruption ever . Even in the video posted by OP the notification bar is clear . I think a future software update by HTC will resolve this software bug.
hamdir said:
ok ill add this suggestion too
lets hope we get to the bottom of this
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yeah..
some1 mentioned that *#*#4636#*#* menu toggles cant work because fast boot was enabled..
Holy crap! Disabled the 3-Finger-HTC-Thingy and WOW! Browser performance increased BIG time! forum.xda-developers.com (Forum Overview) used to lag ALOT before. After disabling the option and reboot, I opened the browser again and went straight to the XDA Forum Overview. Pinch-To-Zoom, Double-Tap and scrolling feel like they're about 300% smoother now. No lag whatsoever, except for the small lag for text reflow and orientation changing.
BIG thank you! Browsing is now way more fun
I actually did what you recommended hamdir and stock browser along with the entire UI for some reason seem quicker. Thanx.
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Try4Ce said:
Holy crap! Disabled the 3-Finger-HTC-Thingy and WOW! Browser performance increased BIG time! forum.xda-developers.com (Forum Overview) used to lag ALOT before. After disabling the option and reboot, I opened the browser again and went straight to the XDA Forum Overview. Pinch-To-Zoom, Double-Tap and scrolling feel like they're about 300% smoother now. No lag whatsoever, except for the small lag for text reflow and orientation changing.
BIG thank you! Browsing is now way more fun
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djolebih said:
I actually did what you recommended hamdir and stock browser along with the entire UI for some reason seem quicker. Thanx.
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yes because the gesture setting botches the screen multi-touch abilities in order to capture their gesture which sends the image to the Medialink, its cropping 10 finger detection into 3 finger which is surely confusing apps
Typical stupid HTC weird feature/self induced bug!
seeing that the One X 10 finger capture videos, i think we have Nvidia's DirectTouch implemented?
Excellent, thanks to everyone. my phone is now perfect.
Beautiful fix. Thanks
hamdir said:
I didn't experience the stock browser confusion and stutter described by many including the Phone Arena review
I think it's actually caused by HTC 3 fingers gestures mode which disable full multi touch abilites, this gesture mode is used to send image to the HDMI dongle by 3 fingers swipe
with this setting off the browser ran locked 60fps like the video below, only the screen flashing/tiling for a split second when it snaps, its so smooth you don't mind the snapping effect
http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=US&hl=en&client=mv-google&v=KATvmiBcXvw&nomobile=1
can everyone who experience browser issues and corruptions issues, try the following:
- Clear the notification area, it can cause interference with the browser, thanks to emahmood87 for finding this
- Disable 3 Gesture swipe HTC mode, to fix browser UI confusion and stutter
- Make sure all the develop options are unticked, a few of these options can cause screen flashing etc
- Disable Settings>Power>Fastboot mode, this can cause incompatibility with certain apps
reboot your phone and report back
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Thank you for this nice fix hamdir, it just shows that if we be a little patient all this problems will be minimised at minimum.
so does this only fix your browser issues? or other graphical glitches?
I had posted this fix 2 days ago..http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...&highlight=jumping+screen#post24556551...this fix minimizes the glitches but doesnt remove them completely...thats what i've noticed and some of the others as well!
Under development options make sure you untick don't keep activities. It will restart ALL apps including Rosie.apk. Hence so many sense restarts every time you leave an app.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA Premium HD app
Have it ticked or unticked? got brain drain can't figure out what you mean lol
hamdir said:
so does this only fix your browser issues? or other graphical glitches?
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helped the browser only didn't have any other graphical glitches before anyway.
r0cafella said:
Have it ticked or unticked? got brain drain can't figure out what you mean lol
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Wow. That's some serious brain drain. He said untick, not tick.
Hi guys I have lag while scrolling up and down in some apps and I want to know if there is a fix for this annoying thing.
I've tried a lot of custom rom (samsung based) and kernel so I think is not this the problem. I installed the App seeders too, but nothing.
No lag for contacts, gallery, menu, etc... Only for this apps:
-facebook
-tapatalk
-ebay
-amazon
If there is someone else who have my problem please post here. So I understand is not my own problem.
I'm aloooooone...
that apps not optimized.
4.1.2 messaging app
Nuvolaz said:
Hi guys I have lag while scrolling up and down in some apps and I want to know if there is a fix for this annoying thing.
I've tried a lot of custom rom (samsung based) and kernel so I think is not this the problem. I installed the App seeders too, but nothing.
No lag for contacts, gallery, menu, etc... Only for this apps:
-facebook
-tapatalk
-ebay
-amazon
If there is someone else who have my problem please post here. So I understand is not my own problem.
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i have one. its the stock messaging app from official samsung ROM. this happened after i flashed the official 4.1.2 from France DLL4, since i cannot wait for the OTA updates. i'm from PH btw.
anyone having the same problem after updating to 4.1.2?
Try scrolling cache. It's an option in omega, but I'm not sure if anyone posted it as a standalone mod on xda yet.
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avetny said:
that apps not optimized.
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It may be. I'm now on wicked rom (4.1.2 dll7). And all goes more then fine. Only that problem... But i had this with other rom too.
It even lags when v scroll whatsapp contacts:banghead:
Kartik pat said:
It even lags when v scroll whatsapp contacts:banghead:
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Yes here micro lags. True
2Gb of ram and we had lag. So it's right prefer apple...
I hope in some kind of solutions
Nuvolaz said:
Yes here micro lags. True
2Gb of ram and we had lag. So it's right prefer apple...
I hope in some kind of solutions
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Its not matter of ram, its just correct optimization from specific apps developers for our big screen
vatis24 said:
Its not matter of ram, its just correct optimization from specific apps developers for our big screen
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Its not the matter of big screen also. I have sgr it lags in it also though i m using cm 10.1 in it with projet butter and i have seen s2 also it lags the size of the doesn't matters at all.
So we had to wait upgrade for the applications.
Apple store in this is better than play store. At The moment.
I hope that in the future this will exchange.
But apple had only 3 device to follow. Android have a lot of device to set. This is the problem.
There are seemingly MANY unoptimized apps. The one that sticks out like a sore thumb is WhatsApp which, without fail, will stutter when scrolling through my chat list.
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Hi guys
I was used a galaxy s plus with no comparable specification of Sony Xperia S, but unfortunately I found many problems when I used Sony Xperia S that doesn't appear to me in Galaxy S plus that has poor specifications.
For Example :
1 My Sony Xperia S always refreshing when I enter to Album
2 . The Keyboard Suddenly hidden and I can''t control it (when i typing hidden and appear)
3 . Font type can't change
4. My Xperia stop working one time for more than 7 Minutes and I can't do any thing !!!!
5. the signal of WiFi is poor and i try another device and the signal excellent
6. when I received What's app message during listen to music, the Sony will hung for a moment.
I am really sad when I choose Xperia S when I see these problems
because my friends don't have these problems and some people advice me to upgrade the system to jelly bean and current version of the system is 4.0.4
Please if anybody has similar problems tell me , I want to give a complaint to the company !!!
5, the wifi signal is fine, just because the phone shows it is low it doesn't mean it actually is, use WIFI Anaylzer to see the actual strength. Despite the signal shown as non existent i can connect to my router 60 yards away when stood at the bus stop.
6, Call me stupid but wont all phones pause the music briefly when you receive a message so you can hear the message tone?
Sounds like it could maybe be RAM related... Just another possibility
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MrBelter said:
5, the wifi signal is fine, just because the phone shows it is low it doesn't mean it actually is, use WIFI Anaylzer to see the actual strength. Despite the signal shown as non existent i can connect to my router 60 yards away when stood at the bus stop.
6, Call me stupid but wont all phones pause the music briefly when you receive a message so you can hear the message tone?
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thank you Mr for your thread but why signal of wifi appear not fine... ??
I will not call you stupid but my phone is different from other Xperia S so sometimes I feel my phone has a problem in a software
About of All I want now change phone's font but no option to change it directly how can use easy way to change it. I heard about doing something in the root to be able to change font type and I don't have enough experience at this field.
if you have any URL for Explanation of Font changing please post it here
Almutasim said:
thank you Mr for your thread but why signal of wifi appear not fine... ??
I will not call you stupid but my phone is different from other Xperia S so sometimes I feel my phone has a problem in a software
About of All I want now change phone's font but no option to change it directly how can use easy way to change it. I heard about doing something in the root to be able to change font type and I don't have enough experience at this field.
if you have any URL for Explanation of Font changing please post it here
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The font change thing is a thing Samsung included. I think their idea was great, considering how much that stock font suck. For us, go to Xperia P, U, Sola section, Themes and Apps, and search for Font Changer Script.
i dont have any of yours problems ... sorry but i dont know why you have ...
only issue is battery drain, everyday charging makes me angry... but its very good phone, smoth and powerfull..
I have the same problem with whatsapp music stutters when message arives really disappointed and phone lags alot
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My Xperia S with ICS (.55 custom firmware) is perfect. Even when I was on stock there was no lag and everythings worked well.
dear friend if u know how to root ur Xperia S i have simple way for u just find a same Xperia S with
difrent build.pro after rooting ur phone use root explorer & copy past to system make rw,r,r permision
and reboot ur phone & update with Sony Update or do repair with PC Companion everything will be just great
i did the same my phone is wonderful
Really? I have no problems with it at all. Relating to speed, I can even say my S has a quite faster UI than a Galaxy S3 TouchWiz on 4.0.4 (S3 on jellybean is faster, though).
I must admit that with a stock rom I was also disappointed about the overall performance of this smartphone. Its hardware should be more than sufficient to work smoothly with ICS and it doesn't. It lags switching between desktops, in drawing recent tasks list, resuming apps and so on but with a custom rom (my BL is locked, so all of them come from stock) it works great.
It is still a disappointment because although I like to tests roms, they use to have several bugs so you have to flash again and again, wipe, backup, restore. It can be a pain in the neck.
In general, I love this phone, its design, its screen but its software and Sony's updates suport is disgusting.
Just change to other custom rom like XTX V9 or other base .55, you will free with all problem
AW: Xperia S Disappointed me.
I'm on Stock 45 and have none of your Problems. Everything is just fine. Reflash your rom and if that doesn't help update to another Rom.
Changing your Font is really easy, just use FontChanger! (PlayStore, root)
xpr0nx said:
I'm on Stock 45 and have none of your Problems. Everything is just fine. Reflash your rom and if that doesn't help update to another Rom.
Changing your Font is really easy, just use FontChanger! (PlayStore, root)
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Font Changer doesn't work with Sony way of setting fonts.
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AW: Xperia S Disappointed me.
Didn't know that.... With my old Devices it always worked fine...
Camera is the big dissapoint for me, an the weak flash led.
you (OP) should give your phone to your sony centre.
i think its hardware problem
oskarvlc said:
Camera is the big dissapoint for me, an the weak flash led.
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I am really satisfied with the camera, although a fix on XDA helped to make it focus faster. If you check the thread in this forum where people show their photos, you will see that it can take good photos (at least for a smartphone).
I wasn't thrilled with the stock ICS ROM, so I moved to a custom JB one. That was an improvement; no lags!
Back on the days when I was using stock rom I felt like this phone wasn't that great, I mean I felt it laggy, unresponsive and all that stuffs. However after many roms changes, I found XTx v9, and It's great very smooth. I do really love my phone in this way.
I am happy with my Xperia S from March 2012
It just run a little bit lag after I almost used up the phone memories with many folders on my Home screen.
I just exchange my yellow tint display from sony and reinstall a new custom rom
everything runs fine and fast
UPDATE: Focal apk landed in the play store as a beta, link to play store:
http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FxBSX8mx0c
Can I install with JWR66V??? 4.3 stock??? And it will remplace the stock camera???
aleespa said:
Can I install with JWR66V??? 4.3 stock??? And it will remplace the stock camera???
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Im using 4.2, try it, no it wont replace it, its a separate app :laugh:
Works fine front camera doesn't work (android 4.3)
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:S
The facing camera works but sometimes it makes force close!
Gave it a whirl on the latest 10.1.2. Got some force closes as well, and odd behavior. Sometimes when starting up Focal, the torch turns on and stays on, with just a black screen. Backing out causes a force close. It's a nice app but I think it could use some refinement, especially the menus. I'm sure they'll keep on improving it.
One hell of a camera. Can't wait to see it work I perfect in an official cm mako 4.3 build.
It's good to be nexus.
Front facing works for me.
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My first impression is that the framerate is significantly lower than with the stock camera - making for an overall sluggish experience.
Some random impressions while checking out its features:
- the Photosphere feature looks like a quick addition/afterthought, as the 'dots' you have to connect are just jagged sprites/images, instead of smooth circles - perhaps not that important functionality-wise, but it looks sloppy to me.
- The interface might work after a while of practice, but for now it forces me to hunt around for options too much - the ability to open more than one 'toggle group', seems more like a necessity (so that I can find the option I want) than a feature I'd use after I know where each toggle can be found (I compare it to finding a file on my computer, I know where each file/folder is, partly due to descriptive names and a clear structure. But if I needed to find something fast, I would not open all the folders until I found the file, I would just use a search function).
And I too have had the forced closes, black screen when opening it until I close the process, but that I can forgive of an... alpha-quality release.
I'm on stock 4.3 if that makes any difference.
naenee said:
My first impression is that the framerate is significantly lower than with the stock camera - making for an overall sluggish experience.
Some random impressions while checking out its features:
- the Photosphere feature looks like a quick addition/afterthought, as the 'dots' you have to connect are just jagged sprites/images, instead of smooth circles - perhaps not that important functionality-wise, but it looks sloppy to me.
- The interface might work after a while of practice, but for now it forces me to hunt around for options too much - the ability to open more than one 'toggle group', seems more like a necessity (so that I can find the option I want) than a feature I'd use after I know where each toggle can be found (I compare it to finding a file on my computer, I know where each file/folder is, partly due to descriptive names and a clear structure. But if I needed to find something fast, I would not open all the folders until I found the file, I would just use a search function).
And I too have had the forced closes, black screen when opening it until I close the process, but that I can forgive of an... alpha-quality release.
I'm on stock 4.3 if that makes any difference.
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It's alpha, sure, and it won't be in mainline CM for a while, but it's brilliant. This is more of a functional mockup than a daily use cam. Can't wait for the final release and next things to come in CM!
Well, I will keep an eye on it, but I myself will hold off on calling it rubbish/brilliant (or anything in between) until a later release
I love the app, the way everything is set up. I am having issues (on 4.3) with force closes, and my N4 restarted twice - once after tapping on a color option, and again when I tried to switch to Picsphere mode. But not again after the first two times.
It's crazy quick when snapping (non-HDR) pics, and I'm a sucker for nice animations, so I love the one this camera has. I really, really cannot wait until a beta, then a full, release is available. It's certainly heading in the right direction!
Works on 4.3 running cm 10.2 (JWR66V)
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In 4.3 stock works, but I don't like too much. But it's an alpha, so Focal is a good start
I thought it would be a bit faster but it seems a little laggy but I love to get my hands on this kind of projects that look so promising
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Surely this is the first step of many new things we'll begin to see for our devices and be able to get even more out of them than we thought we could
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Focal is pretty cool. Two things I noticed tho, one is that it doesn't play nice with Halo. If I opened focal with Halo active, it started snapping pics nonstop soon as it launched.
And two, its a RAM hog.
With Focal
W/O Focal
Other than that, it ran well. No FC's and what not.
Thanks for the hu.
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This is the only free camera app that won't crop the 4:3 image to fit our 15:9 screen ratios. I don't know if you can toggle it to do so, but I don't really care for cropping in the viewfinder.
Whom do I direct my comments since OP has no affiliation with the CyanogenMod team? If they are going to use black bars, then they might as well have a bevy of persistent settings; rather than having to tap multiple times to achieve minute adjustments. Further, I don't understand why this app isn't called CMera. Please call it CMera.
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And two, its a RAM hog.
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I agree that CMera does not play well with HALO, but I don't agree with your second comment. Your screen caps show a very vague idea of what is actually eating your RAM. It might have something to do with the three simultaneous downloads/downloaded files (which might also be app updates) in your notification bar.
Results; and Why You're Always Wrong and I'm Always Right
For a slightly more rigorous exploration of RAM usage for the app CMera, refer to Figure 1. Strangely, the app in question is only visible in Cached Processes, not Running Services. Both apps were open simultaneously and could be swapped in and out of activity with no lag in launch or usage.
Figure 1
For even more rigorously collected evidence, please refer to Figure 2. Upon a fresh boot, my device had 1241MB of RAM unused.
Figure 2
Following three photos (8MP, 100 quality) and a precisely 60 sec video (1080p, 20 Gbps, 192 kbps audio), my device dropped to 1187MB of unused RAM (Figure 3).
This is a difference of (1241MB - 1187MB =) 54MB. No where close to the (680MB - 197MB =) 487MB purported by BlackElvis79's screen caps
Figure 3
Conclusions: What Does This Mean to America's Youth?
From the evidence gathered, the most reasonable conclusion is that BlackElvis79 is a poopyhead.
Source(s): Original Screen Caps and Cropped for Her Pleasure
Is there a tutorial on what all these settings do? There are so many... Lol. And I don't know what half of them are...
Also on a side note when will we know when it's no longer Alpha? Will it be built into the roms or something?
I'm so excited about this... My wife has been boasting her Galaxy S4 camera for awhile.. Lol. Isn't there supposed to be a slow motion video?
*Edit* I seem to have a buginess with the video. Running PAC Man version 23.0.0. It force closes sometimes for no apparent reason.
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Hung0702 said:
This is the only free camera app that won't crop the 4:3 image to fit our 15:9 screen ratios. I don't know if you can toggle it to do so, but I don't really care for cropping in the viewfinder.
Whom do I direct my comments since OP has no affiliation with the CyanogenMod team? If they are going to use black bars, then they might as well have a bevy of persistent settings; rather than having to tap multiple times to achieve minute adjustments. Further, I don't understand why this app isn't called CMera. Please call it CMera.
Introduction: Half-assed truths
I agree that CMera does not play well with HALO, but I don't agree with your second comment. Your screen caps show a very vague idea of what is actually eating your RAM. It might have something to do with the three simultaneous downloads/downloaded files (which might also be app updates) in your notification bar.
Results; and Why You're Always Wrong and I'm Always Right
For a slightly more rigorous exploration of RAM usage for the app CMera, refer to Figure 1. Strangely, the app in question is only visible in Cached Processes, not Running Services. Both apps were open simultaneously and could be swap in and out of activity with no lag in launch or usage.
Figure 1
For even more rigorously collected evidence, please refer to Figure 2. Upon a fresh boot, my device had 1241MB of RAM unused.
Figure 2
Following three photos (8MP, 100 quality) and a precisely 60 sec video (1080p, 20 Gbps, 192 kbps audio), my device dropped to 1187MB of unused RAM (Figure 3).
This is a difference of (1241MB - 1187MB =) 54MB. No where close to the (680MB - 197MB =) 487MB purported by BlackElvis79's screen caps
Figure 3
Conclusions: What Does This Mean to America's Youth?
From the evidence gathered, the most reasonable conclusion is that BlackElvis79 is a poopyhead.
Source(s): Original Screen Caps and Cropped for Her Pleasure
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I went thru all apps that I'd installed since installing Focal. I uninstalled them one by one and still had extremely low RAM with no running apps. I uninstalled Focal last, cuz it was the first installed, and suddenly my RAM was back to normal. I didn't think it would need that much of an explanation, my apologies, but thank you for your creative and entertaining response.
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Is there a tutorial on what all these settings do? There are so many... Lol. And I don't know what half of them are...
Also on a side note when will we know when it's no longer Alpha? Will it be built into the roms or something?
I'm so excited about this... My wife has been boasting her Galaxy S4 camera for awhile.. Lol. Isn't there supposed to be a slow motion video?
*Edit* I seem to have a buginess with the video. Running PAC Man version 23.0.0. It force closes sometimes for no apparent reason.
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I´ll try to make a list with all the options it has or even better I´ll contact CM team to have the info from first hand :laugh:
Hello there, first time i write here but been reading a lot!
First, you need to know I own a galaxy s2 s3 s4 (all rooted) and my good friend has a note 3.
Also played a lot with nexus10 and the first galaxy note 10.1
I waited so long to buy the "perfect" tablet. Ipad is out of question even tho we know they are awesome tablet, i am a system administrator and i need Android.
So when i heard about the new note 10.1 2014, i was very existed because i REALLY like my s4 and my friend's note 3.
And i thought the s pen was awesome for a tablet (seeing my kid having fun drawing on their own picture is a +).
Well i convicted my girlfriend we need this, i started reading a lot of reviews and decided to buy because reviews are all saying the tablet was the best to compete vs the ipad.
I bought it brand new on eBay because there was no place i can buy it in Canada.
As soon as i received it, i found it run so damn slow. .. WAY slower than my s4.
I can live with the short battery life, that's not a big deal even tho the 2x quad core was supposed to help that (running on 1.3 while on hold to save battery).
Looks like it is always running on that 1.3ghz cpu now.
I did a factory default reset. .. Then a hard reset, nothing helped.
Runs great Sometimes, but sometimes I am note even able to browse picture on the default gallery. Still no apps installed! !!
My friend with the note 3 came here last night and was amazed to see how the screen has a bad responds to finger but very good with the pen. Also how it freezes and lags.
Now... is it only MY galaxy note ?
Should i send it to Samsung and hope it is going to be OK when i receive it back ?
Is it normal and should be all fixed with kit kat update ?
Or normal... They missed it so i should just throw it away ? If so... What else should i get ?
I very like the aspect. The home/menu/back buttons, the o/s (touch wiz), the nexus 10 was not that great even with kit kat, but runs so much faster.
I don't know what to do, i want a tablet with the s pen, but the hold note 3 is running smoother than my 2014 edition! !!
I guess i need help here !
And as i bought the item from usa eBay, I'll have to pay for the shipping to Samsung if i send them my tablet for repair !
Thank you very much for your help and advice !
Martin L.
Sure you have a problem, ignoring some performance stuff the device is very fast and have leading scores in benchmark
If you can, upload your benchmark scores
SherifMedhat said:
Sure you have a problem, ignoring some performance stuff the device is very fast and have leading scores in benchmark
If you can, upload your benchmark scores
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It all seams to be random. .. Now the gallery works perfectly.
Really looks to be a problem switching from a cpu to the other and stays on the 1.3
Right now, while typing this, i got an error saying the gallery has stopped working! !
Any idea which benchmark i should use ?
See attached is the print screen of a benchmark. .. Perfect score, exactly what i was expecting from this tablet.
But it definitively does not feel like it!
genius312 said:
See attached is the print screen of a benchmark. .. Perfect score, exactly what i was expecting from this tablet.
But it definitively does not feel like it!
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What firmware version is installed on your new Note 2014?
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genius312 said:
Runs great Sometimes, but sometimes I am note even able to browse picture on the default gallery. Still no apps installed! !!
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I have no problems with the gallery app. Before I bought the Note, I had the Xperia Tablet Z for a short time and it was much slower in the Gallery app. My JPEGs usually are about 10 MByte each and browsing hundreds of them works very well on the Note.
Where do i find the firmware ?
Model Number is sm-p600
Android 4.3
Kernel 3.4.39-204073
version jss15j.p600ueubmk1
genius312 said:
Where do i find the firmware?
version jss15j.p600ueub-----mk1
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You are on MK1 which is the latest in US as far as I'm aware.
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You have the current firmware, so that is not the issue. It is possible that you have a corrupted file somewhere that is causing a problem for an app.
To check this:
- Do have an SD card installed? If so, do the problems go away if you remove the card? I've seen cases (although, on earlier galaxy devices, not this one) where a corrupt jpeg file causes the gallery app to run constantly, slowing everything else down.
- You said it is always running at 1.3ghz. That could indicate a problem with an app running all the time in the background and slowing things down. When you are not using it for a while (e.g., at night) the CPU should slow down to deep sleep. If that is not happening and you want to figure which app running and keeping it at 1.3, trying downloading an app called BetterBatteryStats. It will show (after a bit of a learning curve) the CPU time for all your running apps.
GeorgeP said:
You have the current firmware, so that is not the issue. It is possible that you have a corrupted file somewhere that is causing a problem for an app.
To check this:
- Do have an SD card installed? If so, do the problems go away if you remove the card? I've seen cases (although, on earlier galaxy devices, not this one) where a corrupt jpeg file causes the gallery app to run constantly, slowing everything else down.
- You said it is always running at 1.3ghz. That could indicate a problem with an app running all the time in the background and slowing things down. When you are not using it for a while (e.g., at night) the CPU should slow down to deep sleep. If that is not happening and you want to figure which app running and keeping it at 1.3, trying downloading an app called BetterBatteryStats. It will show (after a bit of a learning curve) the CPU time for all your running apps.
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Thank you for your answer.
No sd card yet and i do not think i will need any. I have enough on my s4
I found the system slow so i did a factory reset from the menus.
It was still slow after so i did a hard reset.
If it is a corrupted file. .. That file is in the core files because the hard reset would have wipe it !
But it makes sense tho since the problem is random.
But every thing should be as smooth as the s4 and the note 3 ?
Not because it had a bigger screen. ..i should feel a little lag switching from photos to photos (or windows to windows) ?
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Not because it had a bigger screen.
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The bigger display area will make a difference. The N3 has a PPI of 386 and a 5.7" display. The N10.1-14 has a PPI of 299 and a 10.1" display. I'm too lazy to compute the actual display area but the N10.1-14's CPU/GPU is pushing at least 40% more pixels to the display.
I should feel a little lag switching from photos to photos (or windows to windows) ?
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The N3's much faster at transitions and app opening/closing than the N10.1-14. If you pinch-zoom to display all your home pages on the N3 it's fast; on the N10.1-14 not so much. I find that within apps the N10.1-14's fine and its performance reflects the high-end h/w. It'll stutter occasionally during a transition or in opening/closing apps but it's still plenty fast; at least to me. Hopefully performance will improve when we get 4.4/M-UX because the CES display units were impressively fast at pinch zooming and transitions.
Samsung's Gallery app has always had occasional indexing problems; especially with large numbers of photos and when cloud services are displayed in the Gallery. The next time it happens turn off Wi-Fi. It should instantly start responding normally. Once the indexing service has caught up the Gallery should be fine (until it indexes again).
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The bigger display area will make a difference. The N3 has a PPI of 386 and a 5.7" display. The N10.1-14 has a PPI of 299 and a 10.1" display. I'm too lazy to compute the actual display area but the N10.1-14's CPU/GPU is pushing at least 40% more pixels to the display.
The N3's much faster at transitions and app opening/closing than the N10.1-14. If you pinch-zoom to display all your home pages on the N3 it's fast; on the N10.1-14 not so much. I find that within apps the N10.1-14's fine and its performance reflects the high-end h/w. It'll stutter occasionally during a transition or in opening/closing apps but it's still plenty fast; at least to me. Hopefully performance will improve when we get 4.4/M-UX because the CES display units were impressively fast at pinch zooming and transitions.
Samsung's Gallery app has always had occasional indexing problems; especially with large numbers of photos and when cloud services are displayed in the Gallery. The next time it happens turn off Wi-Fi. It should instantly start responding normally. Once the indexing service has caught up the Gallery should be fine (until it indexes again).
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True, the N3 is a war machine !
But compared to my S4 then, it should at least be as fast !
I really like my S4, decent speed, never crashes.
Only holding the screen between 2 photos is lagging on the 10.1-14 !
But this is not my concern, the real problem is when it decides to run slower then my hold S2 !
And compared to the first gen 10.1, beside the interface which is way better on the 10.1-14, the speed seams faster on the old one and the touch screen works better with fingers too !
genius312 said:
True, the N3 is a war machine !
But compared to my S4 then, it should at least be as fast !
I really like my S4, decent speed, never crashes.
Only holding the screen between 2 photos is lagging on the 10.1-14 !
But this is not my concern, the real problem is when it decides to run slower then my hold S2 !
And compared to the first gen 10.1, beside the interface which is way better on the 10.1-14, the speed seams faster on the old one and the touch screen works better with fingers too !
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It is what it is my friend. You're running the latest U.S. s/w so unless you're having a h/w issue (doubtful) than the performance you're getting is the performance you're going to get. At least until updates hopefully speed of fluidity. The Tab/Note|Pro's running 4.4/M-UX appear significantly faster than the N10.1-14 and use the exact same h/w so the occasional lag we're seeing is curable with s/w.
Hopefully yes.
Is there any software I can install to see which CPU is running ?
Because when it runs great, I m happy with the little lag... not a big problem
But when it decides to stop, them everything is slow.
I see no updates running, if I empty the ram, it is still using 2.05 out of 3 ! ( I have 2 users)
Even switching from users to the other is slower then what I see on youtube (People showing that fonctionnality).
and WAAAY slower that the old nexus 10 I used.
Maybe the switching from 1 processor to the other is not perfect and gives problem a lot ...
Root and freeze or install all the bloat ware Inc my magazine. Download greenify and hibernate running apps, in developer options turn the animations to 0.5. Or try nova launcher too
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Root and freeze or install all the bloat ware Inc my magazine. Download greenify and hibernate running apps, in developer options turn the animations to 0.5. Or try nova launcher too
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reubenskelly1992 said:
Root and freeze or install all the bloat ware Inc my magazine. Download greenify and hibernate running apps, in developer options turn the animations to 0.5. Or try nova launcher too
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Not sure i understood it all. . But I'll try to decrypt.
I don't want to root it right now as I'm not sure i will keep it !!!
I know Nova launcher and was about to give it a try when i figured out the problem was not only the home screen. ..
Is it normal to be running almost all the time at 2.3gb out of 3 ?
I close all the apps on the 2 users, clear the ram and still running at 2.3-2.4gb
I only saw it once at 1.7!
genius312 said:
Not sure i understood it all. . But I'll try to decrypt.
I don't want to root it right now as I'm not sure i will keep it !!!
I know Nova launcher and was about to give it a try when i figured out the problem was not only the home screen. ..
Is it normal to be running almost all the time at 2.3gb out of 3 ?
I close all the apps on the 2 users, clear the ram and still running at 2.3-2.4gb
I only saw it once at 1.7!
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Yeah that sounds about right. You can go to settings > apps. >all. And click on the apps u don't use or u think could be running in the background and disable them. Also the less screen pages and widgets you have running the better. I'd recommend an app called clean master. It will clean your device. Before I rooted my ram was that hight but after rooting it can as low as 1.2. Generally on 1.5. And rarely goes over 2. Hope this helps
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reubenskelly1992 said:
Yeah that sounds about right. You can go to settings > apps. >all. And click on the apps u don't use or u think could be running in the background and disable them. Also the less screen pages and widgets you have running the better. I'd recommend an app called clean master. It will clean your device. Before I rooted my ram was that hight but after rooting it can as low as 1.2. Generally on 1.5. And rarely goes over 2. Hope this helps
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Se this morning it was at 1.9 Gb used out of 3 ! (2,71 in fact)
I have 3 apps opened now (facebook messenger, VLC et My Magazine) and I m using 2.54 ..... I think it s weird !
I only have 5 apps installed on it.
Also, I use swype to type text (slide my fingers through the keyboard) and sometimes it just doesn't work. I start sliding and it's like it cannot see my finger anymore. Works better with the pen again. Like I said previously, like it the screen has hard time to detect my finger on the screen.
Again, sometimes .. not always !
I think I m gonna see how much it will cost me to send it back to samsung and have it repaired .. I don't think all this is normal.
A lot of people say they bought tablets for 150$ and they works perfectly.
Yes mine does multi user, but at 150 I could have bought 4 of 'em + a lot of accessories !
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Se this morning it was at 1.9 Gb used out of 3 ! (2,71 in fact). I have 3 apps opened now (facebook messenger, VLC et My Magazine) and I m using 2.54 ..... I think it s weird ! I only have 5 apps installed on it.
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Don't confuse "apps" with "processes" and "services." Because of all Samsung's "stuff" (EG: Multi View, S Pen) there are a gazillion open processes running in the background anticipating being needed. If you go in to Task Manager and "clear RAM" you'll see 40-50 processes being closed. You really needn't worry about it because Android dynamically manages memory and if something in the foreground needs memory it'll prioritize what to close in the background. Also, Mali reserves probably 500MB for itself at all times so you never really had 3GB of RAM truly available. Samsung, not being a benevolent company, included 3GB of RAM in the N3 and N10.1-14 for a reason.
In other words, if you're having some type of performance issue it's highly doubtful it's being caused by RAM starvation.
Of course the ram is not the problem... even if there is only 300 mo free, that s enough to manage the program I run.
But I really hate when I cannot swipe to type, when the gallery is so buggy that I cannot browse my pictures ( 10 photos max... not linked with Dropbox or facebook), when I have to wait for the next page in the apps page, when I try to slide the page and it just doesn't t work.. have to do it twice or trice ... When I want to slide down the notifications but I have to try 3-5-6 or 7 times...
Switching pages in the S note take times...sometimes lag but that is not a problem for me... All the others tho really makes me feel like either that tablet is a crap or mine has a problem .
I would sincerely prefere the second
When it s not buggy it works great... but sooooo unstable