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Hey guys. Anyone found a fix to the lag issue when scrolling up and down in the apps drawer? To know more that I mean, pls click on the below 2 links:
http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679037&highlight=scroll+speed
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http ://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657569&highlight=lag+program+menu+htc+desire
That's strange, I don't experience any lag at all... It's supersmooth and fast.
Ditto, smooth as anything here
Are you using a live wallpaper? one thing i've noticed is cpu intensive live wallpapers make scrolling the apps menu lag quite badly. At a guess i'd say live wallpapers remain running when the apps menu is displayed.
Switch to a static wallpaper or the relatively undemanding htc sense live wallpaper, see if it makes a difference.
Weird..no lag here.
Super smooth.
Yeah, I have a solution for you: buy an iPhone!
Okay, enough trolling. I experienced that as well, but it suddenly stopped and now it's very smooth. I don't know what I did, but I am certain that it stopped after the second 2.2 OTA.
I have a few different ideas you can try. I do all of these on my own phone and it's snappy as anything, even though I've limited the clock speed to 650 maximum.
1) Copy everything back to your phone if you currently have most/all things on your SD card, leaving the things on your SD only if they're actually big. Say, everything below 2mb keep on your phone.
2) Install a different launcher, like ADW. Aside from possibly being a little faster, it allows you to customize your app drawer and remove things you don't need. For example I've removed everything I already have an icon on my home screen for, and now I only use the app drawer for odds and ends or things I'm still deciding if I need them or not - like, 15 things at most usually. I don't even NEED to scroll!
3) Install a better OS, like Cyanogenmod. It's faster in general.
4) Install an OS (or patch/script) which allows you to use an EXT partition on your SD card for apps. EXT2/3/4 are much faster and lower-latency than FAT32.
5) Use SetCPU or a similar app to increase your CPU's MINIMUM speed while the screen is on, from 245 to 384. This will eliminate the initial stutter your phone may have before it decides to clock up the CPU. Even though it's a 50% increase or whatever, in practice it will have virtually no effect on your battery life since it will only take effect while the screen's on - at which time your screen will be using lots more power than the CPU does at any speed.
If #5 solves it for you, just remember the stuttering you're experiencing is only for the sake of battery savings, it's got nothing to do with your phone's performance. In that sense, it highlights one of Android's features rather than a deficiency, even if it's doing this in an unattractive way!
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I have a few different ideas you can try. I do all of these on my own phone and it's snappy as anything, even though I've limited the clock speed to 650 maximum.
1) Copy everything back to your phone if you currently have most/all things on your SD card, leaving the things on your SD only if they're actually big. Say, everything below 2mb keep on your phone.
2) Install a different launcher, like ADW. Aside from possibly being a little faster, it allows you to customize your app drawer and remove things you don't need. For example I've removed everything I already have an icon on my home screen for, and now I only use the app drawer for odds and ends or things I'm still deciding if I need them or not - like, 15 things at most usually. I don't even NEED to scroll!
3) Install a better OS, like Cyanogenmod. It's faster in general.
4) Install an OS (or patch/script) which allows you to use an EXT partition on your SD card for apps. EXT2/3/4 are much faster and lower-latency than FAT32.
5) Use SetCPU or a similar app to increase your CPU's MINIMUM speed while the screen is on, from 245 to 384. This will eliminate the initial stutter your phone may have before it decides to clock up the CPU. Even though it's a 50% increase or whatever, in practice it will have virtually no effect on your battery life since it will only take effect while the screen's on - at which time your screen will be using lots more power than the CPU does at any speed.
If #5 solves it for you, just remember the stuttering you're experiencing is only for the sake of battery savings, it's got nothing to do with your phone's performance. In that sense, it highlights one of Android's features rather than a deficiency, even if it's doing this in an unattractive way!
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I have my Desire set at 768 max and there really isn't a noticeable difference from the normal 998. Hell. I clocked it way down and it was still WAY faster then my HTC Magic ever was. It's funny that the Desire's processor is faster at 3xx mhz then the Magic's is at 710mhz. I found the Desire to be unstable for sustained periods of anything under 700mhz though. Is yours running stable at 650? Maybe it was just the 691mhz speed I was using.
I am one of the few people who hasn't been happy with his LG G4. I love the build, camera and to some extent, the stock launcher, but one thing that irks me is the irritating scroll lag/jitter I experience in most apps. Coming from the Nexus 5, this is jarring and I want to punch the G4 in the face (I then resort to pressing on the screen very hard...it doesn't care).
I have looked and looked for a solution, but there is none. So I ask here, is there a way to eliminate/reduce scroll lag/jitter? The jitter is most noticeable on the official Twitter and Facebook apps, where scrolling causes the feed to hiccup along the way.
What I have tried so far:
- Debloated (no-root) apps and services
- Tried numerous stock launchers including Nova and Google
- Turned animation speeds to 0.5.
- Greenified some apps
- Turned on forced GPU rendering (this one makes no bloody difference)
Is there ANYTHING I can do? Appreciate the help!
I have set up where lag is and jitter is pretty non-existent.
I am rooted for one. Using kernel adiutor changed to interactive on big and little.
Using Amplify to prevent wakelocks. Greenify to hibernate apps. Powernap for battery life. Finally the CTT mod.
Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of work to alleviate (not eliminate) the lag and jitter.
Hopefully we get some good roms when all bootloaders get unlocked.
Doncabezon said:
I have set up where lag is and jitter is pretty non-existent.
I am rooted for one. Using kernel adiutor changed to interactive on big and little.
Using Amplify to prevent wakelocks. Greenify to hibernate apps. Powernap for battery life. Finally the CTT mod.
Unfortunately, it seems like a lot of work to alleviate (not eliminate) the lag and jitter.
Hopefully we get some good roms when all bootloaders get unlocked.
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Damn, that's a lot of work. I am **** scared of rooting my phone in case I brick it, so that's out of the question.
I am hoping for some good Custom ROMS as well, but damn the phone is so powerful. It shouldn't lag at all!
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Using kernel adiutor changed to interactive on big and little.
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This is the default without rooting/using the app anyway
mufaa said:
Damn, that's a lot of work. I am **** scared of rooting my phone in case I brick it, so that's out of the question.
I am hoping for some good Custom ROMS as well, but damn the phone is so powerful. It shouldn't lag at all!
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My nexus 5 has less lag. True, this phone shouldn't lag, but bloat ware doesn't help. Rooting this phone wasn't as hard as I thought. I want pure Android on this phone. Give me some cyanogenmod or cataclysm and I will be happy.
Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the LG G5 under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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Some phones exhibit choppy scrolling, especially when navigating long web pages when multiple apps are running in the background. Rate this thread to express how you smooth scrolling feels on the LG G5 under such conditions. A higher rating indicates that scrolling is always buttery smooth, even when you're reading a 10,000 word article on "how to kiss a girl".
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
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The scrolling is generally smooth but long webpages do stutter as ads and images load.
veeeery smooth
Buttery smooth except for those random mobile sites like XDA that have scroll lag on every mobile phone I've tried.
Smooth.
Any chance you could send over the link for that article? :laugh: But seriously, it's so so smooth. I honestly don't think it's lagged once.
Mine is "stuttering" while scrolling, everywhere. It's not a real stuttering but an illusion and connected with the display I think. It has a ghost effect while scrolling. You can easily notice it in the Android settings or while scrolling an app drawer. I think the display can't do 60Hz or has really bad respond timings. It's one of the worst looking for moving objects Ive seen on all my devices. Force GPU Rendering btw does nothing positive nor negative on this device.
my scrolling is generally fine. Unless I have many apps open
Settings/Developer Options/ Tick on "Force GPU Rendering" this should make Android phone smoother/snappier!,
If root available try L Speed/Entropy/fstrim apps found on Play Store. LG V20 & LG G5 are snappy beasts and most anticipated of 2016. Also well optimised with Snapdragon 820 and is better than Samsung!
Maybe just read two posts... two damn post above what I wrote @Ali Mirza. "Force GPU Rendering" does nothing. Also the screen seems really bad and has terrible response timings. Worse is scrolling with black font on white the font becomes red while scrolling because of the ghost effect.
mkdr said:
Maybe just read two posts... two damn post above what I wrote @Ali Mirza. "Force GPU Rendering" does nothing. Also the screen seems really bad and has terrible response timings. Worse is scrolling with black font on white the font becomes red while scrolling because of the ghost effect.
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No one will help you if you talk like that. Be respectfull. He's trying to help you.
Scrolling Smoothness Response
I have an LG G5 with t-Mobile, and by doing my usual tweaks (changing some settings, deleting or deactivating some apps) I have had a great scrolling experience. 9 out of 10 imho.
Just upgraded from a Nexus 5X, much smoother, no comparison. N5X is ok but it has a micro hangs and stutters all the time.
BrandonMerry said:
I have an LG G5 with t-Mobile, and by doing my usual tweaks (changing some settings, deleting or deactivating some apps) I have had a great scrolling experience. 9 out of 10 imho.
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And those changes are... what? I wonder if it's maybe caused by the damn Google app I installed later, because it uses an always on overlay over the whole screen, for that screen / search / capture you can't deactivate. I think I had great smoothness too out of the box but then it get worse suddenly, and I don't have any special apps installed.
Android destiny long time used scrollıng bad
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And those changes are... what? I wonder if it's maybe caused by the damn Google app I installed later, because it uses an always on overlay over the whole screen, for that screen / search / capture you can't deactivate. I think I had great smoothness too out of the box but then it get worse suddenly, and I don't have any special apps installed.
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For future reference, I had been plagued by this issue as well ever since getting this phone. For me, fast scrolling was just fine--it was only evident when doing slower scrolling, like scrolling slowly through the application drawer. The display would hitch repeatedly, as if the graphics buffer could just not keep up.
For me, disabling the developer option "force GPU rendering" has removed the problem for me. I swear I tried with and without this option before but it's working well for me, so now I have one less irritation with this piece of hardware.
Very snappy especially after I tweaked the animation speed in dev options. Any slow-downs are extremely rare.
Pull down quick settings, press 'edit', tap the 3 dot menu and uncheck all the boxes.
Just discovered this today. The lag used to be unbearable and was thinking about replacing the phone with a Nexus 6p or HTC 10.
Then I discovered this and the shade is completely buttery now, and plus, looks more like stock android!!
Hope this helps other people as it did to me.
MDW 100 said:
Pull down quick settings, press 'edit', tap the 3 dot menu and uncheck all the boxes.
Just discovered this today. The lag used to be unbearable and was thinking about replacing the phone with a Nexus 6p or HTC 10.
Then I discovered this and the shade is completely buttery now, and plus, looks more like stock android!!
Hope this helps other people as it did to me.
EDIT: I swear the fingerprint scanner is faster now and the whole UI is even smoother... Wow.
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You're talking about that ? (see screenshot)
I think it's a placebo effect, I do not see why some shortcuts would slow down the phone completely..
In addition the tab for brightness is very convenient to reset the automatic brightness when the phone takes time to change or remains blocked on a dim light (it's a problem on this phone I think, it's not very effective on auto brightness)
In any case I tried to see, for my part I do not see any difference, the phone has exactly the same behavior as the shortcuts is on !
I forgot the screenshot :angel:
Maybe it's different for other people. When I had those enabled, it definitely was jerky to pull down quick settings, especially using the swipe down shortcut on my launcher. Now it's really smooth for me, which is how it should be with a sd 821. Shouldn't be a challenge for it.
I did find the brightness slider useful but, and I know this sounds weird, I would happily trade those shortcuts (including 'file sharing' etc. which I never used) for a much smoother and cleaner looking notification shade (and btw I have next to 0 lag tolerance... Should have got a Pixel ?). Instead I used Nougat/Oreo Quick Settings to change it to a quick settings toggle and I think this is a good solution considering that personally I hardly ever change the brightness from auto.
Thanks for the reply, interesting how some G6s seem to lag and others don't. Also I've never had a problem with auto brightness ?
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Maybe it's different for other people. When I had those enabled, it definitely was jerky to pull down quick settings, especially using the swipe down shortcut on my launcher. Now it's really smooth for me, which is how it should be with a sd 821. Shouldn't be a challenge for it.
I did find the brightness slider useful but, and I know this sounds weird, I would happily trade those shortcuts (including 'file sharing' etc. which I never used) for a much smoother and cleaner looking notification shade (and btw I have next to 0 lag tolerance... Should have got a Pixel ?). Instead I used Nougat/Oreo Quick Settings to change it to a quick settings toggle and I think this is a good solution considering that personally I hardly ever change the brightness from auto.
Thanks for the reply, interesting how some G6s seem to lag and others don't. Also I've never had a problem with auto brightness ?
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Interestingly enough, I've done the same as you.
The problem in doing this is how difficult it is to find this toggle when your brightness is EXTREMELY low and the sun is beaming in your face. Unlike having a whole row to tap on and adjust, you have to tap on one singular point on your display, and I found this frustrating.
Anyways, disabling everything in that list did help with the lag a bit. Even if it was just barely noticeable.
The improvement was more than barely noticeable for me... Made it seem like a software bug.
Having said that, I don't think it's acceptable for a company like LG to release a phone at this price that has any lag issues at all, agree? I'll have spent $674 equiv. just on the phone by the time my contract is up. Loved the phone overall, thought the lag might improve, also thought I would promptly get Oreo (being LG) which might help. None of those happened, and I ran out of time to return it. Silly me...
MDW 100 said:
Maybe it's different for other people. When I had those enabled, it definitely was jerky to pull down quick settings, especially using the swipe down shortcut on my launcher. Now it's really smooth for me, which is how it should be with a sd 821. Shouldn't be a challenge for it.
I did find the brightness slider useful but, and I know this sounds weird, I would happily trade those shortcuts (including 'file sharing' etc. which I never used) for a much smoother and cleaner looking notification shade (and btw I have next to 0 lag tolerance... Should have got a Pixel ?). Instead I used Nougat/Oreo Quick Settings to change it to a quick settings toggle and I think this is a good solution considering that personally I hardly ever change the brightness from auto.
Thanks for the reply, interesting how some G6s seem to lag and others don't. Also I've never had a problem with auto brightness ?
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Maybe it depends on the version of the phone, I'm on h870
On mine auto brightness is really slow, sometimes I need to adjust myself because it is sometimes too strong or too weak compared to the situation, maybe my sensor that is badly calibrated..
Otherwise I agree, sharing files is useless and for the volume I already have the keys, so it is disabled on my side.
It is true that we see a lot of different returns depending on the users of this phone, especially on performance and autonomy, personally I'm lucky, good performance, good battery life and good focal length (2.01)
coyot352 said:
Maybe it depends on the version of the phone, I'm on h870
On mine auto brightness is really slow, sometimes I need to adjust myself because it is sometimes too strong or too weak compared to the situation, maybe my sensor that is badly calibrated..
Otherwise I agree, sharing files is useless and for the volume I already have the keys, so it is disabled on my side.
It is true that we see a lot of different returns depending on the users of this phone, especially on performance and autonomy, personally I'm lucky, good performance, good battery life and good focal length (2.01)
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Yeah auto brightness is pretty slow to react on mine too...
I also have a European H870. It has moments of absolute fluidity out of the blue and it's awesome, and also moments of being so bogged down it's unusable. Everything else is somewhere in between. It feels like a fast phone but it doesn't feel like a OnePlus 3t, which has the same chipset. That's even after debloating the phone almost entirely. I don't really want to install a custom ROM like LOS yet, although I've heard that helps.
If your LG G6 is rooted, install a custom kernel, from Play Store try L Speed/Entropy/fstrim apps should help, if you installed a custom kernel, play using Kernel Adiutor. Settings/Developer Options/ tick on "Force GPU Rendering, Disable HW Overlays" should make the beast smoother/snappier. Install adblocker too.
This is the better solution for stuttering/lag.
Ali Mirza said:
If your LG G6 is rooted, install a custom kernel, from Play Store try L Speed/Entropy/fstrim apps should help, if you installed a custom kernel, play using Kernel Adiutor. Settings/Developer Options/ tick on "Force GPU Rendering, Disable HW Overlays" should make the beast smoother/snappier. Install adblocker too.
This is the better solution for stuttering/lag.
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I do not have root at the moment on my phone, but when I do, I will give Kernel Adiutor a try. Thanks!
h870 here, unchecking these boxes didnt make any difference.
although i have to agree that this phone is sometimes weirdly laggy while usuall being smooth most of the time
Thx for letting us know about that menu! Those settings don't produce stuttering for me thankfully, but I disabled them anyway and enabled the volume slider which I love to have there
nice!
The only thing that creates slight stutters (very rare though) on my Orea LG G6 is when I use the ported pixel 2 live wallpapers.
I have been using the SM-A505G for almost 2 weeks now. However, I feel that the general performance/smoothness is not good always.
I see many occasional stutters throughout the day and the phone is not as responsive as I would have liked it to be always. Slight stutter are present, and sometimes small things like keyboard would open 1 second later, or swiping from one home screen to another is not smooth many times, or some other minor delays like that. I tried the Samsung One UI launcher and also the Rootless Launcher, but had similar experience on both. I had been using a Nexus6p so far with custom roms, and while this phone is much faster than that, I am not sure if these performance stutters are expected on devices in this price range. Can anyone else share their experience?
I am not playing any games or running many apps on my device as well and am more of a casual user.
Have you tried to use the reduce animations setting in Advanced features? It helps a bit.
Stock keyboard or 3rd party? Using swift key has been quite smooth.
The phone is sluggish especially when showing call screen etc but in general haven't noticed majority of the symptoms you posted.
I'm also coming from Nexus6 with a custom roms and I agree that this phone has been a godsend so far in terms of speed.
Have you thought about rooting it and then install some sort of cpu manager? I know the cpu isn't going to perform like and SD 845 or anything but maybe if u change the governor you could see better performance in day-to-day usage?
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I am not sure if these performance stutters are expected on devices in this price range. .
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Of course they are not expected. Those lags are from bad software optimization i.e dialer in my case
pabgar said:
Of course they are not expected. Those lags are from bad software optimization i.e dialer in my case
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Hoping that's something which Samsung will fix then. Not sure how their track record is on non flagship devices.
shadow_khan said:
Have you tried to use the reduce animations setting in Advanced features? It helps a bit.
Stock keyboard or 3rd party? Using swift key has been quite smooth.
The phone is sluggish especially when showing call screen etc but in general haven't noticed majority of the symptoms you posted.
I'm also coming from Nexus6 with a custom roms and I agree that this phone has been a godsend so far in terms of speed.
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Yeah I am trying with some changes to see what works. I switched to lawnchair launcher v2. Seems to be smoother than the others so far. The call screen/dialer is slow for me too.
AjBeld said:
Have you thought about rooting it and then install some sort of cpu manager? I know the cpu isn't going to perform like and SD 845 or anything but maybe if u change the governor you could see better performance in day-to-day usage?
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I can go that route later in the life cycle of the phone assuming it supports all that, but this is not something I really wanted to do in the first year itself.