Performance is characterized by the amount of useful work accomplished by a computer system compared to the time and resources used (Wikipedia).
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Sony Reader PRS-T1 becomes unresponsive
My Sony Reader PRS-T1 based on Android 2.2 is acting funny.
I had rooted it in the past but is now in the "original" state, upgraded with the latest official firmware.
The problem is that many ...
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Help samsung galaxy s 3 mini ram lag
I'm using a Samsung Galaxy S3 mini. I do a lot of intense mobile gaming, and I've had my phone for only 2 months now.
I'm having to wait over 10 seconds to load just my calls list from the home page. ...
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Phone becomes slow after updating to Jelly Bean
My Samsung Galaxy Note-1 becomes very slow after updating it to Jelly bean...what should I do???
Please can any body help me??
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Does 512 MB RAM Really Enough for Android ICS?
(Background: I never use ICS Phone, so i want to ask about performance)
Some of Android ICS Phone (e.g. Xperia J, Xperia Sola) has 512 MB RAM. How about performance of Android ICS Phone with that ...
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Why does my phone slow down after successive ROM updates without wiping?
I have a Verizon Galaxy Nexus (toro). I am running Cyanogenmod 10.1 ROM nightlies and I use CyanDelta Updater to stay up to date.
For a period of about 3 weeks, I updated to the latest nightly nearly ...
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sluggish performance due to mmcqd CPU usage
I have an older Droid Incredible running Cyanogenmod 7.2. Recently, I've noticed some sluggishness on the phone that doesn't seem limited to a single app. The CPU Usage Plus app (which I think just ...
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High CPU usage from UEventObserver and inputmethod.latin (Nexus S)
I have kept my Google Nexus S up to date with the latest Android O/S since I've owned it and its always had performance problems to varying degrees. I'm currently running:
Android version: 4.1.2
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MicroSD card performance during boot
I have a Nook HD+ and a Nook HD.
When I ran CyanogenMod off of a MicroSD card, the Class I (43MB/s) doesn't even boot! I spent $30 on a 32GB one.
The Class 10 (10MB/s) 16GB booted, but ran poorly
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Nexus 7 Incredibly Slow
Over the past few weeks, my Nexus 7 running 4.2 Jelly Bean has gotten incredibly slow at times. Sometimes I can count off a full five (or more) seconds for an app to open or even for something as ...
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Are ROMs with deodexed programs faster or slower than odexed?
I am a bit confused by the effect of deodexing (or even by terminology).
Based on answers to "What is the difference between odexed and deodexed roms?":
A "deodexed" ROM is one where the .odex ...
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How can I fix my cheap Android 2.2 phone? Should I root it?
I recently purchased a Samsung Intercept for Virgin Mobile. The problem is that it doesn't work very well. There's a delay when doing almost anything on it, even calling or texting. It also has poor ...
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Performance gain from upgrading higher class SD card [duplicate]
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Is the class rating of my MicroSD card relevant?
If you've upgraded the SD card on your phone to a higher class, have you measured or noticed any significant performance ...
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Maximum (micro) SD card speed class for HTC EVO?
What is the maximum class (e.g., 2,4,6,8,10) supported of microSD card supported by the HTC EVO?
I noticed an improvement in performance when upgrading from the Class 2 to a faster card on my Hero. ...
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What is Acer Liquid Metal maximum SD card speed class?
I want to buy a new sd and I'd like to get best bang (and speed) for the buck...
But I can't find this information...
Anybody knows?
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Do apps that claim to increase SD card performance really work? Strain on card?
I was recommended an app today that supposedly increases the r/w cache on the SD card. By default it's set to 128kb.
I'd imagine this works in a similar fashion to a BufferedReader (in java).
My ...
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Is the class rating of my MicroSD card relevant?
Does Class 4 perform differently from Class 6, and so on, when it comes to Micro SD(HC) memory cards on smartphones? Samsung Galaxy S to be specific.
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Other than portability, are there any other advantages (or disadvantages) to storing apps on external storage?
Are there any particular advantages/disadvantages to storing apps on the external storage of an Android device? As I have a Nexus S, I can't think of advantages for me as I can't remove the storage, ...
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Does moving apps to SD card make launcher load time longer?
I've been experiencing longer and longer times for the launcher to load when removing my phone (Moto Droid, 2.2.1) from the car dock or media dock, or when running the clock application for a long ...
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Picture Gallery Slow & Won't Refresh on HTC G2 w Android 2.3 Gingerbread
I'm having a problem with Picture Gallery not refreshing and loading too slowly on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread (HTC G2). After I take a picture and then go to add it on foursquare or facebook from ...
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Viber and Whatsapp update profile slowly
I have a problem that with Viber and WhatsApp.
When I'm browsing my contacts list, the profile images load very slowly. Definitely slower than my scrolling speed. Is this a problem with the ...
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My phone keeps slowing down and burning battery. How can I debug performance and cpu consumption? (DHD 2.2)
I know there are already a lot of threads about suggestions on how to improve performance and, strongly related, save battery life on your android. I also have tried most of the tools to diagnose ...
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Troubleshoot/ Tune Android performance / speed
I have a Motorola Xoom (not rooted) and new to the Android world (at least as an advanced user).
I've installed several (around 30) games + several (around 30) apps. I've noticed that it became a ...
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What is a typical disk write performance?
My ICS tablet is feeling very sluggish whenever it is in the process of saving data to disk. See my related question.
To isolate the problem further, I rand PassMark Performance Test and my disk ...
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Android 4.0.3 sluggish: nandd process hogging CPU
I have an Allwinner A10 tablet clone. While working the tablet "freezes" regularly but not too frequently for a strech of time between 2 and 15 seconds. Described differently: the tablet is useable ...
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How to speed up Android during bootup time?
I'm looking at the bootup time of Android on my embedded device and I'm trying to get a sense for where I can save some time.
1) What are some things that you've done to really help speed up the ...
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Why My android device show less RAM and Slow at Jelly bean?
I bought a new Samsung galaxy S Advance(GT-i9070). It came with Gingerbread. It was actually a phone with 768 RAM. I clearly verified this with the shop when I bought it. Last day I upgraded my phone ...
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Ways to improve battery life on Droid Incredible?
Out of the box, I noticed my Incredible has a lot of stuff running/turned on by default. Besides the basics of turning off WiFi, GPS, and BlueTooth when I'm not using them, are there more steps I can ...
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Faster CPU means higher battery consumption?
A friend of mine and I have the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.
His tab is flashed with a custom kernel giving 1.2Ghz instead of the 1Ghz I have by default.
Using antutu benchmark, we saw what we expected, ...
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How do I know which applications slows down the phone?
How do I know which applications slows down the phone, so that I could get rid of them?
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My OS and phone freeze and lag every time the blue “Show CPU Usage” bar appears. What is it?
Lately, I've been experiencing the very unpleasant phenomenon of my almost new S3 completely locking up and stopping responding to input. It's like a very serious lag that has to either be waited out, ...
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Why does my phone peg the CPU every time I wake it up?
This is driving me nuts. I have SeePU installed so that I can see a CPU graph on my Moto Droid. When I unlock the phone after being idle for a while, the CPU is pegged by android.process.acore and the ...
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How do I find out why my phone is locking up?
My Samsung Captivate (Galaxy S series) locks up about once per day, where the screen is frozen and it doesn't respond to any type of input. There's no pattern concerning what app I'm running at the ...
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Why does installing applications freeze my DroidX running Froyo 2.2?
I noticed recently that installing any applications caused my Droid X (Stock rooted Froyo 2.2) to freeze for a while - I mean completely freeze, can't go to home screen or pull down Notification bar ...
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How can I deal with “Low on Space” messages on my HTC Incredible?
Froyo 2.2
I keep getting the "Low on Space: Application data space is low. To free up" [the rest is cut off] message.
I've moved every app I can over to the SD card, cleared the cache, compacted my ...
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How can I find which app slows down my phone?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3.
My phone is becoming slow. I don't know how to find the app that slows it down. Can someone help me with this? My guess that the app is FACEBOOK... worst app ever.
After ...
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Samsung Galaxy S has become very slow
My phone recently has begun to become very slow. At certain times of the day, the phone will completely stop working and will have to be turned off by holding the power button. Sometimes, the lock ...
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Nexus 10 handwriting apps always lag
So I just bought a nexus 10 and among the many reasons for getting one, I want to take notes with it. I've bought myself a nice stylus that works wonderfully on iPads and my galaxy nexus phone. ...
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galaxy s2 cellphone problem; possible virus
I read that it is used on the computer.
It has been coming up on my Android Galaxy 2 s. It is on at least 3 times at once and up to 7 or 8 at once. They are called kworker/0:1 through kworker/0:4 ...
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Why is my phone slow?
My phone has lately been really slow. When I turn on the screen, particularly if it has been off for a while, the phone is really sluggish. For example, it might take 30 seconds to respond to my ...
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Galaxy S GT-I9000 is slow
My GT-I9000 takes ages to come "alive" after powering up. It has been slow for a while, but now it has gotten even slower, anything up to 10 minutes sometimes. When it activates, everything works ...
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Galaxy Nexus slow on WiFi wakeup
Performance question here : my Galaxy Nexus is really slow right after I connect it to a WiFi network after long periods not being connected to the internet. That doesn't happen on EDGE or on 4G, and ...
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Why does my phone slow down after using internet and installing apps?
I have Samsung Galaxy Y. I think that when I use wireless and installing apps, not immediately but after a while the phone slows down considerably.
When it happens I must restart and when it turn on, ...
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Do widgets slow down android phone?
I use a lot of widgets (like gmail, calender,weather app , facebook ,music , news etc)and since I have been using them I feel my mobile have become slower than before .
I don't use task manager ...
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What are some general tips on improving overall performance of an Android phone?
I was wondering if anyone could share some general tips on speeding up/ improving performance of your phone. I have had my droid eris for about a year now and it seems more sluggish than ever. I ...
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How to run android phone flawlessly ? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
What are some general tips on improving overall performance of an Android phone?
I have been using android phone(Sony Xperia Tipo Dual) few months now .However I see ...
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How do RAM and processor speed affect overall performance on Android?
Since Android can be installed on wide range of devices, I'm wondering how important RAM and the CPU speed are to the performance of a device. There are always tradeoffs when something is increased ...
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My device is getting slow, apps start misbehaving/crashing. What can I do?
Everything was working fine for a long time. But suddenly the device is getting slower than usual (e.g. apps react slowly when starting an action -- like the RSS reader takes "ages" to open an ...
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Factory reset to restore performance? What are the disadvantages?
tl;dr: What bad things will happen if I do a factory reset?
So I've had this original Droid for about a year and a half. I love this phone, and if only I could get it to be a bit faster and have a ...
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Improve Android Emulator Performance on Windows 7 x64
I'm running Eclipse Helios on Windows 7 x64. I have a Core 2 Duo 2.0 Ghz with 4.0 GB which I think should be enough, since I've never have any performance problems with other developing tools.
When I ...
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Reduce delay when waking up the phone
The delay between me pressing the power button and the phone actually waking up is annoying. Is there any way to optimize this?
