Questions tagged [performance]
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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How come Android can support 2 apps in split screen but not in background?
I read another question on Ask Different about why apps have to reload when you switch to another app and back, and I think it's the same for Android.
But why does this not happen in split screen?
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S7 edge exynos lost 60% of Geekbench 4 Performance
When I run CPU Benchmark in may 2018, I had 2000/5600. Now, I get 800/2650. Everything but Crypto score has taken a huge hit. I want to find out why.
I have not changed anything significant about my ...
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microSD card performance issue
I have some microSD cards and I noticed a weird behaviour: larger microSDs give lower results!
For example, using them on my Note 8, I get these results:
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64GB -> R: 70MBs W: 35MBs
128GB -&...
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Incredibly low performance of Contacts app in Moto Z / Android 8
My 4 GB/64 GB/8 core Moto Z2 is incredibly slow when it comes to built in Contacts app. I.e.:
it requires at least 3-4 seconds to open it up,
it needs at least 2-3 seconds to exchange phone numbers ...
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How do I control how many processes run in the background on Android Marshmellow 6.0?
My tablet has a tendency to run kind of slow, and I think it's because there's too much running in the background. How do I control how many things get started at one time?
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How to infer battery consumption on a non owned app
I am a back-office system developer, and am struggling to deal with a problem.
I am addicted to podcasts (in fact I use the Podcast Addict app), but I am interested in all kinds of subjects and there ...
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CPU usage unusually high
My phone has become very slow suddenly. No new apps were installed. RAM usage seems fine. Can't open some apps like Chrome, it just freezes.
I opened Developer mode > Show CPU, and this is what it ...
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Lenovo Vibe p1m suddenly slow
Today I notice my Lenovo Vibe p1m is running slow. It coudn't open Chrome without freezing. The whole UI is basically sluggish. It also couldn't open the flashlight.
I have tried removing the sdcard ...
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Android Auto unusable
I have a Google Pixel 2 XL and a Sony XAV-AX100.
More often than not, when I connect the phone to the car, Android Auto is unusable. Everything is sooooo slow, that I have to reboot the phone. I can ...
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If I convert android system app into user app, will it give any performance improvement?
There is something called "Background cache" in which the some system apps are listed similar to the list of apps occupied RAM memory. If I convert system apps into user apps,ex: chrome, will it gives ...
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lan transfer speeds
I have been trying to figure out what is limiting my lan transfer speeds. I have openwrt/lede on my linksys router, and a samba server running on it with a usb hdd plugged in.
My last device, a M8s ...
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Performance troubles with Motorola Moto X Force (Android 7.0)
Since quite some time I am having some peculiar performance problems on my Motorola Moto X Force. Sometimes any interaction (like just opening Chrome for example) takes incredibly long until it ...
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Do android phones have hardware chips for encryption? If it's software only, then what is the performance/battery impact?
Do android phones have hardware support for the OOTB full phone encryption or is it entirely done in software?
If there are phones which have hardware support for encryption then where could I find a ...
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My phone performance is slow
My phone diamond max 5000 is too slow and I reset the phone factory setting but is till remain slower than before please what should I do to it
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Slow touch response
My girlfriend bought a Lenovo K6 with Android 6 a few months ago. After some time, I tried to use her phone and I notice that the touch responsiveness was very slow. I feel a delay in every touch (...
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How to identify which app is reading from my disk
Except for disabling one app at a time or all at once and then enable them all slowly again (The Elimination method) - How do I identify what app is reading my disk ?
it happens periodically and ...
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Samsung S7: stuttering during slow motion video recording
When I try to record slow-motion video on a Samsung S7 (running Android 7.0), there is often stuttering. This has ruined some otherwise amazing footage I acquired.
What can I do to ensure that there ...
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Why my phone keep restarting apps?
When i play game, my phone always restart the game every few minutes to the first screen. It is same when i play a video it is always blinking and skip few seconds every few minutes. It is so annoying ...
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Does downloading too many games slow down a device?
I have over 15 games on my device. Some do occupy some memory; others not so much. I have enough leftover memory on the phone.
Is it true that this can slow down the device?
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Why is CPU usage constant high (~2/2/2.5) on Samsung S3?
Short story: Samsung S3 running stock Android 4.3. Was sluggish, turned on "show CPU usage" in developer options and it hovers around 2/2/2.5. Stopping all active apps doesn't help. I see "mmcqd", ...
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Where to compare flash memory (internal memory) performance?
I used some apps from Google Play ("Disk Speed / Performance Test" and "A1 SD Bench") to get some metrics for the internal storage (NAND flash memory) of my tablet.
I got +/- 25 MB/s reading, +/- 9 ...
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How to prevent CPU throttling after not poking at screen
I'm trying to run some benchmarks on a Nexus 5 using GNURoot Debian. (The purpose of these benchmarks is to figure out which implementation strategy of an algorithm is the fastest on ARMv7, so the CPU ...
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Will there be a performance issue if I put many files in a single ext4 directory?
I have a database of 250,000 tiny audio files that will grow to perhaps 500,000. I need to copy this to my Android phone's ext4-formatted internal storage.
I have discovered that some computers are ...
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I can not find informations about Hisilicon kirin 650
I want to know if Hisilcon Kirin 650 is a heterogenous or a homogenous processor!!
(working all 8 cores or 4 by 4, not in the same time )
Please answer to my question !!
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How can I debug degrading performance for my Shamu device?
I've had my Nexus 6 since it first came out and will be replacing it with the new Pixel anyway but I want to get to the bottom of this.
In the last 6+ months the phone got increasingly slow and ...
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fstrim not working
I have a Samsung Galaxy Note II running CyanogenMod 11, so it's obviously rooted. As of recently the phone seems very laggy and much slower than it used to be. So I did some research and tried ...
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Practical longevity of current Android phones [closed]
Before continuing to read, please understand that I do not have a smartphone and have never had one. Thus my experience with such devices is minimal.
I am thinking about getting an Android smartphone,...
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Is it necessary to update android apps
Recently i got a new android smartphone and i want know if its necessary to update android apps frequently.The reason for asking this is
1)does updates for android apps reduce the battery usage?
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Locking the speed of the cpu on an android phone
The battery life of my cell phone lasts for about 6 hours. About 2 days ago I downloaded the app CPUControl to reduce the speed of my CPU. This resulted in more than 20 hours of battery life. However ...
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Is force stopping an app equivalent to uninstalling it, as far as increasing the performance of a phone is concerned?
Suppose I force stop an app and it stays that way for long. Will this boost the performance of my phone in the same way as uninstalling the app would?
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Approaches for diagnosing input lag / performance problems
Recently, my phone (A non-rooted Note 4) has begun to exhibit widespread performance problems. All apps and interactions are affected: the UI pauses frequently and even lightweight soft keyboards (...
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Android's native process management vs. Greenify
Disclaimer: I'm not in any way connected to the Greenify developers, nor am I trying to promote Greenify or anything. I'm actually interested in the answers to these questions.
I've found that with a ...
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Why does any app having an active overlay is causing low frame rates?
Any app that I try on my device that is some kind of on-screen tool, such as monitoring apps, pie apps, screen filters, corner sliding apps, etc., makes the device have consistent low frame rates.
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Asus EEE has always been super slow, despite its supposedly good specs
I bought an Asus EEE Transformer (Model TF700T) back when they were cool and it's always been super slow. I used to think it was because they loaded up the OS with all of the proprietary things that ...
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OnePlus Two Freezes often
I have been using the OnePlus Two for few months now. About two months ago it started freezing and slowing down. Often I have to power cycle the phone in order to get it working again. Usually it ...
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What is the initial TCP Receive Window size in Android?
This may be pretty similar to the question here, however, I think it was either in the wrong place, or it wasn't clear enough, so it hasn't got to the right audience. Thus, I have re-formulated it ...
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Why android OS performance is not too efficient compare to iOS? [closed]
Android phones have better processor and more RAM than iPhone. Then after many android phones are suffering from hang problem.
Both OS are based on Linux then why should this big performance issue ...
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Android Versions Size Vs Features
This occurred to me while updating Windows laptop. Each version of Windows gets bigger, much bigger in size compared to the extra benefits to "average Joe (or Jane)".
Question: What is the size of ...
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Why apps are launching slowly?
This issue happens on all of my devices no matter what operating system is on it. Apps launch slowly, however the resources monitor says that CPU and RAM are not busy that much.
For instance, I ...
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Why are apps slowing down my phone just by being installed?
I have about 50 apps installed on my phone (not counting system apps). And my phone is absolutely unusable this way. Everything lags so bad that I can barely even enter my lockscreen pattern. I ...
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Samsung Galaxy S6 edge scroll stuttering
I have just bought an Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone. After updating the firmware to 5.1.1 version, which is the latest Android software for this phone at this moment, there are some issues with ...
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What Google Apps can I disable?
I'm using a Kitkat 4.4.4 based phone (Samsung Galaxy S Duos 3)
For the most part I don't use G+ or Maps or most of the Google apps provided.
But I do prefer documents being backed up, so I've ...
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Massive slow down when changing networks
Whenever my phone switches from cellular to wifi or the reverse, the phone effectively stalls. This can last for a minute or so. It is still functional during this time, but very slow and stuttering ...
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Fast boot up on iMX6
I'm working with a development board based on Freescale i.MX6 ARM Cortex A9 processors. You can have more info about the board on this link. The Android version I'm using is the one provided by the ...
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Is it possible, that old smartphone becomes slow simply because it is old?
I have 3.5 half year old Samsung / Google Galaxy Nexus i9250. The phone has become so slow after that time, that it is simply being unusable. Launching any application, as simple as Gmail or Calendar ...
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So, what type of process is Android Keyboard?
I've recently installed CyanogenMod 11 on my (now very old) LG Optimus 2X. After some tweaking, I managed to make it work much snappier than the original ROM, one of the main things being setting the ...
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Today I read that flash write performance diminishes with use. I'm a heavy user. Should I change my behavior?
My phone
I own a phone with gigabytes of built-in flash memory. My phone also includes a physical MicroSD card slot. I don't own a MicroSD card to put in the slot, and have never bothered buying ...
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/system/bin/mediaserver and /system/bin/drmserver dont want these but Android disagrees
I used this link Use Adb to disable Media Server
hoping to permanenenly disable the battery hogging media server process . It did not work Mediaserver still runs on my Android 4.4 Jiayu S3 phone as /...
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Nexus 7 2012 is almost unusable after upgrading to the latest Lollipop. What should I do?
I have a Nexus 7 2012 wifi. With the latest version of Lollipop it has really become unusable, freezing for a minute or more, or even rebooting while loading a page in Chrome.
I did a system reset, ...
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Does Android OS clutter similar to Desktop OS
What I mean by this. Is it expected that overtime, the performance of a device will be reduced, and the software will work slower? This is assuming no changes in core OS (e.g upgrade from 4 to 5 etc). ...
