Rant: Absolutely unacceptable that the 3.1 update doesn't fix lag

**eyecon82** · 05-16-2011, 08:20 PM

Any one else still experience the text input delay in the browser?

**darkshade** · 05-16-2011, 09:04 PM

Originally Posted by eyecon82

Any one else still experience the text input delay in the browser?

That's something I have definitely noticed. It seems to be worse on some sites than others. On sites that are really bad I usually just type it in another app and copy and paste it over. It's certainly not ideal, but it's a decent enough workaround.

**STEMALO** · 05-16-2011, 09:14 PM

All I can say is WOW!

**eyecon82** · 05-16-2011, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by wmoor004

I respect your rant! My PDF files are horrible thus far... If I could I would get the Ipad2 ~ I don't care about Widgets or custom screens! I want a device that fits my needs.

I know updates will fix a lot of the device problems but...Wow I just said I would own an oversize iPod touch! Lol

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yea....it seems to be more program dependent...repligoreader is by far the worse one I have noticed. quick office and docs 2 go handle it well....but not as well as you would want from a dual 1ghz CPU

Originally Posted by tntdroid

OK you two. You both disagree and that's fine. Now lets move on and be done with it.

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I believe we are done exchanging jabs....I believe we both did it respecteablly with out flaming and name calling......but moving on..thank you.

Originally Posted by darkshade

That's something I have definitely noticed. It seems to be worse on some sites than others. On sites that are really bad I usually just type it in another app and copy and paste it over. It's certainly not ideal, but it's a decent enough workaround.

lol....typing in another app and copying and pasting in? sure it works, but should we really be doing that on a $600--800 tablet? Maybe on one of those cheap $200 viewsonic tablets it may be acceptable, but not for google's flagship tablet product.

Originally Posted by STEMALO

All I can say is WOW!

wow that these issues still exist or wow that someone who paid $600 actually wants it to work the way it was intended to?

**darkshade** · 05-17-2011, 12:02 AM

Originally Posted by eyecon82

lol....typing in another app and copying and pasting in? sure it works, but should we really be doing that on a $600--800 tablet? Maybe on one of those cheap $200 viewsonic tablets it may be acceptable, but not for google's flagship tablet product.

Jesus christ man, I just agreed with you that it's a problem. Stop being so hostile about it.

**eyecon82** · 05-17-2011, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by darkshade

Jesus christ man, I just agreed with you that it's a problem. Stop being so hostile about it.

not sure where you are getting any hostility from?

**Maikai.Guy** · 05-17-2011, 05:58 AM

Originally Posted by eyecon82

not sure where you are getting any hostility from?

I agree. Clearly I'm not feeling any love from you for the XOOM, but I don't think you've been "hostile" in any way.

As for calling names... well I called us all fools, including myself, in my "personal growth" message.

I learned a long time ago, that the emotion in letters ("letters?... oh crap, I'm dating myself!)... OK, the emotion in text is 25% wording and 75% the attitude/assumptions of the reader.

If words are read with a grimace, they seem hostile. If the same words are read with a smile, they are totally cool. Everyone should read with a smile.

**sonofdroid** · 05-17-2011, 06:18 AM

Both my Xoom's run like a champ! Very happy in the direction the updates are taking the Xoom.

**eyecon82** · 05-17-2011, 07:09 AM

Originally Posted by Maikai.Guy

I agree. Clearly I'm not feeling any love from you for the XOOM, but I don't think you've been "hostile" in any way.

As for calling names... well I called us all fools, including myself, in my "personal growth" message.

I learned a long time ago, that the emotion in letters ("letters?... oh crap, I'm dating myself!)... OK, the emotion in text is 25% wording and 75% the attitude/assumptions of the reader.

If words are read with a grimace, they seem hostile. If the same words are read with a smile, they are totally cool. Everyone should read with a smile.

lol...I guess you aren't so bad after all....I'm glad to see you are taking this as a friendly debate unlike others

you are very correct that 75% is the the assumption of the reader

For a positive note, I am starting to feel more and more satisfied the more I use 3.1...a huge improvement....it's only a sign of better things coming this way

**stanlm2** · 05-17-2011, 03:43 PM

I don't see much lag, usually running the browser, streaming radio, a game or two, weather widget, calendar/email. 3.1 feels like the overall experience is a little more stable. thumbs up here. I do feel the need to shutdown/restart the device about once a week, it slows down a little bit after a while.

**eyecon82** · 05-17-2011, 05:01 PM

Originally Posted by stanlm

I don't see much lag, usually running the browser, streaming radio, a game or two, weather widget, calendar/email. 3.1 feels like the overall experience is a little more stable. thumbs up here. I do feel the need to shutdown/restart the device about once a week, it slows down a little bit after a while.

before the update, I had to restart it once a day to retore wifi service....I find that unnecessary now with 3.1

**senote** · 05-17-2011, 06:32 PM

Sorry but I disagree, I have a Xoom running 3.0 and I have yet to see ANY lag at all. The ONE single thing I don't like about it, and it's not the Xoom's fault, is that a lot of the apps I love aren't optimized for Android 3.0 and tablets.

If you really are getting lag, there is a cause, maybe hardware fault, an app you installed, I dunno but there is something.

@sonofdroid I have to agree iOS is the single most boring OS since DOS, and it's the one thing that might de-rail Apple's current success.

**stabbedintheface** · 05-17-2011, 06:32 PM

I never noticed the scroll Lag...but the browser lag when you type should have been top priority. I can't believe that wasn't fixed in the update...

**eyecon82** · 05-17-2011, 06:42 PM

Originally Posted by senote

Sorry but I disagree, I have a Xoom running 3.0 and I have yet to see ANY lag at all. The ONE single thing I don't like about it, and it's not the Xoom's fault, is that a lot of the apps I love aren't optimized for Android 3.0 and tablets.

If you really are getting lag, there is a cause, maybe hardware fault, an app you installed, I dunno but there is something.

@sonofdroid I have to agree iOS is the single most boring OS since DOS, and it's the one thing that might de-rail Apple's current success.

this really makes me wonder if a good percentage of xoom have hardware issues? I am only running optimized apps besides the hacked google voice .apk. I uninstalled and it still behaved the same way.

It still behaved that way after a hard reset. I ended up exchanging it and my new device is the same

**senote** · 05-17-2011, 06:48 PM

Originally Posted by eyecon82

this really makes me wonder if a good percentage of xoom have hardware issues? I am only running optimized apps besides the hacked google voice .apk. I uninstalled and it still behaved the same way.

It still behaved that way after a hard reset. I ended up exchanging it and my new device is the same

Bad luck, I'm loving mine and wouldn't swap it for an iPad, especially since iTunes hates my PC and all my music and videos get corrupted when transferring them to my iPod Touch. I could blame the iPod but I'm not because I know the problem is almost certainly a conflict between something installed on my PC and iTunes.

**dharbit** · 05-17-2011, 06:56 PM

The 3.1 update was a gift from above, it fixed many issues I was having with my xoom. The only thing they left out is the desktop browser client issue. If your xoom is lagging its obviously an app that has crappy memory management or that is not honeycomb optimized. If you are really having alot of lag issue, take the time and email all the app developers through the market to please ask them to optimize your apps that currently are not yet optimized for tablets. I have done this and have got great responses from most of them the more we ask the faster developers will update their apps!

**coolbreeze78** · 05-17-2011, 07:02 PM

There is 100% lag when typing in web dialogue boxes. Sometimes it takes a few seconds for the text to appear after typing.

Mine is going back to Costco tomorrow.

**senote** · 05-17-2011, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by coolbreeze78

There is 100% lag when typing in web dialogue boxes. Sometimes it takes a few seconds for the text to appear after typing.

Mine is going back to Costco tomorrow.

Web dialogue boxes or the web dialogue box on a site you regularly use. I tried to log into a site I use daily and it was rubbish on my Xoom, all messed up. I could blame the Xoom but I know it's just that the site I use isn't coded for mobile browsers.

**eyecon82** · 05-17-2011, 07:06 PM

I dont' understand how some people have "lag" and some don't.

In the first few pages, a fellow member pointed out that its a know fact that 3 out of the 4 screens of view have the frame-rate cut in half.

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This would definitely result in perceived stutter since you are essentially seeing half the frequency you have been seeing before.

Maybe ya'll never played around with an Ipad to see how smooth it was and don't have a baseline to compare it to. I would also think my xoom is near perfect if I hadn't owned an Ipad 2 previously.

So maybe this lag is perceived because I have toyed around with other tablets...who knows....I'm just hoping for the next update to come soon

**eyecon82** · 05-17-2011, 07:08 PM

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**seanp666** · 05-17-2011, 07:10 PM

Go into settings and turn animations off.... it will take a lot of the lag out. And if you still have lag.... well you just have too many giant widgets everywhere

**eyecon82** · 05-17-2011, 07:12 PM

Originally Posted by seanp666

Go into settings and turn transitions off.... it will take a lot of the lag out. And if you still have lag.... well you just have too many giant widgets everywhere

I must admit that my entire 5 screens in the launcher are all filled with widgets and widgets...some are resized to the whole screen, like my gmail one

Thanks for the tip...I'll try that

**crxssi** · 05-17-2011, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by eyecon82

My friend received the 3.1 update.....great, you can resize widgets, etc....but it is still extremely laggy!! In fact, it gets even more lagged the more you stretch out the widgets This is absolutely unacceptable. The screen rotates like crap....anything other than landscape view makes it suck and lag more

Sorry, but I agree with many others... I didn't see any of this "lag" in 3.0 and not in 3.1 either. Perhaps you have some widgets sucking the system down or something unusual loaded. Or maybe you just use it differently than me. But I have never experienced any "lag" as described in this thread.

**burwil** · 05-17-2011, 07:30 PM

Turn off javascripting/flash in your browser settings and you'll have no lag. Just like the ipad. On the other hand if you open up a few tabs in an ipad aftermarket browser you'll have lag galore. BTW one thing I notice about the apple customers is that they'll defend the brand to their dying breath. Even the lack of flash.....and we android people tend to whine like mad.

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**eyecon82** · 05-17-2011, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by burwil

Turn off javascripting/flash in your browser settings and you'll have no lag. Just like the ipad. On the other hand if you open up a few tabs in an ipad aftermarket browser you'll have lag galore. BTW one thing I notice about the apple customers is that they'll defend the brand to their dying breath. Even the lack of flash.....and we android people tend to whine like mad.

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Thanks for the tip...i will do that

and true about the apple users! they have an excuse for everything lacking on their device...its essentially a big ipod touch