Device feels sluggish?

pixelate · 12-30-2011, 04:09 PM

I just recently moved from an iphone 4s to the nexus, and the phone feels somewhat choppy. I can typically feel it in the games (same ones I played on the iphone), pinch to zooms, browsers, music, and transitions, its just doesn't feel as crisp as my previous phone. Maybe because I'm used to the crisp iphone?

This is the only problem I really have with the phone, everything else has been amazing. Is there a way to get this phone on par with my previous phone, possibly flashing with a custom rom?

DreamSTi · 12-30-2011, 04:21 PM

Welcome to Android, its an issue they STILL cant figure out.

Ken7 · 12-30-2011, 04:30 PM

Can't say I've seen that all with the Nexus. I've had 3 Iphones and I don't find them any smoother than the Nexus. I've also had 3 other Androids, and on those I'd agree with you. But the combination of ICS and the Nexus is buttery smooth and every bit as crisp as any IPhone I've ever played with.

sicario666 · 12-30-2011, 04:32 PM

Look up "spare parts" in the market. You can use that to speed up screen transitions and window animations. It may help with your problem. :thumbup:

2defmouze · 12-30-2011, 04:34 PM

It comes from the way that android is designed. Without going into a ton of detail, that slight choppiness/sluggishness/whatever you always see just a tad of in android, compared to iOS or even windows phone, is because of the fact that android handles multi-tasking and background tasks better than those other OS's do.

When you touch the screen on the iPhone, for example, all (or most) resources are diverted to responding to that (there's a word for this that is escaping me at the moment) touch. Some background processes pause entirely while others just slow down a lot.. all so that you get that "instant" sensation. I believe Windows Phone handles it similarly.

In Android, that doesn't happen. That's why your web pages load while you scrolling around in other stuff and flipping through other applications even. That's why your widgets keep updating at the same inherent rate while your doing other stuff too. Android has true multitasking which it handles better than the other mobile OS's, but the sacrifice you pay for it is a touch of lag, which can be more noticeable the more processes you have going on in your phone. Same as how your computer multitasks very well, but you know if you have a ton of crap open on it you might see some stutter here or there.

Hope this explanation helps... I'm no expert, and I'm sure someone could jump in and explain the whole thing better than me, and probably correct something I said that's wrongish, but I'm just trying to give you the gist of it

travva · 12-30-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by 2defmouze

It comes from the way that android is designed. Without going into a ton of detail, that slight choppiness/sluggishness/whatever you always see just a tad of in android, compared to iOS or even windows phone, is because of the fact that android handles multi-tasking and background tasks better than those other OS's do.

When you touch the screen on the iPhone, for example, all (or most) resources are diverted to responding to that (there's a word for this that is escaping me at the moment) touch. Some background processes pause entirely while others just slow down a lot.. all so that you get that "instant" sensation. I believe Windows Phone handles it similarly.

In Android, that doesn't happen. That's why your web pages load while you scrolling around in other stuff and flipping through other applications even. That's why your widgets keep updating at the same inherent rate while your doing other stuff too. Android has true multitasking which it handles better than the other mobile OS's, but the sacrifice you pay for it is a touch of lag, which can be more noticeable the more processes you have going on in your phone. Same as how your computer multitasks very well, but you know if you have a ton of crap open on it you might see some stutter here or there.

Hope this explanation helps... I'm no expert, and I'm sure someone could jump in and explain the whole thing better than me, and probably correct something I said that's wrongish, but I'm just trying to give you the gist of it

capacitive?

2defmouze · 12-30-2011, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by travva

capacitive?

No. I meant word for the "process" or whatever its considered where the resources are diverted.

BiNGE · 12-30-2011, 06:01 PM

If you are having problems with transitions and animations try (Settings>Developer Options>Force GPU Rendering) and report back if you still have problems. The phone is running like butter for me. Much faster than the competition.

**tntdroid** · 12-30-2011, 06:23 PM

Don't see anymore slug than any other phone. I got my wife a iPhone cause she knew if she had a android I'd break it. Hers reboots and locks up just as much as a android phone. Does it have hickups yes but I wouldn't call android sluggish. Now if we wanted to throw bb into the mix my curve was sluggish.

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