[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] onearmedscissor:
sky ics touch responsiveness compared to other roms

just curious about something, if anyone knows: is sky ics a grade above most other roms in terms of the smoothness and responsiveness in terms of touch input? the reason i ask is that i've been using sky ics solely since the beginning of this year, after trying out a lot of other roms before that, so i'm pretty used to it and kind of forget what other roms were like. i was hoping that someone who flashes a lot of different roms wouldn't mind letting me know whether sky ics really has awesome touch responsiveness in comparison to the average rom?

i first started thinking about this a couple of weeks ago when i decided to try out cyano wiz, because i had heard it was the fastest/smoothest rom out right now, so despite all the possible bugs that i heard could arise, i wanted to try it out anyway. i ended up switching back to sky ics within a few days after flashing cm7. surprisingly it wasn't because of any bugs (everything was working pretty well for me), but because i felt like the touch responsiveness was horribly laggy, delayed, and unresponsive compared to what i'm used to. the actual speed of cm7 felt about the same as sky ics at best too, although i was able to underclock to 1.35ghz without any noticeable decrease in speed, but the main reason i switched back was because of the touch responsiveness issue.

as soon as i switched back to sky ics i really noticed and appreciated just how responsive it is in comparison to cm7, and since then i haven't even wanted to go through the trouble of flashing anything else, even though i'm curious to try new stuff, just because i feel like i got used to such a high standard with sky ics, that i don't want to waste my time (and i don't have much free time lately either) flashing and setting up a rom without tweaked touch responsiveness, haha. i can't think of any features that would make up for the lack of the smoothness sky ics has.

so i was wondering, for people who have tried a lot of other roms recently, just how exactly does sky ics compare with other roms in terms of touch responsiveness and overall speed? i was thinking maybe cyano wiz was just buggy so that's why it wasn't as responsive, but i also thought maybe sky ics just is much better than most other roms in that field.

i don't remember what the other roms i tried a few months back were like any more in terms of touch responsiveness, but i do remember that right when i updated from the original 6.75 to 7.4 stock, i noticed a major upgrade to the touch responsiveness and speed. i probably read the changelog beforehand though, so maybe it could just be a placebo effect, haha. i also think the smooth scroll tweaks contribute to the smoothness too, but it just seems weird to me that a rom like cyano wiz, that is supposed to be known for its speed and smoothness, felt so unresponsive in comparison to sky ics. i suppose it could also have to do with running da g's cm7 kernel as opposed to faux kernel, which i usually run, but i've tried stockish kernel with sky ics too and don't even notice much difference in terms of touch responsiveness. kind of a pointless question but it's just something i've been thinking about for a while, so if anyone wouldn't mind letting me know, that'd be great, thanks!

i think it's always done that. there's no way to fix it as far as i know, except maybe try installing an updated version if there is one?