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[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SeanHacker:
to all with galaxy nexus boners...

the galaxy nexus is cool and all. but its definitely not that great of a phone. i see lag everywhere. being the owner of multiple devices, one being the galaxy s2, i can easily say that the gnexus is nowhere near in competition with it. the s2 blows it out of the water bar so far that i don't even feel the need to explain. but i do like the gnex because its different. i like the style of it, the screen size, and how it feels in my hand. but performance wise, it basically sucks. and i only say that because ive been running my galaxy s2 since release day. i guess i thought the gnex would be some compitition. i was clearly wrong. i dont think anyone in this thread saying the same is trolling. this is the general section. remember that guys. this is where these kinds of things are ok to be posted. :D

i'm really glad i buy my phones outright. my sgs2 is my daily. my gnex is my sitting at home phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SeanHacker:
yes. leave then. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
I am happy for you.

Really.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jayrod1980:
My phone does not lag at all. However, to base lag on the phone hardware can be a little unfair. There have been significant improvements to ics on the gnex since its release, especially with 4.0.3 and 4.0.4. As far as the gs2 goes... its pushing a bit more than half the pixels and was stuck on a version that was created for the Nexus S. All I'm saying is that some of the bugs or stutters and lag are software induced, not hardware induced.

As far as the nexus line goes, this is far and away the best. First phone I've used that actually feels like it can last 2 years hardware wise. Nexus s was snappy still a bit laggy at times and was sitting on over a year old hardware. With dual core, ddr2 1gb of ram, excellent omap chip with a great hardware encoder/decoder and pentaband gsm, this phone definitely has some longevity.

Plus this is the best made Samsung phone to date looks wise. No tacky gloss and a nice grey matte finish with a textured battery door. First Sammy I've had that wasn't a scratch magnet. Looks even better with the 2000mah battery door.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] @rbiter:
Feels better, looks better and sounds better too.

let it be.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bigjim1488:
Someone get this man a cookie!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
Send your GN to me! :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Exodian:
Proud owner of a s2 as well and it runs no smoother than my gnex. I think each phone has their own strengths and weaknesses but lag or lack there of is not one of them.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
This is MY PHONE'S section. Get over it
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SeanHacker:
Awesome. Thanks. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SeanHacker:
Please do. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SeanHacker:
Then you're running touchwhiz. :D I'd say the strengths the gnex has is the looks of it. I like that aspect way better then the sgs2.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SeanHacker:
Cool. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
Who said slow? You kids are hilarious
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ÜBER™:
Slow... laggy what's the difference???? Both mean the same thing in essence. A phone that is slow is laggy a phone that is laggy is slow. You "adults" need some sense.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SocialReject:
Picture reminds me of Obama.

Weird.

Sent from the future.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zolah:
On stock this phones does stutter.

I dont know what one person defines as lag to another. To me lag is if i swipe left and then the screen responds a second or two later... I dont get that.

Stutters and jerks... Hell yes!

The app drawer on stock with the stock launcher is horrible. It stutter like crazy and spoils the entire experience.

Any one that says user error or anything is lying to themselves.

HOWEVER!!!

My friend has a Gnex too and although his stutters were as bad as mine on stock, he has flashed AOKP B34 and it is actually very very smooth.

Maybe the people here that are saying that their nexus is smooth are running custom roms / kernels.

With the gains of AOKP like customization; smoothness etc etc there has been some sacrifices made... Poorer battery life... GPS issues... Hell the other day his XDA app forced closed on him lol.

I am running 100% stock and i have started using apex launcher with the widget tab hidden in the app drawer which has made it smoother but still the flyout animation back to the homescreen is still stuttering a bit.

Sigh
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msedek:
x 1 billon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr_Q:
I still do not see posts with the real cause of the lagg a lot of you are having..

I think I do know what is causing it.. Apps with transparant overlays. Not sure of that is the correct terminology.. let me explain to make it clear:

Apps like:

- SwipePad

- Smart Status Bar

- Wave Launcher

These apps let you swipe over the screen from anywhere to have them activated..

But I am sure there are more of them.. When these or similar applications are installed, the launcher, appdrawer and other things directly become laggy. Killing or even beter removing ALL these applications removes the lagg.

I have not experienced this on my Galaxy S2 with these apps. It seems to be related to the Galaxy Nexus device / drivers..

Hopefully this helps other people removing their lagg.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] msedek:
The phone does not lag.. ICS 4.0.2 its the laggy.. Upgrade and do some tweaks and you will be happy as we all are

Another thing, dont try to get inside a lions Cage with fresh Meat and think you gonna get out hurtless

Cheers and here you go

Galaxy Nexus AOKP m5 Franco kernel m3
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
I noticed though, if you use wave launcher with the left or right side launch point instead of swiping from the bottom up, it no longer lags. Weird but it works
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Vangelis13:
Sweet baby Jesus.. I removed swipepad (which I've used for over a year now) and the phone is F L Y I N G!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr_Q:
Good to hear that it helped you out, even after almost a year...

Hopefully there is some kind of solution on the near future as I really liked SwipePad on my Galaxy S2 as well!

But the issue is definitely related to the Galaxy Nexus....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr_Q:
I did some further investigation. It seems to have a relation with the navigation buttons.

As our GN has no additional keys except the software ones, I thought it might be related to this. So then I tried SwipePad on my tablet: Asus Transformer tf101. This tablet also had the same slow downs after installing SwipePad. So this confirms the above so far.

Are there other people with a tablet that might want to give this a try? Of course it should be a tablet other then the tf101.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Product F(RED):
The short answer is it's running last year's processor on a 720p screen. But like many people have said, there are several easy methods of getting it to run smooth. Not necessarily buttery smooth like the S2 (which runs a MUCH faster processor at only 800 x 480), but smooth.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
FTFY ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Product F(RED):
Thanks for the correction. The thing is it's a system on a chip, so technically I should've said SoC. But you're right. However, I'm willing to bet that if an Exynos were thrown in instead of the TI OMAP (which is by no means a slouch), it'd be smooth as butter.

They only went with the TI OMAP because the Exynos doesn't do LTE and they didn't want two totally different hardware variations (as opposed to the CDMA version just being the GSM version with a different radio).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr_Q:
Well, the slow downs/lags are in a lot of cases not due to hardware limitations.

The Galaxy Nexus feels butter smooth when it is clean, factory reset, but a lot of additional apps cause it to feel slow. This is caused by specific apps as can be read in one of my previous posts in the thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] chancy319:
Mine is smooth. No lag here.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] madphone:
i think galaxy Nexus is only laggy when you use stock launchers or launchers based on it. try the launchers from smasung lg or sony and you will almost see no lags. but with most live wallpapers there will be lags too.

by the way: sumsung uses many tricks to make galaxy s3 smoother: 1. they removed wallpaper Scrolling which adds some speed. 2. In the app drawer they removed the option to swype from apps to widgets. excactly the same we have been recommending for slow phones like galaxy s since there is cm9 with Nova, apex… this brings the biggest performance improvements.

and even the galaxy s3 lags a bit when using some of their own livewallpapers, even though the lag is nothing compared to galaxy Nexus with the same live wallpaper.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr_Q:
Gents, both correct! Apart from stock not being smooth, I think it is smooth enough.. But what I am taking about is something different..

Download SwipePad from the market, configure it and you will directly notice what I mean, with all launchers.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] RogerPodacter:
I'm not sure about that, there are note threads complaining it lags and is not smooth and questioning the CPU gpu. Same android 4 and all.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ronnienyc:
I had one that was laggy/choppy too! And the audio quality (in calls and playing music, etc.) was not good at all (compared to Photon) so I sold it to some chap for $425 ;-)

I was disappointed with the performance. But, maybe I had a "broken" one too...

I also found the back to be super slippery...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
Anyone who says the Galaxy Nexus does not have lag is nothing more than a Nexus fanboy. Same disease that affects iPhone users.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Product F(RED):
Even my S3 has a little bit of lag. It's an Android thing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mylenthes:
The navigation bar animation causes lag when coming out of the app drawer. With that disabled the nexus is the smoothest android device I have ever used. (S2, Sensation, Even atat One x)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Mr_Q:
We're getting offtopic now. All phone lagg, even iPhone and iPad.

The topic title is why the GN laggs more than other phones. I am sure this is caused by so called 'overlay' apps like SwipePad for a large part of the users experiencing this. This does not seems to happen to phones without navigation bar.

More information can be found in my previous posts of this thread.

Install SwipePad from the market, configure it and you will directly notice what I mean with lagg and the issue we are talking about. It will not be smooth anymore.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ingenious247:
Actually, there are quite a few apps that run like a champ on the S2 that the nexus can't handle
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] adrynalyne:
Such as?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
running MIUI with franco, only some lag here and there and browser crash here and there.

i had enough of android for the last 3 years. super hot, poor battery, cheap quality feeling/build.

yes, im going to be an isheep once iphone 5 is out. battery life and gaming come first, sorry swiftkey keyboard for dumping you :'(
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DirgeExtinction:
All android devices will have some sort of lag. Why? From what I've read, it has to handle more processes at once than other mobile OS. I may be wrong with the terminology, but the end result is the same. Even an Android Engineer made a Google+ post explaining it. It's just an inherent part of Android as a whole. Dont like it? Go to a closed down mobile OS and do what you're told you can do. Yes, you'll get better battery life(though Android handsets are catching up) and a "smoother" UI, but that'll come at the price of OS freedom. I mean, why else would you be on XDA(and similar forums) if you don't enjoy tinkering with your phone and choosing what's the best configuration for YOU?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] zeke1988:
no you are right, i read that article too.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fredryk:
Zero lag for me. Maybe a hiiiiiiint of lag when opening the app drawer, but that's it. This phone is buttery smooth. Unlike my old sensation which was a laggy pile of dog turds. Running AOKP b39 and Franco M4.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aeoveu:
My colleague has the One X (no ATT - the international Tegra 3 version) and the launcher lags.

Tegra 3 cannot overcome the lagginess of the stock Sense launcher... and he's not even had his phone rooted!

Sometimes it's smooth when scrolling between apps - but so is the GN. The browser on Sense isn't really smooth (Tegra 3, mind you) vis-a-vis the GN - sometimes one jerks, sometimes the other.

The iPhone's kinetic scrolling stinks - cause there isn't any. Try scrolling a long list of things on the iPhone and you'll see what I mean. Each phone has it's advantages - but if you're really frustrated cause of the llagginess, then you might as well look at the Windows Phone - it lags when the Xbox 360 app is open where the animated character dances.

Oh - and the GPU may be "older" but it's still capable. Just because something is old doesn't render it defective - if it gets the job well done, then what's wrong? Oh - and the same colleague who has the One X - he has a friend who has the S2, and according to the One X friend/colleague, Temple Run is jerky on the S2, and the GN plays it just as swell as the iPhone.

Remember: Android = one OS, different phones > different configurations and performance.

iOS: one OS, one phone, consistent performance.

Windows Phone seems to be a mixture of both since Microsoft dictates the hardware, unlike in Android - which is tossed into even watches and television sets. Potential vs. "smoothness" - you tell me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Product F(RED):
I'm not ignoring your statement, just wanna say I had an S2 and it's on par with the One X in terms of performance, maybe even smoother. Also Temple Run ran fine. Now if you pushed both to their limit, yes the One X with a quad-core Tegra III would probably come out on top.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] isinisterx:
I find I have lag problems when I hit the home button, it takes a bit long to register the command because its lagging
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aeoveu:
Well - I haven't seen Temple Run on the S2... perhaps the phone the other guy had had some other mess up or something.

But as far as Tegra is concerned - it's probably only good for gaming, and the four cores might help you accomplish normal, routine tasks in - say - one second less than a dual core.

Just some thoughts - haven't done my (un)scientific testing.

I read the S2 runs fast cause of the low-res screen. The Galaxy Nexus also runs pretty well on the 720p resolution despite having a GPU that is a bit older.

At the end of the day, does it work for you? Some stuttering happens everywhere - and I'm sure the iPhone will have it (but the iPhone/iPad use the GPU differently).

Another thing - you know how live wallpapers tend to lag sometimes? HTC, on the One X, put in a tweak that when you're scrolling between homescreens, the wallpaper would stop animating and once the screen is swiped, it would resume. Some other launchers let you do this - which lets you maintain smoothness with live wallpapers. It just depends how the OS renders the graphics.

And the Galaxy Nexus renders graphics fairly well!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LocutusEstBorg:
I found the GNex and even the stock SGS3 had much more input lag, stuttering scrolling and overall low animation framerate compared to my SGS2.

And anyone who says "buttery smooth" to describle ANY Android phone is blind or deluded. They've forgotten how smooth an iPhone is or have never used one.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] atifsh:
people wont understand, if they never used S2 i9100. i noted that on my first boot when i bought nexus.

but if someone say jb is not smooth as S2 well that's a flat lie. its the jb that make me stay on nexus, otherwise i would have went back to S2 few months back. but now i cant even think bout it even 4.1 comes on S2 officially. cant go back to non HD Screen.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] epicface:
Laggy Nexus Begone

I'm on jelly bean so mines obviously perfectly smooth but when I was on ICS live wallpapers were making the phone choppy. I'd assume that your problem is over Cruz you got job. (Unless your on Verizon)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] geoldr:
Hey guys, I got my phone yesterday, and there were no problems with the screen. This was the last phone they had in stock of the white version.

Today I just noticed a dead pixel on my screen in the middle of the google search bar at the top.

It's very annoying, and its only the second day having this phone! If I go into another AT&T when they have the phone in stock, is it possible to replace it for free for a new one?

I mean a dead pixel is a defect, not my fault.

I dialed the *#0*# and when I click green, you can clearly see one red dot.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
Any att store should warranty it, but hurry, time is ticking
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] geoldr:
Well ill be coming in tomorrow to a store that has the white version. What do you mean by hurry the time is ticking?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] cdshepherd:
I don't know the exact specifics but they will exchange it in the store for a certain amount of time after you bought it. Any longer and they will mail the device. Not that big of deal really. I just hate waiting for phones in the mail. No need to be alarmed
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] geoldr:
Ok, thank you. Ill post back tomorrow and update on the status of the phone. I really hope the new one wont have any dead pixels. I will check before leaving.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] geoldr:
Good news, i was able to come in and they gave me a new one. I checked for dead pixels in the store, and its good.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
i am having trouble compiling apk's from a cm9 rom. i can decompile just fine with apktool. can anyone point me in the right direction
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkierawr:
Did you set the framework-res?

EDIT: apktool if framework-res.apk --I was kind of vague
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
yes i did setup the framework this is the errors im getting

c:\apktools>apktool b mms.apk

Exception in thread "main" brut.androlib.AndrolibException: brut.directory.PathN

otExist: apktool.yml

at brut.androlib.Androlib.readMetaFile(Androlib.java:142)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:159)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.build(Androlib.java:154)

at brut.apktool.Main.cmdBuild(Main.java:182)

at brut.apktool.Main.main(Main.java:67)

Caused by: brut.directory.PathNotExist: apktool.yml

at brut.directory.AbstractDirectory.getFileInput(AbstractDirectory.java:

103)

at brut.androlib.Androlib.readMetaFile(Androlib.java:138)

... 4 more

c:\apktools>
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] darkierawr:
I remember with APKTool I always had to rename it.

By that I mean, apktool b MMS MMS2.apk

So apktool b FolderName NameOfAPK.apk

Try that. If not someone else will have to step in. A last resort would be to try APKManager or APK Multi-tool.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Update apktool and put it in the sdk platform tools folder then update the sdk with 4.0 stuff then run this command and keep an ics framework-res.apk in the same platform-tools folder.

apktool if framework-res.apk

Then proceed with

apktool d whateverapp.apk

This was the only way I could get it to work.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
You might also want to try the version before the latest. I read that somewhere.

You can also try decompiling with the one version old one and compiling with the new one.
[Epic 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Did this work for you?

In Soviet Epic forum, clockworkmod root you!
[Kindle Fire General] djkeller3:
Just to let everyone know you can now go to Swype.com, sign up for the beta with your KF and get your fully functioning and official Swype hot off the press!
[Kindle Fire General] okyere:
Mine is rooted and running and ICS (cm9) rom but after I log into the installer, it says that the screen size is not supported. Think you might know why?
[Kindle Fire General] NPC_Izzy:
From the MIUI Forums

This also fixes FCs that you might get! You could also get "LCD Resolution (Root)" but you'll have to manually set it back to its original resolution.
[Kindle Fire General] djkeller3:
I don't think screen density is the answer. Mine is set to 160 and I have no problems getting my apps to show up in the Market.
[Kindle Fire General] djkeller3:
What color is the Swype "S" on your installer icon? If it is anything other than Orange, then you're not installing the version compatible with your Fire.

Since I also use Swype on my Thunderbolt, I signed up for another beta with another email address I have, and that let me download the latest beta on my Kindle. I tried this 2 weeks ago and got an error that Swype was not compatible with my device. I saw that they have Swype now for the Galaxy Tab and that was my cute to try again. I did and magic happened.

If you have the orange S and are not able to do the install, make sure you don't have any other versions of the installer on your KF and try again. You might also try downloading again just in case the download was bad.

Good luck!
[Kindle Fire General] dougdirt24:
I am stuck once I get to the swype installer. I click the "enable swype" button, which according the swype installation page is supposed to take me to the keyboard recognition page, which technically it does, but doesn't allow me to choose a new keyboard.

My fire is stock with the most recent update (6.2.2?). Does it need to be rooted or running another rom for this to work?
[Kindle Fire General] djkeller3:
I was just going to ask you if you were running the stock ROM. That is the problem. You can still do it though. I had Swype when I ran stock ROM.

I'm working right now and can't refer to the instructions I found, but Google it and read the threads completely. You can do it, but it involves moving the Swype apk to your system apps folder, changing permissions and then deleting the apk to keep Swype from force closing. It's a hassle, but worth it if you don't want to install a recovery and flash CM7 or other ROM.
[Kindle Fire General] SirVilhelm:
Is there a version just for the kindle or is it the same download that you use for your phone? Does it work with the stock firmware?
[Kindle Fire General] djkeller3:
It does not appear to be resizeable, so I assume it's the phone version, but Swype apparently approves of it for this device, and it does work perfectly with the KF. It is a large size though, but I don't mind because my fingers are big. ;)
[Kindle Fire General] gT7kr93I:
I'm running Swype on my KF stock, I followed these instructions to install it.

h t t p : / / androidforums.com/amazon-kindle-fire/473807-how-successfully-install-swype-root-required.html

(Sorry for bizarre link formatting. I'm new here and apparently now allowed to post outside links.)
[Kindle Fire General] okyere:
Still no luck; even with a new swype account.

Ok. So I even went ahead to create a new swype beta account just to use for my kindle fire. But after the installation, it still tells me the screen size is not yet supported. Yes, the color of the installer is orange. And since I just created the account, I'm sure I have the latest installer. Could it be due to the fact that I'm running the ics (cm9) rom? What rom do you have on your KF?
[Kindle Fire General] BleedsOrangeandBlue:
I'm thinking the ROM is the issue. I couldn't install on CM9 but do have it working on CM7
[Kindle Fire General] YaKillaCJ:
Hmm I have it workin just fine. Does any1 kno if there a version just for tablets that we can steal, lol. (APK) I would prefer the resizable is all.
[Kindle Fire General] nmathisen:
I tried the screen density fix and am still receiving the "screen size not supported" error after a reboot.

I too am rooted and running the latest CM9. Any other potential resolutions?