[JASJAR, XDA Exec, MDA Pro General] simon_darley:
JJ Speeding up

Given the conversation started with speeding up steps, I also found that the JJ was slow under particular conditions, which I could not put my finger on specifically, but have tried various configurations, tweaks and changes, and spend days and days on this forum picking up hints and tips, so answer the original post questions out of courtesy which I have generally also done:

1) Un-install the anti virus program.

CORRECT, AND RIGHTLY HELPED, I ALSO TOOK OFF SKYPE AND BACKGAMMON AS DIDNT NEED THEM.

2) Diactivate the error reporting.

DONE, CORRECT AND AGAIN HELPED, THIS HAS BEEN REPORTED ELSEWHERE.

3) Set the power settings as follows: "Start / Settings / System / Power / Advance / Un-check turn off device if not used for ".

ALSO DONE, I FOUND THIS IMMEDIATELY A BIG HELP AS IT MEANS THE DEVICE IMMEDIATELY SWITCHES ON WHEN I OPEN THE DEVICE WITHOUT THE NEED FOR ANY BUTTONS. I DONT GET ANY REAL POWER DRAINS. I ALSO NEED TO CHARGE NIGHTLY NO MATTER WHAT, AND HAVE GENERALLY GOT IT PLUGGED INTO MY COMPUTER REGULARLY ANYWAY.

4) To avoid ending up with a flat battery do the following settings: " Start / Settings / System / Power / Tap backlight at the bottom of the screen / Check "Turn off backlight if device is not used for 30 seconds."

ALSO DONE, AND FEEL THIS IS HIGHLY BENEFICIAL, BUT I USE 5 MINUTES AS IT AUTOMATICALLY TURNS OFF WHEN I CLOSE THE DEVICE ANYWAY.

5)In the same menu "backlight" tap brightness and adjust the brightness to the minimum level .

DONT GO MINIMUM, I WIND DOWN TO ABOUT 40% - 50%. THIS IS QUITE A BIG HELP, YOU DONT REALLY NEED IT THAT BRIGHT.

6) If your device is I-mate tap Settings / Today / use any other theme other than I-mate grass , and I-mate swoosh because their size is too big, if you use any other theme you will save more than 1 MB of memory.

I ALWAYS USE THE WINDOWS DEFAULT, THEN APPLY A LIGHT WEIGHT PICTURE OF KIDS. GIVES ME AN EMOTIONAL BOOST DURING THE DAY WHEN THE STAFF AND CLIENTS ARE REALLY SH...ING ME OFF.

Please note that the change No. (3) is the only way to avoid the freeze happens to the universal in each time you press the light button to turn on your device, if you keep your device always on you will not only avoid this freezing, but also you will allow the voice dial to work properly even if your device is closed and the screen is inside because the device will never be turned off.

I NEVER REALLY NOTED THE FREEZE, BUT NEVER USED THIS METHOD TO SWITCH ON THE LIGHT CAUSE I HAVE ALWAYS LEFT THE DEVICE ON AND SIMPLY CLOSED THIS LID. IT ALSO THEN HELPS WITH THE WIFI CONNECTION ON. I DONT USE GPRS, TO EXPENSIVE.

In addition to the above changes, you have to get a software which really close the applications such as spb pocket plus 3.1.4 which is compatible with WM 5 , or GSPMagic., then you can try your device to see the difference.

I ALSO USED THE SPB, AND YOU CAN GET QUITE NOTABLE SPEED IMPROVEMENTS IF YOU DISABLE THE FACILITIES YOU DONT ACTUALLY NEED. I HAVE NOTED IN OTHER FORUMS WHICH I CONCUR WITH THAT RESETS ARE QUICKER IF YOU DISABLE SAFE MODE.

I made the above changes and my device works fine.

Try it, I hope you all will find a lot of improvement.

Need feedback on this issue please.

PLEASE, note, i sincerely apologise, i started typing in uppercase to delineate my comments above from the original writer, but then continued and so, please do not take my next typing as SHOUTING.... i just couldnt be bothered retyping it when realising my error......

SO IN ESSENCE, I DO AGREE THAT YOUR CHANGES ARE HIGHLY BENEFICIAL, AND WITH THE "OUT OF BOX" UPGRADE THAT WAS AN UPGRADE AND WASNT OUT OF BOX RELEASE, COMBINED WITH THESE CHANGES ABOVE, YOU DO GET SPEED IMPROVEMENTS.

SOME FURTHER ENHANCEMENTS OR TWEAKS I HAVE ALSO FOUND, AND HAVE BEEN STATED LATER IN THE FORUM, BUT PRIOR TO THIS ONE:

1. REMOVE THE MEMORY READER AND BATTERY MONITOR OF EVERYTHING, I ONLY NOW USE THE SPB 3.0.4 RAM MEMORY MONITOR CAUSE THATS ALL I REALLY CARE ABOUT, AND INSTALL AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO THE 1 GIG SD CARD.

2. STOPPED USING A LOT OF THE SPB PLUG INS, BUT RETAINED THE USE OF THE SPB MEDIA PLAYER AND SPB WEATHER. BOTH OF WHICH ARE MEMORY HUNGRY, BUT DONT APPEAR TO SIGNIFICANTLY SLOW IT DOWN.

3. I DID FIND SPB DIARY SLOWED THE DEVICE DOWN, CLUTTERED THE SCREEN AND TENDED TO CREATE SCROLL BARS ALL THE TIME. I HAVE IT, BUT STOPPED USING IT DUE TO CLUTTER AND BARS. I ALSO FOUND ITS RESPONSE TIME SLOW.

4. MINIMISE THE AMOUNT OF TODAY SCREEN CLUTTER, KEEP ONLY YOUR MINIMUMS.

5. DISABLE THE AUTO RECEIVE BEAMS, SAVES POWER.

6. ON RESET, FLICK THROUGH ALL OF YOUR PRIMARY SCREENS, THEY ALWAYS LAUNCH QUICKER ON REOPEN, THEY ARE ONLY SLOW THE FIRST TIME, EG SETTINGS SCREENS ETC ARE IMMEDIATE THE NEXT TIME.

7. ONLY USE THE SPB EXTRAS THAT YOU ABSOLOUTELY NEED.

8. SHORTENED MY START MENU

9. INSTALL ABSOLOUTELY MINIMUM TO STORAGE MEMORY. MY ONLY MEMORY INSTALLS ARE SPB PP, SPB WEATHER AND SPB PLAY, THATS IT, ALL ELSE TO SD CARD.

SO WITH ONLY THE 3 SPB UTILS, NO EMAIL SYNCHRONISED, ABOUT 60 CONTACTS, AND ALL OF MY DIARY ENTRIES FOR THE LAST 3 YEARS SYNCHRONISED AND ALL FORWARD CALENDAR ENTRIES (THERE IS LITERALY ABOUT 1500 DIARY ENTRIES), THUS MY "PIM" FILE IS ABOUT 5 MEG AND IS LOADED AT BOOTUP, I STILL HAVE 27MEG AT IMMEDIATE STARTUP.

OVER A DAY OR 3, DEPENDING ON VOLUME OF USE, THIS MEMORY WILL GRADUALLY DWINDLE DOWN TO ABOUT 13MEG, BEFORE I FINALLY, RESET IT.

EVEN AT 13 MEG MEMORY, I DONT NOTICE ANY REAL SLOW DOWNS AND ONLY RESET CAUSE IT FRUSTRATES ME PERSONALLY TO SEE 13 MEG WHEN I PAID FOR 64, STARTUP AT 27 MEG. I THINK THE GRADUAL DEGRADATION IS THE WAY THE RAM APPEARS TO REMEMBER THE SCREEN VIEWS, WHICH IS WHY PARTICULAR SCREENS OPEN IMMEDIATELY THE SECOND TIME NOT THE FIRST.

MY SCREEN ROTATION TO PORTRAIT IS SUB 2 SECONDS, MY SCREEN ROTATION BACK TO LANDSCAPE IS SUB 1 SECOND.

SWITCHING POWER OFF THEN ON IS SUB 1 SECOND. CLOSING THE LID AND REOPEN IS SUB 0.1SEC.

anyway....

this has to be the longest text that i have ever written as i am usually more of a lurker, but felt that nobody actually answered the original question of the original write of the original opening text of this forum.

so i hope khaledelfeki that this has answered your question, and given the feedback you have requested.

Cheers

Simon

Happy Jasjar owner, could be better, but happy, and believe i got what i bought, and simply manage my device as effectively as i can by reading and utilising the knowledge that has been contributed by all members of the XDA-DEVELOPERS forum, my thanks to you all.