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[Nexus 10 General] M Diddy:
I'll verify. I pushed the modified framework-res.apk listed earlier in this thread to allow the transparent bars.

That, coupled with the new search, and GEL, and the performance of the tablet is definitely bad. It's noticeably laggy swiping over to Google Now and opening the app drawer. Opening programs isn't bad, but it looks the GPU is definitely a bottle neck and having issues keeping all the transparency. It runs, just not well.
[Nexus 10 General] tylerdurden83:
Wow, I'd have never guessed that that small extra transparency effects would be really so stressful for the nexus 10...
[Nexus 10 General] M Diddy:
I don't think the bars are the issue. The issue is more with the GEL.

Transparency is one of the more GPU intensive operations one can do. The way GEL works, there's transparency all over. When you swipe to Google Now, the screens fade in and out. The entrie app drawer is transparent. I think this is what's causing the lag.

If you have the transparent bars with the stock launcher, I don't imagine there being much of an issue. Haven't tried it to verify though.
[Nexus 10 General] LaRosa217:
Even without the transparency, simply using the GEL performance is pretty bad. GEL is slow to swipe between screens and has a noticeable white box & slow fade that isn't present on something like the Nexus 7 or even my Galaxy Nexus. I ended up switching from GEL to the Nova beta which has significantly better performance on the Nexus 10.
[Nexus 10 General] tylerdurden83:
Then why did they comment out the transparency from the old launcher that is the n10 default launcher though?

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Could you try the new nova beta plus the transparent bars mod and see if that slows things down as they said? Thank you!
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
Someone commented in the thread of the mod that with nova launcher it works really nicely but it causes lag with gel
[Nexus 10 General] dberthia:
The latest Nova beta released today (2.3beta2) doesn't even allow you to select transparency. The option is grayed out now, and there's a message saying "Not Supported - The system software or device does not allow Nova to request transparent system bars." :(
[Nexus 10 General] tylerdurden83:
Is that with the modded framework-res.apk or without? If it's without the modded apk then it's just a warning, not like i'd have worked anyways
[Nexus 10 General] dberthia:
It's not modded. Just wanted to point out a difference from the last beta.
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
It is pretty funny if you think about it.. This GPU is powerful as heck and what cripples it?

State of the art 3D game? Nope

Insane new benchmarking app? Nope

A few layers of transparency in the SystemUI? Yep

Sent from my Nexus 10
[Nexus 10 General] JosephRaphael:
Hi Guys,

Google is already working on a minor update 4.4 r1.1 to address some bugs on the 4.4 r1.0 (KRT16O) update which will be ready soon hopefully.

manta/+/android-4.4_r1.1
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
Yes I hope they fix settings though there it says only one change which is the kernel
[Nexus 10 General] renna1992:
r1.1 = KRT16O

r1.0 = KRT16M

i guess there will be an update coming (and it could be even labeled 4.4.1) but not this one.
[Nexus 10 General] renzo.olivares:
thing is manta is already on KRT16O at least mine is
[Nexus 10 General] xboxfanj:
KRT16M was released on Hammerhead. The rest (grouper, mako, flo/deb, and manta) have KRT16O, and also, there were no device changes from r1 to r1.1.
[Nexus 10 General] felipepx:
App to turn-on the Translucent Bars:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heightdev.translucentbars
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
2.50 is a bit of a rip off when you can just install it yourself using the method from the themes thread for free.
[Nexus 10 General] felipepx:
The price was adjusted to $ 1 since I posted the app, but have not yet updated.
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
That's better lol. It'll be helpful for people who don't know how to do it the other way or want an easier way to do it.
[Nexus 10 General] styckx:
So you're paying $1.00 for lag.. Gotta love capitalism.
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
I just used the apk from the themes threads. I didn't buy the app. Also I don't notice any lag while using nova launcher but it just might be me since my old phone was laggy as hell and this tablet is like butter compared to it no matter how slow it gets lol
[Nexus 10 General] kylealanr:
There's no lag with Nova, or even the stock AOSP launcher3. GEL is what causes the lag.
[Nexus 10 General] JosephRaphael:
Nexus 10 4.4 [KRT16S]

KitKat build KRT16S Released for Nexus 10 with Bug fixes OTA https://android.googlesource.com/device/samsung/manta/+/android-4.4_r1.2
[Nexus 10 General] CrocadileUT78:
Can anyone else report lag with translucent bars enabled? I'm using Apex launcher and thinking about rooting to have this (and other features of course).
[Nexus 10 General] abdel12345:
Well you only get transparent bars with nova launcher or gel launcher. Nova works great but gel lags though for me is good enough
[Nexus 10 General] CrocadileUT78:
Transparent bars working with Apex Launcher 2.2 beta. Performance seems fine to me.
[Nexus 10 General] UgglyNoodle:
After the update to 4.4.1, I was looking for a way to reenable translucent status and navigation bars but couldn't find one. So I wrote an Xposed module to enable it. Hope this is useful for some of you!

Edit: Created a dedicated thread for the module here.
[Nexus 10 General] Bru87tr:
Do you need root to use it ?

How do you install, easy ? Just asking cause I am a dummy who keeps his 10 stock.
[Nexus 10 General] UgglyNoodle:
Xposed does require root. The steps would be:

Root your device.

Download and install the Xposed installer APK from here.

Inside the Xposed installer app, install the framework, download/install/activate my Enable Translucent Decor module, then reboot.

Edit: Created a dedicated thread for the module here.
[Nexus 10 General] XBIRDIE98:
Hope?

The commit message from a high-level person on the Android team seems to indicate that the problem lies in frameworks/base in the commit, and that they're already working to fix things, as indicated in the second line.

Can we figure out if this "change I8be6a3a5" is publicly available, and if so, what it contains? That might give new insight into the root issue causing the lag.

"Disable translucent bars on Manta.

Requires change I8be6a3a5 in f/b."

https://android.googlesource.com/device/samsung/manta/+/65ddbc2cc5f310a442ba92d319390edacea92cea
[Nexus 10 General] M Diddy:
I have to say, after updating to 4.4.2, and applying the new newest updated framework.res from the Mods section, the lag really is not the bad any longer with the translucent bars and actually very tolerable. Interesting.
[Nexus 10 General] chaosdefinesorder:
Indeed, they certainly appear to be making a much more active effort in smoothing things out with 4.4 compared to 4.3....

Is it just me or has the rollout of 4.4.2 been much faster than it was for 4.4 and 4.4.1 or was I (and others posting here) just one of the early stage lucky ones?
[Nexus 10 General] locovaca:
Based on the evidence we have, the early devices that got 4.4 hit a important bug with data encryption. Thus it was delayed until they fixed it and put out a new build. After that it rolled out pretty quickly.

4.4.1 seems to be experiencing the same thing. They found some bugs with the first devices that got the release, fixed it, and this time incremented the build number to 4.4.2 and are now rolling it out quicker.

IOW, the people who got each right away were unpaid beta testers.
[Nexus 10 General] chaosdefinesorder:
That makes sense, and certainly ties up with the fast pace of .0 to .1 to .2 updates...

I for one am happy to see lots of frequent updates if it means things get smoother and better with each step! (fingers crossed 4.4.3 comes soon with natively translucent navigation/status bars based on the link XBIRDIE98 mentioned above)
[Nexus 10 General] joshinator414:
How do you access and change the source??
[Sony Xperia L] anguila90:
I have my boot loader locked and without the possibility of unlocking it because, my phone operator have locked as you can see in the image bellow and I want to install the new stock ROM with flashtool.

Thanks and sorry for my bad English :)
[Sony Xperia L] Pr3no:
Yes you can, I also have a locked bootloader and I just updated yesterday, but I'm not sure if you can update with flashtool. Install PC Companion and when you connect your phone via USB there will be a huge green text saying that there's an update for your phone.
[Sony Xperia L] Sparksys:
He can with flashtool
[Sony Xperia L] anguila90:
The problem is that when I connect my phone to PC, PC companion says that my phone it's update. I'm from El Salvador ( America) and Probably de update has not reached my country yet( and it probably won't) so, I want to try with flashtool only if I will not have problems because of the bootloader.
[Sony Xperia L] anguila90:
So, it's safe to do it ?
[Sony Xperia L] Gabboxxx:
Yes, is safe
[HTC One S] arono7342:
So I have a bit of a strange problem -

After updating to CM10.1.3 'stable' which isn't actually stable, with bootlooping issues, I updated to CM10.2.

All was well until after flashing the boot.img for CM10.2, my touchscreen x axis seems to have inverted itself, so right is left on the screen.

Tried reflashing the ROM, tried a different ROM, tried reflashing the boot.img, updated firmware, locked and relocked, changed kernals. Flashed a backup, No solve!

The phone works besides that, just the touch is inverted, someone help? Please?

Cheers
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DayanGts7500:
Hiee there I had build cwm for a111 using cwm builder online without the graphics.c it works but there isn't any display the cwm screen is blank. I said it works because the first option in cwm is reboot system and when I tried that even without the display it worked , can any one out there help me please. :(
[General Questions and Answers] powerwill:
Is there a way of making my own custom rom?

Sent from HTC desire S Android 4.0.4
[General Questions and Answers] parkourkarthik:
There are usually two ways:

1. Porting a rom from some other rom u wish.

2. Cooking a rom from android source (quite complex)

Search for both the methods in xda, u ll get the details about how to do. :)

Hit thanks rather than typing it ;) now Free
[HTC One X] xxlocalxx:
I just installed arhd and turned on energy save mode

on install i unchecked all better performance options.

Are there anymore tweaks for higher battery life??
[HTC One X] maxilick:
Flash a different kernel If your unhappy with power consumption, try Alex V2

Sent from my mind, eyes and fingers.
[HTC One X] xxlocalxx:
but i also read that the stock kernel is most stable
[HTC One X] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
alex kernel is also really stable
[HTC One X] xxlocalxx:
does it have any negative points, like thinks dont work with it

i foudn ver 2.7

the zip has many files which should i choose
[HTC One X] M@c|-|oR:
it doesn't go like that - choosing files.

You should flash whole zip in recovery, and then choose some of the boot.img files to flash from fastboot.

I recommend new s2w + dt2w. Works fine on my phone.
[HTC One X] pappas99:
will trying this alex kernel fix the poor wifi and blutooth signal issues?
[HTC One X] DeeZZ_NuuZZ:
poor wifi is because of sense 5 could be also hardware problem in your phone and bluetooth...i see no problems there..
[HTC One X] xxlocalxx:
i have also better wifi than in my lg

and open ur own threads and dont steal others topic :/
[HTC One X] Mr Hofs:
Don't create posts with questions in the general section, there is a Q&A section for that ! :rolleyes:

And why don't you answer me here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2503468

:confused:
[HTC One X] pappas99:
its not hardware. before latest update both wifi and blutooth were very strong. as soon as the official update came both turned very bad.
[Nexus 5 General] sblantipodi:
I'm trying to understand how a G2 that uses the same Snapdragon 800 and Adreno 330 could be faster than Nexus5.

Is seems that G2 is faster than N5.

Ridiculusly there are many test where Galaxy S4 beats N5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3uZdVsND1E&feature=youtube_gdata_player

GS4 runs on a Snapdragon 600, how can be faster than N5?
[Nexus 5 General] ste1164:
Not sure why you are comparing benchmarks on phones http://www.anandtech.com/show/7384/
[Nexus 5 General] BoneXDA:
The only thing I care is real world performance and thermal throttling.

How is it running Real Racing 3 and other super-demanding games?
[Nexus 5 General] chrisjcks:
& this is why benchmarks are pure BS.

Here is a more realistic comparison in speed between the Galaxy S4 & the N5.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-F6bJ218Bc&feature=youtube_gdata_player
[Nexus 5 General] sblantipodi:
very funny, I lost that article.
[Nexus 5 General] Gorgenapper:
Android manufacturers are known to optimize for specific benchmarks, Anandtech did an article on this. I will only trust real world performance and analysis by reputable tech sites like AT.
[Nexus 5 General] JPOKeefe:
Google has always throttled their devices. So when you push it to the extremes in benchmarks for 5 min straight it throttles back the CPU therefore giving a lower score. Like said real world performance is what matters.
[Nexus 5 General] ChrisM75:
Even a 'cheating' S600 phones shouldnt be near an S800 phone. The N5 does seem to have very aggressive throttling indeed, indeed my HTC One beats my N5 in just about all benchmarks. Something im sure the devs will fix soon enough.
[Nexus 5 General] chrisjcks:
It doesn't have any throttling at all.

They just don't play the benchmark game like OEMs do.

The N5 is noticeably faster than an S4 in all tasks yet the S4 scores higher on Antutu for example.

benchmark apps are pure BS.

Which is better - having the fastest smoothest phone available or being slower at everything yet scoring higher on a benchmark app?

People need to get their priorities right.
[Nexus 5 General] ChrisM75:
ALL phones have thermal throttling, thats not up for debate, what is up for debate is how aggressively they set the limits.

What many here fail to realise is that the 'cheating' that goes on is just thermal management tricks, nothing more than that. Samsung and the others have programs that detect benchmarks launching, and then set the thermal management to very light limits. In the case of the S4 they clock the GPU to the maximum rated limit and dont throttle it down (533MHz), whereas its normally limited to 480 for thermal management reasons. 533 is not an overclock, 480 is an underclock.

An N5 should be faster than an S4 even if the S4 is at 533, so either Google is heavily throttling the N5, or its got some serious optimisation work to do.
[Nexus 5 General] daleski75:
Benchmarks mean fcuk all and too be honest if that's all the op cares about them the nexus ain't for him.
[Nexus 5 General] chrisjcks:
Again - look at the video link I posted above against the S4.

Which is better - faster phone throughout or a nice pretty score in a free benchmark app?

When will people learn - these apps are absolute junk and in No Way do they reflect the speed of the device or the power of the internals inside.

It seriously sounds like you'd accept a slower less powerful phone as long as it scored higher on the pretty charts in these apps.
[Nexus 5 General] mr.r9:
Anandtech pointed out that OEMs like Samsung boost CPU & GPU clocks during benchmarks, that's why you get higher numbers.

For Gods sake, it's the same SoC.
[Nexus 5 General] Fille84:
Nexus 5 is absolutely faster than Galaxy S4 in real life usage, no doubt about it. When it comes to G2 its more even between the two.
[Nexus 5 General] ChrisM75:
Thats not what I said. Read again..

SOME benchmarks are purely about number crunching and the fact is the S800 should wipe the floor with the S600, if its not, something is going on.

While it doesnt matter if the device is smooth in real world usage it still points to the fact that the software needs a lot of optimisation to be done yet.
[Nexus 5 General] chrisjcks:
Its not just about smoothness.

Go look at some comparisons of the N5 vs Galaxy S4.

N5 is faster at booting, browsing speed, smoothness, speed of loading of apps, gaming frame rates & loading speeds - basically EVERYTHING!

so you either believe the benchmark app or the actual speeds of the devices.

Simply put - you'd prefer a slower phone so long as it scores higher in these apps.

If you want one of these s600 phones like the S4 & ONE - go & get one! - but don't expect anything to be faster than the N5 just because these free benchmarking apps tell you so.
[Nexus 5 General] aletto:
You should change the title. " Galaxy S4 and G2 are faster than G2 "
[Nexus 5 General] wurzelsepp3:
Lol.

This is the Nexus 4 performance discussion all over again.

Other Manufacturers use specific Dalvic patches that grearly improve performance in benchmarks.

If you really want to compare performance of the SoC use something like Geekbench that runs native

code and not ontop of the Dalvic Virtual Maschine.

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It should be changed to "Galaxy S4 and G2 perform better then the N5 in useless Benchmarks that don't reflect real world performance"
[Nexus 5 General] trent25:
The only thing obvious from the video comparing the N5 to the G2 is the on screen black levels.

Blacks seem blacker on the G2 in menus and in game, the N5's blacks are grayer.

Google doesn't seem to be interested in calibrating their Nexus line screens :(
[Nexus 5 General] Paddington:
Why does my golden retriever outperform my cat in the fishing dead ducks out of the pond test?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] geekysouru:
Recently one of the xda member had introduced the kitkat launcher for jelly bean devices. But when I run the launcher on my galaxy tab 2 10.1 , the google search stopped and the device get back to touchwiz . What to do ?
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 General] leeds93:
HI ALL THIS IS MY FIRST POSTING .......i've just been given a mda 111 on t mobile (work phone)but its got stuff on it which i dont need ukaportal,,ukkamft...ukaesu....?and i can't use the camera or any other bits like contacts buletooth ect can you help' how do i get rid of this ....and what do i need .........please help as its a good phone(i think) help :(
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] malott72:
I accidentally enabled the verify app program KNOX and need to uninstall it. Unfortunately I broke my old s4 and got a new one and updated to 4.3 without rooting first. I saw there are many ways to uninstall KNOX while rooted, but any way not rooted? Thanks in advance!
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] k1mu:
OK, here's a better one.

Without root, you can't do anything to uninstall Knox. It sucks, but I'm in the same place you are, unrooted on MJ7.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Stryke_the_Orc:
Lets keep the language acceptable also, the use of profanity, even masked by asterisks, is forbidden; and the use of terms deemed offensive or disrespectful are also forbidden. Consider this a friendly warning.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Stryke_the_Orc:
Re: [UPDATE][KERNEL][SOURCE] JB GB27 v1.4.2 with AGAT tREC_v0.3.5 recovery 08/14/13

Thread cleaned.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] karo222:
Hi

I have a xperia neo l mt25i . Its wireless range is very short

I can use wireless with other phones but cant use it with neo l running stock rom.

I there any way to increase wifi range ??????
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asadroid:
as the title says my battery shows as overheated on the battery app, but the battery temperature is 28C? kinda worried by this.

yesterday my phone went 0 since i was on the road and i charged it overnight since it was pretty late and i fell asleep, but on other phones this never happened.

the status changes from normal, to overheat time to time.
[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asadroid:
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[Xperia Z1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Asadroid:
as follow up, the phones works fine, tbh better than before 70% 1:30 hours of screen, and 17H since unplugging. maybe its just a misreading or my battery chip went wonky or its a FW error

i might like to hear if im the only with this error of sorts.

if you want to post, input your FW version, and battery stats. any other relevant info is welcome too

PD im using stamina mode.
[General Questions and Answers] gpreetham:
hi friends i installed livenote 5.2 on my galaxy note everything was fine but after few days its started hanging a lot even opening app drawer was a big deal i even installed speedmod kernal but found of no use please friends can you help me?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
Here is my story.

Last night I decided to jump from cm10.1.3. to the latest AOKP nightly. Something went wrong with the flash, probably a download corruption due to the fact that I downloaded over lte. In the install I also overwrote my recovery image with the dual boot devil kernel one. On boot I had problems and couldn't restore my backup. I assembled a flashable package CWM 6.0.4.1 IIRC. I was able to restore and was back in business.

I downloaded aokp on my pc instead of my phone, flashed that, and it was working fine for a couple hours. At some point I saw 2 bars of 3g. I was like wtf, whatever and connected to wifi. I am on an unlimited plan, so this was an inconvenience. I flashed back to cm to get some files I wanted, and went to sleep. still having 3g.

Woke up, 3g. The network must be broken, right?

I meet up with my sister, she has 4g lte full service.

I reboot, see full service, see the 4g icon, then see the 4g icon go away, service drop to 2 bars and the 3g icon come up.

I reflash my radio, 3g

I wipe /system/,/data/,/cache/, restore, 3g

reslash kernel, 3g

Why is my phone dumping lte in favor of 3g. Did I piss off verizon?

EDIT: I just installed stock rooted and still have 3g only
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
I just got 4g for a minute after cycling airplane mode. it switched to 3g during a speed test.

Edit, I seem to have resolved this by toggling my network mode. I find it odd that this would have an impact across backups.

Edit2 sometimes it doesnt stick on reboot. Also goes back to 3g after a call. This is very wacky.

Now 3g stayed connected in a call.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
What is the code to reprovision the sim card? Some people have seen results with this. however the code for the s3 that I found wont work.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
verizon is sending me a new sim. I am glad I flashed to stock because even over the phone they asked for my build number.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kimdoocheol:
After setting up, did you by chance change any of the settings in PA to turn on 2g when the screen is off? I was doing this and it would change my network settings to GSM instead of LTE+Evo
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
nope, in fact I even restored with odin. On a dead stock unrooted rom with a locked bootloader. lte didn't work.

I doubt it is the sim though, because I popped it into my rezound with an adapter and had a really good connection. I suppose we shall see.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
These are my current available apns. When I try to create a new one it has a MNC value of 005. 4gtricks.com says it should be 012. If I change the MNC to 012 the system automatically deletes my new APN. Anyone have settings to offer me? Or maybe suggestions. /system/etc/apns-conf.XML is there and full of info.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
I just popped my sisters sim into my phone. I instantly had 4g. So yeah, that leaves my sim, or an account problem. But like I said my sim provided me with 4g when I tried it in my rezound.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] kimdoocheol:
should have been LTE+
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy Note II] johnwaynegacy:
Solved. It was the SIM