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[G3 General] Amb669:
It's funny you said that, because i thought exactly the same thing haha.

I've done near everything in the book to make my phone faster & more efficent including debloat of more than 130 apps and only having 3 running processes in the end seemed to have little to no effect, and then this happened.

My goal was to save battery life, but enstead i realized i had just REMOVED my stutter which is even better :laugh: if i coulda hoped for ANYTHING for this phone this was it!!
[G3 General] crni6:
What about battery life after disabling stock keyboard? I mean if its affect so much at performance of the phone its probably affect on battery too...
[G3 General] Amb669:
I'm currently testing that out right now as we speak under extremely controled conditions, I'll post back the results when i'm done.
[G3 General] GTCC:
Well I don't know if it is just placebo or what but to me apps like gallery are opening smoother and it does seem to be a fair bit better so thanks op.
[G3 General] stas333:
i dont know if i see any difference.
[G3 General] veddandekar:
Uninstalling Lg Stock launcher makes it even more smoother!

I used titanium to uninstall it....

Shows how terrible LG software really is!
[G3 General] nickwn88:
First thing I did was download Google keyboard. I personally hate the LG keyboard. For a phone so big, the keys on the keyboard are surprisingly small. I get that you get more keys, but I can't get used to it and the predictive text is almost comical.
[G3 General] exmatproton:
it is indeed a bit faster. I have ART enabled, so everything was already running pretty smooth.

Next test: disable ART and install xposed with some app settings, G3 tweaksbox and 'nomoreoverlay'....
[G3 General] EMJI79:
Now how does it compare to a Nexus 5 in smoothness?
[G3 General] exmatproton:
I don't think that's a fair comparison. Let's wait for the unlocked bootloader. And a good AOSP rom. Then we can compare those devices...
[G3 General] jhericurls:
It mainly the LG apps that are making this phone slow. The LG gallery is killing me, its so slow. I can't even replace it became the camera needs it.
[G3 General] EMJI79:
I don't exactly understand what is "unlocking the bootloader", I thought rooting the device made everything possible on the device, but it's probably not the place to ask for the difference between the two.

However I may ask why is it taking so long? The phone has been out for months now.

Did it take so much time for the LG G2?

As I remember I have been adding new ROMs to my Nexus 5 a few months after purchasing it and i bought it on very early January which was two months after it was out.

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I am not an expert but I think there's probably a tweak for doing that? Like freezing the lg app and grabbing the kit Kat gallery app then resetting the association in the app settings?
[G3 General] Cxpher:
Allows you to flash ROMS. Bootloader unlock policy depends on the manufacturer. LG is infamous for not facilitating this.
[G3 General] homer285:
Placebo lol, look in Battery menu, LG keyboard uses very very little resource lol, I use LG keyboard and get 5+ hours screen on time and that is with push, wifi, data, Maps, gaming, streaming movies etc. Disable LG Launcher and other bloat install 3rd party launcher and profit!
[G3 General] Amb669:
The amount of resources doesn't mean squat.

A 10kb program can bring your phone to it's knees if the code isn't written right.

The LG keyboard is just crap code, alls it takes is a few bytes of code to execute in a loop with no break command where there's supposed to be or where the target code containing the break command is never reached, this can have very detremental effects to the system. trust me i've done it, engineering any software takes more precision than surgery, most of the time alls it takes is 1 wrong letter in your code and your program is hooped.

Anyways i hope to be posting a before and after video sometime tomorrow if all goes to plan.

EDIT: I forgot to ask what 5 hours of sot have to do with anything? we're talking about getting rid of lag here.
[G3 General] lossah:
Waiting for it. :)
[G3 General] ChrisM75:
I agree, its not about battery at all. Disabling it increases free RAM at boot, always worth having, especially if you arent even using it.
[G3 General] FaceTheSlayer:
Not placebo at all, my phone is much smoother. Too bad I like LG keyboard, but I will disable that piece of sh*t immediately.
[G3 General] Josvaz:
Switch to google keyboard and textra freeze lg keyboard n SMS work like a charm
[G3 General] Vidfreek:
Why is everyone having such an issue with the LG keyboard? I've actually switched from swiftkey over to the LG keyboard because I like it so much, my phone is ultra smooth with no lag that I've seen yet, wonder why I'm not having any issues if the LG software is so bad?
[G3 General] ipguy:
No identifiable difference
[G3 General] nerdo:
Agree, been using Swift Keyboard from day one and frankly there is no noticeable difference, still the occasional stutter/lag.

Glad this is working for OP and others, it's kinda naive though to attribute the lag issue in G3 merely to LG stock keyboard. This is reflected by the contrast of users' experiences in this thread and others.

BTW LG stock keyboard can't be completely disabled (unless uninstalled), can't be unticked if using another keyboard as default and can still be chosen from within apps for writing!
[G3 General] ChrisM75:
If you mean swiftkey, thats an even bigger lag inducing mess than the LG keyboard, its became horrible in recent months.

Quite possibly disabling the LG keyboard just gives some users a little bit more RAM, just enough to make the phone smoother. It just happens to be the last thing they did before the lag went away.
[G3 General] mgbotoe:
Google keyboard just make the phone look like it flies...because google keyboard is coded just write to not lag as you type. I think the lag people see is just from the keyboard cause theres some crazy stuttered with that keyboard...but the keyboard doesn't necessarily lag the whole system/ui. The keyboard itself just lags and google keyboard / swift / w.e else is just down right smooth (especially google keyboard)
[G3 General] Amb669:
The LG keyboard for some of us is causing a system wide lag, it's not just a keyboard stutter.

I've noticed signifigant improvments in lags & reponsivness while pulling down the notification bar and scrolling through any menus especially the G3 option menus & TiBu menus and scrolling through text messages, Clearing notifications is also faster and smoother, I've also noticed signifigant improvments in the opening & closing app animations, And the loading of apps is signifigantly faster, Also loading things that aren't already in the ram seem to load ALOT faster like for example the first time the app menu is opened after a boot/restart used to have a signifigant delay which is almost non existant now, And the random delay that this phone used to have once in awhile doing certain things is just gone now, it's just a system wide improvment all together on my phone. there's a couple other things too that will be in my video comparison.

I'm just waiting for my sister to come visit me with her camera so i can film part 2 of my before and after video.

How is it naive to attribute the lag issue in G3 to the LG stock keyboard? I'm just pointing it out for what it is. And i can replicate the results 100% of the time by simply enabling/disabling the LG keyboard on my phone.

I basically debloated almost everything that can even be removed on the G3 and it still has lags, it ISN'T UNTIL the keyboard is replaced that the lag issues go away.

The only signifigance i can think of is if maby it's the combination of the LG keyboard + something i already have removed prior, but until i have no choice but to reset i won't be able to test for you guys, there is one thing that is for certain though is aslong as the stock LG keyboard is running on my phone there is no smoothness, period.

(I'm running a fresh flash with only 2 apps installed which is TiBu & Swiftkey, and 130+ app debloat & only 3 running processes, so i can reassure you it's not a user caused lag, my phone had this lag right out of the box.)

It doesn't matter if the LG keyboard is ticked or not or removed aslong as it's just not running, as long as another keyboard is default it will startup the default keyboard as a running process and not the LG keyboard.
[G3 General] Rodeojones:
[MENTION=5354952]Amb669[/MENTION], when you say disable the LG keyboard, are you saying to just download an alternate keyboard (such as Google keyboard) or are you suggesting we actually disable/delete it? Just curious. I never liked the LG keyboard, so I used the Google one on my G2 and am doing the same thing here.
[G3 General] Amb669:
Download a new keyboard and set the new keyboard as the default keyboard in the G3s options then restart your phone (if you don't restart your phone the LG keyboard will linger around as a running process)

I may have worded it bad when i said "disable" what i meant was stopping the LG keyboard as a running process/service which is what happens when you set a new keyboard as default & reboot. You DON'T have to delete or freeze the LG keyboard in any way, although you can if you wanted.
[G3 General] Rodeojones:
I wasn't aware of the need to reboot in between. I've never liked the LG keyboard anyway, so I've always used Google keyboard (I'm using the Android L keyboard with material design that I found somewhere else on XDA). Anyway, decided to use Root Explorer to add .bak to the app and odex. I really don't like to delete too many system apps being that I'm using a VS985 and the lack of recovery means no backups. Thanks for the tip though.
[G3 General] Amb669:
No problem.

I do the exact same thing to freeze via the .bak method, except i use es file explorer, Since i like to delete titanium backup when i'm done debloating.

I always will have es file explorer for build.prop editing and full file system access so i can just use it to freeze enstead of having an extra app (TiBu).

Do you have a link for the material design keyboard? i heard the touch effects are supposed to feel "new" is this true?
[G3 General] Rodeojones:
This is where I found it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2796019

You'll have to uninstall the regular Play Store version of the Google keyboard first. Just follow the instructions. Cheers.
[G3 General] Amb669:
Awesome!! Thank you soo much!!
[G3 General] lukesky:
Well I used another keyboard and it does squat for me. no difference in lag whatsoever.
[G3 General] EMJI79:
Are you all having 801 G3s?
[G3 General] lossah:
Same. :(
[G3 General] terry_mccann:
Swiftkey is the biggest crap of them all, see that stupid and ever so counterproductive Autospace after the . Dumped it after a few hours purely for that reason.

Anyway, will try Google keyboard, altho I have no more lags whatsoever since 10h.

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Just installed Android L keyboard, made it default, rebooted....gues what....hasn't changed... ?
[G3 General] flaviosp:
Yes you are quite right.

Really smoth now.all the phone

Many thanks for the tip
[G3 General] Amb669:
I am, And I would also assume most of us are.
[G3 General] alfablac:
I don't know why you guys are experiencing better smoothness on another keyboard. Specially SwiftKey. SwiftKey is consuming 83mb of Ram and LG stock uses 61.

And SwiftKey has the well known closing lag. It lags 1-2 seconds before it completely hides on the screen.

One pro point for SwiftKey it's its predictions. Best right now
[G3 General] customworx:
Try Fleksy Keyboard.... You'll never miss SwiftKey! ;)
[G3 General] sabresfan:
Seems smoother with google keyboard. Thanks
[G3 General] alfablac:
What makes Fleksy better? It doesn't predict words, its punctuation system is very bad and you can't swipe through the letters. Every good keyboard has a function like that today.
[G3 General] Rodeojones:
VS895 here. Can't say that I saw a difference, but I also never used the LG keyboard. One of the first things I did when I got this phone three weeks ago was download the Google keyboard. Since this thread was started I have also frozen the LG keyboard, but I had no issues with lag prior anyway.
[G3 General] lossah:
Wtb your video. :D
[G3 General] Amb669:
I will post it within the next few hours. Just setting up my pc at my new house right now.
[G3 General] insang-droid:
Also froze the lg keyboard. Zero difference. Vs985

And yes I rebooted. I miss having the dedicate number row and long pressing the keys for symbols.

I'm pretty sure I'll be going back.
[G3 General] Amb669:
I posted the video in the op.
[G3 General] ChrisM75:
10b is pretty laggy anyway, 10h,i,j and k are about as smooth as your phone without the keyboard.

The important thing for me is how smooth scrolling widgets are, with my tweaks and the keyboard removal my phone is at least as smooth as an N5.
[G3 General] Amb669:
I'm stuck with 10b up here in canada for now unfortunately until carriers release some updates or we get the bootloader unlocked. I can just imagine your smoothness :good:

The video was only recorded at 30 fps (apparently), which is why it looks like that, in real life my phone is twice as smooth as it is in the video. the video gives the idea of the keyboard comparison though :)
[G3 General] homer285:
True and guess what, lag is no issue here, removing LG keyboard does very little to improve anything, however, that is my experience. On the other hand remove LG launcher and other LG bloat, equals profit!
[G3 General] lossah:
Well as I can see on your video its definitely better however there is no notification bar lag no matter what for me. Its probably because of your firmware, as in LG not yet sorted it out on yours.

Something that's SMOOTH in my world, http://youtu.be/qUKTT7AXQDI - aosp rom.
[G3 General] vnixnj:
Any idea which file to freeze titanium for this? I can't seem to find it in my list.
[G3 General] EMJI79:
What is exactly your phone version/configuration please?

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"As smooth as a N5" is what's good for me ; )

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Menu is not as smooth as my Nexus 5. Otherwise scrolling between pages in the launcher is ok
[G3 General] marcotics:
As a physician allow me to laugh hard at this.
[G3 General] Syntax323:
Unbelievable! Worked. Who woulda thought?

I think people saying its not working for them is because they are just switching the keyboard thinking that's it.

Honestly, I didn't even notice default keyboard was a button. I thought that was the title then you check which keyboard you want to use and than change the input from drop down.

So when I saw default wad actually a button I felt really dumb, and noticed the difference the second my phone booted back up.

I'm using seeder, greenify, and the biggest change was changing default keyboard!

I was trying every app and config to get rid of that little stutter, even changing the launcher didn't fix it. Made it a little quicker but that stutter was still there. Unreal how much better it got from that. It now feels the way it should with that kind it hardware

Thank you very much!

I did enjoy the lg keyboard a lot. Like others, I liked the numbers row. Made things easier when it came to numbers. Oh well, ill survive!!

Thanks again!
[G3 General] REt0X:
Correct setup?

Are my settings correct for this tweak or do I need to remove the LG keyboard altogether?
[G3 General] EMJI79:
Would be interested in an answer to that question too...
[G3 General] brolic925t:
Wow I removed it as well as a couple of other apps (froze them actually) converted to lollipop messenger calander email and keyboard.. On top of greenify and unbounce.. Its so fluid. G3 is kingggggg
[G3 General] fullyflaredfred:
Has the lollipop messenger been working for you? Mine keeps force closing every time i try to compose a new message
[G3 General] brolic925t:
Same. I just switch to stock then return to lollipop one. After that everything works. Except attachments. I can deal with it now no think its cause were on 4.4.2 and not 4.4.4
[G3 General] derdar:
Thank you. It worked really. Also i start using nova launcher, nova and google keyboard are faster than stock ones. Ram usage went down also, it was 2 gb before, after restart it is 1.1 gb.
[G3 General] Amb669:
Those settings are correct. Just make sure you restart your phone after you make those changes.
[G3 General] betold:
Thank you for sharing!!!

It worked. I never used the LG Keyboard, because I use Swiftkey (which has the numbers on top as well). So I froze the LG keyboard with TI Backup and it is amazing. Really better now.

I also did the "High Temperature Property OFF" tweak at the same time so it could be related, but it is definitely a far better experience now. I´m running 10L on a 855 and its not getting hotter or something, its just faster.
[G3 General] megalosdog:
I'll be damned, quicker and seems cooler. Thanks a lot because I would've stayed on the LG keyboard forever
[G3 General] LG Life is Strange.:
Thankyou very much !!!

I'm receiving my LG G3 in 30 minutes at home ! ( post delivery ) .

Will try this !
[G3 General] RicardoArantes:
Replacement app?

What keyboard app do you use now??
[G3 General] Marcovanbasten:
SwiftKey
[G3 General] robogo1982:
Smart Keyboard Pro.
[G3 General] fedef12evo:
it works cant believe it
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krispyfriez:
I checked today for a software update after finding out via sammobile.com that a KitKat update is available in the UK. But it just displayed that 4.1.2 is the latest version available. What is going on?

Sent from my stock, untouched Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 on the xda-developers app
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enigma_x:
Are you sure it is the same model or the same carrier? If it is, have you tried Kies?

Sent from my phone - Note 10.1 (N8000)
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tnerb123:
Try doing it through kies. It also may be that the version on sammobile is still not approved to be let go in the UK.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] FarmBoi:
It looks like BTU 4.4.2 has been available for a while on sammobile. I was looking for an Aussie version since I got a notification today of an update. From what I'm reading, though, there is not much advantage to updating.
[Galaxy Note 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oppossum:
same here in Belgium. no OTA update. but the update is available through kies
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jonairz:
Hi, I have a problem with using my phone to tether. I use a Galaxy S4 Verizon Unlocked and use the T-Mobile nano sim unlimited 4G LTE data.

This is my mobile info :

+ Model number : sch i545

+ android verson 4.3

+ baseband : i545VRUEMK2

+ built number : JSS15J.I545VRUMK2

+ rooted: yes

I can call, text, use the internet, but I can't tether! I have fast.t-mobile.com as the apn, and have tried epc.t-mobile.com as the apn also.

Here is where I get confused: When I set it on GSM, I can tether, but I only get up to 3G/H+ speeds, which max around .5mbps for me (I live in Portland). When I set it on LTE/CDMA, or Global, I get 4G LTE speeds, which gets up to 3-5mbps, but I'm not able to tether. I have tried numerous tethering apps, I really don't think it's the app; I've tried tethering to different computers also, and the phone itself seems to be the problem. When I factory reset, tethering on "Global" and "LTE/CDMA" works, but in the course of downloading apps and setting up LTE and my phone in general, tethering stops working. I was messing around with the settings yesterday, and DID get tethering to work both on "Global" and "LTE/CDMA", but then it stopped working again today. The error message when I can't tether is "cannot connect to DNS server".

I've searched forums all day, and have not found an answer.. Please help! Someone suggested finding a app. to change the network settings to GSM/LTE, but I couldn't find how to do that.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] bsliv:
I also have an I545 on T-Mobile, 1gb/mo @ lte speed. Tethering works fine for me but can't afford the data it gobbles.

To set the preferred network, go to google play and download Advanced Signal Status. Run it. Look at the info then scroll to the bottom and click Additional Info, then Device Information. Look at all that other info then scroll down to Set preferred network type. LTE/GSM auto (PRL) works for me.

It might be that I'm rooted and the rom I'm using too.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] jonairz:
Yesss it works

THANK YOU!! I downloaded the Advanced Signal Status app, then set it to LTE/GSM auto (PRL), setup a new APN "epc.t-mobile.com", set that as the active apn, then made it inactive and selected "fast.t-mobile.com" to be the active apn again, and VOILA! it works!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Comup:
thanks very much
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
To start off, I know it is far too early to have any info on, but I feel that starting a thread a tad early may help to consolidate the topic once the next version of Android hits the shelves. For now, this is intended to be a speculation or discussion thread. As time goes on, it will hopefully contain facts.

Do you all think that the Galaxy S3 will get the next version of Cyanogenmod? The phone is "nearing the end of its life", as phones tend to have a 2 year life because of contracts. The phone is still very capable in my opinion, and I would love to see it get some Android L love, since I plan on keeping it for another year.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Same here about having the phone until next year. I'd love to see it on here but it's truly hard to say

From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
So Android 5.0 Lollipop was revealed today!

Any thoughts on whether it will come to the S3 via Cyanogenmod?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
I think it may be about a month or so. Just downloaded the most recent snapshot version of CM11 and it's flawless so far. I'd like to definitely see CM12 before I move over to the Nexus 6

From my CM11 S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] capt730:
Shapes....does GPS and Bluetooth work? I use both and am about ready to just return to stock/rooted since I have had nothing but issues since CM updated the device trees a while back. I have had one or the other but not both work lol.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] XdrummerXboy:
CM nightles have both working for me after the merge. I'm running the latest nightly right now
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] capt730:
What firmware and modem are you on?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
Works like a charm on the latest snapshot of CM11 for the d2lte

From my CM11 S3
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] capt730:
I can't get a gps lock on the latest snapshot or any of the October builds. I go back to the snapshot from 8/5 and all is good. I have tried mb1, mf1 and mf1 w/ ne1 modem. I am at a loss.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] ShapesBlue:
[MENTION=4419933]capt730[/MENTION] I'm running the newest build of snapshot. I have no issues with GPS locking on, I personally don't use GPS a lot though

From my CM11 S3