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[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] brandonpa:
It seems that the only time I had it really slow and steering was when I was trying to root it and, maybe, something got messed up. Once I ran the Google full factory 'reset' it was back to being fast and fluid again. I'm sorry that you're having so many issues with this particular phone. I do have all the animations turned off in the developer options, so that might be a reason why my phone may seem fluid and fast?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vwgti18:
I have the same thing here. It will sometimes freeze for 10-15 seconds when opening snapchat.. But even worse when I am typing fast the keyboard stutters so badly. Dont remember this this issues on my P2XL.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
i had this problem and many others in terms of performance when i was totally stock + rooted.

Ever since i been flashing Franken kernel I have not had memory issues , 6+ hours of SOT, and overall good output from the device.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] malek777:
I’m waiting for next week to hopefully gets these issues resolved as I have no interest in rooting or installing a custom kernel. I’m not sure why google doesnt push multiple updates a month to address these issues.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] black7:
I had this exact same issue and was starting to get super frustrated. I did a few hour test session in safe mode and didn't see the issue so concluded it was likely an app issue. I went through and disabled/uninstalled 15-20 or so apps that I don't absolutely need and/or can use the browser versions of and the problem has not resurfaced. My P3XL is buttery smooth. I'm going through and re-installing/re-enabling those apps one at a time now to see which one was the culprit. A tedious and annoying process but it's good to know it's not a hardware issue or an OS-wide issue. It's likely an app running in the background causing issues.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] RevoWution:
I've had a few lock-ups in the 2 weeks I've had my 3 XL. Not ideal but nothing too major.

My thread from last week asking if anyone else had lockscreen lag also went unnoticed as well, so I'm glad I'm not the only one experiencing this issue. I find the lockscreen animations tend to lag more when the phone is on 4Gt. Not so much when connected to WiFi... Weird.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] gettinwicked:
Mine has been way smooth since I got it. I always disable unneeded apps before I even run updates, and during setup, I uncheck send usage and whatever reports to Google. I also set the animations to .5. Everything is good here! It even started running much faster after the November update. Sorry you all are having problems! There has to be something messing it up. Factory reset, make whatever changes right away?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] smallsmx301:
Anyone turn off adaptive battery and see this go away. Turned mine off about 5 hours ago and haven't had a lock up or freeze and lag is just about gone..... Obviously only time will tell
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] malek777:
I’ll give that a try
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] smallsmx301:
I've seen reports that battery life is better without. So I turned it off. After a few minutes I felt like things were much smoother. So far so good today.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
the OS should optimize accordingly - apps shouldnt cause this.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] black7:
Couldn't agree more! However, should and what it actually does are two different things as we've all likely seen. In my case an app did cause stuttering/lag even though the OS should hopefully prevent background apps from affecting things system-wide. Uninstalling/freezing the app resolved my issue here. Could be a bug with the app, could be a bug in the OS, or a combination of the two interacting with each other. Either way my phone is buttery smooth now having removed the app. Just thought I'd share what worked for me to hopefully help someone else out.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CZ Eddie:
I was running into frequent memory leaks when running the app "Recently" from Chainfire.

Removing the app reduced the issue every time.

There is still some other app that must be causing the same issue though, just not to the same extent.

And I'm not 100% sure Recently was causing the issue. Only that the problem occurred frequently when the app was running.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
which app caused the issue for you?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Demolition49:
I am getting lock ups maybe once a day or every 2 days for no apparent reason and it seems to happen in any app. It can freeze for 10-15 seconds.

Strangely the phone is buttery smooth all the time all day... I only get random lock ups once a day or less.

Sometimes system UI crashed comes up not long after. I'm really hoping the December update fixes this. Somtimes I have to hard reset the phone if it doesnt unfreeze itself.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] CZ Eddie:
Tinycore - A very lightweight app that adds a line at the top right of your screen.

The length of the line indicates how much RAM or CPU you're using.

A short line = very little RAM.

A long line = maxed out RAM usage.

I installed it on my PXL3.

Set it to RAM instead of CPU.

And will easily be able to see my real time RAM usage.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.neotech.app.tinycore&rdid=org.neotech.app.tinycore
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] malek777:
Turning off adaptive battery did nothing for me. Tried it but There’s no improvements, I still see the lag specially going into recent apps.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MArtyChubbs:
Check out Dec update. Memory fix might solve the jitters... Or another drink helps too
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] malek777:
I just installed the December update, ram management does seem much better.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nikolas4129:
Any update, did the December update fix it for you? I've yet to have any of the lag issues you had, my phone being buttery smooth (expect for once, where a reset did the trick).

The screen I usually put it on Natural which is the actual calibrated color mode, and apparently the most accurate screen out there. Boosted sometimes when I want a little more color, but I stay away from Adaptive, was that what you were on?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] nds850:
The December update was huge improvement for me. It still stutter sometimes (my iPhone X does it too but it's rare).

Really pleased with the animations and performance now and I'm sure it will be improved even further in the future.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Chad_Petree:
Maybe it's a placebo effect , but turning off adaptive battery seems to have done it for me . I cannot believe Google , how can you let an app / process bring down the whole system ? It was the same for me with LastPass until I found out preventing the app from accessing " accessibility services " stopped the lag /jank I had been experiencing for MONTHS!

Maybe next year if the iPhone xr gets the chop and the XS becomes the standard iPhone, I'll go the iOS way !
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] malek777:
I'm really hoping they redesign the app switcher, improve the gestures and work on the animations, which I feel overall is a stepdown from Oreo.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] superchilpil:
At least it's not intentionally done. crApple likes to slow down phones as they age to force you to upgrade.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] infamous84:
anyone having issues with the settings app lagging on the first open?

im unlocked, tried diff kernels and still samething. Each time i close the settings app and then reopen it that first time there is a 3-5 sec delay, after that its fine

This is a new phone that i just got yest. already did a clean flash
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] maverick1103:
I've just come across this thread after experiencing slowness and lags with my 3XL.

I've had the phone now since the middle of Dec and very pleased with it so far, up to until I'd say 2/3 weeks ago where I'm getting these crashes/lag....the worst is when I complete App updates, the phone is unusable during this time as it just hangs and freezes. I had this on one of my older Samsung devices, I think it was the S7 or S8 and it was if I recall some battery optimising issue that was the culprit then.

I've just turned off the adaptive battery option now and hoping that's the cause of this problem I'm facing.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] redlee90:
Does anyone still see stutters after March security update?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] brand0nYates:
I do!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] maverick1103:
Yup same here.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vinicius.rodsilva:
Me too! Pixel 2016 here. Insane lag on the recent apps screen. It's a shame that Android and Google Pixel always look like a beta version.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] iAMDiver:
Lags are still here
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] redlee90:
Hope that Google can finally figure out that 4gb is simply not enough.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] sacthegreat:
I also experienced the same. Booted to safe mode, and then rebooted.

Phone was fast again! Maybe it clears out the cache? It was fast for a day and then again lags! Repeating the process helped temporarily!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] samteeee:
FWIW, the only lag/stutter I notice is on play store(scrolling) !
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vinicius.rodsilva:
It does not have to do with Ram amount. It is certainly a bug, cause it happens even after a few minutes after I restart the phone. The recent apps list and some animations completely stutters .
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] redlee90:
On my pixel 3 xl, I can almost never have PUBG in memory. 80% of the time PUBG reloads.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] thenags:
Just came here to see if anyone else was experiencing this. It seems to be getting worse. Lately it's happening more and more while I'm using Maps for directions the phone will just come to a halt and then Maps will close itself and next thing I know I should have turned miles back and never knew cause I didn't notice Maps stopped.

Kind of want to wipe the phone and start over but not so sure that's the fix as nothing has changed. No new apps, no new massive amounts of data, etc....
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] ryclegman:
in the same boat... i will have to wait 10s some times for an app to open if i have a lot going on, or trying to be quick about something. Not impressed.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] thenags:
Yep. Same here. Or I'll be streaming music and open the camera. The camera takes 10 seconds to open and then the music app quits. :(
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dan-O 2014:
Is there a list of services that can be safely shut down?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] LimitsX:
I had lags and stutters too, then after rooting and flashing custom kernel, the phone is amazing. So, that maybe a solution..
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] redlee90:
What custom kernel are you using?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MArtyChubbs:
Totally agree [emoji106]

I prefer Kirisakura but sultan or proton are updated often and have great testimonials. Try the other ones,too, but I just can't speak to them.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] lssong99:
Actually it's not about service but a combination of 1. 4GB is not enough 2. Pixel 3 XL stock kernel seems to have a memory leak that the memory will decrease over time.

I have apps monitor the memory all the time and it seems to me after a day's usage, even if you kill of all the app the available memory is still much less than a fresh reboot. I don't know if it's due to Garbage collection but or something else but the decrease memory is not recoverable without a reboot.

The other way is to kill off "system_server" if you are rooted. However, in my observation, it still not as good as a fresh reboot.

Don't tell me about the crap of "free RAM is wasted RAM, it's better be used as cache" since it's a old thinking left over from Linux server era. It's just not applicable to modern smartphone. In modern smart phone area, we actually don't need to cache too much things in RAM! Actually large, free space in RAM to be able to quickly launch any random APP we may use thoroughout the day is more important than cache a lot of APP/Data we can reload on fly (reload APP without clearout memory first is actually not slow on phones like Pixel 3XL).

What APP we gonna use is not so predictable as server data. Since you will never know when you will see the cut little dog on street that you just want to snap a photo! Phone should always prepare ample amount of RAM to be prepared for things like this... (This is actually why 6 or 8 GB RAM helps. Not only cache run APP, but also able to launch anything new instantly without time-consuming memory clearance beforehand.)
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dan-O 2014:
Ok, then. Thanks for the info. I agree that this phone should have come with more RAM. Quite surprised that it didn't. I turned off the adaptive battery and it seems a little peppier switching between functions. Similar to what you said, how does the phone know what I'm about to do (ok...it "knows" everything about me b/c it's Google but for sake of argument) so how does the "adaptive" come into play without slowing me down for a while?

Regardless, I like the phone, just want it at peak performance (without rooting...yet). I needed a phone ASAP and lucked upon a Target $400 off stacked on a VZ $350 off deal so it was a no brainer.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vinicius.rodsilva:
It is still laggy after the April security patch. ?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] thenags:
Is it? I had high hopes.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] vinicius.rodsilva:
Yes, at least on Pixel 2016. Maybe it's less laggy than last month's patch, but I can still see some stutters on the recent apps list and multitasking... I'll check better in the next days.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
kirisakura had background_gc turned off

im gonna try it on Sultans and see if it helps
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] rickysidhu_:
This was one of the reasons I switched to a 6T. The vibrate motor, camera and fingerprint sensor aren't as good as the 3XL, however it's still worth it for me. Much faster, no lag, no stutter and an overall performance beast. Not to mention that price point compared to the 3XL!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] kaiseryeahhh:
Exactly what's wrong with you? Because except for something very bracing, I don't notice anything strange.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
Not experience anymore stuttering after April update clean wipe
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Paz9:
stock kernel?
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] czechu01:
I'm full stock, installed April ota and it's a completely different phone! Super fast.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] MArtyChubbs:
https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=79249520

Correction... "It´s currently set to =on since release 2.1.3“
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] masri1987:
yep stock kernel
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Bryandu13:
I confirm that April update improved performances. No more lags like before.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] karikian:
Never had lags, since day one. Purchased on the day it was released.

AFTER the april update, I got the lagging. My only issue with it was battery, which is not even near what Pixel 2 XL offered. It improved a bit since the release, but now with the april release, it is turning to the worst google phone I've owned, with the exception of Nexus 4.

Funny that Samsung and OPO don't have these issues anymore. Maybe google stop making phones and start to make cameras. I am so frustrated!
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dd805bb:
Kirasakura works great for me. I had lags on stock kernel. Also changed a bunch of stuff. Turned off zRam. 4 gb is plenty to work with without having zRam compression and decompression going. If you got a ton of running apps zRam kind of works. Other than that it just fills up with useless compression. Also changed to bbr (tcp)and noop(i/o). Runs like a champ. I didn't have and glitch til the April update. Also have edge sense mod and a bunch of other stuff. I had lag one time, and Everytime I reset my phone playing with ROMs and or Q. Found a few tricks. One set your timeout to five minutes and let the phone boot all the way. I noticed lags until it is fully booted and without enough awake time, screen on, it will stall the complete boot. I had apps that start on boot finally start hours later because I was playing on my phone, screen on. Audio fix is turn on the equalizer in Google music. Set it to normal. Also check your music apps for an equalizer, it will be the same, were to normal. No more top speaker sounding muffled and broken. Crackling.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] smallsmx301:
Audio fix? What's wrong with the audio
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] dd805bb:
Some have a top speaker issue. I did nthe top speaker will sound muffled. Turn on your music and cover the bottom speaker. Does the top one sound muffled and garbled? If so then you have the problem too. If not, dont worry. It isn't happening to all. I fixed mine by turning on the Google play music app equalizer in settings. Sounds killer. Set it to normal if you have the sound problem.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] smallsmx301:
I'll try it out. I messed around with it earlier and it didn't seem like anything changed
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Slo-mo Designs:
What about that 3 XL tho!!!!!! (Not Really)

So I've had my 3 XL since Dec and time after time I have caught myself re-tapping an app icon thinking "perhaps it didn't notice me touch the screen"... I have been rationalizing the lags and snail moments as a normality of the Android world that I wasn't aware of (this thought coming since the Pixel 3 XL is the first smartphone that I have owned that wasn't a Samsung..)

From the Captivate (Original Galaxy S) to the Note 8, I have never experienced this type of jitter. Perhaps my expectations were unrealistic, as I was expecting such a newer device to be a step UP from Note 8. That's just the issue with processing speed. It has nothing to do with the fact that I can't make an outgoing call without the earbuds aid of having a microphone, because without this technological partnership, I sound like a high pitched gnome, if the individual on the other end is lucky enough to be able to hear me at all.

If I had two more hands the 3 XL would get 4 thumbs down. I'm half inclined to use one of my Note 8s and mail this glass ***** back to Google with a 527 page complaint letter just so the Pixel could fulfill its best use as a paperweight.

[Sidenote - The Pixel 3 XL has a nice camera. :laugh: ]
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] smallsmx301:
Wow. I didn't think it was that bad
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
It's not. He just misses his Samsung devices I guess. Sometimes I wonder why people post rants like this after rooting and flashing and perhaps he's even rooted still at this point. Those kinds of posts are not helpful but I guess people have to vent. He should try unrooting, flashing back to stock April update and relocking the bootloader. I'm sure Google will send him a different device if he's having that much difficulty. Who knows.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] smallsmx301:
Yeah I was a crack flasher all the way until the first pixel. Haven't rooted since and haven't had a need or want
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] bobby janow:
Same here. I actually stopped right before Pixel OG on my 5X. I crack flashed that bad boy until I guess I just burned out. Flashed stock, locked the bootloader and that was that. OG came out a few months after that. BTW, I still have my 5x on wifi and it still works great although security updates stopped in December.
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] smallsmx301:
I sell all my devices. I would definitely say that pie isn't the most fluid version we've had as of late. I'm shocked we haven't had a maintenance release as of yet. I'd def say when nougat and Oreo released they were rough around the edges and the maintenance release cleaned it up quite a bit. I liked how Google used to do releases. Realistically were on a much more mature version of lollipop and the material design. Just like we were on 3.x different theme different version. Going up a whole version number every year just give it some sort of power doesn't really work for me
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Slo-mo Designs:
It really sounded different than intended.. LoL

It really was more of a rant than anything. And I reread my post and it sounds waaaaaay more *****y and less humorous than I originally intended. (Apologies)

I guess it's a mix of two things - I was spoiled by the Note 8's ability to handle tons of work.. And I was just expecting too much when assuming Newer means Better..
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] smallsmx301:
Got it. I don't have any issues other than a couple stutters here and there. Then again I don't really their that much at it
[Google Pixel 3 XL Guides, News, & Discussion] Slo-mo Designs:
All apologies for the post not being helpful, it was only aimed at humor anyway. (I mean seriously, is the pixel 3 really paperweight material? No. ) But you would think with its price tag it would be a little more "spunky"..

As for rooting - I'm not always a proponent... I just was irritated for so long by the inability to root the Note 8 that once I got an unlocked version of something that rooting was possible with that I couldn't pass up seeing what was possible as far mods and such.. And I must say, I didn't find anything that blew my mind :crying: .. LOL.

I had thought about sending it back because of the issues with the mic but earlier today it kept blinking in and out while I was trying to charge it like there was a short in the cord, I got pissed and Factory Reset it.. And guess what! The damn thing works now! Haha!

What craziness. How can an issue that seems to be hardware related, start during a time when no changes have been made in forever, and be fixed with a software change... Crazy - same ROM , same everything.. Just a factory reset.. (Its still on the Feb security update) I'm ................... confused lol

---------- Post added at 11:32 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:28 PM ----------

Well, as I posted in a different reply just now.. A bunch of the stuff that has happened from day one got fixed today when I reset it.. Strange.