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[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
Google Photos VERY Slow On Pixel 4 XL 0 Replies 0 Upvotes

I’ve been having some poor performance out of my Pixel 4XL and Google Photos and I am not sure what is causing it.

There are several things going on…

· When taking a photo, there is a significant delay before you can see it in Google Photos.

· If I take a photo, the “processing” of it can take 10-30 seconds, more so on portrait mode and it will produce a black screen fore as many or longer seconds.

· If I take a screenshot and immediately try to open, it again, 10-30 second delay.

· Editing a photo or screen shot produces the same 10-30 delay.

· Bulk deleting photos can take a long time and leave little placeholders for the photos.

· Sometimes just going into Google Photos, it can leave placeholders for several moments of time.

Troubleshooting So Far

· Cleared cache and data.

o This resulted in taking Google Photos hours to recache my photos in the app.

· Safe Mode

o Loaded safe mode and cleared cache and data and then rebooted.

o Still took hours to recached.

o Performance improved for a while but then poor performance returned.

· Factory Reset

o Factory reset provided short term relief but problem returned.

· Different Pixel 4XL

o A second, new Pixel 4 XL resulted in the problem returning.

What could this be? I would think since this happened after factory reset and new phone that it is a Google Photos problem? Could it be another app doing this?

I do have a Note 10+ that I am going to give it a good run through to see if the problem is there too.

Really want to get this fixed as I prefer the Pixel.

Thanks…
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] murphyjasonc:
Are you stock or rooted? It could very well be an app causing your issue. My wife had a similar problem with her 4XL. I had to factory reset and install her apps a couple at a time until I found the culprit. I can't remember what app was causing the problem but it was something that she didn't really use.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
I am stock and that makes sense. I fired up my Note 10+ with hardly any other app installed and Google Photos is fast. Hmmm...I can't imagine what app it would be but I would assume a photo or video app first.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] murphyjasonc:
Do a factory reset with a clean install. See how it runs before adding any 3rd party apps. If everything is good start adding them back a few at a time starting with your must have apps. It will take a little time but the problem app should show up.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
UPDATE -

It is interesting in that I can take photos of all kinds for about a minute or so and then this sluggish problem starts in. I wait a little while and it works "as normal" for a while and then kicks in again...if I click on a photo within the camera app after taking it to watch it "process", if it blanks the screen, I know the problem has returned.

I've deleted a bunch of apps and still got the same problem...I guess I'll schedule a factory reset this weekend but I find it odd that this happened on two different Pixel 4 XL's but can't reproduce it on my Note 10+...for sure an issue with Google Camera / Google Photos and perhaps my account if it isn't a rogue app.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] OnePlusAim:
That's interesting I have 3 Pixel 4 xls and a Pixel 3a XL I'm testing this on and I haven't experienced this on and of these devices
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
I think I may have found the culprit as so far, I've not been able to reproduce the problem since doing this...

I sideloaded Google Playground Stranger Things and The Last Jedi, since I love them but they are no longer available to download. It was one of the last things I tried to uninstall and the only other app I could think of that uses Google Camera. So far, the problem has gone...

It was odd that it would also affect Google Photos and cause constant sluggishness.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
Well, I thought that was it...it worked flawlessly for several days and it is back again...you can take several photos for a while but then the preview of the photo will go black for 20 seconds up to 2 minutes. I guess a factory reset is in store but considering this happened on two different Pixel's, just not sure what would be causing it because I so thought I had found the cause.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] 100rabh7791:
Before a reset try to use the phone in Safe mode i guess.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
I booted into safe mode and problem continues...camera (when viewing previews or watching ir process) and Google Photos (waiting on on photos to appear) results in very long delays. I guess I can try a factor reset but I'm afraid it will come back.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] 100rabh7791:
Do you have slow internet?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
This happens no matter the connection...my latest tests came from this kind of speed:

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[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] 100rabh7791:
Okay! Do you have any beta apps installed? And what external apps do you use?
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
Here's an update...

I decided on a factory reset. I was a little more judicious on reinstalling apps so did a little at a time...it worked fine until yesterday and the dang sluggish problem returned. The only apps I installed the day before this happened again were Office (the new Office Suite App) and GroupMe. I removed them both, rebooted and the problem persists.

I also made sure no Beta apps of any kind were installed.

At this point, since this happened on two separate Pixel's and not my Note 10, there has to be something going on between Google Camera, Google Photos and my Google Account. I almost don't want to contact Google because they may give me the same "do this or that." This is actually a debilitating problem, so I may have to switch to the Note 10+.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] 100rabh7791:
It's weird because it works fine initially and then the problem arise. I am still not sure whats causing it. because if it was something between google apps then it should have been from the very start.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] garak0410:
I did PIxel Support on the phone and got a case number and all but all they did is they are checking with a higher support like 3 times and then said they would get back to me in email...didn't even try to screen share or get logs.
[Google Pixel 4 XL Questions & Answers] 100rabh7791:
You need to threaten them and ask for their supervisor and make a case like you are frustrated because of it due to lockdown and they need be quick on their response. It works
[Mogul, XV6800 General] TyDoc:
Got a refurb. from alltel for an insurance replacement for a cracked screen on the 18th Friday of last week.... Today I was having some issues with the touch screen and ended up maybe pressing some buttons too hard and now the LCD is cracked....

The screen also has the burn in white spot... What are the chances of them believing me.. Its what really happened and there are NO marks on the outside of the phone.... I have to say it must be a defective LCD...
[Mogul, XV6800 General] serfboreds:
That is common with all makes of this phone. You could easily get a replacement for that, but it will probably show up again in the future.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] jph8tr:
And if you mention the white spot to HTC, they'll swear you're the first person complaining about it!:rolleyes:

Good luck getting the replacement. If they balk, stick to your guns and move up the chain of command. Eventually, you'll find someone who realizes their days are numbered once the Verizon sale is finalized and just doesn't give a damn.
[Mogul, XV6800 General] TyDoc:
went to two stores with no luck... had them activate an old BlackBerry and its killing me...
[Mogul, XV6800 General] mike171562:
This happened to me, when my mogul got stolen, it was replaced with a refurb by the insurance, the screen cracked after 3 days, I took it back again and got a different one, they said it was from putting it in my hot car, but my first mogul I had for 6 months and never had this problem.
[Redmi Note 8 Questions & Answers] nptls:
Hey guys

I was running stock rom Global v110.7.0 and I recently downloaded and installed the 1.9BGb OTA update for miui V11.0.9.0 and now my phone just boots to recovery.

Phone is rooted and unlocked, using twrp.

any help on getting it back up and running is appreciated.
[Redmi Note 8 Questions & Answers] nptls:
ended up having to format all data to get the update. overall performance is pretty much the same.

Do not recommend. 1/10 experience.
[Redmi Note 8 Questions & Answers] godoy.rafa:
Updated here, no problems. Stock ROM.
[Redmi Note 8 Questions & Answers] Vyto-Khron:
This happened to me too once that I believe is because of incompatible images. In your case, you had TWRP and Magisk installed so the boot and recovery img had already been modified. No wonder why the phone failed to boot after the update.

As reminder:

1. Ensure everything is back to stock before attempting any official MIUI update

2. Or try the OrangeFox OTA survival method instead of TWRP
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] hello00:
You think this will happen? because those days will be the final days for Samsung.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Dolgogi:
Doubt it, and it seems that rumour came from a mistranslated joke.

https://www.sammobile.com/news/no-one-ui-2-5-isnt-going-to-put-ads-lock-screen/
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] speedyjay:
If Samsung start putting ads in OneUI, I’ll be saying toodleloo!
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] 0kti:
Fake

Wysłane z mojego SM-G986B przy użyciu Tapatalka
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] corwin_amber:
But just to be sure: The Moment Samsung does this, I am gone.

Flagship buyer, min once a year, some years twice. Samsung Shop, preorder. Phones, Tabs, Watches.

Samsung: If you do that, you are dead.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] josedramirez07:
Not like this, but I started getting ads in Samsung Music today. I am seriously considering flashing now (tho I had held off for samsung pay / camera)
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
What is this ad you speak of?

Is it like a button on my calculator? :P
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Darkat70:
I already have ads in the weather app
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Darkat70:
Latest weather app version
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Darkat70:
https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/...amsungs-galaxy-smartphones-and-im-fed-up/?amp
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] sunny1119:
Ads are location based and have been seen only in few countries, never got them in any samsung stock apps.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] pietroSV:
Those are ads in apps, not in phone
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Darkat70:
I just shared the link out of general interest

---------- Post added at 10:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:47 AM ----------

Maybe but Samsung Australia say they don't put ads in apps. Yet there they are.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] *Detection*:
Anyone not using an adblocker in 2020 is mad, whether or not you feel ads should not be shown on your expensive phone is neither here nor there, they are there, install an adblocker or live with them, you don't even need root for blocking ads now
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Darkat70:
Unfortunately it doesn't seem to stop the advertisement in samsung weather. I am runnin adblocker, also tried samsung disconnect pro and i am also using dns.adguard.com in private DNS settings. The advertisement is still persistent.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
Then stop using the affected apps.

If it gets worse or there is no workaround then people should vote with their wallet and stop supporting these companies.

Samsung weather? Never heard of it!

Now the dialer or phone menu, OTOH, if those start showing ads, that's pure blasphemy! And (Samsung) will pay dearly for that crap!
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Darkat70:
Not easy to stop using built in system apps.

Samsung weather is the built-in weather app.

Com.sec.android.daemonapp
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Darkat70:
Ads appear in the middle and bottom regardless of what blocker is running.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] cpufrost:
pm disable-user --user 0 com.sec.android.daemonapp
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Darkat70:
I actually use uninstall --user 0 which i did infact remove the weather app a few weeks ago, however i reinstalled a few days ago as samsung assured me that the latest update did not have ads,but it does.

But some apps should they start receiving advertisements like the weather did, dialer ect really can't be removed. Sure you can use a modded google dialer, but at the expense of spam protection. And there maybe third party spam protection apps, but why go to this trouble when the default built-in apps should be ad free.
[Samsung Galaxy S20 / S20+ / S20 Ultra Questions & ] Dolgogi:
I've had those ads in samsung theme store too.

However, they seem to have stopped, and I'm not seeing anything in the weather app now.
[LG G7 ThinQ  Questions & Answers] mexicandroid:
I had the Google phone app working fine on Android 9 but when I installed Android 10 it was uninstalled. Had anybody been able to get it working on Android 10?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] TeoXSD:
Is this for real? Were you ok when you started this thread?

First of all 70% of the apps you disabled are extremely useful in the day to day world and are vital, that's why Google put them there, and that's why people with 3rd party Android modifications install them.

Android Auto, it's your phone fully integrated into your car, I use it every time, and that's why I waited for the full system integration of Android Auto in Android 10.

Carrier services, it's the STK service that it's extremely useful when you want to check the internal services from your carrier, like cost control, carrier updates, etc.

Print service, again, for real? This service enables your phone to print to cloud services or wi-fi printers, extremely useful.

Digital Wellbeing is the system version of activity tracker, I love it, it offers me all the devices privacy and limitation features that instead I would have to set myself. The black and white screen at night, the autoDND, and a tracker to see how much I use the phone.

And I can go on with my explanations. This is not a tutorial, this is how you can dumb down the phone even more than Xiaomi did. Breaking every system integrated functionality to what? Replacem them with 3rd party apps from god knows what developers on the Play store.

5- Disable - Display over the other apps permission on Disabled apps.

Are you for real again? This way you kill all the apps that use bubbles like whatsapp, phone, sms, facebook messenger and you can't use them during multitasking anymore.

2- Go to Settings/Privacy/Advanced/Ads - Enable - Opt out of Ads Personalization

Do you even know what this does? This removes the ad personalization, but it still tracks you. This is not a performance boost, this is still getting track but you get random ads instead of relevant ads.

1- Lower Animator duration scale to 0,5x

This is the worst thing a user can do. In the build.prop there is a setting that defines how many events per second can occur on the screen at a given time, decreasing animation time may overflow that limit and force the SoC to use more power. What you gained by disabling/crippling good services on your phone it's now being used by the processor itself, since you're forcing it's buffers.

- Device starts working as iOS'ish performance.

- Youre gonna love your phone again.

Again, this is a joke, isn't it? How can someone love a phone with broken HARDWARE features that cannot be fixed through app management, kernel issues, driver issues, etc? If you were to browse just a little XDA forums you'd see how much nonsense you wrote in this thread. This is not a performance boost, this a dumbed down phone with performance being as placebo as it gets.

I will report this thread to the moderators/admins, because this is not acceptable on a development forum. I never saw so much fake news in this place in my entire life.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] novak.vujacic97:
I think you're being a bit too hard on the guy. If someone's browsing the XDA and finds this post, chances are they know a bit about the aforementioned settings and will not tamper with anything that they wouldn't want working properly. He just listed the things that he doesn't really care about too much, and also mentioned those that he didn't touch.

It is a tad bit misleading but I don't think this will be breaking anyone's phone, as it just takes a couple of "reverts to default" to set everything as it had been before.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] TeoXSD:
Harsh, maybe. But a "a bit misleading" is an understatement. Killing parts of the core system is NOT a performance boost, it's like going to vacation all packed up and throwing everything down the road to your destination so you save fuel. This is not the first time he done posts like this (check the "I thought this is stock android, why does it has 200 apps?" thread). This kind of misleading threads are misinforming the users here, most of them who are just basic users coming from Mi Forums in search for solutions (since the phone is so broken due to poor updates). These posts then get copy and pasted to Mi Forums and there you go, you have a good amount of users now with crippled phones. The same happened to how to update to 11.0.2, there was a step there that made users lose their data, poor tutorials, poor understanding of technology and you made that user lose whatever was on his device.

I hope a moderator would close this thread and let it sink to the bottom of this forum, this is not quality information and it's not helping anyone. You say he said what he didn't touch? I beg to differ: "Notes:

I did this to 182 apps plus the applications I installed (i didnt add them to that count). It takes time. Requires a lot of patience to do that. But the results incredible." This was added later it seems, and out of 212 system core apps... 182... uhm... he kinda' killed everything and brags for "performance". Really?
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] novak.vujacic97:
Hahah, oh well, maybe he really likes bloatwarefree or any-warefree user interface :'D I think that the idea that he is coming from is not necessarily bad, I also disabled many google and system apps because they really do drain battery and throttle performance, plus I wasn't really using them too much. A good balance between functionality of the phone for any John Doe and functionality of the system itself is important though. He did overdo it most certainly, but then again, everyone should always be cautious when tampering with the system using the instructions from strangers on the internet...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] perfect_:
Nothing is clickbait in here. You will see the difference when you follow the steps. I am so happy with my phone.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] celrau:
Someone forgot to take his meds again...
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] mn1968:
Here's my take...if an App has the option to disable said app, then it is not important to the overall function of the phone. There are many that fit this criteria - and obviously many that don't.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] perfect_:
I did everything on this guide to v11.0.10 and its like butter smooth now.

These are new tweaks for Developer Options:

1- Find your most used apps (Firefox, YouTube, Nova launcher,.. etc.) and choose ' Game Driver ' for it.

Game Driver also improves other apps responsiveness not just Games.

2- Background check:

- ANT HAL Service, disable

- Calendar Storage, disable

- ConfigUpdater, disable

- Dirac Control Service, disable

- GFManager, disable

- Spock, disable

(I disabled everything in there except Google Play Store app on my own device.)

I added these apps to Disabled list:

- PAI

- ConfigUpdater

- Storage Manager

- com.android.wallpaperpicker (any other HD wallpaper app will not affect from it)

- com.android.cts.ctsshim

- com.android.cts.priv.ctsshim

- Google One Time Init

- Google Partner Setup

How to

Reset

everything back to

Default

:

1- Go to: Settings/Apps and Notifications/See all x apps/Three dot/Reset app preferences

2- Go to: Settings/Advanced/Developer Options/Turn Off

3- Restart your phone.

4- Done!

Note: Xiaomi blocked Disabling Location for Google Play Services. I am getting infinite loop on v11.0.10
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] nishandx:
Thanks a lot Man !

I don't know whether you are still using this device. But believed me I was so frustrated about the performance after the update. And I honestly don't care much about disabling hard critical apps in the system as the phone now works buttery smooth. All my required apps works and no one can tell the difference. Maybe android inside is crying and bragging what have you done what have you done screw the system the phone feels great . Thanks man ! :good:
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] 3raser:
This guide worked perfect. I didn't even follow all the steps but handpicked the ones that seemed to have most impact for me.
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] Kaimilo:
I am curious to try, what are the most valuable apps you think i should stop?

I am not really afraid to broke my phone as i thinking to move again to custom rom
[Xiaomi Mi A2 Lite Guides, News, & Discussion] keyone72:
JUST INSTALLED THIS

and its perfect now

https://xdaforums.com/t/rom-12-daisy-official-syberia-project.4375725/
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Themes and Apps] jstuart83:
Has any body had trouble with hotmails server. When i try to sync my inbox i get an error message telling me that the inbox couldn't be synced and that there is a problem with the server but it syncs all of my folders just not the con tense of them any body having this issue
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] LunaEros:
My brother gave me his old Verison Moto Z Play to replace my crappy Coolpad Catalyst.

I'm on T-Mobile and the Moto was originally on Verizon. It's a 1635-01.

I see that later Motorola sold the Moto Z Play unlocked in the US with pretty much all the LTE bands as version 1635-02.

Is it possible to flash my 01 with Motorola firmare for the 02 to get band 12 4G VoLTE?

If not I'm guessing there's no other way to get it to work with T-Mobile's VoLTE which is supposed to be band 12, right?
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] LunaEros:
Anyone?
[Moto Z Play Questions & Answers] RAJAT1875:
Moto z play volte enable process