Slow laggy menus on 2.1 8*** builds

[Guest craigdabbs]

I apologise if this has been covered but i done a quick search and found no definitive answers.

I have been running the 2.1 beta since it got released and was working very well apart from the wifi bug, i decided to update to the official release and everything went smoothly but i have noticed that when menu popups appear the scrolling is very jerky, laggy and slow. This was the case on both official and the MCR from Paul.

Is anyone else experiencing this? and has anyone fixed it?

Craig

[Guest Asphytxtc]

You're not the only one experiencing it, I've seen several reports here of slow / laggy menus and fades and experience the same myself. Not really enough to put me off massively, but definitely noticeable. I don't recall seeing this on the earlier leaked builds either so something has changed.

If nobody finds anything by this weekend I might try reverting my streak back to a leaked rom and probe out and differences, cant really afford to be without it during the week :P

[Guest craigdabbs]

its not a major issue for me either but would be nice for it to be smooth, its not using cpu either while scrolling according to osmonitor cpu meter. Think i could be rolling back to beta build tho :P

[Guest mikeqtoo]

First thing I noticed when I went from the leaked ROM to the official one, spoils what is otherwise a very smooth display

[Guest gingernator]

I'm glad others are experiencing this as well but we appear to be in the minority. I wonder why it's not affecting everyone?

[Guest vinokirk]

+1 here too.

[Guest Jason Burns]

Same here. Def notice this in the widget menu.

[Guest prawnballs]

me too..

[Guest gadjet110]

Hi everyone, try the below and you will find it gets rid of the lag!

1-Dial *#*#307#*#* number into phone keypad.

2-Open up Sapre Parts.

3-Open window animation drop down menu.

4-Select "off"

5-Open Transition animation drop down menu.

6-Select transition speed to "off"

7-To return your Streak back dial *#*#308#*#* into phone keypad. (setting from above saved)

Enjoy a faster 2.1 ROM..:P

[Guest craigdabbs]

thanks gadjet i will try this once i finish re-flashing my streak. Downgrading my phone to 1.6 via nandroid seems to always get stuck at dell logo lol, after a stock update using stock recovery seems to solve it tho. glad i got a few sdcards :P.

So doing a stock 1.6 ---> stock 2.1 now. Fingers crossed

i take it this spare parts app is the same as the market one?

Edited September 8, 2010 by craigdabbs

[Guest craigdabbs]

the opening of the popup menu is faster but the scrolling is still rather jerky, oh well cant do any more than do stock updates and still have the problem.

Have to put up with it until next update, hopefully 2.2 :P

Thanks tho gadget hopefully more people with have better luck than me.

getting some practice with this flashing business at least

Edited September 8, 2010 by craigdabbs

[Guest gingernator]

Turning animations off is like cutting your leg off if it's infected, it doesn't cure the root cause. I like my leg and I like animations. Thanks for the input though. :P

[Guest sukh singh]

Hi everyone, try the below and you will find it gets rid of the lag!

1-Dial *#*#307#*#* number into phone keypad.

2-Open up Sapre Parts.

3-Open window animation drop down menu.

4-Select "off"

5-Open Transition animation drop down menu.

6-Select transition speed to "off"

7-To return your Streak back dial *#*#308#*#* into phone keypad. (setting from above saved)

Enjoy a faster 2.1 ROM..:P

Mine had the lag and was already on those settings...I belive I had just turned them off from the normal menu,,,

[Guest MikeF74]

I've had the same problem, as I suspect everyone at 8105 has.

Turning off transition animation definitely brings up the widget UI faster, but the scrolling is still painful.

Please take this with a grain of salt... I'm a software developer, but not a linux/android developer:

It seems as if the Android OS's GUI elements aren't using any kind of hardware accelleration -- that it is using just software-based rendering. Other applications however have very fast scrolling. Seems like someone at Dell tweaked a setting they shouldn't have.

-Mike

[Guest vinokirk]

Anyone getting process errors on apps theyve downloaded from the market place?

[Guest fards]

if you've got ROOT and BUSYBOX installed try this

sysctl -w kernel.sched_child_runs_first=1

to see if it helps with the scrolling

[Guest craigdabbs]

hi fards just found your other thread :P, i posted my sysctl there and changed as above, still no luck tho :)

[Guest fards]

hi fards just found your other thread :P, i posted my sysctl there and changed as above, still no luck tho :)

Yeah cheers. Weird its noticeable difference to me.

Did Try the sysctl settings in the speedboost thread ?

[Guest adamwalker13]

I'm getting the lag aswell... I ran 'sysctl -w kernel.sched_child_runs_first=1 ' in terminal with busybox installed, but it didnt seem to make a difference..

I hope this gets figured out soon as its the only thing stopping the 2.1 build from being perfect for me :P