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Help Galaxy S running really slow

Hello everybody,
I have Samsung Galaxy S from Movistar Spain.
I am very frustrated because the phone is really really slow. I dont recomend anybody to get it!
The first problem is that dont matter if u have widgets or you use a task killer, by definition it lags a lot.
I have deleted all widgets, and killed all task, and if I open the contact list to call a frind, sometimes it can take more than 10 seconds!!!!!
When I receive a call, the phone slows down, and it's difficult to use the slide to response.
When I execute applications, i get always at least 5 seconds of black screen, and I counted one time waiting till 18 seconds to open the Photo Gallery (with only 45 photos).
I know it is not only an Android problem, friend with Desire don't has the same issues.
I am wating to Froyo to see if its performance is better... otherwise i will return it or sell it if I can....

Its the second Samsung I have... sure it will be the last.
 
Hi all again,
Well, good news, i found my particular performance problem. In my situation I installed a keyboard called "Swift Key beta". This was a very complete keyboard, but the problem I've identified is that every time I started a new app, Andoid loads they keyboard, that gets about 50 Mbytes of RAM because of the prediction system.

Because of that, every time i started the app, it takes about 1-2 secs getting free ram and then loading the keyboard and then loading the app, .... -> At lest allways 6 - 7 seconds waiting the phone... CRAZY!!

I have uninstalled the swiftkey and i am very surprised that the performance of the phone is now very good, i have som little lags, but now for me are acceptable. (at maximum, some times 1-2 secs).

I am having some issues with the GPS too, i have read that samsung has notified som problems and they are going to publish a patch.... so lets wait.

I can't understand how its possible to put a phone in the market that has unresolved problems. All companies has to learn a lot from Apple...
 
I would of agreed with you on apple, but not now after their latest f up with the iphone 4. I've well and truly fallen out with apple now after their complete and utter disrespect to customers.

My sgs did lag a little when I first bought it and installed loads of apps, now its fine after a firmware update.
 
Hello;

I watched Sigrid's video above and my SGS (Bell Canada) behaves EXACTLY like her dutch version. OFF/ON, task killer, nothing helps.

My OS info: Kernel 2.6.29, Firmware 2.1-update1. Build number ECLAIR.UGJH2.

I wonder if upgrade to 2.2/Froyo will help. It is supposed to address speed issues, but I saw postings that mentioned no great benefit when it comes to speed.

Can anyone report whether UPGRADE TO FROYO helped with speed in particular?

Thx,
M
 
I found a hard reset speed up the phone A LOT.

My phone was basically only about a week old and it started to lag. Lag fix (OCLF) didn't work too well as after a few days it slowed down again. (BTW...I don't recommend this app as a lag fix with ext2 virtualization is not a good idea).

Ever since reseting my phone by going to PRIVACY-->FACTORY RESET, my phone has been super quick with no lag.

You will need to reinstall everything but it's worth it.
 
mlatzel said:
Hello;

I watched Sigrid's video above and my SGS (Bell Canada) behaves EXACTLY like her dutch version. OFF/ON, task killer, nothing helps.

My OS info: Kernel 2.6.29, Firmware 2.1-update1. Build number ECLAIR.UGJH2.

I wonder if upgrade to 2.2/Froyo will help. It is supposed to address speed issues, but I saw postings that mentioned no great benefit when it comes to speed.

Can anyone report whether UPGRADE TO FROYO helped with speed in particular?

Thx,
M
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Upgraded to 2.2 a few weeks ago (scandinavia) and I can report that the lag issues are still very present. Samsung claims to be working on a fast rom as we speak to change out the crappy file system.
 
Turning phone ON and OFF worked. After 13 days, phone became sluggish and lagged.

Checked Running Services:
Available Memory: 0MB

Checked OSMonitor App:
Free Memory: 0MB.
Download Manager using a whopping 150MB.

With Phone ON...Press/Hold Power button
Choose Power Off
Galaxy Screen Pops Up and then off...Powered Down

Press/Hold Power Button (seconds)
Phone Provider Advertisement Pops Up
Galaxy Screen Pops Up
Phone Home Page Pops Up

Runs smooth again like when I first got it.
Didn't loose any apps

Running Services:
Available: 100MB +71MB

OS Monitor:
Free: 163MB
Download Manager Process is now gone
 
hamster_city said:
Turning phone ON and OFF worked. After 13 days, phone became sluggish and lagged.

Checked Running Services:
Available Memory: 0MB

Checked OSMonitor App:
Free Memory: 0MB.
Download Manager using a whopping 150MB.

With Phone ON...Press/Hold Power button
Choose Power Off
Galaxy Screen Pops Up and then off...Powered Down

Press/Hold Power Button (seconds)
Phone Provider Advertisement Pops Up
Galaxy Screen Pops Up
Phone Home Page Pops Up

Runs smooth again like when I first got it.
Didn't loose any apps

Running Services:
Available: 100MB +71MB

OS Monitor:
Free: 163MB
Download Manager Process is now gone
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Ya I turn off and on each night. Makes a difference :)
 
krillo said:
Upgraded to 2.2 a few weeks ago (scandinavia) and I can report that the lag issues are still very present. Samsung claims to be working on a fast rom as we speak to change out the crappy file system.
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get Froyo JPO build, add CF-ROOT kernal for JPO, and add the OCLF

its as close to perfect as ive found.

very minor lag (only noticeable if your looking closly) when switching screens sideways.

otherwise, app drawer, opening messages, contacts, programs, etc is all very VERY snappy. :)
 
try cognition 2v. 2b6 becuase it is super fast. the comparison is between windows 95 and windows 7. lol. it loads so fast and the apps fall down when you scroll instad of page by page which is cool. btw it also has adobe flash 10.1
 
Its been discussed on another forum and this one that leaving USB debugging mode on helps quite a bit with lag issues and helps with battery life. It made no difference on my phone but I never had lag issues to begin with so maybe some of you with lag issues can try it out and see if there's any truth to this.
 
chrisjackson1985 said:
get Froyo JPO build, add CF-ROOT kernal for JPO, and add the OCLF

its as close to perfect as ive found.

very minor lag (only noticeable if your looking closly) when switching screens sideways.

otherwise, app drawer, opening messages, contacts, programs, etc is all very VERY snappy. :)
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if you have jpo, i recommend uprgrading to jpx. i have been with jpx for queit sometime now from jpo. i have tried jpu and jpy from jpo but only at jpx i did not have any problem at all.

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Those that know me will remember I said back in November Samsung were working on sorting out the RFS.
Well it looks like it's now officially coming in the form of an update that will finally sort out all the issues with speed.

Look out for the official upgrade coming out in Kies.
 
Beards said:
Those that know me will remember I said back in November Samsung were working on sorting out the RFS.
Well it looks like it's now officially coming in the form of an update that will finally sort out all the issues with speed.

Look out for the official upgrade coming out in Kies.
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Is this the 2.2.1 update or something new coming after that one? I'm still running 2.2.
 
I have updated my Uk 02 Galaxy S to latest OS and it runs really slow most of the time.
With very little installed 3rd party wise, so I asked Samsung and here is what they told me..



Dear Patrick,

Thank you for contacting Samsung and I have pleasure in providing the
following assistance.

With regards to your query, it is obvious that there is something wrong with your software that requires a soft
reset which is switch the phone off and remove the battery and the SIM card and then reinsert and then switch
on again.

Kindly know that if there are many applications operating at the same time, it will make the mobile works
slowly and for sure also the function of the touch screen too.

So please kindly be sure that you are closing all application and please go to the Android Market in the phone
and download TASK KILLER, it is an application used to close all the applications (not just minimizing them)
so it will enhance the phone operation.

Kindly know that also the full memory card will lead to slow in the function of the phone so if you have a full
memory please try to delete some of the stored files in the memory.

If still the soft reset does not help so you will have to do a Restore Factory Settings for your phone.

We advise that you kindly back up your files and apply a Factory Reset to the phone to be able to resolve this
issue.

In order for you to be able to back up the data on the PC use the KIES software and you can download this
software from the link below
 
I'm utterly astounded Samsung tech suggested you download a Task killer as an official approach to minimising lag! O_o
 
I'm wondering if he meant 'Program Monitor' which actually is part of the Android OS.

Task Killers are a No-No in the eyes of Google and Developers such as Samsung.
To say to use a Task Killer is totally and unquestionably incorrect.

You don't happen to know the department and name of the person who gave you this advice by any chance?
 
Julia Jones
Online Support Team
SAMSUNG Customer Support Centre

is the details of who contacted me

What gets me I have a task killer and it says that android 2.2 will not allow 3rd party apps to close some android software.
 
fantomv50 said:
Julia Jones
Online Support Team
SAMSUNG Customer Support Centre

is the details of who contacted me

What gets me I have a task killer and it says that android 2.2 will not allow 3rd party apps to close some android software.
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Thank you for that info, I shall pass this on.....

Also, you are quite correct in wondering... As I mentioned, both Google and Developers don't like Task Killers and to be fair Froyo onwards simply does not need them. So it would be correct that Froyo would not allow closure to some of it's Apps.

Bear in mind though... this does not apply to non-essential Apps or those that do not thread themselves within the Memory fragmentation. These have always been able to close. I do it all the time if I find an App is being troublesome.
 
My kids and have 4th gen ipod touchs and I know there do not have a phone in them. but I do like the fact you can double press the home button on them and close any apps that show up in there. Or if you do not want info while you are not using the apps, you will not get it.

I have noticed the number of apps on android market that tell you that they will run at start up. Like facebook, sky news etc which to be honest I can uderstand facebook but sky news. I should have the option to stop these programs starting at boot. Just like I can do on a Windows based PC with msconfig...

And I find the Galaxy does take a long time to boot up...And why the start up video what a waste of time that is....

If it was not for the fact the iPhones
 
brisandroid said:
Hey guys,

I just got my phone about 4 days ago, and when opening apps, unlocking, opening contact lists etc etc, it just lags heaps. Does anybody else have the same issue? Could it just be an optimization thing or something?
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Maybe somebody already wrote about this solution, but I don't have time to read whole thread.

I got Galaxy S as well and had this same problems. Yesterday I've found on some forum that location services (GPS or wireless networks) eat your CPU (sometimes 80%). For some reason it is called very often. After unchecked this options and reset my phone its fly as a new one. Unfortunately I have to manually switch it on when I need it.

If somebody don't know how to turn it off:
Press "context menu button" (bottom left one) when you on home screen.
Settings > Location and security >
uncheck "Use wireless networks" and "Use GPS satelites"

hope this will help.
 
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