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Help Lag Using Go Launcher

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weihl165

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Does anybody else notice any lag when using go launcher? I notice most when switching between screens, it does not seem smooth and a little jittery. Anyone else or have a fixes? Thanks
 
I use GO Launcher and don't experience lag except for when a lot of tasks are running. The way I fix this and make the phone snappier again is to run Astro (available in Market) which provides a list of tasks you can kill. I select all the tasks (apps) that I don't need to keep running in the background (such as games, People, etc.) and kill them. Works like a charm. The only down side is that when you start these apps next time, they'll take microseconds longer to start.
 
Thanks, I have tried killing everything, with no luck. Maybe I'll try a factory reset. I thought with this version of android, task killers were unnecessary.
 
weihl165 said:
Thanks, I have tried killing everything, with no luck. Maybe I'll try a factory reset. I thought with this version of android, task killers were unnecessary.
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Have you gone to GO Launcher Advanced Settings under 'preferences' and checked 'system persistent' and 'prevent force close' options? That could help with the lag.
 
I've been using GO for a few weeks w/o any noticeable lag. No Android is as smooth as a fruit phone, but mine is plenty responsive.
 
Thanks for all the replies. I tried all the fixes with no luck. I had Launcher pro on my Inc. and liked it, icons are a bit small tho, unless you can make them bigger? aside from manually stretching them Tried ADW, it's not bad but like the layout of GO. The only thing I really like about the launchers over sense is the dock. If they would give us a editable dock in sense I would be a happy camper. Thanks again, guess I'll have to deal with it.
 
weihl165 said:
Thanks, I have tried killing everything, with no luck. Maybe I'll try a factory reset. I thought with this version of android, task killers were unnecessary.
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Well, task killers apparently are a bit misleading as it isn't necessarily the tasks that are the problem. According to one article I read it may be an app's CPU usage that may cause lag. Installing an app that monitors CPU usage might uncover apps that are slowing down a phone. Then kill THOSE apps.
 
Thanks guys, I haven't done a reset yet, but I started my vacation today to it will give me something to do over the break. Thanks again!
 
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