Root Phone is lagging

[MrB206]

why does everyone care so much about ram usage. Android knows how to handle ram and if you need it it will be opened up for you. The ram is there to be used.

Because the app killing process reduces performance, so if you have an app in 'active' memory (not cached), it can freeze or lag the device when the OS tries to kill it for another more active app. If you have an app like FB taking up 75mb or active memory, when most apps are 10-30, that's an issue; a social media app should never require that much memory IMO.

This was a HUGE issue on the D2, because ADW used to take up 10-20% of the RAM, so when you tried to run a browser like FireFox, the OS tried to shut down ADW, but because it's a system process, it jammed the phone up and did a sfot reboot.

Killing apps all the time to free up the memory is counterproductive, because as you said, Android is smart enough to know when to kill apps. But resource hogs should be monitored and if you feel they're using more memory than they should or you'd like, remove them.

 

[finndo77]

This is very similar to the conversation in another thread, but I'll add my thoughts here too...

I've been exclusively on ZEAM launcher (except my approx 48 hours on unmodified eclipse .2) for almost two months now, I think. And only have lag type issues when the cpu is clocked down to 540mhz or lower. Even running at 846 mhz it runs good.

As for hiding apps, I rarely use the app drawer, I have app organizer installed (was using it before I ever heard of titanium backup, but the two integrate, so I like using both), and one screen left of center on my home screens has 13 app folders by category (i use 5 columns x 6 rows on my home screen and do 3,2,3,2,3 holders per column staggered, so they are spaced out nicely then have a shortcut to app organizer, Google market, Amazon market, and starred apps on the top row) I always go there to launch most apps, with the ones I use most often in the launcher tray.

This time when I installed Broken Out 3.0 I did not add custom icons to the folders, and a lot of other customization I normally do, because I was going to Reflash the Rom over the install to see if it helped with reboots... but I still have not done that (too lazy to update all the apps in the Rom do I don't get downgraded during the flash...) do it does not look add pretty as it normally does...

Also this last week or so something has taken over my phone, it could be the lack of Rom toolbox properly executing my profiles, but my battery blows. I have to charge my phone to full three times a day, or leave it plugged in all the time. No idea what is going on, although I did finally sign in to Facebook the first time since my last Rom flash... before this started I was charging once every 36-48 hours. (And Rom toolbox was doing its job) also, my data has been wacky... some things work fine others say no data connection, even in the same app... like I can view threads in tapatalk, but trying to open them just spins, on 3g, 4g, or Wi-Fi... I've tried buying airplane mode on then off, switching connection types... nothing makes much of a difference, even reboot only rarely helps, just kills 10%+ battery life... It only does it sometimes, and works fine others.

 

[sosaudio1]

Because the app killing process reduces performance, so if you have an app in 'active' memory (not cached), it can freeze or lag the device when the OS tries to kill it for another more active app. If you have an app like FB taking up 75mb or active memory, when most apps are 10-30, that's an issue; a social media app should never require that much memory IMO.

This was a HUGE issue on the D2, because ADW used to take up 10-20% of the RAM, so when you tried to run a browser like FireFox, the OS tried to shut down ADW, but because it's a system process, it jammed the phone up and did a sfot reboot.

Killing apps all the time to free up the memory is counterproductive, because as you said, Android is smart enough to know when to kill apps. But resource hogs should be monitored and if you feel they're using more memory than they should or you'd like, remove them.

So, TSF hovers around 85-89 megs of mem....Here is an interesting one for ya. Do you run scramble with friends. Mine got up to 120megs of RAM until I killed it

Rich

 

[MrB206]

holy crap, I've never seen an app go that high. The highest I've seen was 90mb for Netflix, after I finished watching a show and 80mb with Boat Browser, because I minimized it with 5 tabs open.

 

[Lightswarm]

For the OP if for some reason still wants to read this lol.

I've gone back to stock ROM and right after I Rooted and pushed CWM via AllInOne. Then flashed Plague Kernel. It runs extremely smooth now. No reboots so far, but its way too early to tell. And I read MrB's comment on underclocking and setting "lagfree" as governor. Tested it out and I'm very satisfied.

I tried all the ROMs on my Spectrum and all eventually rebooted randomly. So I made my bet on the Stock ROM. I'll put input on another dedicated thread. Here's my advise if you want to avoid lag.