Eris Speed Tip

jwm2 · Apr 9, 2010

I know this has probably been posted numerous times but i'll post it again anyways.

I was playing around with some settings and found the animations setting about 2 nights ago shortly after i rooted my phone. I set it to only show some animations and it seemed alittle quicker. I then turned all animations off and wow that makes things seem alot faster.

I think loading the animations is one of the reasons the phone feels slower than it is at times.

Either way animations off = much faster feel and responsiveness.

schmiffly · Apr 9, 2010

jwm2 said:
I know this has probably been posted numerous times but i'll post it again anyways.

I was playing around with some settings and found the animations setting about 2 nights ago shortly after i rooted my phone. I set it to only show some animations and it seemed alittle quicker. I then turned all animations off and wow that makes things seem alot faster.

I think loading the animations is one of the reasons the phone feels slower than it is at times.

Either way animations off = much faster feel and responsiveness.

I do check these forums very regularly and have never seen this posted.... I was like I cant imagine that turnign off the animations would really have any impact on the performance... I have gone from 1.5 to 2.1a then to 2.1b and its much buch better cant imagine that the phone has that much more to give...

WOW... I was wrong... I turned of animations and tried GMAIL, Email, Calendar, Texting and it was lighting fast... This has been the BEST advice and/or modification I have made...

I will monitor and see how it goes...

Thanks for the advice!

Rossco_Pee · Apr 9, 2010

I can confirm that this does help. Thanks for the tip. I well test for awhile to make sure it is not a placebo effect.

jwm2 · Apr 9, 2010

Yeah i was suprised at it too. I mean it never really dawned on me in the past that the animation was what made it feel so slow. But i'm guessing a secondary benefit is that it probably uses less memory when loading apps at the same time.

I've been using it this was for about 2 days and haven't seen any slow down so far, but then again 2 days isn't much to hang your hat on either.

cmonster · Apr 9, 2010

Where is this setting and does one need to root or use the leaked 2.1 to do it?

Tamasabian · Apr 9, 2010

cmonster said:
Where is this setting and does one need to root or use the leaked 2.1 to do it?

You can access the animations setting at Menu>Settings>Sound & Display>Animation. Uncheck the box and BOOM! faster Eris. this works with 1.5 as well. That is what I am running. Try it.

jwm2 · Apr 9, 2010

No root needed. Just follow what the post above this one says.

BlueDC2 · Apr 9, 2010

Awesome. If you really need the animations for whatever reason, you can set them to 'fast' using the spare parts app. This is way faster though.

jwm2 · Apr 9, 2010

I've not run into a situation where they were needed. I think that setting is just for the GUI and has nothing to do with the apps themselves. But i could be wrong. Either way i've found no ill effects so far, if someone does run into a problem make a post about it.

Tamasabian · Apr 9, 2010

jwm2 said:
I've not run into a situation where they were needed. I think that setting is just for the GUI and has nothing to do with the apps themselves. But i could be wrong. Either way i've found no ill effects so far, if someone does run into a problem make a post about it.

Agreed. I believe they are just for aesthetics. I can live without them for a faster machine.

jwm2 · Apr 9, 2010

For sure, the snappy-ness is definately welcomed. I do this sort of thing on my windows pcs as well. For a pc running windows xp you can change the start button delay using power tools from ms, makes things feel quicker.

HSenior · Apr 9, 2010

What animations are being turned off, exactly?

Tamasabian · Apr 9, 2010

HSenior said:
What animations are being turned off, exactly?

The animations of screen transitions when you change from one screen to the next.

jwm2 · Apr 9, 2010

I say just try it and if you don't like it just change it back. Will take you all of 5 minutes to determine if its right for you.

HSenior · Apr 9, 2010

Hehe, turns out I already had it off. No wonder I wasn't experiencing any of the lag you people talk about.

RoidMonster · Apr 9, 2010

Great Tip...You actually can see difference right away.

BlueDC2 · Apr 9, 2010

jwm2 said:
I've not run into a situation where they were needed. I think that setting is just for the GUI and has nothing to do with the apps themselves. But i could be wrong. Either way i've found no ill effects so far, if someone does run into a problem make a post about it.

I meant like you personally feel the need to have the animations...not like it would cause a problem (or why would you be able to set it in the first place

)

hrbib21 · Apr 9, 2010

Holy crap, that does work.

JohnnyThumbz · Apr 9, 2010

hrbib21 said:
holy crap, that does work.

+1, nice! :d

quadracer25 · Apr 10, 2010

Amazing i use this phone for txting and calling only never really venture into the phone settings and this sir is amazingly fast thanks.

jwm2 · Apr 10, 2010

I'm sorta suprised nobody ever noticed this. I mean it would work on any android device not just the droid eris.

Blizzard · Apr 10, 2010

UNBELIEVABLE !! I have had this phone sinve 11/09. I had no idea.

Terry4505 · Apr 10, 2010

Did this as well, saw an immediate difference. Running 2.1b (which everyone should be)

What animations did I just turn off? I don't notice anything. The weather widget still does the cool thing where the weather comes up across my whole home screen.

mikey517 · Apr 10, 2010

hrbib21 said:
Holy crap, that does work.

+2;... Who wudda thunk it!!

Thanks...

alprazolam · Apr 10, 2010

Great find! It really does speed things up dramatically. I just restarted my phone because my apps were still pretty slow to open but just jumping through the Sense menus is greatly faster.

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