Starting to slow down

Doc_Stew · May 26, 2010

With mine, the touchscreen becomes unresponsive at times while it's doing something else (updating an app, etc.). I find that to be really, really annoying.

Dewprism · Jun 2, 2010

I only have a hand full of apps. None running in the backround however it seems to be slighty slower in terms of scrolling through text message, no problems on websites (like this one I'm on my DI now typing this.) Really that's the only time I see a bit of lag.

Steven58 · Jun 2, 2010

66 apps: fast as lightening. app killer messed me up the first week. Had to reset back to factory settings. Never reloaded app killer and never had problems, thereafter.

Steven

dan409 · Jun 2, 2010

sean76 said:
Yea mine has lag! No I don't have any 3rd party apps, yes I shut my phone off and restart it, yes I do battery pulls, yes I do *228, yes I'm a tech buff and have a slightly good idea how a device should work. Figured I'd cover all the questions from the people who feel like Jesus delivered there phone, and that act like u cursed there mother out when u say your incredible has an issue or 2....

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Agree with you 100% on the last part of your quote ! You would think that this piece of plastic and metal was a damn family member or lover ! Sheesh.. Haven't even been around much anymore. So sick and tired of seeing all of the nasty and downright mean reply's to posts. No disrespect, but I think the mods need to drop the hammer in here alot more.

Dream · Jun 2, 2010

Mine is fast as heck too, except when installing an app.

elrabin · Jun 2, 2010

DenverRalphy said:
57 Apps installed on my Incredible (all quality apps, no fart apps, no shaking soda-cans etc..), with a boatload of resources to spare (memory, phone storage, and cpu usage). Just for giggles, I stress tested my Incredible by using a live wallpaper, made sure every app possible was loaded into memory and running, any app that had to poll for data was polling as often as possible, widgets set to refresh as often as possible, had friends flood me with sms/mms/IM's/email, and still my Incredible operated well. I did manage to push it to the point that there was some noticeable lag, but it was a lot of work to get it to that point, and I'd already surpassed the threshold of other device's capabilities by leaps and bounds.

Praise Jesus!

The only reason i see even a HINT of scroll lag on the programs list is because i'm running a live wallpaper.

The whole phone runs smooth as silk, no lag, no slowdowns anywhere.

Apps launch in under a second.

If i flick-scroll very fast on my homescreen programs list, i see the kinetic scrolling hesitate for a fraction of a second. If i go back to a static wallpaper, even that microsecond of lag vanishes. I can live with a miniscule scroll lag. I rarely go into the program list because i have shortcuts to almost all of the apps i use on my homescreens.

bogatyr · Jun 2, 2010

No issues here, but I do restart once a day to swap batteries (I charge my batteries in an external desk charger, takes the charging problem out of the loop - they last forever this way).

ChiTownJim · Jun 2, 2010

I rarely notice lag, unless I'm really pushing it it takes what I throw at it and doesn't even blink.

I've run Pandora/GPS Turn By Turn/ Gotten texts / Emails/ sports tap and craigslist notifications while downloading a song in the background and it just takes it like it's nothing.
Compared to my Eris which lagged just trying to make a phone call lol

kyle1745 · Jun 2, 2010

I have noticed what the OP mentioned in regards to the messaging app. After you have thousands of messages it can take a minute to open or change screens in the messaging app. I have also noticed the black HTC screen leaving the messaging app.

I have recently used the "delete old messages" app to clean it up a bit and have noticed a reduction in the slowness.

pkmn760 · Jun 2, 2010

Jakaro said:
Maybe restart it? I like to reboot mine before bed, that way it gets a nice good charge with out any apps running in the background. not sure its necessary but i guess its bb storm habit heh. I like to watch my custom boot animation as well hah.

I agree these are little computers a reboot usually solves most problems

ChiTownJim · Jun 2, 2010

I probably don't notice cause I usually delete my texts as them come so they never get more then 100 texts at any one time. And I dont' plug my phone it I just swap batteries so ever 1-2days my phone gets a fresh reboot

wedgemoose · Jun 2, 2010

i'm noticing mine is a little slower than it was. minor things but when choosing a contact to call or selecting the weather to update it, everything is getting as little slower. day one it was lightning. It maybe because we have more stuff loaded and it's not that bad but definitely slower than day one

Muad'Dib · Jun 2, 2010

Is it possible.. that besides the multitude of APPS most of us have installed... that we have just gotten used to how fast this computer really is, and now things seem to lag on us a bit.. when in reality were just used to the quickness?

callmeox · Jun 2, 2010

sean76 said:
Yea mine has lag! No I don't have any 3rd party apps, yes I shut my phone off and restart it, yes I do battery pulls, yes I do *228, yes I'm a tech buff and have a slightly good idea how a device should work. Figured I'd cover all the questions from the people who feel like Jesus delivered there phone, and that act like u cursed there mother out when u say your incredible has an issue or 2....

Was the lag on your device always there or is this change recent?

Since you're a tech buff, what slightly good ideas do you have for why an unaltered and properly maintained unit would begin to exhibit performance issues?

syntrix · Jun 2, 2010

Steven58 said:
66 apps: fast as lightening. app killer messed me up the first week. Had to reset back to factory settings. Never reloaded app killer and never had problems, thereafter.

Steven

THIS!

And read this if you are techie/engineer type:

Application Fundamentals | Android Developers

danielevans83 · Jun 2, 2010

tluv00 said:
Anyone else starting to see slow down on their Incredible? Not just a little but the loading circle showing up when opening apps or closing them. Sometimes it takes 5-10 seconds for them to just start.

I have also had the HTC logo show up when closing stuff (black screen and grey HTC logo) and then the circle. Just checking.

Had a few Sense UI crashes, a few times a phone restart clearing things up, but other than that no, never once seen a loading circle. And just to clarify, I have 126 apps on here so I'm definitely putting it to work.

Certain apps / live wallpapers will demolish your cpu/ram though, I've definitely noticed that specific ones will slow the phone down but that can't exactly be blamed on the phone. Heck, anyone could write a program wrong just wait for them to update it if you can figure out what app is doing it.

All in all though it is definitely still as fast as the day I got it. If I'm ever in the mood to crank it up I just switch to a regular wallpaper instead of live, but normally it's still quick with live wallpapers/google maps/pandora/etc running simultaneously.

SirensOfTitan · Jun 2, 2010

I have had two random resets (which I would assume is some type of kernel panic) since I got the phone at launch. Sense has crashed once. Other than that, everything is still very snappy.

Try turning your phone off and then turning it back on again.

x0x · Jun 2, 2010

I shut down every night to charge. Haven't noticed any slow downs except when running updates (I can't wait for Froyo so I can stop spending 10 mins a night manually updating apps). And I've got all kinds of wonky apps on my phone.

Chomsky1 · Jun 3, 2010

I noticed this today too and got my first circular "loading" or "wait" indicator, but I just rebooted it (turn off, wait a bit, turn back on) and it seems back to normal now. Only thing I can think of is that I had it in a hot car glovebox for a while, maybe that fubar'ed something, but that's just pure speculation.

jasonb1985 · Jun 3, 2010

mines still lightning quick. i do a quick reboot every once and a while though to clear out memory and start fresh. i don't use a task killer either, i just monitor things with System Panel.

Deleted User · Jun 3, 2010

The only time I ever experienced the HTC loading screen was when I used a task killer. Since then, I no longer use a task killer and I don't notice a change in battery or speed, nor have I ever seen the HTC loading screen.

paimon.soror · Jun 3, 2010

Dream said:
Mine is fast as heck too, except when installing an app.

Same here actually... a little sluggish when installing something, but after that im back to flying

frmovrfnctn · Jun 3, 2010

I haven't noticed any changes. OP, cut back your daily pr0n use and this may help

syntrix · Jun 3, 2010

frmovrfnctn said:
I haven't noticed any changes. OP, cut back your daily pr0n use and this may help

I thought jobs didn't allow choice.... oh crap, forgot this was the android forum

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