WTF.... my Nexus. Well it got slow...

[twflys]

WTF? My Nexus just went from being a Ferrari to an Astro Van. Haven't had any issues with this bad boy since day one.. until like 3 days ago. I tap to open an app and then think it didn't register my touch input press 3 more times- each time with emphasis and precision. Only to wait decades for an app to load. Once I am in the app everything seems fine... I have looked and uninstalled some recent apps, rebooted, and tried task killer. Nothing seems to work, I don`t run live wallpaper and haven`t maxed out my 16 gigs of memory or ram... wtf?

Anyone else having this issue?

 

[SamCarter]

Hmmm.... have you tried restarting it?

 

[twflys]

Hmmm.... have you tried restarting it?

Yup

 

[GalaxyNexus]

Are you rooted and running a rom? Are you unrooted and running stock?

I've never really heard of an issue like this...

 

[LoBatt]

Might be time for a factory reset.

 

[Questhate]

WTF? My Nexus just went from being a Ferrari to an Astro Van. Haven't had any issues with this bad boy since day one.. until like 3 days ago. I tap to open an app and then think it didn't register my touch input press 3 more times- each time with emphasis and precision. Only to wait decades for an app to load. Once I am in the app everything seems fine... I have looked and uninstalled some recent apps, rebooted, and tried task killer. Nothing seems to work, I don`t run live wallpaper and haven`t maxed out my 16 gigs of memory or ram... wtf?

Anyone else having this issue?

I'm having a similar experience.

Mine was lightning fast out of the box. It was very responsive to inputs, and ran apps very well.

Then, about 3 or 4 days ago, it just got slow. It would hang trying to open or close apps. I would get messages saying "<app name> has stopped working". Inputs take a long time to register.

When I reboot the device, it gets back to normal for a while, but eventually starts getting slow once again. I'm wondering if there was an app update that somehow sabotaged my device, but I've been obsessively checking the "running apps" tab, and nothing seems too unusual.

Not exactly sure what's going on.

 

[JanComputerman]

Time to check battery use, that tells you what app is using the power.
I had my xTab7 do that last week and I cleared it with a press of the reset button without loosing anything.
Does anyone know if there is a reset button in the little hole about an inch from the 4 gold recessed contacts?

 

[SamCarter]

Time to check battery use, that tells you what app is using the power.
I had my xTab7 do that last week and I cleared it with a press of the reset button without loosing anything.
Does anyone know if there is a reset button in the little hole about an inch from the 4 gold recessed contacts?

According to the quick start guide included with the Nexus, that's one of the two microphones. The other one's at the top left (with the screen facing you). Dunno why there's two.

 

[JanComputerman]

According to the quick start guide included with the Nexus, that's one of the two microphones. The other one's at the top left (with the screen facing you). Dunno why there's two.

Oooohhh so that's where the elusive second microphone is

 

[shiv81]

Having the same exact problem. I tried a different launcher (Apex) and it fixed it for maybe a day. Try rebooting a couple of times.

 

[Mexjoker]

Could be the task killer. They do more bad then good. When it kills the app they restart and it drains battery too. Maybe slows down cause of the apps restarting.

 

[seVer]

start by deleting recently installed apps, and then restarting the tablet. if that doesn't work, delete more... rinse and repeat. or just do the quick n easy - factory reset.

 

[breadnatty08]

Could also be an excess of cache. I like to run a cache cleaner on my devices every so often and generally it speeds them up a touch. Not sure if there are any out there that don't require root though.

 

[Amaeloeze]

Good to see this thread I thought I was the only one experiencing this. It's really annoying. Google Chrome browser is really slow too! I don't know what's going on?!

 

[Xyro]

According to the quick start guide included with the Nexus, that's one of the two microphones. The other one's at the top left (with the screen facing you). Dunno why there's two.

I'd guess they're for noise cancellation, like on some other nexus devices.

Both will pick up ambient sound fairly equally, but the one closer to you picks up your voice more than the other one. So if you cancel out the common signals, you get just your voice left.

 

[MusicAddict]

+1 here also. I see it alot with Talk. Slow to load the UI when I move away from it. Slow to sign in as well. I've tried the normal fixes.

Maybe something to do with that "protected app" issue I saw a couple of days ago? Ill look for the link again.

 

[jarjar124]

Could also be an excess of cache. I like to run a cache cleaner on my devices every so often and generally it speeds them up a touch. Not sure if there are any out there that don't require root though.

may i ask wat cache cleaner u use?

 

[breadnatty08]

may i ask wat cache cleaner u use?

I use Cache Cleaner from the Play Store. It's free but does require root access.

 

[Atma]

A few good rated cache cleaners that do not require root,

App Cache Cleaner

1 Tap Cleaner

eClean

 

[seVer]

Easy Cache Cleaner, by Bazinga!

free. has over 45000 reviews. 4.5 stars. downloaded and ran it earlier. seems to do it's thing. without going into each and every app, I don't know. trust, I guess.

 

[NicholeTech]

I had the same slow down but noticed it after installing and running a new app. Removed offending bad app reboot and back to speed. Check your running apps and dump apps you loaded last and see if you get relief...

 

[MusicAddict]

I had the same slow down but noticed it after installing and running a new app. Removed offending bad app reboot and back to speed. Check your running apps and dump apps you loaded last and see if you get relief...

Um... which app was it for you?

 

[colchiro]

Guys, JB is new and it's easy to install an app that doesn't play nice with it. Battery stats is the best place to start. Slow, usually means an app is stealing a lot of cpu cycles. It's probably running warm too.

 

[HotRoderX]

Hey guys just looking at this from a different point of few... hopefully its ok for me to add even thought I don't have a Nexus. What is the battery temp running at?? Looks like lots of people are having the same issue so maybe also list all the apps you installed the day prior to this happening. There has to be a common link between every one and once we know that we know the fix.

 

[jova33]

V6 supercharger? It works on tablets lol.
Link in my sig