figuring out why my rooted Cyanogen 4.1.2.1 phone is slow

[der_juden]

Hello, I've been having problems getting the legendary speed out of cyanogen's ROM. First my setup.
I've been running the last stable version of Cyanogen for a while, but got the updater and have been trying the experiemntals to see if they improve anything. Currently I'm running 4.1.5 as of this morning no real yep so far.
Firmware 1.6
baseband 62.50s.20.17U....
kernel 2.6.29.6-cm4
mod and build number cyanogenmod 4.1.5 DRC59


I have an 8GB Adata SDHC 6 card formatted in FAT32, EXT3 for apps, and a 128MB swap partition. I have 365MB of 471MB free for apps right now, and 52.07MB free of internal memory.


I'm running the large PF voicemail+ widget the large calendar widget on the home screen, and music and toggle settings on two of the side panels.

This build I'm noticing alot less in random processes running in the background over and over again, but its still slow as ****. 5-7 seconds to open settings. 1-3 seconds to pull up the apps menu. The worst is getting a call 1-3 seconds before it lets me see who calls (getting the menu lock screen for a second before it pops up).

What drives me nuts is all the reports of how fast this ROM is, and one of my coworkers who has a G1 with T-mobile like me, and its lightning fast compared to mine and its not even rooted.

Any help would be much appreciated.

[ggrant3876]

The experimentals are exactly what they say, experimental. His donut version is slower than normal but will get better with every build. There is supposed to be one coming out again this evening. I run 4.0.4 on my everyday phone and do the testing, experimental, on my other phone. If you need the speed, go back to 4.0.4.

[der_juden]

My thinking is its not the ROM really I'm thinking its something with the phone because I've had problems with it with JF, Cyanogen 4.00, 4.02, and 4.04. Have there been reports of people with bad hardware that cause slow downs?

I ran 4.04 for quite a while and it was by far the slowest I've run.

[ggrant3876]

As a last resort, have you done a factory reset? Sometimes that fixes the problem, sometimes as you said it could be hardware. If you do a reset, grab astro file manager from the market and use it to backup your apps. It won't back up the private apps, but you can download them again from the market.

[simms22]

if you want fast , go with 4.0.4

[ggrant3876]

if you want fast , go with 4.0.4
He's already been there and said that was the slowest of them all. I went with on this one, wipe.

[rizoh66]

I've experienced the same problems with my MT3G. I used to have the G1 and it was way slower. So slow that I upgraded to the MT3G. Do you think this is caused by too many widgets, too many apps or not wiping before I install a new version of Cyan or one of the compliant themes?

I do not have Apps2SD installed. Does this speed things up? I just don't see a need for it since I still have 190mb of app space available.

[ggrant3876]

I've experienced the same problems with my MT3G. I used to have the G1 and it was way slower. So slow that I upgraded to the MT3G. Do you think this is caused by too many widgets, too many apps or not wiping before I install a new version of Cyan or one of the compliant themes?

I do not have Apps2SD installed. Does this speed things up? I just don't see a need for it since I still have 190mb of app space available.
Your memory looks good, try doing away with the widgets and see if that helps.

[rizoh66]

Your memory looks good, try doing away with the widgets and see if that helps.

I removed 6 widgets and now have a total 11 precious widgets and seems to be running smoother.

Isn't having widgets the advantage of having these phones? There needs to be a list of which widgets make the phone slow down so we can avoid them. XDA devs here I come... maybe.

[ggrant3876]

I removed 6 widgets and now have a total 11 precious widgets and seems to be running smoother.

Isn't having widgets the advantage of having these phones? There needs to be a list of which widgets make the phone slow down so we can avoid them. XDA devs here I come... maybe.
I don't think it's an individual widget that causes the problem, its just the amount that you had installed on your phone.

[TheJuan]

Try taskiller app, and run its taskbar widget. Ull see that widgets just suck the phones memory up like a vamp.. I kill everything often and the phone just blazes as usual. As far as 1.6 x rom... can't do much about it it'll get better with time.. but not an everyday rom yet. Its xrom for a reason

[TheJuan]

Great news on cyans facebook

CyanogenMod 4.1.6 coming tonight.. You are all in for a suprise. This is the fastest Android build I have ever used.

[rizoh66]

Try taskiller app, and run its taskbar widget. Ull see that widgets just suck the phones memory up like a vamp.. I kill everything often and the phone just blazes as usual. As far as 1.6 x rom... can't do much about it it'll get better with time.. but not an everyday rom yet. Its xrom for a reason

Yeah, I have been using it as well. I have it set on auto kill every hour. I know it helps, but I still get the lag.

Now that the Facebook app is officially an finally here, its just another widget I need that will slow things down even more.

[der_juden]

In trying another ROM the Enomther's Roger's ROM 1.7.3 i ended up locking the phone up. Wiped it but don't have an SDcard or carder at work :( I'll post an update when i get home and load 4.04 back on it and try enomther 1.7.3.

[gabziilla]

my phone has been ridiculously slow since I updated

[Iceberg]

I use three task mangers and a few other tricks, My phone use to be real a pain but I'm very content now, I'm out the door but I'll come back and give a better response.

[rizoh66]

my phone has been ridiculously slow since I updated

Yo Gabzilla, which update are you on?

[gabziilla]

Yo Gabzilla, which update are you on?


i had the 1.6 or whatever
but i just went back to 4.04 and its running smooth again

[Iceberg]

Alright I went over and read it more throughly, I had all those problems before and when I text it lags behind and then will stop mid sentence and pop up the fancy letter in put which blocks the hell out of my sentence.

My battery only last for 4 hours, other people here have reported theirs last 24 hours/a world of a lot longer than my battery life. And I think its just they way they're manufactured and the luck of the draw.

But I'm using PandaHome as a home replacement, Handcent sms, and Acontacts, as my stock references.
Have three screens and 9 widgets running, and 16 apps/folder and it runs so clean and smooth now.

I have taskiller, Advanced Task Killer [for fun, its not as good as taskiller] and Commandtalb which catches a lot of background apps that those two don't.
Phone is overcloked with OverclockWidget and it generally runs great now.

Just need to tinker with it and toy around, I recently turned off Data Sync, and found my battery life sky rocketed. I was all happy about it and went to use it that way today and I think my battery lasted shorter than it would with it on :| ?

So I think the g1 is a shotty POS but I sure do love the thing.