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Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

nikhil1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:37:51 GMT

Hello guys, I have been using Xperia Neo with Android 2.3.4, build number 4.0.2.A.0.62. I have been facing slow android response and want to get rid of it. What can be the reason?

Slow in response for e.g. when I cut the call, it takes time to come back to normal.

When I run 2 apps, and press home key, it shows icons as boxes, and then loads thumbnails slowly one by one.

Also in some operations, it responses very slowly, what can be the reason?

I just want it to run smoothly like an iPhone.

My internal storage is 334MB used and 46MB free

RAM is 186MB used and 93MB free.

I have installed more than 20 apps, and have Avast anti virus. Apps which were movable to SD card, have been moved.

So now tell me. Is it Android's drawback or processor inside Neo?

Thank you so much!

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

slimshaddy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:52:28 GMT

thumbnails load one by one like this right..

this is a common issue in all xperias , bad memory managaement..

you cn do nothing , i have xperia arc and same slow response..

only thing you can do is update your phone , it will remove all the things but your phone will work smoothly but as soon as you download apps or do anything , it will start to slow again...

the memory management sucks...

you cannot do anything..

your ram total is very low...

you should switch off the phone once in 2-3 days , you can restart as soon as it switched off , but its better to waiy 5 minutes...

it clears all the cache and RAM consumption...

also download aaps2sd from android market , it will clear cache ( unwanted ) files which willl free up internal memory..

my free internal memory is 200mb but still it lags....

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:56:23 GMT

well you should uninstal your antivirus .. it will help

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

slimshaddy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:57:35 GMT

nope , i dont have any antivirus but stil same issues..

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

nikhil1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:05:07 GMT

I do not think the great Avast on which millions rely will slow down my phone.

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

slimshaddy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:06:51 GMT

i'm saying its not the antovirus..

i also have avast but the video above is months old...

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:07:01 GMT

i was telling nikhil actually

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:07:46 GMT

well surely it will help a little atleast ?

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

slimshaddy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:08:14 GMT

i know but i replied to you

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

nikhil1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:08:40 GMT

Correct. Same happens which video shows. Btw I restart my phone once in a day or twicely if I find it too slow.

I know abt the app apps2sd, couldn't get the time to configure it. I ll do it soon. But Low Internal Memory does slow down response of phone? I can not get this logic.

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:12:03 GMT

well its low ram which slow down your phone rather then low internal memory ..

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

nikhil1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:12:05 GMT

Dude, even android os itself recommends McAfee antivirus, so any anti virus won't be the cause. And ya, I remembered, I experienced this slowness even before no antivirus installed.

And if at all it slows down, it won't be 4.5+ rated app on AM

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

slimshaddy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:12:27 GMT

no it wont , i just download avast , and this problem is was way back before when i purchased the phone..

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

slimshaddy — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:13:31 GMT

hmm yes its the ram..

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:16:27 GMT

@slim n nikhil ..

well avast do consume some amount of RAM right .. so if its not there then it wil free up that amount of RAM automatically..

well i have not tried it maybe its very lite .. so keep it if u wish to

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

nikhil1 — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:18:16 GMT

How RAM if it is free above 100MB? So OS gets 100MB ground to free up itself to launch apps smoothly.

Even I thought the same reason of RAM, so sometimes I restarted my phone to confirm it. After restarting I saw some 180MB free and after running two or three apps, phone replis slowly for e.g. while opening Contacts or phonepad. This is so disgusting I envy my friend who has iPhone.

Also Android 2.3.4 does not have any animation while rotating phone like in iPhone.

Awaiting ICS, hope which can solves the probs

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:22:53 GMT

well some apps consume RAM if they are running for long time like fb ..

when you start your phone it obv takes time n lags.. blame your memory card for it not RAM..

and also your internal storage is very very low .. i suggest you keep it atleast 100mb free

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

Johan — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:24:09 GMT

This is something that I've sent a lot a feedback about to our developers so hopefully we will see improvements to this in the ICS update.

Re: Experiencing slow android experience, response time. Why?

uliwooly-wooly — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:30:49 GMT

the issue is not RAM alone, its the CPU that's why we need multi-core phones, and that's why 2012's standard is Quad-cores so we can multitask, saddly Sony will be a WHOLE year behind releasing Dual-Cores while all the other brands will have Quad-Cores among other great features. I wonder if Sony will price the new Xperias at the same level as the Quad-Core phones.