is it normal that my ARC S is so slow!?

[ixion07]

Hi everyone,

I really appreciate my xperia arc s because of the style, the monitor, the camera and the price but it has some problems that I would like to solve (or otherwise acknowledge that I can't do anything about them).

One of it is that my arc s is very slow! Especially when i press the "home" button.
This is what happens almost everytime:

it takes from 10 to 60 seconds to go back to the home and have it working at 100%. It's not so much time but it always happens!

I have android version 2.3.4 (I'm afraid to upgrade my arc s to ICS because of the battery consumption)

Memory free space is 48 MB on internal memory and about 2 GB of a total of 8 GB on my SD.

I have some apps always running: Avast, 3G Watchdog, Widgetsoid, delayed lock and easy battery saver. I like them, I would like to keep them running if the problem is not caused by them.

Is this normal? Do you have a clue? Do you need more informations?

Thanks

Ixion07

[#2]

BASED on ME, that is not normal.. Arc S is "Lightning Fast" device. have tried fixing it with pc companion or SUS?

[Uliwooly]

The problem could be too many heavy apps running, or a lot of widgets. But most likely the problem are those apps

you do NOT need any

antivirus

taskillers

battery apps

ram apps

they drain a lot of power, and create a LOT of issues, yes even the battery apps drain power.

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unrelated topic, if you have some time please check this thread

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/44888

[Uliwooly]

You can read about it here

http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/18/android-wakelock-api-bugs/

Android apps that use power control APIs are often 'battery killers,' oh the irony

http://www.tgdaily.com/mobility-features/64061-api-glitch-may-explain-fast-draining-phone-batteries

http://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/research/2012/120613HuSmart

Don't forget to mark the Correct Answers & Helpful Answers

unrelated topic, if you have some time please check this thread

http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/44888

[ixion07]

Thank you for you help guys.

I had tough days and I had no time to worry about my Arc S. Unfortunately the problem is still there.

I unistalled everything that was unuseful as you suggested. Now i have 4 games, evernote, some social and instant messaging, shazam, swiftkey and other few apps (no antivirus, no task killers, no battery apps, no ram apps). I think that if I should remove some more it would be better to bring back to life my old nokia

I even changed my micro sd: the one that was together with the phone was 8GB class 2, hence, I replaced it with a new 32GB class 10 one. This change improved the performance of my smartphone but it didn't solve the problem.

In conclusion, at the moment my Arc S still often has slowness problems but it goes back to normal condition faster. They're really annoying.

I think I'm going to reinstall the OS... First question: is there anything else I can try before reinstalling the OS?

Second question: Gingerbread or ICS?

Third question: is there a trustworthy app that can measure the performance of my smartphone?

That would be useful to make a comparison between my current performance, my performance with reinstalled OS and performance of other people's Arc S.

Greetings

ixion07

[Q2000 · Accepted solution]

From what i can see in your notifcation bar you must be running lots of non standard background apps that arent preloaded with phone. There are some apps that run on boot that are taking your memory. I have about 180meg+ after boot. You should go to settings / applications / running services and stop  apps (after boot i usually end apps such as facebook / update centre / video unlimited / setup guide which frees up more memory usually brings it up to about 190meg free, if you could get images of your running services be handy. Apps that run in background eat memory, facebook eats a lot.

[system32]

I would recommend ICS, as you can get a lot of free ram and space using the "Disable" feature it provides in the settings menu. I have disabled almost a quarter of all apps and my phone is pretty quick.

Also, you need to be quite strict about what you keep on your device, for example consider using the Wikipedia web page instead of the application.

[ixion07]

That was an old screenshot, at this moment I don't have antivirus, task killers, battery apps, and ram apps anymore.

Talking about RAM, at this moment I have 194 MB used and 66 MB free. I'm far far away from your 190 MB free!!!

I'll end some apps and see how my smartphone will behave after that. Thanks

[ixion07]

Thanks, I keep trying to solve the problem with gingerbread but if I'll fail I will follow your advice and install ICS.

[system32]

Ok, btw i'll just let you know that I haven't noticed any difference in battery consumption with ICS.

Here is a screenshot that shows how much ram you can free up with ICS:

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