droid phone update slowness

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:42 pm

A few weeks ago, I upgraded the software that runs my Droid because it incessantly complained that I hadn't. Prior to the update, the response time from key press to rendering that key's symbol on the screen was virtually realtime. Same with the phone sensing when it needed to kill the display and black out versus lighting up. Immediately after the update, I noticed the response time go up from essentially 0s to sometimes 2-3s. Wtf? How much extra shit does it need to do every goddamn time I hit a fucking key?

Post by **TPRJones** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:06 pm

Yeah, don't update a smart phone OS unless you really have to. Newer versions are almost always designed for faster hardware than you will have.

Post by **TheCatt** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:47 pm

Sounds broke.

What phone?

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:57 pm

TheCatt wrote:Sounds broke.

What phone?

HTC One X running Android 4.1.1.

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:38 pm

I'm wondering if this is a coincidence, but after the update, my phone battery seems to drain more when the device is off than on. Seriously, wtf did they do to my phone?

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Post by **GORDON** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:16 pm

All of a sudden my keyboard changed when I type anything. The "auto suggest" line is gone, and my keys are typically smaller. I didn't do an update that I am aware of... did my keyboard settings get changed somehow?

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 3:37 pm

GORDON wrote:All of a sudden my keyboard changed when I type anything. The "auto suggest" line is gone, and my keys are typically smaller. I didn't do an update that I am aware of... did my keyboard settings get changed somehow?

Could've downloaded something wirelessly and applied it of its own volition.

Post by **GORDON** » Fri Jul 26, 2013 4:47 pm

At any rate, the smaller keys have me using "voice to text" more which I should have been using all along. It works really well, and now I can answer texts/emails (my car reads them to me over bluetooth) and answer them (I just talk into the phone) without taking my eyes off the road.