Comments on: 5 Tips on How to Increase Perfomance on your Android Phone

By: Mark Lasby

Mark Lasby — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:57:17 +0000

I cannot find a system_service in the top listing. There is a system_server with 3% CPU. Is this the correct one?

I have already disabled both location services.

By: jeux foot

jeux foot — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:17:51 +0000

I think If you find that your UI is getting sluggish, disable your Location services
(Settings –> Security & Location). Uncheck both checkboxes in the ‘My Location sources’. Then wait a few secs. By this time the flood of these location service notification should have stopped and your phone should feel much zippier.

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By: Mikkel

Mikkel — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:43:08 +0000

WOW!! The disabling/enabling of the location services really work. Thanks for the tip!

By: Talisman

Talisman — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:43:07 +0000

WOW!!! My Android System process went from ~50% to ~5%!! Thank you soo much, that should also double the battery time! What a bunch of lamers that released it without noticing this enormous bug!

You can see the CPU usage in the Astro Menu > Tools > Processs..

By: Jeremy Logan

Jeremy Logan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 20:51:33 +0000

What Anton said… I came here to say the same thing. After doing this it feels like a new phone. If you want to double check that this problem is what’s causing your slow downs then you can:
1) connect your phone to your pc via USB
2) run `adb -d shell`
3) once in the shell run `top` (after you get a listing of displays you can ctrl-c to stop it continually updating)
4) look for “system_service”, if it’s using much CPU (some people are seeing upwards of 70%, but mine was around 50%) then this is your problem and disabling the service will help

By: Anton Spaans

Anton Spaans — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:36:35 +0000

Another tip:

There is an issue with Android’s Localization Services. These services notify apps of where you are (GPS/Wireless networks), but these notifications are not properly ‘cleaned up’ when they are no longer necessary. This causes an extraordinary amount of notifications that the system needs to handle, slowing down your phone.

If you find that your UI is getting sluggish, disable your Location services (Settings –> Security & Location). Uncheck both checkboxes in the ‘My Location sources’. Then wait a few secs. By this time the flood of these location service notification should have stopped and your phone should feel much zippier .

If you want, you can turn your location services on again by checking these check-boxes. (However, over time, the same problem may appear again.)

By: Gunderstorm

Gunderstorm — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 19:18:31 +0000

Thanks for this. My G1 has been slowing horribly lately. I always reboot after my apps update and use Task Killer all the time.

Hopefully reduce my screens and turning off some animation will help, but I do wish this list were longer.